abi_city_dir_1909.pdf

20 WORLEY'S 1909 DIRECTORY
POSTAL GUIDE
ABILENE POST OFFICE.
Office—N. E. cor Pine, N. 3d; Mrs M.
W. Morrow, postmistress, S. F. Shannon,
asst.
Office Hours—8 a. m. to 7 p. m.;
Sunday and holidays, 9 to 10 a. m.
POSTAGE RATES.
First Class—Letters and all other written
matter, whether sealed or unsealed, (except
manuscript copy accompanying proof-sheets
or corrected proof-sheets of the same) and all
other matter sealed, nailed, sewed, tied or
fastened in any manner, so that it cannot be
easily examined, two cents per ounce or fraction
thereof, including delivery at letter carrier
offices. Postal' cards, one cent each.
Postal cards are unmailable with any writing
or printing on the address side, except the
direction, or with anything pasted upon it or
attached to them. On private mailing cards
bearing written messages, provided they conform
to regulations, one cent each. Drop
letters, two cents per ounce or fraction thereof,
when mailed at letter carrier offices, and one
cent at offices where free delivery by carriers
is not established. The postage on first-class
matter should be fully prepaid, but if two
cents in stamps be affixed, the matter will be
forwarded and the remainder due collected of
addressee before delivery.
Second Class—Only for publishers and news
agents; publications of the second-class, when
sent by the publishers thereof and news agents,
are subject to postage at the rate of one cent
a pound or fraction thereof.
The rate of postage on newspapers and
periodical publications of the second class,
when sent by other than the publisher or
news agent, is one cent for each four ounces or
fraction thereof, and must,be fully prepaid.
Publications of the second class, one copy to
each actual subscriber residing in the county
where the same are printed, in whole or in
part, and published, shall go free through the
mails} but the same shall not be delivered at
carrier offices, or distributed by carriers, unless
postage is paid thereon at the rate of one
cent per pound. The rate on newspapers and
periodicals (except weeklies) and periodicals
weighing more than two ounces shall be subject,
when delivered by carriers, to a postage
of two cents each, and these rates shall be
prepaid. Weekly newspapers mailed for delivery
at a free delivery office, although within
the county of publication, must pay the pound
rate, and are then entitled to delivery by ca-r
riers, or through boxes or the general delivery.
Daily newspapers, or papers other than weeklies
and periodicals, mailed for delivery at
other than letter carrier offices within the
county, one copy of each to actual subscribers
residing in the county, are entitled to pass
free; but if mailed for delivery at a letter carrier
office other than the office of mailing, the
pound rate must be paid thereon; if mailed
for delivery at a letter carrier office, through
office box or general elivery at the office of
mailing, the pound rate must be paid; if deposited
in a letter carrier office for delivery by
carriers, the postage must be prepaid at the
rate of one cent each for newspapers, one cent
each for periodicals weighing less than two
ounces, and two cents for periodicals weighing
over two ounces.
Third Class—Must be placed under a band,
upon a roller, between boards or in an unclosed
envelope, or closed so as not to conceal the
nature of the packet or its contents, or it may
be so tied with a string so as to easily unfasten
(all matter enclosed in sealed envelopes
notched on the sides or corners must pay letter
rates) one cent for each two ounces or fraction
thereof, which must be fully prepaid. This
includes books, circulars, chromos, hand bills,
engravings, lithographs, magazines, music,
newspapers, pamphlets, photographs, proofsheets,
and manuscript accompanying the
same, reproduction by the electric pen, hektograph,
metallograph, papyrograph, and in
short any copying press not in the nature of
personal correspondence. Seeds, bulbs, roots,
scions and plants, although mailable at third
class rates are fourth class matter in all other
respects and may bear the written additions
permissible on matter of that sort. Limit
of weight four pounds, except for a single
book, which may weigh more. Third class
matter must be fully prepaid or will not be
forwarded.
Fourth class—All mailable matter not in-