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PAGE EIGHT THE TWlCS-A-iCEEK DISPATCH, f-RlIUT. OCTOSEK IC,^ 1914. THE LOST ART OF GROCERV ADVERTiSIXG. (Continued From Page Q|n%j[ man v.'ho Las goods can find fcOrtie way to i-each In the olden days on Importer announced whenever he ezVceMtfd certain ^ods to arrive from foreign ianda and- the trade »’ho needeu those goods woaM eoihe m and buy tham. Is the same human interest in available goods any the less existent tuday because our supply of toreign goods is le8S-«pMi»*die and periodical ? The jobber is cotnplaining of being a slot machine. He has declared to th«! manufacturer that he is a distributor only; not a pusher. Ho has left the power of advertising to be captured by the producer on the one side and the consumer on the. other, aJid how complains that there is too little profit in advertised brands which he has to handle against his will. Who is to blaiae? “I’ve got nothing to advertise,” says the grocer. Kidiculous. If he's got anything to sell, he’s got something to advertise. Advertising is noth ing but' ^lesmanship. If he’s got any talking points about his goods— or his service, or his superior supply, or his moire favorable prices, or his superior skill in selection, or packing, or the uniformity of quality and p&ckisg or freshness of goods—^he’s something to advertise. His sales- man ansues these things to hundreds of customers, retailers or consum ers:, or hotels, or whatever they be why not go further and tell it to men the salesman knows nothing about? There isn’t a grocer—wholesaler or retailer—who has anything to sell who has nothing to advertise. Are they doing it? Are they reaching out to quarters upknown which may spell opportunity to them? Or are they satisfied to stay in the comfortable rut and [“javing others to speed ahead in the race ? took over the field of the jobbing trade. Some houses are complacent and prosperous; others are going to seed; and still others are reaching out and forging ahead with unmistakeable eifect. Once in a while one hears it said that a jobber can’t force trade. If so he has failed to install the right kind of pushers. No line of business presents such positive and permanent encouragement for successful ex ploitation as the grocery trade. The hundred million peopie of America, vrfth better buying power than any people on earth, are a sure element of demand. The 350,000 retail grocers of the country are sure mediums of distribution. The S.OOO wholesalers of the country wiil continue selling them their supplies; hut what will each of the 3,000 wholesalers get as his share of the business? It’s entirely up to each of them to decide fni- himself. If he is satisfied, very well. What's the use of trying to go ahead of his competitors? Only remember the lesson of the old hen. Whtn the worms are scarce, she doesr.’t stop scratching. She might .scratch out a few if she keeps at it.—Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin. has opened the Am«ncan market everywhere for the entrance of the products of the cheap labor of foreign p*tions, Two -;yeers a||o the Sieiaocra^ ^mpaign orators, iteaded ^ son himself^ qmyered with..^u«liw as they went from, place ^ plac^m told of the" high cost of ]SWng"’anj how Democratic success ^i^Jd redttco it. But prices are still the satne. The reduction has come in revenues, in business, in wages, and in employment. The purchasing power of our own people has been reduced. These are the real and tangible results of the tarifif law of the Wilson Administration. The pwple of the ITnited States are not in a mood to watah ..-almly another calvacade of political soothsayers and jiigglers dash ahout the telling of the glorious benefits. ^ a Demociatie tariff. They would have no patience with a further blowing of an empty horn of plen ty. There is too much Ustless business,- too many idle workshops. The country has had too much un-American legislation that favors only the foreign producer. ' , '; It is no wonder that the Democrats have decided the remain silent upon the issue of the tariif. But their silence will only accentuate the issue, it will not remove it. Democracy made a solemn compact and con tract with the people. This is violated. It obtained -control of the Gov.^ ernment by false pretenses. Failure to go upon the jsitness stand in its own defense will not change the verdict of Guilty that the country will render in November.—Philadelphia Press. DE.MOCRATIC TAUJFF SILENCE. A confsTeneo has just bean iM^ld at the White H.ius.o to decide apon ',hc issue.s that sinuld be brouaht for-^'ni'd by the ncmo'crais in the Con- trics&icnal camjiaiKn. Party leader; at Vvashinston .Tiot with the Presi dent to determine v.hat subject? were .«afe to disr-uss, .ipd what one? werp S' f'rlai! with n'i'iic;.! dynamite as t3 i>e aangiTous ro handle. In its re port of liiU iif>, a newspaper that is a zealous supporter of the .\d- miiiistriticn. : talcs that “it was doridod that the tariff question is too inroli’od ty f e i "i :;ented.'' wise judttmt-nt, sureij, to leave the tariff alone. To explain the r^‘*mocratic action upon that subject to the satisfaction of the ciiyntry vrcu!i! rot only be an “involved” undertaking, it would be impo.ssible. No jijfTfrling cf words, no fiov.' of rhetoric eould explain. The campaisin ora tor would be face to face with an audience that kncw.= the facts, anri vi’hich v.'i-iiid take no stock in the repetiti'sn of the plea.sinjr promises anti jjflit- torintf generalities of 191'2. It is not because the tariff que:itiori >5 “too involved” that the Demo- crain are to leave its discussion out of their campaign program, but be- c; ti.'-e ic is just the I'everse. It is far (ou simple, understood far too well 1 y the peopie. to be iinything but dangerous to the DemocratiL touch. The result cf the Democratic tariff law is so plain and clear that not only he who runs may read, but he who re ids should run. and fast and far from the tariff issue. It is a very simpie issue, that of the Democratic tariff policy. One year of it v.'as sutlieient to mal-.e it known and underst-iod by all. K is a policy that sends our money abroad to enrich foreign^-rs at the expense t,i our own people; that gives our own great market awaj’ to foreign na tions that protect their market against us; that promotes foreign Indus- ry by depressinpt American industry; that drives Ameiican iai)or out of work in order to give ^vovk to foreign labor. There i.s nochins: “involved" or complicated about such a policy. Ther? is 'lothing mysterious about a tariff law that forces American busi ness to the wall to increas-j L>usin‘5s« in other lands. Fortunate, indeed,, would the I'lemocrats be if it were not so plain. It is perfectly .simple to understand a law that i.nvites foreign ships to unload their cargoes here; that, has opei'..;u no market any where for -American pr*>ducts, but . DIR YOU KNOW IT? Did you know tl^t there was issued in 1903 fifty thousand dollars worth of bonds to pay off a county debt contracted by a Democratic ad ministration, did you know that in 1911; there was issued twenty-thrM thousand dollars worth of bonds to pay otff a county debt contracted by . a Democratic adminlstrc.tacn, did you know that in 1912 there was issued fourteen thousand dollars worth of bonds to pay off a county debt, con tracted by a Democratic administration, did you know that in 1913 there was issued twenty thousand dollars w'orth of bonds to pay off a county debt, contracted by f Democratic administration, did you know there has been is.sued in the last ten years, (coont them) one hundred and ^ven thousand dollars ’.vorth of bonds to pay off a county debt, contracted by a Democratic administration? Yes it is a fact, and not one dollar of this amount was voted upon fay the people, the tax payers was not evtn con sulted about it, few if any knew of it, and yet it is the truth. Mr. Tax Payer what are you going to do about it, and lastly, did you know that it will take another hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds to pay off the present floating indebtedness and leave anything in the treasury for working capital, yea. yea, boy, these do sure be troublesome times for the taxpayers of this grand old County of Alamance, snd -all for what, be cause the people have blindly voted the Democratic ticket, and more blind ly followed a set of leaders who have been deceiving them as to the true condition of the county finances. Even at this date, witH your county cred it ruined, your county ofScials, our county officials if you please, will not tcii yoi! how your finances stand, and the true conditJon of your county affairs. What ar? you going io do. Mr. Tax Payer, wait i.T.hiie longer, well (!o it if you will, bul great will be the penalty that you will have to pay, have r: house cleaning. If there is no one running for oflice that you have coi-.tidence in, of v-’hom you have confidence in, or whom j’ou think can or will do any bett-;r. Call you another convention. Lay these facts before the people, and nominate you a ticket, whom you can trust, and who will net deceive you. We teil you In all candor, that the Kepublican party has men riow in the fiela, wl.o will give you good sound, economical, honest ccunty govornminc. They have done it in the past, they can and will do it in the future, if cntiTsted with the reigna of county government. Try them, you could not do worse than now. W^e pledge jou that you can do better. Your Te:ncdy is at the polls will you exer"ise it? We shall see. thousand dollars of supposed good roads bonds, the interest upon is another ten thousand dollars per yeitr. The lax payers of this paid out for interest upon borrowed money and bonds i ^918^1^ siua of nineteen thouuBd dollars. Does this pior in my offSnics the present county administra tion is planning to have the Legislature .authorize anothi^ bond ixsue of St least a hundi-ed thousand dollars in bonds without submitting it to a vote of the people. The last hundred and seven thousand dollars in honds . .was authorized by the legislature, a Democratie Leguiature at that, and . they will do it . again, if the presQzit Democratic tieket is elected. Friends, Tax payers, you must wake up, it will be too late to lock the stable after the horse is stolen. Let’s get busy and put a stop to this high-handed nsethod of running oitr«ounty in debt without our knowledge and consent. Every dollars worth of property in this county is bound for this debt. This- debt is a lien or n^ri«age upon your property and mine until every cent of it is paid. There are many other things ffoing on In this good coun ty, jjust as bad as this, but I have not the time to call ypnr attention to .. them, but wake up. alert, a^ about these things, •Jsere are others that know about them^ Look out your interests. Ask yourself this ques tion: Why will .not the men who I helped elect to offiro as my representa tives tell us how the county finances are. Why do they try to keep it a sijcretT When you have asked yourself tUs question, there can be but one answer, and it is this, conditions an so 1^ that they are a^msd te tell the true condition. Are youwilling to re-elect the men who are responsible for these terrible conditions, anS me think.; I hear a thundering No. ■ Bespectfuily, B. T. KEBNODLE. WARNiXG TO TAX PAYERS. 1 understand from a reliable source, that our county has a very large out.=itanding (loalinE debt, probably moi’e than sixty thi usand dollars, the incviest alone woal-1 be three thousand and six hundred dollars per year. From my uniierstund of the county exhibit published in a county paper for the year ending November 3rd, 1313, there has been the awful sum of one hundred and seven thousand dollars w’Orth (if bonds i.'sued in the last ten years by the Board of County Commisssioners, with.out submitting the question to the vote of the paople or tax payers, in fact I do not believe that there is twenty-five people in the county that knows this has been done, and yet it has been done, and your property and mine is called upon to pay the sum of. five thousand f ix hundi'ed and thirty five dollar.“5 every year upon these bonds in interest. Add to this the three thousand and six hundred dollars interest upon the sixty thousand of floating 'rdebtedness, and you have the grand total of nine thousand tv/o hundred and thirty-five dollars in interest money that you and! have to pay from our hard-earned money, earned by the sweat of our brow by going from early morning u.Mtil late at night in all kinds of weather. People, tax payers, do you catch this. What, are you going to do about it? Another ten years of such extravagance and ineiSeiency and our county will be bankrupt, it is upon the verge of it now. This amount does not ineltde the two hundred TAXES—CANpipATES. I will attend the following appoint ments for the purpose of recdviofr taxes. The legislative and county candidates will attend these appoint ments and address the people. Patterson Township, O. N. Horn- aday’s, Thursday, October 15, noon. Speaking at Alamance Mills at night. Coble’s Township, Friendship, Fri- day, October 16, 1 o’clock P. M. Morton’s Towiiship, Morton’s Store, Saturday, October 17, noon. Speaking at The Hub at night. Speaking at Bellmont Mills at night. Fauce^te ”ov.’nship, McCr.ij.'‘i; E. Long’s Store, Monday, 0.; lii IS, noon. Sf.?snl::r-g at Glencn at night Pleasant Grove Township, Dailey's Store, Tuesday, October 20, tioon. Melville Township, Mebane, Mur ray’s Store, Wednesday. Oct. 21, at night, Newlin Township, Sutphin’s Mill, Friday, October 23, noon. Speaking at Saxspahaw at night. Thompson’s Township, Lafayette Bradshaw’s Saturday, October 24, noon. Speaking at Swepsonville at Right. Boon Station Township, Elon Col lege, Monday, October 26, noon. The speaking at Glen Haven at night. Albright Township, Eureka School House, W'ednesday, October 28, noon. Graham Township, Speaking at the Court House, Thursday, October 23, at night. Haw P.iver Township, Friday, Octo ber 30, at night. Burlington, Saturday, October 31, at night. Please attend at the appointments prepared to settle your taxes. R. N. COOK, Sheriff. TRUSTEE’S SALE. Oil Saturday, October 17th, at 2:00 o’clock P. M., the undersigned will offer to the best bidder for cash the entire stock ot goods of S. A. Thorny, Burlington, N. C., which fnventiiries $3,850.00 and consists of fixtures, cash register, dry goods, notions, millinery, etc. The stock viiil ’oe sold as a whole with the privilege reserved to reject any and all bids. This is a good stock of goods, in a good location in the best town in the State and arrangements can be made to continue the business at the same stand. J. M. FIX, Trustee. October 8th, 1914. 0 THINK OF IT. 30,090 Persons Pcblicly Recommend Our Remedy. Some Are Burl ington People. Over one hundred thousand have recommended Doan’s Kidney Pills, For backache, kidney, urinary ills. Thirty thousand signed testimoni al? Are appearing now in puWic print. Some of them ate Burtington peo ple. Some are published in Burlington. No nther remedy shews such proof. Follow this Burlington woman’s example. Mrs. T. A, Amick, Means St., Btsrl- ington, N. C., says: “I iiise Doan’s Kidney Pills and I am glad to tell about the good they did me. Hy back ached and my sides pained me. I was nervous and niy kidneys wtre weak. When someone told me about Doan’s Kidney Pills, I used thorn. They relieved me in every way.” Mrs. Amick is only one of many Burlington people who have gratefully endorsed Doan’s Kidney Pills. If your back aches—If your kidneys bother you, don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—ask distinctly for Doan’s Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs. Amick had—the remedy backed by home testimony, 50c all stores. Foster-Milburn Co , Props., Buffalo, N. Y. “When Your Back is Lame- - Remember the Name.” Twenty-six traction engines are be ing used by the Germans to transport two immense siege guns that are ot be used in the siege of Brussels. Each ^un is in four pieces, and each piece is drawn by three engines, with two extra engines used on the heavier hills. [headquarters for feed We are headquarters tor ail kinds of feed. We make a speciality of Dairy and horse and mule feed. Our business is wholesale, but we will sell such goods as the merchants do not carry in stock to any cne 'wanting them, this line comprises hay, cotton seed meal, cotton seed hulls & meal mixed w hich is called a balanced ration, beet pulp, the great milk producer. Alfalfa dairy feed, horse & mule feed, this is called sweet feed, its fine. We also have corn, oats, shipstuff, bran, corn meal, flour, lard, sugar coffee, onions, potatoes, apples, or anges, candies, full line grocers drugs and sundries. Remember we buy iiscar lots for cask we are in position to give you better prices tbao aay other dealer, we hm cSteaper, we buy larger. SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY. Burlington, N. C Merchants Supply Company ^ ♦ • • * 5111^ fTl • • ***• • ♦ ttAivX • « • « »*** Graham, N.
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