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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, AUGUST ,30, igoe 8 I I 1 i i 1 Rungs in the Ladder of Success Soliciting Orders for 'Installment" : Clothes. Selling men's tailored clothes '$1 down, SI a week" to people in offices is one of the newest lines of work in a great city. The installment plan of selling clothes in the outcome of the same plan applied to houses, fur niture and other articles, and it has been seized upon by tailors as remun erative, if perilous, branch of the busi ness, j Whether it -'pays the tailor or not depends principally: upon his abil ity toj collect, and i partially upon; his astute&iess in accepting orders, but it has opened a new and paying field for 'hustlers" and yields good returns to solicitors working on a percentage Plan- ... , The way in which doming is bum on installment payments is this: A young man goes to a tailor and seeks cniniAvmPiit TTe knows nothing con- in nil;.. mnMnirin'npl' OQrnPsH v and with a Durnose to cerning tne cuuiug, muug ui nf rlnthes. The tailor tens mm n he chooses to work he will send him out to sell clothes on the installment plan and that he requires no know ledge of the tailoring business to make a success of the work. The tailor explains that it is a simple matter. All he wants him to do is to go out and sell all the clothes he can, to any body he can, wherever lie can; that he will give him a book of samples which he is to show to his prospective customers; and that he will pay him 15 per cent on each suit of clothes he is able to sell. The price of the usits varies from $25 to $35; none be low $25, and none above $35, the price limits being nxed entirely Dy tne tan- or's knowledge that the price will fit the class of men he seeks 'as custo-l mers. It is useless to tryto sell $15 Independence of work is another suits, as they can be bought m ready- at essential to success. A man re mades, and $35 is the price limit for j upQn nig Qwn -deas ag tQ nQW he most salaried men The tailor will provide the new sol icitor with money on which to exist. The scheme of payment of agents is clever. Instead of waiting until the the tailor will give the agent, when he i . i : . - . -. . . i . - ..... i - . . 1. . n . .' i ' centage on the first payment made him by the buyer, so from week to week the agent has an assured income, at least making enough money to support himself. Not long ago a young man went in to the office of Carl Johnson in .a large western city, looking for a job. Johnson inquired of some of his friends in nearby offices and called other acquaintances up on the tel ephone all in an effort to "land" the young fellow somewhere with work. But it was no use. But finally the ap plicant himself hit something that in terested him in the "ad" columns of a newspaper that he was reading. "Here's something I might be able to do," he said. "What is it?" "Sell (clothes on the instollment plan." he said. , Johnson advised him to go and see the man, at any rate no harm could come of an interwiew m jo fflri TJSGGfJ 0 fa m I si o ( A few days went by 5 before Johnson saw him again. He came in with a book of- samples under his .arm and almost a smile on his face. He had gone to see the tailor and was solicit ing trade. Already he had sold one suit and thought he could sell at least two a week at first. This would give him $7.50 a week on two $25 suits. As time went on his customers grew in number, and in six months he was making- about $30 a week. From, this he advanced rapidly and today he ha? an establishment of hisown, is;mar ried and making a good living. Application is the all important thing in what ever a man unaertaives, If tbis young man had gone into that work simplv with an idea of making enough money to support hinjself, he still would be selling clothes on tae installment plan instead of having a shon of his own. He went into the ' r wnntPd success, it was not mai ue .wuw only three meals 4 from day to day, but that he was determined to be rec ognized as one of the most important and best salesman the tailor employed. The consequence was that his employ er instantly seeing the bent of the young man encouraged him to work by increasing the percentage he was receiving to 20 per cent, and finally giving him a small interest in the busi ness. "Nothing succeeds like success," but success is accomplished only by dint of unceasing toil. Some men work with other men's brains: others work with their own brains. -The ones who come out on top in the end are those .Q . upQn their Qwn resources and , nnt loon nnnn nt h ore fnr SllTinnrf. should go about one proposition or an other even though for a time he should get far on the wrong path, will, after floundering around for awhile, ar rived at the same conclusion his pred ecessor did, and will have derived a vast, amount of experience from his earlier mistakes. The tailor did not instruct my young friend as to how to approach this person or how to in fluence that one; he simply gave him the samples and told him "Go out and sell all the chothes you can' Therefore the young man's manner and attitude -toward a prospective cus tomer were perfectly natural. Even though it may have been awkward at the start, that awkwardness may have brought him trade, and when it was overcome his work was accom plished naturally. It is encouraging to young men to know that an absolute stranger -can come to a great city and get employ ment immediately on a fair basis, yet if there is anything in the man itjany oldway. The business men of the nas Deen snown tnat ne can do so. I town furnished plenty of good auction Several tailors report that they.eers free of charge. The newspapers have as many as six or eight men devoted a certain amount of space to soliciting business on the installment ; booming 'traders' day' in the editorial, plan, and that all of them are making; local and advertising columns, and the comfortable ' wapes each week, merchants increased their advertising to i . . t A They backed their opiruons by giving it an advertising w V ULAR IN ALTUS, OKLA. Farmers Come In Throngs From Many Miles With Something to Sell. How Newspapers and Merchants Found a Way to Get a Crowd. Hpw the business interests of a town can be improved in shown in the following article on the observation of a "traders' day in ai Oklahoma town. a straneer in the . town of Aitus, Okla. the first Monday of each month would be surprised at the large crowd of farmers in the streets engaged in trading and buying horses and other live stock and marketing their farm products, says, an .Altus, .correspondent of fthe Kansas -City,, Sta They come f roin every direction ' in the country tributary to Alius; ; and' all day long the streets are "filled with - the noise of trade. The day is known for and wide as first Monday," which means sim ply that it is the first Monday of each month, a day set apart specially for traffic in live stock and such other things as the farmers may wish to buy or sell. It is supposed that the custom was brought from Texas, where most citi zens of Greer county once lived ana. of which Greer county formerly was a Dart. In Texas the first Monday in each month is extra sale day at each county seat, and buyers, sellers and, traders attend these sales in .great numbers. Naturally politicians, col lectors and selling agents find it ex-, pedient to be present because of the: greatly increased number of visitors from the county. At Mangum, tne. seat of Greer county, less attention is paid to first Monday than at Altus, where originally it was known as (..norse traders' day. "The custom is developing at Man- gum," said a citizen of that town, "but Li think it will require years for it to reach a stage of developement it has reached at Altus. The custon has drawn upon politics, business and the gregarious instinct in individuals . You can easily imagine the Texas 'horse swapper' in deference, to the Texas custom in any convenient town on first Monday looking at the horses ttied around the public square and talking horse. The groups of men and boys at the hitching racks grow larger and larger, drawn not only by business, but by natural fondness for the excitement and banter of such gatherings." When asked lately about the origin and observance of "first Monday" at Altus, Horace Shepherd, editor of the Altus Times, said: "Two years ago the two newspaper men of the town undetook to increase the trade area of the town and decided that certain days should -be set apart for certain purposes. The citizens, more especially the business men, took up the idea and several meetingswere held, with the result that the first Monday of each month was 'traders' 'day.' Every one living in Altus' trade i territory was asked to bring to town Anything he wished to dispose of either by trading, selling, 'swapping' or Ago The Leading Merchants of Charlotte Considered m the Most Effective and Economical Advertising Medium in the Local Field. It Was. the paper s history. 1 here followed a year of the best business Charlotte retailers have ever known. The Circulation of The Circulation THE NEWS Was Good Then on't You nant lo ' . . . : " -. space to , call . ' attention to bargains whiclTthey nad to offer for that day only. As a general rule, each merchant took some special" article, cut the price on it and advertised ' it extensively. For instance, a -grocer ' would offer twenty pounds of granulated sugar for $1; a dry goods merchant would offer his best calico at 3 cents a yard, etc. Plenty of hitching space and good wa ter and shade, were provided and every inducement ' offered which . woulch bring a crowd of farmers to town. "It is rare that a' church dinner is not served on first Monday. Much of the interest in irrigation in the part of Oklahoma was awakened at meetings held here on first Monday. I know farmers who travel a distance of fifty miles to reach Altus on this day, and in a radius of ten miles of Altus It is rare to find a farmer" at home oil first Monday. They come to Altus, with their families, and throng the stores all day." ' Pastor Wagn er on Womankind. The first requirement in the ideal of a woman is that - she shall toe sat isfied woman. The creed of pessimism and despair is "It. were better not to be!" yet I would 'give no mofe for, "I would have greatly prefered to be something else!" Woman should ' not be satisfied to accept herself at. this valuation, though that, doubtless, is , better than- to' re volt against "her fate ;but she should appraise herself, feel the high dignity of her position, , recognize the advan tages of life under the special form in which she receives it, . and which, in nobility, is equal to that bestowed upon man. In a word, woman should have the courage and pride of her sex. . :: We often meet young ladies who would like to be boys. In speaking among themselves of certain others of . their set they say: "There is a girl who ought to, have been, a boy; she is a boy lost!" .There'is no harm in this," inasmuch as it is no more than a ioke anxi a fashion of speaking, rt amounts to sayine that certain voune girls have aptitudes which ordinarily are characteristic of young boys. : But these have never prevented a woman from being truly and gracefully, wo manly. , . What we wish to indicate and stig matize here is silly scorn of that which jwe already possess; a refusal to put it into operation, '"to employ it, and the dangerous illusion ' which lies in thinking that we should have done greater work 'in this world if God had wished to make us something" other than that -which he has desired. Har per's Bazaar. , Stella Did you enjoy your Euro pean trip, my dear? . Belle Yes, indeed; we went to 117 rouvenir post cards." Puck. FRIGHTFULLY BURNED. Chas. W. Moore, a machinist, of Ford City, Pa., had his hand fright ful burned in; an electric furnace. He applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve with the usual 'result:, "a quick' and perfect cure." ! Greatest healer on earth for Burns, Wounds, Sores, Ec zema and Piles. 25c at Wood all & Sheppard's; tiruggjsts. oo o o o o The IVevvs was then' . of Th Mews is now It s Better How By Tallt tilh Us about your Eallidveisi? tMm Q m .. n SEABOARD RAILWAY TjileCtti.1Irl6 i ttle Principal Citlet North East. South ,and South-west, schedule taking effect May 27 1006 subject to change without notice. -i ,et?,.. r Passage on all trains are som. Dy this Company and accepted by fseeer wlth the understanding that this Company will not be responsi- t failure to run Its trains on schedule time, or for any such delay as may be incident to their operation, care is exercised to .give correct time of - connecting: ; lines, tui this Company is not responsible - for errors or orals' slons. ' ' - . - Trains -leave Charlotte as follows: -No. 40 i-Kffaliyy at 3 's.-WP m?,for-W6i: roe, Haml-et : janflj KWilmlngtonuarltliiout for Atlanta, B!rmln&mmV"'adh thl South-west; attoonrtfe rfot1 t8 to Atiantal AC - Hamlet with 38 for Raleigh, Portsmouth, Nor folk and Steamers for Washington,, iialtimore. New York, Boston and Prov idence. With 66 at Hamlet for Raleigh. Kicnmond, Washington, New York and the East. With SI at Hamlet for Col umbia, Savannah, Jacksonville and all Florida points. . , No. 133. daily at 10:15 a. m. for Lln colnton, Shelby, and Rutherfordton, without change, connecting at Lincoln ton with C.N. W. No. 10 for Hickory, Lenoir, and Western North Carolina points. . No 45. at 4:45 p. m. daily for Lincoln ton, Shelby, Rntherfordton and all local stations; connecting at Lincolnton with C. N. W. for Newton, Hickory, Lenoir and all local points. -No 44 dally at 5:00 p. m. Monroe Hamlet, Maxton Lnmberton, Wlllming ton and all local stations. No. 132 dally, 7:15 p. m., for Monroe, connecting with 41 for Atlanta. Birm ingham and the Southwest, at Hamlet with 43 for Columbia, Savvanriah, Jack sonville and Florida points; with 34 at Hamlet for Richmond, Washington and New York and the East, with 32 at Hamlet for Raleigh. Portsmouth, , and Norfolk. Through sleepers on this train Charlotte, N. C, to Portsmouth Va., daily. - - . , . . .. Trains arrive at Charlotte as follows: No. 133, 10:00 a. m. dally from points North and South. . No. 44 daily at 10:15 a. m. from Ruth erfordton, Shelby Lincolnton and all C. N. W. points. - - - - No. 45 daily 11:50 from Wilmington, Lumberton, Maxton, Hamlet. - Monroe and all local points. No. 132, 7:05 p; m. daily from Ruth erfordton, Shelby, Lincolnton, and C. N. W. Ry. points. ; No 39, 1045t p. m. daily," for Wll mfngton, Hamlet and Monroe, also from points East, North, South and West, connecting at Hamlet and Monroe.' Connections are-made at Hamlet wit all through trains, for. points North, South, and Southwest, which are com posed of Vestibule-day coaches between Portsmouth and Atlanta, and Washing ton and Jacksonville, and sleeping care between Jersey City, and Jacksonville. Cafe cars on all through trains. For information, time-tables, reser vations, or Seaboard descriptive litera ture apply to ticket Agent or address, Raleigh, N. C. JAMES KER. JR.. C P, A.. Charlotte, N. C EDWARD F. COST. 2nd V. P., Portsmouth, Va. Chas. B. Ryan, G. P. A., . - . , .Pourstmouth Va. Special Rates Over the Seaboard. ' To Toronto, Ont.. account Patriarchs Militant and Sovereign Grand Lodge, Semptember 15th-22nd, at rate of one first-class fare plus one dollar for the round trip. V " For further information as to rates and schedules apply to T C. H, G ATT IS, T. P. A., . ' Raleigh, N. G. V JAS.KER, JR., C P. A,, ; - j: Charlotte,-N. C 'Vi:i'; r't;;,ii -'-- patronage never before 4,638 . 5,364 ; j. "si-urn. -uk: Htr : tina-wirs i3 g i r..-i :,,f; .. ;.fiJ' ;. . '. ' -V, nI'W7. fliv v VW Norfolk & Western R'y Schedule in Effect May 27, 1906. Through Train pally, Cltarlotl af '"f": v Koaaolre,' Ta. ' t-"-v Nortta'-'BoaaO. - Lv. Charlotte, So. Ry 11:00 LV. Winston. .N.'& W. Ry . . . 2:60 p.m. juv. xnariinsvme ........... . :yu p.m. Lv. Rocky Mount . . . :2$ p.m. Ar. Roanoke ....... ... .... 7:25 p,n - Souta Boani. L-r. Roanoke'.... 9:20. a.n Lv. Rocky Mount ... ......10; a.H Lv. MarttnsviUe .,... 11:45 a.m. Ar. Winston .. . . . .w.v. -2:0G p.m. Ar. Charlotte .... . .. .... C:00 p.m. - Throug-h coach Charlotte ;afad.T' ioa uoke. :- -Connects at Roanoke, vtn. Khnn.nf on. , y aiiey onxe. ror"jNaturai' Boere, Lu ray, Hagerstown and- all poit; Jn rejiinjivania sna XNew- lorlt. iruiixnan steeper, Roanoke to ; Fhnadelphia. Additional train leaves Winston-Salem .7:30 a. m. dally, except Sunday, fo? Southwest Virginia ' arid Shenandoah Valley points. - - W. B. BEVIL, - - " Gen. Pass. Agt.,- Roanoke, Va. M. V. BRAQO.-rrav. Pass. Agent. '' Special Lew. Rates Via, Southern ; ; ' Railway. ,.;;;;V ;;. On account of- the- Homecoming of Wmj J: Bryan, New York,"N. Au gust 30th, 1906, the Southern Railway will sell tickets to New York and re turn at exceptionally low rates.' Tick ets to be sold August Aug. 28th, and 29th, with final limit Sept: 4th. " ' 'The following rates will apply from points named, Charlotte $20.50, Salis bury $19.10. Statesvllle $19.95. Hickorv. $21.00, Greensboro $17.50, Winston-Sa-' lem $18.35, Durham ' $17.50, Raleigh $17.50. Appfoximately low rates from other points. ' " -. For further Information call on your Depot Agent, or write t R. L. VERNON, T. P. A., !v : .""'"' Charlotte, N. C. W. H. TAYLOE. G. P. A., ' w5gnf ton, D. C. Meeting Patriarchs Militant and So v- Toronto, - Canada, Sept. 15th . 22nd, 190&. .. ;- . Rates Via Seaaoard Air Line. - The Seaboard Air "Lin begs to an nounce that they will sell round trip tickets Toronto, Cananda, for the above meeting on Sept. 12, 13, 14, and 15th. Route No. -1, via Richmond to - Washington, Buffalo and Grand Trunk Ry. $25.85. Route No. 2, viL Richoaond, W&shing tonn, Niagara Falls, and Grand Trunk, $25.25. Route via Cincinnati, Ohio, one fare plus "twenty-five cents, for round trip. - Liniif3 continuous passage in each direction going trip to commence on date of salo and return trip on date ticket is vail dated at Toronto, which date must not be later than Sept." 24th. If return portion ticket deposited' In person by original purchaser--wth joint agent Union Station, Toronto, not la ter than 8 p. m.; Sept. 24 and payment of fee of $1.00 made at time of depos it, limit of ticket will be extended so as to leave Toronto on date ticket is withdrawn from deposit but in no case to leave Toronto later than midnight of October 24th, 190G. . !lf or further information call on or address JAMES KER. JR.. .C P. A., '- Charlotte, N. C. C. II. GATTIS, T; P. A., Raleigh. N. C. 8-15-Ct ' equalled in ' -. : ' . oo 776 Subscribers ' v jM $ SOUTMEN RAILROAD ; N. B. Following schedule ri. puoiisned ohly as information an.t not laranteed. 9 ; .3:30 a. m.. No 8,daily for Hirhm and local points, connects at Oi T,nx t TO for Winston-Salem: Raleirh '.. ' Danville for Norfolk. c,t' 5:45 a. m., No 27 daily for Rork r h Chester, Columbia and local stuii"', 5:3J a m.. No. 16, dally except ;m,i i .i" for Statesville, Taylorsville and i joints; connects at MooresviM r:, Winston-Salem and at Statesville !v Hickory, Lenoir, Blowing Kock A-t-i yllle and points west. e I 7:15 a. m., No, 39 daily. New York n,,, Atlanta ExpresSV'Pulmfan' leitieri it Columbus, Ga. and day;itoache.s' to u lanta.,: Close .conneetions.. at .SuartHt. burg for Hendersonville" and AshllVu V 8-:33 eH. m.: Nb' Sa. 'daily;' 'New Yr.ViJ and - Florida .Express for .Rock Mm Chester, Wlnnsboro, Columbia, Sav'n. nah, Jacksonville and Augusta. class day coaches Washington to Jai I sonville. Dining- car service. 9:25 a. m. No 36 daily U. S. Past Mm for Washington and all points riouli Pullman drawing rooms, sleepers tr to New York and Richmond, day eoa , es New Orleans to Washington; diu:nJ car service. Connections at Oreensbi r for Winsten-Salam, Raleigh and Gold--boro. 9:30 a. m.. No 37, daily, Washington and Southwestern Limited, Pullnum drawing- room sleepers. New York ta New Orleans and Birmingham; Pull man observation car New York to ii eon; dining car service; solid Pulliirtri train. 10:05 a. m., No 30 daily for Washing, ton and all points North, Pullman sign ers to New York, first-class coach to Washington. Close connections at Dan ville for Richmond, Va., Dining car ser vice. , 11:00 a, m.. No 28 dally, for Davhbon Mooresville.Barber Junction, Cooleeinf Mocksvllle, Winston -Salem and Koan oke, Va.. and local stations. 12:35 p. m. No 11 daily, for Atlanta and local stations; connects at Spar tanburg for Hendersonville and Ashe ville. 6:00 p. m. No 25 daily except Sun. day, freight and passenger, for Chester S. C. and local points. 7:00 p. m. No 12 daily, for Richmond nd local stations, connects at Greens boro' for Goldsboro. Pullman sleeper, Greensboro -to Raleigh; Charlotte to Richmond, and Charlotte to Norfolk. 7:15 q. m. No 24, daily except Sunday yor Taylorsville and local stations; connects at Statesville for Asheville, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis. 8:18 p m. No 38 daily, Washington and Southwestern limited for Washing ton and . all points north. Pullman sleep ers and Pullman observation car to New York.- Dining car services. Solid Puil-,-man train. 10:33. p. m.. No 34 daily, New York and Florida Express for Washington and points north. Pullman sleepers from Jacksonville and Augusta to New York. First-class day coaches from Jacksonville to Washington. . 9:50 t m. No 29 daily. Washington and Florida Limited for Columbia, Au gusta. Charleston, Savannah and Jack sonville. Sullman drawing room sleep ing car to Jacksonville. First-olas9 dav coache Washington to Jackson ville. 11:05 p. m.t , No 40 daily, for Wash ington and points north. Pullman sleep er to Washington. First-class day coaches Atlanta to Washington. 10:25 p. m.. No 35 daily, U. S. Fast Mail for Atlanta and points South and Southwest. Pullman drawing room sleepers to Mobile and Birmingham sleepers to New Orleans and Birming ham. Day coaches Washington to New Orleans. Dining' car services. Tickets, Sleeping Cari Reservations, ami etailed information can be obtalnee at lcket office. No. 11 South Tryon St. H. B. SPENCER. Gen Mgr. S. H. HARDWICK. P. T. M., W. H. TAYLOE. G. P. A.. Washington, D. C. R. L. VERNON. T. P. A.. '.,1 H t, (u) m co U9. K'v Js3 00 ' ' 10 " ('0 m n m f-;0
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