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ea a Lco:i!.;EeciiAiiT . AIEIIEFACTOR A 6ood Citizen and a Friend v , In Need. HONESt MEN GIVEN CREDIT. Hs ' WetUd Rather Be Right Than Preaideiil The . Laoal RaUII Mari chant 'la Without Quaation tha Cam- . munlty's Moat Prominant Faotor. AWe Farmer by Buying From Him. ICOpyrlnhlwl, I9H. by Thomaa 1. diilllvnn. I would rattier I right thnn presl. tlent ta the principle followed by niony retail merchants. There Ih no rlfcht without a parallel dutjr. 110 liberty without the supremacy of, "the law. no high, destiny without 'anient perseverance, no greatness without oelf denial. . As a dlKpeuwr of Important services In any town none compares with the torn 1 1 merchant. IVIinps the Unit benefit or Impor- lance in the endless ueemnniodntlous which hit extends his customers, ills tiooks show tbut where inlsfortiln sickness nr loss or occupation over taken his customers he Is frequently ihllKed to carry them for muny inouths. Honest Man Gat Cradit. The man who has not established I rcpuiutlou for uni'HIaliility or distion estv Is riiusnnahly auro of securing credit for the asking. And the exten sion or credit Is equivalent to making loans without interest. And who would ask or expect any such ruvnrof any one but it merchant or a very close and dear friend? The local town to be a deferable place to live In must have police aud tire protection. It must have bridges. Improved street, water, sewers nnd iroiid schools. To secure these neves sary Improvements and to maintain them taxes must lie levied. The local merchant pays a large share or the taxes. Among other things, the local mer chant Is continually forced to contrib ute to nil manner of charitable enter prises, both public and private. lie Is . the local benefactor, inasmuch ns he ts the employer or labor. Numerous young man and women And employ ment In his store, and as the result or his Investment and effort many dot Inrs Hud their way to the pocket or the doctor, the dentist, the editor, tbej drugitlst nnd the bunker, all or which contributes to the socnl nnd financial pnisierity or the community. "Faith In tha Community. He nlilx.thc farmer by buying from Ji I in his products to the extent or his needs, .thus Increasing the profits or the runner. lie has shown his fultli In the com . niunlty by Investing his capital there, consequently his interests center there: upon bliu. In a measure, depends the . social, religious, educational and com? iiierciul existence or the town, aud be .Is ever willing to do his part All this being true, why Is he not en titled to the same nniuuut or consid eration's that exacted by the farmer, the wage camera ml the other factors . or, the community that are always cry ing for "fair treatment" and '"the right to liver : Destroying Local Markete. All he ask Is tbut which Is rightfully 1 hls-the opportunity to display his goods and compare prices with those shown Id the misrepresented "picture albums" of the catalogue houses be fore you send your, money uway from home to j buy something or the same quullty which lie eun sell Just as cheap ly as does the big city merchant prince. Take away from the community one f the most Important elements of prosperity.-the. .medium of exchange. . mid the effect Is Inevitable u weuken : ing or the organism, "ad that Is pre- 1 elsely . what the great mtil order re 'tnll houses are doing. They are bleed ing, the local communities , They are : destroying -local markets', weakening local creditB. .reducing the. volume or deposits in small local banks, starving nut- local business men who. are con sinners f farm products as well us , dealers. J driving to the large cities thousands or consumers who can no longer t And employment In - small towns. and the men who are aiding them InHhelr work or destruction will soon pa.vHhe penalty In the shrinkage or the valuor their property, as well ns lu the -loss of their markets. . . 1 'A'.Qiaantio Monopoly. ' v ' , ; That the managers or these gigantic 'enterprises, understand what they are . doing Is amply. "demonstrated by a re mark recently, made by one or their . number In Chicago. He said. "Give us a few mora years and we will make every city outside of Chicago a lown. eTery town spillage, every village a ' hamlet, and .every-hamlet we will . wlie off the face o the earth." .' - ' '' What will the customers of the mall order houses do then.' poor things? . They will have given aid and comfort to the enemy that has destroyed their .. prosperity. They; will have assisted In ' building up a gigantic monopoly 8e- duced by pretty (picture books, they - wilt have in their lurnKvooe starved , out their own: best enstoaem. I)e . ; eerted 'Tlllagea Will tlien mork the , places where prosiennis cnimnrmltte formerly thrived, and the ponnlsUuii. . of the country wiTl tie divided between tue farms and the largei cities. t The , prospect Is not a Hensant on to on euinfWe. - . - . a : - horses $ . , AND V We have just recieved a lot of nice Horses and Mules.. We have been fortunate in securing: a specially nice se lection and if you are in the -L market for good stock. it will pay you to see us before you buy. Respectfully, PLONK & FLOYD KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. J, ZKinqs -Alcuntain He etui Will clean, press and repair vour clothes and clean and re-trim your hats in the very latest style. Sidney Brown, - - Proprietor "Cretses 'em So They Will SUy" ' THE Ji. . hrtU '.'ft' Vws-H.T1 . t Tv.''..-.j. .i-,-.'-.T.tj 'isrfji.r H - If v Kimball DaiiyiarmerJ Jw 9 m i . FWiMlJJgsl fWWMaariHgllrWML I GREENS I L'i,'V'y s s. i rv (A fO:i-;V4&4 41 SSI ' We -invite everybody to Uake. advantage vjif .thisbig .Clubbing .Xlfiex. re as in y wsvvvV HERALD'S BIGGEST CLUBBING OFFER i. $1.25 Our Paper and Any One of These Clubs $1.25 SE ERAL leading puMishers of magazines have joined with us in one of the greatest subscription bar gain offers ever put out in this country. Through this combination everybody will be able to get a yearly subscription to three magazines in combination with, our weekly paper at practically the price of our paper alone. J In this list you will find forty different periodicals formed into thirty-five different clubs. Each club has 3 magazines, except one Special Club which has four magazines; some of these maga zines sell for as much as $1 a year. They are all good and cover a large variety- of choice reading matter, including History, Music, Religion, Education, Fashions, Fancy Needlework, Illustrated Current Events, Home Decorations, Fiction, Li lerature, Drama, Art, Science, Inventions, General Fanning, Dairy Farming, Live Stock, Vegetables, Fruit and Poultry. . os account of tna aplenatd contract we choice of any on of the clubs in combination Thiec offer fa made to evorrbodT. If too have von are a eubecriber to oor paper wa aak von . the dob yon like beat. Band your order today or give-vour order to aur representative or call at our office when in town. '. If you ' are now a aubscriber to any of these mag.sinea and wint.to tanew Juat sand your order to ua and we will . have your subscription extended. .If your eubscriptlon to our paper is past due, .we advise .you to pay up and take advantage of this bargain.- If you are In tha habit of buying your magasines through other channels, we ask you to Justly compare our alubs and prices with that of any other offer you receive. irYou, no doubt,, are now. a subscriber to.eome of these periodicals. Ysn can save money by sending youri renewal order to ua. Hera la a chance to get your bonwpaper and a yearly atipply of good reading at a real bargain. If you want . one or mors.of thsseinagaannes sent to different addresses, juat mention-it. TELL ALL tour friends and neighbors about this big offer ' . CLUB No. 10 Tod.y'i (with rree.Datteni) Woman'. World Horn. Lit, CLCBNo-'ll Good Stories F.rm Life " -.; . ,...'. 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I now have three -chairs and am pre- ! pared to wait on the trade as; fast as it eoroes. Time aaved is , money saved, andhy letting us do your barber worK you eave time, therefore, money. First class worK guaranteed at this shop. i ' . W- J. Wright, Prop. SBoiiiy Springs jf(ijt ScwoA OWNED and controlled by the Kings Mounuin and Sandy Run J IAasociationa. A Chriatian institution with est of moral surroundings I Coeducational Near foot-hills of Blue Ridge. P.ureatof Air and J Water. Free from Malsria Excellent brick buildings. Nine teachers- I men and women-graduates of best colleges snd universities in the I I land. College preparatory with an gnsn-scientlic course lor prspective $80 to $10(1 paya board, tuition in Literary Department, room Tent, I fuel, and Ascetylene lights for a term of nine month., fall Term . I opens AUGUST 11th. FOR CATALOG ADDRESS I J. D. HUGGINS, Acting Prindpa. J 'Uoate No. 3 Shelby, North Caroina. ? Worth Dointr Well. 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Often Gratifies i.trUle MM ar 'sn Unaenaeoua Tamper -Ths--Safss Plan la Alwaye to . Do the Taak That Lies Nearest Ua. " r. (Copyrlsiited. mLby Thornnal. Sullivan.) dtldioure may lie au evidence of wit or bitterness nnd nmy grutlfy a little uilml or mi iitiKeiieniua temper, but la no test of iviisiiii,.truti or luunbood. 'ftldleiile. biwliles beliiE cowlous and unconscious,, nmy also be ludlrect as well n. direct, liepitive as well as pcwltlve. panilrzlug us well ns eraus liii;. And niyrlud iumuuiber nud kind are the ridiculous suggestions made and being made by the enemies and victims pf tbe mull order concerus lu the lioM of stopping their onward ulnrc-b of progress. Do mercbunts oltrnys appreciate tbelr advuntuge? Would a friend of tue inercbuut or dealer buve aent his llrst order to a strnnger who showed . pictures Instead of goods, who tnlked ou paper instead of face to fare, who demanded pay lu advance Instead of allowing. a more unlimited credit bad the niercliunt Improved i Iris . advan tages) -' Ought to Emulate Rivals. It would seeiu that after one expo rience of loug delays, ipilte common and to a 4:1 wit extent uniivolaabls In -trnillng wIlU .mall order bouses, after one experience of putting things to gether for .himself, after ous, expe rience of vrnltlng for a missing part, the friend 'Woirld not hare token. the. trouble to order-by mull-from a strsn-. Iter hart the local merchant or dealer always .improved'hla opportunities. ! Everj'tlilu thatihappens to ns leaves some itmce behlwl .lt; evcrythli.g con tributes Juiperwptlbly to form us. Yet of ten lti Is duugoruus to take a 'Strict nccount'-of tbut. 'for either we grow proud -and negligent or .downcast and dispirited, nnd both -are equally In jurious lu tbelr consequences. Always tbe safe plan Is to do the task wblob Ues nearest us nnd which . will augur tor our best interests nud those .of others.. If success can be attained by the re- bill mull order bouses, working .under ' disadvantages, why cannot tbe local merchant, who has .none of these dis advantages, succeed? lie can by imi tating their methods and practices, by allowing undisturbed Inspection of -goods' and . by polite und courteous treatment of all visitors to his store, thus creating new customers and con tinuing to supply old ones. In a certain Indiana' town a young muu ordered a beating store, price tsm. When the stove cnine he was very much 1 -disappointed. The stove was small, while tbe picture In the catalogue made It appear large and or namental. Had tlils.yonng man visit- -ed his local dealer nnd Inspected tbe $8.03 store he would not have bought it but would have selected one for $12 or $14 and would have got tbe right kind and one that would have sntlsSed bis needs. A Minnesota farmer ordered Ave rolls of tnirbed wire. Vfter It fAme and he had paid the freight he dlscov. . ered that he could have bought the same Identical wire from bis local denier and could have saved SI, also-M , much time-and trouble. ' " Mail Ordar Fanca In Woodshed. " .... . ... u iiiiukv or dered some wire fencing from s pic ture in a catulugue, und when It come it was so cheap looking that his pride would not allow him to dhiflgure bis grounds with inch a fence, so be stor ed it in his woodshed nnd bought what be. wanted from his local dealer. A lady In a little town In Missouri sent to one of the large mall order houses for a pair of shoes. Inclosing SLOT with, her order. After two weeks tbe shoes came by freight: charges were 25 cents, which she paid. After taking tbe shoes hqme she found they did not fit, -so she repacked them und sent them back by express, nnd after another two weeks' wait another pair of shoes came by freight with more charges attached. To the lady dis may, these shoes were no nearer a tit tbuu the flrst pair. v 8he then gave up In despair end visited her local dealer, crediting ber Investment of , $2.50 to experience. -- Wp ahnnM lUro n .Atififliat iiiMm ll.t, In ..oin ouubctv ui me eon, sumer that he ha hrmoet -i,k .i..i7 n.M. UlUJOVIi, buy at . borne: help-support his own town: moke his oWf. boats,, more val uable. . Let Mr. Mali Ordes Man sell his good things in' his own town. - In stead of bis fooling yon, yon fool him by trading at borne. . . Let each community become a co operative commonwealth to the extent that Its citizens shall work together to build np and sustain that commnnlty, working -with, nelgbbcirscompetitors included for the home, town, city, county and state: let civic pride and amMtJon be fostered; let the profes sional "grouch" and disturber of the pubUe, peace be frowned down: Jet the incorrigible offender against the prin. ciples of square dealing be thrown the ilrfns of public condemnation, And to the merchant we ssywarb JL. )
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