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The Fasti wwq~Keeps up TO HAVE BEEN FIRST PROVE T WO "STR The Power of outlet IS THE Cue I Or Lo sr Pri It is an undisputed fact that Quantity reduces cost. But behind the possibility of Quantity buying, must stand the power of the Outlet. The great selling, the wide territory over which t3 distribute goods, the being in touch with many cus tomers not only in Greenville, but over many coun ties-this together with the greatest wholesale and retail trade in the city of Greenville, we have the most effective weapon with which any buyer can buy. World over, makers yield their lowest cost and best bargains, not by sentiment or favor but to buyers who can talk Quantity and buy in Quantity. Pepe marvel at the piles of new goods being re ceive daily at the Busy Store. "What do they mean by buying such quantities of goods?" is an ex pression heard many times a day, but the most fa vorable comment is from the thousands of well pleas ed and satisfied customers who say: "How can they sell 'em so cheap?" The reason is easily explained. We are the biggest wholesale dealers in this line in the upper part of Carolina-when we visit the East ern markets, the mill men know us as large buyers Our sources of supply are the same as the jobbing houses from whom the retail merchants buy their goods-but it is not alone due to the fact that we are large and close buyers. There comes the difference 4 betweeuphe usual profit ne by retail mnerc s and the uniform small proff to charge. WVe d ,nd 6ni the volume of businessItarreturns. We haIrather sell two dgIlars and make eL. ,en - cents, than to sell one dollar and make ten cents 1 The tremendous business done by this house bears witness to the fact that the trading public appreci ates our method of conducting business-, and we are I gratified to announce to the trading public that we, THE HOBBS-HENDERSON CO., will at any and all times meet any competition that may arise-Fire Sales, Discount Sales, or what-not-as to protect our I -friends and customers as well as ourselves. Unsonlicite IS Mst Growing House in its Remarkable Run of Prosperity and S ANTIQUITY. TO BI AIT" T ALK S W.IT H NC OUR~ "I RON-CLAD" GUARANTEE WE GUARANTEE the price of every article we sell AS LOW AS, if not LOWER THAN, the same quality of goods can be bo-r, anywhe~re else in th sat. WE ALSO GUARA . the Style, Value and Wear of every articte to ly as repr esent ed either in our store or in our advertisements STILL FURTHER GUA FEE every pchto r e saa satisfctory transactio uchats e.We THAT EITHER THE ISTER OR SPI, GUARANTEE HAS BEEN VIOLATED tf will imme jate ly be adjusted upon presentation of the merc and sales-check / at complaint desk, or, if for any reason whats u conclude you ~ would rather have the cash than the goods, re merchandise in . as good condition as when purchased and you will be prompt lylyaandccheerflly refunded. ) d TES;TIMONIALS FrOm Cu 000 the State A. 3 rogross W " 0oME FIRST PROVES MERIT. > FRILLS" A Marvelous Record. Sales for the first Quarter of 1908 show . an increase of 37 1-2 per cent over 1907. Pretty good proof that the business of Greenville is growing and that we-The Hobbs-Henderson Co. -are getting our share of the increase. It is no wonder to us, because we are endowed with abso lute knowledge that our capacity to buy cheaper, and hence, to sell much cheaper-makes us by far the place of all places where the people will get the mcst for their money. We are gratified to know that more people are finding out our way of doing business and learning that here is a store that is constantly gfighting HIGH PRICES and always on the lookout to give our customers the best gooods for the least money. CONCENTRATION is the strength in politics, in war, in trade-in fact, in the management of all human affairs. *To constant concentration is due in no small measure our great success-all our enter pise, all our energies, all our endeavors are toward this end. Consequently-our Unquestioned Lead ership. CONFIDENCE-Gained by fair dealings, and investigation, and comparison by the trading pub lic-have given this store the prestage-the leader ship it now commands. THE GREAT INCREASE in sales each year pro claims in thunder tones the peoples growing confi dence in the Busy Store, and we are happy in the*I realization of the fact that the great mass of people confide in its statements and accord it a patronage unprecedented in Modern Merchandising. COLD AS MARBLE and hard as a rock would be the heart which did not cheerfully respond to such7 a magnificent demonstration of public confident The thanks and gratitude of Ithis Big Busy Sto are expressed, not in the glittering generalities . cold and unfeeling type, but they are offered you such ways as will do you substantial good, and you will keep coming our way you will see the ma terful erin whichwe wredouble our effor, to please . u, and to save o irmthe crush ar' 4 grmd o n~upper and. nle erI,Emniisnes or the my~1 Priced adcredit way of robling the poor peopley this section.i READ EVERY WORD on this page-we'll ei deavor to show you why it is to your interest 1. always trade here, and how we are fixed to prote( you from high prices, and what an easy matter and pleasure it is to always meet "such" competition a now exists, and always bear in mind that Hobbs Henderson Co, do nlot,follow, a Leaders, but Lead the Followers.