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- - - ? ? - ?. i ?j; ? ' 'ij \ * lit 4 i in I ; ? . V I^y- ,.C. f> : ',* : V^v' Photo Hy Thaekston CREDIT Bl'SIXESS. Keep a (lood Ocilit Heroic! in Your Town hy Paying Your Hills Promptly?Make Your Merchant Friends Smile When You Enter Their Stores. Many people not acquainted with the Merchants' Association regard it as a machine by which all the slow I ay people are fished out and bundle1'! together so that the merchant can refer to it as a deadbeat list, but he public is now pretty well informed to th" contrary and we are glad II nuic l Lie I nxii^r. i This business is one for the mer- < chant to study and practice for the \ benefit of his customers as well as j I himself, and this is the line of i thought for this writing. According < to our judgment, the merchant is as i much responsible for the bad condi- 1 tion the credit trade has been in as i use debtors who have generally > had to bear the blame. With a de sire to do a large volume of business and add customers to the store, the merchant has been too careless in se>ing the quality of his trade. Numbers of people are not fully conservative in their purchases and , iS. M. HARXETTK. LAMPS Lamps and Lamp Globes zes at a reduced price, 25< ."Ac. Complete Brass Lamps at 10c. CHINA AND CROCKE1 We have a most beautifu of China and Crockery su< Plates, Cups and Sai ' Bowls, at 10c each, in Bands and Gilt Flowers, is the best and prettiest lir , have ever had before. GLASS WARE Our Glass Ware depart] has also been restocked witl | best line of 5<\ 10c and 25< cles, such as Sugar Bo Butter Dishes, Celery Hoi Pickle Dishes, Cream Pitc and Vases, also Ice Pitchers Tea Glasses, and many othe tides needed on your table. IMake Ou Store He quarters During Tr Week. We Will Take Care of Y ? " v.;. \ Ip||| < WT.WVIIA FKIITILIZEK l?l,\XT. their ideas of pay day do not trou- j made and from this source arises much of the troubles of the collectors. A slow pay man is generally ; ?asy to sell and the salesman rather likes him on that account. The , character of credit is not always in the province of the salesman. Too much importance has been attached o numbers of customers and volume 11 if trade, and too little to the safety >f the concern when the jobber "alls for his dues. (If course, competition has been at j the bottom of the whole thing and i largely the cause of such practice as ( lierereferred to. It is really an edu- j ationel help to many people to be j ^ere referred to. It is really an edu- i bad habits of paying. To charge : ?oods to a man whom vou know, or ' could easily ascertain is already un-' satisfactorily behind at other places is an injustice to him, to your busi- | ness and to your family who are de- j pendent upon you for support, and i we venture the further assertion that it is an injustice to your cus- ' tomers whom you know to be abso- | lutely reliable and will pay you ( promptly. Conditions are changing, however. ! and while the credit trade is vastly j * BA I 5! We have arraug< j store tilled i'mm the 1 figgi I ,aucaster < 'ounty. 1 : ?i11J-V to do our best ] 'M get before and in ord i~ | can save you t lie 1<) j #: ) said to you. On Thursday, F 25c worth from us ei Arm & Hammer Sod* , all ; and ??????. Hand _Tr We are going to Saturday who buys t [tY and Soda, a Souvenii our customers. 1 line :h as ______ iCers Gold KNIVES, FO] This ie we Knives and For ? set, also large and Wallace Bros'. I If ment i the L????? c arwels, ders, A :hers W rar- JLP xjL ad- ** ade g |lanc/ tk*/ ? fr" 1 ^ . V Ifv^ : S improved over that of a few years ago, better times are still ahead. A source of reliable information is established by which every man doing a credit business within this city can protect himself against much of his former loss on account of bad credit. Let it be understood that we consider that there is a vast difference let ween the honest well-meaning man who is unfortunate and can not pay, and the man who is generally termed a deadbeat, but there is no difference to the creditor when the time comes for him to make up his statement of assets and liabilities. A good man should have credit for his good intentions and his unsuccessful efforts to pay, and should not J be classed with those who are on the beat, if he has used his best judgment in making the account and all diligence in trying to pay it, but he should not be offended if he should be refused credit on account of his condition. He could not borrow money at the bank if he was known t<$ be insolvent and in debt and he should not expect credit from other sources. A man who is made out of the right sort of stuff will pay some time if possible, but there are others who will hide behind every imaginable RNE 1 0 an/1 I'd for Trade Week, especiall front to the hark with many We appreciate the past patl'o in tlie future to give you niov er to do this we are buying n ht rent the jobber gets. If y riday and Saturday we are g ther 7 Bars of Octagon Soap, i for 25c, or we will sell either give Absolutely Free to each 25c worth or more of any kin worth from 10c to 25c each. RKS AND SPOONS. ks from 50c to $1.50 per small Spoons. These are *avy Plated Ware. R N I 10 and i CTCD LO 111.IV, b K'p^frjxriu, " " ? ?? excuse to put off the payineut ot a claim to Bome unknown future date, while the creditor may wrestle with the problem of how to pay for the goods he sold them. It is the business of every man in his credit dealings to use all available means to ascertain If the parties with whom he deals are reliable, and even then losses will occur. It .,ic? ti,n itiiuiiiiidu mill mirnose of the Retail Merchants' Association to make a true and faithful report on every inquiry, based 011 facts and ?he record, and the inquirer to appropriate the information according to his judgment and desire. After all that may be said in regard to the credit business, and eonicerning the deadbeat and the honest man who can not pay we feel quite sure that in the business world of today there is always some way by which every GOOD MAN may "gel by." Whatever is to the best interest of our "Home Merchant" is to the best interest of the entire community, and that is what every citizen should earnestly desire and help to accomplish. PROSPERITY NOW . MORE PRONOUNCED McAdoo Says "Financial and Kronomic Situation in United States is Strongest in Worltl." Washington, April 10.?Declaring tliat only illness prevented him from accepting the invitation of the Westchester County Democratic club to its banquet in New York tonight, Secretary McAdoo wrote President Van Cortlandt, of the club, today saying that national prosperity "now planted upon secure economic foundations" is becoming more pronounced and widely diffused every day. "The financial and economic situation in the United States," the letter said, "is the strongest in the world. With such inherent power, the only thing that can overtake us is prosperity, unless some catastrophe beyond human control should intervene." Summarizing the work of the Wilson administration, Mr. McAdoo wrote: | "A nation saved from the disasters threatened by the Kuropean war; prosperity restored; peace preserved; government administered in the interest of all the people; backdoor T T 1 25c Stc 0 v Thursday, Friday and Ka bargains for our many cus nage of our customers and i r for your money tlian you lit o\v direct, from the Manufact oil will give us one trial we w % oing to sell to each and eve 7 Packages of Washing Po of the three kinds mixed at and every customer on Th d of goods in our store excepi We have had these Souvenir station: We have the best and of Stationery. Linen CI at 5c. Envelopes at 5c : 7 T T mJk JL JL 25c Stc South ( The Rayo Res * I ^HE bright, yet soft lis X rests your eyes as sur iis injurious to them. Scien of an oil lamp ? and the R&yo is the best oil lamp made. Ask your dealer to she glare, no flicker. Easy to STANDARD O Washington. D. C. (-NEW JE Norfolk, Va. R A T Til Richmond. Va. BAL 1 If iiin . i""". i. ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii influences destroyed; high moral | standards maintained; legitimate business safeguarded; the tariff intelligently reformed; the federal reserve act enacted and a new and safe financial system established, these are in part the Democratic achievements during the brief period of two years. The party can face the country on its record with confidence !n itself and trust in the people." USE THE NEWSPAPERS. Don't advertise on trees or rocks Afar from the haunts of men You cannot sell the woodchuck clocks Or pictures for his den. The squirrel may observe your sign About your cure for chills, J And on it he may try to dine. But that won't pay your bills. sll >re I turday, to have our I itomers throughout R Do prove this we are I ive ever been able to 'fff urers, by which we H ill prove all we have * ~ *u.\n iry person that buys w wder, 7 Packages of ^in' 25c for 7 Bars. a,1Qc. ul per 1 ursday, Friday and b the 7 Bars of Soap, 0l s made especially for piete the I 10c. " " 10c. ERY I | and and most complete line Toii4 oth Finish Tablnfs I I for packages of 25. I th^ I We ban hav< E^v Poti y Ste\ ' ties, """^k and line wmm redi >re s" ry ^ 1^ ^aronna lin ~n ^S I A\ I mr} 1 1 11 ;ts Your Eves " H "w fht of the RAYO Lamp | | ely as a harsh white glare 1 j tists recommend the light j j LAMP I iw you the Rayo. No j | light and care for. I 5 IL COMPANY :RSEY) Charlotte. N. C. I I UlODP Charleston. W. Va. t| fflUKL Charleston. S. C. 1 j The possum buys no breakfast foods , We may n? well confess. So if you want to sell your goods You'd better use the press. ?New York Mall. Backyard Gardens. The following letter, received this morning, explains itself: "Mr. Editor: Please stop those 'Backyard Garden' articles. My wife insisted that I follow out your Instructions and I have already raised a bumper crop of blisters."?Amerlcus Times Recorder. Why make two blades of grass grow where one grew before unless you can sell them? Lost motion on the farm Is a heavy expense. Eliminate the waste of time as well as material. \KTTK'S 5c, 10c & 25c STORE. WINDOW SHADES e have a first class line of I clow Shades at 25c each, in ! olors. loe Polish of all kinds at 8c 00X. I TOILET ARTICLES ^ ir Toilet line is more (om- * i than ever, consisting of jest Toilet Soap, 3 cakes for A high grade Powder at Graham's best 10c Skin Bath Soap, Toilet Waters many other things in the it line. ENAMELED WARE, ur line of Enamel Ware for kitchen is now complete, believe we have the best fains in this line that we e ever had before. Coffee ), Dish Pans, Sauce Pans, m v Boilers, Berling Stew Ret, Dairy Pans, Pudding Pans, many dther things in this for the kitchen, nt a ira***r , -- - .v.J iced price. ? Our Line of Jewel- I Before Baying. We 1 o have a Complete | e of Post Cards.y M