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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. r|
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/ THE COST MARK. g(
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Merchandising is the means of j P1
distributing the products of one sec-j el
tion of a country amongst the peo-1 m
pie of another section. It is defen-:^0
sible as a legitimate business only ar
so long as it proves itself the most as
economical way of making this distribution.
When the people who wishj
to buy in small quantities may secure
what they want without trou-j
ble and unnecessary delays by a;^
cheaper route, then merchandising' $a
is no longer defensible. ca
Therefore, we are of the opinion wi
that the proposed law to have all di:
goods marked in plain figures, both
with the cost and selling mark, ca
should become of force. It has been j m,
tried during the present season in!
the retail coal business, and is proving
a success in every way. The i pr
government has fixed the margin ati
, which coal is to be sold at retail, J ag
and a man who purchases knows, ca
that he is is paying a margin of two1
dollars per ton for coal when it is' ca
delivered by the retail coal mer-j 0f
chant. This two dollars of course
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must cover all losses incurred in tr
weights, the labor of unloading and sjj
.the expense of weighing and haul- 0f
ing, and the cost of book-keeping to
and collecting. j di
We see no reason why the same re
.plan might not be adopted with re- Hi
gard to groceries, dry goods and ag
furniture. The fact that the prices
now charged by some merchants sii
above the cost price is so heavy wl
that a knowledge of it might lead to wi
a lynching does not prove that the w<
law should not be adopted. The ha
people would not object to a reason-1 tii
ahle nrnfit. Thev would learn that, wi
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in order to obtain goods at retail, it at
would be necessary for the mer-jhi
chant to buy at wholesale, and go to dt
the expense of handling the goods,: th
for which he is to be repaid, and
that interest on the money invested, cc
clerk hire, losses ,and many other fr
_ items of cost to the buyer would be w
taken into consideration, as well as
the fact that the merchant must pi
? himself live. But they would be en-; hi
. .abled to say when the profits charged
are so enormous to be unendur-: 01
able. . [he
. The result would be that the dis-! pr
.tribution of the products of one
section by the people of that scetion,j ?*
.and the purchase of these products ar
by the people of another section
.would be a matter of concern to
both these peoples, and knowing the ng
facts the people would begin to se
study methods of cutting down the:to
cost and expenses of such disposal ac
on the one hand, and acquisition of m|
such products on the other hand, so
that in a little while we would find tl!
commission merchants, or selling ru
agents or buyers associations hand-|
ling all these goods, and disposing ^
of them through certain agencies,! uT
which would put them in the handsof
the people who desire to buy ati m<
the least possible expense. j
The fruit business in the South is:
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when people begin to study their!
own problems. A great many people' ar
in this section started to raising' gc
peaches for the markets some few se
years ago. When the fruit was
ready to sell they were forced to er
dispose of it to the wholesale mer-jpr
chants at a nominal price, or lose:
the fruit. This happened for a
year or two when the fruit growers
decided to take hold of the matter at
themselves. The result was that a. pu
manager of the business was em-[ at
ployed, and arrangements werej fiv
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ade to distribute the fruit on ev-'
y market by men employed by the
uit Association. From the day
is plan was adopted the fruit grows
began to obtain a reasonable
ice .for their products.
Other produce can be handled in
e same way. And the things which
is necessary for the" people of this
ction to buy may be bought in the
me way. If we could keep the
>liticians out of business of this
nd, the farmers might buy all their
>rn, meat, and other products, as
ell as all kinds of household goods,
; much lower prices and save a
'eat amount of money. At the
ime time they might find a ready
id a better market for the prodits
they have for sale.
It would result in the country
)ing on a cash basis to be sure,
at that is what the country has
;eded so long. When we can get
d of the credit business in this seeon,
and when every man trades
>r cash and one man's dollar is as
>od as the dollar of every other
an, the country will begin to make
ogress. We may have fewer mer
lants, it is true, but we win nave
ore farmers who produce products
r sale. The people who produce
e the only people who add to the
sets of a country after all.
THE EPIDEMIC.
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There have been fewer cases of
e influenza for the last several
;/s, but a greater percentage of
ses of pneumonia as compared
th the new cases of the former
?ease.
On Friday morning eleven new
ses were reported with no pneu-|
unia cases.
On Saturday morning, there were
'elve new cases with one case of
ipumonia.
On Sunday morning, there were
:ain twelve new cases but five
ses of pneumonia were reported, j
On Monday morning thirteen new
ses were reported, with one case
pneumonia.
ur. a. garrison, wno nas oeen
eating a great number _ of cases
ice he came here from the office
the Surgeon General in Washingn
and who was stricken with the
sease some days ago, has so far
covered as to be out on Sunday,
e went to work among his patients
;ain on Monday morning.
Only one death has been reported
ice our last issue among the
bites?that of Mrs. Gilbert, the
ife of the gentleman whose death
2 chronicled some days ago. She
is been desperately sick for some
ne and on Saturday grew worse
ith fatal results. She was buried
Melrose on Sunday beside her
isband. She has a sister who is
?sperately ill with the disease at'
is writing.
W. D. Barksdale has so far retvered
as to be out again. His
iends on traders row were glad to
elcome him Monday morning.
Weber Wilson continues to im ove
and his friends hope to see
m out in a few days. i
Mrs. W. A. Harris has been seriisly
sick for the past few days, but
;r friends hope she will escape
leumonia. i
Dr. J. C. Hill has had his leave
1 absence from the army extended
lother fifteen days and he is doing
le work in helping relieve the sick.
Dr. J. R. Power is getting around
:ain among his patients after a
vere case. He has had to return
his room two or three times on
count of the recurrence of the
n'adv. The friends of Mrs. Power
,11 be glad to know that she conlues
to improve after being seriisly
sick for several days.
Miss Mary Lawson Link and Miss
c.ry Quarles Link have been among
ose attacked in the last few days.
The number of cases to Monday
srning reported is 880.
*EENVILLE MAN NAMED
AS FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
B. E. Geer of Greenville has been .
pointed fuel administrator for
>uth Carolina to succeed B. B. Gostt,
who recently resigned to accept
commission in the army, the fedal
fuel administration announced
id ay.
SALE OF WORKING OUTFIT
Col. Dote Smith was the Busy Bee
a sale of blacksmith tools on the
blic square Saturday, promptly <
12 o'clock. The lot brought eighty 1
e dollars. ]
Damage Follows j
Piedmont Floods
MUCH PROPERTY WRECKED IN
GREENVILLE SECTION?RAILROADS
ARE HARD HIT
BY FLOOD.
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Greenville.?Damage conservatively
estimated at upwards of $100000
was caused to business and residential
property in this city along i
the valley of the Reedy River Friday (|
afternoon when the river, swollen to' I
a record breaking volume by unpre- I
cedented rains in the upper section I
nf ttiA rniintv. dashed in a mad tor-;|
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rent through the city sweeping bridges,
railroad trestles and other structures
before it.
The Piedmont & Northern Railway
is perhaps one of the heaviest
sufferers. One section of 1,000 feetj
of roadway was washed down or undermined
by the waters, the yard
offices just on the edge of the city J
were washed away, and officials say>
it will probably be two days before!
any more trains can be operated.)
The Greenville & Western Railway,'
which operated between Greenville
and Travelers Rest, was completely.fi
put out of commission and the sta-jB
tion in this city, which is near thei
edge of the river, was completely j|
surrounded by water, so that two of-j 9
ficials who were caught in one of the I
offices on* the second floor had to I
climb out by means of a ladder on E
to a box car in the yards. A number
of bridges along the course of the
river were washed away completely!
and others were flooded.
Industrial Plants Suffer.
Heavy damage was suffered by a
number of industrial plants situated
on three sides the rivers near Main
Street, buildings of the American
Machine Manufacturing Company,)
the Acme Loom, Reed and Harness
Works, Nuckassee Manufacturing'
Comnanv and others were nartial-!
ly flooded and machinery badly 11
damaged. A trestle which was partjl
of a siding of the Charleston & Wes- ?
tern Carolina Railway and which 'E
crossed the river just under the [I
Main Street concrete bridge was en-|l
tirely destroyed and two box cars,|P
one of them loaded with junk, were.turned
over in the stream and wash- =
ed down.
Large numbers of small houses in;
the upper section of the river valley,1
known as the "Meadow," were flooded
by the rising waters and in some
cases it became necessary to drive
wagons into the area to get the people
out of the houses so fast did the
water rise. Throngs of people remained
on the Main Street bridge
until a late hour Friday night
watching the mad rush of water.
Old inhabitants declart that the
Reedy has broken all.previous rec-!
oris in the flood line.
ine Dursung ur serious uaiiiagmg,
of large water mains which pass
through Reedy River as a result of
the flooded conditions of the river,;
left large sections of the city with-;
oute any water whatever and reduced
the pressure in the remaining sec-j
tions to a very low point. The con-j
ditions will be remedied, it is believ-!
ed, as soon as the waters recede suf-;
ficiently to enable repairs to be made
but the indications are that considerable
embarrassment and perhaps
some actual suffering will result
before this can be done.
MARIA CHILES DEATH.
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Wo nro i r? f r\rm orl V\\r r-if AT "R Gl
Syfan of the Southern Railway, that I
the reports current on the streets on I
Thu^day last that Maria Watt I
Chiles was killed while the crew of B
the Southern Railway was making
a flying switch, which report was
published in this paper, were incorrect.
Mr. Syfan tells us that the
negro woman was run over by the
engine, which was heading down the
freight depot track at about the
point where the passenger track
branches off for the passenger depot.!
Neither the engineer nor the fireman jl
saw the woman before she was;B
struck, and there was no eye witness ;l
as to the cause of the accident so fi
far as has been ascertained by those <1
in charge. B
PASSING THE COIN. |
Senator Christie Benet presided
aver the Senate when the big six bil- I
lion dollar urgent deficiency bill was I
passed. ^
U11MUMM?I?I?
Marie Tiffany singing in direct reprodl
comparison with a re-creation of y
her voice on the New Edison. rany S;
ently ft
the inst
came a
Though
was hej
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HADDON-WII
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Dnly EDISON
akes this TEST
Edison proves that his phonograph is repro-perfect
by comparing his Re-Creations with
*inal voice. Last week he sent Marie Tiffany,
oprano, to Abbeville to make one of his famous
sts, in which
The NEW EDISON
"The Phonograph With a Soul"
)jected to the severest test possible for a soundicing
instrument. A Re-Creation of Marie Tiftvas
placed in position on the New Edison. Prestarie
Tiffany's rich soprano came forth from
;rument. Seeing her lips move the audience beware
that Marie Tiffany also was singing.
: the voice came from two courses but one voice
ird, proving that the New Edison's Re-Creaa
voice does not vary in the slightest degree.
ie actual voice itself.
rou notice the expressions of astonishment on
as of the audience when thev discovered that
uld not distinguish Miss Tiffany's voice from 9
v Edison's Re-Creation of it? They were truly H
led that any sound reproducing instrument B
o completely baffle their musically cultured H
ips you were not fortunate enough to be pres- I
wever, you may hear the New jjdison any time | 9|
store or in your own home. We will consider H
yilege to serve you. B
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