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Of %ftv?r 1>*U1 tfefavol ? r* v .u: t ? * .?? ??<? ' ...: ptgg- 1 ; ..., >?:- . ^?W . * Y .; : *?;r. cx*ri*? of Ht>nv?M hum 8*M *?* w j?u) vViaiu*#> *Jav *20 ' :m ^VKn-k. 'lH?e public U cordially la iv i???K,M,n ?M follow* : \, !i1 . p?.vv *" ' ?';. ."? " ? ' i. jJ-1'.- ?-:!, ""v-V-V'-^ W$- d?$~i ' ? '''$$?< " i?r^of,WeteO?# *? W?ri lA.,,^ of WflvoiiH' 1 rtt "'ni'' l^tprtiwn I?rupo?H.M : v i Oast of Cuauaitkus - ln.uk /" "" " r* ' "?* . ?? ' fffiW -jRntnrtuiWr^ fr:: Srlfl Jfcinr* WwK |Hi.iR|R iifefet IVtttt MUttii. Wwt ,U#y? t'*?l WW**"**' ifv ^ CAST or riiAKACTKus *"- ?* *? Wx-L ? nLZr-X-.' .' , - .\li ^.?i. y . J , - ? . r - (iladys i ?''^C V^i 1 w"" M"*B' .-. ?.fi,. v... -w. ???' v~ v * " OwnJwlj I>?vi'iuxirt r~ ,/>,vv7 (Vllrt ?hk yt Dm* , ,ln - a 8ol<H?r'?| 8w?tfhvu*t,\ H| ? * . <"A^T of CllAUAriMOUS vuu" ? rHl}v,i;i."va ,,)!s1",m tom ? - , , .Audrvy Audorson, MitUo Wewt trr-r II til-old llutludd t ^Tbe Right And The Wrong. / . n'mWiiji . * Seasoned merchant* wiH ngree there i? a .right aud a wrong way to approach customer*. Agglni K U uOt always what wu sav lit the manner in which yoti it that mske* * good or bad im r. prewtou on person# who ?nt?r your ' fto^c. ..???' \vVv^V-'-' ' ?'??-- ? B: ^dometbiug tor yoitii?' 1Mb Ik heard \ every day and undoubtedly lead* tho IUt of foolitfh questions. Of course, i "the customer wants "something"- or why ? should he ctwne into your store? ?lose cousin to tho above is the query, "what kin I -do >fc>r youse?" If eup f" tomVrs wish" 'to reirty in the same strain they would reply, "Youse can't ^ do morning, can I -be Of service to you?" or, "What is your pleasure today?" ' A famdus merchant has satyi "Peo [ pie do not buy because you . want to ' $fll thean, bid 'because they wish to buy". I The merchant's business is to frssiit this p desire, not" to- 4b rce' thV issue" or resftrf i to bullying mart bo da. By gentle words I of .persuasion, coupled -with n goodly [ ainount.of tact, he Bhould create a de | sire for the goods be has for sale. Properly to understand your custonier k is quite an art. It is also a point no two merchants will agree upon. The art of making yoUiiseK "sdtkl" with your callers requires the best that is in you. Once the caller gets the impression you are -amiss in any of the departments of pleasing, away goes y<>ur chance to make a satisfactory sale/ The expprefedon (sivpiiosed -to. be a clinching 'argument) "I wear Jhat kind Inyself," or "I have that very some foig on my floor," is the height of poor salesmanship, for Hhe customer is not buying to suit your taste fcirt his own. to him. The writer noted a merchant, in the course of a sale a few" days ago and ? ' a thought how skillfully he handled tile situation, but .4tjr one mistaken wmd a way weyt the sale. It was like this. '#he rug was decided upon, the tale almost consummated, when the dealer said: "The rug you just selected is a ?Vainly . I l? a \ s had out- uii my floor for ten years." Ah the man ?njd this, a pained expression came over the face of the prospective customer who saldi, "I wanted a rug which was not on au other person's floor, something individ ual, ?o I will look elsewhere." Sure death -to sales efforts is the cock sure, air dome Storekeepers (assume when a customer enters. Their very air seems to *ay : "Now, <et ready to buy and Iniy ipiiokly, for I have not much timo Let the last spoken word mean some thing, so the customer carries a^.ajf ? pleasant taught, i: '4; y' * 'tfji i 11 1 'A' *?'?? 1 "-lj *' 1 1 ?? Should Remove Victory I^odn Posters. V ? The request has beeu imade generally be taken down immediately upon con elusion of the Victory Liberty I. <>?n cam paign so that (the advertkdng .space may not be appropriated t>y unauthorized persons.. / ' * In many case? patriotic people have lent fences and other space for the dis play of Liberty I Jo an posters, and the day affer the loan campaign was con cluded, snipers puit up commercial post ers In theirsplace. Owners of the privi leged locations naturally felt that their generosity hadJ iboeu abused, and er roneously hftamed the poster- advertis ing association wtricb is lending its boards ? throughout the country to t!hc War Loafe Organization. prevent thds privilege, granted to ?the gover&ciieurt for a specific purpose, from bring a^ised, the cooperation of the police and other jfhoper authorities has been enlisted, a?>d itfat of the Vic tory Liberty, workers generally, " I k the marsh kabbit I ? I , ,,, , ?' Buaiiy Thai Is Not Averse To Water aailj Uvm Ammi Man rabbit*^ while they do not par titM-uilarly objec* to getting their jfesbj w*it, are averne-to wwfcM* when it do me? to au all-over bath, but there ik ? ?*r talu MtoaU member o| the family, tbat has his homo from the coaat of North t'arvlua dowi^ to northern Florida, yt^at looks ou water a? l?ls b??t friend, uutl think* no more of juu*piug In ovep ht? head, than woukl ? duck or 4 inuakrat. He |m a si*e s?naMer thai) the well known cotton-tall, has a much heavier I' oily, shorter ear*, shorter legs, and if ??M cau Mlevo it, a shorter tail. HI# color above Is a yellowish-brown and below, a dirty gray. Thai /under nine of histaH \* gray, and aoaaeUuiea brown, instead of the dashing white of the'rgb Mm we kuow best. Nature knew he tv*l| Sure to |!et .it* "Mpf ashed with twul, w | ?J?e gaVe him a shade that did not 'Show li?t." Hi wears * thiuuer coat of fur audj bait than other ^fabbH*, and the W>te? | of hi* feet. Instead of being padded, are almost bar*. ' He ruuii tow on the ground, and like ihost sbort?legged ani ?oala. aoou gives ojft. and H taken no fast dog <? pick hiui up, if (he ehliW U in the open. But realising hie trjecd limitations, be is mighty careful to keep out of the opou Stretches, and to Jo his moving around in the cover of tall marsh grass and canes. ^ 7 ^ Fnoiuthe facility with which' he gets acrow streams 'and ruiiw, In wwne locali ties he is known as the 'r?fc>ntoon babbit'*, hiit the name is a little misleading as he does not wait for a bridge, *but dnsbea in and swims for it.* The only near relative he hae in thfs country, is the awAmp-h>v)nf rabbit of Alabama* called the "cane cutler," p! Of all t ho .rabbits of the world, these two arc the only ones. that have 90 iar forgotten the traditions of tbo race, as to become. acquatic.qr water dwellers. I <R>' ' notre*Wtly " live ()>e water, they coiue about as near' it as possible, making their homes in , the wettest, marshiest swainps 'they can find, ami they had always ' raither swim a lagoon than to walk around it. ' Other r?btbrtH on mm?en+s-of stress, -whVri thoir safety seems to depend on it, will cross pa. narrow stream, but they do not like it, and only resont to it from necessity. But the Martfh Babbit h?s no such scruples about getting his fur softked, or mtiddy either, for that matter. They mike their beds in the thickest homes in the we<G!feet, marshiest swamps they can find among inlands that can only be reached -by swimming. They do not burrow, for the very #ood reason -that they "cannot burrow in mud, and make a successful Job of it, so the nests for the youpg are built >above grtilfrtd. in some tussock Or under a low bush. These nests are/ ;wtfl made of rushes, grass j and leaves, and comfortably lined with fur that he mother pdlls out of her breast The nedtp are roofed over with the door on the side, opening out on one of the well trodden run-ways or irafrtfit roada.*1 They are ? very prolific, and several ' ' ''? V ?: ' ' VOU can't help- cutting; loose joy'us I remarks eveiy time you flush your smokespot with Prince Albert? it hits get-ready to give you more had in your smokecareer. tongue or parch your throat. ?/:' Quick as you kna) that P. A. did not bi And, it never will / cpts out bite and pan . It " ? V i W# .f Sr . ...... oil Cookstove. This alovc when you hayea New^rfect irons where you want concentrates all its heat right onthe mww * ltCan it? without heating you or the room in inc n'-ym be regulated high or low? on or off at will ? ? ?' -r., . "i. v' '.i-'v ?' ??*>< y.vi- ' , ' A. V '? 1 \ , , ? . . clean white name, smokeless, odorless? the result of the long blue chimney? does not blacken the sole of the iron does not make your pots and pans sooty. No coal or wood ? no fcshes to bother about. Vn. ; ... lotted with the oven this stove bakes, broils, roasts, boils does all that a gas stove does at the cost of kerosehe. Already 8,000,000 housewives know its convenience and economy. See the New Perfection at your dealer's today. Be sure it has the long blue chimney. Aladdin Security Oil gives best results for all i obtainable eveiywh&e. '? si (N.wJ.r..r), BHMBi ? Ci ^altlmor?J"Md. ^CInrloH., N,C* Norfolk, V,.. --I ^ C*?I..?m?, W._ V.. Charleston^ S. C? ,\. ? ; ' . ' wits of children aro sent forth each sea Lsoii.v from these wwterside retreats to splash 'anion* the lilies and leave fanny little spread-out tracks in the mud. When alarmed* the Marsh Rabbit dashes wild ly for the nearest water, plunges In with a splash, and swims rapidly away. They swim with no' part of the body Hho^ng except the eyes and 'nose, the pars britij&Md If cut off frosn the water,, they show jftfar; fear and dismajr by dashing aim the undergrowth^ doubling this way and that, butt with no method ia . their iraram-ocaram flight. If they can reach the water* they feel safe, and swim with the ease of a mink to the shelter of lily-^ads and other acquatic ? plants, jrnd ^ik^ * wounded <tyc?k, come Up. a leaf, and there stay until the danger has passed* ? AjJound the flooded rice fields oxi the Carolina poast,* they have been seen swimming ? about, evidently playing some sort of a gamp, hide and seek,- and much fun as the ootton^aWs in tWir moon* To Sbow how waiter-loving they are. It i-s said in captivity, they apend a good part of the time, clozing, half submerged in their drinking** vessel. When: a ttitoiy?ve ii : the -beaten \trmSt and tkre I something out -oif the ordinary, he is prirtfy sure to attract attention, if noth % (DOTe, and *> it. is with this rabbits he ? would have been "just a common .raibiV'- were it not for his predilection for, dampness. ? O.^A. David in Green ., ...,i mtm ? . i ... ? Mr At the Connecticut Experiment sta tion it was found that 100 to 1 Zti. pounds of?, nitoogen was returned to the soil hy? ?l9y beans aa ? greon manuring crop. ?? p-i. . k . ... . .. .... ?IWPPIIPM . 'y * ? " " ft Rainbow Division Boys Arrive. ;] ColwnMa, 8, C., May 11,? The train bearing approximately 400 men and 1$ officers of .the 117fth engineers, Kain bow Division; arrived in Columbia short ly atter 11 o'clock -flaat night and imme diately went to Gamp Jackson, They were In oothttotend Moo roe Johnson of Marfan, j}< G. Amoac the engineers were the Soiitih Carolina com panies -from Spartanburg, Columbia and Marion^: The train W as from Camp Mexritt, D? y"U eXP6Ct t0 m?ke " ' ' ' ' - ? 'a. " A'7 ??? ? ? ; i ^re yoju investing your time that crop ' ' ''" v v ? ;> y Suppose hail destroys it in J Can you afford to stand the loss? ... . .... . .. ..?j Let us explain our Hail Policy. YM ? , ? _ ? ? ?? ? , -? AMDEN, PHONE 52 mm LUfckg*! *r tnSssSs-- n ?.* r- -. 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