Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-02-07
A Mistake.


: Farmers too often make serious
mistake about advertising their vendues,
grass sales and timber sales. OF course, il
, they only wish to have a select few at
their sales, they are justified in telling only
few friends that they intend to dispose Of
!, their property But if there be d pIae1
where the more the merrier' is a truism it
is at a sale The more persons present,
the more bidders, and the more bidders,
the better prices received for the articles
disposed of. Too many think that the
dollar not spent for advertising is a dollar
saved and in the pocket, but too often it
is dollar that has kept ten other dollars
from having chance to be spent. That
area from which buyers will come to your
sale is limited, and the more people you
can attract from that area the better. One
good bidder attracted to your sale may
pay the whole expense of your advertising
by reason of either his own bidding or what
he stimulates others to bid. One of our
patrons last Summer watched our columns
for notice of certain grass sale. 1t did
not appear and he did not get to the sale.
Result. the seller lost a good bidder, and
saved the dollar that his advertisement
would have cost him. Another patron
knows the value of printers ink. He has
something to sell and he is going to let
every prospective buyer possible know that
he has it for sale. He is spreading around
400 whole sheet posters, besides liberal
newspaper advertising. The result will
be that it will be the most notable sale of
the Winter in South Jersey, and without
doubt his whole advertising bill be paid by
one or two good bidders, attracted to his
sale. In local sales publicity counts for
everything. 1t has been proven to many
times to be doubted
The truths enumerated in the above from
the Salem Sunbeam are the experience Of
every established newspaper Office. A
Philadelphia subscriber, in renewing his
subscription to THE DEMOCRAT last week,
inquired how it happened that a certain
sale was not advertised in this paper. Our
reply was that Constable's sales were rarely
advertised in the newspapers. We then
learned that his object in taking THE
DEMOCRAT was to follow the sales and that
he paid big prices for many articles sold
for mere song at the sale named.
Obituary.
SAMUEL WEBSTER STOKES died at his
home on Evergreen avenue last Sunday
morning, after an illness of several weeks,
of pneumonia, aged 81 year.
Mr.. Stokes was a lifelong resident of
this city, being a son of the late Carlton p.
Stokes. Several years ago Mr.. Stokes was
associated with his brother, under the firm
name Of E. Stokes & Co., in the lumber and
hardware business.
Mr.. Stokes has been active in the affairs
of the city and the institutions thereof.
He was for nineteen years connected with
the Woodbury. Real Estate Mutual Loan
Association, the first six as Treasurer, for
eleven years as a member of the Board of
Directors and two years its Vice President,
was member of the first City Council of
serving two three-year terms. He was q
Republican in politics and sought the Office
of County Clerk, also Assemblyman, though
unsuccessfully.
OF late years he has been in the employ
of the Whitney Glass Works and Whitall,
Tatem & Co. IS glass work as bookkeeper.
A wife and daughter survive him.
The funeral was from the residence of his
brother, Geo. P. Stokes on South Broad
street, on the morning of the 9TH inst, the
interment being in Friends ground.
Tomlin-Eachus.
A very pretty wedding took place at
II. 80 o'clock on January 31st, at the house
of Virgil T. Eachus near Barnsboro, when
his sister, Mabel, was united in marriage
to Frank c. Tomlin, of that place. Last
week on the oath, the brother Virgil t.
was quietly married to Leona Tallman, so
the occasion on the 31st really celehvated
the wedding of brother and sister, but as
the latter couple preferred no wedding they
were quietly married at Pitman Grove
The sister of the bride Clara f. Eachus
and Mr.. George Pimm stood with the
couple during the ceremony, they being
married according to the custom among
Friends, and by Friends ceremony. The
bride was dressed in white "organdien
with satin baby ribbon trimming and car
ried white carnations. Guests were present
from Philadelphia, Landsdownne, Mickle-
ton, Clarksboro, Mt. Royal and other
places. Many useful and valuable presents
were received by both couples. The happy
bride and groom left for their new home
amid showers of rice and old shoe and the
we'll wishes Of many friends.