The news & observer., 1904-12-04

it was here that she received valua-
bic aid and encouragement. Her
memoirs (Which will probably be
preserved for posthumous publication
after all those who figure on it have
gone to their final account) speak in
most grateful terms of Mr.. w. M.
Wilson, proprietor of the Charlotte
Drug Company, whom she describes
as "the first man / ever approached
to sell bill of goods to- He gave
her some most valuable advice, from
which she has ever after prof1ted, ana
a short time later gave her d sub
stantial order. She also refers with
gratitude to the late Dr. j. II. Nc
Alden. who came to her relief at a
time when, through the Vaccinations
of her partner, her trademark
was, to be sold, and advanced money
sufficient to tide her over the trouble
and save it. She also mentions many
times with deepest love her very dear
friend, Mrs. II. G. Eccles. who has al
ways sustained her in her difficulties
with that rarest thing in the worl2--
true WomanS sympathy
Her husband having died suddenly
while she was on the road, Mrs Per-
| son finally settled down at the little
village of Kittrell N. c., where she re-
mained until early in the present year,
/ pushing the manufacture and sale of
| her Remedy until she has made her
| name a household word in North Car
olina. She is probably known as well
! in this State as Mrs. Lydia T.. Pink
| ham, but, unlike Mrs. PinkhaEa, so
! far as is known this is the first time
| her picture has ever appeared in print.
Having lived in Charlotte once, she
was never entirely satisfied until she
had taken up her residence here
again. Her son. Mr.. Rufus Person.
| purchased a nice residence on North
| Church street where she lives with
! him and family. A laboratory ample
in every way for the requirements of
| the business has been built in connec-
tion with and in the rear of the resi-
dence Here under the improved con-
ditions the demand for the Remedy
has greatly increased and the buSi-
ness to the development of which
Mrs. Person has given her life work,
is now upon prosperous basis. MI
Rufus Person aids her most ably in
the conduct of the business as general
manager, while Mrs. Person calls on
the trade as of yore. Her goods are
now shipped exclusively through the
principal wholesale jobbing druggists
of Baltimore Richmond Norfolk
! Lynchburg, and South Boston, Va, Co.
umbia and Charleston, S. c., and
Charlotte, Greensboro, Wilmington
Raleigh and Goldsboro, N. G. She pos
| sesses a positive genius for that most
valuable of all commercial gifts
salesmanship. While she has many
years TO her account her natural force
seems unabated and Age cannot with
er or custom stale her infinite variety.
She has proven herself to be indeed
remarkable Woman-an example and
an inspiration to her sex.
While known to so many by repu-
tation in connection with her Remedy,
Mrs. Person is one of the most accom-
plished musicians in the South. Her
skill on the piano in rendering espec-
tally the old-time airs, so popular
among our people, has carried her
fame far and wide within the borders
of our State, as we'll as elsewhere. She
has attended many of the fairs in this
and other Southern Sta1es, having
been employed by musical houses to
play on their instruments for the pub
lie and she never fails to prove good
advertisement.-Cha Observer.
A $40 bill is one of the things that
are easier to break than to make.