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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22
how TO HOLD A POSITION.
Courtesy, Promptness, Loyalty and
Hard Work Are Keys to Success in
business.
By H. J. HAPGOOD,
President of Hapgoods.


President of Hapgoods.
How to hold a position? Do just as
little work as you possibly can; take
no interest in the business; curse the
injustice of your employers when you
see younger men advanced over your
head. BY following these rules you
may hold position ten years, but the
salary paid you and the responsibility
placed upon you will be little If any
greater than when you started.
But by holding position we mean
something broader and better than
this. We mean constantly increasing
your employers satisfaction, steadily
developing higher ability and surely
advancing to larger and greater re-
sponsibility.
My subject is then really success
in business" aud this, like success Of
any kind is "untaught and unteach-
able" There are, however, certain
valuable hints to be gained by study
ing the careers of men who have sue
ceeded. Although the paths by which
these men have won success are wide
ly different, there are certain features
which stand out prominently in all or
them. These / believe to be the es-
sentials for business success--prompt
ness, courtesy, loyalty, hard work.
Promptness is the key note In this
age of hustle. Opportunity waits for
nobody, and the man who Is always a
little behind time is playing losing
game. always there with the goods"
is one of the highest tributes that can
be paid modern business man.
''Having the goods is the first con-
sideration. but this will avail little If
you are not always there with them
when wanted.
In this connection a good story Is
told of Philip ID. Armour and a young
man who had just begun work for
him. When on the first morning the
young man reached the office at 3
o'clock, he found his employer al
ready there at work. The next morn
ing at $50 and the following morning
at 8 o'clock it was the same. At last,
determined for once to be there first,
the new clerk was there at O'Clock.
When he walked into the office Mr..
Armour looked up from his desk and
grimIy inquired: young man, where
do you spend your forenoonsY
Business hours are not usually as
long as Mr.. Armour made them, but
whatever they are they are rlgidly OBJ
served. Five or ten minutes in the
morning, trivial as it may be itself, Is
a pretty sure indication of the degree
of promptness you will show In more
important matters.
Il know of no investment more GER
tain to pay large dividends than
courtesy" said a successful business
man the other day. and be spoke the
truth. In the nerve-racking, endless
rush Of affairs. there is nothing which
leaves stronger impression than a
pleasant word or kind act, especially
if it be something most men over
look. Business courtesy is largely
matter of habit and is one of the
habits we can afford to cultivate.
In the army and navy loyalty is an
for success and 1t is no less
so in the business world. Enthusiasm
and loyalty 90 hand in hand; a man
cannot be really interested in his work
unless he has an employer to whom
be is loyal. There are many brighter
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

ORDINARY COTTON STAPLE.
SELECTED AND IMPROVED COTTON
tural Department is certain. But there
are always the factors of ignorance,
indifference and prejudice to be
reckoned with, and that will hold
down the grand total Of the advance.
This Is human nature. Otherwise
every one would be raising thorough
bred stock, eats and chickens, which
cost no more to feed and rear than
scrubs, but everyone does not breed
thoroughbreds, whether they be dogs
or cows, and so it is a certainty that
when the AVERAGE of the cotton crop
Is vastly improved by the use OF
better seed there will be a large num-
Der of planters who are sticking to the
old methods and complaining because
they find it hard to make q living.
SEVERAL NEW STRAINS.
1t is a fact, however, that the De-
partment of Agriculture has, by several
years of persistent work, bred from the
old varieties Of cotton raised in the
south several ewstrains Of cotton that
while having all the desirable qualities
of the old types, produce staple that
Is almost O half longer. 1t is just one
branch OF the general industry of plant
breeding. and the result, as shown by
the cotton itself combed out in fleecy
Wilderness ON a black card, is q striking
object lesson in the possibilities of
plant breeding.
The Department has been mt the
work for some years, and In the course
fAf ffe. nt.fr1n ma In
sands OF samples and hundreds of
thousands of individual plants in MAX
ing the selections that are now con-
sidered good enough to be sent out as
new fixed types. The story Of this
improvement is long one, inter-
spersed with many disappointments.
But the result now is success beyond
contradiction. Northerners. people
who live outside the cotton belt, do not
realize just what long staple cotton
grown on the uplands means. Cotton
Is our principal export crop. 1t is the
second most valuable crop grown in
the United States, corn coming first.
1t is the principal crop of ten states,
and in large areas of these states it is
almost the only crop grown. The
United States furnishes five-sixths of
the cotton crop Of the whole world.
and while there are great areas, espe
cially in Africa, that are adaptable to
cotton, there Is no prospect that the
United States will be overtaken as a
producer for many years to come.
The worlds consumption of cotton and
the consequent demand are increasing
steadily, so that there is little prospect
of oyer-producton. All these things
are In our favor. Then comes the
question of improving this great crop.
Outsiders do not realize that an
eighth Of an inch on the ength Of the
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

modelled because of these handy little
machines.
1t is hard to find place to begin to
enumerate their advantages. In the
item of travelling to the creamery
there is a great saving. Where the
dairy owner has one of these ma
chimes, he need not go to the cream
cry more than three times a week in
the warm weather and twice in
week during the colder months.
When cream only instead of the
whole milk is delivered to the cream
cry, the item of hauling is reduced to
its lowest limits. Say ten cans of milk
a day is the product of a given dairy.
Where hand separator is used, haul
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Startling Results Of Patient Experiments by
Government Agriculturists.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL
ttnn niustrat,onsl m conrtar Asrienltare

With the cotton crop Of the United
States reaching an annual value of
nearly $6O0,000,000 1t is easy to see
that the man who can make it worth
four or five cents a pound more to the
grower will put a few dollars of
spending money into the pockets of
the southern planters.
This. improvement of the crop has
been realized, and there is no reason
why in ten years from now the whole
OF the cotton belt should not be grow
INK longer staple cotton worth on the
average of AZ cents a pound more
than the present crop. OF course this
miIlenial condition Of things will not
be altogether realized That there
will be decided and general advance
10 the value Of the crop as the result Of
work already done by the Agricul-
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A COTTON PLANT IMPROVED by SELECTION.

cotton, and the department not only
knows the seed that will give best
results, but the condition of soil and
climate that are best suited to the re-
quirements of each strain.
IF FARMERS WILL HELP.
The farmers at large can help great
~ in keeping up the work that has
been given practical start by the de-
partment. There are simple methods
of seed selection that will insure a
steady Improvement in each successive
crop, and that will prevent the crops
from deteriorating. The selection Of
seed takes a little care and intelli-
gence, but it is not deeply abstruse
work, and the department has reduced
It to simple directions that are easy
for any planter to follow.
The cotton belt SO called, in the
United States is clearly defined. Cot
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

and If the planters will cooperate with
the department to even "A reasonable
degree the value of the whole cotton
crop in the United States can be vastly
enhanced without planting single
additional acre, and there viii still be
enough land available in the cotton
belt to assure the United States of its
supremacy in the cotton world for
many years to come.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

ton is planted over the whole of it so
that there is no large addition OF range
to the plant likely 1t Is true that the
acreage within the belt could possibly
be doubled, but that is not the thing
the department is after. Good cotton
land now yields 400 to 500 pounds to
the acre. What the department
would like is to see this yield doubled
In value aud In quantity. The founda-
fiop for thiH increase isnow irIhly laid,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

fiber in a cotton boil means a cent
pound additional on the valne of the
crop. Now by careful breeding and
selection the Department of Agricui-
tnre has produced cotton that runs
from three quarters OF an inch to an
inch and a quarter longer than the
parent plants from which it was pro-
auced This is not a freak growth,
either II Is an Improvement that has
developed into q Gxe9 type, and Is no
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

ATHLETIC OUTFITs-Base Ban uniforms
peolalty. Sc nd for sample book Of uniform nanneIs
and 1906 Athletic Catalogue. Charges prepaid TO any
point IN the U. s. Established 1926 William Read
q Sons. Boston. Mass
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PATENTS THAT PROTECT Our B books for
inventors mailed on receipt OF 6 cents stamps. r.
~ A A. y, Lacey. Washington, D. &. Established
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REAL ESTATE.

20 ACRE TRACTS CHOICEST fruit and farm land
(On the Gulf Coast Highlands 10 Alahamal for $50
cash and As monthly insamentso OF $40 each tin Gner
cent?. Crops pay SIS 70 $3.50 acre a year Remark
ably heathful. Send for booklet Irvinaton Land
Co.. 1884 La Sale st., Chicago, III.
WANTED: WICHITA PROPERTY Lands in
Southwest Kansas. What have you for saie2 ~
years buying and selling Kansas dirt. Choice $40
acres near Garden City, 49, 900 Write r. l. Spencer.
Ills $. Lawrence Ave, Wichita, Kansas.
CALIFORNIA COLONIZATION LANDS Tracts
OF 2OOO 70 2uO acres low priees easy terms; level
rich alluvial soili abundance OF water best climate
on earth. Y. L.. Dixie Investment Co finc1 29i
Mason Bldg, Los Angeles Cal
COUNTRY PROPERTY ONLY--EvERYwHERE
Farms residences, hotels stores, etc. Catalog
Free 10 Intending buyers. Owners wishing 10 sell
Building, New York.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

VALUABLE SCARF PINS absolute protected
by our patented thief proof" simplex Pin Gunrd.n
ASK dealer or send 25 cents to-day for gold rIated
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York.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

CATsKILL MT. POST CARDS. 10 assorted finest
colored artistic views 25 cents from the Haunts OF
Rio Van Wrinkle. II you don't like EN- we refund
the money Also West Point, Hudson River Views
&C., &c, list free Barton & Spooner Box 80. Corn
wall on Hudson, N, "
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BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.

CALTGRAPH TYPEWRITER S0g0 l,enineton
Host, Densmofe & Jewett $500 each Electric
Commercial Graphaphone OUTFIT, new taper-arm
disc photograph cheap, Edison Mimeograph Sillln
o. Hacker, Park Pr, N. v.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. out Of trouble Remove
bots and incorrect entries without scratching our
Eradicator never fails. Send &c for bottle Rest
terms to Agents. II. A. Ink Eradicator Co. 1850
Washington Ave, New York.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

CIPHER WRITING Construct your own secret
CIPHER by the Perfect system. Invaluable for cor
respondence and diaries. Easy for those having
key. Others cannot understand. Full Instructions
VI y w. Magrath r. O. Box PA, New York.
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LADIES APPAREL.

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER EXTRAORDINARILY
keeps waist down all around no pins or hooks 10
tear send 2ac. with waist measurement over corset
and ask for white or black. Felix Corset Co. 1871
Prince St, New York.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

SOUVENIR POST CARDS OF NEW YORK cry.
beautifully coored, no two alike, prominent views
only. send Twenty-Five cents In stamps or money
order and VIII mail six cards; one card lny for
six days Foreign addresses one cent additional
per card. JULIUS WE'LL. No. q West Houston st.
New York City. References Mechanics a. Traders
Hank
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MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTED Amateur photographs suttable IA
art and advertising subjects Mail print and price
Win postage Tor return II not accepted to The Jeo
ILL., 49, NN0"e'
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. rs MASS HISTORICAL Post Cards postpaid l0c
Newton Art Co. 6S2 BroadMay New York CITY.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

i, WE WANT A HUsTLING AGENT in your TOW,
Tor the only automatic shears the Sheer-(ut shears
best shears best terms. Credit given Orders fllet
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

Statesmen TO SELL the largest line OF souvenir
post cards In the country, Also large line OF adver
Using fans Excellent side line. Good Commission
and Prompt settlement Alfred Hickman Pub
Usher. $40 Dearborn ST. Chicago, H.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

MEN q BoYs WANTED to learn the PLUMBING
Trade. Complete the course In or months IN
niors earn from s. to - per day With months
experience outside, you can join the Union and de
plumbing SCHOOL, 16lNY 1lfh 81 Now Ynrk
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-06-22

WE WANT MEN IN every state TO carry on bust.
ness OF great profit Attractive proposition 10 per
manent men. State Maps sell themselves Strictly
commission basis. Scarborough Co, Box 6269 B0s.
ton, Mass, or indianapolis, Ind.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
Snap Shots in Morocco.

An artist who found it difficult "a
get pictures Of Arabs In Morocco
writes: Il once tried TO sketch some
Arabs in Algiers: they constantly
eyaded me, and at last an old Moor
with whom we were on frienly
terms produced by constant bargain
ing for embroidered rags-spoke to m,
on the matter like a father. for ms
good. 1t is not he said. that any
harm win ensue to those whose pic.
lures YOU make. Il is you yourself
will suffer inconvenience in the mex
world Allah viii say to you: "Fol
lowing your own will and pleasure
You have made those figures. nov
command you to give them souls.
Ana where. my friend. will you b.
theL o."
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Two Recent Deaths.

Mrs. Fred f. Rogers OF Wilder, aged Is
years, formerly Miss Effie Swinyer OF this
town, died March 10, at the Mary Hitch
cock hospital, Hanover, n. II four days
after undergoing an operation. She had
visited her relatives here very recently and
left her little boy, aged year and a half,
with her husbands sister, Mrs. Elmer
Boutwell,, with whom he will remain.
Mrs. Rogers was daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Swinyer OF this town, at
whose home the funeral services occurred
March p, Rev. j. Wesley Miller officiat-
ing. She was an estimable woman and
since girlhood a member OF the Cong'l
church. Besides the husband, son and
parents, she is survived by four brothers
and two sisters. The remains were buried
at Bethel in the Rogers family lot, Fair
view cemetery.
The village was saddened Sunday after
noon by the death of Arthur ID. Wright
only son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Wright
which occurred after only a weeks illness
with typhoid pneumonia. He was 3
years of age and most of his life had been
spent in this village. AS a boy, his quiet
gentlemanly ways made him a general ia
vorite among his companions, and as be
grew to manhood he still remained a "a
vorite. Three years ago last January he
married Miss Kate Flint, who, with two
little daughters and his parents, have the
sympathy OF the entire community. The
funeral was Wednesday at / O'Clock.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05

Thousands of American women, how
ever, have found relief from all monthly
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medical science. 1t cures the condition
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Miss Irene Crosby. of 3i3 Charlton
Street, East Savannah, Ga, writes:
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i a true friend 10 woman Il has been OF
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has been advising women free Of
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by SO doing.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
Trade with Philinnines

II the notion has been entertain.
that trade in the Philippines is ir
significant official figures will corret
the impression. Internal revenue re-
ports show that the business OF the IS
lands in 1905 amounted to sl95, 10000
In gold. And when the plan Of In
ternal Improvements and railroad con
struction now being perfected undo
American direction is fully carrie.
into effect the transactions win be
come vastly larger and the genera
prosperity VIII be corrssp5ndingly ca
hanced--Troy Times.
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Free to Farmers

To any Farmer who will WIN WIN, =.
mentioning this paper, we W. W.. n
free, postpaid, several torIil,'h,, ons
making a first-class fertilizer 81 ~.
together with the cost Of tne n
tents, directions for mixing e'', s,,st
The Vermont Experiment s s,1os.
in its bulletin No. ll6 hes me r. - I'll.
ing to say with reference 20 'IS ,ra.
OF home mixed fertilizers = -, ~
pared WITH the ordinary COMM ~
brands: "On every account
ever, financisl, educational
tural, il Is better 70 Guy lle +.
stock and home mix if one uses
Every up-to-date farmer sh2g ~, /
interested in the subject o. II.
mixed fertilizers and we are I'D
ton to help them. Addnss NIX n
CARRoLI ). PAGE, Hyde faiA'
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Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby aRree 4
refund the money on = 50-cent bottle 81
Greene's Warranted Syrup o. Tar 10 4
fails 20 cure your cough or cold We also
guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
J. W. Fargo, Randolph Center.
j. W. parmeuter, Brookheld.
F. c. Bachelor, Braintree.
F. l. Clafiin, East BrHintree.
Sprague & Sprague. East Randolph.
r. J. Prince, south Randolph.
u. l.. Nichols, Roxbury.
@. A. Tilden, Roxbury.
II. A. Leonard, Randolph.
X. q. Morton. Randolph.
r. =. Bryan, Randolph.
C. II. Bigelow & Son, East Brooksald.
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- d Bswildsrlng -

Lovers Of nature can never tire O..
the scenery 10 Porto Rico. FRO,
mountain heights, traversed BIZ I'm.
carriage roads. can Be viewed naur
ramas which, once seen. can never =.
forgotten. Of verify IL IS an en-
chanted island. each turn Of the WIND.
ing highways revealing new vistas an.
bewildering variety Of tropics
charm.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
An English Fad.

Black Spanish lace shawls are pre-.
scribed for wear in England next sum
mer. That is because OF the marriage
of the king of Spain and Princess Ena
The Pail Mall Gazette remarks that
when the late duke of Manchester was
about to be married the booksellers
of London were rather put to it TO sup
ply the sudden demand for George
Sands "Consuelo."
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
Nature and the Man.

Shrewd Nature, in making man get
that which he wants most by the way
of necessity, brings about her great
ends of civilization and character. de
velopment of the race The money
the property, the position, are small
things in comparison with the man
she is after.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05

It is the custom in Brittany TO dig up
the bones of the dead after a certain
time and preserve the skull only in a
small box with a heart-shaped opening
in its front Each box Is marked with
the name and dates OF the dead.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
Westminster Of Denmark.

Roeskilde cathedral is the West.
minister abbey of the Danish nation.
Roeskilde at one time was a place of
considerable size and Importance
There were. it is said q churches
within its walls, and as many con,
vents, while its population is stated
as about 100 000.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
Feminine Funeral.

Only women were present at the
funeral of Mrs. Eliza Monahan, az
Rosehill. Chicago. A woman said the
prayers, a woman spoke the words OF
eulogy over the body. and other women
consigned the coffin to the grave.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-04-05
Bright One

one of the New York papers says
that Queen Margherita of Italy ex-
poets to stop a week in New York be-
fore beginning her automobile jour
ney. And yet nobody has ever stopped
a week since Joshua stopped the sun.
Boston Globe.
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PAINS
AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
The Case OF Miss Irene crosby Is One
ofThousands OF Cures made by Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

How many women realize thas
tits not the plan of nature that women
should suffer so severely.