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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-03

A., P. Simms, the liquor man, whose
creditors forced him into the bankruptcy
court, returned to Natchez from San
Francisco and says that his assets at
par would total $4,000 and liabilities
SAG, 900, but he does not think that more
than $4,000 can be realized by his cred
itors.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

the exciting lives of Mary Read and Ann Bonny,
two female pirates of the eighteenth century whose
deeds of valor were such to win the admiration
of their fighting companions of the sterner sex and
even to inspire the latter to hercer struggles
Mary Read was born in London, but her mother,
from poverty was constrained to dress her in boy S
clothes and enter her in the service of wealthy
French lady as page Domestic service too
dull for the youthful Mary however, and she yielded
to her naturally adventurous disposition, away
and enlisted as a soldier in infantry regiment OF
the French army during the in Flanders She
distinguished herself by her bravery on many stub
bornly contested battlefield, but finally fell in love
with young officer who, however, did not suspect
her until she revealed it after having risked her
life for his They married, but the young Npus
band died, and the peace of Rysivick having been
declared the restless widow sailed for the West In
dies wearing male attire, in ship that was captured
by English pirates The piratical life appealed to her
stormy nature and she enrolled herself among the
buccaneers with whom she joined in ravagng the
Spanish main in the strenuous times when piracy
was the curse of the Caribbean sea-
1t is related of Mary Read that she was always
foremost in the fray, and that upon one occasion,
when the men of her party driven below by
the enemy she and another woman disguised as a
man. who was none other than Ann Bonny, stood
to their posts, with cutlass and battleax. dealing
death right and left in a hand to hand encounter.
and brought them again to the deck where inspired
by their female companions they continued the hight
until victory won
Strange to relate, Mary Read OF extraordinary
modesty and preserved her virtue IN the midst OF
her dssolute companions after her sex was dis
covered She finally again fell in love with young
pirate and welded to him with strange ceremony
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Girls and the Department Store

HE general public pities the saleswoman in
big department store. 1t looks upon the girl
behind the counter poorly paid, i1ltreated alike
by the store and by the shoppers, and subject to
extraordinary severity of discipline. This is to a
large extent true-just as it is true of the great
mass of men working at hard and Improbable occu-
pations. 1t is true of the great body of women
working in department stores though their condition
is much pleasanter and they are much better paid
than girls working in factories and in many other
occupations open towomen. But for the most part
they paid all that their services are worth They
have conception of the opportunities that are open
to them and they do not have the ambition to rise
higher. There wonderful opportunities open to
the saeswoman who ntellgently gives her undivided
attention and interest to her work
In my experience as superintendent of depart
ment store it has been impossible to get enough
saleswomen to whom I could offer a large salary
In every store there always positions open at
high salaries for saleswomen who have the ability to
sell more merchandise better merchandise, please
customers and to anticipate their wants. A first
class saleswonlan from SIS to $50 a week
The reason that few earn as much this because
they do not study the art of selling goods They do
not have sufficient enthusiasm and interest Most
girls regard their occupation as temporary
In the modern department store, where every
thing IS reduced to system, record is kept
OF individual sales, and this is compared with the
salary drawn by a series of percentages. Whenever
saleswoman can increase the amount of her sales
and please her customers she increase her salary
Many stores make practice of giving their sales
women percentage on sales above given amount,
and these stores have found this method both
full and profitable. In all cases, stores have found
that it is economical pay large salaries rather
than small ones. The girl drawing salary of SIS or
SO week, who is unable to make her sales justify
increase in salary, is usually replaced by girl who
has the capabiity to earn more money
However, a saleswoman may aspire to much
higher position in the buyer for her depart
ment. This position pays salary ranging from
$l,500 in stores, $4,000 year in the metro
politan establishments. This change also involves
change in her conditions and opportunities. OF
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the wrapper ETC. Then she will come back saying
that she has something new to show you while you
waiting and gets you interested in another hand
kerchief You may not care for 1t today but the
next time you want handkerchief you are going
back to that saleswoman who showed you attention
courtesy and interest, and will not purchase from
other saleswomen This leads to increased sales
Moreover, the management will notice your interest
and pleasant
1t humiliates a customer to feel that you do not
regard her trade of sufficient Importance to give
her your whole attention. Customers like to feel
that their patronage is of value the store that it is
contributing to the of the business, and they
want you to recognize and regard it in the way
1t you are interested in your work you will not fail
IN this respect The customer will excuse moments
lack of attention while you greet another customer
to assure her that she will be waited on in moment
but she will forgive the indifference you mani
fest when you talk with another girl about last nights
entertainment. Be tactful, give the customer just
the amount of personal interest that her inn
plies she wants to receive
Aim to please every customer, to sell her as
many different articles possible to interest her in
articles that will be satisfactory account of
value than price; treat her with unfailing courtesy
When you able to remember your customers-to
greet them by name-it pleases them and makes them
feel that you consider them worth remembering.
The neatly and stylishly You dress, the
more pleasant and refined your are, the
greater your chance for success. A woman should.
neatly arranged hair and face that mirrors intelli
gencc, alertness, sympathy and purity. smiling
face, pleasant manner and refined voice tests
of successful business personality.
Now all these things are necdful- Add to them
fidelity and brains Then the essential thing that
giv.s efficiency to them all is work There is no
substitute for hard work. Many people succeed
seemingly through hard work alone Ability means
nothing unless accompanied by work. Every
cessful man and woman has worked up.
he sa1eswoman who will observe these points
apply them in her daily life will find the road to
success. l have employed many hundreds of girls
and have never seen any of them succeed in anv
other way. And / have some, who used these
methods, reach exceedingly good positions.
No opportunity for girl in department storel
for girls who will embrace the opportunities that are
open to them.
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Ann Bonny ana, Mary Read aap.ectxI e91uo yy a8,Zs~ at
I afIISs NAuGuAl zE<0| gTza~o>G~

wealthy English barrster and a serving maid. She
was sent to America and there met and married
worthless fellow but meeting in the West Indies the
famous pirate Rackam, about 172O, she deserted her
husband and became Rackam's mistress. Disguised
as a man, she accompanied Rackam on his plunoer-
ing voyages and on every occasion fought side by
side with the pirates with courage and skill that
few of them excelled-
When the king of England issued proclamation
granting pardon all the buccaneers who would,
within certain time, surrender and abandon their
lawless calling Captain Rackam and his paramour
avaied themselves of it, and being bred to the sea,
they engaged in the lawful occupation OF privateer-
ing in the between England and Spain From
privateerng to piracy, especially in those times and
in the West Indies, was but step, and Rackam ana
Ann Bonny, upon stout swift, well armed vessel,
with "a reckless could not resist the temptation
to return to their old calling They went upon many
expeditions and garnercd much loot but the English
men of war harried them and they were finally cap
tured and tried for piracy Rackam found guilty
and hanged Just before his execution Ann saw him
in prison and the only comfort that she gave him
if he had fought like man he need not have been
hanged like dog"
Ann herself was found guilty and sentenced to the
galows, but was reprieved from time to time, and
her final fate is not known although it is certain
that she was hanged. The prevailing belief OF
historians of that period is that she either quietly
released through the favor of one in power or
permitted to escape, she had an infant while
in Jail.
During all the long decades that piracy Aourished
in the West Indies the valorous deeds OF Mary Read
and Ann Bonny narrated by their fellow pirates
for each others Indictment to ferocious lighting tor
the most lukewarm desperate among them
would show the white feather with these ex-
amples of woman's warlike prowess before them
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
By Reid Moyer

course, position of responsibility and some
authority. In the smaller cities, it trips to
New York to purchase goods, and chance to see
the outside world In large cities 1T trips to
Europe to purchase merchandise in the manufacturing
cities of the old world-laces and embroideries in
Switzerland, gloves in France hosiery and underwear
In Germany, hats and gowns in Paris. Many women
already hold these positions and the only reason that
there are more men than women acting in the
capacity OF buyer is that study their business
more carefully, mean to stay in it, and put all their
energy and enthusiasm into it. All of these sue
cessful women started saleswomen, learning the
business from the bottom. studying the desires of
their customers, and making the most of their posi-
tons with all the intelligence, loyalty enthusiasm
and courtesy at their command
Purity and modesty the chief charms of
salesWoman, as they are of women everywhere She
mas inherent advantages over men at the beginning
OF her career She has lneness and delicacy of
physical and mental organization that make her
sensitive, quicker to sympathize with customers
aesires. womans natural desire to please is the
basis OF successful salesmanshp. Where sue
cecd by aggressiveness and personality, woman can
do more by the subtle talents of tact, sympathy and
persuasion The saieswoman most likely to succeed
the customers of the store that she would use in
welcoming guests to her own home.
Next to pleasing personality, the essential
thing IN saleswoman is to know her stock thor
oughly and to keep it in perfect order. She should
know the location of every piece of merchandise and
know it so thoroughly with regard to the wants of
ner customers that she can anticipate customers
desire and show her the correct merchandise at times
when the customer herself does not know just what
she wants. Every saleswoman should know styles
accurately. understand the harmony of colors read
the fashion articles in the style journals and trade
papers She should notice what smartly dressed
women az are :, wearing Here, again. the, woman will
show thrift of superiority in saesmanshp-shc will
notice things that would never see.
The salespeople who please the public the
ones who greet customer pleasantly the moment
she enters the department. ready to her. They
have their minds business, they give their whole
attention and interest to the customer and try to
elease her. If you come in to purchase a handker-
chief the salcswoman makes out check, hands it
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

r o mention the name of Charley Reed to any one
who lived here in the early eighties is TO meet
with reminiscent grin, followed by regretfu
sigh for those good old days of negro minstrelsy
when lust the plain comedian, Charley Reed, as he
used to style himself, contributed much to the
gayety of the city with his minstrel show, which ran
for several years Emersons Standard theater in the
north side of Bush street west of Montgomery.
Il was up to Charley Reed to furnish something
new every week for both the minstrel first part and
for the afterpece, which always concluded the show,
and his weekly budget of humor eagerly looked
forward to and as earnestly discussed the attrac-
tions the Baldwin theater, which the Van Ness
of those days Occurrences of the day. we'll known
characters Of the town, buresques plays running
at other <heaers-in fact, almost anything-furnished
material for his fun making 1t be wondered
at that sometimes the humor little forced, but
when one considers the length of time he amused
the town his fertility remarkable One particular
week Charley must have been hard up for novelty,
when something inspired him to prophesy, and this
song, In 1902 being attempt at prophesying
dtons In this city Is years ahead, the result.
ncre is the attempt:
~IN 1909"
listen kind friends. and I'll sing you a song
nineteen hundred nine.
It's very short yet very long
nineteen hundred nine.
The ladies. sweet creatures, will have their way
You ride the cars and you won't have to pay.
Wen send all the dudes down TO sweet San Jose
In nineteen hundred and nine.
CHORUS (Burlesque, Original Melody
O. violets. sweeter than all the roses.
When the robins again,
'Tis only pansy blossom.
Stop (spoken).
Old maids viii married ard ladies will
nineteen hundred and nine.
Trade dollars viii pass for a five dollar
nineteen hundred and nine.
The VIII be cleaned with a patent broom
Alameda viii Joined o Suisun
The Market street will up to the
In nineteen hundred and nine.
Oh. New Years viii come the fourth of July
In nineteen hundred and nine.
They'll hang for singing the Sweet Bye and Bye
In nineteen hundred and nine.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
By Joseph NJ. Cumming

Whisky will be cheaper folks get their fill,
They'll have a big picnic Telegraph hill,
Captain Kentzell will be mayor of sweet Mooneyvle
In nineteen hundred and nine.
The rich with the poor will all have show
In nineteen hundred and nine.
They'll find the author of Beautiful Snow"
nineteen hundred and nine.
Muldoon Sharon will wrestle for fall,
The Chronicle will fight and make up with The Call,
They'll put a of paint the city hall
In nineteen hundred and nine.
After Is years this doggerel certainly does sound
fiat, but it very funny when it appeared and had
quite little popularity, partly account of the local
illusions which, of course not be appreciated now
but principally because Charley Reed could make
almost anything aughable.
Any who attempts prophecy is liable to strike
few things which true, for which he claims
credit, while forgetting all the others; but it must be
confessed that Charley Reed wasn't very much of a
machines, which have always been stock subject for
all prophets. The nearest he came to an exact fore
in regard to the "big picnic on Telegraph
hill and as to that he mistaken in the date-it
was in 1908 that far bigger picnic than he ever
dreamed of assembled Telegraph hill to welcome
talk about greater San Francisco, is Alameda will
be joined to the town of Susun though he must have
been very hard up for rhyme to broom and
moon" when he forced "Suisun" to rhyme with them,
but then comedians take delight in abusing small
towns. The farthest he got away from anything that
has come to pass was the line They'll put of
paint the city hail. The city hall at that time
was still the city hail. and the date of its final
completion stock subject for okers of that time
Ii any one had said that they would pull down the
city hall in 1909 the reply might have been, why,
they won't have it all up by that time"
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

~ NE of the most cogent arguments advanced
4 ! against the granting of the suffrage to women
~ is based upon the claim that they can not hight.
1t is held that country should not be ruled
by those who unable to engage in war for its
rights and preservation.
But history demonstrates that women can tight, not
only with their brains leaders, such as Zenobia,
Boadicea and Joan of Arc, but with Drawn and mus
Gle and the courage generally associated with
Two shining examples of female prowess upon the
blood stained field of battle have been furnished IN
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
The San Francisco Sunday Call
909"-CharIey Reeds Prophesy Two Female Buccaneers

according to the pirates common law At one rn,eI ms
when her husband challenged to hght oue. ue
CHALLENGER first and slew him with sword and pistol
thus probably saving the life of the man she loveG
When finally captured and charged with PIRACY; .i
che was asked why she had adopted such he ana
Is she did not see the folly of engaging IN 1t wnen
the penalty was hanging. To this she answered
braycly that "she thought hanging no great haII-
shin for were IT not for that, every cowardly TEL
low would turn pirate and infest the seas that men
OF courage would starve' She was found gullty anu
Sentenced to death but died prison before the SEN
tence was executed.
Ann Bonny was the illegitimate daughter OF
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

those of us who possess them naturally The others
buy them, and if they do not accidentally get them
turned about look very plump and healthy The next
year we learn that hips strictly tabu No curves
may dishgure the straight lines we are to attain II
style Do we quail or shrink from the ordeal before
us? Not for minute. Ours not to reason why; ours
but to do die-possibly both, and we pant and
pant and pedestrianize and perspire, and fast and
toll and moil, and eventually acquire reedlike
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

leaves in the years when hats large overgrown
infants in caps when hats happen to be small-but
no two years do we have them of the same dnen-
sions, remember that Sometimes our sleeves re-
qure material than the balance of garment,
impede the circulation of our blood, but we always
know, for consolation, that suffer in "this
years fashion"
Not only clothes, but our very selves follow
the annual change One year allowed hips
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

course they would and the lamentabe fact that they
don't proves that they nothing for our opn-
ion-sartorially speaking-any more than we do for
theirs.
We like variety 1t is true say we don't We
pretend to be astounded at each extravagant inno-
vation We say each spring, "Oh myl Aren't the
hats horrid this year? I'll never them in the
world But we do-usually the most exaggerated
type our purse compass. We intended to all the
time We cheerfuly resemble toads under cabbage
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.-.,,.., a. D..-. ~ rL,-uopr,.,,.e.

- o mention the name of Charley Reed to any one
who lived here in the early eighties is 10 meet
with reminiscent grin, followed by regrettul
Z IL .L,E-o strel
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

y o men and women dress to please themselves or
\ each other? That is one of the time honored
queries that bob up about in often, re-
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-01-19
WANTED

WANTED:-Clean cotton rags at the
Record Office. Sets. per pound.
Wanted-One or more good fresh
Jersey cows at once-Box 375 or tel
ephone 1878 rings-Mrs. Nora Petty.
71t4.
WANTED:-Experienced woman to
do homework two days a week.
wages $500 a day.-420 N. Rich
ardson ave. 73tf.
WANTED:-Work of caring for young
orchard to Offset rent of house and
small farm. Address OK care Rec
ord. 1879.
WANTED-To buy a 4-room cot
tage up to $1.400 to $500; must be
wel located.
E. l. WILDLY,
74-t2. 3o3 N. Main st.
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Classified "Ad5.'
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE:-Good Milk Cow.-210
S.. KY. Ave. 74-tf.
FOR SALE Roswell corner prop
erty at bargain. Apply to x at Rec
ord office. BATS
FOR SALE:-A highly improved sub
urban home of 16 acres adjoining
city limits very best environment,
bearing apple orchard, alfalfa, gar
den and seven room house. A bar
gain at $4,000 net to NEE. L.
Wildly, 3O3 North Main ST. 74t2.
FOR SALE:-A choice 200 acre farm
close to Dexter with house. 6 year
old apple orchard, of about Is acres,
80 acres alfalfa, 40 acres oats
to be planted to alfalfa in the
spring. The orchard alone in a cou
pie of years will pay 10 per cent. on
SIS, 900 and l will deliver it to you
on easy terms at $4,000, if you are
ready to do business.-E. l.. Wildly,
800 North Main ST. 74t2.
FOR SALE:-A choice 10 acre subur
ban home site, close to city limits,
Artesian water will rise to within
a few inches of the surface, offer
ing a cheap water plant. Price on
ly $3.50, terms.-E. L. Wildly, 300
North Main st. 74t2
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w. j. Wilson Married
WHILE IN NEW YORK.

The trends of w. J. Wilson, secre-
tary for the Oasis ranch, will be inter
ested in the announcement that he
was married while on his recent visit
to his old home in New York City
The happy event was on December
10 and the bride was Miss Mary Hen
ry, of New York. Important business
matters prevented Mrs. Wilson from
accompanying her husband to Roswell
but she will arrive in a few months
to make her home.
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-ROSWELl=
Trade Directory.

BERNARD POS. Expert tuner. rs
years experience in Europe and Am
erica. Reference, Jesse French.
Baldwin, Chickering Bros, and Kim
ball factories-420 N. Richardson
Ave, phone 322.
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Real Estate.

|GILMORE & FIEMING:- Real Cd
tate and Live Stock Dealers. Room
No. 1, Oklahoma Block.
A cheice selection Of beth city and
farm property at good figures to
buyer. Also money to loan. Misa
Nell R. Moore.
"a. c. WILSON, Real estate. farma.
ranches, city property. Ofico sos
N. Main St Address Boz 202 Res.
well, N. NJ.
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Advertising.
JeweIry Stores.

HARRY MORRISON:-The lead
ing n exclusive jeweler. Watches
jewelry, Hawks Ricch Cut
and Pickard's hand-painted
China. Sterling and plated silverware
L. B. BOELLNER.-RosWou's bes,
jeweler. A full line cut glass, hand
painted China. diamonds. etc.
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T. E. Fleming and Pierce Fleming,
of st. Joseph, Mo-, arrived last night
for a visit with their cousin, r. K.
Fleming, and to buy a thousand steers
to place on a large tract of LAND near
Higgins, Tex, which they recently
bought at a cost of sec, 1000.
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Scrip.

Soldiers additional is about all
there is left and not much Of that. As
the quantity gets smaller the price
rises. The demand increases as the
supply lessons. Buy 1t now or buy it
higher later.-Roswell Title & Trust
Co. 67tf
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Abstracts.

Ours are ready OF the day you said
you wanted it in the attorneys hands
for examination. We try hard to &C
comodate every order both in time
and quality of workmanship n care
in compiling it. Phone 81. Roswell tt
tie & Trust Co. 57tf
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Your Abstract is one thing. Your
Title is another thing. We make a
speciality of examining Abstracts and
our expert will tell you if your Alb
stract sets forth a clear and perfect
title.-The Bonded Abstract and Sect
homa Block. 1915.
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w. c.. Baker, of Whitehall, Ill, is
spending several days in Roswell buy
ing sheep. He will go to Carlsbad to-
night. He is the father of F. T. Baker,
who is well known here.
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LOST.

LOST Laprobe. finder please return to
Record Office. 1874.
LOST:-Friday night, red ard black
lap robe on College Blvd or N.
Main. Leave at Daniel Drug Co.
and receive reward. 74f3s