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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
TOOK STRYCHNINE FOR QUlNlNE
A Kansas Farmer Gave His Son the
Mixture by Mistake and
Caused His Death.

Salina, Kan, Mar "A whisky
tonic for grippe IN which strychnIne
mistaken for qulnlne had been used
caused the death OF Andrew Dell at
the home of his father Enoch Dell,
near Inman, Kan. The father prepared
the tonic and to assure his son that II
was properly made. tasted Il first
Both we're made violently III. The son
insisted that his father be cared foi
first and died before his turn came for
attention
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
Nea' Age
Hair Groa,er

not only removes every particle
of dandruff, but so invigorates
the scalp that no more dandruff
forms. 1t tones up the blood
vessels and oil glands and re-
news the fatty tissue.
Then the hair naturally re-
ceives the nourishment it re-
quires, becomes soft and glossy,
itching is relieved, falling hair
stops, and new hair takes the
place of old.
Three or four applications
bring these wonderful results.
And one or two applications a
week will keep the hair at its
best. If you are bald continue
New Age Chemical
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
prooress In Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City, Mar. 2-The con.
structlon Of the Oklahoma city fed.
eral building TO cost approximately
$500 600 and the terminal station OF
the Oklahoma Railway company. 10
cost $35O,0O0. has commenced. The
terminal building viii be twelve sto
ries high and will be used by city and
interurban car lines
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02

The following correspondence has
heen submitted to the Journal as a
literally curiosity and worth presars
ing, None Of the parties IL known
~ this office, but the alleged adver-
iser Is said to be an Arkansas lum-
Ler company. although not rated.
Here follows the company's rejoind-
er TO an application In answer to an
advertisement for a stenographer:
Dear Sir: We have your favor.
with recommendation and in reply
would gay we beg to inquire If you
TIRE a Remington operator? Pleas,
state what speed you have attained
In dictation, also in transcribing.
In segard TO salary win state, we
have always paid $50 to $50 per
month, according TO ability; but this
Is fair salary compared with the
Aery reasonable living expense at
Nis place. A single man can live OH
Sl5; married man, without or with
a Small family could live on $40
"You will readily see, therefore,
that this Is very desirable place for
dan who is anxious TO save money
VA foot we give you a memo of du-
4 AWwe would expect our stenog.aph'
z 40 perform, and trust you will kind.
Write US at once. giving your age
ID the above information, when we
Ill be pleased TO further consider
our application with othess now be-
ore us.
s4 Yours truly,
3ffy4tt .s............... ....a
Memo OF duties to be performed
by gstenographer:
&"Mctatidn and transcrbing.
Filling and indexing correspond.
egAce.
H0perating an oscillating mimeo.
occasionally.
,Hltching pony to cart and driy-
;uE to town twice daily for mail
ISweeping and dusting office every
saCrning.P
And now comes the applicants re
stAnse:
eEentlemen. Yours Of the Sth TO
hand. In answer TO your questions
vil1state that am a first-class Rem
fnglbn and Smith Premier operator
with 4 speed of 100 words. Stenog-
ra1hic speed 100 TO 170 words pc
Minute Not having given You full
Information as TO my capabilities IN
my letter Of application, beg to put
sherii before you now:
II am forty-two years old. Have
had twentythree years of active bust
ness experience. being connected with
trie British embassy at Madagascar
add feel confident If you give me
dial ! can prove my worth to you.
az rnot only an expert biographer,
lhgniat, expert telegraphlsl and e'ud.
ne college graduate. but have several
6sher Accomplishments which may
lhalse me desirable.
i9fhc light duties which you emu
INerate In The capacity of stenograph'
es sInd lndexing clerk, mimeograp
operator. stable boy and office pori
ar would not, | am afraid. keep me
pusy and would not be enough to keer
me from eetting homesick. am ar
rypert snow -shoyeler, a iirst-class pea
nut .oaster and have some knowledgf
III re moving snperfluous hair, ane
have a medal for recting 'CurfeN
shall not ling tonight AN skillii
csiifopodist and practical farmer
Gun cook, take care of horses, cfeas'
trousers. open oysters, repair umbrel
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
An Old Kansas Settler Dead.

Paola, Kan, Mar, John Pierre
Aubrey, who died recently in Cutler
township, Franklin county, was secre.
tary OF the French colony which came
to America from France in 1851 aua
settled at Nauvoo. ILL., He moved to
Kansas in 1855 and homesteadad a
farm in Cutler township, where he
lived until his death.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
Paint Lick
Lady Writes Thanks
FOR THE GREAT BENEFIT THAT
cARDul THE WoMAN's TONIC
WAS TO HER WHEN SICK

Paint Lick, KY suffered 50
much from womanly trouble, writes
Mrs Mary Freeman. OF Paint Lick,
ky, before commenced to take
Cardui
was so weak from it, that ! was
Gown on my back nearly all the time,
Il have taken three bottles of Car
due and it has done me more good
tNan any medicine | ever took in my
life.
Il can't possibly praise ii too high
" il has done 50 much for me aud
viii do ali can to help YOU for !
think il is the only medicine on earth
tnat VIII cute female troubles.
Yeu need not be afraid to try car
'ui for in dong SO YOU are making
no new experiment in drug dosing or
ia tablets Of concentrated mineral
Ingredients
Cardue as q medicine. rs a tonic
ior weak, tired wornout women, is
timetested, safe reliable. Il has
helped others and should certainly
help you.
Composed Of gentle-acing, herb
Ingredients, its action is mild and
natural and II has no bad after ef
locts, as have many OF the powerful
Ggngs, sometimes recommended.
Try II.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
a a a HEALS
SbSbSb OLD SORES

external of depraved polluted
dion
I'm
them
of sickness which
should of through the has all been eliminated
the place to scab over temporarily but the blood rot made
will
another place and be as bad Or worse than before heals old sores
the trouble and completely changes the circulation
is
blood
the blood
sed
writs THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. ATLANTA. CA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
JOHN MULLINS WOUND SERIOUS
SnecIal TO Daily Leadel.

OIENIdI 70 IIdIIF ISNuUVF'
Sulphur Okla March John
Mullln. owner OF the Mullins hack
line, who was shot in The groin at
The Santa Fe depot, les at his home
dangerously wounded, the doctors
not being able to locate the bullet.
The trouble came up over hack
stards al the depot Abe Ross, aged
%. formerly Of Cook county Texas,
surrendered and was released on o
$4,000 bond His preliminary trial
was set for March TO- He Is an cm-
ploye Of the Harvey Transfer com
pany.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
A New Kansas Interurbsn System.

independence, Kan. Mar 2.--Regu
lar service has been established be
tween this city and CherryyaIe, II
miles east, by the Higgins iDterUrbaI
system. It ran the first car for test
purposes, Sunday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
AIlsoe Rate Discrimination.

Omaha. Mar. 2.-The Omaha Com.
mercial Club voted to lay before the
Interstate commerce commission an
alleged discrimination IN railroad rates
on packing house products against
Omaha aud Il favor Of Kansas CRY
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
A Fireman Fell Ten Stories.

New York, Mar. 2.--ln fighting o
fire on the tenth floor OF l2-story
building on Murray street, Harry Bur
CESS, fireman. was killed Burgess
walked into the elevator shaft and
dropped 10 stories
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
JACKSON COUNTY BOND ISSUE
Snecial TO Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Altus, Okla, March jackson
county will vote March 26 on the is
suance. Of 100000 bonds for tho
building of new jail and court
house. The present court house is
inadequate for court purposes and af-
fords no fire protection for the
counsy reco ds The Jail IL small
and unsanitary. The tax will be
less than one mill on the dollar. as
the valra,ion for Jackson courdy in
1919 was mosa than $ll.000000 and
wi be greatly increased This year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
His Profit S18 a Gallon.

Independence, Kan, Mar. Harry
Inman. white man, was convicted
in police court here of selling liquor
and given 80 days in jail and a fine
OF 500. lnman boasted that he has
been makingk SIS off of one gallon
Of whisky.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
TO MOTHERS IN THIS TOWN

Children who are delicate. feyerish
add cross will get immediate relief
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
for Children. They cleanse the stom-
ach. act on the liver. making slckly
child stron gand healthyq. A eer-
tain cure of worms. Sold by all drug.
gists. 25c. Sample Free, Address, Al
len S. olmstead. Leroy. N. Y.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
A NIGHT Alarm

Worse than an alarm Of fige az
night is the metallic cough of Group
Careful mothers keep Folcy's Honey
and Tar In he house and give It at
the first sign Of danger. Foloys
Honey and Tar has saved many little
lives, No opiates. j. w, Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
NATURAL CURIOSITY.

Special to Daily Leader.
Fort Gibson, Okla, March "A
natural curiosity in the form OF a
two-horned rabbit may be seen al
Birds drug store The horns are
about III &c quarters of an inch in
leng.h and come out of the head in
front below the ears. and are hard
like bones. The rabbit was killed
by Itsh Henson on Bald Hill. north
west Of town.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02

Pneumonia follows o cold but new
Il follows the use OF Foley's Honey
and Tar which stops the cough, heals
the lungs and expcls the cold from
the system. j. w. Wallace.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02

C'hamberlain's Stomach aud Liver
Tablets invariably bring relief TO
women suife ing from chronic eonsii-
patton, headache, blliousness. dlzzi-
ness, sallowness Of the skin and dys-
pepsia. Sold by all dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
ALIENS LUNG sALsAM

has been used successfully for years
for deep-scaied coughs, colds and
bronchitis. Everybody should know
about IT, II Is simple, safe and sure.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02

N. y. Write to. Ladies Advisory
Dept, Chattanooga Medicine Co..
Chattanooga, Tenn. for Special III
s.ructions, and Glpage book, Home
Treatment for Women" sent In plain
wrapper on request.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02

Saturday will be closing dsT. for
the Coyle oil mill unless other ar
rangements are made.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
PARKE RS
HAIR BALSAM

Cleanses and beauilfies the half.
Promotes a luxtrinnt growth.
Never Fails TO Restore Gray
Hair 70 its Youthful Color.
Cures scalp diseases 4 hair falling.
Slc, and sl.tpaf Druggists
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-02
GROCERY DEPT.
The Monarch D. G. Co.
TOMORROW

Our Grocery Dept has been repnished again these items
AIMED below at these prices while they last.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Dear Daddy Jim:-I enjoy reading
the letters from the little boys and
girls very much. l think every boy
and girl ought to go to school. like
the riddles very much, but | think
the Bible questions will do us more
good than the riddles. Don't you,
Daddy jim? I will answer Almond
Moore's riddle: David killed the
giant with a rock. 1 think the an
swer to Georgia Keller's riddle is a
gray watermelon. l will ask few:
Cd What is it that a man has got,
but he doesn't want it, and yet he
wouldn't take the world for it? ca
How old was David when all Israel
came to anoint him King? AS fear
my letter will end up in Daddy jim S
waste basket, I will close with much
love to the Postcard Club.-Annie
Lee Butler, Lilly, Ca, R. F. D. 1.
Zone of your riddles was left out
because it had already been pub
lished.-Daddy Jim.)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
Jeff Agents Contest

The cash prize contest, which end
ed on April 18th, was one of the
closest we have ever had. The grand
prize was won by Mr.. John L. G.
Woods, of Monticello Ga, by scant
margin of three subscriptions. 1t
takes lot of continuous hustling to
beat an agent like Mr. S. j. Cowan,
of SWainsboro, Ca, and Mr.. Woods
deserves the heartiest congratulations
on the steady perseverance which
won him his success.
The monthly prizes were distrib-
uted as follows:-
First Prize: John L. G. Woods,
Monticello, Ga.
Second Prize: S. Cowan, SWANS
boro, Ga.
Third Prize: w. H. Westmore-
land, Canon, Ga.
Fourth Prize: H. V. Watts, Aus
tell, Ga.
Fifth Prize: J. M. swindler,- New
berry, S. G.
Sixth Prize: H. V. White, Fowl
town, Ga.
Now we want to see some tall hus-
thing for the next lot of prizes. There
will be two cash prizes, $40 and SIS,
given away on May 31st, and two
more, Of the same amounts, on July
18th. The agent who sends in the
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
TWO CONUNDRuMs.

Dear Daddy Jim:-Here comes a
thirteen-year-old Georgia boy. My
papa takes The Jeffersonian, and
like to read it very much. l think
Mr.. Watson is a great man. Now, I
will ask two riddles: Cd Why is a
young girl coming down the street
like a ship coming into harbor? (2)
What is the difference between a
sewing machine and a kiss? I will
close, as this is my first time. with
best wishes to Daddy Jim and cous-
ms, your friend, Amos Adams, Dewy
Rose, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
A LITTLE GEORGIA GIRL.

Dear Daddy Jim:-Here comes a
little girl from Madison county, in
the dear old State of Georgia. Papa
takes The Jeffersonian, and I like to
read it very much. I go to school,
Potts is our teacher, and like him
fine. This is my first attempt to
write to you, and hope it will escape
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28

largest number of subscriptions be-
tween April 16 and July 5 will re-
ceive a grand prize of twenty-five
dollars in cash. These prizes are
given in addition to the agents regu-
lar commissions, which are liberal.
We are not rich people, but you can
make money out of us, if you will
only try. The Jeffs want good, hus-
Ting, honest agents in every corner
of the South. Try the work in your
spare time. You'll be surprised at
your success.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
LIKES FARM LIFE.

Dear Daddy jim: Here come for
the first time. I live in the country
on farm. | do like farm like. I
had rather live in the country than
in a town. Our school was out on
the twenty-fifth Of March, I will
have to go to work now. Papa takes
The JeffersOnian, and I enjoy read
ing it very much. I will answer
Thomas H. Griffin's riddle: 1t is
watch. I will ask one: Thousands
of eyes and never nose? If I see
this in print, I will try again.-Ver-
non Sturkey, Leverett, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
OUR POSTCARD CLUB
By DADDY JIM

the waste basket. Will answer AL
mond Moore's question: David kill
ed the giant with stone. jamie
Futral's is a COW. I am going to
look for my postcards. Who was
Amos? / will give you another
question. Do not use the same let
ter twice. They are the capitals of
the States of the United States: A
K r B S M A Pr O M YLSI e
O.-Your cousin, Recie Brown, Com
merce, Ca, Rt. 81.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
MAMMA is A WATSON MAN.

Dear Daddy Jim:-I am fourteen
years old and small for my age. |
am papa and mammals oldest boy.
Papa wanted to name me Thomas
Watson, but mamma was not much
of Watson man" then, and OBJ
jected. They compromised by nam
ing me Eugene Watson Barwick.
Mamma is a strong Watson imam"
now. | hope to send you some more
subscribers soon.-Your little friend,
E. Watson Barwick, Thomasville, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
FOWLER'S CHAMPION BUFF
ROCKS,
ROCKS,

AS bred by G. W. Fowler, Marietta,
Ca, are we'll known throughout this
country as the leaders, having won
seven times as many first and special
prizes as all competitors combined.
In order to make room for the large
lot of growing youngsters, he is max
ing special prices, to readers of The
Jeffersonian, on few of his tried
breeders. He guarantees satisfac-
ton. See his adj elsewhere in this
issue.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS.

WANTED-Persons desiring good po-
sitions with the Government to write
US for information. Railway mail
clerks, clerk carriers, r. F. D. carriers,
bookkeepers and stenographers in great
demand. Learn at home. Southern
Schools of Correspondence, 308 Temple
Court Building Atlanta
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
AGENTS WANTED.

$500 A DAY. We don't want man
who can't earn at least three dollars
a day at our work. The best and Invest
canvassing proposition in the South. Big
commission. The Jeffersonians, Thorn
son, Ca.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
EVER SHARP PENCILS.

FIVE one-cent stamps gets you pen
Gil that never needs sharpening. 1t
is always sharp = Everybody needs
them-Everybody buys them. Agents
wanted. Eaton Drug Co., Atlanta, Ca
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA,

Dear Daddy Jim:-As l have not
seen any more letters from South
Carolina, I will write again Hope
this will escape the waste basket. I
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
POULTRY SUPPLIES.

SEND As cents in stamps to the Magic
Food Co., Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Magic Insect Powder, one Magic Egg
Tester and one Magic Medcated Nest
Egg, indispensable to all poultry rails
ers. Perfect satisfaction or money
promptly refunded. Free books and
pictures sent; IS years successful bust
ness.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
BUSINESS CHANCES.

MONEY in every mail. Own a business
similar to mine. No capital required.
No merchandise to handle. A legiti-
mate scheme. B. M. Atkinson, New
nan, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
MORPHINE. OPIUM

home Painlessly and Permanently (for
$4,000 by an entirely new method.
"NO Cure-.NO Pay" Write today for
details DIR. G. w. ID. Patterson, 400
East st. Charles Ave-, Atlanta, Ga
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
EDUCATIONAL.

READ the Educational Department in
Watson's Jeffersonian Magazine, and
you will learn things. A dollar a year
will give you a liberal education.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
COMMISSION HOUSE.

WANTED-Ship your Fruits and Veg
etables to Hewitt & Co., 10 E. Cam
den ST., Baltimore, Md They will treat
you right.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
POSITION WANTED

AS BOOKKEEPER. Six years expert
ence, and good reference furnished
on demand. Any further information,
write j. w. Davis Morton, Miss
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
cow PEAS.

FOR SALE-Sound seed Cow Peas, $2.O
per bushel, cash with order. r. o. B.
Preston, Ga. F. A. Bush, Preston, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
NURSERIES,.

PECANS, Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Roses, Palms, Ferns Write for cat
alogue. Gainesville Nurseries, Gaines
VILE, Fla.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
PECAN TREES.

FOR SALE-12, 600 Grated and Budded
Trees. Best varieties. Bears Pecan
Nurseries, Palatka, Fla.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
CAN NERS,

JUST off the press, the Free Illustrated
catalogue, telling all about the Home
plies. Drop us F a postal Home 1t1e Gamer e
Co., Hickory, N. G.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
bbe Jeffersonian
c. ASSIFTED

THE JEFFER SONIAN reaches 10000 prosperous
Southern small cities, towns and rural dis
tricts.
If there is anything you want to buy, sell or ex-
these homes cheaply and eft
fectiVeIy through the Classified Columns of THE
JEFFER SONIAN under any of the following head
ings:
LIVE STOCK REMEDIES.
MEDICAL.
BUILDING MATERIAL
BEE OR POULTRY SUPPLIES.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
OR ANY CLASSIFICATIONS YOU
IOOLS, MAY DESIRE.
ord per advertising accepted for less
q Office, 1876, Atlanta, Ga
ces payable THE JEFFS, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
INSURANCE

INSURANCE
THE Georgia Home Insurance Co., of
Columbus, Ca, is nearly half CEN
fury Old It is home institution.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28

TURBINE WATER WHEELS.
HIGHEST Efficiency. Both Register
and Cylinder Gate. Write for cata-
logue Davis Foundry & Machine
Works, Rome, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28

VELVET BEANS.
FOR SALE-Velvet Beans; choice seed;
1925, F. o. B. Barlow, Fla j. A.
Garrard.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28
MEDICAL.

FOR only five dollars, l will send any
farmer, or horse owner, remedy
that will relieve any case of collie in
horses, after all other remedies fail 1
except no case. Address guaranteed.
l.. II. Lee, Gaillard, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-04-28

DROPSY CURED-Gives quick relief,
stops shortness Of breath in 80 to 48
hours; removes all swelling in Is to 20
days If you can't CALL write o. e.
Collum Dropsy Medicine Co., 551 West
Hunter ST., Atlanta, Ga.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-02-25

ing eglSEs aid ths- cfowdet cen.
ters of population.
Nothing would make more for
good citizenship and industrial sta
bility than RELIEVING THE
CON G ESTION IN OUR
CROWDED CENTERS.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-02-25
SUCCESSFUL MERCHANTS.
Those That Carry Only oivsrsifisd
Lines In Stock,

An editorial article In the Agricultur-
al Southwest. which uphOlds the gen
eral store in the smaller cities and
towns as against the specialized bust
ness. contains n hint for those who
would compete successfully with the
big mail order store that carry every
thing. from Il hairpin to portable
house. The editor writes:
One Of our eastern exchanges de-
votes whole column Of his valued
paper to an article on the mistake
that the present day merchant Is max
ing in running general store.
This article endeavors to show that
the old rule of mo two things can be
done at the same time and done
right" Using this old rule in bearing
OUT, his. argument that wtere any mer.
chant tries to handle a multiplicity of
lines he cannot make success OF any
one, we do not in the least doubt the
sincerity OF his belief At one time in
the not distant past we were OF the
same opinion. until we had our ideas
changed by first hand knowledge.
The most successful merchants OF
the southwest. with the best conducted
stores. bringing to their owners the
greatest margin of profit. are those
who have diversified lines In fact
the merchant who sells everything
from Il needle to II traction engine. is
the one who broadens. and when the
call OF the big town reaches him he is
qualified to go into the fight against
his longer established competitor and
get n share of that business which his
all around knowledge has taught him
how to talk about and handle