The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-26


the Wy siILl JitIn 5y1i1E 31l "
tatIon TO Josie 1.0clcfgoods party. m.
sDUnean7 I happ ened % zee r ON the
hall table this eyeninS
''Yes he aSsented quietly.
ITS 70 be the socinI event OF the
year. I hope youyI enjoy It
''I'm not going. IT'S against the rules
at nrst-I mean business rules IN be
80 busy at the store. you know
Alone, / was 6aan to confess NJ olf-
led my understanding
The rush Of business 70 Grnharn's
began tho folloH1nS morning Dun
cans hands were full almost from the
first. ana he had to relegate such mat
tiers as making dEsaI disposition OF MS
hbck ana getting acquainted with It TO
tie Intervals between waiting upon
customers Old Sam must have put
mn more prescriptions In the next few
DAYS than he had within the Inst i've
years. Everybody wanted to take
look at the renovated store. shake
Sans hand and see what the new
partner was really like Sothern &
Lees was for some days quite desert
ed. especially after Duncan took lear
out of their book, bought an ice cream
freezer and began 70 serve dabs OF
cream In the soda
WIN BIgelow even dropped round
and bought samples OF the tobacco
stock, from two-fors up to ten-eenterA
and smoked them with expressive
snorts. Tracey Tanners soda and Gig
arctic trade was transferred bodily 70
Grahan's from the first, and Roland
Barnette give It his patronage. albetr
grudefneIy. as soon as he found it Inn
possible to shake Josie Lockwood's NJ
Iegiance. / say Rrudgtngly because
Roland didn't IKE the new partner
and had said so from the hrst BUT
every one else did like him almost
without exception His attentiyeness
and courtesy were not ungrateful art
er the way things were thrown at you
at sothern & Lees. we DECLARED
Duncan certainly did striveto please.
No man ever worked. harder in Rad
vile store than he 1iId. And from the
time that he began to believe there
vvouId be some reward for his e1er-
lions. that the business was suscepu-
BILE to being built up by the employ
ment of progressive methods, he grew
astoufshfngly prolific OF ideas. from
our sleepy point OF view. The WIN
dow displays were changed almost
daily. to begin with. and were made ms
interesting as possible We learned TO
go blocks out OF our way to find out
whit Graham & Duncan were exploit
ing today. And daily bargain sales
were Instituted. low priced articles OF
everyday use, such as shaving soap,
toothbrushes and the Ike, being sold
ut a few cents above cost on cerrlln
DAYS, which were announced In nd
vance by means Of hand lettered cards
in the show windows, whereas Tor
merly we had alVpys been obliged 70
pay full list prices.
ness man he noticed that the local
practitioners wrote their prescriptions
on odd scraps ~ PapeE-
.'That's nil wrong" he declared
Gwen have to tx it, And by next
morning the job printing press back OF
the courthouse was grooming under an
order from Graham Sc Duncan's ana
few days later every physician within
several miles of RadvilIe received halt
a dozen neat pads OF blanks with his
name and address printed at the top
and the advice across the bottom. Go
&c, GrahaIrl's for the best and purest
drugs and chemicals" The backs OF
the blanks were utilized to request
people living out of reach. but on rural
free delivery routes. either to mail
their prescriptions and other orders In
or have the physicians telephone them.
promising to I'LL and dispatch them by
the first post.
For he had a telephone installed
within the first fortnight and the next
dny advertised In the Gazette TINT or
ders by telephone would receive
prompt attention and be delivered
without delay. Tracey Tanner be
came his delivery boy. deserving his
fathers stnbIes for the obvious adVan-
taGes OF So a week with chance TO
learn the business.
Starting with line OF nVe pnu yen
cent packages of IndIGestible sweets.