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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05

Here are nine hustling knights of the sample who have sold in the year just closed in the neighbor hood of million and quarter dollars worth of Shoes. These men are all Southeners travel in the South, and sell Southern made shoe to Southeners for the largest shoe factory in the South CraddocTerry Company, of Lynchburg, Va.
 This is average of about $135000 gross sales per man. MT Stroud who for several years has led this sell ing force the quantity of his sales again the banner man with total of than $200O00 in sales to his credit
 Iii perhapsa novel thing to bring the personality of these samen to the front in speaking of the of the Craddock Terry Company It still more novel to be able to say these things about engaged in selling shoes in territory that only few years ago did not possess such thing shoe factory.
 The money these earned individually is not the greatest gain for them. Most of these nine salesmen earned than pay Congressmer and than most States pay their Governors and yet they have only been shoe saesmen, working nconspicuously and very ndustrousy for the good of their pockebooks for the good of their employers and still further for the com mercia good of city and the prosperity of whole ton of our country-the South.
 This subject of Southern prosperity something that has occupied great deal of attention from the press of the entire country Columns have been printed in the newspapers and articles have appeared in the magazines about the need of the South for capital of its industries and of the opportunities it offers for investment The work of these nine Craddoc shoe salesmen throws sidelight on the proposition
 These nine men, who this year have sold in their ter ritores almost many shoes the entire Craddock- Ferry sales force of twentysx sold ten years ago, have measure sounded the possibilities of the South creating her prosperity.
 The prosperity of the South any other section of this land, depends thing onyher industries An idle land cannot be prosperous The Craddock-Terry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05
Nine Southern Shoe Salesmen Who Earned More Than
 $6O,OOO Last Year

Company, in bringing industry to the South are making way for good times.
 Look at the shoe industry as related to the South. The First Step In Saving the South 100 Million Dollars
 Year
 Thirty-fye years ago there Southern shoe ln- dustry worthy of the Atlanta Ga; Richmond, Va. New Oreans La and Memphis Tenn, were each doing wholesale business supplying the Sonth with shoes that made in the North-Cncnnat, Phila- dephia New York and Boston, and even from St. Louis and Chicago Lynchburg had nothing larger than a re- tail shoe store Now look at it. Lynchburg is the fifth city in this country in the importance of her shoe trade She makes and sells shoes than all the rest of the South combined, and Craddock Terry Company, operat ing all the shoe factories but in Lynchburg, make four times as many shoes all the Southern factories combined.
 All this hasScome to pass in thirty five years It has been little short of revolution in Shoedom. Where the dealers of the South used North for shoes they now buying and more Southern made shoes-and right there is the of the of the Craddock Terry Company and the secret that is going to bring greater and greater good times to Dixie.
 For years and years the South has been sending North for shoes She had to have them She didn make them She sent her money away and got shoes n return The Souths shoe bill has amounted to hundreds Of ml lions of dollars each year, and this has been going for generations. 1t wasn't necessity 1t had got to be habit The North had always been the shoemaker for the entire country Somehow seemed to think things could be arranged differently Southern people liked the Northern made shoes There weren't any others to be had to speak of About 1900 Craddock Terry Company, who had been obbers of shoes decided to make their shoes They built factory and began to ask Southern dealers to sell Southern made shoes to Southern people, At first the dealers were ashamed to offer Southern shoes to Southern and Little by little Craddock aesmen like these ndefatigable here have broken down the line of resistance They have put the Craddock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05

Employes human. They do their best when they feel their best. And an employees feelings cannot help but be largely influenced by the of his her surroundings
 These the things that have made Lynchburg the Shoe City of the South, and CraddockTerry the dom nant figures in this upbuildng of community industry. The Wonderful Cooperation of Merchant and Manufac-
 turer Through Advertising
 There is one thing more, one secret that is sponslbe for this wonderful growth and acvity-adver Using. Craddock-Terry Company have been believers and of big space for the telling of the of the goodness of their shoes. They have promoted the ve ments that have appeared in the daily press
 They have worked for the merchants that have thrown in their lot with the Craddock Terry Company for Southern made shoes for Southerners They the arg est advertisers Ill their line In fact they have done advertising than all their competitors in the South bned They have used all the large daies most of the prominent weekes and agricultural papers In addition to this they have cooperaed with large dealer in all the principal Southern cities commencing with Wash ngton, who is featuring the Craddock Shoe and in the last two years they have increased the sales of the Craddock Shoe through these dealers at least 100 per
 Craddock Terry Company sold more shoes last year in the South than any other manufactures obber in the world They have made the Craddock Shoe the most popular selling mans shoe in the Southern States From this it is easy to that the best merchant the most progressive shoe dealer every town village and hamlet in the South should have the agency for the Craddock Shoe Wherever there is city town without this agency there ought to be dealer who will See the hand writing the wall and throw in his lot with the Grad dock -Terry-get this line and grow with them
 Craddock sales have increased l65 per cent in ten years and sales on the Craddock Shoe have increased 100 per cent in the last two years.
 If you are Southern shoe dealer and want the spirit of the prospeity to touch your store with its magic wand it may be good thing for you to write the Craddock factory for of these husng salesen to come to you and put you the highway to Grad dock Craddock Shoes sell easily They more widely known and advertised than any other line known in the South They have all the quality of shoes that sell for much money, and more quality and more wear than other shoe sold anywhere at the same price
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05

exclusive use of Craddocl-Ter employees and their friends These grounds surrounded by high fence entirely covered with cnging vines, which, when in full bloom, afford of the pretest sights imaginable The grounds are equipped with a complete outdoor gymnasium paraphernaa flying rings, trapeze exercise ladder at various angles horizontal bars quo alleys and the like Splendid baseball grounds the factory also owned by the company where the factory team plays all during the summer This team has built up quite reputation the past few seasons and during the vacation period usually takes trip to other towns throughout the State.
 But shoe factory employees work inside instead of outside the factory building, reminded step ped inside It was of those hot days last summer, when hghsalared clerks keep within arms length of the electric fans-just the kind of day to find shoe fac tory and the factory hands at their worst
 ''The atmosphere within proved many degrees cooler than that without the building. found that this due to series of electric fans that literally lined the ceilings of the various departments The floors walls and ceilings free of dust and dr scraps of matera being confined to waste recepaces and removed fast as they accumulated The view that each employe joyed from his or her window could not help but make the work inside pleasant. On side superb view of the picturesque Blue Ridge mountanson the op poste equally splendid view of the Tobacco Row mountains and at another angle inspiring view of the busy city of Lynchburg
 n addition to the electric fans for creating breeze during the months the factory is equipped throughout with modern device which removes all of the dust and foul air from the building The heating and ventilatng arrangements are of equally high order and insure the health and comfort of employees in winter well summer
 'I have been through many factories of various knds and likewise many modern business offices, but never have seen employees working under ideal conditions never more contented looking lot of ployes not even in the finest equipped business office
 "There is reason for this extra taken by the Craddock-Terry Company in order to make their em- ployes surroundings congenia possible and it is not philanthropic by any means either Rather does the company consider this extra outlay invest ment--a profit-bearing investment.
 The theory is this M a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05
Natural Advantages That Mean Millions Saved

Lynchburg, Va, lies right in the gateway to the South Her position geographically makes her the ogi cal distributing point for nearly all the Southern States To build shoe factory here to touch the spring that controlled all the possibilities of the future. The first Craddock Terry factory snloosed the magic that has clinched Lynchburg's name wonder city With natural advantages at her door, it but step to cure the first trained shoe operators.
 The second Craddock-T Terry factory was built in 1907 and 1911 will four big factories going full tilt
 Bu to get with story, must get back to the conditions that made possible to make better shoe in Lynchburg and sell it all through the South for price that Northern competitors could not meet
 In Lynchburg labor conditions have been made ideal y perfect It costs less to produce shoes there because rents ess taxes less insurance is ess Now see what the working conditions that surround the mak of the Craddock Shoe. Wequoe from an article by writer for the Washington Times, who went to Iv1ch- burg to note the conditions under which the Craddock Shoe is made
 'There have been many magazine stories about the awful labor conditions in the South that was with little trepdaon that the writer accepted the invita- ton of the Craddock Terry Company of Lynchburg Va to inspect their West End factory Ads were to be pre- pared extolng the merits of their product the Grad dock Shoe and the Craddock Terry people insisted that the who to do the writing should see the shoe in process of manufacture that he would know inst what he was talking about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-05

Shoe of the best shoe nearly every town and city in the South The money that used North in a steady stream is beginning to be diverted back to Southern pockets It pays the wages of Southern shoe workers. It pays the travelling saesmens salaries It turns the Southern butcher and baker and candlestick maker It increases the good times of the Southern shoe dealer It goes build schools to pay off mortgages to increase Southern railroad earnings It filters back back, back into the pockets of the Southern people, And what do you suppose above all ese is making this change pos sble the change that has raised Lynchburg from heard shoe city the that has grown the fastest of all the shoe ceners in the last ten years the change that finds buyers from California, Chicago, New York Pha- depha and Boston, the original city of fine shoes in Lynchburg selecting their shoe stocks This is that thing that is creating this Terry qua itya better shoe, at less money than the Northern shoe makers afford to make and sell shoes for.
 There is secret behind this success, too-this Grad dock Terry quality
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
Whistler's White Lock.

As long as the name Of James NC
Neill Whistler lives among those who
saw him it will recall the famous white
lock which stood out so conspicuously
from the mass Of his black hair. II
was, as he used to say himself, well
placed" and was always treated from
the harmonious point Of view to de-
velop it's greatest effect in his appear
ance. One day when Dorothy Menpes'
daughter Of the we'll known English
artist Mortimer Menpes, was baby
and was asleep on her pillow Whistler
went to see her. A white feather had
by chance settled ON her head and lay
in a spot exactly corresponding with
the white lock on his own head.
'That child is going to develop into
something great" he exclaimed lor'
zee, she begins with a feather, just ike
met
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
AIDS WANTED FOR SEED GRAIN
BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of County Commissioners OF
Mclean county, North Dakota, will
receive sealed proposals for the pur'
chasing of Mclean county seed grain
bonds up to the hour of 2 o'clock p
M, March 9TH, A. D. 1911.
Bonds to be issued to the amount
of S50,00O.OO in denominations OF
$4,000 each, due in two years from
date of issue and bearing interest az
the rate of not exceeding per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually,
but only so much of said bond issue
will be sold as shall be necessary
to provide funds for the seed grain
applications granted.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Dated at Washburn, N. D., this 10Th
day of February, A. D. 1911.
PAUL S. MEYER,
County Auditor. Mclean County, N. D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
Gvpsy Queens.

On occasions America treats Its
gypsy monarchs with full regal pomp'
Matilda Stanley was accorded an al
most royal funeral in 1878 at Dayton.
O., where, ten years later, another
queen was crowned with all proper
ceremonial. In England, too, gypsy
queens have received all due honor
Esther Faa Blythe, who died in 1888
had many members of the arlstocracy
on her visiting list, and she, too. had .
regular coronation. But, on the whole:
the gypsy has not had a very good
time in England. An act of 1892, for
example. made it a felony without
benefit of clergy to be merely seen Tor
month in the society of gypsies'
while for actually being gypsy no
punishment was too severe.-London
Standard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
HISTORICAL.
PROPOSALS FOR SEED GRAIN
BONDS.

Sealed proposals will be received
at the office of the county auditor OF
Mountrail county, North Dakota, in
the court house in the city OF Stanley,
In the said county and state up to
the hour of 2 o'clock p. m. March 9Th,
1911, for the sale of Mountrail county
seed grain bonds, issued in pursuance
to chapter 21O Of the session laws
of the state of North Dakota, for
1909, entitled, "An act authorizing
counties to issue bonds or warrants
to procure seed and grain for needy
farmers. resident therein Said
bonds will be denominations of five
hundred dollars ($50000) due in two
years from date of issue. and will
bear interest at the rate of per cent
per annum.
The board Of county commission
ers have authorized bonds to be Is.
sued to the amount of Thirty Thou
sand $3.50, OOO00) Dollars, but only so
much Of said bond issue will be sold
as shall be necessary to provide funds
for the seed grain applications acted
upon and allowed at, and prior to the
date of the sale of said bonds.
There will be at least Twenty
Thousand ($2O,0O0.O0) Dollars OF said
bond issue sold. Each bid to be &C
companied by certified check Of
One Thousand Isl ,OO0)) Dollars, made
payable to the chairman of the board
of county commissioners as a guar
antee to furnish the cash for bonds
sold.
The board of county commissioners
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids.
Dated at Stanley, North Dakota.
this 23rd day of February, 1911.
w. p. GLIB,
County Auditor in and for Mountrall
County, N. d.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
PROPOSALS OF SEED GRAIN
aON09.

Notice is hereby given that the
board of county commissioners OF the
count of Stevenson, North Dakota,
will receive sealed proposals for the
purchasing of Stevenson county seed
grain bonds up to the hour OF 2
o'clock p. M, March 18th, A. D. 1911:
Bonds to be issued to the amount
Of 100000 in denominations OF sou
each, due in five years from date OF
issue and bearing interest at the rate
not exceeding 7 per cent per annum'
payable semi.annually, but only SO
much of said bond issue will be SOLO
as shall be necessary to provide FUNDS
for the seed grain applications grant
I'd.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
Dated at Garrison, N. D., this 20tn
day of February, A. D. 1911.
NJ. F. MINEHAN,
County Auditor, Stevenson County,
NJ D.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
SHAVING IS NOT FATAL.
BARRIERS Nowadays Do Not Use Ham.
n,ers and Cold ChiseIs.

BARRIERS Nowadays Do Not Use nam.
msrs and Cold chiseIs.
In reply to a correspondent who says
he yearns to have his flowing beard
removed and yet lacks the Spartan
firmness Of the early martyrs to face
the ordeal and makes pathetic ap-
peal for advice the alfalfa editor of
the Emporia Gazette unfeelingly re-
marks:
'"The alfalfa editor can offer no ad-
vice or encouragement to such a trem-
bling soul. 1t seems probable that he
has worn his whiskers for many years.
1t is likely that he hasn't purchased
shave for a quarter Of century and
therefore Is ignorant of the improve
ments in the art tonsorial which have
been achieved in recent years. 1t Is
no longer like going through a slaugh-
ter house to an open grave to be shaw
ed by an expert barber. In fact, that
operation has been so shorn Of its ter
rors that many eminent citizens con-
slider it a pleasure to visit the barber.
It is no longer necessary to strap a
patient down in the chair before shay
ing him; neither is it necessary to ad-
minister anaesthetics to his whiskers.
1.-THE man whose only reason for
wearing whiskers Is the fact that he
fears the barber shop will gain little
sympathy. If he tries to explain that
he cannot shave himself without sur
, fering the agonies of the all fired he
will gain less. Such excuses might
have had some force long ago, when
BARRIERS used hammers and cold CHS
els, but science has made giant strides
in recent years, and the country Is full
; Of painless BARRIERS, and clean shave
costs no anguish or inconvenience"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
PROPOSAL FOR BIDS FOR SALE
OF SEED GRAIN BONDS.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the county auditor OF
Burke county, North Dakota, IN tine
court house in the city of Bowbelis'
in the said county and state up to the
hour of 2 o'clock p. M, March lotn'
1911, for the sale of Burke county
seed grain bonds, in pursuance to
chapter 21O of the session laws OF the
state of North Dakota, for 1909. en-
titled an act authorizing counties to
issue bonds or warrants to procure
seed and grain for needy farmers,
resident therein. Said bonds will
be in denominations of Five Hundred
Dollars ($5OOOO) due In two years
from date of issue, and will bear In
terest at the rate OF per cent per
annum.
The board of county commits sioners
have authorized bonds to be issued
to the amount of Forty Thousand
($4O, O0O.OO) Dollars, but only so much
of said bond issue will be sold as
shall be necessary to provide funds
for the seed grain applications acted
upon and allowed at, and prior to the
date of the sale of said bonds.
There will be at least Twenty-Five
Thousand ($25,OO0.0O) Dollars of the
said bond issue sold. Each bid to
be accompanied by certified check
of One Thousand $1,0O0.0O) Dollars,
made payable to the chairman OF the
board of county commissioners, as a
guarantee to furnish the cash for the
bonds sold.
The board of county commission
ers reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
Dated at Bowbells. North Dakota.
this 21st day of February, 1911.
RALPH ABBOTT,
County Auditor, Burke County. N. +
(SeaD
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
CITATION HEARING PROOF OF
WILL

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, Coun-
ty of Burleigh.
In County Court, Before Hon. M. J.
Mckenzie, Judge.
In the Matter of the Estate OF Mar
shall H: Jewell, Deceased
r N. Stevens, Petitioner, VS.. Kate I.
Jewell, Paul Jewell and Ralph jew
ell, Respondents.
Tho State of North Dakota to the
Above Named Respondents and all
Persons Interested in the Estate OF
Marshall H. Jewell. Deceased:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that r. N. Stevens, the petl'
toner herein. has filed In this Court
a document in writing. purportlng u
he the last will and testament OF
Marshall H. Jewell, late of the city
of bismarck in the county OF Burleign
and state of North Dakota, deceased
with his petition, praying for the ad'
mission to probate of said document
as the last will and testament OF SAID
deceased. and for the issuance to r.
N. Stevens of letters testamentary
thereon, and that the said petition
and the proofs of said purported will
and testament will be heard and duly
considered by this court on MONDAY
the 9th day of March, A. D. 1911,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of that
day, at the court rooms of this Court,
in the County Court House in the city
of Bismarck, county of Burleigh and
state of North Dakota; and
You and each Of you are hereby
cited to be and appear before this
Court at said time and place and an
swer said petition and show cause
if any there be, why the prayer OF
said petition should not be granted.
BY the Court:
NJ ]. M'KENZ1E,
Judge of the County Court.
(SeaD
STEVENS & BERNDT,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
(2.2S; 81, IA, 21.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
NOTICE OF SPECIAL scH0o
ELECTION.

Special Election of the Voters OF Bis
marck Special School District.
Notice is hereby given, that on Sat
urday, the 18th day of March, 1911
an election of the voters of Bismarck
special school district numbered l.
will be held at the Will school build
ing, in the city of Bismarck, and In
Bismarck special school district No.
l, in the county of Burleigh and state
of North Dakota, for the purpose OF
determining upon the question of is
suing bonds by the board of educa'
ton Of said school district in the sum
of $1,000, payable in twenty years
after date, bearing four per cent In
terest, payable semi-anually, for the
purpose of purchasing a new school
site on which to locate a new high
school building.
Also for the purpose of determin.
ing upon the question of issuing bonds
by said board of education in the sum
of $4,000, payable in twenty years
after date, bearing four per cent in
terest, payable semi-annually, for the
purpose of building a new high school
building in said special school dis.
trict.
The polls will be open at 9 o'clock
a. m. and will close at 4 o'clock p.
m. on said day.
Dated at Bismarck. N. D., this 21st
day of February, 1911.
BY order of the Board of Education
of the city of Bismarck. North Dakota.
RICHARD PENWARDEN,
Clerk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-02-28
NORTH BOUND.
hartman Told Him.

Hartman had an almost supernatu-
raj instinct for knowing what was
going on and who was doing 1t In the
mysteries Of stock manipulation. Once
when Southern Pacific had been going
up fast. Hartman and various bank
ing houses buying in concert. he called
up on the telephone one of his private
brokers. Somebody is selling he
said. Eyes, SIR" was the answer
"Well. hand the market $4,000 for
me-" Immediately he called up the
head of a banking firm much inter-
ested in the market who's selling
Southern Pacific?' he asked. Il don't
know; we haven't been able to hnd
out" was the answer. "Tll tell you,
snapped Hartman; Its your house.
And he cut off the connection before
any reply to him could he made.-Ex'
change.