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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-01-10
The farcels Posi-.

The Parcels Post has come and it
has come to stay. Whether We want
It or not matters but little. Much ap-
prehension has been felt in some sec
tions that it will prove very injurious
to the retail trade. This is not neces-
ssrily the case. It will not benefit the
retail merchant TO oppose the parcels
post. On the contrary he should make
use OF it and accommodate his bust
ness 70 the changed conditions. While
the large department stores can ship
goods everywhere, the retail merchant
has smaller field, which should be
more carefully cultivated. He should
make his arrangements with the man.
ufacturers to sell their goods direct
to the consumers. While he would
not haye as large stock on hand, by
the use of the catalogues of the mann.
facturers he would be prepared to
furnish anything wanted. He would
be prepared to deal with his customers
face to face. His guarantee of salts
faction would be worth more than thu
guarantee OF . department store hun
dreds Of miles away. He can furnish
most Of his goods in . shorter Nm,
than they could.
The people should be educated Il
the fact that their prosperity, to ,
considerable extent, is enhanced b,
keeping their money at home, ant
that the retail merchant is prepares
to sell as chsaply as the department
store. A large order from q depart
ment store to manufacturer require,
the goods to be furnished at a lov
p-ice and make q good appearance
quality was not considered. 1t ma,
require little time. but in the en-,
tie parcels post will give the retailer
az advantage over the large depart
ment stores.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-01-10
Wesley Edwards
Sweetheart NedS,

Dobson, N. e., Dec. 3l.-Miss Maud
Iroler, of Mt. Airy, N. c., was mar
ried to Mr.. Kenneth Marsh, of White
Plains, N c., at the residence of Mr..
John F. Nance, last Thursday night,
it was learned today.
Miss Iroler received great deal OF
notoriety last summer when she fol-
lowed Wesley Edwards, member OF
the Allen clan of Virginia, to Des
Moines, Iowa, where, it was said, they
were to be married. They had been
sweethearts for sometime, and Ed
wards had made trip to North Car.
olina to see her after the Hillsville
shooting. She was followed to Iowa
by detectives and Edwards was cap.
.ured,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-01-10
Editorial SNAPSHOTS.

Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch =
Stanton is still recovering OF
bromo-seltzer and buttermilk.
Lynchburg Progress: Young
fellow, if you were overlooked
there's nothing to stop you from
choosing your own peach.
Alexandria News The great
problem in filling any public of.
fee is to find someone who will
work as hard at the Office as he
does fefit.
Stanton Leader If that cold
storage plant was only completed
we might save those leftover
ham sandwiches for Mr.. Will.
sons second coming.
Newport News Press Now
that the Hotel Chamberlain bal
room has been closed to the gen.
eral public a lot of dress suit:
will be left to decay in the
closets.
Index-Appeal: English Suffra.
gettes now are tampering with
railway signals. which is a jest
closely resembling that of pois'
oning the baby's milk.
Virginian-Pilot A California
convict was executed after the
prison band had played ragtime
continuously for three hours. o,
death, where was thy sting.
Bristol Herald Courier Presi.
dent-elect Wilson is said to have
received forty thousand letters
in the last FIVE months. It is a
safe bet that Colonel Wattersou
did not write more than a thous-
and of them.