The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-14
Some Hints About
 Th@Sunday Dinner
 and Where to Buy
By JOHN c. MOSES


 Did you ever stop and think how you
 can help your merchant save on his ex- pense account? One of the most vita
 problems in the mind of every merchant in this big city of ours is delivery service l If we 'toted" our packages We would
 pay less for what was wrapped up in the
 them Why? Because your grocery
 man and marketman could do away with
 the costly delivery system he is obliged
 to keep up.
 ] The upkeep on automobile trucks bi-
 cycles and other methods of delivery is
 enormous, and the consumer must pay 1 for it all.
 l Even Uncle Sam is worried about this delivery service proposition, and has sub
 mitted list of questions for each mer- chant to answer on the best method of doing away with delivery service so the men employed in this department can go to the front if need be.
 l Let's think this question over this week. Ask yourself: "If need be, can l carry my own stuff home and thus get closer price from my merchant"
 I know you can if you will
 i Over at busy Five Points Shropshire & Daniels are trying to solve the delivery service problem. They have set hours in which to deliver in certain sections, and the good housewives that spend their money with this obliging firm are trying to cooperate with them It's nice to know at just what hour your stuff will be at the kitchen door, And it is also
 gratifying to the firm to know they have hundreds of pleased customers. This firm has lots of good hot weather specialties and know how to keep stocked up on ali the seasonable delicacies.
 At Holzer's flyless market summer has never worried anyone In fact, you would not know it was summer if you remained on the inside all the time. Cleanliness is first thought with my young friend Ho- ger; then he jumps to quality meat. And when I say quality-that goes Only the best of beef, pork and mutton is kept in the enormous cold storage plant at this
 market. And the way stuff is sold and delivered here would make one think it was a wholesale place if he did not know different. And if it is too hot to cook, or the wife Is not well, just drop in and get a supply of read to- eat food from the delicatessen department.
 
 Over at Magnolia Point the other day I stopped and looked in at Emond & Sons first-class market and grocery. Every thing was as clean and neat a pin. ! Even the floor looked as good as some counters l have seen in other places. It's the most obliging bunch of clerks one could wish to meet. Everyb ody car ried smile And the firm carries the best of western meats and fancy groceries If Emond & Son cant please you, then you are grouch and dissatisfied with the world They tell me all those new subscribers we are putting on is helping 1 their business. Why not? Out of 25oO new ones, some 800 or more have been placed on the Highlands.
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 On coming out of Holzer's market met James Norriss. He's one of the most happy souls you could choose to meet All days are sunny days to him. The reason is easily figured out Norrss spends his money iudicously in adver- Using his wares If you don't tell the folks about town what you have on sale l every Saturday morning, how can you hope to sell these specialties? But my friend is wise He gives such bargains on Saturday. that his customers are like fish at well baited hole-they come back each day and save money. Norriss car- ries his sunshine appearance because he does business. And the Saturday Age Herald. Market Page is the cause of it. That's some truck you have there, MT Brumback,'' said to the genial manager of the c. D. Kenny Co. yesterday. It is one of the largest trucks in Birmingham, and carries about one-quarter of car load of sugar. You see, Moses we sell so much sugar that the ordinary little truck is worthless to us We must meet the times. We have built up such a tea. coffee and sugar business that our old facilities have been outgrown, and as result this truck was ordered" And judg- ing from the piles of packages to be de-
 liverey at retail the next day, MT. Brum.