The daily times., 1921-09-21
WILL HAVE DOLLAR
DAY

The merchants of Wilson Will
lave dollar day" the first week
III October. 1t was so decided at
a meeting of the Merchants Associa-
ton last evening. The date of the
diiy has not yet been set. The Times
Will announce the date, and the mer-
chants of the city will offer such bar
gains as to bring the people here
from miles around to trade. The
Merchants Association wants the peo-
ple contiguous to Wilson to look over
their stocks which are most com
pIete You can secure from our
stores anything desired at the right
Erice. This day will be not only
day for bargains, but it is designed
10 make it a visiting and inspection
tour of our stores and the lines
Of merchandise they carry. The
merchants OF the city desire to get
acquainted with the folks and have
them inspect their stores and stocks.
and so you are not only cordially in
vited to visit Wilson, sell your cot
ION an tobacco here but to visit her
stores and look over the wonderful
wares and complete stocks carried
10y our merchants.
All this was discussed at length
last night and the merchants are
thoroughly interested in the plan.
The meeting last night was al
luncheon at the Peace Tea rooms
and was we'll attended. President
George ]. Starr presided and Miss
Culpepper read the minutes of theI
last meeting which were approved.
On the roll call for reports from
committees Mr.. Carroll of the com
;ittee on Sunday Observances stated
that the Ministerial Association ofl
the city is planning some general
work along this line and had invited
COMMITTEES from the various organ
cations to meet with them to discuss |
ways and means, and the committee
from the Merchants Association de-
cIded it would be better to wait and |!
cooperate with the ministers and
their confreres before taking any ac-
tion in the matter.
This suggestion was adopted.
The announcement was made that
Messrs ]. w. Daley and ]. W. Tay-I
lor had been appointed as a commit 7.
tee to reresent the Merchants Asso-I
citation at the meeting last night in
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce called for the purpose of orr
ganizing a Good Roads Association. |
Messrs. S. B. Denny and A B.,
Carroll were appointed by the chair !
a committee to confer with the min
isterial association on the matter of
Sunday law enforcement and law and
order
Upon motion of Mr. Elmer Oettin-
ger a contract was entered into with
Mr.. Jules Hardy to make collections
for the members of the Association
Mr.. Oettinger paid Mr.. Hardy COM
pliment by saying that Mr. Hardy is
a good collector and generally got
the accounts he went after. /:
Mr.. Oettinger also brought up the
natter of a school for salesmanship,
which is now being conducted under
the auspices of the States Merchants
Association. The government and
state association pays three fourths
of the cost and the local organization
pays the balance. The cost to the !
Wilson Association will be around
$4,000. The session will last four
months. Mr. Oettinger stated that
the school would most likely be held
in Durham or Greensboro, until some
eastern town bid for it, and he
wanted Wilson to secure it. 1t was
decided to ask for the school and
guarantee the cost of same.
Mr.. Charlie Clark asked the mem
bers to attend the good roads meet !,
ing in the Chamber of Commerce. !
Mr.. Herbert Woodard was called on
and said that he was still making a
good quality of candy at the same
oiG stand.
A number made talks on the dol
lar day proposition and agreed to
cooperate. in order to make it suc-I
cess.