The daily times., 1922-02-16

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OF Commerce with one of the best
Secretaries in the State in charge. its
Telephone Exchange with 1000 sub
Iscribers, its two telegraph offices and
last but by no means least its magni-
dcent churches of many creeds and
denominations. Twenty six years ago
Wilson had but few of these things
mentioned above. The Times has seen
it grow from a hamlet to a City and
| in it's sphere of usefulness spared
neither its money nor it's energy in
it's effort to make Wilson, what it
now is, '"The best town of it's size
| in the State" Sometimes 1 think we
do not appreciate. as we should, our
home paper. We criticise too severely
its errors and it's mis-prints, but after
all this is but an evidence that we
read the Times very closely. Newspa-
pers, like everything else with hui
man element, make mistakes Get
copy, if you will of the publication
called Judge" and you will find each
week a>whole page is devoted to "mis-
prints and bulls and "glaring
errors" taken from many of the
metropolitan papers and these errors
have escaped the "argus" eye of
proof-readers paid more for single
days work than any town paper will
pay any man for a weeks work. The
life of the Times has been one of
news 'fresh from the bat," one of
it's editions leaves Wilson on the var
ious trains leaving here by the
"A. C. L. from 1926 P. M. to 2:4O
Norfolk and Southern trains which
leave Wilson around and 5 O'Clock.
The last edition of the Times is de-
|livered by Carriers in the City after
6 o'clock and the same edition leaves
Wilson on the A. C. L. trains which
leave here at 9:15 and 9:25 p. m.
1t is very hard to conceive of SER
vice more perfect. No better medium
can be found for advertising pur-
poses. Just put the least thing ''bad"
about fellow in the Times and see
how quickly it will spread. It's bad
rule that won't work both ways. Say
something good about him and it
will travel just as fast, just as many
people will see it, but probably not
las many people mention it. If you
ARE a business man and have any
thing to tell the people, tell it in a
readable shape through the Times
and results will follow. Prepare the
copy for your ad. just like you were
talking to a prospective customer. Be
natural. Say what you mean. It's not
the elegant style of english used, but
rather the saying of what you have
to say in your own style that counts.
Put the same kind of pep" and
ginger" in your ad. that you would
in your conversation. Every Merchant
ought to have something that the
other Merchant hasn't got at the same
price. If you have things of this kind,
tell the people about it. On this the
occasion of the birthday of your
home paper, celebrate with them by
sending them a little ad. Boost them
up little bit. They will appreciate it
and it will be like the crust which is
cast upon the water that comes back
buttered
The Service that the Times h;-s rem
dered during it's 26 years has often
been without hope of reward. When
marriage bells peal forth that two
hearts are to beat as one, it has been
the mission of the Times to herald
gladly the announcement and to
make every bridegroom a fine type
of man and every bride charming and
beautiful. When the home is glad
|dened by the visit of the stork, it is
the Home Paper that takes pleasure
in giving the glad news to the world
of the arrival of the little stranger
and when the last curtain in the
drama of life is rung down, when
the mists fill the valley and the Mys-
tic Trumpeter from the pale realms
mons some dear one to join him be-
yond the purple twilight hills, it is
your home paper that without money
and with out price, pays it's last tri-
butte to the dear departed. Stand by
your home paper. Stand by your
home town. If you would have people
trade at home," when you have any
thing for somebody to do, give it to
1.-THE home people. Don't Just throw
them few crumbs and when there
is really some good job hand it to-
the outsider. Practice what you
|preach.
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