p. 19 | North Carolina by H. B. TILDEN

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 20, 1908

North Carolina

By H. B. TILDEN

CAN the canvasser make a living in North Carolina? That is an easy question to answer. Just combine your forces with hustle and you are sure to win. I do not mean that you are to go on the run, getting up at four o’clock in the morning, and working till nine or ten o’clock at night. The one who follows that method will not take time to show his book properly. He will rattle over three times as much of it as he should, and when he has finished, the one he has been canvassing wonders what kind of book he is selling. Result: no order. A hustler will, if possible, find every house in his field, missing none of the people, but hunting till he finds them. He will show enough of his book to interest them. He will speak distinctly, and be so enthusiastic in presenting his word that they will become interested. Result: an order. This kind of canvasser can make a living in North Carolina, or in any other part of the South.

Last year one of our North Carolina canvassers, out of nine months, put in not quite eight months actual field work. During this time he took orders for our books to the amount of $1,083, the delivery of which was $983.50, or ninety per cent. A ninety-per-cent delivery is good in any field. Many who at the present time have no active part in the work, could do as well as this brother has done.

We have a field inhabited by a sociable, hospitable people, who, when dealt with properly, become as lovable Christians as any in the world. Who will come and assist us in interesting them in the third angel’s message? Now is the opportune time. Soon the last invitation for help will have been given.

I shall be glad to correspond with any who may be thinking of coming to this part of the Lord’s harvest-field to engage in the canvassing work. My address is 276 Boulevard St., Winston-Salem, N. C. H. B. TILDEN, State Agent.