Before Judges, Lawyers, Doctors, and Business Men
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Before Judges, Lawyers, Doctors, and Business Men
Thomas MacMillan, Macon, Ga., Secretary and Treasurer of the Georgia Conference, ordered five hundred copies that of the special Signs number of The Southern Watchman, and under date of June 3, he writes as follows:— “Glad to report that my wife, little daughter (aged twelve), and I have sold four hundred of the special Watchman, and expect to dispose of the remaining hundred by Sunday. “We sold these papers on the streets, and in the principal offices of the city, placing them in the hands of the most prominent and influential men, such as judges, lawyers, doctors, insurance and business men, etc. Our daughter, who is naturally timid, found that she could sell considerable, and on one evening had much better success than I. “We shall probably be able later to dispose of five hundred more in this city, as very little territory has been gone over. It will be quite appropriate to sell this paper until the close of the year. “I venture to say that this is the best special ever issued by the denomination, and the most attractive and salable. One million copies ought to be sold before this year terminates. It appears to me that no more effective method could be devised for giving the closing message, and none better to get close to the minds and hearts of the people than such a good paper as the one just now being distributed so widely.”