p. 15 | The Book Work in Florida by E. R. Button

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 24, 1910

The Book Work in Florida

By E. R. Button

THERE seems to be a revival in the book work in Florida, and whereas there was but one canvasser in the field the twentieth of last October, and he had to go home to care for his orange crop, there are now twenty-six, fifteen of whom are devoting all their time to the work; the others are women who have home duties, but who find time every week to devote several hours to this blessed work. It is the little streams that swell the current.

For the month of January (and, by the way, January is always considered the dull month of the year) the book sales in Florida, not counting the time devoted to delivery, will aggregate a sum beyond the thousand-dollar mark, with the tendency still upward. The second week in February our King's Messengers plan to take one thousand dollars' worth of orders, and even more if within the range of possibility. I shall let the readers of the REVIEW AND HERALD know the result of that one week's work.

A brother from Memphis, Tenn., who recently accepted the truth, came to Florida last week to take up the canvassing work, and after five-hours' work from house to house with the State agent, during which time he took notes, he started out, and his orders the first day of seven hours amounted to $27.15. And they were all good orders, too, for they were taken on Terra Ceia Island, the garden spot of Florida.

E. R. BUTTON, Field Agent.