Canvassing in South Carolina
By W. S. Chapman
For the benefit of persons desiring to come South, but who are questioning whether they could earn a livelihood, I want to present some facts and figures, gleaned from the records of a few of our canvassers. Any Sabbath-keeper with a mind to work, and desiring to help in the advancement of truth, coming here with a determination to honor God in what is undertaken, can fully expect as real a success as that presented in this article. Now is the time to work, and now is the time to come South, for money is now plenty. One canvasser, Brother Dart, our canvassing agent, is making a good living out of his cash sales alone. With proper precaution the canvasser's health will also improve. Remember, too, that the work will close up first in the South, and so, naturally, we may look for a special blessing upon workers who will come at once, while yet there is a field open for labor. Every consideration now points to the South as the most needy field, and God will surely bless and prosper the humble, consecrated worker who will make this neglected territory his field of labor. Brother C. F. Dart, canvassing agent for South Carolina, can devote only part of his time to personal canvassing, yet in sixteen days' work, putting in an average of seven hours daily, he sold, or rather took orders for, eighty-eight copies of “Coming King,” and sixty-five copies of “Gospel Primer,” the total value being $104.25, or $6.50 a day, or a net profit of 46½ cents an hour for each hour devoted to the work. A sister, canvassing near by, worked thirty-four hours in five days, and took orders to the amount of $18, or $3.60 a day. Another sister worked forty hours in five days, and took orders amounting to $13.50, or $2.60 a day. The net profit to these sisters was $9 and $6.75 respectively, a week. How many of our workers or of our people in the North are doing as well? Yet the success of these two workers is not phenomenal. It is possible for any devoted worker to do equally well. Of course, all is not golden colored, and hardness has to be endured here as elsewhere, and no murmurer should venture into this country; but there is much that is blessed about the work in the South, and very much to encourage the faithful; and no earnest soul will ever regret coming. Let all who are interested in this work and who wish to come South, and any whose heart may be impressed by reading this article, either to come or to otherwise help, write to Brother Dart, R. F. D. 4, Gaffney, S. C., and he will be glad to furnish them with any further or needed information.