The following is an article which lists employee rules used in the W. C. Porter Drugstore. A photocopy of these rules can be found in the "Drugstore – Clippings" Folder of the Greensboro Public Library's O. Henry Collection.

"Good Old Days" - Number - 5 -
"Drug Store Rules in 1854" 

The following employee rules were used in the W. C. Porter Drug Store in Greensboro, North Carolina, around 1854. This was the store where O. Henry, the famous short story writer, learned the drug business from his uncle, W. C. Porter. Vick Chemical's interest in the store stems from the fact that Vick's founder, Lunsford Richardson, developed the company's well-known Vicks Vapo-Rub about 60 years ago in this store.

"Store will be opened promptly at 6:00 a.m. and remain open until 9:00 p.m. the year round. Store must not be opened on the Sabbath Day unless absolutely necessary, and then only for a few minutes."

"Any employee who is in the habit of smoking Spanish cigars, getting shaved at a barber shop, going to dances and other places of amusement, will most surely give his employer reason to suspect his integrity and all around honesty."

"Each employee must attend Sunday School every Sunday. Men employees are given one evening a week for courting purposes, and two if they go to prayer meeting regularly. After 14 hours of work in this store, the remaining leisure time must be spent in reading good literature."

(From Chemical & Engineering News - November 17, 1952)