GATHERED IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY
AM) VILLAGES WHAT THE FARMERS ARE DOING ALOM.
AGRICULTURAL LINES.
RAMSEl'R ITEMS
Miss Lillie Richardson, one of Ashc
boro's most popular and charming
young ladies, was the truest 0f Miss
Lelyer Ferree the past week.
Mrs. H. B. Carter and Mrs. Bridges
are visiting Mr. 1'reston Carter in
Greensboro.
Mrs. D. M. Bald.vin, of Clarkton,
nf'ter a visit of three weeks to her
sister. Mrs. lr. Tate, returned home
last Saturday.
Work pi-ogrcssd rapidly on tin
drug store and if l!io weather was
favorable Jor a short time it would
soon be occupied again.
Mr. :uid Mrs. Geo. Parks are re-ci-ivin-
eniur'-'tnhilii'vs of friends i
on th ' arrival of a ll'-po.ind daughter
in tin ir home List v. eek.
Carter Mercantile company are r.'
ing a let o,' splendid ba 'trains diii'iiiti
the.-- a. i mal eleavan'.v sale.
,'e are having an epidemic ol
nr.i:"ps -n (own biit so far it has pro
duced no fatalities.
A line daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Neil Martin last wivi;.
The young men of the Ua:i;s ur
Gr.-idcd' school entertained the young
ladiis of the school last Saturday
ni.r;ht at the residence of .Mrs. Hai .
Mariey.
Mr. .1. P. Baldwin has opened a har
ness siiop in the store adjoining the
Crescent Furniture (Vs. building.
TRINITY NEWS
Prs. Jackson and Duncnn, of High
Point, were in town Saturday to op
erate on Paul, the yc'iagcst sop. 01
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. 'lay.s for ;-'
no;'!s. The f 1 1 'ids of the family will
be glad to know that the little man ;s
improving and we hope he vi'l I"
his own cheery self in the mar fu
ture. Mrs. N'eodhaivt, who has been .,, "
sick for some weeks i : very low.
Notwithstanding the inrlcnc -.
wea'her there was a go-.xl eimgrc: .
tion 0".t at services Sunday, and I:
E. A. ("rowder uave then a most (:
coltent sermon.
Mr. G. T. Wood, of lli-rh Poi
gave a short talk to the school I'-id..-which,
all enjnved. I lis m:ny fri ad
i'.re a'ways de'ightod to have Mr
Wood visit the school in which h
has shown much interest and tlu
Trinity people miss him in ma.iy
ways." lie ever stands for the uplift
of a roTimunity.
Mrs. T. .1. Covington, of Walnut
Cove, is visiting her parents. Ceo:
and Mrs. Uankin.
Mr. Will Ellis, of High Point, sp.
Sundav at home.
.Miss Pose Johnson, who is teaching
sit Sophia, spent the week end at
homo.
The Trinity Book did) met with
Mrs. Bruce Craven last Saturday.
Delicious refreshments and a delight
ful afternoon was the verdict.
Mesdamos Lamb and Wood, of Ras
dleman, spent Sunday with Mi.
Marvin Anderson.
We extend our best wishes to Mr.
J. C. Topper and Mr.Kred Ingram
and wish thein much success.
Prof. Johnson and bis teachers are
doing line work at the High school.
The bovs are nnxio-is to organ he
a band of "Scouts." It is a good or-gnni.-'.Mon
and v.e would be glad lo
see ! orgunv'od.
that could be done by doctors and
loving friends could not save him.
He was a son of Kev. W. N. Hayes
and he leaves a wife, a father, moth
er, brother and two sisters and a
lot of relatives and friends to mom
his loss. The funeral serviies were
conducted by his nator, Mr. White,
assisted by Mr. Albright. A large,
crowd was present to show (heir la.-t j
respect. May God's richest :desi.;ags
comfort those who mourn. I
Miss I'leta Pox visited her par. i
'Yiday and Saturday at Asheboio. j
MI.-.S Eugenia Tsor, , l' Aslubmo
who came down last week for l;;o,
birihday dinner of her .mc'o Mr. 'IV
!!. Tysor, spent a few days with rel.
lives. i
,A large number o relatives a,,.
i"'-ietids gathered in at Mr. C. M. 'I,
sors to celebrate Mr. T. B. Tysors 7:'.'- j
birthday and everybody seemed I !
enjoy ti'.e beautiful day and inoie i j
poriully the line dinner that was sen-:
e.l, as Mrs. C. M. T sor knovs ho !
to make a:l enjoy the dinner lio'ir ,
Th.ele wete thrie of ll:s old Conl'cdei-i
at" coiir;i'C' with him. Rev. II. .
Mbright, Mr. II. C. Tysor and Mr. I..,
O. Siurg . May he live to see many:
more happy birthdays. j
Messrs. G. S. Richardson and Ray
Tysor have gone back to Uuthei loi'd ,
College, accompanied by Garrett S. j
Ugg.
How to Build Up or Tear Down
This Community
O. LEWIS
The Strength of the Wheel.
T
1 R NM.1N Il.l.i: NEWS
The Iivimr I. Henry Society recent
ly organized by I'ranklinville Graded
school elected the following ollicers
for the present ieim: Miss Anna Ma
ness, mano'ver: M ss Blanche Cox,
presidenl; C. C. Julian, vice-president;
Miss Tli'ra Sin', secr.'tary
ilonry Marhy. treasurer; T"m Black,
ritii : l.indsnv l.'.r.licr and Miincey
Archer, marshal!.
Henry S'.i. k ,vd faivi!;- and daily
Burk", 'f High I'iont. visited heme
neople I'.cre t'le first ef the week.
Some of our young pen ile attended
the spelling m itch at Fair Grove
'I' d' V c' l'i. '.-.
W. C. Bu
'-re he h
Am"-r t
kind !. -.-
I. G
J Bo.
bom: P. W
Mr. Batt.m
Ashcbo'-o.
I. Pove
'Irii'ic? ard
lav last WO
has s'one to Georgi:
extract to lay brick
who ettrnded thi
(!. ,. ,,r dii' l-'ranklin
lo'pli m.-niulV.eturine I
1." t :, i-k were: '.
W. M. Curtis. Gre-ns
'i n, ':;cbmoiid: 'a.:
r!otte and H. Moilitt.
( i-rh: Mrs. P. n.
tec Bolxvt. spent ovv
I i ' r!i Point with rel-
IIE wheel, composed of bub, spokes mid tire, is oue of the most useful
nnd one of the strongest of man's meehanleul devices. It also lllus
trntes well the manner in which various parts are needed to make a
perfect whole. A COOP TOWN. A CENTER OF TRADE, ItE
FEMIU.ES A WHEEL. With all of it A contributing factors closely wedged
In like the spokes lit Into the hub of a wheel tho prosperous country surround
lug It holds It together like the tire holds the wheel.
So loin: ns all pans are in place Uie device runs smoothly and Is a perfect
mmliine. Remove a Mioke and THE U'HUEL AT ONCE BECOMES
WEAKER and i no strouger than its weakest point
TO HAVE AND TO MAINTAIN A GOOD SOLID TOWN EVERY KIND
OF BUSINESS MUST BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. AND AROUND
THESE MUST BE UNITED PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE COMMON
GOOD.
ItiMrov the mercantile business or the iiianuiactur.iij; business or the
b.mki!';; business and, like removing n spoke from the wheel, you weaken
the in!"i'ests of the whole.
Sen I your money to mail order houses or patronize merchants in other
cities and you take away that patronage which rightfully belongs to the h"tno
merchant ami thereby undermine the business of the town All classes or
kinds of business are so closely related ami Intcrloi king that when yon daia
tiL:e one you damage all.
But we have a beautiful little city, prosperous, growing and happy, and
In it we have some of the best merchants, banks, mil Is. Jobbers and factories,
conducted by as line a set of men as you will tind any whore on earth We
have line schools, handsome churches, extvlleut public utilities and luiiuy fine
buildings the eip sd of any city of its size in the entire country, nud ALL
MAPB POSSIBLE BY THE BUSINESS MEN -big hearted, progressive
anil aggressive bustlers and boosters.
There is hardly a day that the business men men-bunts, banks. Jobbers,
mills, etc. nre not called on to make a subscription or douation to some in
stitution or some worthy cause to do something, if you plc-Kse, for grenter
building or better living. And that thev generously give nnd hare given is
proved in the many institutions we have for the intellectual, moral and the
spiritual uplift of "ur citizens. Therelore. when you solicit a subscription
from these business men of your home city you should feel iu duty bound to
give them what assistance you can and to always patronize them to the el
elusion of others and outsiders.
THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME, THE RENTAL OF YOUR PROP
ERTY, THE PRICE OF LOTS ALL ARE BASED ON THE SUCCESS
OF YOUR BUSINESS MEN.
If the town has n lot of vacant stores, idle factories, mills running on half
time, there can be no substantial value to property Therefore, to keep the
stores rented, the dwellings occupied and a general good tone to property
i values it M neces iry that yon (JIVE TO VOCI! HOME PEOPLE VOI'U
ENTIRE srPP'iirT
Patronizing mail order houses is not altogether limited to poor people of
ir-iil-
le
seacrovi: ::oi ti: 1 pit.ms
The r .,.!'-h we p,,, r
John
to hi
Ki
agement
There
Saturda v
The to:
Roads sci
ing soc:. '
invite a'l
liii.dU.
Ml'. J:
d fr the
d"r the
c-lo this
ni;-!:t
sp. I mg
,1.1 1'OVS
O;,
nov has moved his
tl :;'.. Mr. Will Ki;
i"v in Grant township.
Mr. and Mrs. Mike All red spr--Sunday
at High Point.
W. P Pend'-r wades through the
mud as nimble as a young man its
a boy.
I,. P. Buie wears a double grin
its a f'r.e girl.
The Baraca class of the Franldin
ville M. K. church is a noble organi
zation .if young men and with tie
following officers we are expett.ng
good work for the p'-esent year: A. W.
Fam's. president: M. G. Manor, vire
president: T. B. Pove, secretary-treasurer;
Tom Black reporter: J, II, pen
tri s, tea-her; Chireive Parks, assist
a.rt teacher: I.. P. Luther, A. W. Kar
ris. Hazel Pil'ienton. committee on
a'-.-o-,i..es: G. H. Manor. M. C. Maner.
M'uioey A rchcy. committee en mem
bership; T. B. Pov, Clarence Parl-s.
I'om r.'c.cl;, secoid committee; M. I..
Ml:-..!. Evrrett Wrenn. N. A. M--
' I'-ou-i l.:!c. commUtce to isit the
-Vl;:' :l..-.vf - Au-bey. Everett Wrer..i.
i'.'r' s Thomas, committee of we!-
t farmers or t
town, but Is a c
tielieve this is ir:, i
hellish, ., I and high
oliism to the home
over this neittet si
after YOB WILL
pie who do not know the hurt they are doing the home
l practice among certain well known, well to do men I
the result of thoughtlessness and of being misled by em
y exaggerated descriptions than through a spirit of iintae
merchant Moreover. I firmly believe that when you think
im sly and carefully, analyzing it in every detail, that here
;ivr. von: home merchant vorr: traoe
How to Build Up or Tear Down
This Community
Dy J. O. LEWIS
The Farmer and the Merchant.
A. Han o.-k, d
r ?-i". and
:ed Wcdnosd.-.v
1 to rest Thar
herili cemetery.
cr.n-
irso:-
ha:i('.
FLINT SPP-I
d is
.1 ho Th
.S ITEM
have tin
.--.one and ipjito a
:r relatives and fi
svmpatliy of e.ir
a;:
Rain I v
Sever:-' of the
the play :.t '..!(',;.
and report 'd a uii
Miss An-.- H
ley and 'ha -li" i'
spelling at Oak ' i'i
Mr. F.'mer ll iv
nitrht at W. X. H;
Mr. and Mrs. l.-.-m Davis and chil
dren have been visiting sit Mr. John
Garner's.
Mr. and M -s. .Tames Scott visited
at E. F. Haves' Saturday night.
J. L. Brani'ev made a business trip
to Ashehoro Friday and reported the j
yo.i see lie -,-i
;- folks attended
e Saturday niulil
I 'me.
M'-s. I.iiiie Brant
tor attended the
c Saturday nivht.
spent Sattmlav
ASHEP.ORO ROUTE 1 ITEMS
A large crowd attended the speBrn.-.
at Fair Grove Saturday night.
Mr. I.. K. Wright, of near Coleridge,
.-pent a few days last vt ek in this
community.
Miss Edith Guiitcr spent Saturday
nii'ht and Sunday at her gramlfat!!
er's. Mr. J. C. Brown's.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronnie Ingold spent
Sunday at Mr. J. C. Ingold's.
Mary M. Allen, the infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Carson Allen died
January 1. 1!B5, aged about four
months. She was buried at Pleasant
Ri.lge.
Miss Hazel Pugh was the guest or
PISC.MI ITEMS
roads bad. ; Miss Irma Cox last Saturday
Mr. Homer Alien, of Miami Texas. Sunday,
vinted Mr. E H. Cox Saturdayi Mf T F- Vaf(h win have hia Baw
night. lie said he made 1 100 bus,i-!s mil at 1jnc Hi Jn operation in the
of wheat last year and hail uuu acres near future.
sowed now. , ' r-, u,.
gold mine has returned from.Lyr.tr.
burg, Va., where he has been on b.
ness.
We hope the ground hog will i -see
his shadow next month.
Some of our farmers got busy
those prettv days and commenced to
plow but they are blue again.
Mr. Alston Wright, of near Lib "
is visiting his son-in-law and daughter
Mis. M. J. M. Davis. Mr. Wright is
S7 years old and walked from his
home to Ran'se-tr which is 8 miles.
Who cr.n beat that?
The school at this place is progress
ing nicely under the management of
Mi.-.s Delia Cnl'icutt.
There will be preaching here n
Su"day at eleven o'clock.
oomc of the young people of Uv
community attended f.he ho ra'"
Thursday niirht given ! y Miss Pora'Jn
TTarvoI for the purpose of securie"
library for the public school. Aft' r r
fine speeech by Rev. T .ester I.uca.?
boxea were sold. The highest pr'
une hronglit $ l..r0.
Idrs. Welch is still on the sick list
Mr. Win. Wright has moved to
Steeds.
MT. OLIVET ITEMS
Mr. Calvin William Hayes, aped
years died at his horr-e January Vl.
and was buried the 12th at Anthch
church. He has been sick for abou'.
a year .and suffered a lot. He also
had to go to St. Leo' hospital but all
California's Mcs.-r.tts.
Masnes!t'. a rdnr'Tl hicii i3 otw
C2 per cent, curb a dio: .dt:, Uio pas
v.bhwh in r,s".; tbarginj; toiia wa
ter, sinRC-r ;.1'3 :m,.-2 Bimilar beverages,
i.: fcjcd iii .i : r 4';a.iti in C'all
foruia faun in ai.y ticciluH o the coun-'l-.-.
Cum lui.i i.-rncsiw is probably
i?scJtlsa by fe v, ir any, of the foroign
deposits and is superior to much that
1b mined abroad.
HERE can be no doubt that the prosperity of the country the entire
people is based on the quantity of produce BAISED ON TUE
FAIIMS, nud no other one thing so seriously u fleets the business
interests of the country as a general crop failure. If the crops are
generally good throughout the country and happen to be n failure In one par
ticular locality the merchants are not dependent on the home farmer, but cuu
have his goods, produce, etc., shipped iu from other sections nnd thus supply
the demand of Ids customers, white, on the other hand. THE FARMEIt
IS . I. WAYS LE PEN PENT ON HIS HOME M I'.UCHAN'TS the town
or city which is his maiiieiliig place and the hoie hanks lor the haudliug
and disposition of Ins products.
THE MERCHANT NEVER BUYS HIS PRODUCE, HAY AND GRAIM
FROM OUTSIDE FOINTS WHEN HE CAN GET THEM FROM THE.
FARMER, BUT THAT THE FARMER IS GIVEN LARGELY TO THE
PRACTICE OF ORDERING MANY OF HIS NEEDS FROM STORES IN
OTHER CITIES, MORE PARTICULARLY THE LARGE MAIL ORDER
HOUSES. IS A WELL KNOWN FACT.
.Not a day passes that piod.t of almost every description, from soaps to
farm Implement. incliidiiiL; ......dine engines, manure spreaders, seed planters.
cream separators, ceo;, a; m i s Hint ranges, clothing, rotciies and what not,
lire seen Iu our depots and o;noss oliices addressed ;o local 1 armors.
MR. FARMER, DO YOU THINK IT RIGHT TO COME TO TOWN WITH
A LOAD OF PRODUCE AND SELL IT TO THE MERCHANTS OF YOUR
MARKET PLACE AND THN TAKE THE MONEY HE PAYS YOU AND
SENp IT TO SOME MAIL ORDER HOUSE AND BUY GOODS THAT
YOU COULD BUY JUST AS CHEAPLY AT HOME AS FROM A MAIL
ORDER HOUSE AND HAVE THE FURTHER SATISFACTION OF SEE
ING WHAT YOU BUY?
You may say, "Oh, well, i sold my butter ami eggs to the groceryuinn.
but he does'n't handle clothing:" Yes; but. my farmer friend, if the clothing
man docs not sell his clothing he must go out of business, and the grocery man
loses a good customer, his business is curtailed, nnd he then must needs buy
less of your produce. Yu are Just os much in duty bound to buy your cloth
ing, your hardware, your farm tools and other necessities from your homo
market as if these merchants all dealt in your wares tlrst hand.
THESE VARIOUS BUSINESSES ARE INTERLOCKING AND INTER
DEPENDENT, AND ON THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDS YOUR 8UCCESS.
. A certain good farmer in this county ordered n corn planter from a mail
order house and. owing to delays in freights, did not get bis planter In timi
to do bis planting while a good spell of weather was on. However, It Anally
came, ne got it to the farm, set it up and started In with his planting.
Through carelessness or oversight a small gravel got in one of the holes
through which the corn drops nnd there lodged, with the result that the platw
was broken. This put the planter out of commission. The farmer had to stop
his corn planting and come to town to Bee If he could get another plate. He
called on the hardware stores and implement dealers, but as none of them
carried these mnil order house planters in stock he could find no plate, and-
i the final result was he was forced to follow the plow ana drop bis corn by
hand. Had he purchased his planter irom a nomc morcuani ne coma easny
have got the necessary repair and not been delayed. It certainly was more
costly" to the farmer than If he had paid his home Implement dealer many
dollars more. Furthermore, the implement dealer had been buying corn every
season from th.s farmer who bought bis planter from mall order honse.
Every dollar you send to a mall order house is taken out of local circula
tion eiitlrelv. and' the good of it is lost forever. IT HURTS YOU IN THE
LONG RUN Just as much us any one. Therefore, before you order anything
else from out of your borne town go to town and sef if yoi can find what you
want or If von can't get to town telephone a merchant, and if it ts a small
mickuge he w ill send it out by parcel post If it Isn't satisfactory send it
back . Merchants guarantee' the goods they sell Just as well as mailorder
houses There is not a local merchant who will not treat yon right Give
him a chance nud l.f will upput'iate it
To tu com limed under the title. "THE STRENGTH OF THE WHEEL."
How to Build Up or Tear Down
This Community
By J. O. LEWIS
The Home Merchant Has Earned Support.
WHY are communities, towns and cities? Have you ever asked your
self this question? Did you think they Just happened, or had you
ever thought that there wns a special need for them? In the be
ginning of time as far back as history takes us we find that MEN
HAVE BAN'DKD TUEMSELVHS TOO ETHER FOR MANY AND Oli
VIOUS REASON'S, chief among which are the benefits to be gained from
organized society as a social, Intellectual, spiritual and commercial center.
Collectively we are strong, forceful and nggresslve and possess power and
means to attain a growth which will give to us and our progeny opportunities
for better living to develop our moral, spiritual and intellectual life, the things
for which we were created.
THEREFORE THE SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS OF EVERY CITI
ZEN OF ANY COMMUNITY LIES IN THE INTEREST HE TAKES IN
THAT COMMUNITY AND THE GOOD WORK HE CAN, DO TO ASSIST
IN ITS UPBUILDING.
Now, then, if we are to succeed us individuals and as a community we
must not only strive for our own personal success nnd welfare, BUT MUST
GIVE OF OFF. WORK AND SUBSTANCE UNSELFISHLY TO HELP
THE OTHEKS.
Everything we do to help In the- upbuilding and advancement of our city
we do Just that much toward our own personal success. No man can live and
prosper unto himself alone. FOR WE ARE INTERDEPENDENT, and,
realizing this, If we as citizens will all unite nnd pull together for the common
good we will prosper as a city and consequently as individuals.
We'd paved streets and sidewalks, good sewerage system, thoroughly en
forced sanitary laws, well regulated and energetic police force, competent Are
fighting equipment mid rigid building regulations are economic necessities and
therefore they more largely affect us as a community than as individuals.
But beyond this and underlying it nil and upon which rests the foundation of
the whole is THE SUCCESS OF THE BUSINESS MAN. This man makes
an investmei t. goes Into some kind of business to manufacture or sell goods
puts his uiol.-v nt stake, employs labor and begins his work to build better.
THIS MAN IS THE CORNERSTONE OF THE COMMUNITY the man
you should rally around and support
the cucccc3 of a town depends on the success of its
business men. while the success of the business men
depe:tp :m f-'pfort they receive from the people at
large. each being, however, dependent one on the other.
No ineri h: i t can succeed without the pntronage of the public. He is abso
lutely and entirely dependent on the custom of each and every Individual who
has a penny t spend, the little mite of each, taken In the aggregate, makin ;
the volume tin which he runs his business. The merchant, having plenty of
competition, must, in order to get the people's patronage, figure his prices clos.
nnd offer to tliein th very best inducements possible.
The merchant pays large rentals, taxes, privilege licenses, insurance, be
sides employing many clerks and assistants, In order to' maintain and conduct
his business in sueli a manner as to meet your approval, nnd to succeed let me
emphasize it n.'aiii II E MUST HAVE YOUR PATRONAGE TO MAKE
HIS lll SlNESS PAY.
This community has some ns.flne stores every kind and conducted by as
tine a set of men us you will find anywhere on the face of the globe liberal,
big hearted, progressive men.. No better retail stores, no better wholesale or
jobbing houses, no better banks, no better mills, no better schools, no bet
ter churches, no better municipal or public utilities, can bo found anywhere
than right here iu your home town, all absolutely nil made possible only by
and through the co-operation and generous giving of the business men.
But my good friends, with all of these extraordinary accomplishments,
there nre some things being done today which nre STUMBLING BLOCK?
IN THE PATH OF OUR GREATER GROWTH and further develop
mentdifferences, if you please, which we must reconcile and overcome If we
are to continue to grow and prosper.
To be continued under the title. "HELP YOURSELF BY HELPING YOUR
TOWN."
How to Build Up or Tear Down
This Community
By J. O. LEWIS
Help Yourself by Helping Your Town.
THE attitude yon maintain toward your home town Its business men
and its institutions is reflected in the success or failure of the same.
The success and happiness of every citizen In any community lie
in the Interest he takes in that community and the good work he can
Ho to assist In its unbuilding. EVERYTHING YOU DO TO nELP IN
THE ADVANCEMENT OK YOUR OWN COMMUNITY YOU DO JUST THAT
MUCH TOWARD YOUR OWN PERSONAL SUCCESS. No man cm
live and prosper nnto himself alone, for you nre Interdependent, and, realizin ;
this, as good citizens, you should unite and pull together for the common
good, nnd, doing this, you will prosper as a community nnd as Individuals.
NO TOWN CAN STAND STILL. IT MUST EITHER GO FORWARD
OR DECLINE, AND IT IS UP TO YOU TO SAY WHICH IT WILL BE.
Some towns hustle nnd grow that is, the people hustle nnd the town
grows. They get the habit of boosting until every citizen becomes a booster,
and pretty soon its reputation spreads and it becomes known far and wide as
a good town, while others lapse into a state of Innocuous desuetude an easy
rock along manner that soon classes that particular place as a dead one.
If you are knocking and complaining stop it. Nothing hurts a town more.
If you cannot say something good don't sny anything, and. above all. don't
knock. If you nre not a booster become one.
The success of the retail merchant depends on the patronage of his home
people, the home Jobber is largely dependent on the patronage of his home
retailer, the banks are dependent likewise on the success of all. while the, suc
cess and happiness of the people depend on the success of the business men.
Now, oue of the greatest injuries you can do your home town or com
munity to the business men who are dependent on your pntronage is to order
your goods from mall order bouses or patronize merchants in other towns
Every dime sent from your community to a mail order bouse t removed en
tirely from local circulation. Its principal nud interest nre both gone, whereas
the money seiit with the home merchant goes immediately into circulation
nnd in due course comes back to you.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ANNUALLY ARE BEING 8ENT TO MAIL
ORDER HOUSES FROM THIS COMMUNITY, THUS DEPRIVING HOME
MERCHANTS OF THEIR RIGHTFUL PATRONAGE.
And yet, do mntter how much the home merchnnt Is dependent on the
patronage of his home people, he Is supposed to give and to aid in every work
undertaken for the materlnl betterment of the towu. and he does, being often
coerced into giving by the demands of bis customers, fearing to offend them
because of the fear of loss of their pntronnge.
UNLIKE YOUR HOME MERCHANT, MAIL ORDER HOUSES PAY NO
TAXES OR PRIVILEGE LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS IN YOUR COM
MUNITY. NEITHER DO THEY CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR CHURCHES.
SCHOOLS, PUBLIC ROADS, CHARITIES OR ANYTHING ELSE, AND.
ABOVE ALL, THEY GIVE NO EMPLOYMENT TO ANY ONE IN YOUR
FAMILY OR HOME TOWN.
You want your schools kept up, your churches supported, your streets kei t
In repair, your town properly policed nnd protected by 'a good fire tlghtlicr
equipment etc. In other words, you want your town to prosper, be well rtri,
and the people to be happy nnd contented. YET IF YOU ARE SENDING
YOUR MONEY TO OTHER INSTITUTION'S IN OTHER CITIES ANN
TOWNS YOU ARE DEFEATING TnE VERY OBJECT FOR WHICH
YOU STRIVE.
Now. this town building Is a serious matter a great big proposition ar t
If yon nre not treating it its business :nen-fairly you ore not treating your
self fairly. Yon nre undermining the very foundation of your well being.
To be continued under the title, "THE FARMER AND THE MERCHANT
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