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YOU DESERVE IT WE WANT IT AND WE ;j Pride in Our Town—Faith in the Progress of This Sec- /fe j|
BELIEVE YOUR PATRONAGE WORTHY OF IT. \ tion—A Desire to Better Serve Its People— 119
Prompts This Movement. I I |
More than eighteen months ago we into our present home, j, Q ur motives for makign FANNINGS one of the very best stores in j if H
snice then much of our time has been spent studying the requirements of Western North Carolina were not altogether selfish. That is a sincere stale- |tf
our nitrons and how we might better serve the people of this community. ment. Every dollar of profit for the past few years has been put back N& Kj
Ahout ihirtv davs aeo we perfected a plan and have just completed a re- t into the business to build it to higher levels of efficiency, to keep pace with
nuu 1 J ... j • a4~ »,,4 fiij c dm-** in thp fore- rapidly advancing community. In that sense the store has been created 51 ft#
arranging and re-stocking program desig P ,j £ or .^ g p a ( rons ye would have you entertain the thought that it is a |sj
front of establishments of this sort, not only in fenelby, but in s '• f ac { | n w hich the community should take pride that such an establishment MVM
Carolina. \ exists here. Through its existence you are offered the privilege of buy- US ssl
V nig in a store in which, through its physical commodiousness, it is a pleas- i|| j®?
This opening is to nve the people of Shelby, Cleveland and adjoining f ure to purchase, from big stocks, with wide range of selections, where gj %
counties an opportunity" and privilege of visiting the store under inviting srevice is a supreme factor. M
circumstances, with our sales features eliminated, to see the kind of .-tore j s true that from one point of view we are organized for profit, but r|
which has been provided for their benefit. jl from another point of view the store is an asset to the community, which M
We think we have provided here one of the best merchandising es- p eo ple cannot afford to be without. My J
tablishments in Western Carolina. \ Jjjk
•I From that standpoint it is a co-operative enterprise—and it is that j |N'
!; way we like to view the work of building this business. And we would like
So, you are invited to visit FANNINGS to see, we repeat, what has «| f 0 j lave you see th e j ssue | n that light—that the store is made for you for
done to make this store worthy of the best support of the people of ;! your service and your convenience, and the more you appreciate it and
this community ' '' patronize it the greater becomes its ability to serve you. i
W. L. Fanning and Company jy|
Shelby, North Carolina ' ||i™|||
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THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY MAY 20, 192 G.