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YOL. X.
THE PEOPLE'S VERDICT
In the Cartersville Land Compa
ny’s Case.
A Great Thing for Cartersville—A Real
Savings Rank With Almost Certain
Prospects of Profit.
“It is a great thing!” 80 say
they all. Look on this page and
see what merchants, bankers, doc
tors, druggists, grocers, salesmen
and business men generally say
about it.
“In a multitude of counsel there
lacketh not wisdom.”
Why does everybody think it is
a good thing? There must be some
thing in it.
Read what Mr. Ben Mell says.
He has shown his faith by his
works.
Read the experience of Mr. Will
iam Graham. He has already
made a big thing out of a lot which
he bought on four years time. You
can do the same thing—you—not
your neighbor—not your friend—
not somebody else—but you—your
self.
Will you do it?
Nobody can answer that ques
tion but you.
WHAT THEY SAY.
Short and Crisp Interviews on the Land
Company'* Savings Hank.
One of our reporters asked the
gentlemen whose names appear be
low what they thought of the Sav
ings Bank plan of purchasing lots,
which the Land Company is about
to inaugurate. Here is what they
say:
W. C. Baker, iiardware: “The
plan is a good one for any man
who wants to buy a lot. The pay
ments are easy, enabling many to
own lots, who would not other
wise be able to do so.”
I. W. Alley, grocer: “I think it is
a real good plan—the best proposi
tion of the kind that has been offer
ed the people of Cartersville. I like
it so well that I was just thinking
of going up and seeing if I could
not find a lot to suit me.”
Bob Shelton, salesman: “The
plan is a good one for the young
men. If I had gone into something
of the kind ajfew years ago, I would
be worth considerably more than
I am.”
W. L. Bolt, jeweler: “It is the
best plan I think a young man can
adopt, and I will be surprised if a
number of our young men do not
take advantage of the opportunity
offered.”
R. S. Crutcher, dry goods: “It
strikes me as a pretty good scheme.
There are lots of men who would
thus be enabled to secure a home
from their earnings, who would not
otherwise be able to do so.”
J. W. Jlieh, salesman: “I think it
a splendid idea. It is a good chance
for people to own homes who would
not be able to do so in any other
way.”
J. A. Campbell, superintendent
water works: “For those who have
limited means and ever expect to
do anything, the plan is the best I
know anything about. In this way
any one can own a lot and hardly
feel the payments.”
H. J. Galt, merchant: “It is a
good plan for the man w’ho wants
a home. I don’t think anything is
lost in investing in real estate here.”
Harris Hall, contractor: “For the
young men who are desirous of sav
ing money, the plan is an excellent
one. In fact, it is good for anybody
who goes into it.”
John E. Wikle, salesman: “It is
a plan that should have been adopt
ed here years ago.”
J. VV. Vaughan, dry goods mer
chant: “I think the scheme is all
right. I don’t see how it can be
anything else. The land companies
are what build up every town. No
doubt about that. It surely meets
with my approval.”
Will Young, of Young & Mays,
druggists: “I think it is the best
plan I ever knew of in my life. I
think it is the most sensible thing
the land company has done since
they organized.”
A. W. Fite, solicitor: “I think it
Is a good plan. It is good both for
the purchaser and for the land com
pany. It enables those to get homes
who would not otherwise be able
to do so. All poor men should
adopt it and will have to adopt it
if they w ant to get homes.”
John Connolly, dry goods sales
man: “I think it is a good plan for
a poor man. Because in that way
it enables him to save something
that would otherwise be thrown
away or wasted.”
, J. H. Vivion, cashier First Na
tional: “I commend the plan. It is
THE GOI j KANT -AM ERI GAN.
the true secret of success—the sav
ing of small sums—a little at a time.
Hardly any young man realize
what he throws away in little sums,
a dime here, a nickle there and a
quarter yonder. I would advise all
who want to make money to adopt
such a plan ot investment.”
Dr. Cason writes: “It is a way to
make our thriving city one of
homes. By simply investing the
small sums that go monthly for
rent, we soon the owner of
our home.”
Albert Strickland, grqofcr: “It is
a pretty good idea if oarried odt
all right.”
Ed Strickland, grocer, agrees
with Albert about it.
Hibbard Garwood, dry goods:
“I think it very good for a man
working for a salary. It is a wise
investment for him.”
Gus Quillian, clother: “I think it
a very good scheme for any young
man. Something like this is need
ed to boom the town.”
Jute Trawick,‘salesman: “I think
it is a grand scheme.”
Chas. Wallace, salesman: “I like
the idea very much, and think the
young men should go into it.”
Dr. Miot, druggist: “Pretty good
scheme for both parties, and espe
cially the town.”
Evan Mays, the druggist: “Think
it is the best scheme Cartersville
has ever had.”
Capt. Tom Lyon, state agricultu
ral department: “It is first-class in
every respect. All who go into it
will make money before they real
ize what they are paying. I wish
I had had something like that to
go into when I was a young man.
1 would have been a great deal bet
ter off.”
W. C. Edwards, furniture and
coffins: “A splendid plan. All
young men should go into it. It is
what Cartersville needs. I would
feel it less to give twice as much
for a lot by this plan as to buy for
cash for one half.”
HOUSE KENT.
What a Former Kent Payer Has to Say
About It.
One of our most worthy young
men is Mr. Ben Mell, who is* head
of the skilled labor department of
A. D. Gilbert’s prosperous estab
lishment.
Since the Land Company’s sav
ings bank plan was exposed to the
public in last week’s Courant-
Ameriean, Mr. Mell bought a house
and lot from the Land Company.
He paid S2O cash and S2O a mouth
for fifty-nine months.
He says: “My house rent would
cost me about sls a month. On the
savings bank plan I bought a lot.
By paying S2O a month for five
years, I will own my own home.
This costs me only $5 a month
more than I am paying for house
rent. The savings bank plan is a
great thing for all persons situated
like I am. In fact, I believe it is a
fine investment, whether a man
wants a home or not. If I should
have to leave Cartersville, I coukl
sell out at a profit, and thus make
my house rent and a handsome bo
nus besides.
“I am not going to leave Carters
ville, however.”
For His Boys.
One of our citizens —a clearhead
ed man of cool judgment and busi
ness sagacity—went to see the sec
retary of the land company and
said he wanted to buy four lots on
the land company’s plan—one for
each of his boys. Ilis idea was,
that by laying aside a small sum
each month, and investing it in this
manner, each of his boys would, in
five years, own a lot of toeir own.
He said:
You see when a young man, or even
bov for that matter, owns a little dirt,
it makes him cautious, careful, conserv
ative and economical. A man is also a
better citizen when he owns land. When
my boys get a little older, and begin to
make something for themselves, 1 can
let them take my place in paying for
these |lots. It will be a great stimulus
to them to economize and save money
which they would otherwise throwaway.
He was told the prices of the lots
and said he thought the prices very
reasonable.
This gentleman was no other
than our worthy and successful
banker, Mr. W. H. Howard.
A Voimg:Mail’s Kxperience.
“A few years ago,” said Mr. Will
iam Graham, chief of the Carters
ville fire department, “I bought
from Mr. John Akin about three
and a half acres adjoining th Buck
man property. I bought it on four
years time. Mr. Akin said at the
time that before the purchase mon
ey was due, the lot would be worth
double what he sold it for.
“Within the last three months I
have been offered for that tract
three thousand dollars and refused
it. When I told Mr. Akin about it,
he reminded me of his prediction,
that the lot would bring, before I
paid for it, double what it cost me.
But he said he did not then think
that I would make as much as I
did. I intend to take a lot. I be
lieve I will make money on it, just
like I made on the tract I have
been felling you about.”
An Atlanta Man
Who used to be a citizen of our
town read the interview, in last
week’s issue, with the president of
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 1. 1800.
the Cartersville Land Company.
Here is what he wrote about it:
f have read your interview carefully
ad the scheme ia worthy of its origina
tor; and is a brilliant one. I can scarce
ly conceive of a better plan.
A long headed man wrote that
—one who has always understood
the value of saving a few dollars at
a time. Everybody will agree that
his opinion is worth something,
when we say that it is our old time
friend and fellow-citizen, Tom
Baxter.
Rev. J. S. Hillhouse •
Walked into the office of Mr.
George Aubrey, secretary of the
Land Company and wanted to go
and look at the lots. He said he
approved of the plan most heartily
and was thinking of buying several
lots on this plan as an investment.
He remarked that he could easily
spare the small sums monthly
which lie would have to pay;“but,”
said he, “it is a heap harder to wait
until one lays up enough money to
pay cash for the whole.”
Mr. Hiilhouse is the well known
and popular pastor of the Presby
terian church. He believes in the
Cartersville Land Company’s- Sav
ings bank, as an investment.
It. 8. V. P.
You have seen these letters stuck
off' in one corner of an invitation to
a dining. You know what they
stand for: “Respondez, s’il vous
plais.” You also know what that
means, “reply, if you please,”
Did you get one of the circular
letters sent by the president of the
Cartersville Land Company to sev
eral of our citizens, asking for a
short written opinion of the Land
Company’s Savings Bank plan, as
set forth in the interview in last
week’,sCourant-American ?
Did you comply with the request
and furnish the written opinion?
If not, won’t you please do so ?
They were intended to be sent to
every business man in town. If
you did not get one, the omission
was accidental. Won’t you give
the written opinion anyhow? It
will be gladly received.
The Baptist Pastor
Whom we all affectionately re
member, Rev. W. H. Cooper, late
pastor of the church here, received
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last week’s Courant-American.
Everybody knows Brother Cooper
and everybody will be glad to hear
what he thinks of the Savings Bank
plan. Here is what he writes to
Mr. Akin:
I think well of your plan as develop
ed in a recent interview published in
the Courant-American. It will help to
build up the town. It will encourage
habits of economy on the part of men of
small earnings as well as large ones,
and it wlil at the same time help the Car
tersville Land Company. I have great
faith in Cartersville. It is obliged to
grow.
THE PRICES.
Wliat it Will Cost to Take Stock in the
Land Company *s Saving;* Rank.
On Monday night the directors
of the Land Company had a meet
ing. The Ruckman lots had been
'put at fixed prices heretofore. On
Monday night, however, tiie direc
tors passed a resolution that until
the Ist of January all the Ruckman
lots should be sold at an average dis
count of twenty-five per cent, from
what they had put the price at. In
other words, the Ruckman lots will,
until the first of January, be sold for
ten dollars cash and five dollars
per month for sixty months. This
is cheap.
These lots are not offered at these
prices except from now until the
first of January. The directors say
that they wish to give the Savings
Bank plan a gooff sand off. They
think it will encourage purchasers
and stimulate the success of their
movement ir they will give low
prices for a limited time.
Five Dollars a Month.
Anybody can spare this.
If you do not invest it in the
Land Co.’s Savings Bank, you will
throw it away for tobacco, cigars,
candy, powder and shot, horse and
buggy rides, oyster stews, or other
extravagances.
If you buy one of the Land Co.’s
lots, you will not miss five dollars a
month, and almost before you rea
lize it, you will own a town lot
worth, before you pay for it, two or
three times what it cost you.
Make a start. Don’t put it off.
Don’t jecommend the plan to your
neighbor. Go into it yourself. You
will be sorry if you stay out. You
will never regret it if you go in.
How many $5 bills have you
wasted in little driblets ?
Isn’t it mighty hard to keep it
after you once break it ?
Don’t break it. Put it into a lot'
on the Savings Bank plan.
Bloomington, Ky., M’ch 15, ’9O.
liadam’s Microbe Killer Cos.,
Nashville, Tenn.
Gentlemen—This will certify
that after suffering with biliousness
and dyspepsia for years, and after
trying all the popular medicines
and many physicians with little or
no benefit, I tried Radam’s Microbe
Killer with the very best results;
am now entirely relieved.
Respectfully,
M. L. Smith.
A box of Christmas cigars at W ord’s
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•
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LEADERS OF THE DRY GOODS TRADE, Cartersvllle, Ga. 1
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