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C. WHITEHURST, Druggist,
Jackson
(Successor to Hanna Drug Company)
We will smile and thank you for each purchase. Yours truly
C. WHITEHURST, Druggist, Jackson, Ga.
SHALL THE HOME MER
CHANT I BE PATRON
IZED?
It is stated that two mail order
houses in the city of Chicago did
a business of $80,000,000 last
year. This is another fair sam
ple of monopoly swallowing up
the business of the country. |
This monopoly is fostered almost
entirely by members and non
member of trades unions, who
buy their tools from such houses;
by farmers who buy many arti
cles that they use. Taking for
granted, as a matter of argument,
that perhaps at times, some
small sum of money might be
saved on a purchase for which
the farmer or other buyer must
pay before he sees the goods, can
any member of any society or
any in fact in the United States,
alford to not patronize his local
merchants?
In the building of any vast
business, whether it be a tobacco
trust, an oil trust, a beef trust, a
railroad trust or a merchandise
trust, those who assist in the
building of such vast aggrega
tions of wealth by patronizing it,
will find the day when that power
is turned on them, and they will
lose more than they have gained.
By sending the money away
om home, the person who
tronizes the mail order house
DRUGS
Pure and fresh
PRESCRIPTIONS
Filled correctly
DRINKS
Made of the very best fruits
and syrups
TOILET ARTICLES
as numerous and varied as
are human needs
impoverishes his local merchant;
prevents his local merchant from
bringing on well-assorted stocks
or large stocks of merchandise;
prevents the local merchants
from employing more help,
which usually comes from the
ranks of his patrons; prevents
his local merchant from assisting
worthy local enterprises, either
the church, lodge, factory or
political movements, that are
nearly always for the benefit of
his local community.
It prevents the growth of popu-
lation in the community in
which the patron of the mail
order house lives, and in that
way reduces the* value of land,
in which the farmer in particular
is interested. The greater num
ber of people in the community,
the better the price of the land.
By patronizing the mail order
houses, the person patronizing
such houses is often deprived of
the privilege of buying many
articles that he needs immediate
ly that would be of great benefit
to him, and whose cost would
probably be saved many times
over if he could but be supplied
at once.
It is a well-known fact that
mail order houses get the most of
their business based on lowj
priced goods, and when a low
price is named, invariably, low
class goods are furnished.
It is also a well-known fact that
mail order houses buy second and
goods of low quality. Asa rule
of course, they keep some stan
dard goods that they offer at
less than legitimate profit, which
blinds the mail order house cus
tomer and makes him believe
that everything the mail order
house offers is quality and
low in price, which of course is
not true.
It behooves every person,
whether he be farmer, mechanic,
professional man or capitalist, to
buy everything that he needs
from his local merchant when it
is possible to do so; to do every
thing that he can to encourage
the local trade and local manu
facturers. The sympathy of
your own people is a thing much
to be desired and very much
needed.
It is a fact, and can be proven,
that many former successful
merchants in communities that
were prosperous previons to the
advent of the mail order houses,
have been bankrupted and re
duced to poverty, and the people
in such communities can get only
the bare necessities, and have to
make frequent trips to nearby
towns in order to make selections
that they formerly could obtain
at home from their local mer
-1 chants.
I appeal to all persons to
patronize their local merchants
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PAINTS, OILS,
Glassware —an abundant
supply of each
STATIONERY
the simplest, and the most
luxurious —choicest in de
sign and quality
All going at live and let live
prices
W. J. Thurston
JACKSON, GA.
General Blacksmithing,
Buggy and Wagon Re
pairing,
First-class Horseshoeing
%
Alll work done promptly and at
reasonable prices
-your patronage solicited
-satisfaction guaranteed
SEE ME AT D. F. THAXTON’S OLD STAND
W. J. Thurston
BLACKSMITH,
JACKSON, GEORGIA