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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARR OLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, OA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 2,
HUNDRED PER CENT
INVESTMENT—WHAT?
Should the News run in its
columns an advertisement of
fering an investment represent
ed j.to give returns of 500 per
cent it would expect to hear
right suddenly from-the United
States postal authorities.
And yet one of the most
prominent and most conserva
tive of Scottsville’s business
men told us yesterday—with
out solicitation on our part—
that there was no doubt that
for every dollar Jais firm had in
vested in advertising in the
News—and it has been a fairly
heavy advertiser—it had re
ceived net returns of not less
than $5.00.
And he was basing his esti
mate upon sales made to per
sons who had mentioned having
seen in his advertisement some
thing about the articles pur-
chased.
And here is an incident illus
trative of another angle of the
advertising “game”:
One of our farmers was on
the point of sending to a for
eign mail order house for a
quantity of roofing material
which was quoted at $1.80 a
roll. He was greatly surprised
to learn that the same roofing
could be purchased every day
in Scottville for $1.60. So,
counting the freight, he saved
aout 40 cents a roll and consid
erable trouble by buying his
roofing from a home merchant.
The double moral is: It pays
to advertise and it pays to read
the advertisements in your
home paper.—Scottville (Va.)
News.
Fires in the Unified States cost. 15000
lives a year ami cause an annual loss ot
more than 500 million dollars. Eighty
■per cent of those fires aro preventable.
“One lump or two”, asked the wai
tress in a local restaurant. The pat
ron, a traveling man, repiled: “No
lump at all, I’ll take it straight. Dog
gone those profiteers.”
The length of a skirt is a matter of
moment. So this will interest the la
dies. The First Lady of the Land will
wear her skirts approximately six inches
.from the ground. This ought to settle
it as the President and his wife are
counted among the best dressed men
and women in America.
THE HOME TOWN
The home town means a lot
more to some people than to
others. Some folks never feel
close ties to any place. They
move around without feeling
regret or loss. They do not
feel bad to part with the
friends they make, because
they do not create intimate
ties. They do not acknowl
edge obligations to work in co
operation with their fellow cit
izens and no one feels any ob
ligation to help them along.
They play alone hand all then-
days and'never get far. Other
people have an intense feeling
of loyalty binding them to the
home soil. It is partly senti
mental affection, partly a keen
sense of the advantages of bus
iness unity and co-operation.
They feel united by a com
mon tie to all the people who
live in the town. Conyers has
a lot of people of this kind,
who have been the mainstay ot
all our progress. They feel a
keen interest in every person
or thing that was ever connect
ed with the place and any pro
ject tending to work for its
benefit has their hearty and
enthusiastic support.
In so far as all of our peo
ple acquire that point of view,
we shall attain our ideals as a
community. This involves giv
ing a preference in all our bus-
ienss relations to anything that
comes from the home town.
If a suit of clothes sold here is
just as good as oi\e buoght
somewhere else, we should buj
the suit of clothes sold here.
We might well buy it, even if it
was not quite so good, but it
is not necessary in our good
stores to make that kind of sac
rifice. When a town fully ac
quires that unity of spirit and
purpose and feeling, the possi
bilities of its progress are enor
mous. It advances as a com
pact mass of people, devoted
to one end, not as a lot of sep
arate individuals all working
for diverse purposes.—Con
yers Times.
A newspaper Teport says there is a
falling off in the consumption of fisl).
Well, as a brain, food, the supply proba
bly nveer did quite equal the demand.
Educational Campaign
To Buy In Carrollton
Every dollar'you send out of Carrollton and Car-
roll county is robbing our city and county of a part
of its resources. Every dollar you exchange here
through business channels adds to our city and
county’s wealth. Which are you doing—building
here or building elsewhere?
SHOP COAL
For best grade washed and sized Shop Coal at reas
onable price, come to \
Maple Street Warehouse
Will You Buy a
Used Car?
You Too, Can Own
An Automobile ! '
If you are going to buy a used -car, or truck this
summer, see us. And if your finances are limited,
you will be wise to take advantage of the remark
able values in used cars. You can also get a bar
gain in a used truck from The First National Bank.
2 New 2-ton Denby Trucks.
1 New 2 1-2 ton International Truck.
3 used 2-ton Denby Trucks.
1 used 1-ton All American Truck.
2 New 5 passenger Elcars.
1 used 5 passenger Velie car.
The First National Bank
Carrollton, Ga.
ON BUYING AT HOME
Columns of newspaper space
reams of paper and pounds o
ink have been devoted to the
subject of buying at hon e.
Much of it nas been good,
some of it has been sentimen
tal and the rest of it has been i
pure bunk. Not quite so much
in columns, reams and ink has .
been expended on the subjee
of support your borne papei^
The same variations of vale j
apply to this. t i
Why should anyone trade at f
home,' read his home paper j
It is easy to say because he,
owes a duty to his town. He j
surely does. In every town you ,
will find some loyal souls who
will trade at home if they have
to buy burlap when they want
silk, will read their home paper
religiously when it contains
nothing but patent medicine
ads and, by the way of local
news, three lines of personal
mention regarding the social
activities of ye editor.
What’s more, local business
men are coming to see just
what the situation is. They no |
longer are whining about the j
competition of the city man.
They are using newspaper
space to tell the homefolks
that they can give as good val
ues as can the city stores. All
they ask is a fair show and no
favors with the city man and
the mail order house. And
very few of them except you
are going to buy something
you absolutely do not want
merely for the sake of buying-
it at home.
INVESTING AND SPENDING
The family of the man who
does not waste his money is j
well clothed and fed and his I
home is fitted with everything |
conducive to comfort. The
family of the man who is given
to extravagance does not get
what justly belongs to it. If
a man continues to spend his
money away from home it will
eventually spell ruin.
When you send your money
away to mail order houses you
are doing precisely what the
unthinking man does only in a
more refined way. But you are
jeopardizing your living condi
tions and must eventually pay
and pay big for your thought
lessness.
If the goods offered by these
large stores in cities were to be
reduced in price 40 per cent
from the listed price of today
it will then be the height of ex
travagance for any citizen who
is dependent upon the prosper
ity of his community for his in
come to send away for his
goods.
When you give your mer
chant a trifle more for depen
dable goods, (you seldom have
to), you are not spending your
money. You are investing it
on a dividend paying proposi
tion.
Don’t let it require a surgi
cal operation to get this simple
common sense idea into your
understanding. When you de
prive your home merchant of
business/you are certainly and
foolishly depriving yourself of
many things.
This paper stands for home
first, last and always. It stands
for, and tries to protect the
best interests of the buying
public, and the local mer
chants.
If you were ever to hear just
how strong a hold this perni
cious habit has on the commu
nity you would wonder that
there was any work to be had
or any mills running.
As our Ethiopian brother
says: “All gwine out and nuf-
fin’ cornin’ in.”
Merchants stand by the peo
ple. And this danger mark
will be passed without any dire
results.
If the people heed this ob
vious duty, one year from now
will give the most convincing
evidence of the wisdom of
spending your money at home.
We must grow and expand,
our men must have paying-po
sitions. our families must be
pronerly fed and comfortably
clothed, our children must have
the advantages of a free edu
cation. But to make these
things a certainty you must buy
at home.
The average household bill looks
small when compared with the one the
Sioux Indians have just presented the
government.
Money spent at home generally re
mains at home. ' - '
THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE SUPPORTING LOCAL INTERESTS
GET TOGETHER MEN,
GET TOGETHER!
YOU CAN NEVER ACCOMPLISH
ANYTHING BY PULLING
IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
© BY M.C.MERKER.
“UNITED WE STAND”
There is nothing of greater importance to us than the prosperity
of our community. Prosperity at home is based on local conditions.
Let us get together for a better town and county by working in a
spirit of harmony and co-operation. /
Not only should we promote the business success of the people and
interests of the town and county in general; but show our apprecia
tion of having the chance to provide for ourselves the necessities of
life through the prosperity of our entire community.
The old motto of “Uinted We Stand” should appeal to us as being
necessary to encourage what is best for our town, for without unity
we can accomplish nothing. '****' '
MORAL:—Don’t upset the Home Town Wagon by pulling in dif
ferent directions.
Schools, churches, good roads, streets and all city and county im
provements are supported by these MERCHANTS and BANKERS.
HARRIS HARDWARE
COMPANY
THE
WINCHESTER
STORE
JACKSON’S 10c STORE
5c AND 10c GOODS
Garden and Field Seeds and
Plants
56 PUBLIC SQUARE
WILEY CREEL
JEWELER
Repairing, Diamonds Engraving,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Out
Glass, Silverware and China
STEIN BACH’S
ECONOMY SHOP
Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing
And Ladies’ Ready-to-Woar
GARROLLTON DRUG
COMPANY
EVERYTHING THAT A GOOD
DRUG STORE SHOULD HAVE
First. Nat’l. Bank Bldg.
CARROLLTON
MERCANTILE CO.
Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing
19 ALA. ST.
JONES DRUG CO.
May We Serve You?
ROBINSON & WALKER
GENERAL FARM SUPPLIES
High-Grade Fertilizers
Cotton Buyers
If your NEIGHBOR is not your
friend, make him so, by being Us
friend. Trade at HOME.
CITIZENS BANK
MANDEVILLE MILLS
COAL and COKE
MEAL and HULLS
FERTILIZERS
Carrollton, Georgia
“GRIFFIN’S”
ONEPRICE
CASH HOUSE
J. N. JOHNSON
FURNITURE DEALER
UNDERTAKE HR
50 Public Square
ROOP HARDWARE CO.
HARDWARE—FUBINTURE
Paints, Tires, Gas, Oils
A. J. BASKIN COMPANY
“Your Store”
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, NO
TIONS, SHOES, HATS AND
MILLINERY GOODS
T. H. MERRELL CO.
One Price-^-Spot Cash
OUTFITTERS for THE WHOLE
FAMILY
East side Public Square—Next to
Peoples Bank.
KYTLE & AYCOCK
T. J. Aycock, Prop.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Furniture, Carpets, Phonographs,
Pianos, Sewing Machines
-lORTON’S BOOK STORE
JEWELRY, OUT GLASS,
BOOKS, STATIONERY
Kodaks and Sporting Goods
8 PUBLIC SQUARE
BOSTON DRY GOODS
COMPANY
ONE-PRICE OUTFITTERS
Satisfaction oar motto, or your
money back
SMITH & CADLE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Buy at home—see what you buy
and get the best for the price
no matter what the
price may ho.
THE LEADER
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, La
dles’ Ready-to-Wear
FOR CASH—FOR LESS
WEEMS O. BASKIN
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES,
HATS, CLOTHING
v, W. L. FOLDS
LINCOLN—FORD—FORDSON
Sales—Accessories—Supplies
Service
Telephone 395 Open All Night
CARROLLTON HARD
WARE COMPANY
GEENBAL HARDWARE, BUG
GIES, STOVES, PIOWS, ETO.
Agents for Chattanooga Plows
and Norman Buggies
PHONE 74 PUB. SQUABB
WEBB-HARRIS AUTO
COMPANY
STUDEBAHER MOTOR CARS
Tires, Tubes, Auto Accessories,
Gasoline, Oils
32 NEWNAN ST. PHONE 307
“This is a Studebaker year.’
THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
The Oldest, Strongest and Only
National Bank in Carroll
County
SAFETY—SERVICE—SAT
IS FACTION
MOORE & CLEIN
THE BARGAIN MERCHANTS
OF CARROLLTON
You Will Always Find Us On
The Square
THE FARMERS STORE
Wholesale and Retail
Groceries, Flour, Hay,
Gram end Feed Stuff