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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARROLLTON, CARROLL COUNTY, OA.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1928
WHY INDEED!
Why should we buy in Carrollton?
Because this is our home town, we work here, we
play here and earn and draw our money here. Then
why should we not buy here? Our merchants have
expended thousands and thousands of dollars here
in leasing stores, spent money in remodeling their
stores to suit their line of business. They have laid
in an immense stock of all kinds of merchandise to
suit our demands. They are employing dozens and
dozens of our men and women to help us select the
very articles we want. The merchants in Carroll
ton are striving to help us in every way they can. Is
it not our duty to help them? Did you ever stop to
think of their weekly and monthly pay rolls? If
you have not please stop and think it over. Don’t
get a foolish idea and think that by ordering from
elsewhere that you get lower prices. Our home
merchants can furnish us anything we need and it
is our duty to buy at home. The merchants spend
their money here; they pay their salaries here.
They are our leaders. Therefore, they are entitled
to our business. If only we tried as hard to help
them by buying at home as they are trying to carry
stocks to meet our demands in quality and price, we
would soon put bankruptcy out of commission.
You make your living in Carrollton. The least
you can do is to make yourself a promise, and ful-
' fill it, that you will not buy anything of any charac
ter whatever until you have tried to find it in Car
rollton. And you will find it, if you will only be a
good citizen and first look for it in Carrollton. Pat
ronize and help loyal Carrollton merchants.
BE LOYAL TO YOUR
HOME TOWN
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
WHERE DO YOU SPEND
YOUR MONEY?
Every dollar you send out of
Carrollton and Carroll county
is robbing our city and county
of a part of its resources. Ev
ery dollar you exchange here
through business channels adds
to our city and county’s wealth.
Which are you doing—building
here or building elsewhere?
Even the chronic nickel-nurser
should have enough vision to
see this before he sends out ot
town for anything he can buy
here, whether it be groceries,
printing or dry goods.
YOU GET WHAT
YOU PAY FOR
When you lay your money
on a local dealer’s counter and
tell him what you want, you
get just that. If it happens to
be temporarily out of stock, he
tells you so and asks your sec-
,ond choice. ,
You get nothing you do not
want. And what you get is
vours at the time you pay for
it. He doesn’t make you wait
vour merchandise.
These are only two of the
many reasons why trading a
home is better than buying by
the “sight unseen” methods.
FAIXOrYEARUPON US
We are entering upon the'
first month of the Fall o f 1923
and there are many things to
US First°the d ischools are opened
and are to open. They ah oul
be given a hearty support on
fhe plrt of the public: general-
]y, parents seeing to 1
everv child be enrolled.
Second, the time of harvest
ing and marketing is here and
there should be a co-operation
on the part of the plaiitersand
the buyers to tho end all m y
reap the greatest benefits.
Third, the business firms ot
Monroe should buy ample
stocks of dependable merchan
dise and sell them at live ana
let live” Prices. They should
THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE SUPPORTING LOCAL INTERESTS
begin an aggressive, judicial
advertising campaign in their
local papers, inviting the peo
ple from all sections of the
county to come and at least see
what they have assembled to
gether for them. People, as
heretofore argued in this pa
per, like to go where they are
invited and where they are in
vited they feel the bigger wel
come.
Fourth, the people of the
towns and rural communities,
out of their appreciation for
the efforts of the local mer
chants, should spend every
nickel for necessities at home,
if it is possible to get same here.
The mail order houses do not
contribute anything to the sup
port of your private or public
enterprises. They pay no tax
es for the education of your
children or the upkeep of the
county generally. They do not
help to maintain your Sunday
schools or churches. In fact,
you get nothing from mail or
der people but what you pay
for and that is not always sat
isfactory. You get what you
pay for from your home stores.
If not, they are here to make
good. Besides that, a part of
what you pay the home mer
chants comes back to you in
the education of your children,
the maintenance of your public
institutions and otherwise.
Fifth, in all the program
planned for the betterment of
our people along all lines, the
News pledges its continued, un
tiring support, hoping for a
speedy return of happier, bet
ter times.—The Walton News.
For years, your merchants
have been telling you about
their goods. This has been
done slowly and serially
through newspaper advertis
ing, in a plain, homely, matter-
of-fact way, but aggressively
and persistently and regularly
and frequently.
Into this advertising they
have thrown the benefits ot
their marketing experience, an
experience based on the mer
chandise needs of the town,
which they have gamed
through the years in which they
have been in business here.
The whole fabric of then es
tablishment rests on the patron
age that you give them. Know
ing this, they have gone into
the market, carefully consid
ering your individual want,
and your family requirements
and closed contracts ^ rec ®* v !
and pay for merchandisethat
they think you will buy as ne
cessity arises.
The fact that you do buy
from the Octopus is a great dis
appointment to them. They
know that you have sent money
out of town and that to the
home town it \forever lost.
They also know that on their
shelves are goods far supenoi
in quality to those sent away
Sr and that in the end would
have been a far better mvest-
m< And so, indefinitely and end
lessly, cross-purposes between
vou and the local merchants
man Ue steadfastly serves you
!r B pent in the community. The
tant community.
The town merchant keeps e
false pretense, yet keeps wit
in the pale of the law. Mer (
chants of this community do
not stoop to fraudulent means
to get your business. Theirs
a fairer way of an open display
of the goods and honest, clean
ly advertising. From a logical
standpoint there isn t any argu
ment that favors the patronage
of a mail-order-house, because
its whole system is funded on
humbuggery and human cred
ulity, and the pulling power ot
clever misrepresentation.
Mail order purchasing is sim
ply a speculation. Home-buy
ing is an investment. Conser
vative people do not speculate.
They want ample return for
their money. It is this class
that keeps the local stores go
ing, and it’s the speculative
class that keeps the mail-order
houses going. There is no sta
bility or profit in the invest
ment of catalogue buyers, be
cause they are not careful and
reckon not on a substantial re
turn for every penny of their
outlay. , ...
You can’t properly indulge
in the sentiment of home-build
ing if you practice disloyalty to
your town. And you are dis
loyal to it, if you send your
money to the Octopus. For
merchandise that is better and
iust as cheap is on sale at the
stores of the town merchants.
The local merchants are al
ways in the forefront of every
good, laudible .charitable, up-
good, laudible, charitable, up-
cause*
For example, on last Sunday
morning in the churches of this
town an urgent appeal was
made for funds to relieve
stricken Japan, and who re
sponded? Most everybody, but
the merchants and business
men of Carrollton headed the
lists with the largest amounts.
What help came from the mail
order Octapus?
HOUSES FOR RENT.—Good 8 room
l ouse, corner Alabama and North Cliff
street ;good 6-room house and sleeping
porch South Btreet, Apply to T. C
Bledsoe. 16augtfe
Turnip seed sown now grow very
sweet turnips. Wo havo seed in bulk
-Jackson's 10c Store. tfne
Turnjp seed sown now grow very
sweet turnips. We have seed in bulk
—Jackson's 10c Store.
A PRINTER’S TRAGEDY
Pete Pepper, editor of the Mattress
Spring Squeak, came near firing the
r.ew pressman recently. When the
pressman knocked off one night it was
dark in the wash room and in reaching
around for a towel he wiped hjs hands
or. the editor’s brand new seer sucker
coat.—Tarpon Springs Leader.
Coolidge Was Once A
County Correspondent
The Northhampton (Mass.) Gazette
in a recent issuo called attention to the
fact that President Coolidge was once .
Northhampton’s correspondent for the'
Easthampton News. This was some
tfne [ thirty years ago.
TO HAVE A FRIEND, BE ONE
Here is a scene which is frequently enacted in your home drug
store. Your home druggist never complains of the many favors ask
ed of him; he has an eye intent on the bestj interests of his fellow res
idents, and meets all such conditions smilingly. Why not favor the
man who favors you 7 He is deserving of your loyalty and patron
age. '
MORAL:—He labors in vain who tries to please every one with
out business.
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 SQUAEE
WILEY CREEL
JEWELER
Repairing, Diamonds Engraving,
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Out
Glass, Silverware and China
STEINBACH’S
ECONOMY SHOP
Dry Goods, Shoes, Clothing
And Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear
CARROLLTON DRUG
COMPANY
EVERYTHING THAT A GOO®
DRUG STORE SHOULD HAVE
First. Nat’l. Bank Bldg.
CARROLLTON
MERCANTILE CO.
Dry GoodB, 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, hy being his
friend. Trade at HOME.
CITIZENS BANK
MANDEVILLE MILLS
COAL and COKE
MEAL and HULLS
FERTILIZERS
Carrollton, Georgia
“GRIFFIN’S”
ONE-PRICE
CASH HOUSE ‘
J. N. JOHNSON
•
FURNITURE DEALER
UNDERTAKE KR
50 Public Square
ROOP HARDWARE CO.
HARDWARE—FURINTURE
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
NORTON’S BOOK STORE
JEWELRY, OUT GLASS,
BOOKS, STATIONERY
Kodaks and Sporting Goods
8 PUBLIC SQUARE
BOSTON DRY GOODS
COMPANY
ONE-PRICE OUTFITTERS
Satisfaction our motto, or your
money hack
a.
SMITH & CADLE
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Buy at home—see what you buy
and get the best for the price
no matter what the
price may he,
THE LEADER
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoea, La-
diet’ Ready-to-Wear
POR CASK—FOR LESS
W. L. FOLDS
LINCOLN—FORD—FORDSON
Sales—Accessories—Supplies
Service
Telephone 395 Open All Night
CARROLLTON HARD
WARE COMPANY
GEENRAL HARDWARE, BUG-
GIBS, STOVES, FIOWS, ETO.
Agents for Chattanooga Plows
and Norman Buggies
PHONE 74 PUB. BQPARB
WEBB-HARRIS AUTO
COMPANY
STUDEBAKER MOTOR OARS
Tires, Tubes, Auto Accessories,
Gasoline, Oils
32 NEWNAN ST. PHONE 307
‘ ‘This is a Studehaker year.’’
THE FlftST 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 O*-
The Square
THE FARMERS STORE
Wholesale and Retail
Groceries, Flour, Hay,
Grain and Feed Stuff