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rUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921.
Does It Make '- %
You Sweat il qfig,fl@
0 Meet Your Banker, N G
Merchant, or Doctor Face to Face?
Do You
- Know What
Really Is?
YOU probably have never
given the word serious
consideration. So observe
what Webster’s dictionary
has to say of the meaning of
the word!
|—Reliance on the truth
of something said or done;
belief, faith; ‘trust; confi
dence.
2—Reputation derived
from the confidence of oth
ers; esteem, honor, good
name, estimation.
3—A ground of, or title
to, belief or confidence; au
thority derived from charac
ter or reputation.
4—That which tends to
procure, or add to, reputa
tion or esteem; an honor.
5 Influence derived from
good opinion; confidence or
favor of others; interest.
6—Trust given or receiv
ed: expectation of future
payment for property trans
ferred, or of fulfilment of
promises given; mercantile
reputation entitling one o
be trusted.
7—The time given for
payment of lands or goods
sold on trust. .
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Credit is the most priceless possession a perscn doing business can have. This applies equally,
with varying degree, to the dealer and to the consumer. How do you take care of your credit,
Mr. Terrell man? Do you USE it, or do you ABUSE IT? o | ;
What does your banker think of you in matter ot credit? He knows how and when you pay
your obligations. Where do you stand in his estimation? i
We'll tell you. It is a4to 1 chance that you don’t stand as high as you might or as you should.
A Dawson banker was discussing the unpleasant features of the banking business the other day.
“Do you know,” asked he, “that eighty per cent of the people of this community. who do busi
ness with this bank are careless about their obligations? That a large'per cent will fail to re
spond promptly when their notes come due or take up overdrafts at once? It'is most aggra
vating, and the law requires us to be strict. Besides, it is not business. \
“It doesn’t matter so much to the banker if the man who has a note to fall due and can’t pay
it drops in promptly, reports his condition frankly, offers to pay up the interest and make a new
note. When a man does that he is looking atter his credit; he is making arrangements with
the bank and permitting the .records to be kept clean and up to the minute. . -Coming in
promptly and making arrangements, regardless of a man’s condition is the LEAST he can do.
To ignore a due paper is one of the worst things he can g . .
“The promptness and care with which a man treats his obligation has a great deal to do with
his credit at the bank. It is well enough to urge people to pay their debts, but more important
is to teach them to have regard for their obligations.” . L
Which is just what this series of advertisements has been attempting to impress upon the citizens of this
community. PAY YOUR DEBTS IF YOU CAN. IF YOU CANT PAY:ALL, PAY
PART—AND PAY IT NOW. If youcan’t possibly pay any part, drop in and tell the merchant or
the banker or the doctor when you expect to be able to pay him. | e
The statement has been credited to the late John W. Gates, the man who made millions4n ' Wall Street,
starting with almost nothing. that he early leamed from the big bankers that character and reputation, not
property, were the basis of credit. He used his knowledge—and never abused his credit. -
If you have an obligation at your bank or your merchant, be sure you call on him when it is due, and don’t
make it necessary for him to call you.
If you owe your merchant, pay him if you possibly can, and if you can’t, PAY HIM PART; or see him
about it and arrange it, if you can pay any. If you owe a friend, do the same with him. You'll feel
better, you'll BE better, you'll help your community, and you'll help business. i
THE DAWSON NEWS.
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