The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-14
Wnrthington Furnishes the Best
Markets in Mobiles County
@>>.," to Purchasers. \, b t.t.
THE GUARDIAN TALKS
And Tells What 1t Does Not
Know About Mobiles :.
. County Markets. ~ .>~s r

Some time ago Nlgnt-Watcnman
Sam Gibson went to Adrian for the
purpose of laying in a supply OF
winter clothing and succeeded in
bringing home supply Of clothing
which could have been bought at any
store here for less money than be
paid. The next issue of the Adrian
Guardian contained the following
item: :, 49,. go.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sam Gibson and
wife of Worthington were Adrian Wis
itors Wednesday, and while here laid
in a supply of winter clothing Ieav'
ing goodly number of dollars with
merchant Becker and others. Wher
the city o&cials~of neighboring town:
| come to Adrian to do their trading. i
doesn't signify anything, excepting
that they realize where they can finc
the best markets"
Some Of the Worthington papers
commented on the above and sue
ceeded in causing the Guardian t.
get up on its ear and use up a goodly
share of that paper in comparison
of the Worthington and Adrian mar
kets, which, so far as the truth is
concerned. is sadly lacking.
The Guardian says in part:
"Mr.. Gibson informed Guardian
reporter that he could not purchase
an overcoat to fit him in Worthington
either for S16. 50 or three times Sl6.5C
and it is scarcely probable that he
would have invested large amour,
of money in clothing in Adrian if he
could have bought the same goods in
Worthington for less money, or Tor
the same money. Such statements
are preposterous, the intended argu-
ment silly and week. People do not
play the parts of driveling idiots in
matters of this kind as rule, and it
is safe to assume that Mr.. Gibson
does not rank so far below the aver
age individual in point of intelligence
in fact his actions in this instance
prove quite the contrary =
There is no merchant in Worthington
who carries as large stock of cloth
ing as either A. M. Becker or E. &.
Thompson; there is not a dry goods
store in Worthington that can equal
the dry goods lines carried by Ad-
RAMS three dry goods houses-Beck-
er, Times Bros. and the Farmers
Mercantile Co.; there is not store in
Worthington that does the volume OF
business that either of these stores
does These are not mere idle asser-
lions, they are undisputable facts,
and such being the case. does it not
stand to reason that prices should be
and are lower in Adrian than they
are in Wortnington? Where compe-
tition is brisk, where merchants are
recognized as progressive and ener-
getic, where every merchant in a town
is an extensive and intelligent adver-
tiser-there you will find the lowest
prices, the best goods, the greatest
trading point; and Adrian is most
emphatically town of this kind,
while Worthington is not Merchant
Becker has more clerks than any
three merchants in Worthington, and
his is but one of the busy stores OF
which Adrian boasts several. The
goods and prices offered in Adrian
draw, and have drawn for years, a
vast amount of business from abroad
It is nothing unusual for citizens OF
Edgerton, of Ellsworth, of Magnolia
of Rushmore, and in many cases, cit
liens of the immediate vicinity OF
Rock Rapids, Slayton and other dis
tant points to be seen trading in Ad'
rian. Until recently the people Of
Worthington have not been doing a
great deal of trading in Adrian
(though the cases have not been I'M
known), but it is simply because they
have not been so we'll acquainted
with Adrian as they should hav'
been, and. because of their proximit.
to the markets OF Sioux City and ST
Paul. But it is different now, ant
such instances will soon he SO com
mon that the newspapers of tina
place will cease their pitiful howl
and maintain discrete silence.
II Certainly, Mr.. Blair, Nj
Becker was willing to let thos
goods go cheap-that is a hab'
which has become chronic with Ae
rian merchants, and that is the secr'
of Adrian's supremacy as marke