The Columbus commercial., 1903-04-22
OF GROWING IMPORTANCE.
The Citizens Long Distance Telephone
and Telegraph Co. of Mssissip-
pi.-EssentiaIIy Home
Enterprise.

Mail offers quick communication
kilograms furnish greater speed, but
the telephone is instantaneous, and
you get your answer Immediately.
In the perfected state it has reached,
the telephone is an absolute necessity
in countless business and professional
mems offices and in residences. To
be without it is ton the part of the
merchant or professional mani not on
ly to be non-progressiye, but to invite
inconvenience and loss of trade. The
telephone puts within conversational
distance of the subscriber not only
his business associates, but the doc
tor, the druggist, the merchant, the
banker, the friend, the policeman and
the fireman. Because of its con
yenienCe, modern and perfectly
equipped telephone exchange in any
city should be regarded in the light
OF a public benefaction, and it should
be we'll nigh universally supported,
purely because of the manifold bene.
fits it cOlfers.
The Citizens Long Distance Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company is Civ
ing excellent service to its several
hundred local subscribers, both in
Columbus and the surrounding coun-
try and through its connections to
all points tributary. Its list of sub
scribers is growing one, increasing
almost daily. The company was or
ganiZed in the summer Of 1897, and
was started with the faitA in the cit
ivnnC a DI thnip npnpoig nf nj
While the citizens have kept faith
with the company, the company has
done no less with them. Not only
has an excellent service been rem
dered, but no opportunity has been
lost TO improve that service, and
prompt attention has yeel given to
all complaints. The systems growth
has been gratifying and encouraging
to the officers and stockholders, who
fully realize that nothing short of the
cooperation of the citizens could have
caused it to succeed, and that the
same cooperation means a continued
success Since the inception Of the
business many extensions have been
made AT first only a local tele-
phone service was given, but now
the lines extend not olly through
LoWndes, but through adjoining cOun-
ties in Mississippi and Alabama, and
within short time the best Of long
distance facilities will De at the dis
pOsal of patrons.
This is essentially home enter
prise. The officers include b. l.. Rob
erts, president; E. Levy, vicepresi-
dent; II. w Campbell, treasurer; J.
A. Richmond, secretary and assistant
general manager.
Mr.. b. l.. Roberts is cashier of the
Mississippi State Bank, at Canton
Miss, and Mr.. Levy is bookkeeper
for the same bank. Mr.. Campbell is
superintendent Of the compress and
ice factory at Canton. The resident
manager, MIR. J. A. Richmond, has
made a lifetime study of the tele-
phone business, having been engaged
in that line in the larger cities.
Service is rendered every one Of
the twenty four nours, and every day
in the year, promptly and efficiently.
Rates are extremely low, being 81
a month for business, and Sl.50 for
residences The company has al
ways been consistent in charges, and
Intends 10 continue on this policy.
The Citizens Telephone Company
last fan found it necessary, on ac-
count Of the increase in business, 10
install a complete system Of cables
and other apparatus necessary to take
care Of the present and luture grown
0l HE plant This work, lately com.
PIeted. places the company n solid
and permanent condition, enabling
them to fully carry ont the demands
uf their patrons and keep in line With
rhe growing needs of Columbus