Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1917-01-20
Telephone Service on The
Farm
It's Uses And Value.

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under which this valuable service
is furnished at such low cost as
to place it within easy reach OF
every farm ar and rural dweller,
This is a cooperative plan, which
means that a number of people
living on the same road or in a
community, join together, pur'
chase the equipment and telep-
homes and build the line. Each
one owns his own telephone and
has an equal interest in the line.
BY working together on this CO
operative basis the cost to each
individual is less.
Farmers everywhere are putting
telephones in their homes and
there is no reason why you
should not have one.
In figuring the cost of telephone
service to you and yourneighbors
you should consider the outlay
not as an expense, but as an in
vestmeut you should also con-
slider the value to you, in a busi-
ness way and to your family in a
social way, of having in your
home q telephone which keeps
you in constant communication
with the outside world.
People living in country district
frequently have occasion to COM
municate quickly with some one
at such times the presence of the
telephone proves a blessing: its
absence a calamity.
Have you ever been in a hurry
to get the doctor or one of your
neighbors? Have you ever wanted
something in town that one of
your family or one of your neigh
bors could have brought you if
you could only have reached them
before they left town?
Have you ever expected freight
or express and wanted to know
of its arrival without taking a
long drive to town to find out?
Have you ever sold your cotton
or produce to the market and had
TO sell it at a sacrifice because
you did not know the prevailing
prices in advance?
Have you and your family spent
lonesome hours when you would
have enjoyed talking to some of
your neighbors, or friends in the
: City? Have you ever been COM
pelled to be away from home and
been worried about the health
and safelyo of your family?
If you live in the country and
have no telephone you will ans
wer yes.' emphatically to these
uueetiors.
A te ephone on your farm
would relieve you of these bur-
dens, overcome these obstacles
aud enable you to accomplish,
quickly and conveniently much
that is now difficult and annoy
ing. No modern convenience
saves the farmer so much money
and affords him and his family
so much pleasure as the tele-
phone. It is the farmers best
friend. 1t contributes to the
Personal comfort of his entire
family, saves him many trips
through all sorts of weather.
Protects his financial interests,
guards his home and saves many
anxious moments in his absence.
There are many instances
where farmers telephones have
saved life and property. Itmay
never save your life, but If such
81 emergency should arise you
win have it az hand ready to
perform its duty quickly and
without confusion. It. viii call
fhe doctor day or night and will
enable the doctor to tell you what
a do 70 relieve suffering until
he can arrive. It win keep you
nnsted on the market, so that
you may buy and sell TO advant-
AGE. It will enable you 10 stay
af home and at the same time ct
tend % matters at widely separa
ksa points It affords protection
in case Of fire and helps locate
rayed cattle. It keeps YOU in
touch with the commercial. re-
liaioas and social news of state.
country and community and
brings Ehe farmers close toaeth-
providing conneeklng
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