The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-08-30
DEAD TOWN IS
ALWAYS STUNNED
Community With Such a Reputa-
ton Suffers as From a
PestiIence.
RESTS WITH THE CITIZENS
People Can Create and Maintain Proo-
perity II They Will Keep Their
Money at Home in Cir.
cuiatlon.

Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union
Stay away from that town. It's q
dead one"
Do you want that to be said of
your town? OF course you don't, for
you wish, as IA matter Of local pride. If
for no other reason. to have your
town stand high in the estimation Of
the world. But are you sure that you
are doing everything In your power
to place your town In the position
which you wish to occupy? That is the
question that every person should ask
himself or herself at frequent inter-
walls.
When things are running smoothly.
when times are good. and when it is
fairly easy to make a good living for
the wife and Riddles. il is so easy for
man to forget that these things do
not come to town as matter of
course. but are the result Of the
right kind of effort on the part of the
citizens of the community. 1t is so
easy for man to grow careless and
think that because this condition ex-
listed Ii will continue to exist without
other residents Of the community.
That is why 1t is important for every
one to stop and think seriously once
In a while about what 1t would mean
to him If the prosperity that makes
life worth living for him should take
wings and fly away.
Nobody Loves . Dead Town.
Nobody likes to live In q dead town.
No one even likes to visit a dead town.
That Is why you sometimes hear that
warning. "Stay away from that town.
It's dead one" The town which has
the reputation of being q dead one suf
fers as if from a pestilence. Bust
ness men seeking new locations will
have none Of 1t. The live travelling
salesman, even, will give it a wide
berth. Those who live in 1t will get
away il they can.
When a town Is live and prosperous,
local business is good, real estate val
ues are high and stable. labor Is in
demand and wages are good, the
streets are well lighted, the residents
and their property are protected from
robbery and fire and good schools are
maintained for the education Of the
children. When town Is dead, there
is little money In circulation, store
buildings stand empty with For Sale"
sign hanging on the front door, there
is little employment for the labOring
man, the streets are dark, the schools
are crippled.
What sort Of town do you want to
live in? There Is only one answer to
that question. You want to live in the
live town and enjoy all the good things
that come to the residents Of such
community.
Answer Easily Found.
The only question then is as to how
these prosperous conditions can be
created or maintained and 1t Is the
easiest thing in the world to find the
answer to that question.
III the people of q community will
keep their money at home and keep 1t
in circulation among themselves, they
need have no fear Of ever being COM
PEELED TO live in q dead town. If the
people will patrOnize their own bust
ness men instead Of sending their dol
lars to the mail order houses, the
care of itself.
The local stores. to q very large ex-
tent, make every town. The taxes
paid by the business men of the COM
munity are the principal support of
the schools and public institutions. 1t
is the taxes paid by the storekeepers.
TO II large extent, that make possible
the public improvements, the fire pro-
lection, the street lighting and the
many other things which make a town
worth living in. The mail order house |
does not pay any taxes In the town |
from which it gets Its money. It does |
not help to support the schools or |
the churches. 1t does not help light |
the streets Or maintain the fire de-
partment. 1t Is the aim Of the mail |
order houses to drive small town mer- |
chants out Of business. 50 that the |
people will be compelled to send to |
the cities for their merchandise and |
they are spending thousands of dol |
ars every month to accomplish this |
purpose. II they should succeed, who
would pay the taxes that are now |
paid by the local merchants1 It's a
that the mail order house |
would not pay them.
Issue 10 Clear Cut.
Every dollar spent at home helps |
% make the town . live one.
Every dollar sent away from home
o the mail order house helps to make
he town . dead one.
The Issue Is Q clear-cut one anN !.
Quarely up to every resident OF
whether Q resident OF
own itself or Of the country sn
ne 1t. The man who does n
he lives In = live or Z
own, II there 10 such Z man. nee..
taste no thought on the subject. but
he man who wants to live In q live
own cannot get away from It. Il u
p to him to make hls town live one
Z dad one.
0urphy's Groceries
RE BEST AND HE SELLS
THEM FOR LESS. SEEI
HIM BEFORE BUYING.