Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-20
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The dollar spent at home and the
dollar spent abroad may be regarded
as a question of most import, especial
ly when one stops to consider the man
fold benefits a community as wno1e
will receive form circulation of mon
ey at home. Of course, the spending
Of a single dollar either at home or
abroad will amount to little, but that
counts in the long run.
The city of Americas is one OF the
best in the South, and, it is extremely
doubtful if there is another city of IKE
size anywhere that can compare with
it. Every person who resides here
must be proud of this magnificent and
rapidly growing city, and it behooyes
every citizen to do his full share in
making Americas greater grander
and better place to live. Every man
and woman can do something, whether
wage Garner. manufacturer, banker or
merchant.
One of the best ways to build up
Americas is to keep the money you
have TO spend in this city, hence the
discussion of "Buy-at-Home Dollar
VS.. Dolloar Sent Abroad" Rarely
ever are better bargains obtainable
on the outside than can be had from
your home merchont who is the man
to extend you credit and favors when
il need
Now, MIR Citizen of Americas, let
Is compare the dollar spent at home
with the dollar spent abroad When
you receive your pay envelope let US
take one of the dollar and send it
| the rounds at home and see what the
effect will be. OF course, you are
man of a family and when the milk
man arrives you purchase tickets.
| Tie dollar goes to the dairy, which
i'll turn must have ice. 1t is spent for
| ice made at home. The ice manufac-
turer must have coal, so the same dol
lar goes to the coal man who must pay
his d<.SsTs- On Saturday night John
mes finds It liz his nay envelope.
Jones owes the grocer, and in a short
time it goes to pay the bill. The gro,
Ger needs hay, and the feed man deals
! IL -four and he patroniZes the home
rill The mill man uses gas and it
/ goes to the gas company. The pay
Cay of the gas company rolls around
and John Doe gets it. He must have
clothes to wear, so it goes to the
clothes store as he believes in buy
ing at home The clothing merchant
owes the landlord who is building 9TH
e. houses, and it is passed on the car
penter The carpenter needs new
saw and the hardware dealer gets it.
The hardware man must pay freight
and it goes to the railroad company.
The railroad pays it to the local agent
ard he in turn pays it into the city
| treasury in the way of taxes. The city
uses it for building better streets or
sidewalks, or maybe it goes to the po-
lice officer or firemen for the protec-
ton of your home, or to the school
teacher who is entrusted with the ed
location Of your children. That dollar
has been a real city building dollar.
1t has gone to enrich a score or more
concerns and people right in Ameri-
Gus. Can't you see where you have
been benefited in the long run by
spending the dollar at home?
The Dollar Spent Abroad.
Now that we have been following the
collar spent at home, let US pick up
tie mail order catalogue and see some
thing that we want. In the first place.
we must write a letter, then add five
Ter cent to the dollar for a stamp and
money order Then send it away
and wait week or ten days for what
you want, and then it may not be what
you expected before sending your mon
ing it away from Americas you should
have kissed it goodbye for it never
returns to you, and there is not one
chance in a hundred that it Will ever
| find its way back to this community
After you have been patronizing the
mail order house for a while and you
have a church social, or you want to
build an addition TO your Sunday
school room or perhaps new church,
or new school house and maybe want
some help toward building a good road
or for the Y w. A. or Y M. c. A,
then sit down and write another let
ter to the mail order house for do
nation, just to help along, and see
how long you will have to wait before
| receiving it. When you have grown
tired of waiting, then call on the local