Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-01
PICCLY WICCLY
TAKESLEASEON
new STORE HERE
Concern To Open In New
Rylander Building
In January
'Piggly Wiggly All Over the
World" has reached Americus.


World" has reached Americas.
Announcement was made today
bv Walter Rylander that lease had
been closed with the Piggly Wiggly
Stores concern for one of the store
rooms in the new Rylander build
ing being erected adjoining the new
Rylander theatre on Lamar street.
The building is expected to be COM
uleted by January or shortly there
after, and the store will be opened
lust as soon as the elaborate fix
lures. which have been ordered. and
stock can be installed. The store
will be one of chain of self-serv-
ing grocery stores extended all over
the United States in large and small
cities.
The lease taken by the Piggly
WiggIy concern was for term OF
five years, with the option of renewal
at expiration. The terms of lease
are understood to be very satisfac-
tory. although no figures were CIV
en- out by Mr.. Rylander.
In connection with the announce
ment. Mr.. Rylander stated that the
remainder of the new building would
be occupied by Rylander interests.
The building is so by 125 feet, two
stories high. brick and steel construc-
tion. and said to be the only .ex-
annie of steel construction in Am
ericus. The first floor will be divid-
ed into two store rooms, Piggly Wig
DIV to occupy the room next to the
theatre. The other room of the hrst
floor will be used by the Americas
Auto company for its Fordson ana
farm implement department.
Modern Paint Shop.
The second floor will be htted up
as a paint shop, as modernly equip
ned as any in America with devices
for auto body painting of the nlgn-
est type, and for doing work sucn
as IS turned out by the auto factories
The equipment will include arr brush
es. spraying machines and otner De
vices. The front of the second tloor
will be fitted up as offices for the
various Rylander interests.
The building in exterior desIgh
will correspond exactly to the, 3.sJory
Americus Auto COMPANY oulldlng
standing lust across an alleyway TO
tha west. An enclosed steel bridge
will connect the second floors OF the
two buildings. 1t and the Ameri-
ems Auto building will be heated ny
steam from the theatre steam plant
The Piggly Wiggly stores eise-
1ybnra are unusually striking IN thelr
Man and appearance. They are
iden+icaI in every city, finished IN
;uo1v white and kept spark1ngly
ciean and attractive at all times; me
foIinwino statement on what Plggly
WiDolv IS. was prepared by repre-
sentative of that organization lor
tSn eeaiGsr ;,,foTn,ation .f of the people of Am
ericus: xu.-I,,n
sea p;galv Wiggly store is a self
holm cash and carry grocery STORE.
Wben VIII q customer enters the st9re
w ~ che takes a basket from, Ihe
bes1sed rack and passes through the
UT .fo~a selecting such items as Vney
SCR 1Go ~ nnrchase putting them IN the
Saslet | - and as they pass out py the
oosn;or o tha items are added up Oh
o add;no machine the items put IN
sacks or wrapped up anu foIIr aisles
mer passes out. There are aHHl a;Sn The
with shelving ON eacn 81 sub Shelving
sOSuI sUd the Ss' prices is indicated i Oyd d;sl
anu s1.r;uu .nn nr;ce tag. Each item IS as
syaned SMtne pm On the same shelf IN every y,
PigeIv Wiggly in the worlo. ~ t0 the
stance the first item as you INV ,,;nean-
ontrence turnstile is canned pines@+ sre+
ehSro, eIo an tbe first section OF the ,sr mrs.
section of every Piggy WEE r. store
onened and so on through tne 'SU own
Ope1CSr aCTstomers ONE s exercise their .hosoa own
;rdement. select their own pu,vmS;oT ,as;on
gr;tbnnt JGfS suggestion or persuas;ltHnd uIso;tad
Tbav Tsn0S donf have to wait to be @ wsiTao as I;t
ON ne thew can take as much rS;s Si II in it. it.
fla fn' time i as they choose. ms IS M rnrcb
Soif stG Inn annaals to buyers nearly as tran Hlu"n
sen appea,' 1esr nr;ces. The main attrac-
as a;ot the howeTer low ps IS the low prices, p1;s;,
wSicb SlSh; Is made possible by the e,,eh eI, as
Na4;on m,ilI . Of overhead expense sucn SUD da. a.
niarls nsc!Da bookkeepers, delivery ana ac ac
IrearS' iivery bows and loss from ;ao Gao sS- sS
counts. The average opeat opas,t which
rouns0 Douae 10 40 or so per cent want nant
saves saves customers about ~ per per The The
save saves +he oId style grocery store. tnS tnS
Ovgao over '~P eP;ogIv Wiggly' is copyrlgnMSgu Me-,
and the fixtures are paIen.er per have
naerous n,tT ne limitations however n"to ~
snr,,nr ] ND over the country cue p;o ~
fpaUsn fpa Success S and popularity Oh rig
gly Wiggly stores