Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-10-11
Membership Committee Gets
Busy And WIN Offer All
Chance To Come In
FULLY SO EXPECTED TO
JOIN IN OPENING EVENT
Carrollton Reports Good Results
From First Sale Last
N Week

the organization formed Tor putting
on the Golden Rule community sales
here monthly, beginning November
T. is hard at work submitting the Of
fer of membership in the organiza-
ton and participation in the commu-
nitv sales to all the business houses
of Americus. Thirty EIGHT concerns
had signed up for memberships to-
day, and it was expected that fully
so would have joined before the de-
tails Of the first sale were COM
pleted.
The membership committee con-
sists of Carr S. Glover, w. M. Jones
and James Lott. None of these men
are retail merchants, but they repre-
sent the spirit behind the movement,
which is that it is not confined to
retailers alone, but embraces all the
interests of the community, since all
ultimately profit by the building OF
local business and the extension of
the local trade territory. A number
of firms not retailers are already
members, among them both local
banks, an oil mill, several Wholesale
dealers and others.
At a conference at the court house
Monday afternoon plans for further
completion of the organization and
preparations for the first sale were
laid 1t was decided to put the MEM
bership actively to work, and that
another meeting should be called soon
by the president, Arthur Mize, tor
final report and orders to proceed
with the sale preparations, such as
pLeparing advertising copy, etc.
Sure of Full Support.
aIhat the bulk of the business men
of the city will participate in the
first sale, and that 100 per cent will
be lined up after the first or second
sale is confidently expected, as that
has been the result elsewhere, mer-
chants soon finding that they can not
continue to remain outside of the or
ganization and its advantages to both
the merchat and the public and at the
same time reap a fair share of the
increased business coming to the city
The membership in the Advertising
Club, the supporting organization, is
$40 per year, which includes SUBJ
scription to the official organ of the
Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World, with which the local club will
be affiliated. The cost of promoting
the sales each month in advertise
ments in the newspaper and circulars,
mailing service, postage, etc, is not
expected to exceed 81 to SIS per
month, the exact amount depending
upon the number participating in the
bargain offers.
The Firms Signed
The following list Of members OF
the club already signed up gives an
idea of the type of men who are
backing this community enterprise at
the start:
Harold Brothers
Piggly-Wiggly
Allison Furniture Co.
W. J. Josey i
Americus Vulcanizing Co.
Planters Bank
Mize Grocery Co.
Churchwell Bros
Americus Lighting Co.
Hightower's Book Store
Gatewood- -Cogdell Co.
Sheffield Co.
Harris Grocery Co.
j. w. Harris Hardware Co.
Glover Grocery Co.
Rylander Shoe Co.
A. Cohen & Sons
}. H. Poole & Sons
Model Bread Co.
Times Recorder Co.
Moreland-Jone Co.
Mcclure Ten Cent Co.
Sparks Grocery Go.
Ralston Cargil
G. NJ, Eldridge
!. Golden
/, w Rogers Co.
Ihe Fashion Shop
turner Electric Co.
bank of Commerce
Farmers Oil Co
aamerlcus Battery Co.
buchanan Hardware Co.
John w. Shiver
Shipp Grocer Co,
homas L. Bell
nnmericus Coca-Cola Co.
Roy Black
What CarroIlton Did
f,.,. t.aGIfollton and Newman were the
p,,3 Georgia towns to put on Golden
NJ Ny sales, both of them starting
~ ar',Iioay of last week. The success
faa ~ Ine beginning is told in brief de-
t|,' t',, ~ ln the last issue of The Carroll
''n free Press as follows:
th last Monday was the first day of
tbe U,e Golden Rule Sales inaugurated by
u g merchants of Carrollton. There
MI iie many farmers in our city, and
wi,L Wi o9y long the stores were filled
b6u buyers. Every clerk was kept
eroS, y, the bargains given by our gen
IN nus merchants were eagerly bought
9ir, If, Some firms sold out their special
sogrlngs son,a before noon, but substituted
fcni other bargains. In order to
r. I, the praise. of sonr merchants as
Pain uhe success OF these special bar
Proau oaays, reporter of The Free
aaoS oSS' Monday afternoon, called at
''" store to enquire about their