The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1921 Page: 2 of 6
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The Fairfield Recorder
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LET’S alL sing.
' It has been said. an«.L truth-
fully, that a singing people is
a happy people. And we know
that the standard of a commun-
ity can be judged pretty ac-
curately by its appreciation of
good music. Its value cannot
be overestimated, and the
modern -vstem of public school
instruction Would*be consider-
ed incomplete if singing was
left out of it. The war taught
us many lessons of value, onb
of which is the social value of
group, or mass singing. We
should encourage the develop
ment of this mass singing in
Fairfield and we could do no
more valuable thing through-
out the long winter evenings
than have an occasional “sing”
in which everyone in the neigh-
borhood could join. The so-
cial value of such gatherings
would be worth more to us than
we can estimate; we would be
brought into closer commun-
ion as neighbors and friends,
and we’d soon find so much en-
joyment in them we’d make the
community sing an event
worth looking forward to.
THE “FALL CAMPAIGN.”
A glance at the mail bags
NO MORE “DRIVES.”
Secretary HooVer says it
will not be necessary to con-
duct a “drive” to raise money
for food to be sent to starving
Russians. So far as citizens of
Fairfield and surrounding ter-
ritory are concerned, that i9
very good news. For the
drives grew to be pretty much
of a joke before we finally
reached the last one. If there
is to he another then let u-
have one to raise money to
buy lood and clothing and,
fuel for the hundreds of thous-
ands who are already eom-
menc.ng to suffer right here in
our own land, and who are
destirorl to go through several
months of sleet and snow with-
out ?.h,e usual comforts enjoy-
ed by American citizens. Con-
ditions over which we have no
control have brought about a*
lot of suffering in this country
within the past several months,
and there promises to be an
increase before we reach the
end of the road and can start
along a brighter path. So if
there are to be any “drives’
for money in America then
let’s have the money for Amer-
icans.
IN OUR OWN CAUSE.
Every once jn a while some
new concern bobs up, and as a
motto to attach on their goods
they have printed, "Not Ad-
vertised.” And we want to
say right now that they do not
stay in business long. It re-
minds us of the fellow who
built a steam engine and didn’t
have a fire-box with it. He
may have had a good engine,
but he had no way to demon-
strate it and of course he could
not sell it.
We have never been charg-
ed with tryirig to sell more ad-
vertising space to a customer,.*1?®.88.any °ffice
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RAVELIN GS
Watch ’em! Former Fair-
field citizens who have drift-
ed away, will migrate back
like the wild geese in their
flight to the rich feeding
grounds in the Sunny South.
Work of building a town at
Currie, on H. & T. C., near the
Meador well has begun.
-
People of our town
tftan we really thought was re-
quired to give him satisfactory
results, and the chief reason
we do this, is because we are
going to stay right here in Fair-
field and keep right on doing
business at the old stand, and
if we bamboozled the customer
once, he’d come back with a
chip on his shoulder, if he
came back at all, and,being a
peace loving citizen-^now—
we are going to do all in our
power to keep peace and har-
mony in our family of readers.
But just the same, we are
also going to keep readers of
the Recorder trading among
themselves as much as possi-
ble, and if you have an article
you wish to dispose of, adver-
tise it in the Recorder—either
“classified” or “display” and
we can assure you that our
readers will know you have
something for sale.
Come into our shop and let
us help you arrange your ad.
We will give the same atten-
tion, whether you wish to in-
sert a 25 or 50 cent ad as we
would with a page ad, and the
results will be just as satis-
factory in either case.
Your business is our business
—when it comes to giving pub-
licity, and we are there and
coming back stronger than a
spoon full of carbolic acid,
and we don’t need to preach
about our fairness, as you
know, and we know, and ev-
erybody else knows, that the
man or concern who is’not
fair is not in business long.
reaching Fairfield show** th'St
the big Chicago and New York 1
mail order houses s*re now
pushing their “fall campaign.”
They are flooding the country
with circulars and catalogues,
and mail older papers are par-
rying .their glaring “Free” and
“Don’t Payus a Penny” ad-
vertising. And that thousands
fall for these cheap-john of-
fers is evidenced by the fact
that Uncle Sam’s latest postal
report shows the Chicago post
office to be {Joing a larger bus-
in
the United States. But there
is one thing to remember. The
dollar-you send away isn’t go-
ing to help business or living
conditions right here at home,
and it isn’t going to come back
home. The dollar you turn ov-
er to a stranger instead of your
home-town merchant is going
to be spent among strangers,
too, and you’ll not have a
chance to get a penny of it
back. So, since common sense
teaches you that you are go-
ing to be the loser in the long-
run, why not resolve today to
spend your money with the
men who spend theirs with
you.
STOP AND THINK. »
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Did you ever stop to think, *
Mr. Fairfield Merchant, that *
the town that gets the public- .... _ ..... .
^ getting longer; money getting
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* ago. But Hoot always
* want things his own way.
did
The leaves are falling, skirts
ity in the towa that gets ,nd hear beer eet-
bi,mews’ That the town filled amer’ a"n "e“
with good advertiser, is the tm* "*arer bhow u. the suck-
tow,, that grows? That ad-ier. that aa.d everyth,ng
vertising priperly done ia'Ko,ng to the everlast.ng wemer-
worth its weight in gold, and;”'ur?ts a"d II show you a
that advertising is businesa, hnd oreltn orn pesimis .
Not yet but soon—we’ll
need a traffic cop at the prin-
cipal corner to avoid traffic
congestion and faciliate the
handling of the untold num-
ber of automobiles and other
traffic through the public
square.
Lay aside your little preju-
dices, love your neighbor, bury
your Httle hammer, and let’s
build a better Fairfield and
develop a greater Freestone
County.
not child’s play? That people
will drive for miles ^o trade in a
good, live town? That your
property will increase in val-
ue when the outside world
knows you and your town are
wide awake? That people
from neighboring towns will
come where there is some-
thing worth coming for? That
It isn’t the material used in
a garment that makes a basis
for a selling price. The manu-
facturers all know that certain
was'^kinds of garments can be worn
by those whose nerves have
never been in any way shatter-
ed—and the priec is based on
the nerve of the customer.
Manufacturers of automo-
biles have just recently heard
that the war is over. Farmers,
day laborers, an’ “sech like”
have known of it for several
long, tiresome, restless moons.
The state fair season is now
on and the “do. your Christ-
the merchant who doesn’t seek shopping early” season
to build up a better trade than
he now has will lose out? That
now is the time your town and
your business needs advertis-
ing more than ever before be-
cause business is harder to get
than it has been for two or
three years? That if you do
not hustle for trade in the com-
munity about you the mer-
chants in some other town will?
That if they do not get the bus-
iness you’ve no one to blame
but yourself if it doesn’t come
to you? Think it over. And
then come in and let us show'
you how little good advertis-
ing costs.
Sometimes you may have to
send to a mail order house for
a certain article of merchan-
dise not carried in stock in the
city. This does not apply to
printing. The Recorder can
will open in a few days.
The Democrats say “I told
you so,’-’ and the Republicans
say “We knew we could do it”
and the Recorder says iet’s all
get together—not to spend our
money too well, but spend it
wisely, with the man who ad-
vertises.
Sid Hopkins says he likes the
way the women dress with
that extremely low cut back.
He can tell at first glance
whether they are coming or
going.
If ridding the country
criminals will make the world
better—and all of the newspa-
per reports concerning the
death of said criminals at the
hands of the law are to be re-
lied upon—then we cheerful-
The Texas Company, a real
he company, has at last de-
cided to offer the people of
this section, besides the an-
nual rental, a drilling contract,
agreeing to bore in sixty days,
after acreage is secured. This
company is not only able to
fill this County full of holes,
but it is able to transport the
oil after it finds it.
Look at it close, Impress
the old landmarks upon mem-
ory. After three quarters of
a century, it is now passing
away. “Qld” Fairfield is
doomed—the “New” Fairfield
will crowd it off the map.
Diamond Brand and Lion
Brand Shoes. We guarantee
every pair to give entire sat-
isfaction. T. A. Mcllveen.
nro seal
-1* in the
delicious
Burley
flavor
Once you’ve
enjoyed the
toasted flavor
you will al-
ways want it
lv~9
C
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OLD OR YOUNG
Thl* man has Pound Something la I
his paper that he Doesn't Like and
He’s going around and Bawl Out the
Kilitor. W1U the Editor Peel Terrible?
C<>*h. no. he’ll probably Get Mad him-
self ml tell the Peered Party where ,
to flM 4MT at I Krtitora ain't So Meek |
• ;•••.
Senior B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m.
Junior B. Y. P. U., 4:00 p. m.
Sunday
BAPTIST CHURCH
suply anything in the printing ly agree with the minister who
line at the right price. tfjsays the world is getting bet-
- ter every day.
Something nice in Ladies’
Oxfords just received. Low
and military heels, with or
without rubber taps. T. A.
Mcllveen.
Hoot Weatherby refuses to
be convinced that there is as
much money in the country
now as there was two years
If Henry Ford ever has a
strike on his railroad, he can
put his jitney service into op?-
eration. Henry has things cora-
ming his way^-but he hasn’t
spent much of his time worry-
ing—he goes' out and “gets’
em ,
MEDICAL NOTICE.
In order to meet our obli-
gations and continue to give
you service, we will expect
cash for all calls.,, We will in-
sist that those who are al-
ready indebted to us make
prompt settlement.
W. N. SNEED, Jr.*,
W. McFADIN.
Cold, wet weather is shoe
weather. See us now for a
complete stock of shoes. We
have the all leather line.
“Star Brand Shoes Are Bet-
ter.” Hall Dry Goods Co.
Get your winter supply of
cotton seed hulls and meal
°f from MpMichael, Teague. 7o4t
SEE PEYTON BROTHERS
FOR LIFE, FIRE AND ACCI-
DENT INSURANCE. tf
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
«a
Good Business
IS WHAT WE ARE ENJOYING. ALMOST EVERY DAY WE
HAVE CUSTOMERS FROM EVERY SECTION OF THE
COUNTY. LAST WEEK WE HAD THEM FROM LEON,
NAVARRO,. ANDERSON AND LIMESTONE. THEY ALL
SEEMED TO BE WELL PLEASED WITH THE QUALITY.
AND PRICE AS WELL AS THE LARGE ASSORTMENT
AND VARIETY OF GOODS THAT WE HAVE AT THIS
PARTICULAR TIME.
THE UNEXPECTED ALWAYS HAPPENS, WE THOUGHT
IT WOULD BE A LONG TIME BEFORE GOODS WOULD
GET BACK SCARCE AND HIGH, BUT THEY ARE AL-
READY GETTING SCARCE IN THE WHOLESALE MARK-
ETS, AND PRICE HAS BEEN ADVANCING FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS. FORTUNATELY, WE BOUGHT A LARGE STOCK
IN AUGUST AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MARKET, AND
THERE HAS BEEN ONLY A FEW INSTANCES IN WHICH
WE HAD TO FILL IN AT HIGHER PRICES. WE WILL t)0
OUR PAlRT TO KEEP DOWN THE LIVING COSTS.
WE WILL KEEP THE PRICES AS LOW AS WE CAN AS
LONG AS WE CAN. WE GIVE YOU BETTER VALUES FOR
YOUR MONEY.
H,
OUR MOTTO; “LIVE AND LET UVE.”
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Hall Dry Goods Company
One Price Cash Store
Fairfield, - Texas
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1921, newspaper, October 14, 1921; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1109839/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.