Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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[the one-way pocket I A I OUTSIDE f 4 ' Trade Influences t " " * ' - - r * ' ' Ci ' . ' * rt . l> C*. City Store II 1 Chain Store Peddler Mafl Order Radio Selling ' ' . V : ' " ' " ' ~~ ' - 7 ' No community is without those individuals with One Way Pockets. i And by that we mean those individuals who fail to appreciate 'the fact that increase in their own holding valuation depends to a very I 1t marked degree on the continued growth and prosperity of the commun- j I ity and the making possible of this growth requires the patronage of ! I i the members living therein. In other words they are those individuals j I ! who are unwilling to help their neighbor realize their own patronage [ ! to the sum total of all, making for a better community and hence ulti- ! mately resulting to the advantage of the "One Way Pocket" individual. I j j Such individuals are comparable to the "One Way Pocket Business 11 Institutions"?business that takes profit out of a community always without any intention of contributing to the untilmate welfare of the | community, and hence that of every individual living therein. Compet- |J itive conditions force such business institutions to take what might be L termed a legitimate profit if measured in terms of the institution that j was returning a portion of this profit in the form of taxes, rent, pur- j chases of other living necessities from their neighbor?another business institution within the community and hence contributing also to the | community welfare and increased valuation. But when the profits | j they make are all taken out of a community with nothing returned for ! the continued support and upbuilding of the community from which it I was acquired, then the profit is exceedingly exhorbitant and unwar- I I ranted. j Such business institutions are usually located miles distant from f j the home town with no interest other than profits from the community | j on the patronage that should rightfully go to the business institutions that are operated by neighbors of those persons who make possible' the j chance for the "One Way Pocket Business Institutions" to acquire pat- ! ronage to which they are not justly entitled when measured by the amount of their "profits returned" to the general good of the communi- j j ty. If they are classified in terms of the returnable community up- , building asset they1 become to the individual and community factors j of unfair and unwarranted competition. | | You patronize just such concerns when you spend your money in I places other than the home-owned or operated stores and shops. Few of these institutions pay one cent of taxes to build our yoads, schools, churches, public buildings, not to mention the innumerable social, civic | and charitable enterprises of the community These are the things that j make and determine the value of your home, farm or position. Neither j do the above institutions contribute to the permanency of the town j the railroad shipping center, the marketing point where you can 'exchange commodities or hire for the products of your neighbor. | I All of these things contribute ultimately to your own wealth and 11 welfare. . J Hence the 'question, is their profit, whatever it may be, a fair one? 11 Yet, aside from the merchandise standards of suchY>usiness insti- j | j tutions that operate in this community, the merchants of Camden and j Kershaw County, your neighbors are willing to meet and sell agpinst the questionable profit prices of such concerns, if you will judge fairly | the quality, inspection privileges, cash or extended credit arrangements j and delivery charges of their merchandise with those of the local | 1 business institution. I And not one cent is added into the profit prices of the local con- j i cerns, to be paid back as support for local public enterprises that go to ? make the community and determine values on our respective sources 11 of living. And incidentally, the holding values and wealth of Camden as a unit has a direct bearing on .the wealth of everyone living within j the larger community bounds. ' 11 ? TRADE WITH CAMDEN-OWNED STORES 1 _ r-> ] / t , jlj Redfearn Motor Company ford products telephone 140 L. Lomansky SHOES AND REPAIRING TELEPHONE 313 Hirsch Bros. & Company CAMDEN'S. LEADING DEPARTMENT STOpE TELEPHONE 6 McLeod-Rush Co. fancy groceries and market Cowl Things To Bat. Services and Prices Right > 44 TELEPHONES 26 Carolina Motor Company we make, spend and keep our*' money in camden _ W. Sheorn & Son dry goods?shoes i clotolftg Williams Insurance Agency GENERAL INSURANCE TELEPHONE 52 Wolfe-Eichel Co. DRY GOODS?CLOTHING?SHOES LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR Burns & Barrett HARDWARE & SPORTING GOODS TELEPHONE S4 I The Leader DRY GOODS?CLOTHING SHOES W.G. Wilson PRICE?QUALITY?SERVICE WE LIVE, BUY AND SELL IN CAMDEN McCaskill & Lollis YOUR GROCER FOR YEARS SERVICE AND QUALITY ALWAYS V Fischel's 5-10-25C Store - v - v-~ ?*** -------?V?L . - R. S. Williams STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES PHONE 47 WJE DELIVER Camden Furniture Company THE HOME OF HONEST VALUES TELEPHONE 1S6 Johji M. Villepigue & Co. TELEPHONE 14 Electrik Maid Bake Shop SPECIALIZING IN KREAM KRUST BREAD CAKES AND PIES Rhame Brothers PURINA FEEDS HAY AND GRAIN TELEPHONE 92 ? Miss M. E. Gerald EXCLUSIVE MILINERY SHOP * Lang's Grocery FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES OUR MOTTO: "QUALITY! FIRST' Iodine Products Stores SOUTH CAROLINA'S Q^N i J \ 1 . *. , V + m anf. ni.1 r 1 I- - City Filling Station I SHELL PRODUCTS ' f WHOLESALE?RETAIL E ' TELEPHONE 70 *B. W. Marshall I DRY GOODS?GROCERIES?MEATS PHONE 354-W j A. Sheheen I GROCERIES?Wholesale and Retail j TELEPHONE 323-W I DesChamps, Inc. I Dry Cleaning for Particular People I OUR SERVICE WILL PLEASE YOU j j 103 DcKALB STREET PHONE S67 I Schlosburg's Stores I Schlosburg's 5-10-25c Stores I OFFICE TELEPHONE 295 I ( City Laundry I Camden Dry Cleanery I PHONE 17 I