Americus times-recorder. [volume], March 24, 1915, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

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PAGE SIX
Wishing won’t win for you
.. . But Working wi11...
l/loni; Tp>js> The third and last voting period of the Times-Recorder Thrift Club is now in
IVldliy di force. The final close of the big campaign is less than two short weeks away. Ten
f A¥l7 O' caw nn> ° c^ Saturday night, April 3rd. is the closing hour, and within two hours after the
EsuE J Cmfw ildiVC close the winners will be announced and the seventeen magnificent prizes will be
I* w m Tin awarded them. Out of possibly 300 nominees brought forward by their hopeful
n€€U£(l 1 iIC friends as possible winners of the grand awards to be distributed by the Times-Re-
g •- corder on April 3rd, only a few have proved true to the faith of those who believed
Upporluelly in them and their abilit y to win - The seven districts today show a list so scant as to
remind one of the list of Hebrews at an Irish wedding feast. However there is keen
satisfaction in the list of talent that still remains, a satisfaction similiar to that of the
planter who, having tested out all his weak, good for nothing seeds, find only the
strong, vigorous ones remaining.
Tfi£> CLitfiifif ifin The field has been very nearly cleared and soon will appear only those who have
* the right to be called active members of the Thrift Club, and these few will evidence
• 17c**-,# activity enough to make even the most indifferent sit up and take notice. The mon
1S E 4 3SI e y conditions, of course, are no + so good as they might be, but soon folks will be
* come sane again from the utterly unfounded scare from which they have been sut-
ImnrftVllME sering, and realize ttie truth of the sav of that certain colored individual, who joyous
» ly tossed his last “two-bits” to the butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker,
and says‘ “Ah’m gona live anyhow until Ah Die.” Soon conditions will improve to
such an extent that the receiving tellers in the banks will get writers cramps from
making entries in pass books. This ridiculous propensity to see and borrow trouble
with which so many people are afflicted is so outrageously overworked that no
wonder their credit with their groceryman is always strained to the very limit, and
hat they will go around the block rather than pass by the front door of their butcher.
When You There is one stand ird that never varies, and that is the knocker's. A knocker is
the sort of a man that will hunt out a mud puddle,wade through it, and then “cuss”
Meet 3 at ,he city which permith them within it’s limits. Strange as it may seem,the knock
er is usually the most strenous talker in his neighborhood, just as the yellowest dog
Knnpl/pp howls the loudest. Perhaps the same strain runs through them both. Members of
IlllUvnCi the Thrift Club should consider such possibilities when they find the same character -
istics evidenced by those who go out of their way to dishearten and discourage hon
est ambition and effort. Just remember that he who imputes false motives "to his
neighbor will bear close watching himself, as to be continually harping about such
things is mighty good evidence that he himself might be able to hide behind a cork
screw.
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. Use the time you have. It may be only an hour or so a dav. Use it—make it
Joil’l VVOFFVJ tell. It’s the utilizing of time, not how much you have that will put your name
9 among those of the seventeen lucky winners. You should not worry because you
Wm*k do not obtain the results you fnink you should all the time. Everything worth while
■ * takes time and effort to accomplish; therefoie giue yourself and your friends time—
always keeping in mind that one week from next Saturday night is the closing date
Remember this, the Thrift Club will pay >ou far better than any other proposition to
which you could devote your time during the next two weeks. Use judgement and
system, and you absolutely cannot fail to obtain your reward from the campaign Do
just as much as you can eacn day, and aboqe all things, don’t borrow trouble.
You Can Be One of the 17 Winners
If You Will Only "Will to Be”
THE AMERICUS DAILY TIMESRECORDER
WEDNESDAY, ITAECH 24, 1915