Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 25, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 17 January 1927 — Page 6

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THmFT DAY * •'- r ' l '/ K ZrE'W ’ ■-'•• I '- !l ' w IE a.O-etd BMM, J •) JarjSdmu ■ T — ----- -J — , c r o r , Q —°-- r ° o_.. c—o noo C- _f A _ c /_ ; . n ~ . c .. ?... f.. ./l^ n T7r u -~n'■ MtWDAY aFUTJI ..MlJXMlillia w - W ‘'P^ l '‘WiniHWnil^' k l "'- “ Illi | I h . < ?| I ||| '~ "'~ ~~V !'■'LM^MMMMir B ’ flB 11® SrS' 'I ■ ■ man may ’ 'f h c knows n °t ' low to save I | y/ as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.” \Xj I * B ff —Poor Richard’s Almanac yj ; 1 i I POOR RICHARD’S homely maxims are worth following for one ex- 1 ’ I ; ceedingly good reason; they were written by a man who knew where- j I ■ of he spoke. Starting as a humble printer’s apprentice, Franklin had ; | * I [ to keep his “nose to the grindstope,’’but thrift jand wise living made • | II I him rise to the heights, made him the friend and confident of kings. |i II f : : He knew how to save as he earned--he knew how to save with a pur- 1 II II pose. I ■: I | H I | TO THE MAN who cannot learn that good lesson, life can pffer few : | z ' H I J lasting pleasures. He can never learn the joy that exists in saving; he ; I Ijj I can never know the. pleasurable anticipation of the benefits the bank | | i l|l I account will bring. His years, with never any reserve fund to draw ■ | Sil • g. : upon, may consist of one period of financial worry after another. The • Jit j ||| II I grindstone will have him, wear him down, keep him until he is gone. ’ t \ 1:1 I M 111 HI • ’> HAPPILY for the world, the species of man who will not save is be- j : II! f : coming almost extinct. Today, Monday. January 17,1927, is the 221st ; l!i j | ■ anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birthday, and fittingly marks the i ; Il ||| HI opening of the tenth National Thrift Week. Each year of that ten has i ' 1 ||| Lj found savings bank deposits growing by leaps and bounds, and gener- I ||| al prosperity growing in accordance. More and more people are join- ||| HI ing the great army of Franklin followers, and saving with a purpose. ■ ||| HI They are saving for old age, for travel, for education, for a home — i ||| HI for innumerable causes. , ' i 1 ||| M 1 ||g They are the successful people—the savings bank depositors’ ! 1 |l|| 111 Are you one? 1 || HI i i 1 111 111 1 =g First National Bank Old Adams County Bank' i | j I j. I a i ' z |||| I' nTTTVII The Peoples Loan and Trust Co. : I ||| Jji pK A 111 ill 7 t TrBUFT MEANS SAVING WJSELYT\A IWJ I : Bp; 1 lilll ‘■f rrn—' ■T* •* ‘" 4l *'*!‘.*‘? *** * ■ <~i .~A. r..

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, JANUARY 17.