Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 17, Decatur, Adams County, 20 January 1928 — Page 8

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IgAIgNAgffiHiMHWM January 17th January 23rd » •- - t— ißiiinr ~u—iiu.3 ■ jMtfKMßjMrwb Irrt,i —>!r;- » '— B 21st IniSil «mSE - Start start BhBBWm A’T? / a fewßßKiK'' Sk / v / W - f' Am I a Good Customer? PROCRASTINATION in meeting our bills is, with most of us, merely a / llllllplL \ matter of habit. We know they must be paid. We intend to pay them. k I We could just as well do it right away. Then why do we toss them aside to ■ fllollip / be paid next week, or the week after, or several weeks hence? It is just this habit of mind that is the cause of our paying a little more for everything we eat and wear and use than we would have to if we Benjamin Franklin, sett!ed up P rom Pt’.y. “The Apostle of Thrift” Money which belongs to one person is worth a certain rate of interest when someone else is using it. When we do not pay our bills promptly we are really having the use of money that belongs to the merchants — who must pay their bills by the 10th of the month or lose their discount. If you and I and a great many other people are using money that should be earning interest for them, they feel quite justified in adding to their prices “Save a margin to cover the loss caused by delinquent customers. Then, too, slow and bad accounts are the cause of many business fail--1 tires, and every failure has its effects on the general prosperity of the anQ community. O 22 Let’s make a resolution on this, National Pay Bills Promptly Day, to 1 AV settle our bills as soon as they are due. From a selfish point of view it’s * just good business. These Banks Are At Your Service. Consult Them I First National Bank Old Adams County Bank Peoples Loan & Trust Co. f • , , '

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT FRIDAY,.I ANU ARY 20, 1928