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Show A STORY WITH A MORAL Recently a church congregation in a little Kansas Kan-sas town built a new church. To pay for it they were obliged to call on the merchants of the community com-munity for donations. The merchants responded liberally, and $300 was raised from this source. The last man asked to subscribe was a jeweler. "I will give you $20 if you will let me add something to the subscription list," he said. The permission was accorded him, and he wrote at the foot of the list: John Smith $20.00 Sears. Roebuck & Co 00.00 Montgomery, Ward fc Co 00.QO The church people saw the point when the priest read from the pulpit the list of donors to the building build-ing fund, and since the dedication of the church, there have bean no mail orders sent out from that Kansas town. The Merchants' Index. Yes, it is the old saying, and a true one. patronize patron-ize the home merchant, for it is he who helps you and the city you reside in as well; always ready to do anything in his power which is for the good of the community. We might add, also, that the advertisers ad-vertisers appearing in the Register appreciate your trade and show it by solociting it and spending some of their money in the spreading of Catholic literature for the home. Patronize them. Catholic Register. , . ' |