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Show II DOLLAR JUST SIMS HOME The Secretary of a Chamber of Commerce In a little city In Mlsslsslp-pi Mlsslsslp-pi once decided to learn what hap. pens to a dollar bill In the course of a year. He accordingly took three dollar bills and parted a slip ;o ouch notifying the recipient of the bill ! check, it whenever it passed out of his hands. These dollar bills went the rounds and at the end or n year tlip local banks turned them oer to the Seere-tary Seere-tary wit li the records of their travels. It was-found that each one of these passed through some 200 hands. Following Is about the trava'.ogue story that eticli one of these dollar bills might, have told: "After 1 left you I went direct to the grocer's till. My visit there was brief, however, for a farmer ente -ed the store, with a crate of eggs and the grocer turned m over with others tn exchange. I thought I was goim; to get a little trip to the country but I never left town, for my farmer friend took m( down the street ii'id turned me over to the clothi.ig dealer. deal-er. "I couldn't tell you all about, the fine people I visited during the year but I remember that one was the minister, another a wot kinsman hel;-.:K hel;-.:K to build a new pavement tlhougr: :ti" city, another a sc!;mI teaehe, w' o v r eivd !;:, In e. ..mi;; for !.et wn'li in Instructing some of the chil-divl chil-divl of our town. I also visited a doctor, a lawyer and a man wot king on the new community house. 1 spent a little time in the bank aud earned a little money for some of i iy friends. "1 fee I that I have brought a con sidorable amount of happiness to the poor.li oi our town and J atn ready to no out now and put in another siren-!i)i!.s siren-!i)i!.s year' In Iplnglo' liiild tip worth while thi:::;-. for our commi'idf y. ' This is what happens to the dollar that stays here in town. On' nun-v. nun-v. .'y of helping to improve our co;: ini'.tii'y is to keep Its many ns possible of these pood, busy HUlf, workers .' i: re at heme. |