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rather carefully, cutting down somewhat on their expenditures for non-essential goods and services.
At the same time, they have been paying their installment debt at a faster clip than usual.
Because of this self-control on the part of most consumers and because of steadily rising incomes, credit men feel that the public has the situation well in hand and has not over-extended itself.
In Rappahannock County, installment debt at midyear came to an estimated $1,320 per family, based upon average earnings and expenditures locally and upon national debt studies.
That is the overall average. Some families owe considerably
94.9%