The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-11-06

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when they get IN article there. Wat
kins -tor. has always bsen a favorite
pl;,r,. With the ladies, and it il growing
NOR popular -act SEASON. Their
sh-lve4. and counters are stocked at all
times with almost every conceivable fab
ric OF the loom and every device and ap-
pointment intended to be worn as CON-
fOrting garments or as additions to
personal adOrnment and dress. They
do big trade both at home and abroad,
and it would be interesting to know how
far specimens from their millenery and
dress goods departments travel.
In the millenery department they have
alarger and better selected stockthis sea-
son and their sal+- have been 80 heavy
that the young lady expert who liz in
charge of this department hsA found it
necessary to secure extra help. 1t is
enough to say that Miss Rosa Thomas
can serve the ladies' to btst advantage
when they desire to purchase any article
in her line She has a full line OF the
latest, most stylish and prettiest milleH-
cry goods of every description, such as
hats and bonnets, trimmed and untrim-
med, flowers, feathers, ribbons, etc.
When it comes to hardware it is diff
cult to enumerate Suffice it to say they
have very large and complete stock
and can supply any article in this line
andlat prizes that defy competition. They
are leaders on stoves-cOOkers and
heaters. The Robt E. Lee and New Pat
, tern are the best cooking stoves on the
market for the money.
In the furniture department you will
find an immense stock also. They have
rything from an ordinary split bot
tom chair to the finest chamber suits.
Hair, moss and shuck mattresses, bed
springs, &C. Something nice are those
folding beds, which must be seen to be
admired.
And of course to fully set your room
off you want a new carpet. Well, at Wat
kins' store you will find carpets OF all
kinds, and st all prices. They have the
biggist stock in Henderson, and can suit
all tastes and purses, whether you want
helnps, cotton chains, ingrains, extra
super and 3-plys for chamber, or tsp
estry, body Brussels and velv cts for
parlor. In rugs they show also a large
variety that ca mot fail to please,
As cold weather comes your tn oughts
will naturally turn to something else
besides thick clothing, kelting stoves,
&C., for you must have nice warm blank
cts, comforts, and the like to sleep
under. Well, Watkins cannot only sell
you the bedstead and mattress, but the
clothing to go on it as we'll. They have
q very large stock OF blankets, hannels,
and woolens of all kinds, cheaper than
you can get them anywhere else.
With their advantages in buying, the
large and varied stock carried, and a
libral and iudicious use Of printers ink,
the immense business of this concern is
to be taken as a natural result of "a COM
bination of fortuitous circumstances,
such as few merchants find themselves
surrounded with. Possessed of ample
capital, Messrs. S. & c. Watkins pay
cash for nearly every thing they buy, and
discount most all of their bills. Their
saving in this one item alone would be
considered a fair profit by many small
dealers. This is one way to account for
the low prices at which this firm is en-
abed to sell. In the first place, they
have one OF the best and closest buyers
that ever selected stock of goods. in
the person OF Mr. s. Watkins, and then
paying the ready cash and getting the
benefit OF all discounts, gives them an
advantage which they are not slow to
use to best effect always.
Mr.. Watkins is merchant by nature,
and to his fine business Judgment in buy
ing and his excellent management in the
store, is due the very gratifying success
of the firm. No better buyer visits the
Northern markets and this gives them
a wonderful advantage in enabling them
to offer such splendid bargains to their
customers. In such things as clothing
and shoes they buy direct from the job
Der or manufacturer-many of their
goods being made to order especially for
this house-they getting them at the
same cost the jobber gets his, thus
enabling them to sell to as good advaH
age.
This firm is a live, pushing and pro-
gressive one. Wide-awake and aggres-
sive as business men, the standard OF
their success is borne proudly upward
and onward in its steady growth and
development and to-day in all the
broad field of merchandise they acknowl-
edge no superior, own no equal. and fear
no rival.