Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-01-30
JACKSON As 4 Clothing MARKET
ONE or OUR FIRMS REACHING OUT
HUNDREDS OF EiLES FOR
TRADE.
And who is Probably the Most
Successful Clothing Dealer
i'm the state.

in the State.
Passing down West Capitol street
few days since, our attention was at
tracted TO n large number of packages
being delivered to an express wagon III
front of w. c.. Jones store. This being
an unusual sight, we passed over where
Mr.. Zeb Inge. Jones' lightning clothing
salesman, was directing the shipments
and enauired, "What's up ?" Nothing
uncommon. Why?" "What does all
this mean?' simply getting off these
goods by express suits, overcoats,
pants. etc, sold to parties at dlS-
lance" We noticed on the packages
the following named places, to when
goods we're being shipped: Canton;
J Gloster. Durant, Anding, Crystal
Springs. Terry, Raymond, Brandon,
Hattiesburg, McComb City, Vicksburg,
Hazlehurst, Forest and Natchez. This
was a surprise, but being shown the eX-
press books. these scarcely represent
ed one-tenth of the places where goods
we're shipped this season. We noticed
Monroe, La, several places in Ala
bama. Tennessee, and Houston, Texas,
, we're on the list. In southern and
northern Mississippi Mr.. Jones has a
very large trade, encroaching on both
Memphis and New Orleans territory.
In fact. competition is the life of his
} trade. and he courts it upon every
: hand.
Becoming more interested the re
porter walked through and examined
the stock: First were overcoats, about
sixty different styles, ranging in price
from $3.50 to $50 and in size as large as
so. This being the largest variety of
overcoats the reporter has seen, he
asked. Gan you sell such large over
coats." When the fact was learned
that Mr.. d. NJ Womack, the well-known
tobacco salesman, had tried in New
Orleans, Natchez, Vicksburg, Memphis
| and Meridian without getting tit.
, The first one he tried at Mr.. Jones fit
ted him in size, price and quality. He
paid the SO, put on the overcoat, smll,
ed and said, my friend, you have saved
| me just Si5 on this coat" He wears
"a coat breast and 81 hip measure. mat
prince of travelling statesmen, Mr.. Leigh
Alexander, also says he saved S11 by
buying an overcoat of Mr.. Jones, in
which his striking figure is quite hand
some, calculated to be taken at any
time for Emperor William. We might
mention twenty or thirty travelling
men who have bought their outfits of
Mr.. Jones, but space allows us to name
only one, that jolly, genial, yet fastld-
ious John G.. Davidson, who looks hand
somer and feels prouder than Jay
Gould ever did in his elegant outfit.
Besides being very popular with trav
, cling statesmen, Mr.. Jones is also a
great favorite with the life insurance
men. That old Roman of the New
York Life, Robert B. Minis, looks as
dressed up and elegant as picture in
fine beaver overcoat and suit. There
is no better insurance man than Mr.
Minis, and his great success may III
part be due to the fact that he buys
his elegant outfits of Mr. Jones. Then
comes that dashing, polite-as-a- dane
ing master, w. II. Tegarden, dressed mp
in suit bought of MIR. Jones. The la
dies say Tegarden is the 'prettiest man
in town." and who knows better than
they? He is hustler in the insur-
ance business, and buys clothing with
Judgment. With the same company,
(the New York Equitable) we mention
the clever and gentlemanly r. p. Pitch
ford and good whOle-souled, honest Joe
Power, (who doesn't know Joe Power?)
looking like they were just out of band
boxes in their neat and close fitting
suits, and we must not forget to men
ton that get-up- and-move insurance
solicitor, w. r. Mosely, who wears
Jones clothes and writes policy every
day in the week.
The suits and pants department are
given special attention. Suits from So
to $50 and run in sizes as high as 80,
and pants to fit any shape, whether on
the bean pole or lager beer build
about 600 styles of suits and equally as
many pants. In these lines he carries
the largest stock in the State.
In hats, shoes, shirts, and underwear,
the assortment is the largest we have
seen. We saw one pair of drawers that
measured "a inches in the waist and
an undershirt to match; also about 80
different styles in j. B. Stetson hats.
Mr.. Jones is the largest dealer in fine
hats between Memphis and New Or
leans as shown by his purchases.
Seeing that Mr.. Jones was having
such great success in the clothing line,
we ventured to ask: "Where do you
buy your clothing?" and the reply was,
"whO else on earth can make such
clothing but Cohn, Bros. & Co., Gin
cinnati? Percy Minis is their Missis-
sippi salesman they have 80 others in
other Statesl. The right man with the
best house in the country, and no mis-
take" "They make the best fitting,
longest wearing, easiest selling cloth
ing l ever saw"
Mr.. Jones and his able assistants
never tire talking, and his sales this
year are simply marvellous. He is one
of the finest buyers in the business
and it is an open secret that he bought
his fall stock fully 25 per cent. below
the market price. At one time he
bought $4,000 worth of clothing and
buying in such large quantities and
paying cash, obtaining big discounts,
there is no telling how low he can SELL
He buys only from importers and man
ufactures, and the best trade seek his
patronage.
While Mr. Jones' great success large
, ~ depends on his own ability as a
merchant. be gives due credit to the
able help he always secures. He will
tolerate only the best statesmen, who
thoroughly understand how to serve
. the customers and who are also thor
I ough judges of goods handled.
BY his correct dealings, his able man
agement of his trade and his low
prices, he has built up large business.
and made many friends, both in COM
mercial circles and among the people;
he sells and his trade increases as the
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