The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-10
ST. LOUIS WHOLESALE DRY
GOODS HOUSES OFFER BIG
BARGAIN OFFERING OF
MERCHANDISE.
TO BEGIN ON NOVEMBER IS
Merchants Coming From All Over
the Country-Carleton, Ely-Wslk.
er, Ferguson-Mekinney, Har.
gadine-Mekittriek and
Rice-Stis Co.'s In
Uriauc Pan.

St Louis is to add one more car
nival to the number already held
this autumn. This last is to be a
business affair-a week-next week
November IS to 25- OF clearance
sales-big bargain offerings by the
five big Wholesale Dry Goods Houses
known general as st. Louis Big
Five" holding their annual clearing
sales simultaneously, and acting in
unison in the care ana entertain.
ment of visiting merchants.
The houses entering into the con.
cert of the clearance sales are the
Ely-Waller Dry Goods CO., Rice-Stix
Dry Goods Co. Hargadine Dry Goods
Co. Carleton Dry Goods Co. and
Ferguson Mckinney Dry Goods Co.,
five of the largest wholesale houses
in the country, and who have made
ST. Louis the chief dry goods dis
trlbuting center of the country
They have been preparing for this
sale for some time. and have ready
every desirable sort of goods that can
be handled the current season. and
have made such low prices that al
ready merchants who have learned of
1t have not only signified their in
tention of coming to the sale, but
have scheduled in advance their
wants, to secure expedition in at;
tention when they come and ship
ments when the sale opens
1t will be a big sale. the big
gest the Carleton.Ely-Walk Fergu.
son.McKlnney, Hargadine-M -McKittrick
and Rice-Stix Dry Goods companies
have ever undertaken and the va.
riety OF seasonable goods will be
larger than ever offered before and
at more attractive prices than any
wholesale clearing sale Of tn kind
ever held.
One of the features of the sale car.
nival will be the entertainment Of
visiting merchants. Travelling repre-
sentatives OF all the houses are com.
ing in OF the road to aid the house
forces In taking care OF their guests,
and the reputation of St Louis and
st. Louisians for hospitality will be
emphasized
The sale will mark the prepa.
ration OF one of the great houses
joining in the sale. the Ely & Walk
er Dry Goods company. to remove
their new home at 10th and Wash.
from their present quarters to
their new, commodious home at 10th
and Washington avenue. a move
made necessary by the immense
growth of their business since they
went into the house they how oc.
cupy, itself covering nearly a city
block of ground.
The new home OF the company
is veritable commercial palace
and in its finish. arrangement and
equipment for the rapid and econom
ical handling of business, worth go
ing miles to see.
The Carleton, Ferguson. Mckinney
and ne-McKittrick companies
have all moved into new buildings
within few years, impelled by the
same motive. and the Rice-Stix com
pany have recently added to their
space a large part OF the block
they occupy.
That this Great Wholesale Dry
Goods Clearing Sale is advertised
In fcrty-eight great daily newspapers
in different parts OF the country Is
evidence that the big Five" houses
in ST. Louis-Carleton Dry Goods
Co. Ferguson.McKinney. Ely Walk
er. Observation-Disclosures and Rice
Silk have come to recognize. through
other advertising they have done ant
the following phenomenal increase II
sales. that the daily press is an ex
traordianry advertising medium anC
that they regard II as having Z
fixed place in modern life and bust
ness second 10 none.
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