The Mena weekly star., 1908-02-06
FOR IJP-TO-DATE
 HARDWARE STORE
Plans Perfected to Greatly Enlarge That Department of the
 Cash Store.
FURNITURE STOCK SOLD
The Space It Occupied Too Great to Allow Desired Development of
 Other Lines.

B. F. Addison of tte Cash Store has sold the entire stock of furniture, carpets, rugs, curtains, etc., business and good will, to the J. c. Jackson Drug and Fur niture Company, which is soon to occupy the large new building being prepared on Mena street. The goods have already been moved and Mir. Adkisson is over hauling his big store rooms in time to be ready for new stocks that will soon arrive.
 In speaking of the change to representative of The Star MT. Adkissou said that he was de- termlned to have the best hard ware store in Western Arkansas, and, while he had found the furniture business profitable, i, occupied and needed ESQ much space that it was impossible 10 properly conduct that business and the hardware store he was determined to maintain in the space at his command.
 II intend to have," said Mir. Adk;sson, tone of the very best hardware stores in the. country. l shall have line of shelf goods and general hardware that will comprise almost everything in the market, particularly in high grade goods. In addition to this I will make speciality of secur- ing the agency for all sorts of household necessities and con veniences usually advertised in magazines and periodicals. My stock of chinaware will be also brought up to high standard. y
 MT. Adkisson says he will add one entirely new department to his store, solely for the accommo- dation of his country merchant trade-a first class stock of notions. He says that 1t is al- most regular thing for his GUS toners in this line-and he has great numbers of them ito send iu neighbors or teamsters with orders that include hardware and notions, and that in the past his only course was to go out and buy the latter goods. Ia this latter line 1t is the intention to have little but samples on dis play, leaving the goods in the original packages and in case lots for the convenience of merchan customers. However, Mir. Ad- disson says he will appreciate any business his town customers give him in the notion line, assuring them the very bottom prices, but will not make a feature of that part of the business. He has arranged to keep in close touch with the markets, being prepared at all times to take advantage of any special bargains that can be secured by spot cash, and pro- poses at all times to sell the goods on a close margin, thus making a good saving for his customers. By this course 1t is hoped to keep a constant stream of goods flow. ing m and out of the Cash Store almost every day in the year.
 Mir. Adkisson is having made some extra fine show cases and other fixtures of the most up-to- date pattern for use in the re modelled slorerooms, all with the intention of making the Cash Store the equal of similar estab- lishments in the large cities. The business will te also conducted along the same progressive lines.
 This store has, in a few years grown from very small begin- ming to one of the largest snd most substantial institutions iu Mena, and the public may depend upon il that 1t will be heard from in the future business history of this part of the state.