The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-12-18

AS a place for the retail buyer the
Hattiesburg market offers advantages /
second to none to be found in any I
city in Mississippi, or any city in the t
country with a population not great {
ly in excess of that of the Metropolis
of South Mississippi. Here the in {
dividual can satisfy his or her wants ;
for every requisite for the adornment
of the physical being and at prices
| lower than asked for similar mer-
chandise in the larger cities Of the
country where overhead expenses,
rents. ETC., necessitate larger profits
to the merchant. The same can be
said when it comes to the buying of
the necessaries and luxuries of life,
other than wearing apparel. In the
large department stores of the city the |
most fastidious tastes can be fully |
gratified, for if there is any one thing |
the merchants of the city are agrees /
sive in it is keeping abreast of the
times and ever being on the alert and
look out for the new things, and
changing fashions.
Hattiesburg's retail establishments
, in the several lines of business. the
= up-to-dateness, Hastily decorated
: windows and well arranged stocks of
q goods are one of the first things that
O impress the newcomer and have in a
G large measure contributed to the rep
4 utation of the place as a real, live lit
n tie city, modern in every particular.
+ These business houses are cause for
q Just pride on the part of the citizen
q ship of the community, pride which
! is manifested by the liberal patron
= age given and the confidence impos-
= ed in the judgment of the dealers. In
| | less degree than is usually the case,
III the Hattiesburg public, goes or sends
out of the city to do its trading-this
because the local merchant antici-
III pates the wants and needs of the pur-
| chaser and obviates the necessity OF
seeking elsewhere for the things
wanted. No city in the state can
III boast of a larger number of large es
II Establishments with newer or better dis
III played stocks of merchandise thar
II Hattiesburg. The larger establish
iii ments have their trained corps O
Ill buyers familiar with the business
situation in the markets of the coun
II try, and in this way they learn of ad
I'LL Sty-1as ond Snnpia1 ua11IaS
Hi months before their competitors il
III the smaller towns. That is why onl!
iii up-to-date articles are to be found il
the Hattiesburg stores. And severa
iii of the stores send their representa-
iii tives to the markets each season t,
iii get first hand information and VIII
iii get the pick of the choicest of tn
iii seasons offerings.
iii The good financial standing of tn
Ill Hattiesburg retail stores rebounds t
iii the benefit of the customer. The buy
Hi er in the New York or Chicago mari
iii ct are by reason of the standing c
Hi the firms they represent enabled t
iii have the largest number of wholesal
III houses to buy from and because of tn
II sharp competition for customers {
III this class he is not only given a lar!
"! err selection but closer prices. TIL
iii latter enables his firm to sell good
I'LL cheaper while the former keeps u
iii the quality of Hattiesburg sold good
Hill The present season with the reta
|ll merchants has been most successf
Hi one, showing that prosperity is rapi
I'LL ly returning with a constantly increa
I'LL ing population to materially increa
iii the volume of business. Hattiesbur
I'LL though perhaps the hardest hit COZ
I'LL munity in this section of the Unit
Hill States by the panic of four years az
Hill signs Of which linger family, EMO
Hill a unique record for the insignificant
Hill small number of business failur
iii that have taken place during tn
Hill time. This shows that the busine
Hill enterprises are conducted on ss
Hill basis and prepared by reason of &C
Hin Sentative, iptslligent management
Hill weather 81 any storm. Some
iii the bus' firms of course suffer
I'LL losses Ig the period of stagnati,
Hill but Tn Hattiesburg spirit and g
Hill sustained them and failures have be
Hi rare indeed, and having complet,
Hi passed through that period of depr
iii sion they are in better position tn
Hi IN hn hanARfC .f ~of
iii prosperity and at the same time e