The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-08
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IT was passing, ne sa1u, w1e1ng MS
perspiring brow on a cheap handker-
chief with the price mark on it, fan
thought Ia drop in an indorse yore
move. Say, gentlemen, I'll bet you
haven't thought about til mean you
haven't once thought of J., L. Tarp in
connection with your new enterprise,
but IN bet you will when tell you a
thing or two. To begin with-wait!
There Is a fellow down below with two
bales of cotton that I'VE bid on If 1
get the cotton he will buy ten bolts of
sheeting, lot Of boots and shoes from
me and supply o. coffee ana sugar.
1 don't want the foreigners across the
street to nab i'm They've been chin
ming him for an hour-fairly crying on
his Misunderstanding him u was
faker. But I think I've got i'm nailed.
1 told the brood Of children he had
with him that when they got to my
place I'd give them an a big stick of
candy each. They won't let the old
man rest till he bitches at my store.
hardly sen a pound O candy a week.
but I buy it by the barrel at whole
sale rates to give away
Tarp here thrust his head and Shout
ders out of u window and, with his
udAQ5 OA1 Tie OQIGE S111, -SdH0Os
t.Drive it down to the side door, old
man, an dump it of The boys VIII
allow you good weight. All right, all
right. You know the big red sign over
the sidewalk "Tarp'g Emporium P .
The merchant drew his head in and
smiled in satisfaction t'He had al
ready started The candy did the
work One OF the little boys was hold
in the reins, an another was whippin'
up the team One of the foreigners
was runnin' along at the side pleadin'
like the woods afre, but landed my
man really ought to be there to see
that cotton put on the scales though.
Those bales may be waterlogged."
WaterloggedF Howard inquired
what Is that?"
a@Oh, now an, then a bale is soaked
clean through with water, left in the
creek overnight to give it weight I've
run a sampler into bale in my time
an got outNenough water to satisfy the
thirst A bale q that sort when it lies
on the ground VIII start regular
spring.
That's the farmers stick candy
racket Abner remarked dryly- but
yoa said you come In to tell u.s.
lows know where l come in on this
new deal of yours. Money In your
tfl1 of course, is the main thing. an
I'm free spender with a home paper
If it is good one Now, the glad It'd
ings Of J. L. Tarp's Dry Goods and
General Merchandise Emporium is
spreading over three counties AROUND
barley. My cut price system is doing
a lotto build up the town, and all my
advertisements are gobbled up like
election returns
They say you have knocked out the
ratent inside idea, and you will want
to fill that space with something fresh
and catchy Now, I'm just the man
to fill it with items about what is TAX
in place in my emporium. Time after
time I've come to Hillhouse with the
intention of sticking in a full page ad.,
but he wouldn't listen to me. He fig
ured on 'em once or twice, an wanted
to charge me at a rate that no live
business man could stand So he
forced me to send to Rome to. have my
handbills printed. Now I'm goin' to
bring in the copy for a bang up full
page announcement an if you can
meet my estimate, why, I'll know that
the right men have got hold of the
Clarion at last
Have you any idea how much you
could afford to pay for full page adj
IN our next issue?' Abner asked. 1--WE
are goin' to send out an give away
5000 copies, so the public will know
we are here An ad. in that issue
would be a whoppin' big thing fer
you"
I haven't figured on it," Tarp DELHI
Grated. land figure on every thing
even TO the Irvine we use In tying up
bundles at the wrapping counter; but
at a rough guess 1 should say that I
could pay $25."
For the ink am paper?''l Abner
wfnked slyly at Howard and half
smiled.
For the whole thing the merchant
said firmly. You will be short of
news, and 1 tell you that get an adj
up in a way that is so bright and fun
O. meat that folks cut 'em out anG
paste 'em in their scrap books an read
'em out loud at school exhibitions. I'm
simply great on the local column adj
the sort that fools the reader till the
very end, and then busfs like a fire
) cracker. Sometimes l make ,em study
pretty hard before the idea is fully
that folks mention even today. If it
didn't take too long III turn back to
your files and read it to you''
".You think S25 is a fair price for q
full page ad. in the New Cfsrfon p
asked Abner. "Ef you don't double il
the type won't be set up In this Office
We intend to live an let live. You
think yore shebang is goih' to draw
grist to our mill, but the shoe is on
t'other foot-tile one with the corn or
If that seems to bother you this morn
in's'
"a ~Tm afraid we can't work together
then, -Tarp sighed.
Not fer yore stick candy. anyway, ?
Abner laughed. Save. that fer chill
dren to suck Me m Howard arc
a-goin' to git paid fair fer every ad
shat IS printed in our paper, an DOM