The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1919-12-18
MAKE YOUR LITTLE ONES
HAPPY
Read The Advertisements In This
Issue And Buy From Home
Merchants
Little Rock Wholesalers Appre
ciate Carlisle Trade

The approach of Christmas time
is in evidence as will be noted by
reading this issue of the indie
pendent, which contains % pages
of holiday advertisements and in
teresting Christmas stories and
reading matter. The paper this
week does not contain much news
matter on account Of the fact that
there has been a lull in happen
ings on account of preparations
for the annual holiday season.
Our merchants have all stocked
their business with everything for
the holiday trade, notwithstand-
ing the high prices they have had
to pay, and will have to charge
the consumer. They are all sell
ing on close margin in order to
give their customers a chance to
celebrate this glorious holiday
season in the usual good old way
that has been the custom for gen
erations past.
Old Santa will roam the coun-
try and climb down the chimneys
to dispense his cargo Of Christmas
trinkets and make the little hearts
happy in his usual quiet way.
The country has been prosper
Gus during the past year and we
sincerely hope that every little
one will receive the full benefits
Of the occasion and that if any
parent is too poor that some pro
vision has been made to make the
little ones of that household hap
Ply also, and that joy will come to
rich and poor alike.
This issue Of the Independent
also contains number Of adver-
tisements from wholesale firms of
Little Rock who wish to show
their appreciation Of the generous
trade they have received from
Carlisle merchants. We wish to
thank them for this patronage,
and hope their business with our
merchants will be much greater
during the coming year than at
any time in the past. We are so
close to Little Rock that it is al
most like having wholesale houses
at our own door. In fact, what
our merchants spend with these
firms stays close to home and aids
in the upbuilding of our own COM
munity as well as that of Little
Rock. Give them your wholesale
trade. We have every reason to
believe they will treat you as we'll,
if not better, than the wholesalers
of other places further away.
Read all the advertisements Of
the home merchants in this issue
and go to them to make your pur-
chases. They will do better by
you than anybody else. They
buy as cheap as they can and sell
accordingly. Don't condemn
your grocer, your druggist, your
dry goods man, or your general
merchant for the high prices; he
cant help it, as in most instances
he is selling to you on as small a
margin as he did when prices were
low, considering the fact that he
is paying more for his help, more
for freight, more for rent and
more for everything else that en-
tiers into his business. All of these
things have to be taken into ac-
count. He is doing the best he
can by you and we hope You will
stand by him and make all your
Christmas purchases at home.
We also wish to thank our
Stuttgart friends for their adver-
tisements. One of these firms has
branch house here and the 9th
ers have resident agencies, which
gives you the opportunity of buy
ing from people who are also as
sisting in the development of the
country adjacent to Carlisle.
Wishing our home merchants,
the Little Rock wholesalers and
the Stuttgart firms all a merry
Christmas and a most prosperous
and happy New Year.