The Pulaskian., 1919-01-03

he spoke with emphasis. he smiled with satisfaction.
 'I'ye got to stock my store with fur niture. mattresses, hardware, stoves,
 and all such stuff, My drug depart
 ment is running low. I've got to get in
 new supply of saddles and dry
 goods. My drugs and saddles don't
 worry me, however. I buy at Lincoln's
 and yoss- -Barbee's and get quick serV-
 ice. My flour supply is down, and my
 Fletcher coffee and spice needs look ing after. I keep candy, too, in my store-Karcher's good kind. Country kids like it as well as town children. The grown-ups have never sworn off
 from a bt of sweet now and then
 either.
 When get my store fixed up Pm go- ing to buy Federal truck and a new auto. My Paige was good in it's day, but a man ought to change upon cars once a year-turn the old one back and get a new one I drive good car, and with Gay oil can't help doing a little gay riding now and then.
 The Memphis man grinned. The country gentleman went on
 "I'm strong on up-to-date machinery, too. This will eat up few thousand dollars And Pm going to build new house, up to date in every particular. I've got to put in some silos and build a few bridges and concrete few COW barns and fertilize few hundred acres of poor land, and do few other things. But I've got the change in the bank to settle the bills.
 The travelling man for second seemed paralyzed at the rich field of opportunity opened suddenly for him. He gave a sign to the other travelling man, who sauntered by within the last two minutes. Mir. Moses Wampole was introduced.
 Then the travelling man opened up their hearts. They represented two big Memphis firms selling much this Arkansas hayseed was in the market for. They presented their case, and with an eloquence unsurpassed even by Billy Sunday they sought to line him up for the trade. He listened with good natured interest.
 When they had finished he said: You fellows put up nne talk. You are all right. Your goods are all right But why should I go to Mem phis market when I can do as we'll, or even better, at home? Here am with two good eyes ready to select my own supplies.
 When it comes to groceries, have you any better houses in Memphis than Cooper-Dickinson, George Shel- ton, Scott Mayer, Plunkett-Jarrell and aeyer & Adams? Do you send any better or any cheaper furniture and out of Memphis than are made in Little Rock py the Little Rock Furniture Manufacturing Com pany and the Oates and Robinson Roders Company?
 "When it comes to hardware, Lit Lle Rock is pretty well fixed. l have tried Zones Brothers; Pye tried the Rose-Lyon Hardware Co.,; I've bought stoves of Brandon & Turner, and I've had general satisfaction.
 ''Is it dry goods you want me to buy in Memphis? What Tor, with firms in my own town like Beal-Burrow Dry Goods Go. and the Doyle-Kidd Co.,? Wouldn't it be rather poor Judgment to hike to Memphis for goods that can be bought to better advantage at home?
 When it comes to farm machinery, Little Rock shines and the men en- gagged in selling up-to-date farm ma chinery are doing as much good in their way as preachers. Ever hear of the Joe Lyons Machinery Co.,? Ever hear of Thos. Cox & Sons! Ever hear of the Central Supply Co.,?
 You fellows have good lines. I'm not saying you haven't. Pm just ask ing where there'e any sense in going to Memphis. or any place else, Tor structural iron work and castings and steel stuff when you can get it at home from firms like the Arkansas Foundry and Bemberg & Sons? And let me tell you about fertilizers. I've tried several kinds, shipped some from a long distance. But the best results