St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-01-18
sLIDELL STORES CO., LTD.

~ OR about twenty years, or until
1903, the general store which
= had been an adjunct to the Sal
men Brick & Lumber Co., was run
as department of the business.
The volume of trade and variety of
merchandise lines had grown so great
that it became a very important in
tereSt by itself and in order to give
full scope for further Independent de-
Velopment the business was incor-
porated separately in 1909 under the
name of Slidell Stores Co., Ltd. The
story of the expansion Of this COM
pany is so interviewer with the his
tory of Slidell and vicinity that the
advancement of the one has become
the record Of both.
To grasp the wide range of mer-
chandise handled by Slidell Stores
Co., Ltd, one must think Of mod
ern city department store and then
add such indispensab les as farm i'm
plements, autos, motor trucks, trac-
tors, oils, greases, auto supplies, har-
ness, saddlery, building materials,
etc. Mr.. ]. A. Bousquet, Jr., is gem
eral manager and is ably assisted by
large corps of department manag-
ers. Mr.. l.. F. Talley is in charge
of the grocery section, where will be
found very complete line Of staple
and fancy groceries, with agencies
for well known trade marked neces-
stiles such as Omega Flour, Beech
Nut and Libby Brand of table deli
| cacies, Brook Haven Creamery But
ter, also a daily supply of fresh
bread
Mr.. J. d. Barron, manager of the
clothing department has an excellent
stock to suit all tastes and purses,
with the Hart, Schaffner & Marx
clothes for more fastidious men, and
clothing, shoes, hats, gloves, hosiery
and fine assortments Of read-to-wear
for the entire family in all sizes are
shown.
The dry goods section, in charge
of Miss Pearl Toulme, is an import
ant division carrying an attractive
| line of dress goods, silks, white
goods, together with the dress novel
| ties so important to milady.
Mr.. C. F. Dufour, of the hardware
and tool department, has very COM
plete stock of the highest grade
articles to meet the requirements of
discriminating trade.
The meat department is well stock
ed with a diversified line of fresh
and cured meats, Mr.. Matt Stiber in
charge, having had years of expert
ence and knows how to please with
quality, prices and service.
| The Slidell Stores Co., Ltd, oper-
| ates it's own butcher shop and the
fresh meats sold are from this sec
! ton.
| A trip through this store and
! glance at the list of nationally known
lines of goods in the various depart
ments (Which If enumerated would
| read like a trademark catalogue)
| forces the visitor to the conviction
| that the mail-order house has little
or no chance to entice the Slidell peo-
pie to a thousand-mile-away venture
| in buying; one prefers to examine
the goods before laying down the
cash and here we find the assortment
and right prices with the money kept
in circulation at home. The officers
of this corporation are: T. Salmen,
president; J. A. Salmen, vice-presi-
dent; L. T. Miles, secretary; F., w.
Salmen, treasurer.
1t is rumored that the near future
will see remodeled and very much
enlarged building, modern and up-to-
date, housing a general merchandise
establishment that would be credit
to a city many times the population
of Slidell.