The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-07-27
LOOKING FOR MASON
Hospitable Merchants Welcome
Stranger to City and Now
Want Him.

Ferry Street, you will confer a fav-
or on Corp. Kerr, of Greenville
Street, also proprietor of the Main
Street Furniture Emporium, now
selling out a fifty cents on the dol
lar. You will also confer favor on
several merchants about town if you
have seen anything of one Frank W.
Mason by telling his whereabouts,
because they are anxious to meet that
gentleman.
The said Mason arrived in the city
Saturday. He called by to tell the
Corp. that he was about to move to
Abbeville and would need new re-
frigerator. The Corp. only had one
in stock and he was sure that it was
the "artickle" Chats what he called
it, that Mr.. Mason was looking for.
| In fact he had heard that Mr.. Mason
was coming to Abbeville to relieve
Mr.. Henry Blount on the night job
with the S. A. L. and he told Mr.. Ma
son that he had run the matter
through his mind, and, thinking Mr..
Mason would want a good refrigera-
tor, he had hid this one out and was
saving it for him. Mr.. Mason was not
sure in the morning that the refriger-
ator would suit Mrs. Mason, but he
promised to talk to her in the mean
time and if it suited he would have
it sent over Monday morning. Late
Saturday he called in to take another
look at the refrigerator and he de-
cided that he would take it, and to
show the Corp. that he was game he
proposed to pay fifteen dollars down,
He took out a letter which he had
written to himself but signed with
his other name stating that the ebay
had been sold" and the proceeds of
twenty-seven dollars were therein en-
closed" and sure enough there was
the check.
The Corp. said he would just cash
the check and handed out twelve per-
iectly good dollars to Mr.. Mason,
WELCOMED him to our city," urged
him to make the emporium headquar-
tiers and guaranteed him that he
would always find prices right at
the Emporium, and the Corp. hoped.
that the job with the S. A. L. would
be up to sample and everything that
Brother Mason desired.
A special invitation was extended
Mrs. Mason to call and fill in any
thing she needed from the fifty thous-
and dollar stock now being advertis-
ed at fifty on the dollar, and both the
new conner and his good wife were
assured of the kindest treatment and
the warmest welcome at all times.
Leaving the Corp. Brother Mason
called on a few other merchants
about the city. He bought from one
about fifteen dollars worth of cloth
ing, paying for it with another check
for twenty-seyen dollars; from an
other he bought a roll of wire to
build a garden, as he said he was a
great gardener; and as he had to eat
from the jump he bought about the
same amount of groceries from one
Of the grocery merchants. He also
got kitchen cabinet to put the gro
ceries in, paying part always and
taking the balance in change. He
had letter about the hay with each
check and he took the change always
in cash. It did look like there was a
good deal of hay after the thing came
out, but then that was not mentioned
while the transactions were going on.
None of the goods were to be deliv-
cred until Monday and by that time
it is supposed that Mr.. Mason and
the Change" had taken "Red Ball"
and were up about Port-smith, as
Preacher Johnson would say. Monday
morning the Corp. was cussing be-
cause Sam McCuen and Roy Power
were little slow about getting the
refrigerator to 70 Ferry Street, the
point of destination, fearing Mason
would cancel the order, and when
they did get there and could not find
Brother Mason, the Corp. cussed some
more. While over there, they found