Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-01
THE COUNTRY Store
Initial Experiment Holds Out Promise
Of Success. f
DBY WOMEN OF COTTON BELT

Sales TotaIed s4o.o7 and Many York.
Vile Ladies Visited the Store TO
Buy-Store Will Be Open Again
Next Saturday Morning at the Same
Old Stand.
Successful beyond our most san
guine hopes" was the way York coun-
ty farm women described the initial
opening of the Country Store" on the
porch of the old Rose hotel building
on South Congress street last Satur-
day. Sales for the morning totnled
s40.07 and that shows that there were
buyers and quite a variety of produce
offered for sale, because It takes a lot
of country produce to bring $40.07.
When the Country Store" opened for
business about S:45, there were quite
a number of women of Yorkville presA
ent with their market baskets on their
arms and for n short time things look
ed like extra bargain day at KirkpatI
rick Belk's, McConnelPs, Feinstein's,
Stroup's or some Of the other stores In
lOIhNlllt. lHtIt was qullC a.
for all articles offered by the "Coun-
try Store" and the list included irish
and sweet potatoes, corn, beans, pep-
pers, damsons, cucumbers, chickens,
butter and eggs and a number of other
edibles. Some OF the ladies' brought
home baked cakes to sell and the cake
went in a hurry. In fact the store was
out of stock by II o'clock and several
prospective customers were left stand
ing on the porch wishing that they had
come a little sooner.
About the only criticism that some
Of the Yorkville ladies made was that
they would prefer the Country Store"
doing business on some week day 9TH
err than Saturday, because they wanted
to buy fruit and vegetables to can and
Saturday was n bad day for canning.
There were others too. who thought
that the Country Store could do a
rushing business two days a week In
stead of one. However, Miss Margaret
F'ewell of Rock Hill, county home
demonstration agent, under whose d.
rection the sale of country produce
was held, said that the store would be
open at the same old stand next Sat
urday at $3.50. 1t might be that after
next Saturday arrangements will be
made to conduct the store twice week
ly, although that depends largely up
on the amount of patronage that win
be received next Saturday.
Il was most agreeab!y surprised
over the sales the opening day." said
Miss Fewell. at far exceeded what I
had hoped for. There was big vari-
ETY. of produce to select from and there
were many buyers. The Oldest Coun-
try Store in the state under auspices
of the Woman's Home Demonstration
work Is that at Camden and the sales
there hardly ever go over $25 week.
Sales at the Country Store at Rock
Hill, which has been established for a
good while now, do not average over
S65 per Saturday, and think the bus
mess done at this newest Country
Store was just fine.
Each Woman a Merchant. -
Hereafter" Miss Fewell went on to
say, each lady who brings produce to
the Country Store will be her own
saleswoman. We believe that plan
will be much better. In future all
vegetables offered will be thoroughly
washed and put in attractive shape be-
fore being offered. There was more or
less unavoidable confusion and misun-
derstanding the opening day; but we
hope to eliminate most Of that as the
market progresses" I
Cotton Belt In Charge.
Ladies of the Cotton Belt Home
Demonstration club brought much of
the produce TO the Country Store last
Saturday and assisted in it's disposal.
Ladies of the Dixie club will be in
charge next Saturday, it is announced.
Ladies who were in charge included:i
Nesdames d. c., Jeff D., and Mason
Clark and Mrs. NJ. s. Whitesides. Mrs.
W. d. Glenn of Yorkville, was also of
material assistance in getting things
ender way as well as assisting with
sales.
Market Prices.
Following were the market prices
that prevailed at the Country Store on
the opening day:
Pound
Tomatoes na
Irish Dotatoes M