The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-06-28

""H oiSii q oiHAy iiIlie tOWii, DuJ
can tell you she's alright un a plum
good un, you bet.
Me an Liza and the kids had beer
aworkin hard all spring an winter
an got together a bunch NV country
produce and lot NV garden truck
what we had to sell So Liza seq
to me one mite as how she lowed
we'd as we'll sell the things right
now and git 'em often our minds
We had been areadin all along
bout the markets an from what we
could gether by word Nv mouth an
thru the local papers we decided that
Poplarville wuz bout the best mar
ket in reach and Liza decided-she
alluz does the deciden fer the fam
billy Gaze she's decidedly the better
half-as how I'd better hitch up
ole Beck and Judge to weuns horse
less kerridge an drive few lodes
oh no, | mean to drive the mules
and let them pull a few lodes NV
produce an garden truck to Pop
larville an sell at once.
Wall, we had to pass thru Picay
une an all them thar store mer-
chants run out tride to stop Beck
and Jude right thar sose we'd sell
in that thar town but we jist asst
the price of garden truck and pro-
duce and come on.
An so we driv on agin until we
driv up to Poplarville.
| wuz feelin purity good over my
an as l natcherly felt like buyin
somethin in Poplarville | went down
to Breeds General Store. Bein as
how Liza always wants to have bis
cults fer breakfast an a little short
sweetin for the coffee | brought a
barrel of the famous flour which
they sells. Also taken some OF
that good coffee.
Jack Breed is sellin out everything,
lock stock and barrel in the dry
goods line, at cost and his
store is crowded with customers.
most all the time No wonder tho,
Gaze they can git bargins in ever
thing-groceries and shoes ami
stockips and shirts an collars an
neckties and ladies furnishins.
This kinder got me broke in -
byin an so | struck out fur good
place to shed my ole rusty suit,
Gaze Liza had done told me she
wouldn't go to meetin with me nary
nuther Sunday thout | bought me
new suit of store bough cloes. Seid-
ler's Store wuz the very place an
| couldn't Nv been better pleazed cf
I'd sent to New Orleans or She
cargo for EN-. They air standard
advertised brands an evry suit is
guaranteed all Sleeps wool an to
to wear to the satisfaction NV the
customer. They look swell an fit a
feler natchel an easy like an maxi
i'm feel like city drummer right
out NV band box.
Ever time that boy gifts to town
he list CANT rest till he gifts drink
Nv sody pop ur the like, and he KEEP
beggin till we found the very place
at Hyde's bizzy drug store whar
theys a big sody water contrapshun
in front an feller can get all kines
Nv soft drinks and ice cream. An
sides that, Hyde's Drug Store car
ries jest lots of good smelling ar
ticles for the women folks toilet,
to say nuthin NV combs and breshes
an fountain pens an face whitem an
the likes and they allus sells ever
thing JUS leetle less. Everybody in
thar is perlite as basket of chips
an there's plenty Nv fiziks in that
there store to fill any kline NV doc
tors prescription an Haschal Hyde
knows how cause he's a reglar reg
itered pharmacist.
Gee but l felt arful fixed up an
while Is putin on airs somehow
the old lady's piping voice seemd to
whisper something in my ear about
a new dress and so l hurried into
McCoy's general store where l
knowed | could see lot wv purity
patterns and make choice that
would tickle that extra rib of mine.
The clever salesman handed me this
niece and ne showed me that piece
anti, couldn't tell blue turkey
red from an indigo green, an jest
palld fer i'm to cut me off whole
a,t Nv ME yaHer. An sides fancy
LESS silks an ginghams an SIGH,
gIcCoy's carries line NV ssoes an
stockias an mems shirts.
Nutaer ore of my nabors asst me
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