Pocahontas star herald., 1923-09-28
Makes Visit to Pocahonta s
Old Uncle Hez Hankins Writes a Very
Interesting Letter to Our Paper
This Good Farmer Likes Progressive Town and it's Live
Merchants and Praises the Local Cotton and
Country Produce Market


wuz sich a bzzy little city, but can
tell you she's all right an a plum good
un. you bet.
Me and Liza an the kids had been
aworkin hard all spring an summer an
got together bunch NV country pro-
dnce an a coupla bales NV cotton we
had to sell. SO Liz sed to me one mite
as how she lowed we'd as well sell the
things right now and git 'em often our
minds.
We had been areatlin all along bout
the markets an from what we could
gether by word NV mouth an thru the
local papers we decided that Pocahon-
tas wuz bout the best market in reach
and Liza decided-she alluz does the
decidin fer the family Gaze she's de-
sidedly the better half-as how I'd
better hitch up old Beck an Jude to
weums. horseless &erridge an drive a
few lodes or ruther pull a few lodes-
oh no. | mean 10 drive the mules and
let them pub a few lodes Nv produce
an cotton 10 Pocahontas an sell at
once.
Wall, We had 10 pass thru Hoxie
an al them thar store merchants run
out to tride 20 stop Beck and Jude
right thar sose we'd trade in that thar
tawn but we Jest axed the price NV
cotton and produce an come on.
An so we drive on again until we
driy up to Pocahontas.
Wei, sir, do you know that ] hadn't
more'n thowed Off my cotton an go;
the weights checked up before ! wuz
offered considerable more'n | could a
got in the other town and FINALLY sole
Il to Schnabaum Mercantile Co. for a
eight NV cent more'n l could a got
any where's in town. Schnabaum
Mercantile Co. is one NV those here
progressive sorter firms what believes
in maxim things move an they's allus
ready to pay all cotton is wuth on the
market an sometimes they pays lots
more'n its wuth to keep things agoin.
That's why they byes all Nv the cotton
that goes TO Pocahontas, ..~u-
I GOT 1915. an some odd sents fur
my produce and begin as how know
ed Liza would want to know wher all
that air money went to-I make all
my financial reports to her-l thought
/ had better put them there green
backs in the Pocahontas State Bank.
and draw checks as I'd trade with the
store merchants Liza sed as how a
check that you drawed on a bank wuz
as good as a receipt, an the Pocahon-
tas state Bank wuz strong enough to
hold my three hundred an several
more. went round an turned IT over
to their clever cashier, Ben A. Brown,
and he showed it into the big soc what
they keep change in durin the day
time.
This kinder give me a hankerin TO
do sum byin an so ] struck ont 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 a
new suit of store bough cloes. The
New Leader store wuz the very place
an / couldn't NV been better pleazed
ef I'd sent to Memphis or Shecargo
for EN-. They air standard advertised
brands an evry suit is guaranteed all
sheeps wool an to wear TO the salts
faction NV the customer. They look
swell an tit feller natchel an easy
like an make i'm feel like city drum
mer right out NV a band box.
l bought nuther forty acers of
land th'other day an didn't have money
nough to pay for it all cash down so
thought I'd better see Ben Johnston
bout gittin a loan put through on 1t.
You know he represents the Federal
Farm Loan Bank for this section an
he's nifty keerful to git the papers up
in the right shape an git just an
reasonable amount on the property at
only 3 1-2 pur sent intrust-fair toI
lender an borrower alike. SO ! went
round to the court house an seen him
about Il an whilst looking after the
loan ] had just turned over my papers
for him to get me up a abstract NV
tytle. The Randolph County Abstract
Co. which of 1t he is the manager,
does accurate work an their charges isl
allus right.
Sim had to remind ma that Sis,
that's my Oldest gal, wuz crazy fer
sum gbbon an trimmn an like du-
dads fer ter put on her-wall ] dun
no what You call haf NV the things
the gals ware now adays-so me an
the boy stopped in at The Famous
Cash Store, as we'd heared that place
carries all Kinds nv ladies' furnish
ings, dress goods, an stockings an
gloves. an belts an lots Nv other GIN