The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-23
Wilmington Stores Haze
Good Christmas Stocks

patrons of Wilmington stores ar
fa nod of one of the bigges
a ssuse of Christmas goods sine
cnolt Scanning of the war, it wa:
t 5n:sso1 D by a survey here yes
terday' =
n,archants reveals that prac
ca .,ly all Wilmington businesses
hVen' more merchandise this veal
nav nav thew had last year. Certain
tna .io1es unobtainable by all the
s 3nae in the United States dealing
1 u +hen, are not plentiful here, bu
. III others are in stock in abun
dance.
wilmington merchants now are
,;no booming business in al
e QUIZ of merchandise. 1t was point
liI' o,t that a city the size of Will
~ is likely to have more con
! mn,er goods than larger cities be-
'a anse the larger shopping centers
aa deluged with shoppers from
81 e sections of the state.
1.-THE bigger the town, the worse
ao lection" said 0. O. Whet
l L[ of Freeman Shoe company
l ~ have travelled around quite a
,;+ and Wilmington has as good
wv lection as any city in this area:
lewis Stein, of STEMS Clothing
..ore nointed out that his store.
snd others like it, finds itself ir
tbo nosition of having ten per cent
NJ normal stocks. From January
+ n August |, not a yard of Worsted
t.bric was manufactured" Stein
Lid He added, however, that suits
.rp being sent to clothing stores
u necember and January this year,
instead earlier as in the past.
THE hosiery supply, while not
completely adequate, is good, :.
s.ein said. "Shirts, pajamas and
underwear are on what we call an
acute and critical list"
s A. VAIL, Of Wahrs Depart
ment store, has cheering news
for the ladies. "Stocks in ladies
readv.to-wear available now are
improving in quality" VAIL says.
well have a better Christmas
than usual. "
Wilmington kiddies will not suf-
fer for want of candy either. 1--WE
received 60O-pound shipment OF
candy Saturday," W. W. Harriss,
manager of WoolwortA's Five-and-
Ter, said yesterday, compared to
previous shipments Of 100 pounds.
Business is Is per cent better than
last year. Christmas decorations
are arriving, and shipments Of
metal toys are increasing"
As sidelight on the scarcity Of
metal toys, now alleviated to a
great extent, Harriss said, 1.-THE
other day we received 24-dozer
metal guitars. Within an hour, all
200 of the guitars had been sold. u
Mrs. Elsie Cole Jones, of Will
mington Furniture company, says,
Travelling men who have been tc
other cities say they don't see
stocks to compare with what we
have in Wilmington"
Reflected in the buying habits o:
the customers, Mrs. Jones thinks
is a new spirit of permanency
People are buying for the future
with more consideration for wha
they buy than they had In war
time" she says. wilmington mer
chants have been steadily plug
ging away to build up their stocks
and that's the reason we have ;
good stock now"
Selection is not too wide this
year. says W. W. Berry, manager
of Belk's Department store, ''but
people can still get what they
want here. Things may not be
normal, but Wilmington merch.
ants are trying to make them as
normal as possible.
"JeWelry, blankets and other
gifts are PLENTIFUL" Berry said.
Ben Kingoff, of Kingoffs Jew
elry store, said, People are shop.
ping now. They feel better, and
have more reason to feel that way
The merchandise in jewelry is
good, and We have more of ii