Show christmas business shows big increase merchants declare with the christmas rush season over most of the local merchants can relax from the strain and busy themselves re stocking their merchandise and preparing for invoicing although there being quite a lot of sickness in the community during the past ten days the buying spirit was greater than usual and parenty apparently ap everyone found time to get to the stores and do their shopping church festivities parties dances community entertainments and social gatherings all added to the busy season and many merchants reported a heavy last minute trade in an interview with several of the merchants they had the following comments to make GEORGE PALMER Palm kalmers palmers Pal mers erPs confectionery we had one of the best christmas trades in several years moved quite a bit of merchandise practically sold a 0 1 d out I 1 MRS JENSEN city mercantile ahad had a very good business sales ran ten to twenty per cent above any recent yearn year A J REDD L H redd co am well pleased over the business we had during the christmas shopping season our sales were well over any previous season RALPH BAILEY balleys baileys cash market my business was much more than I 1 had expected very well satisfied 0 NOEL SITTON sitton station and store we did a large business christmas sales better than several seasons past PARLEY REDD grayson cooperative co blanding sold nearly everything sales were greater than expected could have used more clerks ap GEORGE SITTON gittons Sit tons store BI blanding anding me we had bad a splendid business sales exceeded expectations 11 |