Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1914 — “MR. JONES” BOUGHT BIG BILL OF GOODS [ARTICLE]

“MR. JONES” BOUGHT BIG BILL OF GOODS

Clerks Gave Special Attention, Not Recognising Buyer as Fellow Clerk in Store. Ross Moore, clothing salesman at the Fire Sale, who has worn a mustache for 28 years, decided to have some fun' with the head saleslady in the drygoods department Thursday and .accordingly had his mustache Shaved off and then put dn a fur coat and fur cap and introduced himself as “Mr. Jones, of Wheatfleld,” when the saleslady Offered to wait on him. He proceeded to buy lavishly. Mrs. John Gwfn and Miss Florence Moore giving him their attention. After buying S2OO worth in that department he decided to buy a ladies’ hat trimmed with apples and asked to have the hat packed so that the apples would net freeze. The clerks did not get wise to the fact that the buyer was Mr. Moore, who worked on the same floor with them until the goods were all tied up ready for shipment, when he removed his coat and cap to resumed his station as a clerk.

The clerks are in a dilemma, as the proprietor holds them for all purchases after the goods are tied up and Mr. Moore, alias ‘Mr. Jones of Wheatfleld,” refuses to take the goods. There is talk of appointing a court of arbitration to settle the dispute.