110 YEARS AGO
Thursday, Dec. 12, 1907
from the Mathews Journal
Any person purchasing a pair of shoes from us will receive a ticket. The ticket will give them a chance on a sewing machine which we will give away Christmas on the following condition: any person guessing the number of shoes in our store on November 11 will receive this machine free, and if no one guesses correctly the one nearest will receive the machine. —G. S. Marchant, Mathews
A large and select assortment of Christmas goods. There is no need of going to the Court House when you can get as good an article and at a much cheaper price from here at home. Step in and examine my new line of goods. We have all kinds of toys for the young and as large and fine an assortment of dolls as there is to be found in this county. —Martin Bassett, O. G. Snead & Co., Bohannon, Va.
Hauling and carting of all kinds promptly attended to. Pound poles and holly boxes a specialty. Phone Brooks & Hudgins Store. —John...