Herald and Review from Decatur, Illinois • Page 11

Xday, Sept. 1908. THE DEC AT UK 1)1 ltirvno Pioneers in the Hardware Business EELS The Oldest Business Established in Decatur MOREHOUSE WELLS CO. was established in 1859, a littl over forty-nine years ago. It is the oldest business established in Decatur, either retail or wholesale.

The store's policy has always been not only to carry, but to urge the selling of high-grade goods. Today this great Hardware Company is lonely in its superiority in this city, and ranks second to none in the hardware business of Illinois. They have attained success by using every legitimate means at hand to get the public into their place and then treating them right when they come. If you read advertisements in the St. Louis or Chicago papers showing something late that strikes your fancy, don't imagine it is necessary to go to these cities to get it.

Just go down to Morehouse Wells Co. and you'll find the very same thing and, die chances are, about 20 per cent cheaper. No matter whether it is Hardware, House Furnishings, Sporting Goods, Pottery, Glassware, or Crockery you will find it on one of the floors, and you have the satisfaction of knowing that you have spent your money with men who have always been loyal to Decatur and Decatur institutions, and who have always been abreast of the times in supplying Decatur's needs. On the second floor you will find a floor that any city might be proud of. Here are Novelties and Household Goods, a well lighted 'and beautiful Cut Glass section, and handsome displays of China, Pottery, Brass Goods, Basketry and novelties gathered at home arid imported from foreign countries.

The Third "floor: is to Mantels and Stoves and an up-to-date Tin Shop. On balance of the floors are kept reserve stocks In addition to this mammoth building, -Morehouse Wells have a huge warehouse bri Wood from which they do a large jobbing business throughout the entire Cheap Hardware is a poor investment at any price. Thousands of hardware buyers have been prevented at this store from entering the ranks of poor investors. If you want the best in hardware, you will find it at Morehouse Wells Co. The main floor and basement of this great store is devoted to Hardware of every description, including mechanic's tools, Iron and Metal, Glass and Varnishes, Sporting Goods, Cutlery, etc.

There is nothing in this line that you may desire that we cannot supply, and you may rest assured, that when you make a purchase here, you have received your money's worth in every way. ana g. WB In every there are always firms, who by honorable and fair manner of dealing with all customers, survive a long period of year's in business. Firms starting in business with any other idea, rarely succeed, and when you find a firm that has been a leader in its line for forty-nine years, it is safe to assume that fair dealing, courteous treatment and honesty at all times, have been its business policy. Hundreds of Decatur people and people of surrounding territory will testify that in Morehouse Wells Co.

is a store of this kind. The Morehouse Wells Company is the Largest Hardware Firm in Illinois, and in Addition to the Retail Business lney Uo a Large Jobbing Trade Throughout the Entire Mate EstaMshed i Over 49 Years Morehouse Wells 3.