“Now that’s an interesting bit of gossip, he said the church bought out all of Barnett’s stock?” Farley said contemplating that bit of information he might somehow find useful.
“Yes, He said that the preacher and his deacon wife along with the head church lady and her assistant came by in that big white Cadillac of the reverends and pressured Barnett for all the pads and tampons they had in the place plus half the aspirin and any other meds like antacids to sell to them at cost or better for the community church. Farley, you should have heard him carrying on how the preacher made the first request to buy those things and got tongue tied and then the ladies surrounded Barnett like Esther and her bible thumping crew off Sanford and Son and backed that old store keeper into a corner and told
