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flour on the stairs leading from the upstairs storeroom down to the store itself. “In the morning there were flour tracks all over the store," Giles said. “He brought a bloodhound in and eventually tracked a man down the hollow who had been stealing food. Evidently, the thief had entered through a window by means of a ladder."

Although much has changed since the days when the Cash Store was open from dawn until late at night, Giles said that he still gets his share of folks banging at his door in the middle of the night to open up the store. Although he discourages that kind of business, Giles does try to provide a selection of goods for his customers. "That’s the biggest change, really.” he said. “Now, 1 try to keep a little bit of everything on hand that local people might need."

Giles' products range from many that were in demand when his father kept store - kerosene and lamp oil for old-fashioned lamps, lard cans and butchering supplies, garden seeds and all kinds of

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