F. W. Woolworth Company Co. had the first five-and-dime stores, which sold discounted general merchandise at fixed prices, usually five or ten cents, undercutting the prices of other local merchants. Woolworth, as the stores popularly became known, was one of the first American retailers to put merchandise out for the shopping public to handle and select without the assistance of a sales clerk. Earlier retailers had kept all merchandise behind a counter and customers presented the clerk with a list of items they wished to buy. After working in Augsbury and Moore dry goods store in Watertown, New York, Frank Winfield Woolworth obtained credit
Woolworth, Mississippi west of Woolworth. Woolworth, Mississippi Woolworth is a ghost town located in rural northeast Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. Woolworth was a stop on the Mississippi Central Railroad, constructed between Brookhaven to the west and Silver Creek to the east in the early 1900s. Woolworth never incorporated, and never had a post office. Woolworth had a train depot, and a 48-car rail siding. With the rise of automobiles, roads were built which bypassed Woolworth. The town's sawmill closed, and the train stopped running. The only visible remains of Woolworth are the old general store and the old blacksmith shop, both