Reflections by Sammy Way: Belk-Stroman, 'Where you may shop with confidence'
BY SAMMY WAY
Sumter Item archivist and historian
Sumter Item archivist and historian
Posted 10/31/26
In 1943, The Sumter Daily Item referenced Belk-Stroman as "not the oldest store, nor the largest, nor the smallest, but Sumter's shopping center." The reason? Families learned that they could implicitly trust the store's familiar slogan, "Where you …
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