There used to be a building paper that was made with a very heavy outer layer, treated with some kind of resin, the middle with a tarry substance (also something like jute fibers) and the inside paper tough but not as heavy as the outer layer. This stuff was good for several years exposed to the weather. Looks like someone has ordered rolls, and the storekeeper has kept them on the porch for easy pickup.

This is certainly a "genteel" operation, minus the many advertising signs usually posted on the front façade. How will I know the kinds of tobacco, bread, soft drinks, or pickles which are available?

Beefed up a bit, just in time from the looks of the second story balcony roof and floor! Time to drive a couple inches of wedge in to raise that beam a little more.

Maybe the rolls next to the bread box are brown kraft wrapping paper, for the store's own use, since close to 100% of everything sold there went out that way, probably expertly wrapped with a cobweb of string.

The Corby Bread lock-box on the porch, where the bakery leaves the bread before the store opens. Not uncommon today, but they usually hold specimens collected from patients in a medical practice, to be picked up by a laboratory for processing. What I can't identify are the tubes stacked up to the left of the breadbox.

[Paper towels, or maybe toilet paper or butcher paper. I see the word PLY on the end. - Dave]

Here's part of Spotless Cleanser's marketing budget, all starting with just a nickel.

That hammock on the second floor porch... speaks volumes about the pace of Southern life. I'm there.

Next to the Corby Bread boxes?

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Spotless Cleanser sign on the right.