Varner's Store in The Hamlet (Location)

The only store in Frenchman's Bend is one of the many properties owned by Will Varner. The store is both the place where the many tenant farmers on other Varner lands are expected to buy all their supplies, and the hub of the hamlet's social life. The gallery (or front porch) of the store appears to be constantly occupied by a number of men who never buy anything, but are simply there for conversation. The store is run by Will's son Jody in a very casual way, but when Flem Snopes gets himself hired as a clerk it becomes a tightly run enterprise.