The blue jeans are being folded,

the shirts are being hung and Tony Davis is getting ready for a big shopping

weekend.

Davis, whose family owns Smith

and Davis on the western edge of Fayetteville, one of Fayette's oldest

clothing stores, is busy preparing his store for this weekend's tax-free

shopping days.

The four-day tax-free holiday

begins at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow and continues until midnight Aug. 3. The

purpose of the tax-free holiday is to stimulate sales and to lessen the

financial impact on parents getting their children ready to return to

school.

"The first time this occurred,

our business more than doubled, and we're looking forward to another busy

weekend," Davis said.

Davis said he's added staff

for this weekend, and is also running specials to give shoppers even more

of an incentive to buy those