
Squire Skimp has a new plan to swindle the people of Pine Ridge. However, Lum has something more important on his mind. He has to tell a young engaged couple on the verge of breaking up the story of how the Jot 'em Down store first started (through flashbacks). Based on characters from the popular "Lum and Abner" radio program of the time.
Cast

Chester Lauck
Lum Edwards

Norris Goff
Abner Peabody

Pamela Blake
Elizabeth Meadows

John James
Tim Matthews

Teala Loring
Janet Smith
Danny Duncan
Grandpappy Spears / Constable Spears

Grady Sutton
Cedric Weehunt / Caleb Weehunt

Dick Elliott
Squire Skimp

Phyllis Kennedy
Abagail

Ruth Lee
Miss Martha Thurston

Charles Jordan
Gerald Sharpe
Ruth Caldwell
Josie

Mary Carr
Miss Rutledge (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal
Miss Abernathy (uncredited)
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