Exhibit
21.1


		 Subsidiaries of the Registrant


     Set forth below is a listing, by name and state of
incorporation, of each corporation which is, as of the date of
this Report, or was, at any time since the first day of the
fiscal year ended January 27, 1995, a subsidiary of the
Registrant.  Unless otherwise indicated, each such corporation
was a 100% owned subsidiary during such fiscal year and continues
in existence as a 100% owned subsidiary of the Registrant as of
the date of this Report.

     1)   XSMC, Inc., a Florida corporation, merged into the
	  Registrant January 27, 1995

     2)   Carolina Pump & Supply Corp., a Rhode Island
	  corporation

     3)   USCO Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation

     4)   Paine Supply of Jackson, Inc., a Mississippi
	  corporation

     5)   Hughes Aviation, Inc., a Florida Corporation

     6)   One Stop Supply, Inc., a Tennessee corporation

     7)   Mills & Lupton Supply Company, a Tennessee corporation

     8)   Twin-T of the Carolinas, Inc., a North Carolina
	  corporation, merged into Carolina Pump & Supply Corp.
	  February 20, 1995

     9)   H Venture Corp., a Florida corporation

    10)   HHH, Inc., a Delaware corporation

    11)   HSI Corp., a Delaware corporation

    12)   Electrical Distributors, Inc., a Georgia corporation,
	  merged into the Registrant January 27, 1995

    13)   Alabama Water Works Supply, Inc., an Alabama
	  corporation, merged into the Registrant January 27,
	  1995

    14)   Swaim Supply Company, Inc., a North Carolina
	  corporation, merged into USCO Incorporated February 7,
	  1995

    15)   Olander & Brophy, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation,
	  acquired by the Registrant March 3, 1995

    16)   Port City Electrical Supply, Inc., a Georgia
	  corporation, acquired by the Registrant March 30, 1995

    17)   Elec-Tel Supply Company, a Georgia corporation,
	  acquired by the Registrant April 3, 1995