The times dispatch. [volume], December 20, 1911, Page 3, Image 3

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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Shoppers Fill Street and Cash
Registers Tinkle a Hectic
Tattoo.
BUYING AT HOME THIS YEAR
Thousands Move Constantly
Fr?ni Store to Store, Loaded
Down With Trinkets.
Premonitory rumblings or upoasi'blo I
Sy.ur with Itusslu, and magazine vdl- I
toriuls oIicriuK geometrical proof Ihuil
the cost of living was never higher,
arc making scant Impression on Itleli
mend's buying public. With Christ
mas less than a week ,>n' thu rush has
begun in earnest ami tens ot thousands
jostle t-o li oiln-r in the favored shop?
ping districts in our lust glorious
scruni'blc to ;;r| rid of tin; greatest
amount of i hange in l ho sinuliest a puce
oi time. 'I'lu- spending fever has
wrought a mighty doniociau-y, which I
knows no distinction of age, se_x, ctiior
or previous condition ot servitude,
everybody -is nappy, everybody is
opulent, und ihn cash registers-tinkle
? hectic tattoo.
Nor is the buying confined lo the I
Oreat While Way. Mruud Street, will.
Its mammoth department stores, bolus
the usual fasc'nallcii peculiar lo thu
big. tin- showy and thu dazzling, but
hundreds of stores on Main and other
retail streets are drawing liberally on
many special clienteles, Kvery ?ton
on each of Ihc Important cross streets.
a? well a# the large shops in Main
Stiect'h retail section, feel tho lu- i
fusion of Christmas shoppers and are
working with greatly augmented
forces to take care of the holiday
trade. Down on the cast side, in 111*
region of Seventeenth Street und the
First Market, the Yule season la us
much in evidence ne It |s further up?
town, where the traftlc cops stand
guard and direct tfic city's arteries.
Bveryhbdy ilusn nt Home.
While no city of ltliliiiiond's popu
inttbn can be entirely free front tho
type of individual who habitually, re?
plenishes his wardrobe In the glided
haberdasheries of Fifth Avenue, his
tribe is this year noticeably weak. Tho
fuel is that every reasonable demand
1? amply met by local shops, and cvcyi
those who can afford n feel no need
of tin- largi i- cities.
During the past few years a cos?
mopolitan |broodcnlng-out process has
worked wide changes In Richmond's
retail establishments., until now there
Is hardly an article of wearing apparel
or a fabric on the flue ?le la Palx,
Itcgent street, or Fltjh Avenue which
i annot be duplicated on Broad and
-Main. Quick transportation, aide,) by
almost Instantaneous transmission of
hews and modes, nave mad. the whole
world akin, and tin- Individual 1? lar. ,
Indeed whose wants cannot be tilled j
In the city. That the demand la being j
Ii,. I in evidenced by the large nuniocrl
ot m<n a n,i women of fashion and
W< alth who are part of the buying
tin out; which crowds the shopping
district between noon and midnight.
in spile of the -shop early" slogans,
wiii. h began t... appear as early as the
ai rt of this mouth, by fur the grenlesv
number arc on the streets bctwi.cn the
hours of '-' and & o'clock. Tin; wise
. ;.- who begin ill! rounds as early aa
d in the morning have everything
In their favor, -lint the general public
lh slow in Unding out and still prefers
the after-luncheon hours. To miss
seeing the crowd which surges
up and down the main retail thorough- {
fare* at the height of tin- shopping
hours Is to mist, one of the sights of
Christmas week.
.Much bike Fair Week.
It Is tin winter edition of fair
week, with the added splco of frosty
weather, peace on earth and good
will to men Is something besides the
subject for Chrl.-dnias morning ser?
mons, and the whole gay mob Is bent
on proving It. Tin- question isn't "to
buy or not to buy," but what to
buy. The window dresser and his se?
ductive art hns done his best, and
behind mjlcs of plate glass every
Imaginable thing of taste and beauty
meets the eye of the shopper with the
lure of a Lorelei. Hooks for the. read
ci. pictures far the art lover, bonbons
for the sweet-toothed, candy for kids,
toys for toddlers, furs for women,
habcrnashcry for men. Jewelry for
everybody, gleam, glisten and beckon
from every shop window and diligently
separate the willing multitude from
its mnturnn.
But all Is not spending and crowd?
ing and seeing in this animated holi?
day picture. Life is never all black oi
ell white, nearly always it la mottled
gray. There arc those in the crowd
who are not buying because they have
nothing with which to buy. They fol
If you do not
Buy a Piano or
Player-Piano in
the next four days
you will lose the
money saving
opportunity of a
lifetime?
BECAUSE:
The great combined Transfer
and Christmas Sale ends
December 23.
ALSO:
The discounts of 20 per cent,
to 60 per cent, will not apply
after that'date.
THEREFORE:
Come to-day, make your pur
chase?and make sure of this
chance to save money.
SUCCESSORS CABLE PIANO CO.
213 E. Broad Street.
low iho happy throng and gaze hun?
grily at the tempting displays, but
they never fu inside. They are part
of the crowd In front of tho shops, hut
not of that Inside. Thin there are
others who forget ihat God loves a
Cheerful giver, only provided he pays
for It, and try to gel their Christmas
gifts when nobody Is looking. To dlH
COuragc them the larger stores hav<
Stationed uniformed policemen al
strategic points, und o/e maintaining
a large force of plain clothes men scat?
ter id through nil the departments. The
man brer there deeply interested In a
tare ?-ditlon Ol Omar Khayyam In a
headquarters detective In disguise, and
is wa tehing Out of the '"nur ol his
eye that none of Virginia's laws
arc int rm ted.
Always a fienerous I rn?il.
A buying crowd Is always it generous
crowd, and the poor are not forgotten.
On practically every corner In the
shopping district stands the tripod
shopping district atnhds the tripod with
swinging kettle, presided ov< r by s man
or woman, who solicits small change
for Christmas dinners for the city's
poor. The hell of the charity worker
Uncles everywhere, and the pot Is
kept boiling ?Ith an endless now of
p< null s nick lea and dime?.
If thf crowd |s happy the men be
hind the cash registers are Jubilant,
"The greatest holiday business In the
history of our store,'' |s the way most
of them put It. "It was 5 o'clock this
morning before our force could
straighten the stork sufficiently for
nnothor's day (business." niild one of
the city's, prominent Jewelers in re
aponee id the question of the reporter
If Christmas trad.- I? up tu the mark.
The sale of jewelry Is a good standard
to use in gauging the general pros?
perity of a community, the Jeweler's
business being the first to feel the
strain of hard limes. All of the jew?
elers i i port an unusually brisk season.
Indicating that on the whole Rich?
mond is prosperous and has money to
spend.
Polle? Court Cases.
Walter Lasalter. colored, charged with
carrying a r..nceu!ert weapon, was fined J10>.>
in Police court yesterday, morning and
placed under JlCl security for twelve
months.
Stunt Smith, coiore.i. charged With a<
?au|tlhg Ba'ruh Draper with a bottle, was
dismissed.
lienrge Hope, ,'harged with Interfering
with l>i. Crowgoy, of the city ambulance
eoips. in the discharge of his duty, was
dismissed at the request of the physician.
HoykioM?glierla.
Norfolk, Va.. December 1S.? John It.
Boyktns. an actor from Gouldcn, Col.,
lind Mrs. Paltle Slu-rla. an actress.
Wliose father was .Terry T. Thomas, of
RoscVriary, N. G, were married In Suf?
folk last night at the city clerk's office,
by Rev. .1. C. r.ot>? rtson, of Oxford
Methodist Church, with Attorney w. p.
Llpscomb, as witness. The bridegroom
told the court clerk It was the culmi?
nation of a romance whose details he
would send by letter. The bride and
bridegroom an- not members of the
same company.
Drain on City Treasury by Sal?
ary Grabbers Has Almost
Readied Limit.
STILL ASKING FOR MORE
Increases, ii Granted,* Would
.Make Pay Roll 35 Per Cent,
of City's Lntirc Income.
Attention or the Council Committee
on finance vvaa most earnestly called
by Chairman 11. Ii. Pollard, Jr., last
nicht to the continued Inroads being
made on the city treasury by wholesale
sulaiy Increases, and by the perpetual
process of creating additional posi?
tions, ordinances carrying an annual
Increase ln 111- city payroll of ilOti,
166.01! are now ponding before the
Committee oh Finance, ir granted the
pay ?f the city employes, n\e,| by
orulnuiice. now amounting to SI.153,
T5S.I1I per annum, would Iben exceed
15 per cent, of the total annual reve?
nue of the c'ty, including the annual
receipts from the sale of water and
gas. .Mr. Pollard warned the commit?
tee that each Increase not only means
uii outlay at this time, hut uu annual
expenditure; no salary having ever
been reduced. Were the process much
longer continued, he asserted, the ll.xcd
charges on tin; municipality for pay?
rolls und Interest on the city debt
would eat up practically the ontirt
revenue, leaving little or nothing fot
public Improvements?nothing for thi
proposed new Administrative Board U
spend. The Income of the city for thi*
year, he stated, counting all source
of revenue, would be approximately
$3,050,000. of which more than one
third hud gone In salaries to the great
army of city employes.
Increases \o>v Pending.
The following propositions for In?
creases in pay of present employes arc
now pending before either, the Com?
mittee on Finance or the Committee on
Ordlnuncc. Charter and Keform, all
of them having earnest advocates
who hope to see the allowances
granted before the annual budget fot
1912 Is made up:
(Jus Works payroll .$ '.'.SIT 75
.Street cleaning assistant
superintendent . 300 0<:
Street cleaning employes ... 12,660 Ol
Market employes . 815 HQ
Auditor's ollice employes ... 413 Of
Street Department em?
ployes. 5,250 00
.-?'??.vir repair foreman . IS:; 00
Keeper St. John's Burying
x ground . ISO 00
Public r.chool teachers us
recommended by School
Board . 52.163 55
Fire department, 10 percent.
Increase . 11,0'iS 0'j
Police department, 10 per
cent, increase . 17.602 C-_
Total increase In payrolls
of city asked In pending
resolutions .1100.165 60
Maintains n Standing Army.
Chairman -Pollard also presented to
th' committee the following statement
prepared by Ppeclul Accountant Geo.
S. Crenshaw. showing the present pay?
roll ol the city and the various causes
for which the money Is expended. The
list does not include any expenses for
maintenance of the departments, any
construction work, materials or Im?
provements?simply the annual pay
from the city treasury to the army of
cilice-holders which the city main
tains. In presenting the report Mr. j
pollard stated that this is the exist- j
lug roll, without the increases now!
pending, and without the creation of
new oflleos which have been asked for.
It is the payroll of the city which, tin- ,
der elating conditions, will have to be
provide,] in the annual budget for 1012.
toon to be prepared, 'being more than
one-third of the grand total of that
annual appropriation ordinance.
Present Payroll.
The list follows:
Assessment or taxes.* 11.000 00
Collection of taxes. 7,COO 0'i
Collection of delinquent
taxes. 4.5fin 00
S anil a r y improvement
milk . 2.Sid on
Special vaccination . 1.000 oo
Board of I teal Ml pay roll.. .'",100 00
Tuberculosis campaign ... '.'.112 00
P.uilding derartm.-nt . 23.S6S 00
city Hall extra men...... feoo 00
City Homo . 12.000 oo
Oak wood Cemetery . 1.550 00
Flvervlew Cemetery . 3.S20 00
ShOCkoe Hill Cemetery.... 7T.0 00
St. John's Burying Ground 720 00
Maory and Mt. Olivet Cni
etarle<. 3.000 00
School Hoard . 206,000 00
There are probably a number of presents you have not yet selected and
are racking your brain to think or something: appropriate. Our * magnificent
stock contains such ti variety there is bound to be somnthintr that will "Fill
the Bill"_let us suggest the following?there are thousands of others; some?
thing for every member of your family, for every friend, ?very acquaintance:
Brass Desk Sets.$5.50 to $-25.00
Art and Crnft Ware Novelties.
So.OO to s)25.00
Brass Ink Stands.$2.50 to $15.00
Wood Craft Cnlctulnrs.'. . .10c to 85.00
Children's Pencils, assorted.
25c to $1.00
WATERMAN FOUNTAIN PENS
$2.50 to $?5.00.
Ideal Gifts.
Desk Portfolios .$1.50 to $7.50
Jewelry Cases.76c to $17.50
Desk Pads.75c to $5.00
Stationery Novelties.50c to. $5.00
Waste Baskets.50c to $3.50
Brass Novelties.25c to $5.00
Address Books.26c to 82.50
MONOGRAM STATIONERY
Is popular. We have filled nevarnl
hundred orders for gifts. Do not de?
lay your order.
A complete assortment of Der.nison's Holiday Specialties. lAbelp. Stickers,
Cards, Bells, Garlands. Tape, Tissue Paper, Holly Wrapping, Crepe Paper, etc,
Virginia Stationery Co., Inc
916 East Main Street. . Three Doors Below Mutual Building.
8AM ISEMAN, President and General Manager.
Richmond Homo of tho Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen.
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
?
tu
ner-bocia
unctions, or Xmas Fes
Ice Cream, Ices
Sherberts
Purity-Quality?Sanitation.
Bulk-Bricks-Indivdiual Bricks-Assorted Flavors,
ut of Town Orders a Specialty?Quality and Delivery Guaranteed.
Cream $1.25 a Gallon.
Brick Cream $1.50 per Gallon.
F. O. B. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND,
VIRGINIA.
School Board, manual train- ?
ins and kindergarten... JJ.Oi.s at
Police. 17 4,020 25
City Clerk. 600 00
Electric Department . 2,160 00
Coroner. 2,250 Jo
Electric Plant . 13,100 00
Electric J'lant distribution
system . :.;>so o-i
Fire Department . 140.6SO oo
Fire alarm .. T.000 oo
Gas Works extensions.... 12,103 26
Gas Works . S5.0?0 .10
Grounds and parks. .'T.3S1 17
.lames River improvement. 9,060 00
First Market . 1.000 oo
Second Market .. 2,560 50 |
.Mechanics' Institute fund. 7,.100 00 !
Plumbers' examining board 100 oo !
Pay of judges. 16,230 00
Salaries .!. 53,062 r.o
Sewer inspectors . 3.000 00 j
Engineer's pay roll. 22,110 00
Hands and carts. 5S.500 00
Washington Ward survey. l.fioo 00 |
Bridges . l.BtiO 00
Street cleaning. 100.000 00
Dog pound . 2,152 00 I
Water Works construction 19.430 2 I j
Water Works pay roll. If.L'OT 50
Water Works pump house. 20.40S 71
Playground? . 1.2 19 10
$1,153,752 19
Where It Goes.
Mr, Pollard further showed that el
this colossal outlay, the expenditures
might be grouped as follows:
Pay roll for public safety, including
I'ire. Health and Police Departments.
j;:.'.:..i6s.25. N
Vor taxation and finance, nil general
salaries, and pay of judgos. $94.012.30.
For public schools. Including the Mc.
chahlC8' Institute. 1230.1 3S.91.
For the pay roll of the Gas. Water
and Electric Works, $17S, 157.22.
For publi.-- buildings, parks, markets. !
cemeteries and river improvement, j
JSo.jS2.97.
For street cleaning, $I0S.IS2.
For street improvements, Including |
sewers and the pay roll of the Engl- |
neer's department. 1S7.070.
For care of the poor of the city. !
$14.149.
CHARTERS ISSUED
W'ehb Clothing and Purniture Companj
(Inc.j. Kenbrldse. Va. J. A. Webb, prcsP
?lent; J, 12. crute, first vlco-preitdenl; it. s
Karls, second vice-president; s. L. Graham
Jr., secretary and trcacurer?all of Ken
bridge, Va. Capita!: Maximum, M?.ttW; min
iiiiuni. 15,000. Object. Purniture business
and clothing business.
An amendment was Issued to the chattet
of ihr Religions Herald Company; ol Hlch
mond, creating on additional preferred stock
of ?5,0?.
An ameotlmnnl ?as Issued to Hie charter
of C. ?. liavls Packing Company (Inc.), or
l-'leoton, Va., increasing Its maximum from
(175.000 to ffiOO.OCO.
Foreign charter given certificate of au?
thority to do business la Virginia: The
Order of Ihe Golden Seal. Incorporated un?
der the laws of Now york, to do business
of fraternal beneficiary assoelatlnn. Mutual
com pan) ; n? capital stock. The Commis?
sion of Insurance appointed statutory agent.
Richmond.
All amendment to the charter of Floyd
Cupper Company (Inc.). Itonnoke. Va., lie.
creasing Its capital from S?.50p,40o to tJOCO,?.
Virginia Industrial Association (Inc.),
Norfolk. Va, E. C. Ilainnile. president; J.
II. Honilln. secretary; A. II fltepheneon,
treasurer?oil of Norfolk. Va. Capital: Max?
imum, S?flO; minimum, $10,0*0. Object: Ilcal
eatato business.
Found Dead In Bed.
Ilarrisonburg, Va., December 19.?
John Miller, eighty-six years old, was
found dead In bed yesterday at the
home of his daughter; Mrs. Carter
Smith, near Christian, Hocklnghain
county. Ho leaves flvo daughters and
several sisters and brothers.
BAR ASSOCIATION
TO MEET IN JUNE
, .'pci'lal to The Times-Dispatch. I
ttaleigh, N. C. December 19.?The
executive committee of the North
Carolina Rur Association In session
here to-night decided to hold the 1912
session on June 2.~> to 27. the place to
be decided upon later, with strong In?
dications that Raleigh will lie selected.
On the committee are Colonel Harry
Skinner. lion. Francis l>. Winston and
A. W. McLean and A. B. Andrews. Jr..
with C. W. Tillett and T. W. Davis.
tho latter secretary of the associa?
tion, mooting with thorn. There was
also a meeting of the special commit?
tee, of the Bar Association for the
drafting of hills for redlstrlotlng the
State, and for tho revision of tho rules
ol practice.
Organization was effoctod and the
purpose declared to go into the work
thoroughly, with indications that a
"young Turk" clement on the com?
mittee will bring forth a report for
the June meeting that will stir
abundant Interest. On this committee
aro C. W. Tlllctt, Chairman Colonel
Harry Skinner, A. W. McLean, George
Rountrcc, Francis Winston and T. W.
Davis.
Former Suffers Tleavy Loss.
Charlottesvllle, Va., December 1!).?
The valuable bam belonging to .Tames
G. White, one of tho most substun
tlal farmers of the Red Hill section,
this county, was totally destroyed by
I (Ire last night, together with Us con?
tents, consisting of eight cows, seven
I horses and mules, a pair of oxen, U50
Barrels of corn, a large quantity of
fodder and shucks and many farm?
ing Implements. The building was
practically a new one. The loss la
placed at between $5,000 and $6,000.
The only Insurance carried was $1,500
In tho Albemnrle Mutual. There had.
been no fire In the building during tho
day.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
GASTO R I A
>tiv<
.maj
Gift
Read over our list before buying your Christmas presents of Palms, Ferns
and Potted Plants of every varjCty, including
ACUBIAS,
851 SOLANIUMS,
RHODODENDRONS.
ASSORTED AZALEAS,
(AMELIA JAPONICAS,
BEGONIAS,
POTTED POINSETTIAS,
PRIMROSES,
CYCLAMENS,
CROTONS,
DRACAENAS,
PAN DAN US,
NARCISSE and
HYACINTHS.
Fresh from our greenhouses every das
GARDENIAS,
AMERICAN BEAUTIES,
LILY OF THE VALLEY
And ORCHIDS,
CALIFORNIA VIOLETS, SINGLIi
And DOUBLE.
Please place your orders as early as possible.
RATCLIFFE & TANNER
FLORISTS
25 Wssft Biro&dl Sftraet Phons? Madisorra 6