The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-24
Messrs. Culver Brothers.

IneSe gentlemen, who have made Char-
lotte their headquarters since they have
been engaged in the selling Of stoves in the
Carolinas, will leave us now in the course of
week or two for new fields We regret
this. The CulVers are men F'chuck full' of
business and enterprise, and it is always de-
sirable TO have such in a community We
would be glad if they would settle in Char
lotte.
Themselves gentlemen, they have brought
with them only gentlemen as statesmen. 1t
is well known that travelling men as a class
are apt to be uncouth, rowdyish fellows,
and in most refined communities the very
name of travelling dealers is odious. But if
any such prejudice existed in this section
against the Culvers and their employees
when they first came here, it has all passed
away ere this; for by their uniform courte-
sy and good behavior they have made
friends of all those with whom they have
been thrown, and have e1fectually lived
down any enmity which may have existed
toward them before they were known. For
some time past the whole party have been
boarding at the Central Hotel, in this city,
| and though the average number has been
25 or 80 men, the proprietor, Mr.. Eccles,
tells us that he has yet to know of the first
instance where any one of them has been
guilty of conduct unbecomng a gentlemen
Often there has been as many as 10 of them
in the house at one time, and a more orderly
or better behaved set of men he never had
| in his hotel. 1t would be hard to say this
of 40 men of any calling who happened acci-
dentally to be thrown in one place at the
same time.
The Culvers are operating on an extensive
capital; they are doing large business and
can not afford to have other than gentlemen
| in their employ. During the eight months
| in which they have been in Charlotte, they
| have had here Oh an average % to SO men
as was remarked above, and from so to &C
! head of stock, in addition TO the families o.
! the prime pals, Their presence has been q
source of revenue and when they leave il
will not be like the leaving of most travelling
parties-they will not take with them money
from people who have not realized value
received for all paid.
As to the quality of goods which they
have been selling, we know nothing Of oul
own knowledge. But the heavy sales which
they have made, and the fact that they
| have received but one complaint from al
those to whom they sold, is a sufficient re-
commendatiop for them wherever they may
go. Within the range embracing the coun
ties of Cabarrus, Union, Mecklenburg, Gas
ton, and one or two other counties in South
Carolina, on the line of this State, they have
sold upward of 600 of their stoves, and have
given universal satisfaction to those will
whom they have dealt.
While they have sold great many stoves
the local dealers inform us that they have
not interferred materially with the loca
trade, and that they believe that their hav
ing come here will rebound to their benefit
| They have thoroughly advertised the
| stove business in the country, and thei
| canvass will increase the sale of these artic
| les. as no man who can afford to buy vii
now be without che, and those who nov
have one will be obliged to have another i
the present one should get broken or wea
out
We are strictly conscientious in what w
have said above and will close by sayin
that we can commend Messrs. Culver Bros
and their salesmen as gentlemen who Wi
deal fairly, and be prompt TO meet all Q
their obligations. Charlotte Obsrgr.