Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-12-01
OUR BUSINESS MEN.

Continuing our notices of the business
men Of this city, next door to Burke Il
Bradley going out we have the Hardware
establishment of
A. 7. GILKERsON,
formerly Woods & Gilkerson. Eighteen
years ago in Sept. '5s, Mr.. Gilkerson and
business of D. W. Kennedy and opened in
the house now occupied by Mr.. G. From
'5S until IA through sixteen years these
good friends carried on a good business
nor was there an interruption to their
friendly and business relations until death
dissolved them with the sudden summons
which took the honored senior member OF
the firm from his own threshold, startling
and grieving the whole community with
the loss of a good man and true citizen.
After the death Of Mr.. Woods his son, A.
G.. Woods succeeded his father, the style
of the firm remaining unchanged until
June rs when MI. Woods withdrew, since
which time Mr.. A. T. Gilk erson has con
Quoted the business in his own name. His
house supplies everything in his line need
ed by the farmer, the mechanic, OF the
housekeeper, and the quality of his goods
and the fairness Of his dealings is attested
by the retention of the old friends and
customers of the house through so long
period. Willie Gilkerson, son of the pro-
prietor assists his father in his business
6ciY bn
with which he bears his share of response
bility and care he will, at no distant day,
be competent to lift the burden from his
senior and carry it upon his own strong
young shoulders.
MIR. G. L. WELLER,
the principal boot. shoe and hat man for
this part of town has his establishment
few doors east Of the Post Office, you can't
miss his sign if you keep your head up.
Mr.. Weller is a native Richmonder ano
at the close Of the war returning from {
yankee prison to his native city. finding il
in ruins and business paralyzed, he went
| to the Natural Bridge and on q meagIs
! salary entered the service Of Pitman Il Co
| at that place. At the end of two years hi
| came to Staunton, secured a good position
in the house of I. Witt & Bro, whele he re
| manned thre e years, and then with his say
savings of the last FIVE years of servic
| purchased the stock of q gentleman by tn,
name Of Bickers. In Sept. 1873 he bought
the property he now occupies, has contin
| ued from season to season to add to ant
| increase his stock until there is nothin.
in his line that boy, on girl. man or woman
delicate Miss OF sturdy farmer can call 70
| he can not furnish, and that too Of thu
best material and make and latest aDf
most approved style and finish. In ths
| shoe line MI. Weller deals exclusively il
leather has no paper or composition soles
| and promises to give his customers value
! received for their money. He employs sew
| eral hands ON ladies custom work, amons
whom is Mr.. John W. Price, an excellent
VOL kmaI and worthy pupil Of Bishop A
M. Simpson, who has been almost paIl
the concern ever since it was a concern
To the popularity, integrity and zeal q
Brother Simpson is owing much of thu
| success which G. L. Weller has achieve
in the good city Of Staunton where indus
| try, honesty and economy will sooner o.
| later surely win.
| Next door west of Burke & Bradley is
the store and house furnishing establish
ment of
! j. j. POINTS.
| The origin Of this house dates bacl
| bout fifty years, to the time that Josep
Points, an elder brother Of the late B. I
| Points commenced the business in Staun-
| ton. His brother, B. T. Points, learned
| his trade with him and in 1882, forty-four
years ago commenced work on his owl
hook in q house which stood where DR..
Chapman's premises now stand, but was
burnt down and Mr.. Points then removed
to building near Tyree's Drug store OF
the same street. Soon after, he bought thu
property now occupied by his sons ant
opened his business, then just thirty-fy
years ago.
The third year after the war J. J. Points
commenced bushes with his father, IL
which he continued until '73, when hi
sold out to his brother and being in il
heath took a southern trip. Returning tt
Stauntcn after few months, he remained
during the declining days Of his fathers lif
and after his death, in Jan. '65 took charg,
of the old business which he has managed
successfully since. His stock is quite
large one and very complete, and it is sig.
nifcant Of their mode of conducting bust.
ness that the concern through its severa
changes has dealt uninterruptedly fol
thirty eight years with E. L. Parker, al
old established Baltimore house. MI
Points as a safe, reliable, business man has
d firm hold upon the confidence Of his Gus
toners and the community generally.
On the same side of Main street next
door to A. T. Gilkerson we find.
MIR. GEO. It. FLICK,
in the saddlery and harness trade. Mr.
Flick came here from Winchester in 1858.
and, with Kolhausen, bought out the bust
ness of Mr.. Samuel Clark, on the site nov
knowp as Richardson's corner. Two years
after, Mr.. E. purchased the interest of Kol
hansen, and moved to the old Hill property
where is now Taylor's confectionery. The
war coming on, he quit business and went
intothe army, and after the war resumed
in the house next door to DR.. Chapman
Remaining there onlysone year, he moved
to his present location, which property he
purchased, and where he has carried On a
safe and growing business, keeping the
largest stock OF the kind in Stanton, con
sisting of every variety of harness, light
and heavy; saddles of almost every style
and pattern; brides, whips, blankets,