The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-04-14

general dry goods, notions, etc. he makes
specially Of silks and hne dress goods, in which
line he offers special Inducements TO customers.
Four persons are employed, and judging nom
the manner In which they are kept busy, Mr.
Keplinger must be doing decidedly good busi-
ness. HI
-a.f a CORNELL BROS. HfHU n.
Cornell Bros, are comparatively new arm
but are successful one nevertheleSs. They be
gan business last October, In tho Rex block, at
the corner Of Market and Fifth streets. and on
April let removed to their present location In the
cornt room Of the Mathews block. They keep
good stock Of books, stationery, pictures
framel ana wall paper Their news department
10 a special feature, and all the leading daily
and weekly papers, periodicals and magazienes
can be found on their counters.
II. @. WHITE.
Mr. White came TO Canton from MogadOre,
about year ago, and opened his harness and
saddlery shop He now occupies the old post
ofice room, and in addition TO harness. saddles
etc., keeps large supply Of trunks. Mr.. White
ia also the proprietor Of similar store in NIGGA
dOre, and the stores employ eight persons.
wB DEwEEsE.
Mr.. W B DeWeese has been engaged In business
in Canton for the past twentyone years, the first
seven Of which he was connected with different
dry goods firms. In 1867 he opened his hat, cap
and gents furnishing goods store In the Opera
Block and afterwards removed to room In the
Eagle Block. he removed to his present location
in the Poyser & Whiting Block In the spring Of
1878. His stock consists Of a complete line Of
hat, caps, furnishing goods, furs trunks, Vallses
&c. In addition to his spacious store room he has
rented the basement Of the building. which has
been converted into trunk and Btraw.gOOda
room.
HIRsCHHEMER BROS.
Since 1871 the store room OF HirsChheimer Bros
has been used as clothing store, and the old
stand has acquired reputation for honesty and
taiT dealing. In 1874 Mr.. Felix Hirschhelmer
purchased the store, which had been owned by
Mr.. Aaron Rothschild, and In 1878 Lewis and
Isaac Hirschheimer succeeded Felix HlrsChhei.
mer. They are the owners Of the building and
have the first floor filled with large and selected
stock Of ready made clothing, furnishing goods
hats, caps, valises, &c. Three persons are employ
ed In the store and large and increasing patron.
age iB theirs.
]. C. BoCKIUs' SONS.
The boot and shoe firm of. G. Bockiul' sonl
Is the Oldest established house OF the kind in the
State Of Ohio. brief sketch OF It's career, and
the progress Of the boot and shoe trade from the
time Of lts establishment to the present day n
quite interesting. Mr.J. y, Bocklus, the iathel
OF the present proprIetoB, opened a shoe shop or
the 5th Of May, 1920 In an old frame building
which stood on the site Of the court house. Thi
building was removed with the shop in 1922 Il
the Bockius property on South Market street
where Arter's millinery store now is. In 1886
was moved a door north, and In 1S45 back Rgail
to the old location, on which site the presen
brick building had been erected. In 1885 th
hrst stock Of Eastern machine made boots anC
shoeS we're. brought to Canton by Mr.. BoCkiut
and those goods were then quite novelty. Pre-
vious to that time men would go to the tanner
les, buy their own leather, and then have shoes
made for the entire family by the shoemaker
Shoemakers were then scarce, and as all tn
work was done by hand II was necessarily slow
Sometimes there would be as many orders on tn
books that families would have to wait as lonI
as four and Ave months for shoeR. To avoid thi
delay many persons were accustomed to orde
shoes months before they were in need Of them
In 1851 Mr.. Bockius bought the ground upor
which his store is now located, the three stor
brick building now occupied by him. In octO
Der, 1913, Mr. L. v, Bockins became member o
the Arm and in 1870 Mr.. E. Bocklus also becam
a partner, These two gentlemen are the presen
propIietors OF the store. Three workmen are EN-
ployed on custom work and four persons in tn
store. They carry stock varying from $1,000 t
$4,000 in value, and sell annually about S26Y0O
worth Of goods.