The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-31
w. II. WELLER.

One of the representative dry goods
houses of the city is located at No. ll6 f.
Main Sc. and is presided over by the gen
& pman whose name heads these paragraphs.
Mr.. Weller is a native of Richmond, from
which CITY he removed to Staunton soon
after the war and accepted a clerkship in
the fIry gouds house of Kayser 81 Young.
Remaining with this firm some ten or
twelve years. he then formed partnership
: with Simon II. IIilb. under the firm style
of Hib & Weller. This partnership con
tinued about oneyear, when hr. w eler re-
tired from the firm and entered the employ
of Mr.. ID. A. kayser, who. III the mean
time had dissolved partnership with Mr..
Young About nine years ago Mr.. Weller
established business upon his own account.
He secured the location he now occupies.
and from that day to this it has been his
earnest effort to maintain an establishment
thai should, upon the score of merit, com
mand the hearty support of the best class
es OF people i'll the city and country. How
successful he has been the present condi
ton and trade of the house best attests.-
This trade is of wide-reaching character,
too. We certainly speak within bounds
when we say that much of it comes from
points fifty and seventy-tive miles from
here and this out-Of-town trade IS no less
carefully looked after than the city trade
the result is that the house is held III nigh
esteem both at home and abroad.
The speciaties of the business are dry
goods, fancy goods and novelties. The
saleSroOm is q handsome One-S5X23 feet
and standing by the entrance and looking
adown the store there is a vision of beauty
unfolded that is very charming. The en-
tire salesroom is handsomely dressed
there is an artistic blending of colors.
fabrics of almost every conceivable kind
pertinent to,txa trade are displayed singly
or in attractive groupings, and to the mas
cll1ine mind the effect is, to say the least
bewildering, and we don wonder that our
lady readers make the store the Mecca of
many pilgrimage.
In the course of conversation Mr.. Wei
Ter Informed us that in his trade the de-
mand for the better, higher priced grades
of goods had increased fully SO per cent.
during the past four or five years. and es-
pecially did this hold true Of the silk lace
velvet and fine dress goods departments
generally. We could see for OurSelf the
completeness of the houSe-we could not
but notice what attention is paid to novel
ties, and knowing as little as we do of the
dry goods trade, it was evident that the
purchases for the house were made by one
who appreciated and desired to cater the
needs of a very diversified patronage. Mr..
Weller also plead guilty to the soft inn
peachmert that he did a very considerable
credit business. However," said he. .
am proud of my trade-I rarely lose any
thing by bad debts, and my customers usu-
ally meet their bills promptly"
New 7 Ork is Mr.. Weller's principal pur-
chasing market. and he visits that city
three to four times year he also buys in
Baltimore and Philadelphia. To his bust
ness he gives close personal attention. and
In the store is..assisted by three statesmen :
d. e. Euritt, Guy Cochran and Tully
Woodhouse, who have been with him re-
spectively 5, 6 and two years.
In conclusion we say this of Mr.. Weller
and of his house-say it in all fairness too.
He has, by his uniform courtesy, made
hosts Of friends by truthful representa-
tions and the pursuit of policy of square
dealing he has won most desirable patron
age, and we sincerely hope his prosperity
in the future will keep pace with his past
success. sea