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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-11-07

There have been many Christmas seasons
in Staunton before the one which the calen-
dar so provokingly puts away off in the
last days Of next month, but we question
if any of them ever came in the midst OF
such financial plenty as this one. There
never has been so much money circulating
in this vicinity and section as there is now.
There never has been time before when
everybody who could work, and wanted
work, could get it to do and get paid for it.
With such Christmas in front of him the
merchant is wise who lays in an attractive
stock and advertises 1t early. Newspaper
men know pretty well the effect of adyer-
Using, better some times than those who do
the advertising, and they know that the
effect of repeatedly seeing an announce
ment in paper is to train the public mind
to the impression that that is the place to
go to first Let our Christmas advertisers
commence this year six weeks before
Christmas day to tell the people what they
have. Many will have money to make pre-
sents this year who haven't had it before
and who need to get the idea-a sort of ed
ucation, as it were-so let our merchants
commence educating the buyers early. An
advertisement inserted just on the eve of
Christmas, except as it influences town
buyers. is that much money thrown away.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-11-07
The Grand Officers Elected.

The following is full list of Grand Off
GERS elected by the two Masonic bodies that
met at Roanoke last week:
The Grand Chapter elected the following
J. Howard Wayt, Staunton, Grand High
Priest; George W. Wright, Marion, Grand
King; William L. Jetfries. Culpeper,, Grand
Scribe; W. r. Allen, Richmond, Grand Treas
mrer; w. B. Isaacs, Richmond, Grand Secreta-
ny, John L. Carter, Danville, Grand Captain
of the Host; George w. Poe, Richmond, Grand
Principal Sojonrner; F. A. Reed. Alexandra,
Grand Royal Arch Captain; J. f. Christian,
Roanoke, Master Third Veil; Jacob Bumgard-
ner, Stanton Second Veil; l. S. Tower. Rich
mond First Veil; Rev. George W. Dame
Danville, Grand Chaplain.
The Grand Commandery elected the fol
lowing. Right Eminent Daniel J.. Turner
Jr., Norfolk. Grand Commander; Very Emf
nent James Little Avis, Harrisonburg, Depu,
ty Grand Commander; Very Eminent Fred
Greenwood. Norfolk, Grand Generalissimo
Grand Captain General; Very Eminent Rev
George W. Dame, Danville, Grand Prelate
Very Eminent J. P. Corbin, Fredericksburg,
Grand Senior Warden; Very Eminent J. L
Parham, Petersburg, Grand Junior Warden
Very Eminent W. T. Allen, Richmond, Crane
Treasurer; Right Eminent W. b. lsaacs, Rich
mond, Grand Recorder; Eminent E. ID. Mi!
| Ter, Danville, Grand Standard Bearer; Emf
| nent J. v Bidgood, Richmond, Grand Swore
| Bearer; Eminent j. II. Capers, Richmond
Grand Warden; Eminent R. B. Shelburn, Pe
tersburg q. of &.
The officers were installed by the Grand
| Master Of the Grand Encampment OF the Uni
TED States, j. p. S. Goblin. Of Pennsylvania.
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The West Point Terminal Improvement
COMPANY.

This enterprise for the development Of
that growing tidewater town, West Point
the first point this side of San Francisco that
freight strikes 4G-foot deep water way to
the oceans advertised ON the fourth page
of to-day S paper. 1t is the deep water ter
minus of the immense Richmond & Dan
vile system with its 1000 miles of railway.
1t is a pretty town at the confluence Of the
Mattaponi and Pamunky rivers, which
form the noble Y ork rlver, and has been for
years a summer health resort for Richmond
people who reach 1t by the York River
Railroad. 1t is destined to be a large
city and is already prepared for its new
birth by having fine hotel, electric light
and hundreds of artesian wells. The Pres
ident of thecompanyi is W. Ritchie Quarles,
well known banker of Richmond, and it's
General Manager is G. G. Thompson of
Staunton, who has been prominent IN bring
ing forward some Of the most solid Of Vir-
ginia S new enterprises.
Among it's Directors are Sol Haas
Traffic Manager of the Richmond q
Danville Ry., Hon. Henry r. Pollard OF
Richmond, NJ. Laupenheimer of the Ar
row Steamship Co., and other well known
men of affairs. The terms of subscription
to the stock are very favorable and the
prospective value of the lots is not exceed
ed by any Offering that has yet been made
| by any of the new development companies.
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A Staunton Traveller.

The Adairsville (Ga.) Ledger Of October
2Sth, under the caption OF ga Restless Spir-
it'', has the following about a member of
the typographical profession of this city
and late a valued attache of the VINDI-
GATOR:
s'Alfred Lauriot, a French tourist who
came here from Staunton, Va, a month ago
and Joined the Ledger crew, left for Memphis,
Tenn, Monday night, to meet friend, and
from there will go to Texas with his comrade.
Since 1869 this wandering Frenchman has
visited all the Southern States, with the eX-
ception of Florida, and is now on his second
fore doing SO has great desire to visit Mexico
City, just to have peep at the 'greasers' on
their native SOIL
MI. Lauriot will have no trouble in work
ing in Mexican printing offices. He is not
Frenchman, but a French Canadian, and
when he came to the United States, though
unable to speak a word of English, got worl
in an American Office, and could set up
English copy as well as an American prin
ter could. He also worked on the Spanish
paper in New York with equal success
He is remarkable man in other respec tt
and is better read in the current literature
of the day than nineteen-twentieths OF thu
English syeaking population OF any tow
he may stop in. He is a valuable man in ;
newspaper Office, whether it be a metropol
itan journal OIL rural weekly.
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What Stanton has Furnished
TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW vIR
GINA TOWNS.

$500
GINA TOWNS.
If one takes an account OF the men and
money the little city of Staunton, with It's
1000 population, has furnished to the new
career OH which Virginia has entered, the
list will surprise him. No other city OF
it's size in Virginia has done one-tWentleth
as much. 1t has furnished the following
officers of the more prominent town enter
prises located outside of Staunton
Iron Gate-Hon. Jacob Yost, President
and General Manager.
Kanawha City, W. Va.-A. G. Braxton.
President; B. D. Avis, General Manager;
w. T. McCue, Director.
West Clifton Forge-B. Frank Eakle and
John Donovan, Promoters.
Covington-B. Frank Eakle, General
Manager.
Clifton Forge-J. D. Crowle, I'd Vice
President; P. II. Trout, Treasurer; Lewis
Hartman, General Manager; Charles Curry,
Pro noter; J. G. Scheffer and John Nc
Quaide, Directors.
Goshen-J. Fred. Efinger, Vice Presi-
dent; Charles L. Cooke, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Buena Vista-Wm. Patrick, Director.
Basic City-Edward Echols. Vice Presi-
dent; J. A. Wise, Secretary and Treasurer;
J. M. Quarles, General Manager; Chas. A.
Holt and M. A. Booker, Directors.
Shendun-Jed. Hotchkiss, President;
Charles Catlett, General Manager; L. G..
Morton, General Agent; r. Fl. Catlett and
H. M. Bell, Directors.
West Point-C. G. Thompson, General
Manager.
Gordonsville-W. L. Walters, Jr., Vice
President; II. L. Hoover, General Mama
ger; Geo. G. Walters and G. G. Thompson,
Directors.
Waynesboro Company-M. Erskine Mil
ler, President; Edward Echols and r. w.
Burke, Directors.
Luray-Dr. A. M. Henkle, Director.
Glasgow-R. II. Catlett, Director.
In addition to these men Of enterprise,
the people of the town have subscribed first
and last to over $250,000 of the stock of the
new town companies, and invested half as
much more at their lot sales.
This is a pretty good record for live
town of work done outside it's own limits.
And besides these it has organized and
differed a half dozen home Development
Companies and dozen Building, Invest
ment, &C., companies.
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The Officer of the Law did his duty.

Deputy Sheriff M. w. Butcher, who,
while attempting to arrest Henry Casey,
the colored tough who fractured the skull
of young j. w. Corners some weeks ago,
shot and killed Casey, was examined be-
fore the Mayor yesterday on a warrant got
ten out by Cassey's mother. James Bum
gardner, appeared for the Deputy Sheriff,
and A. C. Gordon, Commonwealth At
torney for the Commonwealth. The story
of the killing by the officer has already been
published. Casey had escaped from house
and the officer after crying to him several
times to ''halt'' fired twice to scare him
and the third time to stop him, the prisoner
having gotten about forty yards away from
him at the third fire. Prof. Gilmor Bryan
of the Wesleyan Female Institute, who was
walking nearly hundred yards away from
the officer, testified to hearing his cries of
at the Washington & Lee University, SOB
of Gen. V. d. Groner Of Norfolk, who Was
on his way to the University at the time
saw the firing and testified that Casey was
forty yards from the officer. There was nc
evidence produced which could contradict
these witnesses.
After the examination was concluded
Capt. Bumgardner read the law tonchins
the duties Of officers of the law in sucl
cases, and asked the discharge of Deput7
Sheriff Butcher from custody. The Mayo
said that under the law the officer had onl,
done his duty and would not have done hi
duty if he had not acted as he did, ak
thereupon discharged him from custody.
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City Council.

The following business was transacted
at the City Council Tuesday night:
a Long Standing Nuisance.-On com
plant of Councilman Scheffer resolution
was adopted requesting the Mayor to com
municate with the Valley Ry. authorities
and have the blocking Of Greenville Ave
nue.by their employees using it as a shift
ing ground for trains, remedied.
Neao Hose.-$600 was appropriated te
the purchase Of new hose.
SUIT for Failure of Performance o.
Contract. The City Attorney was instruc
ted to take steps to enforce the rights OF
| the city in a contract made with B. J. AZ
nall and B. T. Bagby for heating the Main
Street Public School building.
Fines at the Mayors Office. The report
of the Mayor for October showed the fol
lowing-Fines imposed, 1925; costs, $63
amount collected, $4,000
Purchase of the Fair Ground.-A COM
munication was read from M. E. Miller
President of the Baldwin Fair Association
suggesting that the Council appoint COM
IulUlcC W COIICl WILL OllC ttppOiHuCti NY uiAe
Fair Association, for the purchase by the
city of the Fair grounds, which Mr.. Mil,
ler shows by unanswerable arguments will
be greatly to the advantage of the city.
city Treasurer's Report. The report of
City Treasurer Arista Hoge, for October
showed-receipts, SO, 5722 6; expenditures.
s., 2sO.6l. Balance on hand, 81 ,291.65.
Petitions.-Of Heber Ker, granted; OF
Rev. G. Mosley Murray, referred; of Mrs.
j. M. Kinney, proprietor Of Hotel Mozart.
rejected; of A. p. Smitt, granted.
/ Partition at the P0rk.-The sum OF
81 1925 was appropriated to pull down the
old Donaghe residence at the park and put
q pavilion in it's place. M. B. Stoddard
to do the work.
City Stables-A resolution was adopted
appropriating sum not to exceed $6 ,OO(
to buy the Holiday lot on Lewis street land
erect thereon brick stable for the use OF
the Fire Department, and city street
horses. and as headquarters for the Fire
Department. By selling a lot off the tract
mentioned for 81, 500, and selling the ole
engine house on New street for ST 500, the
$4,000 will be reduced to $4,000, besides
giving new street opened on Lewis
street.
Expenses of the Census.-The sums Of
S32 to W. M. Simpson, $17 to Logan Tur
ner and SIS to Paul Grow, for services ren
dered in taking a new city census, were
appropriated.
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An Old Bible.

MI J. L. Wallace who owns and resides
at the university farm about ten miles
from Staunton, has in his possession a
Bible printed in 1851 in Ireland. The title
page sets forth that it is ''newly translated
out Of the original Greek and with the
Former TRANSACTIONS Diligently compared
and Revised. By His Majesty's Special
Command. Appointed to be read in
church,
belfast. Printed by and for James
Blow and for George Grierson, Printer to
the Kings Most Excellent Majesty at the
Kings Arms and Two Bibles, Essex street
Dublin, M. DEC. IL"
1t had been used as a family Bible by the
Black family, and has been at least once
rebound in heavy calf skin the thickness OF
shoe leather, but the interior of the book
has been good deal marred by time.
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Fire.

The warehouse fronting the G. & o. de-
pot, which MI. James III. Blackley recently
sold to the Staunton Steam Roller Process
CO. for mill, and from which he was NOV
ing his goods into the building next door,
was found to be Gu fire Sunday morning.
AS usual the Fire Department extinguish-
ed it promptly as soon as it got to work,
and what of MI. B. S stock was still in the
house was not injured more than $500
worth. The damage to the building is COW
cred by 5000 of insurance in Hoge & Nc
Chesneys agency. The fire is thought to
have originated from some one smoking
on the premises in the evening, Oh, if it
was incendiarism, by some one setting fire
to the hay through broken window.
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The Staunton Y. M. c. A. Gymnasium.
Abroad.

from the Harrsonburg Spirit OF the Valiey.l
AS announced, the gymnastic exhibition
for the benefit of our Y. M. g. A. gymna-
SUM was held at the town hall Tuesday
night Messrs. Templeton, Woodhouse.
White and and DR.. Catlett, led by General
Secretary Mccoy, all Of the Staunton AS
ISOLATION, were the performers.
Loud applause greeted their many and
sk1llfully executed feats. The tumbling
was especially popular, and when little
''Ham'' White jumped off the springboard
and cleared four men STOPPING side by side
in single somersault, the enthusiasm OF
the audience knew no bounds. The Staun-
ton Association is very fortunate in having
a man as capable as MI Taylor Mccoy. MI.
Woodhouse's execution of various move
ments on the buck, parallel bars and horl.
zontal bar were interesting as well as anus
ing. DE-. Catlett showed by his skill and
grace that man need not be awkward if
he is tall and slender.
Mr.. Templeton was the heavy We eht,
and combined great strength and grace in
his well proportioned frame. OF course
Mr.. Mccoy was the best man and already
deserves his well earned reputation as an
all-round athlete. We would like to have
these young men with us again.
[From the Harrisonburg Register.l
The friends of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association were afforded treat in
the way of gymnastic exhibition on Tues
day evening by five young men from the
Young Mems Christian Association OF
Staunton. They were led by Mr.. Taylor
Mccoy, the new General Secretary of that
Association. Everything passed off nicely
and the young men were greeted with great
applause at their difficult and beautiful
feats on the horizontal and vaulting bar,
parallel bars, buck spring board, NC
Messrs. Templeton, Woodhouse, little
''Ham'' White and Dr.. Catlett showed that
they had been skillfully trained by theil
leader. Little s'Ham'' White and MI. Nc
Coy did some fine tumbling, the former
clearing in one somersault four men stoop.
ing side by side. The porpoise dives were
very natural-the three young men partici
pating diving over each other in a most re
markable manner. Our space IS too imi
ted for full account The exhibition was
a decided success, and the young men OF
Staunton Y. M. G. A. are to be congratu
lated upon their General Secretary.
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of living faith. She filed place in the home
aud among relatives and friends from which she
will be sadly missed. The funeral services took
place at her late residence on the day on which
She died, and the next morning her remains
were ca rried to Woodstock, Va, and there in-
tered in the burying ground of her family.
SITLINGTON.-Near Mcdowell, Highland Co.,
Oct 26th, Robert Sitllngton, aged S. years.
HINER.-At Doe Hill, Highland Co., Oct. goth,
Mrs. JAS M. Hiner.
80, at New Hope. Mrs. Fire.
baugh, widow OF the late John FiTebaugh, ana
sister of A. H. Shuey of Augusta.
BARLEY.-At Winchester, Va, Oct. 81, Mrs
Florence A. Barley, wife of Louis A. Barley,
conductor on the b. & O. Ry.
her home near Fishelsviile, on
Monday morning, Nov Sd, Mrs. Isabella Ham
ilton wife of Henry Hamilton and sister OF Capt
P. E. Wilson of stanton. She leavesa husband
and one grown son, Edward Hamilton. Fune-
raj and interment took place Tuesday at Tink-
ling Spring Presbyterian church.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-11-07
Fatal Occurrence.

A report reached the city yesterday that
a colored boy had been shot and killed on
a farm owned by MI. j. w. Wallace
four miles from Greenville. Tie report
says that the colored tenants on the farm
sent two colored boys to warn off some part.
ridge hunters from shooting on the farm
and one Of the boys returned reporting that
the hunters had shot the other boy dead
The fact that the 10y who returned had his
clothes scorched by powder and that be
had gun with him, arouses the suspicion
that it was his own gun that accidentally
killed his little companion.
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A Venerable Voter.

The venerable George Fuller, who, on the
18th of October, entered on his SSth year,
walked from his residence ON N. Augusta
street Tuesday to the polling place on New
street and deposited his ballot for Tucker.
He remarked that he thought the old men
ought to vote always so as to set a good ex-
ample for the younger ones. Nh. Fuller
has lived under every administration the
United States has had except two-those
Of George Washington and Adams. He
was an old line Wing before the civil waI,
and his first vote was cast in 1924 when The
candidates were Andrew Jackson, John
@. Adams, VIM. H. Crawford and Henry
Clay. There were then only "a States in
the Union and PSI votes in the electoral
college.
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Delegates to Temperance Grand Lodges.

The Grand Division of Sons OF Temper
ance, of which the Grand Patriarch is Jno'
G. Fretwell of Charity Division, Staunton,
meets at Richmond next Tuesday. Charity
Division has elected Capt. j. L. Long as
it's delegate.
The Grand Lodge Of Good Templars
meets at Alexandria on Tuesday, Deem
Der I'd. Mountain City Lodge OF Staunton
has elected Mrs. A. S. Woodhouse as its
delegate. and J. Alex. Turk as alternate.
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The Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Festival

There was a very largely attended meet
ing of the Ladies' Auxiliary in the parlor
of the 7. M. G. A. building Monday after
noon to arrange for the ''Santa Klaus
Fest,'' to be given the first week in De-
cember. The work of each member as
assigned was accepted with an enthusiasm
M. G.. A. hall will present a very handsome
appearance on the occasion, handsomer it
is claimed than at any former festival.
All the churches are well represented among
the ladies engaged in this undertaking. The
object is 70 pay off 81 900 of the debt of the
Association.
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The Manufacture of Glass.

The Buena Vista Glass Company has
purchased 720 acres of land near Greenville
in this county, a large part of which is I'M
derlaid with white glass sand than which
none purer has been found in this country.
The company is arranging not only to mine
and sell glass sand, but to establish facto-
tory for the manufacture of flint glass at
Buena Vista. The company consists of
DR.. W. FL. Ruffner of Rockbridge, Presi-
dent; r. E. Larew of Greenville. Secretary
VIM. Patrick of Staunton, Treasurer; and
with them, J. j. Larew and S. M. Donald
Directors. The maximum capital il
$400, 900.
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rendered His Resignation.

The whole community will deeply re-
gret to learn that on account OF Ill health:
DR.. D. K. Mcfarland, pastor Of the FRS
Presbyterian church, on Wednesday even
ing last wrote to the Session rendering his
resignation and requesting that the congre-
cation join him in asking Lexington res
bytery to dissolve the pastoral relations.
The news has caused the deepest concern
in and out of the congregation, and at a
congregational meeting next Sunday week.
every effort will be made to induce DE.
Mcfarland to change his determination.
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MARRIED..

ON-MURDAUGH.-In Trinity p.
Church, Fredericksburg, Oct "a, Jas. S. El!er-
Son, of Richmond, to Miss Lucy Murdaugh
daughter of the late Rev. c. Murdaugh, and
sister of A. G. Murdaugh, late OF stanton.
GLASG OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the Presby terrain
church near Rcckbridge Baths, Nov. 5th Dr.
Robert Glasgow, Of lexington to Miss Mamie
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S. b. Morrison.
Rev. r. G. Jett rector OF the Protestant Episco-
pal Church at Woodstock, to Miss Annie A.
Funston, daughter of the late DR.. o. R. Funston
of Clarke.
Toms Brook, shenandoah, Oct. %, by Rev. j.
s. Hopkins, Robert H. Earl, engineer on tie
Valley Ro:iway, to Miss Annie B. Flynn.
HYNDMAN-MEAD E.-Oct. 90, in st. Patrick's
Cincinnati, Ohio, to Miss Lula A. Meade, of
Richmond, sister of John w. Meade of Staun-
BRADLEY-KERR.-At New Hope, Nov. 18th,
Capt. Henry f. Bradley, of Luray, Page Co.,
Va, to Mrs. j. Alice Kerr
McCLURE-SPROUL.-A the residence of the
BRIDES father. A. A sproul near Middlebrook,
D. D., j. Marshall Mcclure to Miss Linda NJ.
Sproul.
MICH EL-KINCAID.-AtW West View Angus
ia Co., Nov. 9th, Robert G. Michael to Miss
Dora b. Kincaid
Co., Nov. 9th, by Rev. L. H. Paul, w. A. Hottie
to Miss Kate, daughter of Abraham Andrew.
EAVY-MYERS.-At New Hope, Augusta Co.
| Nov. 4th James L.. Eavy to Mrs. Mary +. Myers
SANGER-CRAUN-At Mt. Sidney, Augusta
| Co., Nov. 4th, George H. Sanger to Miss Martha
V. Craun.
| POLE-ANTRIM.-At Roanoke, Va, Nov. 4th,
by Rev. W. c. Campbell Wilbur S. Pole to Miss
Emma Antrim, formerly of Waynesboro.
| TELFORD-BROWN.- Maiden, Kanawha
| Co., w. Va, Oct Both, Rev. r. L. Telford, pastor
| of Lewisburg, W. Va, Presbyterian church, to
| Miss Anna Boone Brown, grand daughter OF
| Rev. VIM. Brown, former pastor of the Angus
| ia church.
! MORSELL-HARRIS the residence of VIM.
H. Harris the father of the bride, in Albemare
| Co., Oct. Doth, by Rev. Daniel Blaine, VIM. F.
l. Morsell, of Washington, d. G., to Miss Belle
Montgomery Harris. Among the attendants
was Miss Mary Harris of Ra phine, and among
| the guests was Mrs. b. w. Moffett Of Augusta
| MEDIA NIEL-CHAPMA the evening of
Oct. 18th, at the residence of the brides grand
father, Squire John P. Haynes,of Clifton Forge,
! by Rev. E. w. McCorkle, Chas. L. Mcdaniel to
| Miss Florence NJ. Chapman. daughter of Capt.
w. K. Chapman of Clifton Forge.
HERNSBERGER-WIS 5th, near Her
mtage, Augusta Co., Va, by Rev. John H
Taylor, VIM. M. Hernsberger to Miss Susan A.
Wise, both of Augusta county,
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New Store.

Mr.. John G. Whitlock, Flour Inspector
has opened the pretty new store ON New
street erected by Mr.. W. F. Summerson,
as family grocery, tobaecos, &C.. estab-
lishment 1t is a new, fresh and attractive
place of business, and if all Of Mr.. Whit
locks friends patronize it, will be filled
from morning till night. He has good
stock and attends to the sales in person.