Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-08-15

whose place of business is located at
No. 4 East Main Street. The house
was founded in 1866 by c. w. Hun
ter of Appomattox County, who con-
Quoted the business for twenty years
trading under the firm name of Hun
ter & Company. He was succeeded
in this latter year by c. w. Warden
and J. R. Taylor, Jr., who have since
conducted the business under the
firm name of Warden & Company.
The line of business is very large
one, the house being one of the 1arg-
est in Virginia outside of Richmond.
Both a wholesale and retail trade is
done, and their store in point OF
equipment is the equal of many in the
larger cities. 1t is centrally located,
attractive, and appropriately fitted
up, and furnished and fully stocked
with all kinds of literary works from
the pens of the best authors, inc1ud-
ing treaties on scientific subjects,
histories, biographies, travels, works
of fiction, bibles, hymn books, devo-
tional, law, medical, juvenile and
miscellaneous works of all kind. The
stock of blank books carried embraces
everything from the smallest vest
pocket memorandum to the most
ponderous bank ledger; including
journals, double and single entry
ledgers, day-books, cash books, etc.
The counting house stationery carried
by this house includes copying presses,
dampening bowls, pads, brushes and
blottcr baths, copying books, oil
board and blotting paper, standard
inks, Rodgers and other steel erasers,
cut-glasses, ink stands, paper weights,
sponge cups, letter clips, pen racks,
ruling pens, paper knives, bankers
cases, letter files, mucilage and mucil-
age stands, rubber bands, paper fast
teners, &c. Foley's, Fairchild' S
and Mable Todd & Companies cele-
brated gold pens.
The facilities for executing the finest
blank book, Autographed and printed
work are unsurpassed. Estimates are
promptly furnished when desired, and
we would here emphasize the fact
that the large outfit of fine Lithograph
work is unsurpassed by any firm
North or South, either in design,
execution or price, which includes
bonds, stock certificates, maps, checks,
drafts and other documents.
But after considering all the features
of this house it must be admitted that
educational books are its forte, and
the advantages to the dealer buying
this special line are many. Among
them are the following:
First. The stock is large, and
selected with care, and with a special
view to meeting the needs of the edu-
cational public, and bought direct
from first hands, at the very lowest
figures to the jobbing trade, thus saw
ing intermediate commissions and
profits.
Second. Better terms can often be
secured from this firm than from pub
fishers in Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia or Cincinnati.
Third. Freight rates from this city
are cheaper than from the cities where
the publishing houses are located.
The stock of Virginia and West
Virginia contract School Text books
is complete, and every book in use in
the schools of these States can be
bought here at the same prices as
charged by the publishers.
A speciality is made of fine printing
Also line of blank books for banks
and insurance companies. The stock
of school supplies includes book
straps, black board erasers, black
boards, blackboard stating, bristol
board, call bells, compasses, globes,
inkstands, school sponges, tracing
paper; thumb tacks, noiseless states,
&c.
The individual members of the firm