The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-02
WILLING TO CLOSE ON MONDAY.
Clerks Will Have a Holiday on
December 20.
The Code of Virginia Provides That When
christmas Falls on Sunday Monday
Shall DO Legal IIolidny-The Mer-
chnnts of tho City Arc willing TO Close
Their Stores on That Day

Christmas this year falls on Sunday.
According to section 2Si4 of the Code of
Virginia, approved February rs. 1890.
tho Goth day of Deceu1 bor is q legal hol-
iday when the 255h falls on Sunday.
visit to most Of the business men yes
terday proved that our merchants are
| willing to allow themselves and clerks
u holiday on that day, provided a ma.
jority o. the first class houses of the
city agree TO close.
c. K. Wortz said: "The article in TIE
TIMES is move in the right direction
and Only just to the young people of tho
town. The money lost to tho business
mon on that day will be moro than
made up in other ways"
M. III. Jennings: "Give US holiday by
all means. Christmas comes but once a
year, and why not enjoy it? Our store
will be closed on tho 26th."
Snyder 81 McBain: 1--WE W II close on
tho Monday following Christmas"
G. ID. Kenny's coffee and tea house
will DO closed from Saturday night be.
fore Christmas until Tuesday morning.
w. G. Evans: 1--WE expect to shut up
shop on tho Goth and give our boys a
holiday. l do not know of any good
reason why all business mon should not
do tho same"
j. Bright, of Bright q Penn: "Lot u.
have q holiday by all means. Why not?
IL is tho usual thing and every body ex.
poets it,
Walter Bocne: 81 an agreeable to
anything that the mass of tho people
want. l certainly think business men
ought to have one Christmas holiday
and Monday, tho Goth, ia the proper
iimp to have it. II other houses will
close on that day ! shall be very glad TO
do the same"
Il. S. Williams: "Whcn Christmas
falls on sunday lock upon Monday as
d holiday as matter of course"
200 Frank: "By all means Monday
should be kept as holiday. 1t is OBJ
served throughout the country as such
when Christmas falls on Sunday, and as
for my part | shall close my store on
that day and give my clerks their holt
day for | think they arc entitled TO it,"
K j. Eckloif: at strikes me that
when the merchants close their stores
Saturday evening they ought not be
opened again until Tuesday morning.
In my opinion the day ought to be OBJ
served for several reasons, the most i'm
portant OF which is to give tho clerks at
least one holiday"
John r. Greene: ut is something
that the clerks expect and they are en-.
titled to it and my store will DO closed
from Saturday night until Tuesday
morning. think every business house
in the city ought to close on that day"
Ira j. Meals, of the firm or Meals 81
Burke: 81 am in favor of all the bust
ness houses closing on that day. Sat
nrday will be busy day with US all and
l think the clerks ought to have at least
one day for holiday. l shall close my
store and hope every other business
man in the city will do likewise"
Charles Lyle: 1T has always been
the rule when Christmas comes on Sun.
day for all business men to observe
Monday as holiday, and think tho
people in this city will regard it as
such. hope to sec no business houses
open on that day"
Grocer hrugh will give his boy day
off. w. II. b Loving will follow the
crowd. The Bowdre Shon Company
will be in limo with tho rest. Jeweler
Harrison will follow the example Of tho
other houses. Grocer Moir will be
found with The majority. L. II Stewards
furniture house will be closed on tho
Goth. The IIobbie Music Company will
also close on that day. The Norfolk
and Western Offices will be closed on
Monday, the Goth.
Tho Judge Camo N6nr Being Indicted.
ST JOSEPH, Mo, Dec IA sensation
has boon caused by the arrest OF halt a
dozen prominent people indicted by the
grand jury on the charge Of renting
houses to be used as dives and bawdy
houses Excitement was Increased
when it was learned that had it moi
been for mistake of the grand Jury as
to tho ownership of certain propertv
the Judge to whom the indictment will
be returned might also have been in
dicted The judge 10 81 as Woodson.
ex-governor of Missouri His nephew,
Stephen Woodson, president of the
Saxton National Bank. was indicted on
the superstition that he owned the
property for which he la the agent of
his uncle Young Woodson SAYS the
judge knew nothing of the purpose for