The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
FOR EIGHTY YEARS
HAS THE DRY GOODS HOUSE OF
ID. COLLARS & CO.,
Been In Existence tn The City of Can
tor, Occupying But Two Locations
ia All That Time-Aiways Pay
100 Cents on the Dollar.

tor, Occupying But Two Locations
ip All That Time-Aiways Pay
100 Cents on the Dollar.
The dry goods house Of d. collars &
Co., Of this city, are the immediate suc-
cessors tf william Christmas g. Co., who
sold goods In Canton over eighty years
ago. At the time when the old, square
brick court honse was built In 1915, the
county owned but the one south lot Of the
present court house block, and wpli,m
Christmas & Co. were then established
In business on the next lot north, which
brought their store just about where the
present east entrance to the court house
Il. The bull ing occupied by VILLAIN
Christmas & ca. was one story frame
hn'lring and stood mp TO the pavement,
while the old court house stood back
from the east line about twenty feet, 80
that the store room had good uorner
exposure. The silent partner Of M.
Christmas was an old gentleman by
the name of Hoag, living In western
Pennsy lvania. Mr.. Christmas was q
very exc, llent business man, and one
Of the active mem sers of the First
Presbyterian church Of Canton.
The late Isaac Harter, then but a
lad, began as an errand boy for Mr..
Christmas, who very soon developed
marked ability, and yourg man
worthy Of confidence, 81 that he soon
entered into the store as clerk, and
In later years he became the partner
with Mr.. Christmas, under the firm
name of Christmas & Harter, and thiI
continued until the death Of Will IN
Christmas, which occurred about 1894;
and Mr.. Harter became the admins
traitor OF the Christmas estate, and after.
wards bought the property of the late .Tohn
Shorb, which had two-stoiy frame bull
ing standing on the ground now occupied
by the Hartar block, and in the north
room Of said frame building, Isaac Har-
ter continued business In hts own name.
In 1s47, David Y liars came to Canton
from his fathers farm several miles
south of this city, and went into the
store Of Isaac Harter to learn to sell
goods. In seven years thereafter he be.
came partner with Mr.. Harter under
the firm name OF Isaac Hqrter & Co.,
and thus continued for three years,
W hen he withdrew from said firm and
went into the employ of the Farmers
and Meohanics' store for about three
years, and at that time Isaac Hsrter
was anxious to devote his whole time
to banking and give up the mercantile
pursuits, whereupon he sold out his
store to David collars andSsmuel Bard,
who continued the husiness In the cid
location under the firm name of Zollars
& Bard, for eighteen months, at which
time Mr.. Bard sold ont bis interest to
Mr.. .Zollsrs and the business was oon-
tinued for several years under the title
OF d. Z'llars, and then took In Peter
K. BaIlet as a partner. Mr.. Barlrt had
clerked for Isaac Harter for some years
bsfore he sold ont to Mr.. Zollars, and
continued in the same capacity for
Mr.. collars until taken in as q palmer
W hen the style of the firm was then
known ss z liars g. Co., and in 1884
Lewis r. 2 ll-rs, son of David collars,
was also taken into the firm, but the title
Of the firm rem mained urchsnRed until
after the death Of Peter f. Barlet in 1888,
when the interest Of the Bartlett estate was
bought nut by y liars & Son, and the
b. siness has been continued successfully
until this day under the name Of d.
Collars g. Co., composed Of the father
and son only.
Several things of striking interest
OCCUR in the continued history Of this
successful and widely respected business
house. They continued in the two lucali-
tiss named, only leaving the old Shorb
room long enough to build the Harter
block on the same SPOT. and return. Mr..
Hsrter was an active member of the
English Lutheran ohunrh; Mr.. Bsrlet
of the English Catholic church; and both
the collars are efficient mem bers of the
Baptist church; thus all the active men,
bers of this firm were members of
Christian churches, and exemplary In all
their business relations, and among our
forem ost and most esteemed fellow citi
ems. And yet another very important
IA ip, they never failed during these
eighty years, to pay 100 cents on the
dollar when due, and today promising as
long life and business success as any
firm In the county. Long may they con-
tinue and prosper. John Danner.