The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-08-10
SOLID TRAIN OF SHOES.
Achievement OF the George ID. Witt
Shoe Company, Lynchburg. Va
Unprecedented in the Annals of the
Boot and Shoe Trade of the South.

Unprecedented in the Annals of the
Boot and Shoe Trade of the South.
\ solid train OF seventeen freight
cars. every one loaded with bouts
and shoes. sent out to various desti-
nations by one, firm is triumph Of
which any house has cause to boast.
| This is an achievement upon which
the George ID. Witt Shoe Company,
of Lyncl1burg. Va. is being ngratu-
lated asst now.
From the Lvnchburg Nems, Of the
2nd inst, we take the following:
Tie George d. Witt Shoe Company
bfoks IL record III the shipment OF boots
and shoes on Yesterday. Late in the
| afternoon, their special train, seventeen
+! freight ears, every one loaded with boots
and shoes and every one bearing the
| banner of the George ID. Witt Shoe Com
| pany on each side, pulled out over the c.
! & o. railroad, to be distributed to seven-
| teen different points i'll the South by that
| great transportation system. 1t was, to
| one who likes to witness the triunphs of
! commerce and the progress OF business,
a truly inspiring sight. 1t was un-
| precedented in the annals OF the boot
and shoe trade of the South, being tn"
longest train loaded exclusively with
boots and shoes ever sent ont by job
| bling house in this section of the country.
Two of the cars go to New York,
whence their cargo is to be shipped by
the Ward line of steamers to New Or
leans The ultimate destinations of the
seventeen cars are as follows: Norfolk,
| Va, Raceland, La, Newborn. n. G., Eliza
beth City, \. e., Bishopville, S. C., Mont
gomery, Ala, Timmonsvilie, 5. e.,
Polocksvlle, n. G., Plymouth. y. c,
risonburg, va North, $. & Clayton, y.
C., Seawright, Ala, Dunn y. G., and
Weldon, y. {.
This mammoth shipment speaks more
eIoquentIy than words of the popularity
OF the George ID. Witt Shoe Companys
goods, and of the far reaching extent Of
their ever expanding business. They
did not save up orders or postponed de-
livery t. make up this big train. 1t rep
resrnts only their August LIST shipments
in the regular course OF business. Their
daily shipments have been going on as
usual, including Monday, and will con
tnue right along, including to-day.
The George ID. Witt Shoe Company $
special is notable not alone DIS a mark OF
their energy, their enterprise, the fine
quality of their goods and the progress
sive spirit OF their house, but also is
gratifying as an additional proof OF the
wide-spreading Importance of Lynch
burg's wholesale trade. And especially
as it is not IL squirt, but only an Incl
dent in the record of a company that
has kept and proposes to continue up to
the high-water mark OF commercial
achievement.
The above is of local interest aside
from its Importance as purely COM
mercial transaction from the fact that
the George d. Witt Shoe Company is
represented in this territory by our
townsman Mr.. w. o. Shannon. To
his splendid work as a salesman it is
needless to say much of the credit for
this great shipment is due, and I'M
stintedly given by his employers.
This is by far the biggest single
shipment of shoes ever made by a
iobbing house in the South that is
recorded. One other firm, Balti-
more house. made shipment of a
train load but from the best figures
we can gather, it did not contain but
little over 900 cases, whereas this
was many hundreds more than that
In this remarkable shipment Mr.
Shannon had car load shipments as
follows: Norfolk, Elizabeth City
Plymouth, New Bern. Pollocksville
and Weldon, making six Of his Gus
, toners out of seventeen cars. In
deed. he leads the list for the month
Mr. Shannon is certainly subject OF
congratulations on this most excel.
, lent showing, as is the house which
be has the honor to represent.
; Had the movement Of this train
been deferred few days longer Hen.
, derson could have been included in
the Shipment. Mr.. Shannon has
orders for more than one car load OF
, shoes for dealers here. and might
have put these in earlier had he
, known about the big shipment" ir
time. But there will be no discount
on the quality of these goods whether
, they come by special train or other
, wise
Their immense trade speaks volume
for quality and price of the George
ID. Witt Shoe Company's products.
LOST.
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August Ladies' Home Journal.
Hamlin Garland. Anthony Hope, JOIN
kendrick Bangs, Harold Richard Vynne
f Anna Robson Brown, "JOsiah Allen
Wife" Clara Morris, Kate Whiting Patel
and Anna Farquhar are among the hall
l score of writer's of fiction who contribut,
stories to the August "Ladies' HOm'
Journal" The Midsummer Fiction Mum
5 Der OF the 'Journai' ISL many respect.
1 a notable magazine. 1t has brought to
5 gether in a single issue some OF the mos
popular storywriters, and the mos
capable black -and-white artists to illus
trate their work. Fiction, of course
predominates, but there is an abund
ance OF timely, practical articles espec
tally appealing to home and family in
terests and tending to tighten anC
: brighten women's work
! The Rev. Newell Dwight Hills, ID. ID.
r has an interesting article in this issue OF
'The Diffusion of Happiness Through
: Conversation the third OF his "Secret.
) of Happy Life series, and Mrs Burton
) kingsland and Emily d. Striebert writ,