Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-31
THE Observation-Disclosures COMPANY.
4 Progressive Wholesale Dry-Goods
and Notion House.

The fact tndt honesty ldil u'Aii"7' anu
close attention 10 business will surely
tell has been we'll exemplihed in the
career OF the Drewry- Hughes Company
which. I'm the past year has increased us
business q per cent. This well known
wholesale dry-goods and notion house has
long enjoyed a splendid reputation in the
commercial world and has met with
degree of success which shows now iuliy
It's conscientious efforts have been appre-
ciated. Year after year it's patrons nave
increased and its territory expanded until
to-day the members OF the concern
boast the largest notion house i'm the
South Within the last few weeks the
house. owing 10 It's vastly increased busi-
ness and To the necessity for "a larger
sphere of action, was compelled 10 puI-
chase new quarters The old central
Warehouse. ON Cary street, below -FOUR
tenth. was bought for $4,000 owing 20
existing leases. and other circumstances
it viii bee some months before me
DrewIy- Hughes Company moves into tnls
huge buildiue. which is lOl by -.0 feet IN
size The much-tO-bc-desired change VIE
give the company 90 per cent increase
I'm floor space. This addition is even now
greatly needed
The Drewry-Ilushes Company or
rather tina fine old finn which it sue
ceeded-was established n $780, 500 the
concern adds t0 its cnvilbe reputation 1
for broad-mindedness and laIr dealing 81
ripe Old age of six decades. The re-
organization. which took place in lo'il
greatly STRENGTHENED am already solid ll- /
stltuuon. and gave 10 % new lease ON me-
or rather rciuyenated ~. Since then ine /
concern has pushed steadily ahead until |
To-day IT'S operations astOnlsh one py |
their very magnitude. Twelve statesmen |
sell the goods Of the hre"fy- husnes
Company. They are JudIciously u.s-
trlbuted throughout Virginia. west VIZ
giria North and South Carolina. ana /
Georgia. We are told that ei,n man car
rios with him enough samples to nl |
two orsa wagon This surprising state /
meut can we'll Doe appreciated when one |
saas the immense stock at the company |
headauarters in this city. Am interesting |
fact about these samples b. 'hat they \
are chosen with exclusive reference 10 /
the territory covered hy the house. How |
much This means only the retail mer- |
chant of experience can fully appre- /
ciate. when retailer goes Norm me- |
finds displayed in the same stock goods |
for every clmate-lrom the poles 10 the /
tropics II is q shrewd buyer, Indeed |
who can go through such an assortment
and not burden his stock with stuus
which his customers will meyer call for.
I'm dealing with the Drewry- Hughes Conn
pauy such "a mistake would be inn
ross.blr. They do not carry anything
tbat is not suited To- the territory they
cover. while % line eye of "a newspaper
man they certainly seem 20 have every
thing under the sun ln their line that
fhafr customers could want
The two most prominent figures i'm the
c0mpue- Major DreWry AND Mr.
Hughes-haye the distinction of being The
only Richmond merchants who wege IN
th. drN-eo0ds business forty years ago.
Thoueh both are well advanced u years
their activity has Dos no means abated,
and they are n0w prominent figures 10
our business world. The directors OF me
company are Clay Drewry. ;. b. Hughes
j. o.. Freeman. j. Is. Beasley a. IN
Dremy Dr.. Joseph II. Estes. and W. a.
Williams. Major Drewry IS president;
Mr. Freeman. president ana urea
suror. and Mr Williams. secretary.
The names OF these gentlemen. aside
from the stability of the company. are
quite sufficient TO inspire confidence in
the great concern, Tor their standing ls
of the best. Major Drewry. the president
is prominently identified with our city
government and holds a high position IN
the mercantile and social world.
one secret of fhe success which has
met ODE efforts of This enterprislng hou3s
is found in lts immense and Well
selected stock. which IS calculated TO
meet every need OF tho drygoods trade.
or course. this advantage could only be
gained by The Investment Of vast sums
OF money but the investment has been
proved judicious by the heads Of the
house.
The Notion Department Of the DrewTy-
Huehe. COMPANY which IS under the
SUPERVISION OF Mr. Estes. has developed
abnormally and in this line the increase
of business has even exceeded the y per
cent above alluded 90.