Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-07
RELIABLE AUGUSTA FIRM.
E, {. Davis & Co. Will Enlarge Pres
ent Clothing Establishment.
For Quarter of Century Concern
Has Been Growing Big.

| The announcement has been made in
the Journal that the enterprising firm
OF q. +. Davis & Co., was planning some
radical changes in its business home
The firm has leased the store north Of
its present quarters and proposes to
throw both stores into one mammoth
establishment, in which the constantly
increasing business of the concern may
be more easily and conveniently
handled than it is possible to do at the
present time.
This firm is one of the Oldest cloth
ing houses in Augusta; in fact there
are few dealers in clothing in the
whole State of Maine that has been
| longer in business than the senior
member of the firm of f. f. Davis &
| Co. In 1871 e. E. Davis entered the
employ of Deane Pray, the pioneer in
the ready made clothing business in
this section of Maine Five years after
| wards Mr.. Davis became a partner of
Mr.. Pray and for three years they occu-
pied the store in which A. A. Soule and
]. G. Kirkpatrick are now located. In
| 1879 he formed a partnership with his
brother, Walter H. Davis, and since
that time the two brothers have been
| together and have succeeded in build
| ing up a most successful business. For
| seven years they occupied the store
| under the Cony house, in which the
Augusta Fruit Co. now does business,
and in which the successful firms of
Russell & Weston and Buckley &
Goodrich both started into trade. 1t
| is a remarkable fact that within the
| memory of comparatively young resi-
! dents of Augusta this particular store
has been the starting point Of three of
Augustus most prosperous business.
! houses.
| In 1886 the Davis brothers were COM
| PEELED to enlarge their quarters. Their
| business had increased to such an eX-
| tent that the restricted area of the
| Cony house store was found to be in
! sufficient to meet the growing demands
upon them. And so they moved a
| couple of doors above, having taken a
long lease of the old and well-known
Parsons store. They completely re
modelled the premises and finished an
establishment second to none in size,
equipment and style in this part OF
the State. They put in an immense
plate glass window which, at the time,
| was the largest in Maine. For 16
years the firm has been doing business
at this stand. For some time the nrm
| has felt that the room at its disposal
| has not been sufficient. Although the
! store is large and commodious, it is
| not large enough to permit the proper
| display of the extensive lines of goods
| which the firm constantly keeps in
| stock; and so, when Miss Theobaids
millinery store was burned short
time ago, and it was found that that
business was to be discontinued, the
Davis firm Immediately took lease of
the same.
Just as soon as the present stock of
| goods is disposed of, the firm will be-
gin the work of remodeling the quar-
ters now occupied by taking in the
Theobald store. In order to do this
big clearance sale is to begin, tomor-
row. during which every species of
Il goods in the store will be disposed OF
l at a big sacrifice. +. f. Davis < Co.
i will clean out all the stock now on
i hand. and after the changes and alter
i atoms are completed will open one of
the finest clothing stores in New Eng
land.
Il The partition between the two stores
/ will be taken down and the remodelled
| establishment will have as fine show
/ windows as any store in this section.
i An immense display window will in
cIude all of the space north of the
present entrance to the extreme north
ern end of the Theobald store. This
will mean that this window will be
nearly 20 feet in length and, coupled
with the very large window south OF
the entrance, will afford ample and eX-
tensive facilities for the proper dis
Dlav of goods. The remodelled store
will be fitted with all the modern I'M
| proyementS in show cases and the like
and will be q model, up-to-date cloth
ing emporium. There Will be few eS-
Establishments east of Boston that will
equal the new store in appointments,
fixtures and general appearance.
During its long and successful bust
ness career the firm of e. Z. Davis &
Co. has sought to supply its customers
with the best quality of goods in every
line and has been satisfied with
moderate profit so long as customers
we're pleased as to value and worth Of
the goods purchased. The Arm has
long handled the famous clothing made
by A. Shuman & Co, the well-knoWn
Lamson &Hubbard hats. the noted
Hathaway shirts. ana the best general
line of furnishing goods ever sold IN
the city.
1t is impossible to judge the future
except by the past. The fact that this
concern has long maintained high
standing in the business world of Au-
gusta is 4 sufficient guarantee that in
the time to come the same honorable
methods will be followed, the same
careful attention to the wants of Gus
toners will be exercised.