The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-01-16
One Million Dollars is Involved and
Also Seven Leading Wholesale
Houses Here and at Other Points
Possession Will Have Been Con-
summated February |.
Frank Armstrong Will be the General Manager and
L. q. Race Sales and Purchasing Agent--rIessrs.
Ruhl and KobIegard Retire from the Grocery Bus
mess.

, cred, and as a consequence men OF grea
clpability have been chosen. l.. G
Race, who has been placed at the heal
of the sales and purchasing department
of the new institution, very properl,
comes in that class and is valuable
acquisition TO the personnel OF the con
eern. Mr.. Race for many years wa
buyer for the Ruhl-KOblegard Conpan,
here and to him is accredited much o
the eminent success of that company
Later he filed the position of managei
Of the West Virginia Grrecry Company
at Fairmont. and attributed much to il.
success. He is prominent in wholesal,
circles as a gentleman of much popular
and magnetic popularity and is indis
pensible in the sales and buying depart
ments Of such large concerns as the Gen
eral Distributing Company.
Messrs. Armstrong and Crislip, wh,
are among the leading promoters of thi,
mammoth business enterprise, are widely
and favorably known to the wholesale
trade Of West Virginia They are gen
tlemeu Of long experience and are pos
sessed with strictly modern and pracl
teal knowledge and IDEAS, and employ
the most modern methods in business
Mr., Armstrong has been in the wholesale
grocery business for ten years, OF which
he has been in the business here eight
years. Mr.. Crislip has been associated
with Mr.. Armstrong in the business hen
five years and prior to that was in the
same sort of business on a considerable
scale in Bickhannon.
As president of the new concern Mr..
Crishp will be found TO BE- the rielr,
man IN the right place and will lend
influence and strength to the company
Nlr. Armstrong is one Of the most sue.
cessful wholesale grocery merchants ii
the state and his peer in tirat respect il
not to De found anywhere. He is thor
oughly devoted 10 the business and ab
sorbeI in ii to such an extent that his en-
tiretine and attention ere given 10 i;
exclusive Of all other matters. Witt
him Us general manager the success o.
the new concern will be proportionltel,
as great as the new concern itself i.
greater than the establishments ne Ia,
managed 30 efficiently.
lie formation of the new concern wa.
inspired by u desire to avail il o the
advantages and opportunities Of thc
purchasing power a big organization ha
over small ones. The arrangement
gives the opportunity to buy in muGl
larger hsts than formerly and resultani
therefrom are lower original prices. rhi.
gives the concern chance to supply &
retail trade at even lower prices thag
at present, and, Of course. work. an ad
vantage . the consumers. which will b
highly appreciated.
The purchasing department will H.
for all seven houses instead of just on,
or two az heretofore. or in other words
when it comes il 5uying stock all tn
houses will be regarded a unit IN,
the buying done accordingly. This vii
result in not only reduction Of origina
cost but ~, IN lower freight expendi
lures and viii prove an advantage, tn,
full good effects OF which can not y
foretold.
Among the rumors that were snr
broadasci, when it WAS first learned tina
negotiations were on was one to the ef
feet that fabulous sums had been ofTere,
other wholesale houses to become par
Of the new concern. This Is pronounce,
untrue in every particular and ther
seems to be no reason to believe tina
any one Of them has ever been approach,
ed on the subject.
Invoices are being made preparation,
to the full csa-,yrmation of nev-a'-4'
anu the properties win be turned owe
= soon as tbs is done MT later tha
February nj the farthermost.
Messrs. John and Jacch Koblegard re
tire from the wholesale grocery bushes
at the regret Of the numerous merchant
md olaers who ave been doing bnsines
VITA sien for wears. There gentleme
we're pioneers in tne wholesai business
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