The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-25
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How baltimore and Other Places
II Attract Business Men By
Hundreds. .5
MADE PLEASANT FOR THEM Fl
Advertising and Social Attentions Attentions
Combining to Draw Dcsir-
sN able Visitors.

Especial to ,rhc Timcs-Dlspatch "A
s BALTINIOR1I, September q. --" ny, do 4
SO many hundreds or Virginia merchants
come to Baltimore III preference to going
to- Richmond q. The Tlmes-Dispu corr
respondent asked II prominent Wholesale
dry goods leuler yesterday morning.
Dccutiso Baltimore goes after them, al
lilo replied. l .5 II S5I55
Richmond Is near most Of these mer-s
chants, rents are -.ow there, prices for
goods arc low enough, snc merchants
say, and there is every facility for doing
business. But stu they flock to Balti-S
more In spite OF their natural State pride
iii the beautiful city on tho EJumcs
rho Richmond merchants may be In
ttrested 10 know that the secret OF Balls
more's SUCCESS Is IN one word--ad YER
5tisng. 3,54 K,
8 After the fire when things looked dark
for Baltimore and her ttradcAwns seriously
threatened. the Travellers and Merchants Is
sAsaocint ton was organized. II has now
probably LOCO members--merchant undf
commercial travellers. They started out 70
hustle for business, and their enregy mas
been repaid Ia thousand times They
turned every travelling man into q walk
SIng advertisement OF Bal timorc, and they
spread abroad BY the thousands, IN the,r
business letters ana In circulars, book
lets, telling OF the city's ADVANTAGES, !
called attention to the fact ma nat me leau
ling firms would refund half a Inerchanl ~.
travelling expenses lf he bought over 'l,s 0ND
worth of goods in Baltimore, hey5 se-
cured FROM the railroads q rule saiioWi ~
~ ! rayclcr 81 a through ticket6to stop
. over In baltimore. This gave thcfn&a
A ohance al many merchants on their way
"a philadelphia and New York, Then the,
Rig manufacturers and dealers ne an 70 %
nd vcrtise their special brands In the news
papers and magazines. II
Big Social Functions.
To further attract the merchants and
hold them after they arrived the 8asso-
citation gives, every now and then q DIE
social function, at which the Baltimore
merchants entertain all their visiting GUS
J toners. ~ .s Y. Z, a
rho first OF these was given last wln-
ter--an Immense banquet ~ u me inc 3 l.ylic
Theatre; an elaborate a fair nat maze q
rrca Impression on tho visitors. Ihenl8ln
midsummer they chartered q steamer ~ anu
took nearly a thousand visitors for an
#nll-day sal@nnd visit TO Bayaide summer l1r,
rdsorts. serving MI kinds Of sea-f 9. q,
IRA IL ella m -chuWder, fish and things that
thc inland dwcllcrs cannot get 81 nome.
Ana The brass band played y BACK, l' ac1k'
| r,ock 10 Baliimorc,iFa all the way nome.
.ast week the association ch nrtereu
10. 7 nitro Maryland Theatre for one
nluht. and on Tuesday evening gave IVY. wy.
| or the largest theatre partles eyer
in this country. There were euo sue 81,
and they occupied the eniire WI III
AZ The theatre the hosts taking me 4 pat u
| comics, x
Virginians There,
In that party there were handreas I ,,d
yirei MA merchants, their wives a e.,
daughters. Among them were the 1oi-
| lowing @ NJ. n H &
~ =, -. i fl r. w. Amertraut.s
1 :, aniGnn Norman AstAoy, Culpepera =. =.
Wise Chcapside; j. w. Sterling Seid one,,
10 \ t,eni nmIn and wife, Exn,ore; n =.
swanger. LocustYillc; $. Bull, Davlss
wharf; Al G. Fray. Advance Miiia !, M l!,a
". ~. Fitchett, Eastyille; NJ. r.. ,fler ,' y
son. Newport News; y E. f ,',tp11' =,
Raphlnc; H. II. Foley M ~, PAL ~ no.
Ellensworth, Petersburg. e. Danhe. ~
vlllansa r. ID. Dubaway, NVhltestone; =,
T..Dulnncy, Ruskersvlle;IJ. n, parr. ths
| plains. ~. j. Dougherty, prlVens !; Si.33ll-
DerIeuk, Tappahannock; Mrs. Damer-
son. Iyeems III. =. Chapman, Smlthnclu3
| ]. wv Cimmblin. Hamilton; John Iove,
Cr,ev,E 4 q Carico. Toms Greek; Judith
c . tvvcst3 Point; w. e. Core, Glouccs-
t",.. y II Cralle. Farmyllle; w, Il, Clark,
Fnrmyille: ~. T.. Carr. Gloucester; ". =,
| CATO. EmporIa; A. NJ Golona, Cherriton,
w t.,rwdcr, needylle; II. ;E3. Bowman
nd :, NO SSVoodstock; j. s., Barr and wife,
11 ,st,ic,t Il Edna Beont Townsend; J. S.
3I,a IA v,n and ,yife, Glascow;J. w. Brown,
r.,i na ma Z, Ashby, Culpcper; ~.
1, rlrp,e, and wife. ' Cape Charles; G..
i,rini,Io,, Drlver. n. H. I3rlnkley,
1 ori,,nro' ~ nened,,m. Purcellyile; w
Drayer' r. r.: 10 - Cha rIcs ". n. Bailey, WE
1tuMm' r INV Ms pert. Dcndroh; Miss
a same,,, s'' 1annth Ivnl,eheld; Thomas
1n 1s,sgna =, t, skins. I Windsor; b, H.
i,rduss a. e,t,n,on.' q rhom Leeds
ia.smafu - chard q roves Harmans; ]. j,
,n.ato ooI ntInnn e.. w .n Sine silby:s ".
Morse. w 1s Ephltnold and
hisl,oP, Mom,eos p Williams. Crouch;
VIZ :, i, ,taau ',rihitha
=. MI Mr. r.o,,ls WIN
nv rM,ss, 49, NJ Va rren oun.
prls.' ocot tSnu1 q NJ, e., ~ fiald