The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-12-26
TIE CHRISTMAS TRADE

Al III county iAt CtdT reporter CIR
culatei among the merchants this
morning TO inquire how the holiday
trade Of 1907 compared with that OF
1906, which was in every sense Of the
word "a record breaker i'm commercial
circles in the Brick City. We shall let
the receivers Of the peoples cash and
surplus speak for themselves:
Hugo Russell and w p Edwards.
our leading market men. said it was
good and the demand for choice meats
and poultry unusual and If general
purchasing OF the commodities men
TONED is an indication of savory and
appetizing Christmas dinners. then
truly did the people enjoy d merry
Christmas
Ia groceries. the o. X, Of which
the Clark boys are the enterprsing
prOprietOrs and the Teapot. where
Abe and Jake Brown look after the
wants Of the public had a gratifying
trade, equal 10 last year and in many
trticles of choice products in excess
of 1896
The One Price Cash Store did not
have as good a trade as anticipated,
though fair The livery men, Arthur
Cobb and ID. W. Tompkins, had all
they could do. Not vehicle nor
horse left i'm their barns. Their genial
smiles this morning tell the story
more eloquently than words.
Frank GadsOn's Bazaar store broke
all records. and il never let up until
late last night, but then Frank has
never carried so large and complete a
stock as that of this season.
The drugstores did their share of
the business. namely; the Anti Mo-
nopoly. Hunters, Tydings and the
Postoffice- The proprietor of the lat
ter said that trade was not as good as
last season, but a good, substantial
business and he was satisfied.
When it comes TO the staff of life,
c. n. Schlemmer, the bakery man,
turned out the dough sure. To have
seen the stock prepared and the line
up at that popular bread resort Tues
day afternoon and night conveyed the
idea that they were mobbing the place
and sure they did, but it was only in
the sense that they were scrambling
pushing and hauling literally fighting
for bread. steaming hot from the big
ovens. while orders for the Christmas
dinner left the bakery by the wagon
loads.
J. w. Alexander. of the New Racket
was all smiles this morning and said ii
the best ever and his depleted stock
told the story.
The H B. Masters Company enjoy
ed a splendid trade and they though,
it was equal to their splendid business
of year ago.
A Frank. the hustling manager OF
the Boston Store, smiled the happy
grin of effusiveness like a big sur
flower when quiZzed and blandly re-
piled the Boston Store never gets left
and this season is no exception. Com
pared with the amount of stock car
ried i'm 1906 and this season present
sales were i'm excess of those of 1906
But Asher is generous in his business
as full of advertising ideas as an egg
is OF meat so Tuesday to enliyen buSi-
ness. he rented for an hour the avn
ing of the Knight Martin Co. and
perched himself thereon, where for ar
hour he distributed Peysers perfect
smokers. and then while he crowd was
assembled he informed them that the
Boston Store was it and il did the bus
mess. The rush was so great the
large force of clerks could not wait or
the customers fast enough and Asher
estimated had he had statesmen enough
back of the counters his sales would
have exceeded S2o0. He remarked
that the amount he did sell was &
plenty and he was no kicker under
such encouraging treatment
The proprietors of the Variet,
Store Messrs. Frank & Harris, die
well but admitted the sales did no.
come up TO last season.
The furniture men. Messrs. Smith
& Roberts. McIver & AIacKay and th'
Theus- Zachry Co. did well and have
no complaint to make. Mr.. NJ. Ffshe
remarked that it was the best holida!
trade he has ever enjoyed since HI
landed in Ocala. twenty years ago.
Robert Conner. with the Marion
Hardware Co. said they had an un
usually fine trade. as did Allen Bridge
at the Knight Martin Co
Jake Klein absolutely laughed out
his eyes when asked about his holi
day trade He was pushed 10 tn
limit But how could il be otherwise
with his well selected mammoth stool
and statesmen imported for the occa
sion. namely. Mack H Levy and NJ
Bierman. OF New York City, and tn
handsome and magnetic Sam Hoffman
OF Baltimore. aided by the popular Ia