The Paducah evening sun., 1909-12-11
MORE THAN a QUARTER OF A
MILLION IN YEAR.
stores win Stay Open Until Christ
mas, Beginning Next "Wednesday
Night.
TRADE Is BOOMING

Beginning next Wednesday night,
the retail stores will remain open
every night {, o'clock until Christ
mas in order to accommodate the
holiday trade. Wednesday will be
pay day for the Illinois Central rail-
road, and according to the custom
the stores Will remain open and then
the holiday trade will be on in full
blast.
This Gear. as last year, the retail
stores will be merciful to the clerks,
and with the exception of Saturday
night and Christmas eve all of the
stores will close at 9 o'clock. This
plan was followed last year and is
appreciated by the clerks, who have
strenuous hours during the day out
side OF the night work. The Retail
Merchants association asks the peo-
pie to shop early. and In the morning
If possible. Not only does the Gus
toner have a better opportunity to
see the displays. but il saves the
clerks many hardships.
Christmas is in the afr and all of
the stores are dressed appropriately
for the annual visit of old Kris
Kringle. who will arrive this year in
his new aeroplane. Trade has been
good this week, although the buying
was a little slack. considering the
number of people that were on the
street. However. next week the trade
is expected to pick up with a snap.
Tobacco Moving.
The moving OF tobacco IL RESPONSE
bic for the splendid showing of the
bank clearings, which pass old time
figures. Many thousand pounds OF
the weed have been sold this week
Sales at the loose leaf tobacco house
have been lively, and the farmers are
prepared for the holiday season. Last
year at this period comparatively
little tobacco has been moved. Traffic
with the railroads is extremely heavy.
and considerable difficulty in securing
motive power. The freight traffic has
never reached such proportions in
Paducah before. The sale of money
orders at the postoffice has been
heavy, while business with the ex-
press companies IN increasing many
fold owing to thte holiday trade.
Canning Factory.
An excellent opportunity for Pa
ducah to secure a large canning fac
tory is shown in an, encouraging let
ter to Secretary Saunders A. Fowler,
Of the Commercial club, from a con-
Germ located in Indiana. In the let
ter, written by the president OF the
company, II was said that the plant
had outgrown Is capacity and from
the middle of September to the first
Of December the company shipped
80 car loads OF its product with only
one line of machinery.
The president contends that the in
lcreasing business Of the plant will be
more than one line OF machinery can
turn out during the coming year and
as the company has an offer for the
sale of the factory It IL desirous of
locating in Paducah. Several other
cities have been written in regard to
locating the plant elsewhere. but
none offer the opportunity that Padu-
cab does.
I'VE do not want to come to your
city to build up plant. but want to
come and bring one with us. II Is
all here and we should be glad for
your city TO send a representative
here to see 1t" says the writer. II a
representative is sent the company
has agreed to pay all expenses for
the visit there. The matter will be
called TO the attention OF the Com
mercial club.