The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-08
GREAT Store IS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
sYDNon = HUNDLEY PRESENT
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY TO
vIsITOR's GAZE
SOUVENIRS TO LADIES
NEW STORE II ONs OF THE
HANDeOnEsT IL SOUTH
AND STOCK CARRIED
Is ELABORATE.

pierced with An arrow, dcnoting that
it IL in the heart Of Richmond. and
the target for all the people, the
big Sydnor 4 Hundley furniture
store, Incorporated. opened it's new
yesterday with q most en-
special opening day. which
was attended by thousands OF people
In Richmond and Virginia,
Carrying q stock that easily makes
the concern the largest of its kind
In the entire South. the visitors who
called at the big furniture esta blish-
ment, enjoyed q treat In display such
~ has never been seen In Richmond
before.
In announcing Its opening the con
Germ invited everybody in Richmond
TO make q call Of inspection. ana in
addition thereto sent out ave thous.
and special Invitations to the State
at large. The response was mos
gratifying. for from early morning
until night th0 store vas crowded.
Hours had been set from o'clock
ia the afternoon, until $40 o'clock
and from 8.3 o'clock in tho evening
until II o'clock. Long before the
announced hours arrived the publ,
began Ito visiting. In fact 70 grea,
was the crowd that there was little
difference shown AZ to the houra
named.
SouventFs Presented. =.
Souvenir pictures were given away
to the lAdieA while tho gentlem en-
were given cigars-not q cigar-bul
~ many ~ could be smoked, or a.
many ~ one cared to push into ones
pockets.
The pictures given away were hand
some reproductions Of work from the
pencils and brushes OF tho worlds
famous artists and are beautiful sub
jects for framing. The ladies who
were lucky enough to get these pic
lures, before the closing hours. were
not slow In approaching the gift.
AZ to the cigars. they were made
on special order Of the finest Hayanna
and bore the name Of 'Rondys,' which
spelled backwards happens to be the
name OF the senior member OF the
concern. Mr.. gydnor.
At the evening reception the ladies'
souvenira had given out. Not to be
oufdone In hospitality Mr.. Hundley
the junior member Of the old concern,
now vica-president Of the incorporated
company, brought forth \ number OF
plaques, decorated with Christy draw
ingv and the1e were handed out until
many hundreds had bsen distributed
Ii was a red letter day In the IN
dusersal history 81 Richmond. 1, vii
always remain on the calendar OF sue.
cess a. an example for progressive
merchants. such - Richmond boasts
AZ no other city IN the South can
boast.
Twenty-three years ago the prepare
ton for this big celebration began
At that time Mr.. q b. 6ydnor. open
ed It 100 East Broad street. a FUR
niture esaAbliGhmsnt. the story Of suc'
cess reads like . novel, for from the
start the business man had the usual
dif5iculties to surmount- They wers
surmounted. Each day and each
month brought nAw success and Oct
tar busansss. Though 1t was not an
nounc>A. the Arm Of q. b. 6ydnor wea
then composed o4 both Asssrh sgd
nor ana HunAley, for the latter wa
M. 0ydnor's special partner.
eseing that what had ossn ater.eo
n q modest sf1oT4 TO build up ousa-
nsss had become Z success IN even
ESSENTIAL, the pArtnerS began to max
further plans. Mr.. Hundley oecame
openly known ~ the junior menus.
Of the concern. md the urn n~'''
became eydnor = Aundlsy. -.
Time brought new laures 70 ga
.~n a..,,ts bueinaas men and 1t Wal
nat iour before the two stores ao'
te,n,nr the then single etore wers
secured. The ARA finally occupies
49, store fronts, Nos. 7os. III ans
III East Broad street. A tnree.
etorv factory on Seventh street VA
- astablishsd for making TO oroei
.,Nr,,sl furniture and for repairs. I'M.
esctory 10 still continued II the oio
~ pr.sns ConpAay Formed. =
- 1909 the arm 81 0ydnor = hund'
iareer future than had eve1
Snnr reiterated, Thus was formed
~ present Incorporated company
m. romp>ny was placed on CAPT
..i,xasion OF s1oO. 900. The omcera
800 chosen from tho ranks OF ~
49, ~ the head of the business. ~
n a oydnor. became The presloeu,
a. treaeurer; ~ =. =. AuadlsS' VA
vsoe-prealdsnt. ard III. W.. -. VI.
Nora the eooroeAry. Ihe ooaIu "
1srse<oro constituted the cisscsrc as
Nsesra Walter 6ydnor ana =.
pspple. - ~. rr>sen,
enormous business house on tne ~.
mar Of Grace and 0esAneh eIesu -.
nerun. rhis buli4ng seanos = c, On
81 the Ansst q - kind an 49,.
mead. Counting ~ Io0s ,,s. 3,
4~.s ana rslHfuEo4l with concret'
~ hrtck. Il faeee on both craze
80 snyenth streetns having = winoov
emN ~ ,,wsaassn1 1Aaath. the 0recs