The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-29
NWsts-Lamberd g ON 3 an y
Breaks Ground for a
Large Addition
MORE FLOOR SPAcE
And Still Better Equipment
for a Strictly Jlp-to-
Date Store.

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This week ground was broken for q
large addition 10 the waits Landlord
company's constantly growing de-
partnsnt store. which when COM
plsted, will give . door area of more
than 80, 900 square feet ana piaco tho
store among the foremost department
stores in the state, and larger than
any other in Clarksbar
Progressive methods and The appli-
cation Of modern business Ideas have
characterized the growth Of the Watts
Lamberd Company IN this city surely
to accomplish such growth lie pure
blood Of honorable commerce and
fair dealing must have been running
through It's business al tie ten
years building up anew the old tlas
sues, and; creating new ana better
business muscles 70 meet The new de-
mands. Al store only becomea great
because ottbe favor ond appreciation
of the shopping public and the past
continuous progress and development
of the watts-L amberd Company, and
It's plans for future expension lndl-
cate that It's business has the conf
dence and support Of the people IS
clarksbuFg and It's vicinity
Charles 3. Lamberd the head 81 this
store, states that profts have come "a
these ten years Of hard though pleas
and work, but have gone right back
into the business 70 make i better
and Of still greater service % is pat
rons. Mr.. Iamberd ava ne beiIeyeal
in putting back into community the
4 profits that are taken out Or II so
that 1t may CONF und III vaiue to aiI.
the people who have been instrumen
tai in It's creation, and 60 that he:
feelH that his company alone has not
been building It's business, but Ia
friends and patrons, the entire com.
munity, revolving around this center
Of clarksburg, have had a mutual
hand in it all.
| In reviewing the history Of this,
store and It's business methods the
following facts are Of peculiar local
interest: Nearly ten years ago the
Watts-Lamberd Company started with
a floor area Of tower than 1000
square feet. Its new store, with tho
addition, just begun, VIII have a door
area Of more than 10000 square feet
The Watts-Lambard Company haa
been first in the introduction and aps
plicatlon of many upsto-dsts bual-
ness methods in C1arksburg, notably
in the following:
The first TO inadgurate special
! sales in clarksburg, such as daily
and hourly sales. which ideas have
been generally adopted BY the other
large stores.
( The first to install aii-glass caaes
instead OF counters thus atiording
more convenient facilities for the
display of merchandise
The first to install Telephones
throughout the store with local aud
nearby out-of-town connections for
the free use Of patrons.
The first to make alterations In IL
resdy-to-wear department free 81
charge.
The first to make, lay and line cafz
pets free Of charge, which policy has
been generally adopted BY olhsr
stores.
The first store ii cIarksburg tol
adopt general newspaper adyertlslns
and at present It is carrying the.
largest regular newspaper advertise
ments Of any store IN the state tie
first to issue a one-page, two-page.
three-page and fouf7page adser-
/ tisement.
! The WattseLam Company WIS
the first to inaugutate early CLOSING
hours; the first to close i i 8 o,cieciE
the year-round; the frst 10 close II
$50 during the summer months the
first to give its employees halg.dsy
holiday each week during the summer
months, closing O. store q noon 81
Fridays, and so-far as known. the
only store In the state giving It. EN-.
ployees these weekly hall holidays.
This liberal policy towards the en-
ployees seems to have met the ap-
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