The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-21
WOMEN BUILDERS
Of BIG RICHMOND

mat time there was only one other
establishment In the United States
that made druggists boxes. and 80 per
pect. OF the pill boxes and other
kind OF recepticles for drugs were
Imported The randolph Company
made decided change. and very soon
after it got busy there was marked
diminution in the imports of pill
boxes and all of the other kinds OF
boxes druggists required.
Major Randolph was a man OF bus
iness. and ne threw into las bust
ness much OF the vim and courage
he sowed forth as Confederate sol
ctcr. The result was tast he built
UP fine business In the manufacture
OF paper boxes. lie started small
concern, working in the beginning
less than "a dozen hands Tho bust
ness grew. and when MAJOR IllnI.lpn
died. in 1903, he had built up an
enormous business in the box making
line. lie left the business 10 mis- wife
and his other partner Mrs. Ran
dolph. being "a good business woman.
was elected presiden, OF the company.
and she sun hoids tltlt position, but
II must be said In this connection that
While her executive ability - great
the other officers Of the company do
not require OF her any great effort.
Captain y. Cavunaugh. the Vice
president hnd general manager of the
business, Is the man at the helm. ana
he manages it we'll. but he never fans
to consult Mrs Randolph when blk
matters come up.
The Randolph Paper Box Company
started under the management of Ma
jor Randolph In "a very small way.
The records show that as n beginning
the shop employed only about a. doz-
en- hands. To-day it employs nearly
400 people and has installed twemt ctn
century machinery that ourtells the
personal payroll not "A little Among
the employees are seven travelling mel
who make known 30 the Wild, worll
the advantages OF tho Inc gocas tn4.
the Randolph Paper Box Company OIL
fer to that world. This establishment
sells Richmond made paper boxes
throughout IT, civilized world The
trade in all parts OF the United states.
in Canada and Mexico and cuba is .s-
peciaiiy large. The company now
makes boxes OF all kinds. for drug
sists confectioners. dry goods NOR
chants, Ice cream folks and heaven
only knows Aha, else. ana an OF tn
big business Is presided over o., wo-
man. and 4 good business woman She
is. However, Mrs Randoiyh's bust
ness capacity has been shown IN
mcrc cecided way ia hor PATRIOTS r.
forts She is. II may be said Mt the
mead OF all OF the Confederate orya-
ni~hiions. She organized the nrst
chapter OF the daughters OF the Con
icceracy IN Virginia and has been
from the beginning the litc president
OF the Richmond Chapter of tho
Daughters. She Is high onlcer IN
inc Confederate Memorinl Llterarv So
ciety and IN tho Hollywood Memorial
Association, and in various other CON
iederate organizations 1t is Il wou
known fact that when the men folks
'hihk Of memorial Venture or a
monument venture they never dare 10
TURN q Vince! until they have consult
ga Mrs. Randolph, land tnen they are
pretty sure TO act by her advice
Owner of His Hotel
Ferhaps the most notable figure IN
the industrial development OF Rich.
mond from woman's standpoint s
MIS- \. u. Atkinson. the ownc, and
manager In general OF the great
Richmond Hotel Mrs Atkinson is n
very remarkable woman. Thrown on
.'cE own resources away back yonder
III me eighties. she opened a little
boarding house in I.yncHDurg she
started out with the idea tnat any
'"ins thut was worth doing at an
was worth doing well. i'urstf,p -.
'aea' her boarding house soon became
popular. and very Few months h.d
passed by before she had 10 enlorro
rms she did by renting b3rper
house. few months more ana ,ho
same thing had to be done. Bv mis-
time she had grown from l,t,ln
eisht-Ioom house TO a twentv-two.
room mouse and called II a hoteI
y year or more later MRS Atkinson
concluded that Lynchburg WIS ton
small for her. and she pulled nm ana
came to Richmond. taking charge ~
the old st. James Hotel ana maktrr
1t financial success after "a, Las,
three men had made failures ,bera
FROM the ST. James she Went 10 IN
american at Twelfth and Main straets
and for several years ran ~,
hostlery with great success. ana wbna
theTe enlarged the buIicTng nn- .,dd-
ca greatly TO its capacity Mrs A.,
h'hson outgrew the American. ~.
name or which she had changed n
lexington From there MIS-. Atkinson
SN ~ -HiHth ana Grace Streets
Hhe bought the old St Clair Hotel ~
mat corner and proceeded at once
10 pun u dowr and erect on the
s.ouhu me Richmond Hotel. and thai
S sn mas most successfully conducted
Tor several years. Now Tho mr.,
inond' as it was. IS too small ana ,h,.
DIE contract for the doubling Of ,,s
caisacity Is nearing complexion 40
OF this expect to have much ,r,~e 80
say a week or Two nence. II ,s
enoght now to say that ono oe pi,,
'nonds leading business women b.a.
grown In quarter century. or r,a,,
DE a little more, from "A small boarI-
ing mouse capacity to one of tnc rarg
est and grandest and most att-oct,yo
notes In the United States. and she
mas grown thus by hard ticks and nv
good business judgme6c ~