The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-15
Old-Established Concern
Under New Name and
Old Management.
PART OF HISTORY
OF BIG RICHMOND
Polk Miller, Country Boy Who
Came to Richmond in the Early
Days-Established a Great
Business That Now Is
Enlarged-Manufac-
turing Plant.

mas TcCentls' issued charter Of incor-
poraton 10 the roll; lIilier Drug Com.
Dany. Inc, OF Richmond, ana this char
Ter puts ono of tho h-st known con
Germs in virginia 20 wor., umie, some
thing o. Now management Tn" OIL
cera OF the company are W. Withers
Miller president. William y. sheppard
tce-president. and W. Henry Miller
secretary aud treasurer. Tho stock
holders Of Tho Now company are the
abovo named gentlemen aud MIS-
'iaude lie" Iillcr, the widow OF
PolH Miller who holds large
percentage Of The stock.
There ia something more tAa0 past
AIS. interest In The merely business an
uouncer.n, of me formation OF this
company Iis formation Was ncces-
AIRY 10 pcrp"tuata the business estab-
l!shcd Ia this city many yc1rs ago
10y ono OF Tic best hno.ru ANA mos.
generally ior.d u.ci. OF Kichmomd the
iAto POLK Miller There H. not Il mans
woman or child ia all pichr.enI. or ir
I'll Of Virginia. IS Tor that matter. Who
does not hno~ about the Polk Miller
Drug store. and there are but few men.
women OF clildren IN all OF the coun-
Try vh" do not know something OF 'he
l.to POLK Miller FOR he. ia lis day.
in:.de more poopl" laugh. aud made more
rsopic who l!etcued 20 his u!d-tinie
darby stories aud oll-tiina southern
souEs happy. than cav tie .ountcI on
many multiplication tablcs
Perhaps no nan .u ,he h.s,u.v .. tho
couuir- ala more To- make the two
once divided sccuon- ol Vie country
one ~ sentiment AND orc u love 81
country than lid Polk Miller and willie
he sror. much % his lic 10 trls genial
work he never neglected his llGs bus!-
icss here ia ,he roed city al Eich-
'noud.
ana q nu,aarist ls r-ceu,ly Dccn
written. and ana now 80 apcal. Of hin.
rs q business !AcI r..G Ai1 -vod Work
IN helping ~ MAJ iHcumonc ti!e great
business centre ~ i~
Came From ,h- Country.
800 ~ green country boy, and en-
tered tho drug hous, ~ Aiea"a & BAKER
10 learn Tho business hi- father. an old
i'rincc Edward cou;Ity farmer, HAY
ing conceived th- Ida Mat there was
q good iutGrc Tor au up to-dntc drug
little training IN the drug store Wien
tn" war BROKE OUT, ana l!kc other
youngsters OF that day and time, lie
hrokc out all over with Inc war fever.
lie enlisted in one Of I'll" Richmond
'"tnpanics. ana the south hnd no bet
ter soldier. He iollowcd "Marsc Bob"
10 tho end n .AppoInattoX Courthouse.
,-hH ms IAN. rs a mere soccer mas
been writ Coming back 10 KichiHond
Win The other boys To rebuild the city
,hc part Of clerk" IN other peoples
stores ] 10 not know. but in duo time
from that day to this tn" establish
mcnt of Polk Miller. druggist, has
grown and has been It icatl!r" oi Rich
'nond. FOR " generation his old drug
store ia the basement OF III" iIanc-
W!nckel building, where the Ola DO
nlnion Trust building now stands, was
one OF the landmarks Of Richmond.
With q genial. kindly hurnor and
ready tuna OF anecdote. q Facility with
n hs1 80. 1.H q. faF .F
marvellous, and n gift at Imitation OF
the negro dialect which no profess ional
many o: the best known mon OF Rich
i""nd about MIN ia the lcisurely days
"hen mule cars ran up Ninth street
ANA when nea had time 10 make the
acquaintance Of each other.
Grcnt-r business mt New stand.
III tho course o; time the FOLK Mil
street, and also IN the S,ourse Of I'm"
his son. w. Wthors Miller. became
the general manager OF tho same.
There for the last fifteen years I'll" re
tail drug business has been conducted
IN all OF its branches.
Just Wien the m ma va, nrins de-
became II feature ! 40 not knOw, but
for q very long time the nous. has
edica. the Victory Poultry Remedies and
the Poll: Miller Liver Pills. THESE
products have given the POLK Miller
and al international reputation. and
Incidentally they have advortisod
Richmond all over the world. These
proprietary medicines have been sold
Tor tho past decade in al parts Of the
civilized world. and perhaps there is
not a day in any week that orders N"
not received from numerous foreign
lands Yesterday saw orders on the
desk oil the president from South
Amcrica. Cuba, Canada and Japan. to
say nothing Of many from various
States Of the Union This branch OF
III" business has grown /" such d.
found it necessary TO establish fac
tory separate from the Main street
retail store. and for that purpose they
have established IA plant Ut Ga East
FraniSlin Street. corner of Seventh
street. and there the remedies above
mentioned will be manufactured on Il
large scale.
The RexnII Remedies.
The Polk Miller Drug Company. IN
c"rporatcd are among tn" largest
stockholders In the South "f the la
nous United Drug Company. Of Ios-
ton, who make the famous Hcxal! rem
cdies. now sold by over 10000 reprc-
states and canada and Great Britain.
". N'ithcrs Nlillcr. tho president of
,he Polk Millyr hrms Company; is the
comprising ninety agencies in Nir-
Einia, and he is also the chairman of
the executive COMMITTEE" az the Inter
national Association Of Ecxall Clubs
III the United States and Canada
Branch stores to Come.
VI Is lIlt purpose bl tttc FOLK Miller
Drug Company, Incorporated, to en-
large their manufacturing business.
and 10 that end they are putting more
live men on the road--hustling travel
crs--who Will canvass every part of
the country and make the fame Of
richmond bright in parts Of the coun-
try where ii Is. not now known very
much in q commercial way. II is also
the purpose of the corporation to en-
largo their city business. 1t would
be hard to make the present retail
house at S34 East Main Street with
it's splendid prescription department,
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