The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-11

Fitting In And
| Out of Richmond
James II. Spicer, of the Richmond
Dry Goods Co, was in and around
Norfolk last week.
John Thomasson OF the w r. Har-
ris Grocery Co, had the misfortune
to get stuck in the mud aroun3 VIII
liamsburg last week.
Cook of the Richmond Dry PODS
Co. one of this firms voungeS: sales
men is said to be leading the entire
sales force. He travels Eastern Ten
nessee and North Carolina territory
Orrnonde Smith, with Percy j..
Straus, had a mos successful trip
, into Eastern Virginia territory last
week.
L. j Martin and r L. I.aokct are
continuing their demonstraticu OF
Maxwell House coffee in Wssh;n~ton
for another week. This will make
three weeks they have been ~ the
car ital city and all Washington will
know tho superior merit of N"yweI
House coffee.
T. L. Barnes, OF Percy j. Str1ls. is
just back from a most sue ~ssf''i trip
in Alabam and Southern Georgia
We learn that Walter Chile has
made an addition 10 mis- hom. in
louisa.
FLOYD Tucker has INST reil~ned
from trip down the y. & w. turing
the past week.
Grant skilIman has been whlzzins
through the mud IN Hanover for the
past three OF four days
John G. Moore, Of the cnocG Neal
Coffee Co. is in from a cry -ouGh
trip. bu: SAYS that business vas so
good he didn't mind the mud very
much.
$. y. Post, with Percy j. S,raus
made a flying trip down in Csro'iha
last week.
Ben Nelson il expected % make
his annual visit to the L. -. r. cum
oil at the meeting IA Murp7v's Hotcl
SATURDAY. March -
u. "A. stevens and Beef V3.fo'k
We're seen in close conNeTstt'o1 at
MtCoy's one night last week Some
Of the boys becau1e suspicious eal q
lumor was started that they we're
German spies. Al any rate the we're
seen TO be spying on some English
] peas" which were seen with some
} French chops" al MurphN's G.ish)
hotel
j. r. and A. l. Lingan. OF Maxwell
House Coffee fame, are doing big
, stunts in Eastern Carolina and are
sending in some mighty nice orders
some of the boys say that John
case or "dryness,' caused by the mud
sround Williamsburg. proba bly,.
Congratu}stions are due Josiah <.
Pullen. who represents the owen
Minor Drug Co. or the remarks BILE
address which he recently delivered
on "Euscnics" at Cumberland Court
house Va.
j. Dsr Xix seems to ne quite
+ chummy with ChT We'll these days.
They say that Dan is telling ChT
a bout new sellet. in the way of a
smoke, that viii Sc OF great heneA'
10 the "bonc-dr element among hts
J trade
Among The interesting events in
Washington during the Inauguration
was the luncheon ~i''en al the Raleigh
by Mr.. and Mrs Thomas BEDFORD
! Aaron. in honor o. their two sons.
Thomas. Ir. and Roswell. one Of
whom is cadet AT West Point and
/ In eo'her SUDDEN AT Y. N. !. The
; fair was deIightfu. and exceedingly
enjoyed by friends who attended.
Walter lone says that notwith-
standing the mud, he had a good
weeks business,
! Eugene Hughes is in town This
! week 10 se; a haircut and shave.
"Eugene is becoming real extrava-
giant.
Hampton Haden is some busy man
these days. He says the orders are
coming fast
Jim Richardson. az HARRISON & Co.
says that his statesmen have begun
their spring drive and that YOU
/ may look for an attack from the
/ "Samoset" at any time.
We hear that r. s. {Count) Granger
is making his plans for an excursion
to Toronto, Can. sometime after
July /.
George Nelson was conspicuous by
his absence from the meeting OF the
t. C. T. officers Of Richmond Council
on last Friday night.
Someone said that Ormonde smith
could not locate the L. c. T. commit
tee last Friday night. John Gcode
says they were at the appointed meet
ing place-Ormonde says they were
not. Somebody was either hit up
or somebody Ito put 1t mildly pre-
4varicated. Or. perhaps these conflict
! ing stories were merely the wa. each
reported his whereabouts at home
We are sorry to learn that " mixer
Stuart OF the Richmond Hardware
fCo.. has been sick for the past week.
! We hope he will soon be out agar.
( II is reported that in case of war,
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