The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-09


the time, soon near when he can weld
the gavel and assert his authority
once again In the Il c.. T T. fsf tts.-Tif he
regular monthly meetings OF the local
council are to be resumed on Saturday
night. September a. And Sir Robert
asks for q good attendance.
0rmonde Smith, OF the Percy
Straus Co, has been In the city during
the past week preparatory to an ex
tension trip through the South.
Ormonde says business is fine and
ity.
Johnny Goode Is so busy these days
+ selling life insurance. talking about
/ the war, the draft and various and
;sundry other thtngs-besides spending
+ a few hours daily star gazing on
Broad street-taht he has utterly for
saken his solemn and sworn duty TO
contribute the dope" for his column,
We're not complaining (no, not at alD,
just mention these facts TO let our
beloved readers and. l. G. r friends
Z
member of the charmed circle has
/ gone astray; and to offer some brave
comrade the opportunity OF bringing
this lost sheep" back into the fold.
George Nelson yesterday purchased
a handsome with emphasis on the
! Handsomely ivory carving set. which
he said was TO be a present to one
! of the hired hands" on his farm.
! ke xsra. s1s, Y n
/ some little gift to those VIII are for
! tunate enough TO WORK for him. And
| we are informed that he was parti-
! cularly anxious to get a nice present
/ for this party.
/ Uncle Billy Sutton hasn't honored
us with visit for many moons. We
hear. though. that he's still on the
I job and at his old tricks of breaking
I the records on sales of Battle Axe
! shoes.
Count" Granger. of Strause Bros.
! & Co, says that business prospects
are far ahead of all expectations for
! the fall trade and his house is rushed
constantly to fill orders. Only one
/ things troubles them. that Is. the diff
] ficulty in getting goods from the manu-
! facturers. A complaint which all
/
| We suppose that our good friend
/ Walker stuart, OF the Richmond Hard
ware Co, has long since returned from
F.! that trip he went on to Texas. But,
we have never had an official report on
the trip How about II. Stuart? The
I boys would all like TO know teven at
/ this late date) just what you did on
that trip. etc, etc. {mostly the etc).
! ]. x. ..Titnn1fe't ,RfehartlsoYs. the mia n
! that guides the destinles of Harrel-
son & Co, reports everything lovely
/ and prospects good" Jimmie Is one
/ OF those genial optimistic guys who
/ always has word OF welcome and
smile for everyone and incidentally
a manner that keeps business boom
| ing for his concern.
Thomas BEDFORD Aaron continues
| to gather in a nice bunch OF business
for his concern each week and he
! usually manages to wind up the week
with few hours leisure in the gay
white way in Richmond.
Farmer SkiElmau is about the only
! member of the party who suffered no
Ill effects from the strenuous ball
| game at George Nelson's farm two
4 w
work. and anyway-he didn't play
| ball either
Stith Bell has been one busy boy
| during the past week, so We are
| Informed Just what kept Stith so
! busy we have not learned. You Know
! some fellows can appear to be what
they amt" is the words OF Sir Hop
klns Who. by the way. is an old
friend OF Stith's.
/ Joe puilen has had a hard week
, with his "old reliable jitney," due TO
/ the hard rains, He had planned TO
go on the Auto Run" of The Viz
/ ginian yesterday-but decided he'd
better save up" for the coming
week. It's a good thing for the owen
e. Minor Drug Co, that Joe didn't
! take the trip.
THE Committed again calls to the
! attention, OF one Stith Bell that long
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