The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-05-09
MARTINS FERRY
RETAILERS IN
MEETING At
MARTINS FERRY
TWO aoop ADDRESSES ARB MADE
BY PRYOR IRWIN ON sUsI-
NESS TOPICS
Institute to Hold Another Session To-Day
with Good Program-ofhsr
Perry News

I ne iIESs aN' stttFS'tNSS
Merchants IrstitUte which was hc.a At
the Board Of Trade Yesterday morning
and evening proved I % very success
tul. \ large ATTENDANCE" WAS had IN the
morning but IN tho evening the room
was filled 10 capacity. Pryor IRWIN )
subject yesterday morning WAS Meet
ing Today's Competition. II" carried
the fact 70 the people that mHrchant
must go after business. business Will
not come 10 him.
TIE evenings address was continual
ton OF the morHin CaddrcsS. tic Saiu
that a good sales force is great asset
10 the business rather than force that
does nothing but wait on customers
He URGED that tae managers OF the
stores and clerks get acquainted win
the goods they sell so they can explain
them 70 the customers. Auotner great
thing m business said Mr.. irwin ~
the meeting. OF customers. Many pro
pr!etorS thirk that their customers
must buy Al his store and that there ~
no tcar~or losing them. II the clerks
and managers meet the people with i
smile and speak politely I" them' 'A''r
trade will continue 10 grow.
II brought TO view THAI the stores
of thu city must work together instead
Of being enemies with each other. tie
took for example the chain stores. how
they were handled and why II was that
they could sell for less than others. In
tensivc advertising IS another great
help TO stores
The subject of his address this morn
ing will be- The Measure OF Merchant
The meeting will start at II O'CLOCK
Tho subject for this evenings meeting
will be. "t'orrcs that Build BuSin><I.
The meeting this evening will be start
ed at $50 and = large crowd Is expected
to be present.
First Out Of This CITY.
The steamer tlnr:Cr Smith which
leaves this city thus evening at ';5'
will 10 the first excursion given by amy
organization in this city. The r'dc IS
under the auspices Of tho lhI SIGMA en-
t-a,crui,l and :, tine crowd Is expected
to ", Tickets went on sale yesterday
and from pre5cn, Indications. u very
Iorge crowd Will attend Tho boat
leaves ih.s city at 80 and Wheeling
at 5 o'clock.
sophomore Conduct Chapel.
This Sophomore class OF the nish
school had charge OF the chape' heIu al
Tho high schcol this morning y hhe
rrcrrm was enioyel by the remainder
~ the classes. which included speaking
ard good music Tho Juniors Will nave
charge OF the rex program wnlch "''
be given some time this week
Excavatins Being Done.
Th. TWO houses where HcslopS viii
hrtld their new establishment nave "eeh
torn down ard eNcavatinG started yes
terday \ large force OF men nave 9eeh
nut 70 work 20 harry the work up as
fast as possible.
A Bus Incident.
rho IltimatS
ramc near being arrested I'm Wheeling
lafn SUNDAY night II $ said that the
driver passed 4 street ear while the car
WIS dischargjnE passengers ana tue
cc,Iurto- sYcrc out warrant FOR me
nr-est OF the driver. \ woman passing
no garage on Sixth street. dropped a
ncte from the window SAY ing max 'he
driver would he arrested on his next
trfp About the same zinc. the phone
ram, and the same th!n- Vas Sald. Inc
dr;r.- VAS taken ccC and another pui
or his run bat only made one trip "hen
Ihey were rot:t"d that all charges haa
been Lcuc away with HhQ tn3C no ~
rcs,s would follow.
To Sell Flowers.
Tho S.r:,,, star Legion Will sci. artl-
nriai daisies before Decoration day
Thc proceeds from this sal" VIII Z" into
,bo fund which vas started las, year
,or ,be nurrasp oc erecting memorial
-Fnr tho citv'S dead - the World war.
rho sale viii 10 conducted along tn"
.arn rlan as last year and Wal Ne un-
drr tn. leadership Of Mrs. +. l.. JaoN'
chairman os the committee
Fire Damages store
Irro which is supposed Ia have been
started hy bonfire in tho rear OF the
Wilbur Paws store on south F1rs'
stree, caused about $4,000 damages.
Tho IRE spread rapidly owing 10 the OIL
soaked floor and the fircmcn had 4 hard
,;re battling tho blaze duo I" tn" oil
u h:rh made 50 much Sm"N'. TN" dam
arc done was done 70 both tn" store ami
"nnls small shed containing Z large
.,r,o,,nt e carbide WAS ais" soaked win
water and would hayc 'aken very little
to haze the shed in flames also.
Meet Last Night.
Tyr Parent Tea hers ASSOCIATION 90
,,e south school met last evening At the
schnni wN"rc = tit" pc":rIW was enjoy
I'd The newly organized school orches-
~, made 4 GcCited hit with the parents
and t,ach.r> tn program which IN
,.'I,sd = rn.rhcr ~ ADDRESSES ana muSi-
cal numbers vas enjoyed
Send Invitations.
ruV''au"u~ we've T"nt yesterday %
all OrSanlIa tiNnS or NfF 'i'N dSN'"S
rb.n IT, attend tn. messing to hc hcld
g, TO F,ay,.S' aorn" ;"At SUNDAY after
noon to discuss the old age pensloH
which Will core un before the Ncven-
Lcr election a. az amendment to the
constitution o. Ohio. ~, civic bodies
;.-e cordially invited to attend.
More aypsiss Through.
Another band OF cy2S;'S went through
mis- civ Yesterday afternoon but did
not stop until they hit tho upper end or
Town where they bothered tho people ot
that ncirhh"-hoOd bv begging The
rcorlc ride around IN big machines and
expect people 10 give them something
70 cat but in nine cases out-of ten they
were TUNED down.
Plan Market Place.
,s = result OF the complaint OF gro
rsrs ~ regards to selling produce on
,Nc x...n street, council is planning 10
Eayo a market p.ar" just what att
tyIr most pcOple viii take In regards
70 tho matter is rot known but many
a-c rc ,h.. or:r.nn th2t this city needs
,uch = place Tho location Is undecided
but = :"Ss.i'" Tho ". & L. T. GroundF
above tho play@r"Hnhs ~ Sixth str"c'
would make / good place. |, IS thought
.ha' voxrlc action viii he taken in re-
CARDS '"'th" matter IN n" near future.
Three Given Rearing.
TWO mon and on" woman were given
q hearing before MAYOR Duff last evet
ming The woman who Mas charged with
possessing intoXjCantS WAS ordered
10 le;Nc town. She cnrsented TO d" ."
and was rcrnl$cd The Two men plain
drunkS. wore released and ,nl dthat they
had hotter not appear again a. they
wouldn't got OF 20 light
Martins Perry Briefs
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