Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-05
final night
FOR THE BIG
TRADE EXHIBIT
MANY Valuable Prizes Will
be Given Away
Tonight
SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR
Merchants Praised For Display-Ad-
dress by Rev DR.. +. B. Jackson
Music and Dancing Tonight

This will be the final night Of the
Greater Alexandria Trade Exhibit. II
YOU have not yet visited the exhibit
don't fail to do so tonight. Many par
ticipating firms will award prizes to-
night. This will be known as adults
night and children absolutely Will not
be admitted according to announce
ment made by promoters OF the en-
terprise.
There will be dancing and music
and the Citizens Band will furnish the
music.
1t is expected that big crowd Will
witness the last night Of this big eN-
hibit.
Nanv Of the prizes to be awarded
tonight are very valuable and all VINO
have not attended should not fan
TO do so tonight.
The merchants are being comph,,
mented on all sides on the successful
exhibit and already it is stated that
many of the merchants OF the city
who did not participate IN this exhibit
have asked for space for the autumn
exhibit. The indications are that the
autumn exhibit will be even bigger
and better exhibit than this one.
Prizes were awarded last night at
number of the booths. Those obtain
ing prizes Mt the booth Of K. r. Knight
and Son follow: c. r. Rohr, Miss
Marie McKenney, Douglas Duncan
John Nugent, Miss Lula Sherwood,
Mrs. Carlton Bowman, j. S. Fegans.,
At the booth of Frank Michelbach
the Hoosier cabinet was won by Mrs.
Fred Athey, and the Leader booth,
b. b. Ezrine proprietor, the silk SHIRT
won by Raymond Blumenfeld was re-
turned by the winner and last night
was won by Douglas Lindsey, and at
this same booth ladies suit was won
bv f. l.. Mankin, of 1924 Prince st.
At the booth of S. F. Dyson and Bro,
n picture was awarded Mrs. W. ).
Bristol.
Among the prizes tonight will be
all of the big prizes, including vacuum
cleaner and electric chatting dish by
the Alexandria County Lighting Com
pany. $40 savings account by the
Citizens National Bank, three five
dollar gold pieces by the Alexandra
Realtors, shirts by II. Friedlander ard
others.
Rev. DR.. f. b. Jackson, pastor of
the First Baptist Church delivered an
address last night at the exhibit IN
which he took for his topic, Honest
Advertising and Honest Goods The
speaker commended the merchants for
the excellent display. He told of the
philosophy of the old darkey to the
effect that the right kind OF adver-,
tising is helpful to the merchants and
that the wrong kind advertised the
merchants in no unmistakable manner
The speaker told a number OF lncid-
euts relating to the proper kind OF
advertising and of how big cham
store corporation had destroyed Son.
600 worth of goods by dumping them
into a liver rather than sell them to
customers because of their defective
ness. DR.. Jackson praised the co-opera
ton given by the business men and
citizens generally to the \. NJ. I. A.
Drive.
Notwithstanding the rain last night
q large crowd attended the eXhlolt
and the affair was greatly enjoyed;
The merchants of the city are well
pleased with the general interest be
ing manifested in the affair and 1t is
predicted that an exhibit on an en-
tirely different scale which will even
surpaSs this exhibit will be put on
in the autumn.