Year: 1874

These gentlemen. who have made Char.
been engaged in the selling of stoves III the
Carolinas, will leave rs now in the course o1
a week or two for new fields We regret
this. Tne CulVers are men 'chuck full" OF
business and enterprise, and it is always de-
sirable to have such in a community We
would be glad if they would settle in Char
lotte


Themselves gentlemen, they have ought
with them only gentle 1pn a> sale>HleIi. Ii
is well known that travelling meh as a class
are apt to be uncouth, rowdyish fellows,
and in most refined communities the very
name of travelling dealers is odious. But if
any such prejudice existed ia this section
against the Culvers and their employees
when they first came here, it has all pas, ed
away enc this Tor by their uniform courte-
sy and good behavior they have made
friends of all those with whom they have
been thrown, and have effectually lived
down any enmity which may have existed
toward them before they were known. For
some time past the whole party have been
boarding at the Central Hotel, in this city,
and though the average number has been
25 or 80 men, the proprietor, Mr.. Eccles,
tells lis that he has yet to know of the first
Instance where any one of them has bsen
guilty of conduct unbecoming a gentlemen.
Often there has been as many as 40 of them
in the house at one time, and more orderly
or better behaved set of men he never had
in his hotel. 1t would be hard to say this
of 40 men of any calling who happened acci-
dentally to be thrown in one place at the
same time.


The Cnlvers are operating on an extensive
capital; they are doing large business and
can not afford to have other than gentlemen
in their employ. During the eight months
in which they have been in Charlotte, they
have had here on an average IS to 80 men,
as was remarked above, and from so to 80
head of stock, in addition to the families of
the principals, Their presence has been a
source of revenue and when they leave it
will not be like the leaving of most travelling
parties-they will not take with them money
from people who have not realized value
received for all paid.


As to the quality of goods which they
have been selling we know nothing of our
own knowledge. But the heavy sales which
they have made, and the fact that they
have received but one complaint from all
those to whom they sold, is sufficient re-
commentator for them wherever they may
go. Within the range embracing the coun-
ties of Cabarrus, Union, Mecklenburg, Gas
ton, and one or two other counties in South
Carolina, on the line of this State, they have
sold upward of 600 of their stoves, and have
given universal satisfaction to those with
whom they have dealt.


While they have sold great many stoves,
not interferred materially with the local
trade, and that they believe that their hav-
ing come here will rebound to their benefit.


They have thoroughly advertised the
stove business in the country, and their
canvass will increase the sale of these artic-
les, as no man who can afford to buy will
now be without one, and those who now
have one will be obliged to have another il
the present one should get broken or wear
out


We are strictly conscientious in what we
have said above, and will close by saying
that we can commend Messrs Culver Bros
and their salesmen as gentlemen who will
deal fairly, and be prompt to meet all 0
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