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COLUMBUS ENQUIRER-SUN: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1886,
ALL ABOUT THR SHOE TRADE.
Am lntMrviow with a Live Wholesale Shoe
Man.
Br. 4. B. Orr. of the firm of 4. K. Orr Jt Co.,
ftrap Bon* I»U*r©stlnjc Data Colombo* tl»©
mtrt Lerjrfwt Kxflanlv© Wholosel© Mho© Market
h Georgia Dow io Got and Cestomor*.
■storing to obtain an Insight into the whole-
aale ahoo trade of Columbus, a reporter of the
fltoQcmiiVK-Stm decided to Interview the whole*
■ale shoe dealer, Mr. J. K. Orr, of the firm of J.
1. Orr & Co. Mr. Orr, although comparatively
a young man, has had an experience of some
ft teen years In the wholesale trade, commonc*
lug his career in one of the largest Ary
goods commission houses in Now York. The re
porter picked his way through the pyramids of
lMge boxes, which are always standing ready for
Bklptnent in front of the firm’s establishment on
Seventh street, and entered the private office of
the chief of the firm. Mr. Orr was head over
heel* in business, but his politeness overcame his
-»— 1 — to make money fora season, and he vowed
tftat he was delighted to see the reporter, and
tbat nothing would please him better than to
bavo him spend the day In the store. The re*
porter sat down and evolved a pencil and pad,
accompanying the action with the remark that
Ik# was going to interview the shoe man. “In
terview?" said he; “I don’t know how to be in
terviewed. I don’t talk much. 1 don’t have
toe. But I can tell you anything you want to
know about shoes."
'"That’s what 1’ro after," said the reporter;
'•bow’s business opening for the fall trade?"
“Opening? Our business doesn’t open. It
ever shut up to get a chano© to open
la. It ingoing all the year round. I can’t
>11 act wheu wo were not busy. I admit that
a tbe fhll lias sot in our orders have increased
idously; but you mustn’t call that an opon-
tof. An opening implies a previous dosing."
"Doer Columbus do a largo shoe business?"
"It doe* an immense business
te shoes. Why, it is an ad
mitted Bust that Columbus does the third
bargest exclusive shoo business in the state of
Georgia. By “exclusive" I mean men who soil
■tarally nothing but shoes. Our firm is one of
ja*im kind. Wo pay entire attention to this one
■no and as a consequence we keep posted on its
minutest particulars and can give our customers
tee benefit of our knowledge. Wc are having a
vmry heavy season, being driven all the time to
■K our orders. Wc arc as the mill men say—
■aid ahead of production.”
"Do you sell many goods near home?"
"I si'otild iwy we do. The prejudice that for-
Marly existed with many merchants against buy-
teg near homo is rapidly disappearing."
"How do you account for this?"
‘•Why, I’ll tell you. Discerning buyers aro
ftading out that the largest factories make the
boat goods, oud can make them the cheapest,
ftbeoc goods are handled by the leading jobbers,
and we are able to sell them as cheap as any
eraapcUtor, whether ho docs business in Balti
more, Now York or elsewhere. In fact, we are
■ati&fied that under our present organization,
tea percentage that our expenses
bear te our sales is loos than the
ismo business can be done in auy city north or
«■■t. Wo have succeeded in placing our goods
to the bauds of the best merchants in almost
■very town in the territory which we cover, and
iS is s very largo one. Ah I intimated before, the
most gratifying feature of our business is its large
'mcmtuA' with our city and near-by trade. Wo
have shout fifty customers In and around Colum-
1m"
“Do your customers have tbe advantage of hav-
tog their goods made to order?”
"They do. We make a special feature of tak
ing early orders, and having the goods made for
mch customer, giving him the brands, finish and
Gyle wanted. These orders arc slopped from our
Boston office, where they are Inspected and for- |
wanted by a competent man in charge of that
port of our business. We carry a large stock
bore and do u considerable filling in trade.
Knowing by our own experience the lever-power
a buyer has that pays crush, we have encouraged
•nr trade to discount our bills by allowing liberal
tooonnW until now nearly two-ihirds of our
trade discount our bills."
PToin the number of goods shipped during the
tew minutes the reporter was in the store, he had
■nary reason to believe that Mr. Orr had rather
■■drdrawn than overdrawn tbe picture in speak-
tog of his business.
One of the secrete of the success of J. fL Orr A
Go, la the calibre of the men they keep on the
■■ traveling saloamen. A house is generally
graced and judged by the public, by the kind of
■mb they lend out on the road. Mr. William
R Macon, wh< has the entire state of Alabama
tor his territory, is the ideal and typical commer
cial evangelist, lie can give Sam’l OTosen four
aoaa and beat him. The reputation of Oolumbus
and his firm is not likely to suffer in Mason’s
brads. Hois true to his headquarters and his
borne. It is true he has a sweetheart in every
town in Alabama, but he has the main one in
Gnlmnbus and keeps her posted. He gets the
beet room at every hotel and the teuderest steak
mod the soAoet bed. And sell goods!
He can sell wool to a sheep, water
to a fish, corn to a miller and Are to old
salon himself. Though the inference is not in
tended that Mr. Mason Is thick and familiar
with the latter party. Mr. Mason has a voice
•ad a flow of language that would make a
Philadelphia lawyer turn green with envy and go
■ft and kick himself. Ho is welcomed to every
too n and biddon good-bye with regret. D is busl-
mmm and natural shrewdness is such that alter
being on the road ten years, and being now only
M years old, and after dealing with the cutest
easterners and schemers iu the country, he has
mover yet allowed a man to get the advantage of
bim. He iB at once a credit and an invaluable
adjunct to any houBe that can secure his services,
Mr. C. Q. Johnson, one of J. K. Orr & Co.’s
mevefol travelers, is 26 years old, and has been
traveling five years. Mr. Johnson has a way of
making business hum that the ordinary drum
mor can’t catch on to. He can get through as
much space and business iu a day as two busi
ness men would consider a task, and not get
tired, either. Mr. Johnson’s territory is South
west Georgia and Florida, where he is the favorite
of the merchants, hotel keepers and peo
ple. lie is a regular gold mine
to the firm, and they could not do
without him. He is brisk, quick and accurate,
llo never makes a mistake and never forgets a
promise. Such men can't help from succeeding.
And Mr. Johnson is one of the traveling rep
resentatives of Columbus that has proven a
recommendation to the firm he travels for and to
the city wherever he has gone. When he can’t sell
goods there are no merchants, and when he
can’t satisfy his customers they don’t
know what they want. J. K. Orr & Co. and
Columbus are proud of him, a compliment which
he richly men's. There are other salesmen rep
resenting this firm, all first-class men in their
particular characteristics, and all working alike
tor tbe interests of the city, the firm and their
customers. Mr. Kyle Nuckolls, the junior mem
ber of the firm, represents the house in northern
Alabama. He is an experienced business man,
though still young in years, and his services in
|be house and on the road have gone a great
ly toward building up the splendid reputation
■mtihe firm.f
ONLY TKN CRNTR.
One of tbs float Popalar Places In Columbus—Tho
Largest Raslaoss of the Klndin the South.
The Oolumbus Ten Cent Htorc fills a long felt
! want in this city. Mr. J. K. Halloway, the genial
! proprietor, Informed the reporter while on his
! rounds the other day that he did the largest busi
ness of the kind of any house in the south, out
side of New Orleans. The store presents one of
the busiest scenes of any place in the city. Six
clerks are kept constantly busy supplying the
wants of their customers. The stock embraces a
large number of valuable articles which are not
usually found in an establishment of this kind.
Mr. Hallo way commenced this business In Feb
ruary, 1885, and it has increased so rapidly in
public fhvor that Mr. Halloway adds a large num
ber of new articles to bis stock every week. His |
present stock is larger than any ho has hitherto
offered to tbe public. It now embrace?* almost
every article imaginable that can possibly
be sold for five or ten cents. Nothing In
his entire stock is sold for more than ten cents.
He has ail of the latest novelties in toys, glass
ware, tin and willow ware, laces, Jewelry, and no
tions. One can scarcely have any idea of how
many things can be bought for ten cents nnlesa
he inspects this stock. The goods are pretty, or
namental, useful and darable. It would be im
possible to enumerate the various articles and
the noval scenes which the artistic arrangement
of this establishment presents must be seen
to be appreciated. It may astonish many to
know it, but any prudent housewife can almost
secure a complete outfit for the dining room in
this store. It is the very place to replace missing
articles of crockery- There is hardly a house in ;
Oolumbus that has not on© cr more of their
pitchers. In this establishment may be found
pictures that would adorn the walls of any par
lor in the city. The store is packed with articles
usefiil os well as ornamental and the many beau
tiful things to be soon would more than repay
a visit to It.
No wonder that Mr. Halloway*s trade has In
creased so rapidly. The quality and variety of
the goods he sells, aud the low prices at which ;
they are sold, aro bound to win their way with ;
the people. If you have never paid tbe Ool am
bus Ten Oont Store a visit, do so at once. Garry
your pocket books along, as the inducements of
fered you will be oo great that you are sure to
want to buy something before you leave the
store.
A BARGAIN TO BflTAILBBA.
Advantages Offered th© Trad© by 0»s ef the
Largest Grocery Morr.hanU Honest Good*.
Honest Prices and na Honest Merchant.
J. T. Pearce, Pearce’s comer, upper Broad
street, is doing a stirring wholesale and retail
grocery business. In his meandering* a few
days ago an EwQum no-Hun representative found
time to look through his large and well-assorted
stock. He is prepared to offer special induce
ments to the retail dealer, aud sells job lots at
lowest prices of any house in the aity. Mr.
Pearce is well known to tho trading public, who
know that ho will do exactly what ho rays he will
do, so that the announcement that he is selling
goods in job lots at remarkably low figures
cannot fail to attract the attention of
retail dealers in and around Oolumbus. Mr.
Poance is spondieg every effort to please his
customers, and the success with which he is
meeting certainly must be highly gratifying to
hiru. ne is Ailly determined to keep pace with
the enterprise and progress of the city and not to
be undersold.
Mr. Pearce is a skillful buyer as well as a
talented salesman, as an inspection of his stock
will show. Here can be found all kinds of fhney
and family groceries in the atmoat profusion,
the quality of which cannot be excelled in this
market. Ho keeps a nice and
full line of formers 1 tupplies of
every description, which he is prepared to furn
ish them on most advantageous terms. When
visiting the city farmers should not fail to ex
amine Mr. Pearce’s goods and get his prices. All
he asks is a fair IritU. and if this is accorded him,
he is sure to give satisfaction, both as to the price
and quality of the goods which he sells. Don’t
forget the place when you come to town —
Pearce’s building, upper Broad street. You will
find clever and competent salesmen to attend to
your every want.
But let it not be understood that he deals ex
clusively in the wholesale trade. Ho believes in
accommodating all his friends and customers,
and U matters not whether they buy 5 cents’ or a
$100 worth of goods they will receive the same
cordial welcome and fair treatment. He ia as
honest as the day is long, and gives AU1 weights
and measures. Anything needed in the way of
groceries can be found in his complete establ ish-
ment, and at prices to defy competition.
L1YK AND TIlBIVfl.
A ■©rebeet With sa Excellent Stosh *f Grads as
Were Avar Broagkt to This City—His Goods Sell
Themselves.
There is always room in a city for a live, brisk
and fair-dealing merchant. He will live and
thrive in spite of competition. An illustration of
this fhet is found in the case of Mr. J. 0. Horrison
who has just opened at 1132 Broad street, one ol
the most tasty and fashionable shoe stores to be
found anywhere. His entire stock is new, fresh,
aud in the latest style. He has constantly on
hand every variety of shoe that- the market
affords, or that the most fastidious
customer could ask for. He keeps
ladies’, men’s, boys’, girls’, infants’ and youths’
shoes in every variety aud at almost every price.
Mr. Harrison buys from the manufacturers at the
lowest obtainable figures and is enabled to give
his custom era the benefit of his skill and ex
perience as a buyer. He has had a long experi
ence in the shoe business, and hoe been con
nected with some of the best shoe houses in the
state. He is well known among ns as a man of
integity aud principle, who keeps his promises
and pays his debts. He deserves tho patronage
ofthe public, and his army of Wends will see
that he gets it.
His stock of ladies' shoes is not surpassed in
Oolnmbus and he can fit any foot. No lady
should make a selection without seeing his
goods. He can fit the foot of young ladies and
girls to make them look like those we see in
pictures. His shoes for gentlemen aud boys em
brace all the different styles, and he . guarantees
satisfaction in fit, style, quality aud prices. It
is the same way with reference to children aud
infauts* shoes. He has the stock with which to
build up a trade and he is doing it. Though |
only a short time the proprietor of this store, he
already has a trade that should be gratifying to
long established houses.
61IOKS FOB 41,1..
4 FlniW’,l»M Establishment and I’rlm* to Dufy
Compotttlou.
K. B. Prather & Co.’s shoe store is located at
No. 1011 Broad street. The firm have an elegant
and well assorted stock of men’s, boys’ and chil
dren’s shoes, boots and slippers. Also a Bill line
ol ladies’ aud misses’ shoes and slippers. These
goods are of excellent quality and of tho latest
styles. The Arm have determined to sell their
goods at prices which defy competition. They
have won for themselves by fair and honest deal
ings a most enviable reputation, and rank among
the foremost business men in the city. Their
goods are of such a character that they take well
with the public and do not fail tbe give Bill sat
isfaction to every purchaser. If you have never
bought anything from this popular firm, give
them a trial and you will be pleased. It is one
ofthe rules of this enterprising firm to guarantee
satisfaction in each and every particular.
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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
Capital Stock,
$267,000
GEO. P, SWIFT, President
OiFTTOrEP^S OIF TEIZE COMPANY:
W. A, SWIFT, Secretary and Treasurer.
DIRECTORS: Geo. P. Swift, A. Illges, J. Rhodes Browne, H. H. Epping, Geo. P. Siwft, Jr.
ONE OF THE LEADING INSTITUTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES
adLAJSrcrFtA-OTU KEIRS OP
Checks, Plaids, Cottonades,k
MAKES OVER ONE HUNDRED STYLES OF COLORED GOODS
Sends Its Products into all the States and Territories
of the United States,
AUD INTO THE SOUTH SEA ISLAUDS AND MEXICO!
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The Goods manufactured by the Muscogee Manufacturing Company are sold exclusively through the jobbing trade.
The Checks, Plaids and Cottonades turned out are of the best quality, and not excelled by any made in America. Over
four hundred hands find employment in the institution, and it is difficult to supply the demand for the products of th e
Factory. When these goods once find their way, no merchants will be without them. This institution is conducted on
high business principles, and they compete in prices any where.