Show THE CLERKS HALFHOLIDAY Favorable Reception of the Movement Move-ment and a Successful ult Expected A large number of those interested in the halfholiday movement now being urged in this city met at the City Hall last night to listen to the report of the committee appointed to visit the business firms for the purpose of ascertaining how they feel toward the movement The committee met with no opposition in a direct way but found some diversity of opinion as to the most expedient day to ask for A majority of the merchants are in favor of selecting Thursday for the halfholiday and accordingly a committee consisting of the following gentlemen was appointed to prepare and present to the merchants in the city a petition for their signatures J 11 Young Harry Field W J Beatie James H Poulton Samuel Brown H Heath W A Need ham George Arbuckle John Lewis W C Farrow and J Bean Mr Naisbitt chairman of the halfholi day movement stated to a DEMOCRAT reporter re-porter this morning that everything gave assurance to all in favor of the scheme that it will be established In Europe the custom is universal in all factoriesfoundries banks and like institutions in-stitutions Here it has been simply presented pre-sented to the wholesale establishments and every one approached in a thorough canvas expressed a willingness to conform con-form to the move in question The public must sustain the movement of course but Market Row and green groceries having perishable goods may be expected to keep openbesides they employ no help to speak of and live many of them in the rear or on the floor above their stores We believe the clerks and other em ployes will have their wishes accedelt0 by the business men of the town rnd Ct what they wanta halfholtf t |