Show EIGHT q f 1 r CU ta A I 1 As has already ready been announced in these columns there dereh is a mave duent info c closing 1 oal 11 1 J commercial establishments in this city at eight in the evening A similar movement t was was inaugurated in the city a few years ago failed to crystallize lize itself into successful ul c e 0 consummation 11 0 n su a owing to a lack of unanimity una unanimity nimit y among the merchants now wb when enthis this same project is broached again we believe the ground is broken for it and ready for the reception of the seed the dullness of the times has certainly shown conclusively that there bisno is no nece saty even no use in keeping the e stores oden open after the time indicated go around on the tho daae streets eti about eida or between e eight agh t if fand and c the evening and wha do you witness in our m sio stores r e si the storekeeper and his clerks either busy clearing up the days business or rea reading dillI the even eveni i ing HERALD with its full comp complement C of news unless peradventure I 1 somo some I 1 afir straggling vf agan if g c customer i r coic comes s in in for a bar of soap a at ob tb thread read 1 a box of matches lof or a pin pint t of V vinegar i ne well vouch that on the tle whole taki taking thing with another the triin transient i sied i e sales mes i in any store afeei after eight rarely cover the expenses in in lighting and fuel in winter let alone the value of the proprietors time or 0 d the he L fraction of tie tho clerk hire bire and even were business ever so much brisker there is no need ot of keeping the shops chops open after eight I 1 domestic purchases immediate of art t urgency are as a rule made during the dagand it generally generall yR jin der stood that they were all ca closed osell efrer abat hour tho the constitutionally or habitually ay iy dilatory purchasers would soon conform ill atwith ft with the earh early closing ar arradie a w y i M ments n ts I 1 moreover More oyer tako the storekeepers themselves and their clerks and other employees from early mom morn ing all day being soto so to aspea speak cooped up behind s r counters they certainly deserve os wella well as s need a little more rest than they knave been aeu ajsa and are rd at presen r qt ting they need some time to spend in and with their famil families leB an and friends to inform their mind minds and ref refresh resli their wearied bod bodies ies from the tile incessant i treadmill labor laboi of the humdrum routine of the day lay these and many oilier other reason s will U no 5 0 doubt be diore more clearly and forcibly presented at the mass meeting ting of business men and citizens in general called for tuesday 8 amat the Courthouse where we e hope to see a largo large turnout |