PRESTO
January-19, 1924.
whether exhibits should be permitted at headquarters
hotel.
The various committees announced by President
Watson are:
Better Business Bureau—James P. Lacey, Lacey's,
January Orders Are Good and Fact Is Considered Inc., Peoria, chairman; E. J. Joosten, Jansen & Joos-
ten, Minonk; J. C. Mulvaney, J. C. Mulvaney & Co., Alexander B. Kennedy Takes Sudden Leave of
Forecaster of Excellent Trade.
Peoria; and M. G. Ogle, The Ogle Co., Galesburg.
His Responsibilities in Piano Store, Carry-
The supposedly slack month of January means . Legislative Committee—O. F. Anderson, Anderson
ing Off Considerable Sum of Cash.
nothing to the Goldsmith Piano Co., 1229-1233 Miller Piano Co., Springfield, chairman; E. E. Hanger,
street, Chicago, which is doing an excellent business Hanger Brothers, Lincoln; Alex S. Nelson, Sr., Tri
Alexander B. Kennedy, the 25-year-old bookkeeper
with its player and grand pianos. Orders for the City Piano Co., Moline; and R. L. Berry, R. L. Berry
of
the Baldwin Piano Company's Louisville store, 521
popular Chicago instruments have been arriving in a Music Co., Springfield.
South Fourth street, failed to appear at his place of
consistent manner and conditions everywhere are fa-
Bureau for Advancement of Music—Oscar Kauf- employment on Monday morning of this week, and
vorable, according to the report made by the com- man, Seibert & Kaufman, Danville, chairman; C. A.
then the startling discovery was made that $1,395
pany this week.
Moorehouse, Lloyde's, Champaign; and C. H. Von which he was supposed to have locked up in the safe
The player trade is above the ordinary with the Fossen, Von Fossen Music Co., Jacksonville.
of the establishment at 10:30 Saturday night also was
Goldsmith Piano Company. A brisk business was
Press Committee—F. M. Leslie, Leslie's Music missing. R. A. Gaul, cashier of the Louisville store,
had last year and there is every indication of the same Store, Urbana, chairman; T. M. Morgan, Morgan missed
the currency when he brought out the empty
condition being repeated this year. The demand for Music Co., Murphysboro; H. E. Rose, J. F. Belue Co., boxes—-empty
except for a small sum in silver which
the Goldsmith instruments may be attributed to the Fairview; and C. E. Heuter, Greenville Music Store, was intact.
excellent tone quality and features of construction, Greenville.
The police were called into service and discovered
which have long characterized the active industry.
Membership Committee—J. E. Rice, The Music
"We have succeeded in producing a player for the Shop, Mount Olive, chairman; Walter L. Rhein, that Kennedy had not been seen by acquaintances
trade that is as near perfect as it can possibly be Walter L. Rhein Piano Co., Belleville; Fred S. Lovell, since 11:30 Saturday night, when at his boarding
made," said President A. Goldsmith, early this week. Benjamin Temple of Music, Danville; and J. H. house, 210 St. Joseph place, he told his landlady, Mrs.
Ella C. Schweitzer, that he had been "called out of
Rhodes, Rhodes Music House, Hillsboro.
Executive Committee—J. Barth Johnson, J. Barth the city and would be away for three or four days."
Johnson Co., Jacksonville, chairman; J. F. McDer- And he called to her from outside her room, she said:
mott, Emerson Piano House, Decatur; Charles C. "Mrs. Schweitzer, I am leaving your money on the
Oldendorf, Oldendorf's Music House, Mount Carmel; dresser upstairs." Later she found the money at the
and George P. Cheatle, The Music Shop, Springfield. place he indicated. She says that all he left at the
Advisory Council—Past President Charles C. house was a pair of old shoes.
Efforts of Officials to Add to List of Members Is
He had been in the Baldwin service for five months.
Adams, Charles C. Adams & Co., Peoria.
Highly Successful.
His description is five feet nine and one-half inches
in height; about 145 pounds in weight. When last
NEW CHATTANOOGA STORE.
A strong membership campaign has been launched
seen he wore a gabardine raincoat, belted in the back;
by the Illinois Music Merchants' Association, and
Miss Jack Padgett, formerly with Walton & Co., a gray hat and a gray suit. One of his tendencies is
President Fred P. Watson, Mount Vernon, reports in Chattanooga, Tenn., announces the opening of
that the results to date are very satisfactory. A ques- Tack's Music Shop at No. 8 East Ninth street. This said to be a fondness for horse races.
tionnaire mailed to the trade seeks to learn individual shop will be devoted exclusively to the sale of records.
views as to what is most desirable in the features of A stock will be carried that will supply any records
A KANSAS CITY CHANGE.
a state association.
call for at any time and in any number.
The Jones Store Company, of Kansas City, Mo.,
Among the questions asked the members is one
has taken over the Edison Shop, 1209-11 Walnut
relative to the proposed merging of the Illinois Asso-
B. G. Burt, said to hold the world endurance street, and will handle Ampico re-enacting pianos,
ciation with organizations in adjoining states to form record for piano playing, tried to break his own Knabe, Fischer, Franklin, Packard and Bond pianos.
a Mississippi Valley Music Merchants' Association. •. records of 44 hours and 32 minutes, when he appeared Charles R. Lee, manager of the Jones Store company
Other questions relate to the location and time ofj| ( at Robertson's Music House, 234 No. Pennsylvania phonograph department, will be in charge of the
meetings of the general body and the executive, and St., Indianapolis, last Friday.
establishment.
BALDWIN BOOKKEEPER IN
LOUISVILLE ABSCONDS
GOLDSMITH PIANO COMPANY
STARTS YEAR WITH SPIRIT
BIQ MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
OF ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION
CHARACTER
"Admirable Qualityt Acknowledged Reputation"—(Standard Dictionary)
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