Charlottesville Bargain House.
[ILLUSTRATION]
Charles E. Hughes.
The word "bargain" has a pleasant
sound to the ear of every shopper and
the average woman will walk a mile
to get something she deems a bargain.
In Charlottesville however it is not
necessary to walk very far for in the
very heart of our business center we
have a store which is fairly teeming
with bargains. We refer to that large
and handsome emporium, The Charlottesville
Bargain House located at
No. 412 East Main street. Here can
be found everything that the ordinary
mortal requires, and at a much lower
price than they can be purchased elsewhere,
though the goods and articles
are equal in every respect, if not superior,
to those sold for higher prices at
other places. The building is a
spacious one having a floor area of
7,500 square feet and containing as
complete an assortment of goods as
can be found in nearly any city. The
company does a wholesale and retail
business, and the stock comprises dry
goods, millinery, fancy goods, shoes,
hats, clothing, and all kinds of
merchandise. The proprietor of this
concern is Mr. Charles E. Hughes,
and a more reliable or highly esteemed
man is not to be found in our city.
The store is under his direct personal
supervision and he has surrounded
himself with a corps of male and female
clerks who are experts in the various
lines in which they are assigned. In
addition to the business described
above, Mr. Hughes also owns a similar
establishment at Louisa, Virginia
known as the "Louisa Bargain House."
Aside from these two interests he deals
in railroad ties, piling, telephone and
telegraph poles, sawed lumber, bark,
sumac, etc. He also buys and sells
timber rights and lands and has a
splendid business in all these branches.
Mr. Hughes was born in Albemarle
County and has been engaged in the
mercantile line for the past fifteen
years. He moved to Charlottesville
ten years ago and launched his present
enterprise and made a success of the
venture from the start.
The majestic looking building with
its twenty or more stone steps corner
Main and Fourth Streets, was erected
at great expense in 1854 as the home of
the Monticello Bank and Albemarle
Insurance Co. The Bank failed and
many were the citizens who lost all
their savings.
