Sifoagg izjsjfx
with symmetrical development aleog
•••tty Mm. Today Mr, Yadmb »
dertakin** m among tho largest and
meet Important fa thU section, and
hi* cm/.rmcntfor the handling at Mg
3s£r5&3r£,cE
land eeuty offand a splendid opper
tarfty far tha hdm»t contractor
whs would give doan attention to Ms
work and aaa that only tha hast type
at construction la turned oat by Ms
forma, Mr. Tnther has livad fa aaa Ms
faith mn Man JustMad. The Mat at
Important building* com true tod by
him In the pant n» years, area to
any nothin* at tha rcitdenma and
ha0db»1w thTwamriy'Cotton Um,
tha M&tatr BaUdlng, the Stefa Bank
Bafldin*. tha LaatUbwrg * Southern
Railroad depot, the rrnded school
bulldlne, tba Methodist church, the
high cSmol baMdfag at OthaeaTPn*
WwiJm «fa»*fa» •*, hath "H11*
and Lnnd Hm. and many other*.
m farm of fimn fan to fifteen
me* al the time. WUle meet of the
work dona by Twker ia of tiaras fa
Laurlnbur* and tho town* of tha
eocuty, he HI at mucthw »
number of the hotter dee* of nub)
homes located In the •maty.
Mr. Teeter Is an energetic and tlie
lass' worker, ahnjfi looking ahead,
end taking the deWlepmania toat ere
likely in the neiamaky. Ha was
formerly mayor of the city for throe
tonne, and to an active and enthutoe
tic —her af tha Chamber of Cea»
He to a Mathodtot, and to ah
i In tha growth and
i af tha town and county.
_Mem of Tbds Bee
* tton af Bteta
With oBtoaa to hath Leniteburg and
WQmlngten, tha Hodeee-geaaa Solas
Company to ana of tha large* anto
mobfiTdistoibntta, agendas in aaM
ern Motto Carolina, end baa btoaght
lagalliai IhiHnpaintoMHMf
•a eanairtti with the baakwet in
this aaetion af tha stabs. -
la 1907 Jaoar T. Gibson entered
the antanaUto boatnaaa U Hard
for tan eastern Gara
bi 1900 the late B. E.
tha hnalneaa, wvt tha
as Giheos Broth
or af tha Ford
1914, whan the
firm notated tha Dodge agency far a
number .of unwtfia. In 1917, the
Irm also eecorad tba Hud ion and
lima agenelw and sand ucted these
'♦tree agamies until 1990. when H. B.
fiibaw died. Tha Hudson and Taut
i?«ey waa then nU to J. L. Bather
land, who organised the trm of
Sutherland Mater Company. J. T.
Gibson continued to handle the Dodge
until 1990, whan h* aaM tha bade see
JK&.’SA Sr1!:." SHE
1 the stabs af North Carolina, but in
lata anaaoap af toot year tha Mate
was divided by tha factory oAatals
tide aavitaJ ranee. Axthto time l. T.
Gibson and J. L. Sathartond secured
aim mwi tar to** counties la eastern
North Carol tea as tha direct factory
japarnnitaTl is and dtohrOmtoca, and
organised tha Hud»on-Eaaa* Baton
exeextcstuEE
and Wilmington. They ampler deal
era throughout this tagiibory, and gtva
their, neraooal attentioatia their
%E5e!?sjaJss,,r
y _C p TTin itaan a^^ttoaT
*rv>p mwpnKiii ior non non bto bmbi
n by n o
IT^OO square(tot of flow qwea
Horn everything h tto way of gro
sf5.TiE??K4^SK- nss
quantitiestto stocks oa bud Mag
template and tibnto Tto good*
art aandlad oa tto ariaeiple of quiek
timw, with tto Ida that util
profits made o nstort that hrvoct
*»h •*• tottor ttoa larger profits
earaed from a torinew fn which the
leag cany-over la a matter of serious
concern. Tto stocks am maintained
at all times la saffldent quantities to
meet eM demands. Saha am made
throughout tW* wsflaa of the Care*
Hue, where tto name of the Ham
mond Company has become waQ
knows. Twelve pereoaa am employed
In connection with tto wholesale op
erations of tto coamwi.
la 1010 tto Hammond Company
embarked upon the milling bun new
oa an extensive scale. It MH a
totoa1 sewn story, fire-proof mill
brilfing, which is equipped with tto
Meat and moot toproted types of
mschhnry for tto grinding of grata.
Largo qaaatltiea of grain are pur*
chased from tto fanner* is tkie eeo
tka. aad not tto tost impwtaat fea
ture about tto Hem mend Company's
ariBtag Ipielaees U tto fbet that It af
fords a .splendid cask market for tto
formed of tto ookatry to market
their grain.
Tto company produces several will
kaowu brands of floor,- including
Geeas Girl, Trinity, oad a ndmber of
otkars eearoaly law writ known. It
has placed tfasw goods m tbs market
with tto. result that a splendid pat
ronage for them has been built un.
Its leading brand of seen-meal, which
baa bet sum very popular net only lo
cally bat la ottor localities, it “Indian
Maid." Tto nriKag plant has a cape
my oi w stmu oi noor, ow oag*
it meal »n<,*14,000 pound* of fcod
daily. Tto plant to leapt running
continually, and employ* on an aver
age of from M to K parsons.
R. L. Hammond to aetiy* manager
of tto plant of Hammond A Company.
Ha to well known and espeztonoed
grocery and mill man. and'haa boat*
of friend* throughout thia territory.
Ha ia • Maion, a Methodiat, and aa
enthusiastic mambar of tka Chamber
ot Compare*. Mr. F. C. McLean haa
charge of all tka affiaa detail. He ia
a mambar ef the Jr. Older of Amar>
ictti NschAnlct ml, Dm rul^lnclin
milL He^toa had many year* expari
em la brat departments mid hpa
helped eonddoimWy to tetepito togl
aaa ap to Ha pcaaamt high stand***.
JOSEPH KBB1T
Up-te-Det* KataMhkmit Carrying
FeO Lh» Dry Good* Oothtag,
Shea* Etc.
Crewing etoadily from tto Amt, .tto
atom of Jonegk Eaaey, opened in
Lautotorg •*>»* tea yearn kgs, haa
caeaa to to one of the moat prominent
to tto Ua* in thia aactton of the state.
It baa toan operated along a high
plane from tto Amt, aadhas fofiy
woo the confidence of the paUtoJgan
arally. It haa net sought to mato all
tto prodta poaaibtok tat haa bean
satisfied with a profit that weaM en
akto it to wmtinaa. ia toifnaa*, and
tt tto aame time induce Ha main mem
to became regular patrooa. This pol
icy haa contributed no HttW to the
well deaerred success that haa base
m*t^by| thia [Progmateua and popular
Bumdng a modern mercantile bod
ear* to story dS^Mtjdytf^S
•tom itself, but ef the tabdmetos of
the‘markets far tto goods handled.
Keeping up with stole aad pries taa
daana*. noting tto Boas of goods that
am HWr to become aeama and- those
that Will probably‘kg Ofer-gbondant,
together' with keepings Has oa tha
ten aaAteient to occupy tto aaaaass
fnl merchant ilinteg aH Us waking
toon, aad In thaar of- togata
swaatfanea hia dreams am not setlra
hf fra* tom tto datoUaf Ua bote
Laurinburg Machine Company
. Has Had Almost Phenomenal Growth
M» kM 1 MMtuii id4 the men
ta charge of the company cut scarcely roaltaa that .
**? ff*** Satanic* operation* iiitti outgrowth
ss^yss^-s.’—.
ssrxttjffisu*?1
| kept, *» busy, that the d-,
s *»w noticed; bet a comparison of th* amoont
of baatnam don* ia the flrat few nan of the com
naap'a operation* with that eanW on by tt dor
SSn^SfmSS, or thro* yean ia a i* relation
. Handling a loll Itna of mil) aad electrical eup
pKaa, the Laurinburg Machine Company dean a
general machine business. both in aalaa aad ra
p«ir»- It baa given much attention to the develop
ing »** of machinery of all kinds to this aection
o< the country, and ia familiar .with practically
•eery type of machine need in the notion mills, la
tha eaw-mllli, la tha planing mill*, the iea-mak
toar plants, the bottling plants, the electrical ma
chinery used in tha eidea aad on the farms, farm
machinery, and every other type of mechanical
device used in thia section. It carriaa la stock a
lanro supply of standard parts for all aorta of
machinery, and la pranarad to handle tb* moat
* important aa well as the moat iasigaUlaaat lines
a tee chief Una ef venrk handled by this
consent U In connection with mill
-The large amount of delicate and
complicated machinery need in the cotton mills
• of this section baa created a wide demand for
**P*tt worknaaaahip »rtd aOciant handling of sop
pHea far this type of machinery, and the Laurln
Special attention 1* given by thia concern to
autoiaothm machinery. It has la the past few
yaars devotad a considerable proportion ef its
activities to this industry, and has developed a
large patronage. Especially l« the matter of •
repair work has Its terries to the community and
Urn maturing public bean notable. Equipped
with the beet machinery that to. to be had for
this hind ef work, the company baa made special
efforts to secure the beet men available in this
section to handle thin highly specialised line ef
work. Several of Its mar haw had long aad ax
aa
gem In tha work don* here. Tbs (dart occupied
by the company contains mars than 5.000 feet of
»oey •pace, and every avmllaMo portion of this
ep«e ia used to aceommode o lu stock* and its
repair work. *
In the matter of automobile cylinder regrlndiag,
tha Laurtaburg Machine Company has donaa
rrcat deal Car motor-oar owner* in and around
Laarialmrg. It has installed tha beat type of
machinery for thia work, aad haa dona work that
b aot lo he compared with tea “boring" or
homng” aoaaatJmas doaa by light typ*a of ma
chinery. As pointed out to Tbo Exchange man
S* cylinder* can be partially
terad out hy tbio type of machine, bat whan the
' rfxike* a bird apo* in tha cylinder wall
it ia liable to taka oat a "thunk.” By the us* cf
tba Hcald machine for cylinder grinding, with it*
fln* cUaaaend painted grading wheals, the “hard
spate are rat through and tbo cylinder ia made
exactly round from too to bottom. By regriad
lag tea cylinder* In this way, the original power
aad "pap" era restored to tea motor. The eu»
paay also operate* a Norton grinder, for tba pur
pom of grinding crank shafts, (toons, pin* aad
v»hrc*. and in fact anything about a oar that
should bo kept rouud and true. Bath of the*#
machine* am giving tbe boat of naLafactlnn, and
hava practically mad* over number* of motor* for
the people of the continuity.
, Tba Laurinburg Machine Company handles
lubricating oils and gasoline, and in agent for
£?«h 4cwUo« apparatus and the Philadelphia
Diamond Grvf storage battery, (ta repair work
Dcladca export attention to batter!**, aad a largo
business la dooa in this line. It also buys Band,
finished piston* aad grind* them to any required
ala*. It maintains a Dodge service agency and
handle* a complete line of parts for this popular
car, aa wall aa for the famous Republic tracks.
Another department of tbe compaay'a actlntle*
includes com plat* acetylene welding machinery,
sawicsriA? *-“• -d
Or* of tbo member* of th* company ts W. McN.
Lyteh, a graduate ad the State Collage ia me
chanical, angtoeeriag. Ed. 8. Lytch. tba other
member of tha Arm, is also a graduate of tba
same institution, with the degree of electrical
engineer. Thus the company fa la th* of
man highly trained in their particular Unas, who
are capable of taking car* of the executive add
of tbo businaas, and wb* have assembled a fore*
of expert workmen to conduct under thalr direc
tion tba work that ia handled by this concern.
Both members of the firm ore members of tbs
Prsebytortan church and of the Chamber of Com
merce. They have been residing in Lauricburg
long enough to bocome onthoelastic boosters for
th* teem and tta institutions. They are fully
alive to the possibilities of Laurinbug*s future,
and are always willing to aid ia the promotion of
the town’s growth and the development of the
couetry samundng. They are busfness men, but
they arc alao citisms, with the loyal ci tines’* In
terest In th* community and its undertaking*. A
force of eight men ia employed by this eompeicy,
and additional help la likely to be necessary (n th*
near fature if the growth of the baafaMM con
tinue* at the same rate enjoyed for the past few
months.
D. M. GILLIS
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Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Fruits and Country Produce
., “The Home of Good Things to Eat"
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Telephone 89 Laurinburg, N. C.
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'Dry'Goods, Notions, Millinery
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Laurinburg, . • North Carolina
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