PAGE TWELVE The Home of Fine^l© Furniture Jjjhß For over fifty years this business has been giv- the homes and institutions of this county. ! c ' ;J f Ming consistent service in fair and honorable deal- i ? ‘ ings with hundreds of families. . We pr ° P ° Se t 0 maintain our reputation f°rre liability and sen ice by adhering to the business - T > High Quality Furniture at the Lowest Possi- . . \ j , , n . , * . .j. .... . principles upon which our success has been Isa & ble Price has been the guiding principle in the v upbuilding of a business which we are proud to founded and to keep pace with the needs of this o/'S say has had a part in the furnishing of most of prosperous district iii every wdy in out* power. ' Undertaking Supplies |§j||||y WELCOME TO CONCORD »=* Ep-T’" ‘ jgfffr Enjoy the Cabarrus County Association Fair Oct. 16-20 *§& i ripl! \BSm \ Make this Store your headquarters. It will he a pleasure [ j\ l||f_ to show you anything in our stock mV\\ a 8 jffl/ Bell-Harris Furniture Compy “The Store That Satisfies” YT ]ZL^ Concord, North Carolina: I Kidd-Frix Co. Has Grown Very Rapidly From a standpoint of percentage of in crease. the Kidd-Frix Music & .Station ery Company lias enjoyed an almost phe nomenal growth since its establishment here a little over two years ago. although it has had many serious obstacles to ov ercome. The company opened its doors for bus iness on the morning of April 16th. 1021. after having secured a store room 2.1x70 feet, in the City Hall Building. The city, having built an annex to the City Hall, offered to lease to the high est bidder the space formerly occupied by the Fire Department, to be remodeled into a store room to suit the convenience of the tenant. As a result of a sealed bid. the store room was leased by two brothers. .Messrs. Paris and Richard M. Kidd, of Mecklenburg County, and fit ted up for them as an up-to-date store room for the display and sale of musical instruments. The firm operated under •he name of Kidd Bros., until .lane Ist. VX£l. when Mr. Paris Kidd purchased bis brother's interest and operated as a sole owner for a time. His brother-in-law. Mr. (}. W. Frix. of Danville. Vn., a piano man of long experience, was attracted by the busi ness to such an extent that he insisted upon joining partnership with Mr. Kidd. Accordingly, they increased their cnpi> tal from .$2,000 to $4,000, Mr. Frix be coming half owner. They added a line of stationery and offiee supplies, as well as sheet music, phonographs, records, player rolls and other musical merchan dise. They changed the style of the firm to Kidd-Frix Music & Stationery Co., which name it now bears. , As the public will doubtless recall, it was at that time that the textile strike occurred and the mills stood idle for so long in Concord. "'This was very hard on the new business, since it was compara tively unknown in the vicinity and was ■truggling because of limited capital, and because of the belief in the minds of so many that music was a luxury and not • necessity. But the new firm weathered the storm safely and the coming of 1922 found thert established upon a firm run outs basis/. ■> t : * In May'of 1922. jt was decided to in . corporate the business under the laws of the State of North Carolina. So a char ter was applied for and obtained,'a meet ing of the stockholders was . hejd and officers elected. Mr. G. W. Frix was i elected president of the new corporation, y Mrs. Paris Kidd, vice president, and Mr, Paris Kidd secretary and treasurer. B>: At a recent meeting of the stockholders, PYTHIAN BUILDING . ■ * A '' | * T , - alHili/ gff 2 t '’ »■ w- ' Home of a Number of Fraternal Organizations. after the mid-year inventory, it was de cided to declare a stock dividend nud in crease the capital stock. So at present the firm has a paid in capital stock of $12,000 and a surplus of SO,OOO, as op posed to the $2,000 capital with which the business began. i t Mr.-Gehrge W.< Fr.ix, the president of the Company, is a business man of ex perience and recognized ability. He has been selling musical ' instruments , for nearly 30 years and comes of a family who were engaged in tjhe same business. He is a native of Georgia, but lived in North Carolina several years before mov ing to Danville, Va.. where, for the past fifteen years he has been able owner of a large store devoted to the sale of musi THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE-FAIR AND INDUSTRIALS EDITION HP cal merchandise. Mr. Paris Kidd, the secretary and treasurer, was born on a farm in Meck lenburg County, where he grew to young manhood, learning between the plow ban dim, that, important ; lesson '.that it re- t qtiires hnrjl work/ahd'.determinrttioii •to i succeed iat anything viorld'iwhiie. " He ! left the farm to engage in t)ie mercantile business in the neighboring town of Hun tersville. After operating a large com missary store in Huntersville for several years, the/went .'to Danville, Va. in 1010. where he gained his first experience in the piano business in the store of his present partner. Mr. Frix. After re maining there three years, in JJ>l9, he moved back to Mecklenburg County to engage in tlie piano business for himself, removing from there to Concord iu 1021. * Ilis wife, (lie vice-president of the com pany. was Miss Mary Frix, sister of Mr. Frix. Coming from a family of dealers in musical merchandise, as she does, she has the advantage of having been almost brought up in a piano store. She, how- | ever, does not take an active part in the ! management of the business, as sire has other interests, being a member of the faculty of the city schools. The firm is exceptionally fortunate in securing very loyal and efficient em ployees. in addition to its officers. Miss Stella Hahn, of Mt. Pleasant, has charge of the inside work of the store, especially of sheet music, phonograph records and player-rolls. Mr. J. C. Bal lard. of Concord, is the book-keeper aud floor salesman. The outside salesmen are Mr. B. T. Kidd, of Charlotte, Mr. It. T. Solomon, of Concord, and Mr. Frank Kennedy, of Athens, (la. The Couii>any has arranged a most at tractive booth at tlie Cabarrus County Fair. It will be distinctly 'worth while to visit their booth, for good music will be the order of the day at that place. In addition to having thb opportunity to hear their excellent music, you will have an opportunity to purchase a good piano at your owti price. Oue of the pi anos on display, one of the best styles that the Company sells, will be sold ab solutely to the highest bider. Any one interested in buying a good piano at a very attractive price should by all means visit their booth for information regarding depositing their bids. To those who are not lucky enough to secure the particular piano on display, a further opportunity will be given to purchase a piano at an attractive price. Immediately after the Fair the company plana to put on the greatest sale it has ever .undertaken iu its history. E. G. Martin Owns The Carolina Case The Carolina Case passed into the ownership of E. G. Martin recently, a well known-caterer who, for twelve .years | his been in ..the case, business ,itn Cob cord I and now ttjftMtyirkiNeyeb 'psfkehs.T Ht* 'was born and reared in Concord and by rea son of diligence, courtesy ami service has built up’i’ large circle of patrouM, who appreciate good cooking and whole sonic food..i He has a stock of $7,000. Mr. Martin’attends the Reformed church, is married and has three children. New Management Hotel is Popular I'uder the management of E. S. Leon ard, who became proprietor of the St. Cloud Hotel last spring, the hotel has made rapid strides in winning the good will of the travelling public. Mr, Leonard who is an experienced hotel man of many years' standing, also controls the Carroll Hotel at Gaffney, S. C„ which he secur ed three years- ago. Hearing of the opportunity here for a well managed ho tel, he decided to locate in Concord. Mrs. Leonard manages the hotel at Gaffney and Mr. Leonard spends most of his time here. He conducts the hotel on the Am erican plan and has 50 rooms all with hot and cold running water and several with private baths. He caters to a high .glass travelling and family trade. Mr. Leonard when in Gaffney was a mem ber of the Rotary Club there. He is a Shriner. a Mason, a K. I*, and an Elk. Co-operative Dairy Pasteurides Milk After a life spent in the milk business R. L. Burrage is now the owner ant manager of the Co-operative Dairy Com pauy, which is an outgrowth of th< Burrage Dairy. 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