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HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EDITION OF THE GASTON PROGRESS
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STORE OF THE ADAMS DRUG COMPANY
Undoubtedly one of the most popular
places in Gastonia is the splendid es
tablishment conducted by the Adams
Drug Company, Inc. It is not only the
oldest pharmacy in town, but one that
is noted for accurate prescription
work and the excellent quality of the
goods kept. The enterprise was
launched in 1880 by the late Dr. R.- H.
Adams, who departed this life in 1888,
and who was recognized as a physician
of the highest class as well as one of
the most skillful and accomplished
pharmacists of his time. The business
as it stands today was incorporated in
October, 1910, with J. L. Adams as
president and treasurer, F. M. Seagle,
vice-president, and S. R. Clinton,\5^-
retary. The store is handsomely
furnished in carved quartered oak,
and North Carolina polished cherry.
The model soda fountain is the hand
somest in. this section of the State,
and the delicious creams and
drinks dispensed there
short of glorious in the extreme.
State Pharmaceutical Association and
of the Commercial Club. In fraternal
circles he is popular, being a promi-
nent Mason, belonging to the
Knight Templars Chapter and Shrine.
He is also a member of the Knights
of Pythias and is one of Gastonia’s
most popular young men. Mr. Seagle
Is a graduate of the North Carolina
College of Pharmacy, and was born at
Hickory. Mr. Clinton, the worthy
secretary of the company, is a native
of Clover, and an excellent drug man.
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The superb and beautiful establish
ment covers about 3,000 square feet
of floor space, cooled during the sum
mer months by delightful and invigor
ating Atlantic City zephyrs, generated
by new' era electric currents. A large
stock is carried, comprising a com
plete assortment of pure drugs, medi
cines, chemicals, toilet articles, per
fumery, confectionery, and imported
and domestic cigars, all of which are
sold at the most honest prices. The
great pride of the Adams Drug Com
pany, however, and to which special
attention is paid, is the preparation
of physicians’ prescriptions, which
are compounded in the most skillful
manner. Only thoroughly experienced
assistants.are employed, and the busi
ness is conducted on the most enter
prising scale and with the utmost re
liability. Mr. Adams, who is a son of
the founder, is a native of Gastonia,
a graduate of the famous Maryland
College of Pharmacy, in the class of
1902, a member of the North Carolina
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INTERIOR OF STORE ADAMS DRUG COMPANY
GASTONIA FURNITURE COMPANY
Finest Goods at *‘Rock Bottom”Prices,
Courteous Treatment
HOME OF THE GASTONIA FURNITURE COMPANY
Few cities in the country the size of
Gastonia can boast of an establish
ment as complete and up-to-date as
that conducted by the Gastonia Furni
ture Co., household furnishers, on
Main street, in the center of the busi
ness section of the city. There is
nothing needed in the furnishing of
home or office, from the costliest to the
most humble, that is not to be found
in these splendidly stocked warerooms,
and the prices as well as the terms on
which the goods are sold are uniformly
reasonable. The 12,000 square feet of
floor space occupied, is a vertiable
bazar of furniture, carpets, rugs, tapes
tries, houi'sehold and kitchen u^nsils,
offic«^e-
quisites, pjSesents to suit alkoccasions,
both usefCl and ornamental. Nothing
. has been neglected or forgotten to
make this a store of which the people
of any city, many times the size of
Gastonia, might well be proud, and
that they fully appreciate the enter
prise of the company is shown by the
generous patronage which is given by
its hundreds of patrons throughout
this section. The store fronts 25 feet
on Main street and extends back one
hundred feet. It is three stories in
height, and is furnished with every
convenience for the comfort of its pat
rons. As large as it is, however, it is
not big enough to accommodate the,
immense stock carried, and there is a
large auxiliary warehouse filled to
overflowing with the choicest products
of the best manufacturers. Buying in
large quanities the lowest prices are
obtained, and the patrons of the com
pany get the benefit of this fact to the
fullest extent. This is the oldest as it
is at_ tjje^^same time the most modern
and lai-fcst housefurnishiug store in
this city and section, having been es
tablished many years ago by Mr. C. B.
Armstrong. He was succeeded 15 years
ago by the Gastonia Furniture Com
pany, incorporated, of w'hich Mr. Ed-
w'in N. Hahn is president and treas
urer; Mrs. Blanche K. Hahn, his wife,
vice-president; and Mr. Thomas E.
Summerow, secretary. Mr. Hahn was
formerly in the furniture business at
Chester, S. C., but sold out about four
years ago and came to this city where
he at once took a place in the ranks
of the leading and most progressive
business men. He is a firm believer in
advertising, and is a liberal user of
printers ink. Mr. Hahn is a native of
Caldwell county, where he was form
erly engaged in farming and is in the
prime of life. Mr. Summerow has
been connected with the company for
the last dozen years, has a thorough
knowledge of the housefurnishing
business, and is recognized as one of
the enterprising merchants of the city.
He came here from Stanley’s Creek
and has for years been identified with
every movement inaugurated for the
upbuilding of the town.
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INTERIOR GASTONIA FURNITURE COMPANY’S STORE
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Gastonia’s Leading Hosilery
A Place Where Life
Worth Living.
THE WELL KNOWN AND POPULAR FALL’S HOUSE
A good hotel is always one of the
greatest blessings to a growing town,
and one of the most valuable assets
it can possess. First impressions are
proverbially the most lasting, and
about the first place the traveler stops
upon his arrival in town is his hotel,
many of his ideas of the people are
formed from his reception, and the
accommodation he gets. If they are
good, he carries with him a lasting
impression and goes on his way—a
traveling advertisement of the place—
if bad he gives it a black eye. The
leading hotel of Gastonia is the Falls
House, which is located directly op
posite the depot. The proprietress of
the hotel is Mrs. Lucie Montague
Clinard, who is a most congenial hos
tess in every sense of the word, and
one who does everything in her power
for the comfort of her guests. The
hotel was erected about twenty-two
years ago by J. Laban Falls, a mem
ber of the well known family here by
that name. At the death of Mr. Falls,
the property passed into the hands of
the Falls estate, from whom it was
purchased by Mr. J. E. Montague, a
thorough hotel man, who departed this
life last Christmas day. He was a
native of Boston, Mass., and his first
venture in the hotel business was at
Rockville, Illinois, after which he
opened the Julian Hotel in Dubuque,
Iowa., which is still the best hotel in
that city. From there he came South
and conducts the Orton House at
Wilmington, North Carolina, and in
turn the Waynesville Inn, at Waynes-
ville. North Carolina, and then the
Hickory Inn, at Hickory. Three years
ago he purchased the well known
Falls House here, where he made
scores of improvements. He was
quite prominent and popular with all
classes and prominent member of ihe
Knights of Columbus, which is the
leading Roman Catholic order in
America. Young Mrs. Lucie Montague
Clinard, his daughter and successor,
has proven herself an excellent man
ager, and continues to make vast im
provements in the establishment. She
owns considerable real estate, and is
noted as a good friend of Gastonia
and one who is always ready and will
ing to lend a helping hand to any
cause that is for its welfare. Mr.
H. T. Deaton, the chief clerk, is
the right man for the right place, and
before coming here held a similiar posi
tion at the Selwyn Hotel at Charlotte.
E. L. WILSON
Proprietor Palace Livery Stables.
One of the first things that most
favorably impresses the visitor to
Gastonia is the fine grade of horses
and equippages met with everywhere.
No people take greater pride in their
handsome turnouts than do those of
this community, and many of the best
horses in the country are bred in this
part of the Piedmont section. Some
of the most stylish equippages are
those of the Palace Livery Stables, of
which Mr. E. L. Wilson is the popular
and enterprising proprietor. He can
supply turnouts of every description
promptly and at the shortest notice,
and they will always be found up-to-
date in every particular. There is no
better judge of horses in the county
and when Mr. Wilson passes judge
ment on an animal there is little ex
cuse for an appeal. The Palace Livery
Stables are the largest in the city, be
ing capable of accommodating about
45 to 50 head of horses. They are
clean, sanitary, well drained and vent
ilated, and he employs none but ex
perienced and capable men. His teams
meet all trains, and people requiring
equippages for either town or country
service are sure to be suited if they
call on Mr. Wilson. The stables front
150 feet and extend back a distance of
200 feet, giving ample room for the
rapid and safe transaction of busi
ness. The business was puchased on
May 26 of last year, by Mr. Wilson,
from W. C. Davis, who had conducted
the business for 8 years, and many im-
A. R. P. CHURCH
provements have been made since he son is a member of the Masonic Lodge county, and is now serving his third
took charge. Mr. Wilson is a native at Dallas. He is chairman of the term,
of the county, having been born about county board of education of Gaston
two miles from Gastonia on the farm
where the Arlington Cotton Mills now
stands, just 57 years ago. When only
17 years of age he began teaching
school and followed that avocation for
a score of years. For a number of
years he ran a livery business at
Dallas when that town was the county
seat of Gaston, and then engaged in
the lumber business, buying a thou
sand acres of land in Catawba county
and clearing it. He furnished a good
deal of the lumber of which Gastonia
is built and is proud of the fact that
he drove the first four-horse team
loaded with lumber to Gastonia, from
which the first store building there
was built. This was in 1872. Mr. Wil-
FINE STABLES OF E. L. WILSON