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of 4S|y Aceniiidiih
4d te ftst Few Years
o Md of Wilkes county »ro ngjiments to •whom service
~id of f&a Itiocress which this
Jtt* Mijo^ed daring the past
„ ‘ymUK. la many .respects
^er« ’has been more progress in
kls ettjr and connty daring the
• 8 years than daring any
'■of several times that per-
- in the ]>aBt.
It la la^rMUng to analyse the
^^•ensna tar the progress of this
BBd section. Probably the
Bding factor in the more
'‘progress of this city and
r has been the availability
— __ie Power electric service in
l^nidimited quantities and at low
Duke Power Company,
a. What was then the
Public Utilities Com^
. purchased the electrical
^ibntlon system of North Wll-
oro in 1927. The city of
Orth Wllkesboro was at that
^me serving 810 customers. The
l^ke Power Company has ex-
•teiflled its service into new areas
Reins-
Stnrdivant
Inc.
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LICENSED
EM6ALMERS
AMBULANCE
SERVICE
North
Wilkesboro, N. C.
Phones 85 - 228-M
xqrat districts, ih^lnr '
high "duality of electric
loe rendered by that organtiikr
tlon available to hundreds of
North Wilkes- famines and commercial estah-
had
not been available before.
For Instance, the company has
built approximately 70 miles of
rural lines since its advent In this
area, these Hues making service
available to 688 customers in the
following communities, and be
tween those communities and
North Wllkesboro; Millers Creek.
Purlear, Mt. Pleasant, Fairplalns,
Mountain View, Roaring River,
Qakwoods, Brushy Mountain,
Boomer, and other smaller com
munities.
In the city the street lighting
has been greatly expanded and
improved and the distribution
lines of the company have been
rebuilt to take care of the in
creased service which has been
commanded by the public.
Since 1927 practically every
merchandising concern in North
Wilkesboro has remodeled its
store front and display windows,
installing better lighting systems
in windows and stores. Many
electric signs have been install
ed. bringing to the business dis
trict bright and attractive dis
plays such as are seen in the larg
er cities.
Three important new indus
tries have been established in
North Wiilkesboro since the ad
vent of the Duke Power Com
pany, these being the 'American
Furniture Company, the Scott
Cheese and Butter Company, and
the R- C. Woods lumber plant.
Several industries already ex-
sinee the coming of the
Power Company. Among lueae
are the Oak Furniture Company.
Wilkes Hosiery Mills. Home
Chair Company, Key City Fur
niture Company, the Kennedy
Pottery and the Lineberry Foun
dry and Machine Company.
Since the coming of the Duke
Power Company with its abun
dance of low priced electricity a
large number of Industrial estab
lishments, mills and shops, large
and small, have discarded less
convenient and less economical
iff
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OliAUDE PEARSON
Claude Pearsou s
Store Expandiiig
Operates Progressive Mercan
tile Establishment 10 Miles
^est of City
Claude Pearson Is a Wilkes
County young man who has made
good in the mercantile field.
Starting his store five years ago
near Purlear Postoffice on High
way 4 21 (Boone Trail), he has
enjoyed a continuous increase in
patronage until now the annual
business runs into the thousands
of dollars.
Mr. Pearson established his
store On a small scale, but from
time to time it was necessary for
isting have enlarged- their plants him to enlarge jn order to take
Duke care of increase patronage. He
these most everything the people
' need—dry goods, notions, hard
ware, men’s and women’s cloth
ing, fancy and staple groceries,
flour, meats, and feedstuffs of
all kinds, and especially the fam
ous line of International brand
of shoes which the store handles
in this territory.
The Pearson store is located
ten miles west of North Wilkes
boro and is the biggest country
store in the county. Only recently
a new addition was added giv
ing much more space for display
of merchandise.
Mr. Pearson is a young man
who appreciates the patronage
the people have given him dur
ing the 5 years he has been in
business. He gives his customers
all the credit for whatever sue-
maJmeH/
!#0R jaded rooms
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Irpperial
apers can be WASHED
Ipapcr
fnilc.J
ViBlIp'
coatings. They come in soft
finishes, dainty pastels and
fcll-tonc colors — in authori
tative patterns designed by
expert decorative artists.
And they’re fast to light as
well as washable.
once inawhiie. Fingermarks,
smudges, grease spots must
be removed. And they can
be safely and easily—if the
wallpaper is Imperial Wask-
r aiU Wallpaper. You can use
> and water or commer-
dry cleaning solvents
k|Kitboot damaging this wall
paper in the least. . »
' , Yet, Imperial Washable Wall- pattern to fit every purse and
'papers have no varnish, every purpose. Come in and
facquer or other protective see for yourself.
ces-s he has attained in the busi .
ness world, and in order to show llna. The schools of Wilkes
hi.s appreciation to them he is county are a credit to the State
now staging a store-wide appre- and I am glad to co-operate^ with
elation sale.
“I buy direct from the mills est.
and factories and give my cus
tomers advantage of the middle
man’s profit,” -Mr. Pearson stat
ed. “Ime saving amounts to
thoinsands of dollars a year and
this is one big reason why our
business grows rapidly each suc
ceeding year.’’
The P/arson store also han
dles the International brand of
fertilizer, and is a cash buyer of
country produce, roots and herbs.
Dimb^rmi
OEMO CAJRDWEUL
Genio Cardw^ Is
Dealer In Lumber
Engaged In Sale Of Building
Materials Here For Quar
ter of Century
For the past quarter of a cen
tury, the Cardwell Lumber Com
pany, of which Mr. Genio Card-
well is president and general
manager, has been engaged in
the business of supplying retail
lumber, builders’ supplies and
all accessory lines to North Wil
kesboro and its tributary trad
ing territory. -
Prior to 1909, the organization
was known as the Cardwell-
Kreger Lumber Company. The
coneorn now employs eight peo
ple and keeps thousands of feet
of lumber on hand in order to
give prompt service to the trade.
The co.mpany also sells vast
quantities of rough lumber In
wholesale carload lots to poliite
1 n North Carolina. 'Virginia,
Tennessee, and Northwestern
states.
Mr. Cardwell Is a native of
Abingdon, Va., though for^ the
past thirty-one years a resident
of North Wllkeehoro. He is a
past president of the KiVanis
Club and now a member of the
club. For a number of years he
was a member of the board of
school trustees. He is a steward
in the .Methodist church.
“Th^ilumber industry has ex
erted tremendous influence in
bringing business back to nor
malcy. This is true in practically
every community in North Caro
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MISSING
When you decorate remem
ber that you now can get
really washable wallpapers.
•Ask for Imperial. There's a
Wallpaper Sale
■ Beginning November 1st, we will sell any
pattern of Imperial Washable Wallpaper ^
we have in stock at . . .
331-3% OFF
There is an Eastern tale to the
effect that a man once sent
home three pounds of meat, for
his dinner, hut that when it
reached home his wife, being
hungry, cooked it and ate it all
herself.
When the man came home he
ask his wife about the meat. "It
reached here safely,” she said,
"but before I could prepare it
for you the cat stole it and eat
it all herself.’’
“Indeed!” he said, and calling
his servant, told him to fetch a
pair of scales. Then he put the
cat into one balance and a three-
pound weight In the other. They
balance just evenly.
Then he turned to his wife.
“Wife” he said, "if this be the
cat, where is the meat? And if
this be the meat, where is the
cat?”
IS HARDWARE COMPANY
north wilkesboro, N.» C.
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power plants and have availed
I themselves of the more conven-
■ lent and more economical electric
j power.
i One striking advantage of the
j central station power is found in
i the fact that an Industrial plant
: may expand or enlarge at will
without, the expense and incon
venience that attend such expan-
; sions where the industrial estab-
; llshment has its 6wn more or. less
] inflexibile power plant This, of
I course, makes it easy for a given
establishment to increase Its ope
rations at the minimum of in
convenience and expense. It also
makes it possible for an indus
try to put all of Its plant Invest
ment into productive equipment,
rather than iputtisg 25 to 25 per
cent of it in an iadlvidual. filanL
. -r r. . - .
them in matters of public inter-
declared Mr. Cardwell.
LineberryFoundry
Progressive Firm
H. .1. and R, S. Ogilvie Part
ners in Business; Widely
Known in State
St
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Siting tp Th»^JoQr)Mi^F»-.womaii» **Johii Wm eat of the Bi-«|||||||pDII '
tbla and Into'tt^ aewspoptf longK-
boro and Its adjacent territory Is. -ir.
aa Ideal epot In iThfoli to reside **?’
add cai^'"(ni btuiness.
the pa^a' and' tbe^scenlc ■: * Jh
tlona: whlelt are i^deltahttal '-at^ A IJ
tlqna; wUelt are % deltglittal
an seasons of the
—a to an «(d
and - tiMiiilt
One day; *Wfc||
. F^^nr^eon for
thugl^hav^led -poildlSi iSib-
tiWi and ftiopd
This industry is owned and
operated by Messrs. H. J. Ogilvie
and R. S. Ogilvie, who occupy
equal relations in partnership
and management. The concern
employs a number of people dj^d
the annual payroll approximates
a large sum annually which is
quite a tidy amount to find its
way to the avenues of trade at
North Wilkesboro. The business
was established in 1921 and is
the largest of its kind in this
section.
Both of these gentlemen mi
grated from Scotland in 1898,
since which time they have been
in North Wllkesboro and built up
a worthwhile reputation as suc
cessful business men. The or
ganization, in its relation to in
dustry manufactures cutters for;
furniture factories, and makes
cotton mill castings, shipping
these product; .o various parts of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, and other southern
states.
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Due to Constipation
Get rid of constipation by taUng
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