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Big Leggett Dept. Store
A Favored Trade Center
Frank Jordan, Mana
ger, Cne cf Most Pro
gressive Merchants
In C i cy; Business
Volume Stadily In
creasing,
Leggett’s D-ppi tment Store is one
of the really -iU landing shopping
centers of U’ etv and entire sec
tion. It an important role
in the retail life of the community
from the time it was opened here
now nearly l~n years ago, and its
business ha ram tantlv been on the
Upgrade frrm t o start.
Its highlv desirable location and
the size of t’ ~ uilding. togctli
er with the hign grade ol merchan
dise handled. bav-' combined to at
tract the confid-mr- and the patron
age of thousands of customers. Once
a customer, ale v*. a customer, is the
way most shop]' rs size up the Leg
gett store.
Leggett’s occupies all three floors
of the large building at the corner
of Garnett and 'Vmder streets, di
rectlv across the city’s main business
thoroughfare from the post office. It
has large display windows arranged
and adapted to the display of mer
chandise to great advantage, and
every section of the establishment
is given quarter ; from time to time
in the show windows.
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Everything to wear for the entire
family at money-saving values is
sold by this establishment. There are
large departments for men, where
suits, extra trousers, hats, shirts, un
derwear. sox, ties, shoes, overcoats,
and any other item required by men
and boys can be found in the huge
stocks always on hand from which
selections can be made. Prices are
right and favorable to the buyer.
An outstanding feature of the
store is the women’s department.
Ready-to-wear merchandise, coats,
shoes, hosiery, hats and every other
article for the well-dressed lady.
Wearing apparel for the children,
and especially the things that are
needed for tne very little folks, are
important items in the Leggett store.
If it is hard to fit shoes, most likely
Leggett can meet the test. If a coat
is desired, it can be had in this store.
The store is affiliated with the
Belk chain out of Cnariotte, and en
joys the advantages of the tremen
dous buying power made possible by
the large number of stores operated
by that unit. Four Leggett brothers
are the moving spirits, however.
They operate stores similarly in oth
er sections of this State and Virginia,
and have had remarkable success
with their business endeavors. They
are merchandising people with a re
putation and a knowledge of how to
make a store really succeed.
Frank Jordan is manager of Leg
gett’s Department Store in Hender
son. He came here a little more than
a year ago after a decade or so with
the Leggett store in Lynchburg. He
long ago learned the full details of
the Leggett methods of doing busi
ness, and has made a marked suc
cess of the local business since he as
sumed the management. Under his
direction new strides in volume of
sales and in making friends have
been achieved.
The Leggett store is daily becom
ing a greater factor in the Hender
son retail market, and is making for
itself a bigger place in the esteem of
the buying public of the community
and section.
Trip In America
Made King George
New Personality
New York, Aug. 31.—“ King George
VI returned to England from his
j seven-week tour of North America
I with a brand new personality,” de
clared Webb Miller, veteran news
paperman, in Look magazine today.
Miller, who covered the North
American tour of the royal couple,
1 during which he had a number of
opportunities lor personal conversa
tion with the king, said that when
. the young monarch realized he was
a success, he grew more at ease and
his manner became deliberate and
kingly. “The sole vestige of his stut
tering and nervousness is the inter
mittent throbbing of a muscle in his
left cheek,” added Miller.
When the king sailed home, Webb
Miller said to him, “Your Majesty,
you must be all in,” “No,” he grin
; ned in reply, “1 thought I was going
| to be, but I’m fine.” His face was
j tanned, his eyes alert, the reporter
i observed.
Miller added that the king com
pletely won the reporters with whom
he chatted during his trip. He also
told of the royal couple’s practice of
halting their private train at out-of
way spots to walk along the tracks.
“The queen never learned punc
tuality,” Miller revealed in his Look
article. “When time came to leave
alter a short stop of the royal train,
I the King spoke to her again and
again and again, but she continued
waving to the crowd. You could al
most see the King saying: ‘Dash it,
Elizabeth, we must go.’ Finally, 20
minutes later, she’d agree.”
Miller declared that he believed
the American tour marked an im
portant change in British conception
of kingship, and that henceforth the
king would take u more dynamic role
in domestic and world affairs.
Musicians’ Auditiuns
New York, Aug. 31. —The third
annual rreries of auditions sponsored
by the Society for ihe Advance
ment of Young Musicians for pian
ist, violinist, and cellists will be
conducted during the latter part of
September, it was announced Aug.
14. Applications to be heard should
be addressed to the Secretary of
the Society at No. 509 Fifth Avenue,
Applicants should submit infor
mation concerning their training,
repertoire and experience.
The letter of the law is too often
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HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939
J. C., Penney
Store Among
The Leaders
Since its entrance into the local'
merchandising field, the J. C. Penney
Company store has been a leader in
the Henderson retail district. It is
located adjacent to the post office,
next door to the south on Garnett
street and is in the‘heart of the re
tail district of the city.
The store occupies the entire build
ing, which has a large ground floor,
a second story and also a basement,
all stocked with merchandise await
ing the inspection of customers in
the purchase of their clothing, wear
ing apparel and other requirements
for the fall season, as well as needs
for the year around. This store is an
important link in the Penney chain,
which was formed some 25 years ago,
and grew from the original unit in
Kern merer, Wyoming. Today there
are outlets in nearly every state in
the Union.
At all times of the year, but es
pecially in this fall season, the store
is filed with merchandise of quality
at low prices, and with wearing ap
parel for every member of the
family.
Anything that is found in a modern
department store can be had at Pen
ney’s. Dresses, coats, piece goods and
novelty merchandise for women’s
wear, and shirts, trousers, under
wear, sox, shirts and other articles
for men and boys, as well as things
for the children are available in
large quantities for the inspection of
customers. There are also sheets,
counterpanes, pillow cases, blankets
and other articles for the home.
B. A. Daniel is manager of the
store, and he has assembled a large
corps of capable and efficient clerks,
all familiar with their several depart
ments, and all alert to give the ut
most in service, with helpful sugges
tions in making selections, and with
courtesy of treatment an important
thing at all times. Thousands of shop
pers have found it a pleasure and a
profit to shop at Penney’s.
At the present time the store is
filled with new fall merchandise,
bought at prices made possible by
the buying power of the large Pen
ney organization, and offered to the
public at money-saving levels. There
\\ill be a full line of holiday mer
chandise as the Christmas season ap
proaches, and shoppers will find it
greatly to their advantage to visit
this store and make their purchases.
Mr. Daniel has been with the Pen
ney company for many years. He
came here from the Savannah, Ga.,
store, one of thp largest in the chain.
He learned there the Penney prin
ciples and policies of merchandising,
and knows how to buy and to offer
for sale all articles handled to the
best interests of customers. Mr.
Daniel has made himself popular
with the Henderson public and those
in the Henderson trading area. He
has taken a great interest in Hen
derson business and civic affairs
since coming here, and is prominent
in the Kiwanis club and a member
of the Henderson Chamber of Com
merce.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Cleveland, Aug. 31—(AP) —
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and
subsidiaries reported for the first
half of the year net profit of $3,(310,-
595 after cnarges and equity in un
distributed earnings of subsidiaries
not wiiolly. This was equal to 96
cents a share on common stock after
preferred stocit dividents and com
pared with $1,669,828, or 2 cents a
common hare, in the first half of
1938.
Maker of Awnings
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T. J. HARRINGTON
Harrington
Awning Man
T. J. Harrington is one of the best
known awning men in the Hender
son territory. He has engaged in the
business here over a period of a
number of years, and has built an
enviable reputation for quality mer
chandise and for service of a jjiFh
grade to all customers.
All awning jobs are made to order
in local shops owned by Mr. Har
rington. But he also specializes in
the making of truck covers for truck
ers and haulers. These are both car
ried in stock and are made to order
to suit particular types of vehicles.
Mr. Harrington gives his personal
attention to all orders, both as to
their manufacture and their installa
tion and guarantees satisfaction in
all cases. He has a connection with
the Hughes Furniture Company,
where he may be contacted by tele-’
phone, and calls arranged. Prompt
attention is given to all orders, to
the end that all may be executed
as quickly as possible and in the
best of condition at ail times. __
Penny’s Manager
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B. A. DANIEL
Alex Watkins
Headquarters
For Builders
Phenomenal growth and success
has been the record of Alex S.
Watkins in the , building supply
business in Henderson. It was. only
a comparatively few years ago that
he., started from the botton in this
field, but the progress and ex
pansion that has come to his en
terprize is a tribute to his keen
ability and wise management.
Long known as “the Place of
Values” and “Where Quality Tells
Supplies Builders
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The illustration above is a reproduction of an actual Electric Service bill that was rendered way
back in the norse and buggy” days ... when electricity was measured as “watt hours” .. . when
its chief function was to produce nothing but light... when $4.60 bought only 23 kilowatt hours.
SIX TIMES AS MUCH
Today ort e tame $4.60 you can enjoy 141,000 watt hours or, as we know them, 141 kilowatt
J lou , r * ° ,® C dficity •• . you can have adequate Lighting for comfortable seeing .. . you can hava
f ea^*. P nrie* tl # n c7 ith . Electr ' c Refri B erat » on • • • y°« can enjoy Automatic Electric Cooking . , * *M
for the price of Electric Lighting 40 years ago.
YES—ELECTRICALLY
Todby, k does cost lew to Kve better!
CAROLINA POWER AND L< JHT COMPANY
and Prices Sell”, the establishment
has attracted a large portion of
the building supply trade of the
city and section. Materials are
bought at savings in cariots and
stored in quantity to meet all de
mands of contractors, repair men
and other activities.
The business is located on West
Montgomery street. Mr. Watkins
owns much, of the yard space oc
cupied by his storage, but expansion
has come so rapidly that in die
past few years it has been neces
sary to acquire additional room, and
the large three-story building op
posite the original store and yards
has been acquired.
Everything in the way of lum
ber brick, pipe and a complete stock
of builders’ hardware can be had
at Alex Watkins’ store and yards.
He has storage space on both sides
of the street, and in the store
proper are found high grade paints,
varnishes, nails, locks and the like.
Contractors and builders in gen
eral have found Mr. Watkins can be
relied upon to supply their need-:,
and are fr.equent and large pur
chasers from his stocks.
Mr. Watkins occupies a promi
nent place in the business, civic and
religious life of the community. In
addition to his own enterprise, he
is a director in the Home Buildng
& Loan Association, and is a prom
inent member of the Henderson Ki
wanis club. He is also a leader in
the First Presbyterian church, in
which he was brought up, and is
a regular attendant upon its ser
vices.
He has for a number of years
been affiliated with and active in
the Carolinas Lumber and Building
Supply Dealers Association. At the
last annual convention, held in Ra
leigh, he was elected first vice
president, and is in line for ad
vancement to the presidency of the
body at its next meeting. The prom
inence that has come to him in that
connection is a recognition of the
outstanding success he has made in
his business here at home. He has
the respect and confidence of the
trade and of the community in gen
eral where he lives. And when that
is said of a man, a great deal has
been accredited to him.
Davis Store
Is One Os
Oldest Here
The E. G. Davis & Sons Company
department store is one of those
honored organizations that take high
rank in Henderson’s fifty-year club.
The business was established by the
late E. G. Davis along about 1875,
and has been continuously in opera
tion during the intervening sixtj'-
odd years in the same location as
now, on the west side of Garnett
street in the very heart of the shop
ing and retail district of the city.
Over a long period of years the
Department Store
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R. G. S. DAVIS
store has been a favorite shopping
center for thousands of customers.
The high class methods and stand
ards of business employed in the
conduct of the enterprise have won
the respect and confidence of the en
tire community and section, and its
reputation for top rank merchandise
and honest values is known far and
A. D. Patterson
GENERAL CONTRACTOR
PHONES: Office 433 Residence 7GB
210 South William St. Henderson, N. C.
We Do All Kinds Os Building And
Construction Work.
And Can Handle Your
REPAIRING, REMODELING AND
PAINTING WORK.
See Us For Any Kind Os Building Job.
Estimates Gladly Furnished.
We Sell Pee-Gee Paints and Varnishes.
wide. Its standing j n uTT
is exceeded by no establi sh T mut %
where in this territory hment any.
It was the late mV n
started the business hV avis who
attention to its
down the principles 0 f UV' 1(1 bid
mgs with the public th V r ° c)Gl
until this day, and j nv !
parted to his son ;it ,d J V n im
successors in the manage r!!,', ;' 011
A general department S K
carried, with dry w, ' llne is
ready-to-wear, piece V,. a noti °ns,
like in the ladies V ; ' 11(1 the
of the highest quality and iS , shoe s
in that department'a i. , 1 bl ’and
men’s furnishing, is sto jf of
suits made to order ea ' an d
R. G. S. Davis i: . linn
chief owner of the store Bur 8 u r and
ceeded his father upon iiJ , SUc '
death some years ago
being assisted by , avis is
Bobby Davis, who has'laHy'S , Son ’
ed with the concern, an i ’ ‘ ' laU
ing more and more active in n l '
eration. Both father " °l ) '
University of North Caml„v,° n are
uates. itl ouiia gr ac l-
Mr. Davis has long been m
with community activity in led
to his own large interest- g lon
director in both the ]'i, V ls a
Bank in Henderson and u , i "'" al
trial Bank ol li,,„ier«,„V
Home Building & Loan \ lle
He is an enthusiastic R
is a prominent member Ul l d
family, of Holy Innocents F
church. He is am
has been an outstundm,, V,’;
leader of the community 0 ness