Talmadge Bros. & Co. Leading Wholesale Grocers of Athens
The Talmadge family built a Georgia wholesale grocery empire from a small 1869 Athens store to a 25,200 square foot Clayton Street facility with 125000 dollars capital. Major John E. Talmadge and sons Charles A. and John E. Jr. run the business, employing 28, with salesmen from Georgia to South Carolina. They own the Model Meat Mill on Southern Railway tracks, producing 800 bushels daily. R L Freeman oversees operations as chief miller.
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Clovis G. Talmadge
John E. Talmadge
Talmadge Brothers
Georgia
Dspt. O. G
Union Manufacturing Company
Athens
Clayton Street
A. G Elder
O. F. Elder
J. T. Mygatt
Julius Y. Talmidge
J. O. Mygatt
Joe Wilson
Southern Railway
R. L. Freeman
Talmadge Bros. & Co
The Magnificent Athens Oil Mill Enterprise
The Athens Oil Mill, a long established unit of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, operates on Pulaski street near the Southern depot with a fifty ton per day capacity. It pays top prices for cotton seed, ships oil through Atlanta, employs 20 to 50 workers, and spends substantial sums in Athens annually while benefiting farmers by creating a strong seed market.
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Athens
Southern Cotton Oil Company
South
Pulaski Street
Athens Ou
Samuel T. Morgan
Richmond
L. W Haskell
Alan H. Harris
Sec.ond
O. Fitzsimmers
L A. Ransom
Atlanta
Warren J Smith & Brother Led Athens Druggists
Warren J Smith & Brother are leading Athens druggists with a large Georgian patronage. Established in 1896 on Broad Street they moved to the Deupree building on Broad and Thomas for expanded floor space. The firm serves farmers across six to seven counties and supplies many local drugstores. Their stock includes a large patent medicine line and their own Smith branded remedies. They also sell seeds, glass and paints, buying in large quantities. Warren J Smith Sr has thirty years in the business. Paul M Smith Jr, seven years in Athens, is a noted young druggist.
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Joshua O. Hutchins
O.G Talmadge
Hutchins
Mies Lavinia Lagand
South Carolina
Messrs
O. B Barch
Cornelia
J. W. Willhite
Eiberton
H. P. Stanton
Winder
T. W. Tate
Dahlonega
O. A. Talmadge
Athens
O. H. Cox
Warren J. Smith & Bro
Georgia
Broad Street
Deupree
Broad and
Thomas Streets
Warren J. Smith
Senrce
Fayetteville
N. C
Paul M. Smith
Fayettville
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Talmadge
Talmadge Bros
Charles A. Talmadge
John E. Talmadge, Jr
Orr Drug Company
MR. O. A. Talmadge
J. E Talmadge
J. E. Talmadge, JR
John B. Wier
Gontherno Cotton Ol Company
F. J. Carthers
H. R. Simmons
Simmons
J. B. Bruce
MR John B Wier
Warren J. Smith & Brother
MR Warren J. Smith
Smith
Kentucky
Piark
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