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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
7
The Llano article describes a warm welcome for upcoming convention visitors with a full entertainments program including banquet barbecue auto rides to quarries and a baseball game. Local business and visitors discuss the new sand blast machinery at Llano Granite Works and notable attendees visit to view memorial granite cuts.
The Llano Grey Granite Company prepares for operating next week installing machinery and hosting visitors. The Newsman toured the Llano site and nearby quarries including T. W. Norton Universal Granite and Kel lus Carter, highlighting vast untapped white stone supply.
Dealers prepare their shops as the convention nears with plans to host delegates and families. They will pause regular work to greet visitors, making their plants convenient headquarters for the event.
Howell Brooks of the Western Monument Works in Dallas visited the sheds and quarries last week to secure Llanostone for his plant. He promotes Texas Granite for Texas people and will use local Texas granite alongside the best worldwide granite.
The News urges Llano residents and visitors to come for the gathering, promising excellent fishing conditions by week’s end. A note says key access to the gate is secured, and H C Roth of Western Granite Works reports strong business from travels to East Texas.
Newell Smith of the Smith Brothers Granite Works visited Luling last week to discuss the local plant. He said oil activities in the area were fine and business activity remained strong.
The News invites dealers to contribute news and notices during the convention week. It promotes Liano Cranite as the best stone and pledges extensive coverage of convention proceedings. The paper urges Texas granite dealers to attend, publicize, and assist in making the gathering highly successful.
T. W. Norton, proprietor, reports a car of Llano stone shipped to Wichita Falls this week with another car ready for San Angelo as orders keep the firm busy.
The practice of price cutting across parts of the state harms the trade and often forces price cutters out of business while leaving manufacturers dissatisfied and customers with fewer options.
C H Brame Realty Co lists farms ranches city property granite quarries and industrial sites in Liano Texas. Properties include trackage for granite plants warehouses and factories with the owner promoted as operator of a famous black granite quarry.
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