Burke's The Dependable Store Highlights Main Street Shop
The Burke's store on Main Street presents a high class line of men and women's wear with renowned brands like Queen Quality Walk-Over Shoes Holeproof Hosiery B V D Munsing Underwear Kabo Corsets and Centemeri Gloves. Proprietor W W Burke a twenty five year veteran builder and merchant owns the building and holds substantial local real estate and business interests.
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Burk
Reading House
W. W. Burke
Burke
W. S. Taylor
Mount Airy Bottling Works A Clean Busy Plant
The Mount Airy Bottling Works on Moore Street operates Coca-Cola and Cascade Ginger Ale, using automated washing and filling to maintain strict sanitary standards. Four employees run the high volume plant supplying local retailers with a large truck fleet. Owner B. E. Herman is a prominent local businessman with properties and a $6,000 home.
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Coca- Cola
Mount Airy
Coca-Cola
Moore St
B. E. Herman
Inman Furniture Co Builds Trusted Local Brand
The Inman Furniture Company, established six years, offers a complete stock of household furnishings for every room. Proprietor KR. E. Inman earns patron trust by tailoring to local needs and promising money’s worth or money back. The store features Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets Leonard Cleanable Refrigerators and New Perfection Oil Stoves and Heaters.
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Inman Furniture Co
Hoosier
Perfection
KR. E. Inman
Educational Progress In Surry County
Educational progress in Surry County shows rapid rural school development after the Civil War. The piece notes growth from 62 districts and 81 teachers to 98 districts and 167 teachers, higher salaries, more schoolhouses, and modern granite facilities. Calvin Graves, secretary and treasurer, is highlighted for his business and civic standing.
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Surry County
Surry County Education Progress and County Superintendent Praise
The passage extols the Rural Free Deliveries and newspapers aiding education in Surry County. It lauds Prof. J. H Allen for effective leadership, praise from the Board and committeemen, and vows from citizens to fund better schooling. It emphasizes public trust, teacher quality, and community support for children's training.
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Surry County
J. H Allen
SS Ae Wubpesssbegeanferi
Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company Highlight
Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company emerges as a premier local industry. Organized in 1902 to make tables, it shifted to high grade dining and hall furniture. The plant employs over 200 workers near the Southern Railroad tracks, with Geo. O. Graves as president, Calvin Graves as secretary treasurer, and B. H. Williamson as vice president.
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Calvin Graves
Mount Airy
Southern Railroad
Geo. O. Graves
B. H. Williamson
North Carolina
Surry County
Methodist Church
G C Lovill Company A Longstanding Wholesale Firm
G C Lovill Company began as W E Barker and Company in 1905 and reorganized in 1911. It runs an exclusive wholesale groceries feed and produce business serving city merchants and rural retailers, owns a 183 acre commercial orchard, and its leadership includes J W Lovill J M Dix and W S Monday with G C Lovill as secretary treasurer.
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W. E. Barker and Company
G. C. Lovill and Company
G. C. Lovill Company
J. W. Lovill
Banner and Lovill
J. M. Dix
W. S. Monday
G. C. Lovill
T J Smithwick Garage Leads Mount Airy Engineering Scene
T J Smithwick operates a comprehensive garage in Mount Airy offering Buick Cars Gem Trucks repairs electrical and mechanical engineering and project supervision by the proprietor. He is a former Naval electrical engineer and quarries chief mechanic and serves as Bank of Mount Airy director.
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Mount Airy
T. J. Smithwick
J. J. Smithwick
Buick
Smithwick
A. & M. College
Government Naval Department
Bank of Mount Airy
Masonic Order
Proprietor Moves to New Main Street Store
W. E. Jackson has occupied the new Main Street building since April, after ten years serving the city. He reports a largely new stock, one of the finest and most complete in town, including a notable line of Weber Shoes.
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Brockport
Jackson
McGee
Main Street
Weber
John D. Thompson Furniture Store Hailed In Mount Airy
John D. Thompson operates a four floor Merritt Building showroom offering bedroom dining room and parlor suites carpets rugs and kitchen furniture. He owns the thriving business and has twenty five years of local retail experience and sells both local manufactured and other goods at below city prices.
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Merritt
Thompson
Mount Airy
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Inman Furniture Company
Aycock
Mount Airy Graded School
Flat Rock
Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company
W. E. Jackson
John D. Thompson
Geo. A. Griffiths
Cabela
Délicio
Mt. Airy Bottling Works
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