LEMMERMAN AND HOFFMAN GRANITE CO
Lemmerman and Hoffman Granite Co operates near Mount Airy with four cutting sheds and a workforce of sixty to seventy skilled stone cutters. The firm powers its own plant with an eighty horse power engine and a four hundred sixty foot air compressor. J A Lemmerman handles outside work and D E Hoffman manages office operations. the company ships products nationwide and pays a minimum four dollar per day wage.
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Mount Airy
Lemmerman and Hoffman Granite Co
United States
Lemmerman
Hoffman
J. A. Lemmerman
D. E. Hoffman
Mount Airy Grows Rapidly As Population and Wealth Rise
The town chartered in 1885 now reports a 1915 population of 6 073 within limits, with estimates of 2 000 nearby. Growth funds streets and sidewalks, builds concrete Main Street, expands water light service at low rates, and plans a complete sewerage system. Bonded debt remains manageable while taxes stay comparatively low.
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Cherry Street
Hines Avenue
Main
Water and Light Commission
J. B. McCrary Company
Atlanta
A. W. Taylor
J. C. Council
North Carolina
Mount Airy
Mayor's Court
Recorders Court
H. 8
Boyd
A. G. Webb
E. C. Bivens
B. Bearley
G. C. Vevill
F. P. Sparger
J. F. Yokley
E C Bivens A Noted Mount Airy Lawyer And Mayor
E C Bivens a long time Mount Airy attorney, native of Monroe, Union County, educated at Trinity College and UNC. He built a notable legal career, served as mayor, chairs the county Democratic Executive Committee, and seeks the Senate seat amid strong local esteem.
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Monroe
Union County
Trinity College
University of North Carolina
Bivens
Mount Airy
Thiee Ketch
Democratic Executive Committee
Senate
E. C. Bivens
Claud A Shelton Builds Local Ice and Coal Trade
Claud A Shelton has run an ice and coal business in Mount Airy for three years supplying Arctic ice and a wide coal selection. His operation ships promptly from Greensboro under sanitary production, with roots as a former Southern Railway Depot Agent. Mrs Shelton and his daughter, daughter of F M Poore, are noted in the community.
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Claud A. Shelton
Mount Airy
Greensboro
Beat
Southern Rail Way
Shelton
Thie City
F. M. Poore
R. D. Clarke Granite Company details and leadership
The R. D. Clarke Granite Company consolidates two firms and operates four sheds with about fifty artisans. It specializes in finishing granite for buildings and monuments and supplies stone to major projects including Parliament Buildings Toronto and hundreds of thousands of dollars residences in Philadelphia. The president and manager is R. D. Clarke, with VP R. M. Simmons of Martinsville and secretary treasurer J. A. Deatherage.
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R. D. Clarke Cut Stone Co
J. E. Smith Granite Company
R. D. Clarke
Burton-on-Trent
England
Clarke
Mount Airy
Wm, Gray & Sons
Philadelphia
Canada
Parliament Buildings
Toronto
Wannamaker
Harrisburg
George W Elkins
Pullman
Washington, D.C
Washington, DC
R. M. Simmons
Martinsville
Real estate man B W Rogers active in Mount Airy
B W Rogers a leading Mount Airy real estate agent based in the McCargo Building on Main Street. A Durham native, he has worked in the city for about two years, handling city and farm property and developing areas west of town near Piper Gap Road East Poplar Street and Cherry Street for residential use. He also sells timber from Ne ge the Granite Quarry and nearby properties and serves as local agent for Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, building strong city connections.
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Mount Airy
B. W Rogers
McCargo
Main Street
Rogers
Durham
N. C
Piper Gap
East Poplar Street
Cherry Street
Ne Ge
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
United States
Mount Airy Tobacco Market Strong and Historic
Mount Airy thrives as a major tobacco market with three large warehouses and many leaf houses. Planters Warehouse owned by Haynes family along with Banner Lovill and Farmers Warehouse anchor a robust trading season drawing buyers from nationwide manufacturers and paying farmers cash.
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Mount Airy
Planters Warehouse
Mesers
T. W. Haynes W. 5
Banner
John Banner
J. W. Lovill
R. H. Leonard Jewelry Leader of Mount Airy
R H Leonard in Mount Airy has a 22 year reputation for quality in watches clocks jewelry and silverware. His mahogany store displays an extensive stock with silverware emphasis and is noted for fair dealing. He repairs watches for the Southern Railroad and runs a eye care service as an optometrist. He presides over Banner Manufacturing and owns the store building and land in Patrick County Virginia. He is active in the Methodist church and local community affairs.
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R. H. Leonard
Mount Airy
Leonard
Southern Railroad
Banner Manufacturing Company
Patrick County
Methodist church widows to receive boosted pensions
In Saratoga Springs the general conference approved a plan to raise pensions for widows of ministers to three fourths of the retired minister’s pension, up from one half. The same report proposes allowing laymen to join the annual convention, pending a church vote over the next four days.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
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Lemmerman and Hoffman
J. H. Folger
F.M Poore
Ian Benner
A. V. West A&d
J. B. Sparger
J. W. Barber
W. F. Carter
J. A. Hadley
J. D. Minnick
G. C. Welch
C. H. Haynes
J. L. Banner
Attorney At Law
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R. D. Clarke Granite Company, Inc
MR. R. D. Clarke
B. W. Rogers
Real Estate and Life Insurance
First Presbyterian Church
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