W. W. Wood & Co. A Twin-City Tobacco Leader
The Sentinel reviews the firm W. W. Wood & Co. and its founder partners Dr. Bahnson E. A. Ebert and W. W. Wood. It details the 1884 Fogle Bros building, factory capacity of half a million pounds annually, and brands like Old Oaken Bucket Maud Muller and Johnny Cake. The piece notes a broad trade from Philadelphia to the Mississippi, with major markets in Maryland Pennsylvania Tennessee and more, and praises the partners as progressive, community leaders shaping Winston Salem's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fogle Bros
W. W. Wood & Co
Winston-Salem
W. W. Wood
Bahnson
E. A. Ebert
Jonesville
Yadkin County
Miller, Woodruff & Wood
Salem
Ebert
Wood
Mr. Wood
Maud Muller
Key Hole
Pinnacle
Johnny Cake
Top Notch
Georgia
North
Philadelphia
Mississippi River
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Virginia
South Carolina
Winston
Messrs. W. W. Wood & Co
Bret. Harte
Hardware for the Million in Winston Saloon Crawford Trade
The Sentinel profiles Captain R R Crawford a Winston hardware leader born in Rowan County who served in the Civil War then built a vast establishment on Liberty Street. The store cabinets fill 27 by 85 feet with carpentry blacksmith and carriage hardware, cutlery, tools, iron stock, sporting goods, paints oils glass and a harness shop. It is an agent for Oriental Powder Co and stocks guns stoves sewing machines carriages wagons and farm implements including the Dixie plow and Johnston reaper. The business emphasizes extensive inventory and systematized operations yielding significant growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sentinel
Winston
R. R. Crawford
Crawford
Rowan County
North Carolina
Bethel
Co. D
N. C
Salisbury
Salem
Capt
Bitting
Liberty Street
Capt. Crawford
Oriental Powder Co
T. Abbott & Jones
Zanesville
Ohio
Lee
Richmond Stove Works
Columbus
Studebaker
Hiram Davis
Standard Wagon Co
McSherry
Meadow King
Green Reeper
Johnston Reaper
Wheeler |Meelick Thresher
Newark
Machine Co
Dixie
Avery
Syracuse
Enterprise Wears Quiet Energy Wins Public Favor
A respected, industrious man runs a house that grows in public esteem this year over last. He treats visitors with courtesy, drawing praise from patrons and non patrons alike, earning broad support for an enterprise considered thoroughly creditable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Ward
Complete store of J C Tise in Twin City furniture and undertak
J Cicero Tise operates a double storefront on Main street opposite the Court House square in Winston, showcasing furniture from kitchen to parlor, china, crockery, lampware, and carpets. He has added upholstering and undertaking with a new hearse, aiming to make the Twin City store a full home goods house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Court House Square
J. Cicero Tise
Tise
North Carolina
Winston
Jacob Tise
TWO EXTREMES IN COAL AND ICE TRADE AT KING'S YARDS
The coal dealer D H King handles anthracite bituminous and blacksmiths coal from Shamokin Pocahontas Jellico and Cumberland sources. He delivers by wagon and rail, stores ice from Kennebec supply in Richmond, and began business in 1882 after moving from Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
D. H. King
Shamokin
Pocahontas
Virginia
Jellico
King
Richmond
Jane King
Winston
Local Trade Show Sees Rising Attendance and Promising Growth
The Twin City benefits from Mr. King’s efforts as annual trade shows show a flattering increase despite being largely local. Observers expect expansion to several times current size if his honorable business effort continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin City
King
Clarke and Ford Keep No Change of Quarters or Firm
Clarke and Ford have ten years of continuous operation in Winston at the Fourth and Liberty corner. They occupy a prime location facing the Court Houses and own the property bought five to six years ago. The firm, among Winston’s oldest merchants, draws trade from town and country within a 10 to 15 mile radius and even farther, with a steady upward trend toward better goods and a largely cash-based business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
W. H. Clarke
D. G. Ford
Winston
Fourth
Liberty Streets
Clarke & Ford
Goochland County
Clarke
Texas
Winston- Salem
Sentinel
Giersh and Senseman Firm Profile in Salem
Giersh and Senseman run a combined general merchandise and stove tinware business in Salem. The dry goods store, led by H. A. Giersh, draws steady trade from locals and newcomers with low prices and attentive service. Since February, the stove business operates as Giersh Senseman Co, under Senseman, offering ranges, furnaces, and iron flues with a bustling shop employing up to 12 workers last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Ebert
Giersh & Senseman
Salem
Pfohls
Father
Pfohl & Stockton
H. A. Giersh
Senseman
E. Fries
Geo. A. Boozer
Giersh
Hey
Tc R. S. Hendricks
F. E. Hege
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Cicero
J. Lindsay Patterson
N. C. IL
Stoney
Jim
Vaughn & Pepper
ENN
Glenn. Kom
Glenn & Glenn
N.C
Biante
Apoom
Wiinstons
Geo. Stewart
Farmers
Winston, N
L. P. Ector
Dently
Winston, N.C
H. Montague Real Estate
Esroker
HOUSE
Norfolk, Va
B. R. Brown & Co
Croquet
Williamson & Gorrie's
Mullen
Scala
Brdines
Swith & Brows
N. Mullen
Seescharlotte
Smith & Brown
D. W. Mendenhall
C. A. Reynolds
J. R Mendenhall
J. W. McNairy Greensboro Sash and Blind Factory
H. A. S. Hamilton
Lisherville
Augusta, Co. Va
Pura
Cotswold
Southdon
ROW H’s Co-Operative Stock Farm
Jersey
Guernsey
Shropshire
Southdown
Ram
Berkshire
Address One & Co
Fredericksburg
Gray & Martin
Third Street
Winston, N. C
J. W. Durham
J. A. White & Son, Buggy Manufactuerers
Liberty Street, Winston N. C
White
McCormick
Geiser
Jno
BROWN
Rogers & Coo
Piedmont
Preprest Wacon Co
Vickery N. C
North Carolina Agricultural Society
Raleis
Nlc
Carolina Fair Association
Charlotte
Chester County
8. C
Rpesram, Jr
Piedmont Wagon Company
Hickory, N. C
J. Hofflin & CO
J. L. Bearp
Gray Block
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