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LAURI Also al . bz~iik., anat ( I -II11 also prvu hnded a e v hichI he 'a '~.e .'o I''a V 'yer com.a . d;ent. II I built, o !,I, .11 'Inda .3 C01 - mf, theo are le sevind seompay olltl( "t..eh em c rpat '"I"e and toaIlsl - a and buii inl r1. comnet pany and - f ior president. 0!;,l ~ I I I-.,1; e.u Ii t 1 10 Pr sd n C:~~~ ,ean ofeeineetel thesl li Zuri . ti and state, a ' ai pi red to ollice. * . . mi:e ya ago0 h) le Wasa candidate fo ted maiiyor' of 191. a. t Colseved several Talbe the St:to 1 I)emocratic I '(' (re ommittee, andl in 1888 :an i dselegate to the National featratic convttiioU T aIn St. Lbwhich nominated Grover w ag:In for president the thc ofe i 1i1e. In 1893 President T cliand offered him the consul er'or at Zurich, Switzerland. wC hich he deel :nel. Ilie was a Candidate tor the U. S. sent< ini 1912 aga nst Colonel V. Jasper T'albert and Sm tor . R. Till Inan ; in this electionl he received 9ver 30,000 vot es, b~ut was de tented by Senator Tiillman. IIe was agan a candidate for this offce i' 1918, against Snat or Tillman.*JT. F'. ilice and ex-Gov (rnor -ilease. After Ti' Iman's <'e it h ihe r'ace was runi between 2' (C hora, Diai 'arryie:: forty )o a 't ol the fort y-fivye cun 21 11 state, re.ceivine, 65.0641 I primry. l ice and aecaiey 5, * A 7 .~ I a '2 ' unop reip s anlot her 111 III.l i%.t tilla i gro i h il 1 he m-: whomn Ni:;i a new busi yini a hiltherto r':ie it. go in -1nd busiiness5 .fA Ieiaw-towns~'U :t :cIly What the C a Wrk:;,incorpo * !oily three glass fac nI t is, entire soutli--and -.Ch.' Is'; works is one . i'This undertaking d aid gotten under. I 11. C. HI. iHoper is S-,d treasurer of the owning and operating * worla, an(d Albert Dial, ' nio:st emorprising and - yung blsiness men of (.C'e!!n~a, is secretary and~ . a,r of the corpora ('- T A i geni1temen began hi fact ory's organization, lthir peent ca paci ties. and I i -:.a Seen the undertaking ro1n aC mIloderate beginin g to) i S presen('1t large proportionls. Wh\ y I3on go( Iito a country oK(re and call for a bot ('iee-C'ola, you probably c the bottle a thought. *'dr.n't kntow wvhere it came Ira.', w.Ie U It wats madle, and th p obabilili ties are you don't c:- . on u1don't care, however, fo: i!-a rea that you have nio. . r i'toght about the bottle. V.'c . the probabilities are that t':' I-: It Ia out oft which you will dr .. y curi Coca-Coia tomorrow wasl blo'wn rIght here' in the Lau . .: actory manufactures I (1' 0i -1 '< b, t t les, miedicinie bot thafeed( containers, anid It is of Ii ' l.ve factories in the 1. 1 id StateU1A mhaking Coca-Cola boatt'ce. it has a capacity of a solid car load of bottles every (lay. az'd its pr1odlucts are shipped to ('Piy sout1 hiorn state. All the latest and niost nmoderh machinery and apparatus for the i,:::.. of the various produicts which this factory turns out have boon binstalled, and every glass blower employed is a skilled union T.in factory employs and works S-:-ro::imately 150 operatives, the lanict Is run both day and night, al~ the monthly pay roll ranges ariund $9,000. This is a great me".t to the merchants of the nity of L~aurens. 1I)J' LLY LO(CAED p' 'nx Ion ed, as it if, right in l'eu 'm.'t1er of thle soft drink field, as it were,. the ILauren~s Glass '. 1s is ini po(s4tloll to supjply lotth- a to soft drinik 1iaufactur or vat prices t hat w il Ili hea tho0s4 3 ., he hiad e! sowhere(CP, and3( the q uick ri c'm -lnt service whiich t his 'cu.::anyK. 32 prvepared to gvo its pCI'inns isl one( of tile thinags that bii madIl ~e 15its bsineOP grow by The Lauiirons Glass WVorkls i;' ;)r,ICThling aew for South Carolina, somethling extremely interesting an~t new to) piractically every other so.:tin of the soulth. And the JLaurensi! Glass WVorks and its of fit~ers are helping make iLaurens the b)ig andl growing city that its best wishers hope to see it very ~On become. Albert Dial ia a good business 'NSC Li AA 1 iei:;, 1 believe it a:: UtOe ite CItpLain J. H. Ai. er, begaly tihe Imerantlile business in Laurens. lie began to sell mnen's and boys' clothes that would give sa tisfaction. And durilg the forty Years, or thereabouts, that, have elapsed since Captain Alinter first oPelled his store doors in the city of Laturens, the name of Minter has beeni synonymous with good wNearing apparel. It Is the same In ILaurens and Laurens county toily. The firm of Alinter - Co., Inc., is still in bllsine s.;. an1d Inot Imierely in blinsiies;s, but is wUll growig and developing alng Iilnes that Could only havei beeni Iade possible by the solid fouida tioni which Captain Minter gave the bisiness which lie established. As it is operated today, Minter & Co.'s store is owned by a stock company, the largest stockholder in which is E. Perrin Minter, son of the late Captain Minter. Per rin Minter 18 president and gen eral manager of the business, and R. A. Babb is its secretary and treasurer. The business, as it is operated today, was reorganized iI 1912. .Located oi the north side of the square, in a handsome building, with large show windows and still larger display space inside, the store is attractive to the eye. It is a real department store, and the business of the firm has been growing so rapidly that the room next door has been taken and filled with men's and boys' clothing and other wearing apparel. This room will very soon be enlarged to reach all the way back one hun dred and fnfty feet, which will be the length of the main store to lay. The second floor of Minter & Co.'s store is devoted to milli nery. Here I was surprised to see the same high type of fixtures an(a display arrangement that I have seen in many of the larger depart ment stores in cities of a hundred thousand and two hundred thou sand peopLe. All of which I men ti6o inerely to show that Laurens is not a country town-not by any manner or ineans. iaureis, rath er, is a gruwiig city, and Alinter & Co.'s store is keeping pace. with tile city's growth and develop ment. H. TiElItYt, P10NEEJI Laurens has its pioneers, and it is because the pioneers of this city laid such a substantial foundation for the business interests that fol lowed to build upon that the city is such a progressive community today. One of these men who have been in business for a long time is H-. Terry. Mr. Terry is a native North Carolinian, but moved to Lau rens in 1889, opened a store very soon after lie hit town, and he has been doing a thriving busi ness every day since that time, thirty years ago. Mr. Terry's store, on the south side of the square, is known by every woman in the county as a place in which dry goods, no tions, shoes, hats, etc., may be bought wIth every assurance that the buyer will get just exactly what she has been told she is get ting. FL~EMING BIROH., JEWELERS R. F. Fleming, Jr., and his brother, H. C. Fleming, began the jewelry business in Laurens jnst eighteen year8 ago--back in 1901. TR. F. Fleming, Sr,, has been in the mercantile business for many years, but these brothers blazed a trail, for then Laurens had no first-class jewelry establishment. Starting on a small scale, but giv ing their business close atention and their customers courteous and honest service, brought the store to the front very, very rapidly. Today Fleming Bros.' jewelry store is looked upon as being one of the best in the Piedmont sec tion of the Carolinas, and it has bleen the unswerving dlevotioni to principles of good business, with hard work, that has made of this store the popular place that it is today. RI. F. Fleming is the activo manager of the business. In addition to the complete line of flue jewelry carried by this store, 4 competent optician is employed to take care of the need for glasses among the large clientele of the store, The firm is also agent for the Edison Dia mond Disc talking machine, and the very latest models of this machine are kepth onshand ready for delivery at a' moment's no tice. The Fleming brothers are farmers, as well as jowvelers, and they are farming on a big scale.. both in -Laurens and in Green wvoodl counties. A business which both tihe firm and the county of Laurens feel immense ly proud is the type of store into wvhleh hese brotheris havye devel Ope~d the small est ablIishmalentI which'they startled eighten -tr ago. P'OWr' il'G C'OMPANY (The ol' the brigiht snots in th eity of TLaurans, and there are severel, ini the Powo Druig comne pan's store, located on the west sid!e of the square. This busi n1e5s was onttribished in 1913. and in ownod and inan-god by1' . if. Powo, one of Laui ens repre sentative butsiness men. in addit.ion to carrying an un e'nnally large stock of medicine,. ';f all kinds, and having or~e of UNTY, I J , c 1 da.I andl am 1r: uta in Ile Powe Larug Copn)i y Ailied iv thV o ul. 1 1i: preccit.i1 ons la t Yer 111and two tIhousalld i:t11res were framed fin the same iperiod. A beautiful soda fountain is op erated inl connection with the drug departments and, taken as a whole, this Is one of the drug stores that. a man likes to visit more than once. Dr. l'owe is a Mason, a K. of P., ald is promni nently identified wV 2ih every lovemen1101t tIhat. means abger and bettel city. ,.. C. I'IENS & (1. Twenity-onle years a:Co a small racket store wn:s ov211d ill Iau rens, and it was called the "Ited Iron liacket." The buildiig in which it oI)cnd was a small cor rugated iron affair, painted red, and the stock of goods that one saw when he entered was not so very, very large. But that was a beginning, and it was beginning enough for Lee Burns. "Alore goods for the same money, and the same goods for less money" was the slogan that Lee Burns took for his store, and it worked like a charm. This was a new kind of a store-a store where every thing the Laurens county farmer wan,.ed to buy might be bought jusc a little cheaper than he thought it could be had for. Today J. C. Burns & Co., the firm being composed of Lee Burns and his brother, J. 0. Burns, own and operate two stores in Laurens, one in Green wood, one in Greenville and one in Anderson, and the four places will, in all probability, do a\half million dollar business this year. The magnificent manner in which tho Red Iron Racket has succeeded, with Lee :;urns in ac tive charge at Laurens, and his brother. J. C. Burns, holding tdown tle Greenwood end of the line. is a tine testimonial to the good business judgment of 'Mr. )urns. He knew what, tle peo ple wanted and he placed it where they might get it and pay for it. SOUTiillIN ('OTTO'N 01 CC, - I'ANY The Southern Cotton Oil com pany is a manufacturer of cotton seed products and high-grade fer tilizers. It has a mill at Lau rens, known as the Laurens Oil mill, managed by E. S. Hludgens. Mr. 'Hudgons has been manager of the mill here for the past sev el years, qucceeding his father, R. II. Hudgens, who had been president of the Laurens Cotton Oil company before it was ab sorbed by the Southern Cotton Oil company. le has been iden tifled with the mill since its or ganization. Air. Hudgens is a native of Laureis county, and is prominent in the social, civic antd business affairs of the city. VINCENT MIOTOt t'All COM-. P'ANY The Vincent Mlotor' Car' comn pany, agents for the AMaxwell mo tor cars andi Maxwell trucks in Laurens county, is a new con cern, having b~eganl businless a lit tle more than thirty years ago. The firm is comnposedi of Dr. C. P. Vincent, Jr., anti Hugh E. VinI cent. The Vincent brothers bought out the Laurens Mlotor Car comn pan.y and have alrcatdy given evi dence of the fact that they are going to make thleir pllace of business 0110 of tihe livest in tile entire colunty. Located on tihe wvest side of thle publlic square in the city of Laurens, thle Vincent Mlotor company has an ideally sulitedI place fore the business ill which it is enlgagedi. In connection wvithI their sales agency for the Anxwvell line 'of ears andi trucks, the Vincent brothers have a miodierniy-equiip pod repair shop andt service sta tion, manned by tell export auto mobile mechanics. A new filling stationi is also connected with the business. WILLIAM SOLOMON, JEW He hasn't been living in Liau-~ rens miore than tell years, but Williaml Solomon is probably one of tihe best-known biusiniess men in the entire coulnty. Anti Mr. Solomon is Onl to his businless cv cry (lay iln the year. Hie seems to know ando be ab1)1 to call by iname every man, womlan anti chliltd who comeis to Laurena from anly section of the counity. Conlductinig what is really an ulp-to-tdate jewelry store on the wvest side of the public11 square, Mr. Solomlonl has a business thatt is botih profitable and1( that is growing by leaps and1( boundts. i~e is an optician1, ini aditioil to lie Ig a jeweier and1( wa'r~ (1d.pai 'r, anti lhe is 011ne1 of lie mih~tan'b~li bustns lmen 1113Of thle cit y. Takinag an~ ati .e part ini evory 011e of the.t Liberty I soan dri1s and an equally active part inl tile Victory 1Loani drive notw 01n, Mr. Solomon nias prmoven hiis ipatioItt 11131 mianiy times0 over, in addti lion, he( was cJlairm11an for Lalu rolls county of the .Iewish re lief fmud, put across recenltly. In short, when you go to Lau eons and want to meet a real booster for his town, one wile will talk to you abotut the many. ad vantages of the city anti county, or who'will sell you a watch while he plays you a tuane on a g..apha IaY cliin to. And Or. I -y c - ( cts1 : gZ, d drIug stor, (om. Il(e is Ic 'l on he c:: ride of I lie sm i 'are, amli his sore i lit Itl O1 With a01 tChe Iodern i:tr tat ole will se in tho hest drug sa(i of tie larger citics. W. T. Ore is thie colpiitelit prescrip ti(.U 1m111aer of tisk store. T., i ' VET MILIt)EAILi IN H !i.;E1S ANI) MULIES IN THll(EN EC TION I'. and J. Ii. Childress are the liv'1 ;id(elrs inl horses and mu les inl 1.aurenvis count.y. Ini addition to th <ales staIles mialntained in the city of Lau ureis, the firim, comn po. 'dl of wAo yung mien who have beeni engaged in their present bus inuss for the past eight years, conducts a large farm three miles from the city. J. R. Childress, manager of the sales end of the business, has Just returned from service in the navy, and P. P. Childress, the other member of the firm, has charge of the farming operations of the business. Cotton and corn are the two principal crops grown on the farm which these two progressive and enterprising young men own and operate. Buying, selling and trad ing mules and horses conies nat urally to both these young men. They know a good horse or a good mule when they see it; they know the value of horses and mules, and they have made a distinct suc cess of their business. HAINEY EILECTIC, COMPiNY .1. F. Harney is a popular young business man of Laurens. But "Jim" Harney, as he is popularly known by his friends and business associates, would have mude a place for himself anywhere in the world. Ile is head of the Harney Electric Company, a business that he established last year, and that lie is maling a real force in the commninty's business life. "Everything in electrical sup plies," is the way "Jim" IIarney (lescribes his business, and lie comes pre tty nearly living up to his slogani, too. Occupying a proinient location, just opposite the powtolfice, on West Main street, with large stocks of storage hatteries. Hughes' elect ric ranges, the Lailey farn ligIting plaints, V. & K. autoniatic water systems, and everything else that one would expect to find in a store that. carries everything electri cal, Mr. Harney's place of busi ness is now almost a necessity to Laurens and to Laurens county. The Harney Electric Company's place is the only one in Laurens county where batteries are ae. tually rebuilt, as well as - re charged! This store is agent for Soithern automobile tires, sold on a five thousand mile guaran tee, carry Prest-O-Lite batteries of all sizes and types, and really conduct a modern service station for auit omobiles and automobile owners. Vulcanizing of the bet ter kind is madle a splecialty by the pla1ce. In another plart of this airticle an illustration is shown of the Lalley farm lighting system. This is the system which the Hlarney Electric Company sells, and this Is the plant that Is revolutionizing farm lighting In Laurens county. Prosperous farmers are geting the habit of wanting their hiomcs eqipped1 wi electric ights, the same as their friends in the city, and they are able to have electric lights by buying andu installing one of those plants soldl by the liarnoy Electric Company. In speaking of his Lalley light ing plant. Mr. Hlarney statedl to the writer a few (days ago that lie be lieved it to be the best plant on the market todlay. He said, in dilscussing its adlaptabillity for farm purposes: "Electric light and power have inot ben used as extensively on the farms as in the towns and cities because of the heavy cost of poles, wire, expensive trans formers, etc., necessary to carry electricity to the farm. '"Lalley-Light-a coniplete, simu ple, independent, reliable electric light andl power plant-niow sup plies that defleiency. "'It is puttinog electric light into Itle nation's farm homies--el'ctrvie light in its simplest, safest, lowest cost form. "No one denies that electrnicity is the cheapest light, when all its advantages are taken into0 considl eration. "No one denies that it is the safest, tihe cleanest, the bright est or the most efficient light. "'Farmers have long wantedh electria light for these very rea sons-'. ut they have heen unable to get it in a setisfactory way, if, indIeed, thev could get it at all. "'WithI the manufneture of La1l icy-Light plants in quantity, ali that is changed. "~i;The fa r' private lctie convenient locntion. "Hie runs it wvhen lie needs it; andl he shuts it downl wuhen lie "Hie has all the elestrie light he wants for his house, his barn and his othei r buildings.. "lHe has electric power in pileni ty to operate a pump that gives himn running wvater in the house; to run his churns, cream separator and so on, 0Vn e I o th (city hoe. V. C. Wd1r1(11o is thle mlmC' ".orV of the garage in LaurItes that bears his name, and he is al.so the autilorized Ford dealer for his city. Starting business in 1915, the company today has the oxeluivo sales of the Ford car in L-ares. Vaterloo and Scufle ton (OWsipilS, in Laurens coun ty. Eight mechanics are employ ed in the repair department and service station maintained for Ford owners, and work of the botter kind is the type that those who patronize Mr. Waldrop's garage know, from exporionce, they will get. - In one of the Illustrations re produced in connection with this article -is shown a new building that is just being cohipleted ')y Mr. Waldrop for his business. When this is completed, and it will be ready for occupancy some time during this month, the business of the garage Is expect ed to increase very materially for the reason that it will be in better position to adequately care for and turn out work in larger quantities. In addition to being agent for the Ford car, Mr. Waldrop is also exclusive dealer for a very satisfactory Ford starter, some thing that is becoming very pop ular with Ford owners in this county. LAURHENS COCA-COLA - BOT TLING Co. The Laurens Coca-Cola Bot tling company's plant was start ed about two years ago. Craw ford Johnson is president of the company and T. P. Kendrick Is its manager. RENNEDY B1tOTHEll.S, P1IONEEltS -1. S. ond C. E. Kennedy began the unde'.rtaking business in Lau renis inl isss, more than a quar ter of a century ago, and they have hoon successfully conduct ing thi bainess ever since that time. % ith two motor-drawn funeral enrirages anld three horse drawn iearses, the lirm is equip ped to hand4 the work which comes to it at all times. Being licensed embaiilers as veIl as fu rpe 'rtors. the company ha. sept pace with the city and section. It has a large stock of all the goods on hand that all classes of patrons may desire to select V hen the hour of sorrow co:us to thiem. WATElI-Or) IS A FINE LITTLE (COMMIUNITY' W ATI1LOO Is located in the soutiiern part of Laurens Ceenty, very near the boundarv line that divides Lau rells and Greenwood. It is a charliig little Community of about four hundred people, has a live state ban1k, several general mercantIle establishments, a goodl school and wvell-su pported chiurches. in fact, it is just such a small town as One muight wvell enjoy living in. A laIVE MAYGlt Carl Wharton is not thle type of mnan to let things just rock alon1g. if they dlon't move fast enou1gh, Mr. WVharton believes in making thenm mIove, andl that is just what lhe is going to (10 for Waterloo, in his official capacity as tile townl's mayor. Andl while WVaterloo has only about. four hundred people no0w, it is ini excellent shape to grow, andl I rather expect that when I go back to Carl \Vharton's town a year from now, or maybe two years from now, thlat tile popula tionl will register nearer six hun dredl than it dloes tile foulr hun dred mark todlay. 10IEAL IlD11ENCE PLACE There cold~n't lie a more at tractive place as a residlential community of its size than W~ater 100. With such neighbors as Carl Wharton, Colonel John Hi. Whar ton, J1. C. Smith, Rex Lanford andl l0. V. GIoling, to say nothing of the scores of other good neigh tiers that 011e would have in Wa terlool, lire would lbe all that the nlewcomzer noiw is looking for a conigei al loeation1 might d(esire. COIL. JOhIN Hi. WITAIITON Colonel .1 lhn II. Wharton is the best-known citizen of Waterloo, 1an1(, aIs for thait, h~e is one of the best-known cit izenls of Laurens (count1y. lie is seventy-twvo years young, Act old, and( has bieen .in pubilic ser'vice in South Carolina for the last thlity-six yeal's. As conuty coinimissioneri for Lauitrenis county, as5 membier of thei lower brianlch of the state legislature and as mnembtir of thle slate sen ate, froml his couty, ;ts railrioad( commilissionler, as clerk (of th(e coulrt (if (Cmmo p101lleas for [,an rens1, 11s dirtector Of thel statle lpen itenltiarly, and iin 895, as a tmeii heri of thle South1 Caroiliin constt1 tut ioinalI con ventlion, Colonel Whatn has r'enldered for mort thlani thri ee dlelade dH is: inugished and valuable service to his state and county. IIANKi OF WATI'i,00O The Bank of Wateorloo is onie (If the live financial instiltutioins of thle county. It has a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dlollars, a surplus of $12,500, undhivided profits of $5,600, and is playing an imlportant part in the devel opment of its community and the farming sectins that m,,...u..., i is the pres hn i .n(t: G. W., * .' n cii : eo;ly as ;r the past V . :1 o r iloo s live0 wi ...S. lie is not 'I niiifi of this 'iharing lii <e muityity, blut is ole of tin 1.n who have been attrackd io e town by the advanltge. Lim Coss wIi'lh it offErs them no1 ci V. i will come and join thos. -:ho are already here, in thfl bui~iiig of the town and section. .\Tr. Lanford moved to W"atrloo from a town in an adjoiing county, beginning business here dui the year 1912. le operates I 1n oral mercantile store, atid in ad dition a very largo modern gin nery, having ginned consi derably more than two thousand bal e. of cotton last year. lie is also It large farmer of the section, hav ing a farm near-by that is con ducted along modern lines. E. V. GOLDING, MHIICHA 'NT E. V. Golding is another of Wa terloo's merchants who is helping build the community along sub stantial lines. le was reared in Greenwood county, coming to Wa terloo to begin business, because he saw an opportunity In this com munity that he did not see else where. ' In addition to his gen eral mercantile store, Mr. Golding also operates a corn mill, having a capacity of seventy.-flve bushels daily. 'COL. WHARTON, FARMIR Colonel John Hf. Wharton. as I have stated in a preceding para graph, has been in public 14fe for the past thirty-six years. In fact, he has been one of the state's most successful politicians. Known all over the Palmetto state for his jovial manner and his progressive Ideas of doing things worth while, and admired wherever he Is known, it has been an easy mat ter for Colonel Wharton to attain the public ollice to which he has aspired in the years that have gone by. Colonel Wharton has not been merely a public nii, howevei. lie is now and has beon for iany years one of the inmost sI ccost IlI of the large farmers in the upper section of the state. With a beauii tiful residence here in Wate o and it iagnIficent farm11 adjoin'n1g. life might have held all that an ordinar.: man would want for him right here at hoie. CROSS HILLJ A TI'iltiVC-( l'lACIE ROSS H-ILLA is a thriving little coi nii ity of less than a thousand people, lo cated on the Seaboard, in the ex treie southern end of Laiturens county, between Greenwood and Clinton. It is backed Ip by a fariing section the equal of any to be found anywhere, and is growing into a business-like lit - tle Place. Dr. John H. Miller is the fa t her ofi Cross 11ill. Hie is thle man who has (lone mnore to place the town on the map thtan any other single indlividual of that section, and~ he is looked on as being one of the r'epresentat ive' citizens of' the cotunty. A suc cessfutIliysiciani, ineri chant, banker and~ farmer, Dr. Miller's has been a ver'y butsy life. lie hais found time, on xev oral occasions, howeve:', to i'ep resent Laurons county ini the South Carolina legisatu re. and always lie accomnplshed .s. thing wor'th whil e .duinig tI. stay. UANK OF CROSS HlILL~ Trho Bank of Cross Hil1l is ome of the livest fInancial instiltution:. of the county. it has a capital stock of fIfty3 thiouisandi dollairs. and a surplus atnd u ndividedi profits account of thi i'ty-.ou r thousand dlollars. The hank wais organizedl it 1A1 6 withi a capitalI of twenty-five h'lousa4nd (101lar: it being raised to lifty thousar'. ini 1911. W. C. itasor is prtesidenit of if. Bank of' Cross Hill, E. It. ltas r 1s vice preOsident and~ ('asihie. andl~ Dr. Jr. i. MilWw is also rice presidlent. The directors of fhii bank are A. Ml. iiitt, S. W. Co gan, R. A. A ustin. P'. N. Hioo:'er' U. L. Atchison andi~ W. R. ai:. J. Hi. itasor is onie of ('ro: Hill1's hi ve-w ire mnerchiant- ! Ia': lng startedl in busiiness bore ina 1905, lie has mtadle a di ltine' success of his buisies. ht:'rin. butilt til a fine patrionage Ifor a r'adliu~ (of 1(en infle. aroauml. Itasor' does hothI a ensi I nd credit buiniiess. ii' real estate own 'r. at f . 'ross illI's subitfi i'' 15 ini genral meriei 'irioss liill T ginninag. Thne pi i; oi Ic comi panl 'i '. Xl. lipinain aned Ih iianiageir a d ti reiIt::mtieri s J. inson. In adldit ion to their line of general mer'chanadise, the Mlesars. Piinon sell andt biuy ('ott on and cotton seedl, farm iniplemnents and miachinery, andl they do a tmore or ' less actIve real optate h)uuhmlcS.- (Advt.)