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McCormick and McCormick county, s. C. NINE and J. C. the son. N. G. Brown is a native of this section and has been actively engaged in farming and live stock business nearly all his life. However, Mr. Brown has found time to engage in other pursuits as well as in these. He is an extensive farm land owner and owns considerable business property, and is an enterprising commercial operator. He is a broad public spirited, successful bust* ness man and substantial citizen, ever ready to lend his personal assistance to any cause that wili add to the good of town or county. J. C. Brown is Mayor of McCormick and is a man who has ac quired much business knowledge and is full of the spirit of thrift and energy. He has been a business partner of his father for up* wards of 15 years and is held in the highest esteem by everyone in this entire section. In the new county movement, recently terminating success fully in the formation of McCormick County, both these gentle men were hearty workers in its behalf and lent material assistance to the cause. M. L. B. STURKEY. For more than thirty years a leading commercial operator and successful merchant of McCormick and among those who have occupied the foremost ranks in the march of progress which has placed McCormick in an enviable position commercially, indus trially, morally and in an educational way, none commands a more important position in the minds of the public than does M. L. B. Sturkey. Nor is there an enterprise of greater importance or of a more satisfactory record of fair dealing and upright business methods than the Hardware, Grocery, Farm Impliment, Wagon and Buggy concern owned and operated by Mr. Sturkey. This store carries in stock in one‘department a general line of shelf and heavy hardware, fine cutlery, guns, ammunition and all kinds of sporting goods, as well as a complete assortment of farm ing tools. In another department a full line of fancy and staple groceries are carried, where everything and anything in the line of table food may be had as well as special preparations for stock and poultry. In addition to this large store which is on Main street, next door to The Battery, Mr. Sturkey maintains a large brick ware house where all kinds of farm implements and machinery as well as the best lines of wagons and buggies are carried in large quantities. This concern has been in existence for thirty years during which time it has been under the constant supervision of the pre sent owner. However, there was a period of time in which it was owned by the M. L. B. Sturkey Company but was established and again taken over by Mr. Sturkey who has built for it a reputation surpassed by none. It was at one time a part of the large Depart ment Store, The Batte r y, owned and operated by Sturkey and Carson and of which mention is made elsewhere in this Journal, but when Mr. Sturkey took Mr. Carson in as a partner in the De partment Store he retained the Hardware aud Grocery Store to be operated under his own name. Mr. Sturkey is a broad-minded, public spirited citizen and is ever ready to lend any assistance possible towards the furtherance of the community’s interest. He was an active spirit in the new county movement which resulted recently in the formation of Mc Cormick County. He was on the Committee sent to Columbia in 1895 to try to get the Constitutional Convention to authorize a new county. Since that time up to the actual formation of McCormick county Mr. Sturkey has been foremost in the fight for the county. J. T. FOOSHE. Furniture Store. The well known, successful furniture house of J. T. Fooshe stands among the commercial establishments that have contributed so largely toward the reputation McCormick has won as being the most progressive trade center in this section of the State. It is the first exclusive furniture and house-furnishing store to open its doors for business in McCormick, and while, for a time, after suf fering great losses by fire, the proprietor, Mr. Fooshe was away from our midst, and several months passed before he resumed busi ness, thfs store has been looked to for the past ten years for the greater part of the household goods used in this entire section. No other store has kept up with the growth and prosperity of the community, with more zeal and enterprise—expanding to the extent of meeting every demand of the trading public than has this modern furniture house. And this fact, together with the policy of giving honest values for every dollar received, and the courteous treatment accorded to all alike, as well as offering goods at as low prices as would conform to the ethics of good business principles, has established for this enterprise an enviable reputation among the people of the town of McCormick and its surrounding trade zone, whose implicit confidence it has justly won. Popular priced goods are carried in great variety to suit the masses and to completely furnish the home, be it the humblest cottage or the most pretentious mansion. It occupies the large brick store building on the corner of Main and Augusta streets, in the heart of the business section, with sales rooms displaying at tractive lines of room suits, extra {deeds, buffets, sideboards, din ing outfits, parlor suits, bed room furnishings; floor coverings id fugs, matting and linoleum; frorch chairs, settees, swings and hammocks; stoves, ranges and kitchen furniture. The owner, J. T. FoOshe, came to M&Corniick January iSo7, frOm Greenwood, S. C., and entered the furniture business with J. S. Strdm and operated Under the firm name of Fooshe and Strom for about ten months. After which Mr. Fooshe bought the Strom in terest and operated under his own name until the spring of 1910 when his store, together with the entire business section, was des troyed by fire. After this misfortune, Mr. Fooshe moved to Lan caster and was in business at that point for about six months, when he returned to McCormick and again opened a furniture store and has remained to the present time. McCormick has no citizen who is more enthusiastic concerning the community’s welfare and progress than is J. T. Fooshe. He was an ardent supporter of the new county move and lent his in fluence and assistance, for the cause, in a most substantial way. In fact it was Mr. Fooshe who revived the move in 1914 and thru his efforts created new courage and enthusiasm among the citizens in this section, the result of which terminated in the formation of McCormick County. P. G. FOOCHE. Groceries. Prominent among the mercantile establishments, that have been so largely instrumental in creating for McCormick the reputa tion of being the most progressive commercial center in this en tire section, is the well known grocery store of P. G. Fooche, lo cated on Main Street and occupying a large brick store house op posite the C. & W. C. passenger station. Modern throughout and managed upon the most equitable and efficient plan, this store has won the confidence and patronage of hundreds of people in the town of McCormick and surrounding territory. Its handsome display of table foods in glass, tin and hermetically sealed packages, consisting of condiments, fruits, fish, vegetables, meats and delicacies, indicates the selection of a dealer who makes a scientific study of his business, and is eminently qualified to supply the trading public with the world’s best pro ducts in pure table foods. The following specials alone will further indicate the character of good things to eat carried in this assort ment of fancy and staple groceries: Hams and bacon that are con ceded by epicures to be the acme of perfection in cured meats; canned fruits and vegetables, retaining the natural fresh fruit and Vegetable flavors; the best lines of crackers, cakes and sweets; the best brands of flour and meal and fresh fruits of all kinds while in season. The elements of carrying a full and complete line of fancy and staple groceries and of maintaining a policy of honorable deal ing, has made the establishment of P. G. Fooshe the most popular and thoroughly up-to-date grocery Btore in McCormick County. Mr. Fooshe moved to McCormick from Greenwood, S. C., about nine years ago and became associated with the firm of Price-Fooshe Co., and as the business manager of that concern. He withdrew, however, in 1912, and entered the grocery business alone, which venture has proven most profitable both to himself as a business enterprise and to the community as an industry that adds mater ially to its commercial institutions. Mr. Fooshe has been a most successful business man and he is conceded to be the most capable grocery man McCormick has ever had. He is a man of sterling qualities and is ever ready to assist in any undertaking that will be of benefit to the community. He took an active part in the new county movement and helped the cause in every possible way, lending his influence and material support in a most liberal man ner. Mr. Fooshe is a citizen that McCormick is proud of. R. M. FULLER & CO. Drugs. f One of the most essential features to the business life of a com munity is a high class drug store—one that maintains a high standard of efficiency and reliable management. These desirable principles are admirably adhered to in McCormick by the R. M. Fuller and Co., the large drug store on Main street just two doors from the Bank of McCormick. For more than fourteen years this drug store has occupied a leading position in the community and has built up a reputation among the people of this entire section for handling the best of pure {Irugs, chemicals, medicines and drug sundries. In addition to the regular line of drugs and pharmaceutical preparations, they are agents for several proprietary remedies that have become popular as household safe-guards to the health of the family; agents for fine candies and confections; dealers in the best lines of smokers supplies, fine stationery and toilet articles.