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TEN McCORMICK AND McCORMlCK COUNTY, 8. C. This store also operates a large and beautiful fountain from which all sorts of delightful soft drinks and cream of pure fruit flavors are dispensed, while dainty tables are arranged convenient ly for,its patrons. The prescription department, under the able personal super- , , * ; », • vision of the manager of the concern, W. B. Quarles, has won the fullest confidence of physicians and the public alike, for preparing all pharmaceutical compounds promptly, accurately and with the utmost reliability. This enterprising concern is owned by two of the most effi cient business and professional men in this section of the State, Dr. R. M. Fuller, a native of Edgefield county, a part of which is now in McCormick county, who graduated from the Georgia Medi cal College of Augusta, Ga. He came to McCormick shortly after completing his professional education and began the practice of jnedicdine, having since built up a large clientele and taken active part in the commercial activities of the town. W. B. Quarles, the other member of the firm, also a native of Edgefield County is a practical pharmacist of 12 years of actual service, came to McCor mick and entered business with Dr. Fuller under the present firm name of R. M. Fuller & Co. Mr. Quarles has also been very active in the commercial life and industrial progress of McCormick and is a business man of exceptional qualifications, interested in com mercial and financial institutions, being a member of the board of directors of the Bank of McCormick. Among the men who were most active In tne new county movement, none took a greater interest or lent more substantial influence and material support toward the cause than did Dr. Fuller and Mr. Quarles. It is conceded that there are not two more public spirited, solid, broad-guaged, enterprising citizens than the two gentlemen above mentioned. T. J. PRICE CO. General Merchandise. Among the mercantile houses of McCormick which have been intimately associated and closely identified with its commercial growth for upwards of six years, none occupies a stronger posi tion in the confidence of the trading public throughout this en tire section than does the well known merchandising establish ment of T. J. Price Co., occupying the large brick store building with entrances both on Main and Augusta streets. This large general merchandising house has built up a busi ness reputation that is unsurpassed, as a result of years of main taining a policy based upon fair and equitable dealings and of giv ing honest values at as low prices as is consistent with sound business principles. The main store is stocked with complete lines of high grade dry goods, dry good sundries and the staples; shoes, hats, laces, embroideries, ribbons, notions and fancy fabrics for fine garments, suitable to all seasons and occasions. A department is given over to groceries of all kinds, including fancy table foods and the heavy staples, while another department is devoted to hardware, tools and gears. A two story warehouse is also maintained by this enter prising concern, where hay, grain and heavy groceries, farm im plements are carried together with a full line of the best fertilizers for farm use. The members of the firm are all successful business men— broadminded and public spirited citizens—who are intimately as sociated with the material progress and moral advancement of McCormick, town and county. T. J. Price, president and general manager, is a gentleman of marked business ability; owner of large farming, as well as commercial interests; was magistrate for a number of years and mayor of the town for six terms. J. Q. Stilwell, vice president, is a large commercial operator, banker, property owner and substantial citizen. L. E. Duncan, secretary- treasurer, is a promising young business man of exceptional quali fications and an expert accountant. All of these gentlemen were vitally interested in the new county movement and much credit for the final success of the cause is justly due them. Mr. Price, however, was one of the hardest workers and most enthusiastic supporters of the move in this whole section. T. J. BENTLEY. Department Store. Foremost among the commercial houses which have contribut ed so largely to the enviable position, now held by McCormick, as a progressive business center surpassed by no other in the State its size, is the successful and influential Department Store, general ly known as “Bentleys,” owned and operated by our eminently qualified and highly successful business man and broad-minded pub lic-spirited citizen, T. J. Bentley, whose phenominal record of hon orable dealings and upright business policy, together with princi ples of right thinking along the lines of live and let live, has placed him upon the exhaulted plain of “best citizenship” among his fellowmen. This large, popular department store, which has gained the confidence of every man, woman and child in McCormick County, and with existing trade relations, with the public, to the extent of thousands of satisfied patrons, in the town and surrounding ter ritory, occupies the spacious brick building on the corner of Gold and Main streets. In one of its departments there is to be found the very latest and most dependable fabrics for every known use, as well as laces, embroideries, ribbons, notions and hosiery. In another department there is everything in ready-to-wear clothing for ladies and children, including shoes. Another department is given over to mens and boys furnishings, clothing, haberdashery, hats and shoes. And still another department is devoted to fancy table and heavy groceries. It is conceded that “Bentleys” carries the best and most de pendable lines of merchandise and that this fact alone has built his business up to an enviable state. Of all those men and institutions herein represented, none de serve a higher position or more special mention than does “Bent leys,” the department store, and T. J. Bentley the man—the solid substantial citizen. * STROM’S. Gents Furnishings. Modern in every respect, a model of perfection and an estab lishment that would be a credit to the larger metropolitan centers, is the clothing and gents furnishing house, popularly known as “Strom’s,” situated on Main street in McCormick. This progres sive store, with its up-to-dateness conspicuously shown in its ev ery detail of business policy, is an example of the prosperity and forward move of community enhancement now prevalent in this fast growing municipality. Strom’s is owned and operated by C. B. and Clifton Strom, two brothers who are natives of Edgefield County, a part of which is now in McCormick county, both of which are well known through out western South Carolina and beyond, for their exceptional busi ness qualifications and sterling worth as splendid gentlemen of a high order of good citizenship, despite the fact that they are young men of only a few years of commercial activity to their credit. In stock at Strom’s there is always to be found the very latest styles and patterns of mens and boys clothing, tailored by the best known reliable manufacturers who put into their products the finest fabrics and the most stylish designing as well as the most reliable workmanship procurable. Shoes for men, women and children are selected from the biggest and best manufacturers with a view to supplying the public with the very best at the lowest pos sible prices. Shirts, neckwear and mens necessities, including everything a man wears, is bought with all the care that experience ensplres and the patrons of Stroms have come to know that de pendable merchandise is always to be found there at as low a cost as is consistant with sound business principles. Both the gentlemen connected with this establishment have had valuable training, in the line of business they are in, having spent several years in some of the large business houses of Augusta and Greenwood. In the new county movement, these men were vitally interested and they never fail to support any enterprise that will result in good for the community, as is evidenced by their hearty cooperation in making this New Era Journal possible. They are good substan tial citizens and business men of a high efficiency and the store of Strom’s is recognized as among the leading commercial enter prises of this community. G. B. & J. L. SMITH. Groceries. In publishing an account of the industries of McCormick County that have added to the progress and prosperity of the community in which they are located, no other concern is deserving of more special mention than is that of G. B. & J. L. Smith, the well known and fast growing grocery establishment, of McCormick. This enterprising commercial house deserves mention in this New Era Journal, not only on account of its magnitude and posi tion, among the leading commercial institutions who contribute so largely toward the reputation of McCormick as an enterprising trade center, surpassed by no other town its size in the whole State, but also on account of its unusual distinction of being owned and operated by two of the youngest business men in the borders of McCormick County, and their phenominal success in having won the confidence of the people throughout this entire section. In this modern grocery store there is always to be found an im mense and most complete stock of domestic and fancy table foods in neat packages, tin, glass and cartons, displayed in the most artistic manner on shelves, tables and ornamental stands, calcu lated to gratify the tastes of the most exacting housewife. Be-