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springs which possess valuable medici¬
nal propertie One of these. Garnet
springs, is near a little stream and
densely shaded, ferns and wild flowers
growing in profusion around. This i-
a beautiful spot and exactly ‘suited t<»
picnic purposes, for which it is fre¬
quently used.
SOCIETV.
As the town has gradually increased
in population, the society ha co iit i n-
ued to improve. Toccoa can speak with
pardonable pride of her fair and cul-
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■lOCCOA I UP.NITURE AND I UMBER COMPANY.
lured ladies and her courteous and BUSINESS MOUSES.
intelligent gentlemen. A majority of Toceoa’s business
In the summer a person passing houses are built of brick, and most of
through our town could form no ade- j | i) tMn ;ir t» good sized buildings. One of j
quate conception of its size, the houses the largest of these is the new brick
being scattered around on hills and in store house of Matheson, Mabry cS:
lower places, and densely shaded. It l*ayne, which is nearly completed. It
was our intention to put on the front is about 100 x 30, two stories high, with
page of this issue a half-page eut rep¬ a basement.
resenting a bird’s-eye view of the town, MANUFACTORIES.
but when our photographer looked The mantifac!uring interests of our
around he said it was impractical to do town are not many, but upon them and
this, for the trees would conceal a large other enterprises of a like character de¬
proportion of the houses. pend, principally, the future of our
PARKS. town. First in importance comes the
Just in tin* rear of the depot is a FURNITURE FACTORY,
park owned by tlu* R. & D. road. It operated by the Toccoa Furniture and
embraces four or five acres, and is green Lumber company. The officers of this
and pretty. Near the center of the are, J. B. Simmons, president; W. R.
place is another park, which is owned Ware, vice-president; and W. (’. Ed-
by the town. This contains a pavilion wards, secretary and treasurer. Mr.
in the center, several walks tinder shape- j E(|wards is aiso a traveling salesman
ly trees, and the “green grass grows all for t bis factory, and bis good work on
around and around.” Not much work the road has been an important fac¬
and expense would be required to tor in the amount of business transact¬
make this a very attractive little ed by it. J. E, Greene is general super¬
park. intendent, \V. J. Suttles ^superintend¬
RESIDENCES. ent of the lumber business, 1{. W, Hall
A walk all over our town would is foreman of the machine shops, 0, II.
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bring to view several handsome resi¬
dences and many pretty and cosy ones.
The town being still young and most
of the houses new, they look fresh and
neat.
Conspicuous among the residences of
our town,both on account of* location
and architecture, is t he elegant home ot
Mr. \\\ R. Bruce, a cut of which we
give. It occupies one of the most com¬
manding points in town, and its at¬
tractiveness is increased by a beautiful
flower yard.
The residence of Mr. A. 11. McAllis¬
ter, a cut of which appears elsewhere,
is a commodious and desirable one.
The front porch is embowered in
vines and the yard contains some very
ornamental shrubbery.
Mr. J. I.. Martin's house is a new
one, and one of the handsomest in
town. The cut of it is excellent.
The dwelling of Mr. T. S. Davis is a
large house of modern construction,
and quite tasty in appearance.
YY'e had intended to have a cut of
Rev. P. S. Whitman’s attractive home,
but the negative of it was broken on
the way to Atlanta. Mr. YV hitman's
lot is a most picturesque one. A tiny
stream ripples along within twenty
feet of his house, and its banks are em¬
erald with ferns and grasses and flow¬
ers. A number of stately beech trees
afford dense shade, and an old-lashion-
ed spring adds to the completeness of
tlie scene. There is so much greenness
there that one can scarcely realize that
he is in town, and can easily imagine
that he is gazing upon some pictur-
esque bit of rural scenery.
There are many other nice residences
and pretty yards in town, Among
these may be mentioned those of
T C. Vickery, E. 1 *. Simpson, Mrs. H.
Y\\ Jones, Capt. Jas. YVilson. E.
Schaefer, G..YY\ Edwards, the Methodist
parsonage, YY*. C. Edwards, S. V. Dav¬
enport, Dr. J. N. West and others.
CHURCHES.
Toccoa has good church advantages,
having three white and two colored
churches.
The Methodists have a spacious;
church and a large membership. Rev.;
B. I’. Allen i> the pastor, and he serves j
no other church but this one.
The I'resbyterian church \~ quite a
nice edifice. That denomination is
strong here, and it i- likely that here-
after there will he preaching in that
church every Sunday instead of twice a
month. Rev. f.. A.Simpson, t he pastor
has served this church for eight years.
The Baptists here are not numerous,
but they have increased rapidly within
tin* pant year or two. Rev. A. E.
preaches tyvi a month in th* 1J pt 1st
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Mitcham is foreman of the paint room,
Col. S. V. Davenport is shipping clerk
and L. 1*. Cook is book-keeper. All of
these men understand their business
ami perform their work satisfactorily.
This factory is situated in the edge of
town, between the Richmond & Dan¬
ville and the Elberton Air-Line rail¬
roads. Few people, even here, are
aware of the size and importance of the
furniture factory, i he plant covers
ten and one-half acres and contains
40,001) square feet ot floor space. From
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anHU , n t of business transacted this year
will probably reach $90.0tK). and the
f urn j ture made here is sold in Georgia,
south Carolina. North Carolina, Ala-
bama and Florida. The steam dry kiln
turn out daily i >.000 feet of lumberjuid
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the amount of dressed lumber
handled there annually is about
2,000,000 feet. This factory makes a
specialty of medium-priced furniture,
turning out bureaus, tables, safes, etc.
But thev manufacture also some hand-
some oak furniture, the bedroom suites
of which are sufficiently nice for any-
one.
THE TOCCOA HEWS: Friday * i L» v - 4. 893.—TRADE EDITION.
This factory was established iti 1890.
Mr. J. B. Simmons was the prime mm-
er in this enterprise. He argued that
right here lumber is very cheap, hands
do not net su much as those who work
in a city other expenses arc lighter
than those of factories in a city, and
therefore a furniture factory would pay
here.
He interested others in the matter
and the result was that the Toccoa F
& L. Co. was organized with a
paid up capital of £15,000. Since then
$15,000 more ha< been paid in. That
Mr. Simmons was right in his conclii-
sions, has been proven. The first year
this factory did a business of $40,000,
and though it has been in operation
only about three years,and then during
the greatest stringency of a quarter ol
a century, this year it is likely that
the volume of business will reach the
$1)0,000 mark. The success of this fac-
tory is due, in a great measure, to Mr.
Simmons, who devotes his whole time
and energies to its affairs.
The furniture factory is an import-
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ploytnent to many, and its monthly
pay-roll is about $2,500. It furnishes
also a market for much lumber. The
factory has been running regularly ten
hours per day all the summer and, we
learn, will soon nearly double the force
of hands.
THE TANNERY.
The Toccoa Leather company’s plant
affair. lacks a good is situated deal of being a one-horse
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eni portion of town and is operated by
H. M. Payne and H, A. McAllister, YY r .
C. Allen is the tanner, The necessary
buildings for this work coyer much
space, as will be seen by a glance at
; ^j, e 0 f tliis enterprise. About thirty
ii am j s ar e employed at the tannery,and
the output is about 5,000 pieces of liar-
ness leather and ’45,000 pieces of upper
leather yearly, valued at $05,000. This
Wathpr is shipped to several states.
The importance of this manufactory
to Toccoa and it# vicinity is shown bj
the following figures:
Yearly wages paid $100t)0
^» 1 ,d , * oun ^ s J b*)Ugtif pt J* n in . bark this bought section 2.000
The tannery lias been in operation
about three years and has done a re=
munerative business. In order to keep
up with the increasing trade it was
neoessar v thar the tannery should be
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enlar " ed * Additions to the buildings
are going on now and w ill be com-
I leted in a few days.
There i good reason why a tannery
should pay here. I.abor is cheap,hides
can be bought reasonably and as this
is a finely timbered section tan bark is
plentiful and not high,
S. A. McAllister devot *••• liis time to
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II. & I». RAILROAD.
Toccoa has no competing I n - of
railroad, but under the wise and liber¬
al policy of the R. A D. she is treated
with justice. Her freight rates an v
fair, her mail and passenger facilities
are all that sh ■ can ask. and the offi¬
cials here show our people ail courtesy
and accommodation. We receive 7
daily mails, (! of which our clever post¬
master is ready to deliver in 10 min¬
utes alter arrival. The tra\ding pub¬
lic is certainly under great obligation
to Supt. Dodson for the present pas¬
senger schedule. On the main line one
may go to Atlanta, have t lie entire day
for business and return home by bed¬
time. Or an Atlantian may leave alter
business hours, spend Saturday night,
Sunday and Sunday night at our de¬
lightful falls and return before busi¬
ness hours on Monday.
E. & D. DEPOT.
On the first page of this issue we
present a splendid picture of our depot
and its surroundings, but one may not
form a correct idea of flu* size of this
building by looking (if thi.* piutMi’Pi U
j s a n ii<e depot, one of the best on the
road. It is about 50 x 100 ,freshly paint-
ed, and contains two nicely furnished
waiting rooms, a roomy office and a
large freight room.
Aijil while speaking of the depot we
desire to say something of the people
who stay there. As a rule a depot
agent and his assistants get a good
deal of “cussing”—at long range—but
suc|| is not the case here, and these are
not “cussed” at short range, either.
It is with pleasure that we say of
those connected with our depot that a
mope accommodating and more pleas-
ant set of men \ye have never seen.
YVhen Mr. J. K. Dixon left the depot
here to go to Athens, there was some
grumbling among our citizens.
Mr. Dixon made a most excellent de-
pot agent, and it was feared that Iii«
successor would not give satis-
faction. That fear was useless.
Mr. J. G. Nelms, who succeeded Mr.
Dixon, has filled the latter’s shoes com-
pletely, and is as genial as he is at-
tentive to bis duties.
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^hief clerk, who is ni(,re acconmioda-
thaq the day is long, for lie will attend
to your warns at pight, and be in a
good humor about it.
J. D. s te en is the “old reliable,” and
keeps straight the express and dispo-
ses of tickets.
J. F. Glenn is the rapid manipulator
of the telegraph key by dav, and he is
a good one.
‘'When the curtains of night a-e pin-
ned back bv the stars,” F. S. Me Avcv
seats himself in front of the telegraph
instruments and sings, “We won” go
home till morning." Frank is a wide-
awake boy and a good operator.
J. T. Hill keeps things straiglG n
the freight r» uu and dee. a thousand
and one other tilings. And yet Tom
is always in a good humor.
B. R. Hill is transfer clerk, and sees
that freight is promptly moved oil” the
R- D. trains to the little narrow-
gauge cars on t he lb A. 1.. and vice
versa. lie has four assistants.
And while speaking of the employes
of.the R. A' D. at this place we shall
not fail to mention H. L. Goc, superir.-
temlent of bridges from Atlanta to
Charlotte, and W. B. New, track in-
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spector of the road from here to At-
lanta and of the Elberton road. Both
of these men are experienced railroad¬
ers, and make this place headquarters,
their families being here.
E. A. L. SHOPS.
The E- A- !>• R. K. and the repair
shops cont ribute materially to Toceoa’s
prosperity. There are about 20 men
employed on the shops and road, under
the control of the genial and courteous
superintendent, Capt. Jas. Wilson. It
is needless to write of “Unde Jimmie”
(so called not because be lias passed
middle life, but because he never loses
his temper), for be is known and ap¬
preciated by all classes of our citizens
and the traveling public. Conductors
Garrett and Manley, engineers Vickery
and McAvoy, firemen Bailey and Acre,'
employes Harris, Hanvey, Fiquette,
Greene and Love are upright and in¬
dustrious. The pay-roll,including the
compress, is about $ 1,000 per month.
It is a pleasure to travel on the E. A.
L. Capt. Garrett, “Charley” as he is
called by his intimate friends, is a
model eonducfoi'-^thoi'ough in every
detail of his business, affable and cour¬
teous to passengers. Ilis coaches are
neat and clean, his train making a fast
mail schedule. Altogether one will not
find a more pleasant train than this.
Capt. Manly, clever and accommoda¬
ting, goes out in the pleasant hours of
the early morning and returns in
the cool of the afternoon, so that on
the E. A. L. we have a perfect schedule.
CANNING FACTORY.
* ioccoa Canning company is a
new institution, and we cannot give
many figures in reference to it. 1 bis
company was organized about three
n,on ^ ,t a ^° 11 capital stock ot
$2,o00. Asa proof of Toceoa’s pro-
gressivencss \ve mention the fact that
without Iiolijii)^ public meetings
the amount of subscriptions desired
was obtained easily in two days’ can¬
vass. This factory lias a capacity of
a h° u t 3,000 cans, daily, It has been in
operation only two or three weeks, and
has canned blackberries, beans and
peaches. It will use more tomatoes
than anything else, and will give em-
ployment to about twenty persons in
the busiest season. About twelve
pai}4s ; seyeral of whom are ladies, work
thete qp^.
It is helievad tfiat tfie cannifig factor
ry will be worth much to this section,
It will encourage the raising of vege-
tables, for w hich the soil here is pe-
culiTU adapted, and furnish a mar-
ket for peaches and blackberries. Many
a person will be glad to be able to
bring to the canning factory, in the
dullest season of the year, a gallon or
two of blackberries or a bushel of
peaches and get the cash for them. And
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then it should be a good investment
t\jj the stockholders, for canning fac-
tories in Georgia have made good prof-
its.
The officers of this factory are, II. M.
Payne, president; W. ,1. Hayes, viet-
president; 0. II. Dance, secretary; W.
R. Bruce, treasurer. The superintend-
cut is C. V. Whitworth, of Virginia.
OUR BANK.
Vn institution of which we are proud
is the Toccoa Banking company. The
bank is located in a nice brick build-
ing and is well fitted up for business.
The officers are, R. I). Yow, president;
W. A. Matheson, vice-president; YV. R.
Bruce, cashier. Occasionally you see a
man occupying some position in life
for which it seems nature intended
him. Just so in the case of Mr. Bruce.
No man could have been selected to as¬
sume the responsibilities of cashier of
this bank, in whom the people have
greater confidence, both as to integrity
and financial judgment, than have
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they in Mr. Bruce. Yfajor .j. M. Freer
man is the skilled book-keeper fpr the
bank. The capital stock of the Tocco a
Banking company is $5fi,0'}0, and
though it was established only two
years ago, it is a solid institution ami
lias declared good dividends.
DAVIS’ VARIETY WORKS,
lion. T. S. Davis was one of the pion¬
eers in the business and settlement of
Toccoa, and has remained one of her
important factors. He owns and
ates a large planing mill and grist
mill. He is supplied with machinery
for bouse finishing work of every de>-
oription. He makes moulding and
brackets, sash and stair work, fine
doors and mantels—guarantees as fine
&opk %s gan be done in Atlanta, and
per cent.cheaper. His business amounts
to $10,000 per year.
c. w. xowell.
Thi . b0UM> like moet „ f tbe other
here, carries a general asortment of
inerch irrlis • and n prep ireJ t<» cite.-
to Ui» needs of inn: anyone. Mr.
Nowell has been a me:c iant here for
twelve years or more, and by square
dealing h is built lip a good trade.
EDWARDS * DANCE.
This is another of Toceoa’s sterling
and rising young firm They carry a
large stock of dry goods and clothing,
family groceries and furniture. By
their pluck and business talent these
young men have fought their way to
the front, and despite such a dull year
as that of 1892 their sales amounted
ti* more than forty thousand dol¬
lars.
E. P. SIMPSON & CO.
This firm is one of the foremost in
our city. They ileal in machinery of
all kinds,engines, portable and traction,
saw mills, shingle mills, syrup mills
and evaporators, rakes, mowers and
reapers, machinery .supplies of all
kinds, sewing machines and organs.
They deal largely in shingles and rep¬
resent several of the most prominent
fire insurance companies.
Each member of the firm is a public-
spirited citizen with an unbounded
love for Toccoa and confidence in her
future. The head of the firm, Mr. E.
1*. Simpson, began business 14 years ago
with no capital except his brains and
energy. He is now one of our largest
tax payers.
D. W. EDWARDS.
Though a young man 1). W. Edwards
is an experienced business man,having
been identified with the mercantile
interest of our town for several years.
He came liereahnost penniless and has
succeeded ill accumulating some prop¬
erty, besides doing a good business, lie
carries a stock of general merchandise.
VICKERY BROTHERS.
•When you need a cold drink Vick¬
ery’s is the place to get it. And it may
be truthfully said that this is a pop¬
ular place in winter as well as in
suminer, for there is kept a nice line
of confectioneries, fruits, fancy and
family groceries. Both of the mem¬
bers of this firm are young men full
of energy. They have built up a good
trade by deserving it.
BRIGHT M(%1V-NK1N t CO;
This is a new firm, heipg composed
of -j. J. fright, Iff. J. McJunkin ant}
Sam McJ ii ii Kin. Mr ; Bright is an ojd
inerehanf—ip thp business, eximrippcp—and \yejj the (narir
ages as as post-
office. }(r. McJunkin too niuefi
practicp Sam, to stay ip a store, hut fiis sop
tfie youthful Bpigjif, meiplmr of the fif-m,
clerks fjiere. .Mejupkin fc Co,
have been in business about six
months, and they think their sales for
181)3 will amount to about $10,000.
J. L. MARTIN.
J. L. Martin has watched every inch
of Toceoa’s growth, having been in
business here since 1875. He keeps a
full stock of general merchandise and
deals also in lumber and shingles. His
sales last year amounted to over $32,000.
BROWN A MITCHELL.
This is another firm of young men
whose public spirit and business sa-
gaeity have won the respect of the
community and placed them among
the first of our merchants. They carry
a general line of merchandise and deal
in shingles. Last year was the first of
their partnership, worth' and yet they did
more than $25,000 of business.
w M. KIIGO.
YYL M, Rilgo is the latest mer cantile
candidate fur the trade of the stKe?V
but he is “getting there just the
He keeps the best grades of faHrily
groceries, a full line of dry goods. >:r.is,
etc. He is headquarters for dress
goods ami makes a specialty of fine
shoes. Notwithstanding the unprece¬
dented hard times he will sell $ 20,000
worth of goods this year.
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niana^hi^ t'hoMJjlin.--”' ^with thc ^is^
sistance of his brother. E. R. Davis. Dr.
J^avis does an extensive medical prae-
t i< ’ e ’ to °- The dr,, J? store carries a full
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a ” d U alU^^LiiTp^'l^^nier’’ good’
safe gfatipnery, business, etc. This firm dws a
and that they “cover the
ground” is proved the fact that
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