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TRADE EDITION—TIMES ENTERPRISE, THOMASVILLE, GA.
KIRBY PLANING MILL.
and :
! Pio
Well Ki'tflhlfohfri and Progress! v<
Lumber and Woodwoiklng Man
UfACtor).
The Kirby Planing Mill Compa
ny has, since 1903, been prominent
ly Identified with the lumber trade
of this territory and has establshed
a reputation for honest .business
methods, wide scope of stock car-
60,000 feet daily
ibout seventy-five men at the
J mills. In order to facilitate the
handling of timber the company are
now building tram roads through
their land, which will connect with
the railroad at Boston, Ga. These
tram roads are laid with steel rails,
and the ears will be hauled by”
rled and
able pric
erond
to none In Georgia.
lumber and opt
oodworking facte
planing mil
•y at Thorn
engln
ral
ly east of the clt
lantlc Coast Line
ways, giving the
ping facilities.
nd A. & B
admirable
They
and dr
tie
beln
shingles and lath, in (e
lumber from the stumi
lshed product of high c
material.
nu fact u re
1 lumber, their special-1
looring, ceiling, molding, i
The well known reputation of th<
Kirby Planing Mill Company fo
high' grade manufactured material
'>nd prompt shipments is a strong
factor In drawing to them an ev
increasing trade and was an u
gent reason in causing their recent
Increase ot capacity. At the jfeser
rate of growth it is only a matte
of a short time until they /Will be
compelled to still further Increase
^ their facilities.
1 ,The officers are E. M. Smith,
ral1 * president, also president of
ship- Bank of Thomasville, C. \V. Kir
by, vice-president and general man-
11 rough a 8 er * and William McKay, secreta-
1 ry ct)(l I n-asurer.
E. M. MALLETTE.
every effort. He has filled the con-
j tractg j Qr j n j er j or decorating and
A Capable Enterprising and Respon- J painting on the best houses in the
THOM AS VILLE ICE CO.
sible Real Estate and Insurance
Agent Meeting with Marked Sue
dlrect-
rk the
flu*
to thi
iss building
The
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enslv
buslne
to fo
J. IV. WATKINS & CO.
Buyers and Dealers in Wool, Hides,
Ohl Rope, Raw Furs, Skins and
Iron Ralls and Buyers and Ship
pers of Country Produce.
J. W. Watkins & Company are
E. M. Mallette has been In the real
estate and Insurance business here
for the past eighteen years and has
many important and desirable prop-
and
erties listed with him, in city
country property, improved and
Improved and has a large list of de
slrable building lots and residences
and good desirable farms
for sale,' and for rent many city* prop
ertiea of various values, Including
some furnished homes, for winter
residents. Mr. Mallette devotes
of his time to his business and
an experienced and competent judge
of real estate values.' He is a thor
oughly progressive man in his line,
and keeps not only abreast, but even
ahead of the times in local real es
tate matters. He Is now preparing
to open, up a very extensive addi
tion of desirable building iots, locat
ed In the northeast part of the city,
comprising about fifty acres, which
begins within three blocks of the
court house, as Is convenient to tfae
heart of town. .It is his intention
make this addition first class in ev
ery way, tuilding regulations will
prevent the erection of Inferior
KIRBY PLANING MILL-PLANING MILL AND WOOD WORKING FA TfOKY.
i that fairly
nslderatlon.
local trade
special
lowest
compels favor*
They also do
which requires'
a high grade ot material and a num
ber of teams are constantly busy de
livering the supply to city custo
mers. They are noted for -their
careful attention to all orders which
receive prompt delivery on all oc
casions, an important Item with the
builder and constructor.
The planing mill and woodwork
ing factory is Equipped with the
most Improved machinery known to
latter-day processes for this class of
work and includes a number of
machine^, one of which Is n
band-saw which enables
manufacture lumber at the
:ost. The plant Is operated
by 100 II. P. engine and two Cfi
II, P. boilers and has Its own elec
tric light system. They have their
own repair nnd filing room for the
care of saws, tools, etc., used in the
establishment and have expert ma
chinists employed In this work.
They have two fify kilns 20x70 feet
with ir*.MU» to L’u.nou i.vt dally ra
padty, heated by steam, using three
miles of pipe in these kilns, and
thoroughly dry all lumber—no part
ly dried lumber is'ever aljowed to
leave this factory. All material is
carefully Inspected and their stand
ard of grading is the very highest.
This institution handles from three
to four million feet of lumber per
annum, and from forty to fifty peo
ple are employed.
The Kirby Planing Mill Company
began business early In 1903 with
a capital stock of 317,000 wLI^h was
recently increased \o $90,000 in or
der to enable tUepi to Increase their
f facilities of obtaining lumber—the
demand for lumber in this section
having become bo great that they,
were forced to buy their future
stock and have recently- acquired
two sawmills located eight and ten
miles from this city, and a largo
tract of the beat timber land in
Thomas county with enough timber
on it to last them for the coming
ten years.
These two sawmills each have
a present capacity of 15,000
fed per day* one of which will
shortly he replaced with a new mill
and equipment with capacity of 30,-
000 ta to.OOO feet daily, which will
well known <o the trade of an ex
tensive territory. They are buyers
of large quantities ot wool, hides,
wax, raw furs, skins, iron rails, old
ropo, canvass, brass, lead and zinc.
Their business is a large one and
some idea of its proportions can be
gained by the fact that they handle
from 75,000 to 100,000 pounds of
wool, about 300,000 pounds ot bides
and 10,000 fur skins per nnnum.
T)t«y also buy, pack and ship coun
try produce In butter, eggs and poul
try and handle quite a large amount
of second-hand furniture. They re
ceive shipments from Georgia, Ala-
,ma and Florida and ship to the
vnrioiia users of these products in
different parts of the country. Ttys
business htiB steadily grown and la
now the largest of its kind in this
part of the state.'
They occupy large quarters at
330-332 Wqst Jackson street, where
they have the best of storage facil
ities; they also have offices and
warorooms in Brunswick, Ga.
The business was started in Thom-
nsvllle In 1905 nt which time the
present manager, Mr. J. B. Wat
kins, came here from Fernandina,
Fla., where he had been engaged
in business for several years. The
impany have ample capital for
■irrylng on their large and constant
ly Increasing business nnd by locat
ing here have established a valuable
market for the various classes of
products carried by them, and in so
doing have conferred an inestimable
benefit on the farmers of this imme
diate vicinity. They always pay
the highest market prices and the
large amount of money they pay out
annually fog produce finds its way
Into every channel of trade in the
city and confers a great benefit to
the community.
The borinMg has been established
abont fifteen years and Mr. J.
Watkins, -the local manager, has
been connected with it tor ten
years.- He im n-natlvo of Bonth Car
olina. but has lived in Georgia tor
fifteen years. He is well known
throughout this territory and looks
after all details ot the business In
a careful and exacting ros-nner.
The company is a responsible one
and sellers of all kinds of produce
handled by them will do well to
investigate, the advantageous otters
houses and It has the best of sewer
age.-wait; and light facilities which
will nmko tli.'c property most desira
ble for teller class houses. It
owned by Mr. Vnbrtio end will be
sold on terms tn suit the puichaser.
Ho aiso j-V nr many renting proper
ties nr.d colls n number of houses.on
monthly payments. lie takes charge
of properties fui outside partite, col
lecting rents, piij ins taxes, insurance
etq.,,on'd la n rclxlilc and responsible
agent and la hiiidiibg a number ot
renting piciiertlca for non resident
'property owners..
Mr., Mallette rlso ic; resents a
number of first clues fir- Insurance
cnnin.-iiiles end does considerable
business In (Ida line. Baring hta
elgh'een years of business here, many
valuable pieces of property have pass
ed through Mr. Muliettc's hands
and some pieces many times. He
has been a resident of Thomasville
26 years; a native of Camden coun
ty, he came, to Thomas county in
1873 and to Thomasville in 1879,
and was engaged Ip the mercantile
line here for four years before en
tering Into the real estate business.
He owns a real amount of property
here much of it renting property and
is a director in the Cltlsena' Banking
and. Trust Company and in the
Thomasville Real Estate and
provemebt Company. He has
well appointed office In the Mitchell
House block .which he has occupied
for over ten years.-
give them a sawmill capacity of made by J. W. Watkins & Company.
iAMES H. BROWN.
A Successful and Artistic Painter
and Decorator With More Than
n Local Reputation.
James H. Brown has made
splendid reputation throughout this
section of the state as an artistic
decorator and painter of more than
usual ability and by his high class
work has built up a reputation of
more than local extent. He it. an
expert in his line and la known at
a man of marked ability in his par-
tlgnlar calling, and one of the ut
most reliability and is counted a
sterling citizen. *
Mr. Brown came to Thomasville
in 1895 and believing this to
be a good location took up
his residence and opened up for
business. Success has attended his
city and on many public buildings,
amongst his many contracts may be
mentioned some Important ones,
such as the decorating of the res
idences of H. W. Harris. C. S. He-
bard, Charles Hebard, W. D. Reece,
J,. C. Strawbrldge, C. B. -Parsons,
Mrs. J. Wyman Jones, O. H. Payne,
the Cquntry Club, Piny Woods Hotel
and many others. He Is now work
ing on the J. H. Wade and Mrs. W.
A. Tower country homes. He em
ploys about 35 people.
Mr. Brown has had twenty years
experience in his special line and
learned his trade with some of the
best artists of the country-. He. has,
for many years, been connected with
the firm of J. B. Sullivan, & Broth
er, of Chicago, one of the oldest and.
largest concerns of its kind in the
United States.
Mr. Brown Is a member of one
of the pioneer families of Chica-
his father locating there in
1846. He is ft man of good attain
ments and has made hosts of warm
personal friends during his resi
dency in Thomasville. He has prop
erty Interests here and la a mem
ber of the Elks. Mr. Brown was a
member of the Thomasvflle Guards
for six year* afad Its captain for
the past year.
THE SOUTHERN SAWMILL CO.
Doing nn Entendre Business In the
Buying nnd Selling of Construc
tion Material for Railway Pur
poses.
What la unquestionably a very im
portant industry wltn headquarters
in Thomasville. Is -.the Southern
Sawmill Company, buyers and sell
ers of construction materials for
railway purposes, Including bridge
and car timbers and general railway
construction lumber, of which the#
handle from twenty to twenty-five
million feet per annjim. This com
pany buys the entire output of sev
eral ot tbe principal, mills of Geor
gia, Florida, Alabama, and Mlaslssi-
pl, and .keep several ipen on tbe
road buying and selling.
The policy of the company is to
do a conservative business, fill all
contracts with up-to-date material
and fill all orders promptly and od
contract time. That they have suc-
cceded and that their bnalnesa meth
ods met the approval of their custo
mers is proven by their rapidly
growing trade which is extending
Its scope of territory and amount of
material .consumed each and ever#
year. The company maintain offi
ces in the Brighton building.
The Southern Sawmill Company
was incorporated abont three years
ago. It has a capital stock of $25,-
000 and now has a surplus of
about tbo same. R was started by
Mr. E. E. Mack, tbe president and
active head of the buiinesa. Tbe
company has ample .capital for con
ducting its business and the man
who * la guiding Its destinies
thoroughly experienced and possess
ed of every business qualification nec
essary to warrant a safe prediction
for marked enccess.
In a word the Southern Sawmill
-Company does not seem to have
overlooked /» single feature, either
the expenditure of money or the
employment ot capable men and they
are therefore In a most advanta
geous position to meet the require
ments of the extraordinary large
demand for their excellent products.
My. E. E. black, the founder ot
the business, its president and ac
tive- head, la a successful business
man, peculiarly and particularly
adapted to this special line as he,
for-many years, was connected with
railroad enterprises and thoroughly
understands their special needs and
requirments. He came to Thomaa-
vitle three years ago from Chattanoo
ga, Tens., to start this Business and
one of the most energetic, popu
lar and successful men in the com
munity. He has a wide acquaintance
throughout the southern states and
tbe manufacturing centers of tbe
North and East. He Is a very sue
ceasful salesman and makes fqp-
quent trips calling on the various
car-building and. railroad compa
nies, users ot the class of material
furnished by this progressive and re
sponsible company. Mr. Mack is
prominent in the Masonic orders. Is
Klnght Templar and a Shriner
.member of the
Manufacturers of Pure Distilled Wa
ter lee and Dealers In Coal,
Wood, Grain, Hay, Etc.
An important Industry and one
that cost a large amount of mon
ey to equip and that bears directly
upon tbe health ot the people Is
that conducted by the Thomasville
Ice Company. They operate a first-
class Ice plant, equipped with mod
ern machinery, use the absorption
system, and have a daily making ca
pacity of twenty-five tons of pure
ice made from deep-well distilled
water.
The product of ice manufactured
by this company is the purest and-
is entirely free from organism or
bacteria. The feat that distilled wa
ter is placed by science as a stand
ard of purity, should convince ail
of the great superiority of the ice
made froth the same as a safe
guard to tbe public health.
The Ice plant is operated by
steam power, using three boilers of
total capacity of 270 H. P. One
of 150 H. P. , has Just been
Installed and Is the largest
boiler in Thomasville. Moat of the
machinery la new and was put in
during the past year. The ice made
by this company la sold throughout
the city and surrounding towns,
and ■lx.wagona. are used in local de
liveries during the summer season.
They also manufacture all kinds
ot carbonated drinks, Including bot
tled . soda, "Cascade," ginger ale,
etc., and are bottlers of pure dis
tilled water absolutely tree from all
' t
about five years and Us secretary
and treasurer during rbat time. Mr.
Dixon also lias an interest Id the
mercantile establishments of D. A.
Dixon & Sons and the firm df Dixon
& Swift. He Is a director in the
Georgia, Bottlers Protective ati&o- -
elation. .
J. II. Nantz, the superintendent,
has been with concern since it was
first organized and during all of
Its numerous changes has remained
faithful in his services. He is a
practical man in the lino and famil
iar with ail the workings of the
business. He Wilt sliortly sever his
connections with the company and
go to Alabama, where he has busi
ness interests.
HAVE WON HIM FAME.
germs, anjmal or mineral impurities.
The company are now building a
Sew building, of concrete and atone,
90x30 feet, two stories, for the bot
tling branch of their business, which
when completed will give them a
largely Increased capacity much
needed In this 'department. Tlreir
bottled products find a ready sale
and are shipped throughout south
ern Georgia..
The Thomasville Ice Company's
plants and warehouses are located
on the Atlantic Coast -Line railway,
which gives' them convenient ship
ping facilities.
Besides the lines mentioned this
company are extensive dealers lb
coal, wood, grain, feed.and hay, and
enjoy a large local trade, employ
ing a number of teams in deliver
ing city orders and care is exercised
In filling all orders promptly. They
have their ownwood-sawing and
splitting machines, operated by
steam power and are in position to
care for this class of trade in a sat
isfactory manner and at, lowest mar
ket rates. From forty to fifty men
are employed in the various depart-
W. Moiler’s Photographs Get
Prizes and Appear in Mag
azines. /
Every visitor as well as. all the
home people know ot A, W. Moller.
whose cozy photograph gallery oc
cupies, a prominent location on
Broad street. Readers of the leads '
Ing magazines also know the Thom
asville photographer through his
work, and be comes mighty near be
ing the man who made Thomaavllle
famous. ' He has csrtqlnly done so
in a pictorial way, and bis pictures
of*tbe scenes of natural beauty, ar
tistic handiwork of man, and pic
turesque negro characters hare won
him more than state wide fame.
Mr. Moller himself is a man.whose
genial personality has contributed
mueb/'to the undoubted success of
his business. Whether soothing a
restless child into a natural attl-'
tude or taking the photo of a mil
lionaire he la always the same af
fable courteous and competent gen
tleman. He la ably assisted by Miss
Rosa Hart, the charming young wo
man who has charge of his recep
tion room. Mr. Moller is a natlvd
of the good old English isle. He
is from , Castle-on-Tyne, England.
Over there he followed the art as
an enthusiastic amatuer. He has
been in Thomofiville since 1886. ~
During that time there ‘have posed
for him many men and women who
stand at tbe head of affairs social
fihanclal and political in nil Ameri
ca. One group of his that might
be called a classic in -the photo
graphic world shows the McKinley. -
the Hobart and the Hanna families \
at the home of the latter in Thom
asville. This'and many other speci
mens of his work have appeared fn
ail the leading magazines. He is an
adept at both exterior and interior
work. His handling ot tinted work
Is especially fine and a bunting
picture of hla took a first prise at
Philadelphia! One of hla most ta-
and
Hoo-
Hoo. order. He occupies a pleas
ant homo on Dawson street where
with ills charming family he fur
nishes lavish and abundant hospi
tality.
THE VASHTI HOME FOR GIRLS.
meats of the buslnes.
The Thomasville Ice Company has
for its officers; Robert Gamble,
president; Albert M. Dixon, secreta
ry. and treasurer, and John H.
Nantz, snperintendeni. The ■'com
pany has been tn business about fif
teen years and came Into toe con
trol ot Mr. Robert Gamble in 1900.
it is incorporated with a capital , Mr. Moller also does picture tram-
... .in nnn wilt c—»i,* . . . picture cram-.
stock ot (40,000 which will shortly
he increased to 150,000, which is
required to carry on this extenslvl
business. \'
Mr. Gamble is one of the lead
ing men of this section ot the,state;
Is a shrewd,' capable business man
and one of large" Internets here and
in Jacksonville, Fin., being president
and general manager of the Florida
ice Manufacturing Company, the
largest of Its kind in the Sooth.
Mr. Gamble operated the Thomas-
ville electric light and gas plants,
acquiring them in 1900. He dts-.
continued the gas plant and practi
cally rebuilt the electric light plant,
Placing In it a modem and up-to-
date, equipment, he has recently
sold It to the city, possession to be
given aanuary l,-1906. •
The business of thfe Thomasvtlle
Ice Company la under the personal
management of Mr. A. M. Dixon,
the secretary and treasurer, a young
jman of remarkable business ability
mona pictures was that of shortstop
Long, Billy Lufcch and DeMontre-
rille of the famous Bdston National
baseball team. .They were tiken In
action at the ball park here and
the picture actually shows the ball
whirling through the air. The Bos
ton Herald devoted a full page of
one of Its Issues to this picture.
Ing and In fact is an expert in every
thing pertaining to 'modern photog
raphy. This is no idle phrase for
the dignity of both a science and an
art
who has been with this company
Practically all of the photographs
from which cuts for this edition
were made, are the work of Mr. Mol
ler. They speak louder than words
can of hla efficiency. Everybody for
miles around comes to Thomaavllle
when they want a really good pic
ture made. Mr. Moiler’s gallery is
the only one in the city. Others
have been here at different, times,
straggled for a season and then gone
away leaving the field to him. This
In itself Is no small tribute to his
photographic' prowess and business
ability. He covers the field and
Thomaavllle people have never felt
that competition is the life of pho
tography. In fact they point with
pride to Holler’s gallery as one local
Institution that, stands absolutely at
the head of Its clast in Georgia, or
in the South.