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TRADE EDITION.
THE ATHENS BANNER.
TRADE EDITION.
THE FIRM OF TALMADGE BROS. & CO.
LEADING WHOLESALE GROCERS.
This Business Was Established Thirty Three Years Ago by Two Athenian Brothers, Messrs. Clovis C. Talmadge and John E.
Talmadge. From an Humble Beginning it Has Developed to Giant Proportions. IMow Occupies Over 25,000 Feet of
floor Space and Represents a Capital of $125,000. Proprietors of the Model Meal Mill, Which Has an Output of
800 Bushel per Day. Firm Gonsists of Major J. E. Talmadge and His Two Sons, C. A. and J. E. Talmadge, Jr.
The name of Talmadge t« one that ie
closely connected with the Dusiueas his-
torr of Athene.
la 1S09, two brother!. Olotis G. Tal-
madge and John E. Talmadge, having a
fhw yearn before returned from theOon-
f derate army to begin their btuineaa
lif- with nothing bnt good names and
plenty of determination, established a
•mall grooercy store under the firm
name of Talmadge Brother*.
Year by year their butiuMa advanood
in prosperity and extended further and
further in its scope, until today it ranks
among the leading wholesale grocery
businesses of Georgia.
UR. O. A. TALMADGE.
On the death of Capt. O. G. Talmadge
a few years since, the name of the firm
was change, and it now is known as
Talmadge Bros. Co., being composed
of Major John E. Talmadge and his two
sons, Charles A. Talmadge and John E.
Talmadge, Jr.
Major John E. Talmadgo is a nativ-
of Atbens.'and is one of her leading citi
sens. He has served as a city alderman
with marked effect, has been a director
in several of the best financial institu
tions in the olty and is now general
manager of the Union Manufacturing
Company, one of the largest and most
progressive manufacturing establish
ments in Athena
Major Talmadge, as a business man,
knows no supetior in this city, and ns a
citizen, there are none who have tuk -i- I
more interest in the city's wefare. Th.
magnificent proportions of the business
of Talmadge Bros. <& C\ attest his
sound business judgment and hia until
ing energy.
Messrs. Charles A. Talmadge and
John E. Talmadge, Jr., are two
active and energetic young citizens who
have literally grown up in the business
Of whtob they are now partners Tney
inherit the natural business ability of
their father and already have achieved
the highest reputation as business men.
The first establishment of this firm
was in the building that formerly stood
where the Orr Drug Company is now
looated. Their store room was 25 by 00
feet, a total floor apace of 1,550 square
feet. Their capital was limited and their
stock small.
Today their store rooms on Clayton
street cover 25,200 square feet and rep
resent in all probability the largest floor
•pace on a single floor of any
wholesale grocery establishment in
Georgia. From a very small start the
the bu>.ine*s has grown to a point where
the capital invested amounts to $125,000
and the volume of business runs between
tbrae-qaarteis of a million and a million
dollars. Daring the busy seasons of the
year this store is a perfeot hive of indus
try and even in the dull seasons it is
lively enough there in comparison with
other places.
Twenty-eight people are employ, d to
transact all the business of th a firm and
they are busy people too. The bead
bookkeeper is Mr Joshua O. Hutchins,
an acknowledged leader in hia line of
w< rk. Mr. C. G Talmadge is assistant
to Mr. Hutchins and is one of the com-
lug young business men of the oity.
Miss Lavluia Lugund is the accomplish
ed stenographer.
Six of the best trav. King salesmen in
the Slate, whose reputations have been
acquired by long service and square
dealings, are required to attend to the
business of this firm which extends over
this enure section of the Btate and into
South Carolina They sell their goods
to hundreds and hundreds of the best
merchants and give suoh satisfaction
that they always hold their patrons and
extend their bo, iness. These salesmen
are Messrs O. B Buroh, of Cornelia; J.
W. Wilhite, of .Elberton ; H. P. Stan
ton, of Winder; T. W. Tate, of Dahlon-
ega; O. A. Talmadge, of Athens, and O.
H. Cox, of Athens
The salesmen at the store in this oity
are as competent a body of men as ocnld
be gathered together in the service of
any firm. They are Messrs. A G Elder,
O. F. Elder, J. T Mygatt, Julius Y.
Talm tdge, J. O. Mygatt and Joe Wilson
This Arm own and operate the Model
Meal Mill, looated on the Southern
Railway tracks, near the depot. Thls|
plant is thoroughly equipped with the
very latest machinery and has an output
of 800 bushels per day. The mill is in
charge of Mr. R. L. Freeman, a thor
oughly competent miller.
This mill's product is known far and
wide as the best meal on the Southern
market and the mill is run to its full
oapacity all the while. Almost the en
tire output is required to supply the de
mand in the wholesalo grocery business
of Talmadge Bros. & Co.
With such firms as this io her midst
Athens oan always rest assured of suo-
cess.
MR. J. E. TALMADGE. JR.
THE MAGNIFICENT BUSINESS
OF THE ATHENS OIL MILL
One of the Strongest Establishments in Georgia. The Large Plant Equipped With
the Very Best Machinery and Turning Out the Most Satisfactory Product.
Mr. John B. Wier, the Able Manager, and His Efficient Assistants.
The Athens Oil Mill is one of the best
manufacturing industries in the state
and Athens is fortunate in having it
looated here. It is one of the many in
dustries that are fut making Athens a
manufacturing center.
It is a branch of the Southern Cotton
Oil Company, a corporation that has
done more for the development of this
industry in the south than any other
agency, and consequently has been a
stanoob friend of the ronthern farmers
The plant of the Athens Oil Mill is
looated on Pulaski street, near the South
era depot, »nd has splendid shipping
facilities- It was established in 1885.
and la consequently one of the oldest
and best known oil mills in the sooth.
Its equipment is oomplete in every re
spect It* machinery is of the best make
in the country, and as fast as new
machinery it needed to keep the plant
up to the highest standard of efflolency
It is added.
The Athens Oil Mill has a capacity of
fifty tons per day, and throughout the
season ;its machinery is kept going all
the while to torn oat the product of th«
immense amount of ootton seed pur
chased.
The very highest market price is paid
for seed at all times, and this mill never
has to lose time oa aocount of a dearth
of so d In almost every town in this
immediate section there are agents of
Shts company who buy ootton seed and
•bip it to Aihens for manufacturing
purposes here. The reputation of the
Southern Cotton Oil Company for pay
ing the beat prlcea and for equate deal
ing in every particular la such that each
agency doea a large and satisfactory
business. The farmers know where to
•ell their ootton seed to the heal advan-
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Twenty to fifty bands are employed at
the plant of the Athens Oil Mill aud the
pay roll rani from $i 60 to $18 per week
for eaoh employe. This amounts to a
large Item, and from fifty to seventy-
flve thousand dollars are spent in the
oity aonually by this progressive com
pany. Thia in itself makes the Athens
0.1 Mill an establishment that doea
inooh good to the city and an inou try
that it duly appreciated by the people of
Athens.
At this plant the blgheat grade of oot
ton aeed oil la manufactured together
with the other produ its, such as bolls,
meals and Haters. The oil is sold throu t b
Atlanta and the other pro loots in this
city.
The Athens Oil Mill's telephone is
No. 27 and »Dyoue wishing to sell seed
or buy products would do well to ring
up the office, as money can he saved on
soles or purchases by transacting busi-
Utss with i Ills company. I„ foot, one of
the best results flowing t ru m the estab
lishment of this industry in Athens la
the furnubiog of a market for cotton
aeed where the farmer can,dispose of all quantities.
he has at the very brat prices obtainable
The Southern Ootton Oil Company is
presided overby Mr. Samn AT. Morgan,
president, of Richmond, Va , and ils
general offle. n are L. W Haskell, vice-
president; Alan H. Harris, see. and
treasurer, and 0. Fitzsimmons, general
manager. Mr. L A Ransom is man>-
ger fur this district with headquarters
in Atlanta.
Mr. John B. Wier is manager of the
Athens Oil Mill, a position he has hi Id
for the past three years. He Is a native
of Sooth Carolina, and daring the great-
-r part of his Ufs was a traveling man,
^thieving in t^at line of basineaa mnob
•access His management of the aff drs
of the Athens Oil Milt has been emi
nently satisfactory. He is a business
man with (ins qualifications, is popular
with all classes of the people, and con
ducts the affatra of bis company with
signal ability. His connection with
ibis line of business dales back a cam
ber of years.
* Mr. F. J. Oaritbers la the efficient
cashier of this company and no mill In
the country has a bettor superintend
ent than Mr, H. R. Simmons, who fills
that position in the Athens Oil Mill,
Mr. Simmons is recognized as one of the
best superintendents tn the employ of
this large company, and he fully merits
this distinction. Hit assistant Is Mr. J.
B. Bruoo, a talented young man who la
folly posted as to the duties of his posi
tion.
"Daring the present season the Athens
Oil Mill baa been kept exceedingly busy.
A great qaantiiy of seed has been par-
chased at ih* various agencies through
out this section and the miunfaolured
product liu been turned oat in large
WARREN J. SMITH & BROTHER,
LEADING ATHENS DRUGGISTS.
Warreo J. Smith & Bro. enjoy one of
the largeat patronages accorded to any
drag business in this section of Georgia.
They established this baslnesa in 1890
on Broad street, and its rapid growth
caused them io move to tt elr present
location in the Deopree boilding on the
oornerot Broad and Thomas streets,
where they have at least three times the
floor space at their former store.
This drag store requires more flooi
space for its stock than any In the city,
MR WARREN J. SMITH.
aod iu faot Is one of the largest In the
State.
While enjoying a splendid local trade
the Arm of Warren J. Smith & Bro. at
tract their main patronage from the
farmers in six or seven oountles In
Nor* beast Georgia. They fnrnlih drag
supplies to many drag itorea in the dif
ferent towns In this seotlon and to
thooiands of farmers who will parohase
their drags no where else.
Their stock of drags Is oomplete in
every respeot. They carry the largest
•took of patent medicines in the oity,
their prescription department Is up to
tbs highest standard, and the purest and
freshest drags only are carried.
They also manufacture a number of
the beat known medicines, such as
Smith’s Free State Liver Pills, Smith's
Pink Pills for the Liver, Smith’s Life
Preserver, Smith's White Oil Linimeot,
Smith's Eieotrio Liniment, Kentucky
Blue Grass Powder, Piark’s Liver Regu
lator.
Their line of gardeu and Held seeds
has established a great reputation. They
carry an abndauce of all kinds of seeda
aud are ranked among the foremost
seedsmen uf the state.
They carry in s ock., a large line of
glass, putty, paints ami oils, and the
patronage accorded the firm iu tins de
partment is very large.
One of the special advantages eoj iyt-d
by this firm is that they make their
purchases iu very large quantities.
Mr. Warren J. Sinitn, the senior mem
ber of the firm has been iu tbo drag
buaineas for the post thirty years. His
long experience makes him one of the
moat competent drug men iu the city.
H s came to Athens from his old home
in Fayetteville, N. G., la 1889, aud has
engaged in the drag basiaess here since
that time.
Mr. Paul M. Smith, junior member of
firm, u also a native of Fayett ville. N.
0., and came to Atbeus seven years
since. He is one uf the beat equipped
young druggist! in the State.
MR. PAUL M SMITH.