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TRADE EDITION.
TIIE ATIIENS BANNER.
TRADE EDITION.
ATHENS ROLLER COVER COMPANY
ACHIEVES CREAT SUCCESS.
The Athens Rollei Cover Company is
one nt the molt substantial and progres-
live or the many industries of Atheus.
It has been under the management of
Mr W P Vouderau, the present pro
prieror, f«.r the past three years, during
whtnn time it has gained a repo,
latum second to that of no similar In
dustry in the Souih.
W nen Mr. Vonderau took charge of
<li . plant its output was small and its
liu-iiiess restricted. He has by energy
and ability brought it forward uutil to
day It has u magnificent business with
t wenti -8ve of the leading cotton mills
of Georgia, S inth Carolina and Ala
b nit
Whenever a mill logins to patronize
MR W. P. VONDERAU.
tne Athens R tiler Cover Company there
is no trouble in holding the patronage
thus bestowed. This is made easy from
the fact that product of this manufactory
has established a reputation that sells it
readily. This reputation has been gain
ed by the use of the vety best materials
by the mo-t ci in potent workman.
Mr Vonderau selects the materials
used with great care, belt g sat sli d that
they are the very best before he allows
them to be turned into manufac
tured product. Tne materials are then
delivered into the hands of live of the
most experienced workmen in the Sonth
—men who have learned how to make
the very best roller covers in the conn-
try.
These workmen conld not proceed far
with their work if they didn't have the
proper kind of machinery. Mr. Vonde-
ran has provided the machinery of the
latest and most approved make, and
thus it is an easy matter for the Atheus
Roller Cover Company to make a line of
articles that give perfect satisfaction.
Tne plant of tne Athens Roller Cover
Company is located on the Seaboard Air
Lino R. R near the depot in this oity. It
is well-arranged and well 'quipped
Wit It the pa.t year Mr Vonderau has
added teveral new and improved ma
chines,
Mr, William P. Vonderao, proprietor
of the Athens Roller Cover Oniupauy’t
badness, cuttle to Athens from Oreem
county, G*, tweuty years ago. Foi
many years he was one of the best dr<
goods men in tnis section. Seven year,
sinoe he went into the coal business,
a business whloh he has built np remar
kably. The Athens Coal aud Cok.
Company, of which he is manager dot-
one of the largest businesses in this city
His ownership of the Athens R liter
Cover Company dates back three years
Mr. Vouderan bas alwais tccupi.i
a prominent station among the ciuz-i.s
of Athens. For the past three years b-
hasservtd with great efficiency as ai-
derman from the second ward in th
city. His ability and fid di'y as a ci y
t flioial were fally attested by his re else
tiou a year sinoe without opposition. In
council Mr. Vonderun has done munli
good auy lasting work for the city.
He is the author of the resolution oal
ling for the eleotion on city hall bond
and the new oity hall to be erected at a
coat of $50,000 will be in a large measnr
a monument to him. He has been am
■till is quite promluent in fraternal ot
ders, hnvtug occupied stations us bigl
as Grand Chief Patriarch of the Od.
Fellows Grand Encampment of th'
state. He is a deacon in the First Bap
tist church.
F. C. UMBACH.
The Story of His Success in
Athens.
Mr F. G Umbach came to Athens a
stranger with has than $500 twsntv
years a.o By bard work ami good
judgment in investing in Athens resl
estate he no v has properly all over the
oily and hi» income fr ni rent alone is
enough to keep him the bu ance of his
tlays.
Being quite fond cf wt rk, he is still
running Ills shop and making his cele
brnt.nl patented harrow, shipping them
to every Southern state and tveu ns fat
as Indian Territory. He has made and
sold fifty thousand harrows iu the last
ten years. He Is also agent for the Me
Oormick Harvtsting Machine Ci., and
sells in ire tnaohtues than all the others
put together.
Being an t Xpert blacksmith, his shops
turn out the very best work in horse
shoeing and hi cksmithing. If he can't
do a oertaln job, it oau’t be done in
Athens.
Mr. Umbaoh has bought a One farn
uear A'hms nud in about three years n
is his intention to retire,and give hisen
tire time to the farm,raise floe stock and
Improve all kinds of farm seeds Hi
has already demonstrated his ability ns
a farmer, excelling in that liue of wort
jnsr ss in hlacksonthlt g.
THE STORY OF STANDARD
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
The Sraudard Mautilauturiug Com
pany is one of the moot proiperons of
all the knitting mill concerns in the en
tire coontry.
I r § « fli ers are Wm. Dootson, presi
dent, .1 H Dootson, general manager,
and W F. DootNou, superintendent.
It is owned by Mmshth a. H. Hodgson,
Wm. Doo'hom and J H Doo’fon.
The company op rated tin plant four
yearn ninne in one < f the huilditigH at the
Athet s Factory. but a constantly in
creasing buninen* comp**lb*d the securing
of more eomnmdiourt q-urt~rs and the
plant was moved to it« present location
near Broad street. The company has
operated its plant at this place for the
past eighteen months.
manufactured.
The dye house at this factory is as
oomplete as is to be found in the Sooth
This company does the dyeing and
finishing for several knitting mills in
this state. The company has its own
system of elect] io 'ights and every »quip-
moot is the bm.
The product of the mill is sola through
She company's New York agent, Mr
Lindsay J. Higgins, 47 WhUe tit , N Y ,
who is otitt uf the beat tguilts In Ihi.
country and to whoso Gloria much ul
theBplemlnl success of thin oouipuuy is
attributable.
Mr. William Dootson, pr-sideutof thi
company, is a native of England, and
o*me lo tins country jo-t ..fter the civil
MR. WILLIAM DOOTSON.
At tlie t <seut location there is twice
as lunch tl tor space as at the o!d plant
and every inch of available space U util-
zed. The machinery, wbioh i, run by
electricity 1* all of the newest and molt
improved design.
One hundred machine* are Installed
at the p'ant of the S andard Manufac
turing Company and seventy five hands
are constantly employed there. The
monthly payroll runs from $800 to $1,200
per month, which make* thi* industry
one of valne to Athens.
The output of the mill U about 250
dozen per day. Tbe very; beat ladles'
nose in gray and black are manufact
ured there, also men's half hose in grey
clack, brown, bine and ed. - flue
grade of boys’ and girls’ sobool nose is
MR J H. DOOTSON.
war. He iivrd iu Philadelphia a nnm
ber of years snd came to Athens in 1877
For several years he was superiuteudant
of tbe Athena Faotory. He is now en
joying a needed rest from active labor.
He was for eight years a city alderman
Mr. J. H Dootson, the general man
ager, came to this oity in 1877. He was
sgent of the Athens Manufacturing Oo.
for a number of years He.has just been
oleoted to serve as aldet man from tbe
second ward for the ensolog two years
Ha is one of tbe most active and ener
getic yonng men in the oity.
Mr. Asbory H. Hodgson, the otbet
,.wner, is one of our best-known oitlzem
an account of whose a- rvloes to Athen
in many ways is given elsewhere in thi
issne.
GREAT PROGRESS
IN BUILDINGS.
Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars Spent In Build
ings in Athens During the Past Year and at
Least Three Hundred Thousand Dullars
Will be Spent During the Next Year.
MR F. G UMBAOH.
I. P. MORTON
And His Attractive Fancy Grocery
Store.
MR I. p. MORTON
Mr I P. Morton, the Clayton street
grocer, is one ot the promioeot yoong
merchants of Athens who is achieving
■access. He is a son of Hon. William
H. Morton, of this county. He Is a
graduate of Emory College and of Sal-
livan, Orlohton & Smith's Business Col-
|.ge in Atlanta.
For a while he was with the sales da
partment of the Etowah Milling Co., of
Atlanta, and also with the Uniou Lain*
it-r Oo., of Moultrie, G». Hiring his
resideuoe in Soath Geo gia be h*-ld a po-
diton with lilt Tiflon, Thomasvilie &
Gulf Rtllioad.
Last August Mr. Morton purchas'd
the retail grocery business of Scott Bros.,
In this city. At his store Is to be found
as t-deplete a line of fancy groceries us
to be louud in Athens He enjoys an
excellent patronage on at c- niit of the
quality of goo-is handled Just now he
Is offering tbe choicest liue of Xiu <s
goods ever seen in Athens. Messrs.
Fritz Lucas and Howard Scott a e his
competent salesmen.
Mr. Morton will start in the brokerage
business also at an early date.
In no way has Athens shown a mare
certain progress during the past two
years than in the steady demand for
nnsiness locutions anti residences
Two years iwothere wtreanumber of
vacant stores in Athens Today the'e
is not n single vacant s'ore room in the
city Two years ago there were many
vacant dwellings. Tidiy it is a praotl
cal impossibility to supply tbe demand
even though a large number have been
built and more are beiug constructed.
During the past year over one hun
dred thousand dollars went into new
buildings in Athens, and next year the
amonnt to be expanded on buildings
will be at least three hundred thousand
dollars.
Tne U. 8. government building wbioh
is to be started next year will cost
$100,000. It will occupy the College
avenue front of the block facing tbe
city headquarters ant. will be one of the
handsomest public butlf lugs iu the state.
The new city ball building on the
city lot on College avenue will oost $50,-
000, The city will take steps at an
early date to sell the bonds recently
authorized by a vote of the people of
Athens and plans for tbe new building
will leselict'd iu time to award the
contract and begin work upon tbe new
structure by early spring. This build
ing will be very handsome from an
architectural standpoint, and will be
erected with tbe end in view of making
it a suitable structure for oity ball p- r
poses for th» next fifty years
The Winnie Davis Memorial Hall
just started on the State Normal Bohoo
grouuds w ill cost $22 000 and will be u
building of splendid proportions and
lovely architectural design. It is ex
peeled that this building will he com
pleted sod ready for ocoupanoy by the
opening of tbe fall session of the State
Normal School next year.
The Practloe School building, the gift
of Mr George Foster Peabody to tbe
State Normal Sohooi, will oost $10,000
It la now being erected and will be
finished daring the spring of next year
in all probability.
It is highly probable that the new
modern school building at the State
Normal School will be erected next j ear
Mr Peabody bss already contributed
$10,000 of the r qulsite $35,000 and it is
practically certain that the legislature
at Its next ses-iou will provide the nece*.
sary $25.out), a hill to tbat effect having
already been favorably reported by the
appropriations committee.
The new hatting null Is to be con
struct'd nut year on the Seaboard Air
Line road in tbe Weatern section of the
oity
Two handsome three-story residence*
are to be erected by Mesars. Simon and
M. G. Micbsei on Prince avenue next
spring, and qnlte a number of smaller
residences are to be erected.
D. W. M’GREGOR’S BOOK STORE
A MODEL ATHENS BUSINESS.
D. W. McGregor's bookstore has not
only a great reputation in Athens, but
it is known also all over the state as one
of tbe most complete bookstores in tbe
South
This repo tat l in is well merited and
has been gained by virtue of the long
experlet c < of Mr. MoGrtgorasa book
store man.
Mr. McGregor was bom iu Kirriemnir,
Scotland, a p ace male famous by Dr
Barrie in ‘ Tnrums " He organ work
iu the bcukstore business at the age of
fourteen years and has been in mat
business for th» p st forty years Those
years have not been idled awsy. Every
year has brought new and valuable ex
perience until Ills doubtful whether
th'-re is it more thoroughly posted book
store man in th" st.ite.
Twenty one >huih ago he came to
oerioa, eng ging f< r a tew months
i lie nr ms e business In Florida and
then going in Arlania when be agaiu
t up the la,ok bu-lnes--. S-ven
tears was spent in the Gate City, ufter
t bit'll lime Mr. McGr- |tnr came to Ath
ns, purchasing the book store of E. W
Bulk". Slice tba-t'me the png-ess of
ms tmsluees bus been well known lo the
people of Athens.
When hi moved into the present
qn.irte,s on Glavton street it was
bought 'hat the fl >,ir spice was much
in re than was nscessary A tew years
has demonstrated the neoe-sitr of fulls
double the tl Kir space at first U'llized
Tbe stock carried is immerse Bibles,
t xt books, stationary, office supplies,
blank books, ladies stationery, athletic
goods, wall paper, picture framee, liter
ary books, etc , are a few ot the Hues
carried in abundance
The business men of the oity have
learned tbat there is no tits sending
away for their blank books or offioe sup
plies, for this line of stock at McGregor's
is oomplete. Ladles' flee stationery li
one of the apecialllee with this estab
lishment.
A few years since Mr. McGregor be
gan to carry a large line of athletio
goods. This at once proved to be an
attractive aod profitable bnsinees and
now it is one of the best lines in hie
stock.
The entire top floor of this establish
ment is devoted to the department ot
wall psper and plotnre frame*. This la
in charge of Mr E. R McGregor, eon ot
Mr D. W McGregor. The finest os-
chime are there for nee in making
frames, tbe largest stock of moulding in
the city is carried there ami a glance
into tbe art room will suffioe to show
th- quality uf the woikmausblp.
A little more than a year ago Mr. Mo-
Oregor added a job printing establish
ment to hit store. This business has
grown rapidly. Foor expert m-n are
kept steadily at work there at d rtcently
MR D W. VcGREGOR.
tbe tqnipment of this department had
to be eularged The quality of work
turned but there is the very beet.
Mr. McGregor in addition to bis retail
basinets does quite a nice jot blag busi
ness ia this teotioa. It Is hi* intention
next year to pnt a mat on the road
who will also sell tbe newdopltoat-
lng apparatus, recently Invented by Mr.
McGregor, which greatly simplifies tbe
task of oopylng or manifolding docu
ments.
C. H. WILL8AMS0N
One of the Leading Grocers of
the City.
Among tbe grocery eitablishmcnt* in
Athens none rake higner rank than
i a’ of George If Williariisr.il. the Olay
MR G II WILLIAMSON
ton street merchant.
Mr. Willlsmson came to Athens •
number of years since from Oconee
oonnty. He graduated from the Uni
versity of Georgia in I88<l and Imme
diately thereafter went with Mr. W. A.
Jester in the retail grocery boslneee on
Broad street.
Ha remained there nntll several year*
since when he entered basinets for him
self at his prrsent place of basinets on
Olsyton street.
Mr. Williamson has gained a magnifi
cent reputation at a grocervmau. Hie
s lerisliiea are fancy groceries and fruits.
Iu tbit line there are no stores in Athens
I that excel this establishment. Tie
lone-wives of the oity have learoed
where to get the be.I, tbe freshest, the
most satisfactory fancy grooeriee and
fruits, viz , at Williamson's.
.lost now at the Oniatmas season, Mr.
Williamson has in stock the largest at-
-ortmeut of Christmas goods, such as
traits, natt, raisins, osndlet, cltroo, and
tbe like and the Christmas shopper, out
hnutiog the beet and moat delicious ta
ble delloacles, should not fall to give him
a oall.
R.S.FUNKENSTEIN’S
Successful Dry Goods and Shoe
Business.
The general dry good) aod shoe bnsi
ness of R. S. Fnukeuttein, corner Broad
and Wall etreete, is one of tbe beat in
tbe city.
The best line of dry goods, ih «,
trunks, tnllliuery, and genta' luruiahing
goods attracts to this est iblishnienl
quite a large number of people from all
over this section.
While a joying a good local trade 'll-
bulx of the business of this firm la wub
the farmers northeast Georgia w bo know
where to go to get tbe best bargains
Mr 8. M. Fuukenttein, who It tbe ef
ficient manager of tbis bosloess, is a na
tive of San Fraueisco and came to Ath
ene In 1.-80 F r tbe past sixteen years
he bss been iu tne dry goods business in
tut oity and hit experience it tneb at to
give bim an advantage over eeveral of
bis competitors.
At this store there can be found al
most anything In lbs line of dry goods
and shoes tbat is carried in the largest
stores in tbe big olties of tbe elate.
For the b> st bargains in the beet dry
goods, shoes, millinery, gents furnish
ing goods go to R S. Fu-keuitein's.
MR. a M.