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TRADE EDITION. THE ATHENS BANNER. TRADE EDITION. A HISTORY OF PALMER & SONS. The Progress of This Drug Firm Has Been Nothing Shoit of Marvelous—-The Way in Which They Have Achieved Success--Something About the Hembers of the Firm. Athena in a healthy city, bat In the healthiest ol cities there will be sickness and death That la the order of nature, and to prepare aitainat the alluienta of the Hash, it ia ncc-sainy to liave drug itnrea. The health record or a city depends lately npon its droit e«taMishinen'a This may h •• in a paradoxical Htateuieut, bnt it ia troe Pure drugs. compounded with care by competent pharmacists, make aick people well and better the health record of the oily. Athena baa anch a droit store In the large establishment of H. K. Palmer Sc Sons, wholesale and retail druggists, whose business has grown within recent years to a point win re there is none in this section to equal j». While enjoying an immense retail business, this firm also transacts a large wholesale business In Northoast Geor gia, lupplying tbo drngglsts of qnlte a number of towns In this section wilh the major perilous of their stocks. Their niuil order hu ioeaa is one of the chief features to which they have devotid UK. K M. STEVENS. nit, a. j. pai.amt. mneb oarefnl intention Palmer Sc Sons are not content merely to sell the best drags In the country, bnt they carry ih“lr business still forthor and manufacture a large amount of medicinal goods Their laboratory is well equipped and is in charge of men of i bnrnugb experience Snob products as Palmer's Cream I,Ini maul. Roses and Myrrb Tooth Wash and Powder, Dr. Hammond's llarmles. Headaohe Powders, Life Preserver. En calyptus Hair Touin. Tbymosol and otb ers are well known, and have proved onite satisfactory In all n ing them Palmer's Cream Liniment has made an 'b a reputation for its manufacturers (bat It is sold in every town In this sec tion of Georgia and is ordered from a uf % n\ W W m m m m m m m m m m m m m w m w m m m w w m si jn dl .lunce by many people. lNtbeei .V Sous b.tudle, pcrlmps, the largest line of druggists' sundries iu Georgia, north of Atlanta. These arti cles are bought in large quantities from the manufacturer and thus the firm can meet wholesale competition. In this line they know few equals and no snpe riors. Ur. Henry K. Palmer, senior member of this tlrm, is jostly regarded as one of the leading oiti/.ens of Athena. There is no movement of pnblio interest that does not And In him an earnest sap- porter. His energies and his mouey aro always at the oommand of enterprises that look to the nphnilding of the city, lie is one of those oiti/.ens who are fall of public spirit and nlwaya ready to help push the city along. MR. L. P. PALMER. In the early seventies, Mr. Palmer made his start in Die drug business. At tbattinie he wnswitii Dr Win King,one of the most prominent oil,yens of Ath- ens who did a large drug basiness in this city for it number of years Lv t rou he went with Dr. E. S. Lyndon, who was engaged ill I bo same kind of UMliiesa In 1K!)I lie went into partner ship with I >r. E 11. K'linehrew, estab lishing the tirm ol Palmer It Kiuue brew, whinh nchieved marked snooess I i I MIN tile pr« sent firm of H R Palmer Sc Sons was established, the other mem- burs boiDg his two sons, Messrs. Arthur J Palmer aud Loyd P. Palmer. Mr Palmer lias general supervision of li i entire business aud in addition does ■ great deal of the pharmacentical work He has always paid particular attention lo the prescription department, keeping oyer in view tbo two great requisites, purity of drugs and accuracy of oom- ponndlng them. The result has been that everyone has come to know that a prescription sent to Palmer Sc Sons will be filled with the best drags and will represent exactly what the proscribing physician intended It to represent. In the prescription department are two of the best pbarmaolata in the state, Mr. Arthur J. Palmer, a junior member of the firm, who graduated with high distinction at the New York College of Pharmacy, and Mr. Eastaoe M. Stevens, a graduate with distinction from the Baltimore College of Pharmacy, Messrs H R Palmer and [, P. Palmer also gire much attention to the depart* ment, and Mr L. P. Palmer la now at tending tho New York College of Phar macy, perfecting himself in this line of work Few, If any. drag establishments in this state, have snch a prescription department an admirably and snenesa- fully onndnofed. This department would do credit tn the drag establish ments in the largest nltles. Another competent and popular -ssis- taut in the drng store of H. R Palmer •V Sons is Mr William C. Moore, who keeps np his share of the work that fulls tn the lot of this popular establishment. With all its aehieiem n < In the p . t, the basilicas of this enterprising tirm Is t ilt in its infancy. Development is tho watchword nnd progress Is made every day toward greater until, cements MR W. O MOORE HEAD & M'MAHAN EASILY RANK AMONC THE LEADING CLOTHIERS. "Only the best.'' That is the iiinito of Head & McMa han, who cm,ilu.t on Clarion street In this city nne of the most np to date and satisfactory clothing establishments In the state. They hnve from the beginning ad hered strictly to Dudr dntariuiuatiou to sell only the very best clothing to la purchased in the American market, aud the nonsci|ui<uce has been that their list of castoiuers lias steadily growu front month lo month, un'il all ho people iu this section retie, ni/.e the advantages of making their purchases there Men's aud Boys' suits and uv. renats in the very heat grades slid tho latest styles are carried by them in ahuudsnne so that the purchaser cau easily ti d what lit. wishes t > buy. Iu addition to men’s slid boys'cloth lag, Head ,fc McMahan carry a superb ■took of hue underwear and gents' furnishing goods. The most stylish ueckwear to lie found in A lieu' oin h - purchased at] their, stole. The line ol hats carried by this linn is the very best aud of course cannot he excelled. Mr. Hanison V. Head, the smior member of the tirm, is one of the sturdy young oil /. ns of Clarke county, whose success in life has been achieved through prompt and oonrteons attention to every business duty and lo a persevering and determined effort to meet eyery obliga tion in life. He came In Athens front Gwinnett oounly a number of yeais ago anil has been couoeoled with the l.nsi- I ness world of Athens aiuce that tint ■ | His experience in the clothing business ! has neen ample aud there are few cloth tug men ia the slate better t quipped I than bn Mr Tom McMahan, sin of Cupt .1 .1 | C McMansn, Is the j.inior number of the drill and is already deuiousirsitng SHOE BUSINESS OF E.J. SMITH. How Success Has Crowned tlip Efforts of One of Athens’ Leading Cltizers Who Has Served the City Faithfully in Many Po-ltions of Respon sibility—A Superb Knowledge of the Busi ness in Which He is Engaged. MR TOM McMAUAN MR H V. HE >D his splendid boslunsa abilities lie to.I fair to become one of the leading bo-i- ness men in the city at no distant date Mr. Lawrence McMahan is the elli: Isut bookkeeper of the tirm, au.l Mr H H. Wtuglleld, Jr , who is oue of the best salesmen In the nty. is ol inrilu able ass s auco in the conduct of this business. Heed Ac McMahan's eatabl abluent is located on Clayton street Iu llie v. ry center of the busies s section, is con- vrnlriiil; arranged and Is in every way one of the most thorough olotblug stores j in the state. 1 If all tho shoes that have been sold by Mr. Edward I. .South iu this city during the pa t lilt....ii years aonld he planed in •me pile, it would he a sight well worth seeing. The satisfaction soil pleasure these shoes have given in the thoussn Is of purchasers who base bought them at tins store cannot hi measured. Mr. Sxiilh is nun of the most prouu unit men in Athens The history of llie oily would be less respleudeut were tils record left nut of ils pages From tils early manhood Ida energies have at ways beau exerted for its upbuilding. He is a son of the late Dr. U M. Smith, who during his day was one of the foremost oiti/.ens of Athens. In the earlier yoars of his life he was teller of the National Bank of Athena, hut had to givo op that work ou account of his health. Ho then became a member of the lirui of Childs, Nickerson Sc Co., haadwure merchants, whore be re uialutd until ho dt elded to go iuto the | shoe business fifteen years ago. Iu public life Mr. Sui.th has achieved a record of which lie should lie proud. As a young man I e took great iuteri at iu the military and its the (ire diptrl ment. He was a lieutenant ill III., old Athens Guards and was Captain of 1’ioueer Hook and la dder Company, oue of the glean s! volunteer lira com panies that ever .slated. Ills public service began w hen lie was elected to (ill the p< ail ion of alderman, a position that hu fills<1 severe 1 times with great oredlt and ability. In 1807 he was chosen Mayor of Ath ens aud his record during the two year. following was of such merit as to lead his people to re elect him without op position, giving Inui a 0 rm of four years in succession, such us uo other mayor of this oily has . v. r titled. Dol ing ills sdiullll-trallon, the oily to. k rapid strides forward Gar muguillcei.t paved streeta stand os a moniiiueiit to his adiuiiilHiialinn. as well us nomheis of other puli iu luipiuvenj. ills. He left the (.tUoe of mayor carry lug with him l ie consciousness of duty well performed aud the grateful HppraoiatP.il of his peo pie for the services he hud rem.ered There are lew uieu in Georgia who are Ihetqualsof Mr Siullb lu the shoe bus iness. He has made it a study lor years aud baa mastered it. He knows a geo I shoe when he sees it nnd t.uya nothing hut the best. Those who desire Din heal aud m ist oomlorlabln shoes know where t iget them, aud they go straightway to tlm store of E. I. Smith, nu Clayton street. Two competent ealesim n assist Mr S.uttb iu the transaction of bis large business, Meesra Paul Hadawuy and Henry H. Carlton, Jr . both of whom have i.een with Dna esiahlishmeul St v. n years aud who are recognized as expert shoe men. The repair department is cue of the best features of this slice aud is in charge of Mr. W N Huadrup, nne of the heat shoemakers i-t the slate. Thebu-in.ss pr gross of Alliens ha been marked during recent years ui.d the city Is now taking rapid strides toward un Ini reused sucoiss. lu all thia advance aud progress uo cit./. -n has hsd a larger share or deserves more credit than Edward 1 Smith. THE FIRM OF C. STERN & CO., ITS SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENTS. The clothing establishment of Charles Stern Sc Co. is one of the oldest and best kuown i.i Ibe city of A'lmiis Mr Charles Stern, the senior member of the lirui, was born iu Germany and oauie to th.s oity in INlkl, engaging iu the dry good) and olnthing business. Later on in laid the linn of Charles Stern Sc Co., clothiers, was established. He lias been n member of the Alliens Hoard of Education siune it- irgaui/.tiioo in INSH, and to his wise counsel and active energies mooli of the sue mss of our splendid ayst m of public schools is dun. Fur a number of Mlt CHARLES STERN years, he has been a direoior In the Clarke Co uuy Building Loan and 1m provitm. nl C.niipauy and president of the Hebrew Synagogue in this city. Mr S sinman, another member ol the fir in, was horn in Philadelphia aud c nne to Athens thirty three yeurs since Mr Jake Stern, the junior member of the firm, is a native Atheniau. and baa been m this bu-mess since hu youth Both Messrs. Sinman aud Stern are ao tive and progreasive liualuesa men whose i IT iris have been quite succrssfnl lu Ibeir chueen line of work. Meesr*. Albert Johnsou and Fred G MR S 8LOMAN. B rihmorn are the ■ lllcinut sale-men of Ibe Arm of O Stern Sc Co. Charlea Stern & Cd oarry aa flue line of clothing, hat*, underwear, neckwear and gents' furnishing goods as is to bn feond anywhere iu Georgia. Their reputation is inch that tbrooghnnt thia section the people know that whenever ■ hey make a purchase they get valon re ceived and are always satlsfled with th ir purchases. MR. JAKE STERN.