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* TRADE EDITION. THE ATHENS BANNER. TRADE EDITION. THE ARNOLD GROCERY COMPANY LEADER IN ATHENS BUSINESS WORLD. One of the Youngest Wholesale Grocery Establishments in the City But Nevertheless One of the Strongest. The Mien Who Compose the Firm are Citizens Who Have Achieved Success in Business Life in a Remarkable Degree. Every Man in the Employ of the Firm is Eminently Qualified for the Position he Holds. A Wide Acquaintance Through out This Section Gives this Firm an Advantage of Which They Have Availed Themselves With Good Results. Iu the very front rank of the mercan tile interests of Athens standi the Arnold Grocery Oompaoy. Althongb it was established less than two yean sluoe, it la already one of the Urgent bnsioess concerns In the Classic City and is extending its trade and tufle- ence daily. I business is in charge of men who h .re a thorough knowledge of every detail and r. qairement necessary to m>ke it successful, and its reputation with the merchants of this lection is of the highest type. Tne firm is composed of Messrs. O. H Arnold. Sr.. N. D. Arnold and O. H. MR. O H ARNOLD. JR MR. O. H. ARNOLD, SR. Arnold, Jr., three of the best business men in Northeast Georgia. Mr O. H. Arnold. Sr . is a native of W.lkrs county, O orgia. and is sixty- lght years old. He ha. tor thn greater uart of his life been a citizen of Ogle thorpe county, where he has taken a prominent part io all the publlo affaire that looked to the upbuilding of the oo-nmunity in whioh he lived. Until twenty years ago be was n pros perous farmer, then a farmer and mer- chant. For several years he was the senior member of the banking firm of Arnold Sc Stewart, Lexington, Ga. In 1895 the Bank of Lexington was organ ized and he was ohoaen vice-president, a position he still holds. Mr. Arnold baa in the past represented Oglethotp* county several times in the state legisla ture and has been oounty commissions-, in wbioh ' III ie he did very valuable ser vice, retiring therefrom on aroount of ill health He has six ohildren, Messrs. N. D. Arnold, of Crawford, O. H. Ar nold. Jr , of Athens, Dr. R J. Arnold, of Hampton. Dr W. Arnold, of God frey, and M'S L. F Edwards, of Ath ens. Hon Net D. Arnold, of Oglethorpe oounty, during the fortv-flve years of his life. hu. nchieveri much soccers He has devot'd his energies to farming and manufacturing and has demonstrated in rbe highest degree what oan b done on a farm in Geoigia. where a man farm, with his brain as well a. his bands. He has built a around him a regular town >7hich is known as Arnoldsvllle. Iti- located between Athens and Crawford on the Athens branoh of the Georgia Railroad, and is a growing and prosper our community. Mr. Arnold has sev oral times represented Oglethorpe oounty in the legislature and is now the repre rentative from that county His ser vices in the legislature have been charac terized by his splendid ability Mr O. H. Arnold, Jr . who is in active oharge of the business of the Arnold Grocery 01, was born in Oglethorpe county in 1807 Fifteen years of his life was spent in merchandising in Maohen, Ga., from whioh plaoe be cams to Ath ens to establish the business of whioh he is now making a mavnifleent success He is justly accounted one of the ablest business m»n in the oltv. Oapt William D O'Farrell la one of the active managers of the bus ness of the Arnold Grocery Company. He brings to the diaoharge of his duties the experience of many years in the whole sale grocery business and a large ac- qualntai.cn throughout this entire sec tion. Oapt. O'Farrell is one of the best- kuown men in Athens, having twice been mayor of the oity, having served several terms as alderman, and repre senting the first ward now in the city council. This large wholesale grooery firm keeps five travelling salesmen on the road all the time. They are Messrs. Ed Wier, A. 0 Hancock, Vincent Mat thews, Joe Maddox and R. L. Porter, These five salesmen hold their own with the very beat in Georgia, a fact attested thoroughly by the amount of goods they ^ sell. Mr. W. 0. D.tvis is the efficient bool • keeper of theoompany, Mr. E O. Smith, I assistant bookkeeper, and Mr. Albeit Wier, shipping clerk. The Arnold Grooery Company occu py a large fl. or space at their establish ment on Thomas street, and it is a busy scene one witnesses there all the while The wholesale grocery interests in MR. N. D. ARNOLD. Athens have alwaya been one of the distinguished features of the city. Sev ern 1 of l ho largest wholesale grooety establishments in the state are locattd her >. To come into this field In competi tion with old and established firms with the hope of easily wicning a great auo- cess was a move dashed with a o. rtaln amount of business audaoity. Yet the Arnold Grocery Company did exactly that thing and did it with the firm be lief that suooeaa would orown their ef forts. That belief has been realised, and they are today abreast the proces sion and doing their full share of the wholesale grooery business of this city. Athens has welcomed to her midst many new oltlx-na in the past two years, but none have rsoeived a warmer wel come than those who came here and In vested their money in this establish ment It is one of the evidences of the distinct advanoes of the oily, an estab lishment that by its own strength and progressive spirit has already done muoh to advance the interests of the olty and wbioh will in the future be- oome even a greater faotor In the basi nets world of Athens and Northeast G.iorgia. Success to the Arnold Gr.wery Com pany. « t 4 OAPT. W. D. O’FARRELL. DORSEV & FUNKENSTEIN FURNITURE DEALERS. DORNBLATT PLUMBING COMPANY’S BUSINESS. The Largest Furniture Stock in the South and the Largest Assortment of Furni ture in the United States—Twenty Thousand Square Feet of Floor Space Required to Accommodate the Immense Stock—The Most Elaborate Furniture as Weil as the Cheaper Grades. One of the Host Prosperous Establishments in Athens—Fourteen Men Employed to Attend to the Large and Increasing Business of the Company—Plumbing and Electrical Work Attended to Most Satisfactorily—The Very Best Haterials Used by the Most Competent Workmen. Doney St Funkonsteln eujoy the die- linotlon of being one of the largnt fur niture establishment! in the South. Twenty thousand feet of floor space represents the size of the establishment and every available Inch of that space Is filled, in many places from floor to ceil ing. The largest assortment of fnrnitnre carried by any store in the United States la to be found them There are larger furniture aiorea in the metropolitan cen- teia bnt none carry as wide an aaaort ment of goods 4. MR W V DORM.'Y t 1. nr ■ »■ 1— 1: • -«* * >' a")- lunil'ur- it- in 1';..'util lh-r- I- no luri.mW el- r. 1,1 * 1 r 1 rgi* tin*' h*. a stock tbat, qo-la 11 111 -im The very bent grad.a ot furniture be lound any where are 111 atock at tbl. apleud d furiil'nre eiupon 111. Iikewi.e the cheap- r grades are carried tu abaac, auce. Tne purchaser can ft'd whatever he deiiree in tne way of lornilore there. A lining the many linei of chides funi- tnre carried in atock are ebgant bed room entta, parlor aulte, chair*, oak and mahogany dinlog room fnrnitnre. book oasee, wardrobes, sideboards, hall raolra, oto. In addition to the general line of farnitore Doney St Fankenstcin carry an elegant assortment of mattings, rugs, pictures, trunk*, eto., embracing numer ous articles for nae or ornamentation. This firm ha* made a special effort this season in the way of gathering np a beautiful line of odd pleoes in solid ma hogany for parlor furnishings. These sre muoh sought after and the oolleotion ac this store enables the purchaser to satisfy bis desire* for this kind of furnl tore. Iron bedsteads are now rapidly sup- pinuiihg all o'her kinds. The slook ol iron b-da'esds carried by Dorsey St K01 I.. niiein Is larger and the assort meet more varied than can be louud sin w here in Georgia Tne undertaking d'pirtment of this 1rm is well • quipped aud in charge o' sp-nenc d embalm* rs Mr. William F D irsey, senior mem ! her of the firm s on- of Iho best kno 1 | i-i'iz ns ol Athena H cam 10 Arh n- j from Hall c< umy in lb<8 and » s 1 t gener 1 mernhanni-e bust us. u. 1 IhM whm he ent-rel th*iu,uirurr 1 u» i.ess Hi- eighiteu y> sra expeneuiwln tb s hu-ti.e.a b.a ma-le 1 tm oue of *he b s' lurulinre men in the hi ulh. He 1 sales ink n a lively iuterest in u >nc ► IT iirs. He was the last chief ot rhe volatile r fir department, made hit ace lor rlry alderman nn the laaueof e*. anils .mg a pat'l fire d,parimenl, aun • as Hie ongiua'or of that idea. Tnus ,.ur amend'd paid fire depsr ment Is in a 1 rge uiea-ure a 3101 umeut In him. H> He h.s served several terms at city itl dei in in. one term aa major proem la Maaonic circles he is easily at the top rank in Athena. He has been wor shlpfnl master ot Mt. Vernon Lodge for several years and Is regarded as one ot brightest Masons in Georgia. Mr P. Fuokcnstein, the other mem her of the firm, it a native ot Germany He came to this country forty-five years ago. He was a resident of Son Fran- olsco provions to bis becoming a citizen of Athens twenty yean ago. Sine* coming to Athens Mr. Fonkenstein hat engaged in the fnrnitnre business and has aohieved a splendid sneoees. He Is MR P FUNKENSTEIN ■HIM of the b, at equipped lurulinre m' I i t the ara'B. He la nun,if the leariin, H brews in the city, having been tru-tee aim vice pr-airt-iit nf tba ue fora number f tears This season the firm of D raev & F> ntenstein are especially prepared t* meet the demands of the trade. Tbej unite the trading pnblio 10 call at tbeii -*ore before making purchases and ar sti fl 'd that they wilt be able to show t lem articles that will suit their tauoy. A city without a first olass plombing establishment is in a bad fix, for the plumber Is one of the great neoeesarlee in the modern, up-to date olty. Athena is suoh a oity and she is in posselalon of an up-to-date plumbing es tablishment, one that fills every require ment and folly np to every responsi bility. The Dornblatt Plumbing Company, managed by Mr. Julius Durnblatt, is ooeot the best establishments of its kind In the state. In foot It would do oredlt to muoh larger cities than Athens. Jfir. Dornblatt, the manager, is a na ive of Berlin, Germany, and came to Vmertoa twenty-three years since. For the first five year* he was a citizen of Jrawfordvtlle, Ga.. and moved to Ath ena eighteen j ears since. All this time he has been engaged in he plumbing buslnesa and the pasting years of experience hare made him a very • Xpert plumber, one whose work ilwa- ■ gives satisfaction. The Dornblatt Plumbing Company's stablisiiment is in the Y. M. O. A. 'nilding on tba oorner of Olsyton sod .umpkiu streets, where there has been lathered together aa flue a stock of goods •up r'a"iing to 1 hi-line of business as is to be f mud auy where iu Geojgla. Plumbing, eleotrio.il work and steam -sling sre the three division* of the laaiuesa 10 which particular attention 1> ,nd, aud in order to render all work nost satisfactory, Mr. Dornblatt em- .loya only the moet skilled workmen, v poor plumber causes much trouble, (is work is never satisfactory and the •atrons are kept at the business of OlioR complaints all the while. The work uieo at the Dornblatt Plombing Com- atoy's establishment are expert work men and those who order their work done there are never disappointed. Their lives are not rufiled by the trou bles srlaing from poor plombing Job*. Eleotrloal work Is in these days In creasing rapidly and it requires the most intelligent workmanship to keep poos with the advanoes made In the eleotrloal inventions and oontrlvanoes of the day. With eleotflo power easily la reach In this olty for lights and motive power pro pie sre constantly availing themselves of the opportunities afforded. Electric wiring and installation of motors is very common here now and It requires MR. JULIUS DORNBLATT. • number of exp rt workmen to atteod to this business. Such men are iu the employ of the Dornblatt Plumbing Co, aud th< ir wnrk has been tested on all •ides and has proven to be highly satis factory Fourteen men sre in the employ of this company wbioh Indicates a large hnainaa*. The business is growing steadily, necessitating from year to yew an increase in equipment and in em ployee*. The Dornblatt Plumbing Company carries in stock an elegant Una of porce lain bath tubs. This la a specialty that has proved to be quite attractive and satisfactory. A large number of these tube have been plaoed in Athens homes and the oompaoy has in this department a splendid basin ess. A fall line of water eloaets, hot water boiler*, kitchen hollar*, pipe and fitting* and electrical supplies for house wiring oarrledth stock. ATHENS BRICK CO. : SUCCEEDING WELL; Will Double Their Capacity • at an Early Date. It is with pleasure The Bonner note* the success of the Athene Brick Co., who are now running two yards. From one 'hey make a gray brick and the other yard a red brick. They are arranging to doable their capacity at btxb plants for the coming eaaon, end will also make a re-press brtik of both colors. They will have a pay roll of from $400 to $500 per week, which will go into all branches of the Athene trade. They make * fine quality of hrlok gt eaoh of their plants and they purpose to famish the best brisk on tne market of both pressed and repressed brier. The Oconee Oil and Fertilizer's new plant is built ot their gray brtek and is on- of the prettiest and most substan tial buildings in this city. to