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THE ATHENS BANNER. ESTABLISHED 1832. ATHENS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20. 1902. $5.00 A YEAR. THE ATHENS ICE AND COAL COMPANY. 1 ICE PLANT AND OFFICE. THE COAL BINS. Tbe Athena Ice & Coal Company is composed of several of the best business men in Athens *nd Messrs. A. and N. M. Block, of Macon. Mr. N. M. Block is President of the Company and Mr. Charles N. Hodgson is Treasurer and General Manager. This company has satisfied a long felt want in Athens When they took charge of the ice business, Athens had been suffering yoar after yoar from an ice famiue. The wants of the city are well sup* plied nowand in addition the Athens Ice & Coal Company is supplying surrounding towns and the territory adjacent to Athens. During the present year coal has been scarcer and harder to get than ever before, but owing to the fact of this company’s entrance into the Athens coal ui irket, ooal is fifty cents per ton oheaper now than it was last year. But for this company the schools of Athens this year would have been greatly inconvenienced by having to burn wood or soft coal in their furnaoea. The Athons Ice & Coal Com pany has supplied every demand for hard coal, both egg and nut, and have not charged over ten dollars per ton for it, when it was selling at the mines for |15 per ton and as high as $21 in Chicago, Now York and the cities of the East, which goes to show thatfhese people do not believe in taking advantage of any situation to chargo exorbitant prices. One of the features of the business of the Athens Ice & Coal Company, not least by any means, is their wood business. They saw and split wood, both oak aud pine, and sell it the year round in this shape for less than what it has been known to sell at here no longer than last winter in four foot lengths. These kind of poople are alwaye welcomed by any community. They do business on the plan of not making all the profit on one ton of ice or one ton of coal. They have the capital upon which to successfully operate their business, and thoir patrons aro given every iegitimate advantage as to prices. Their customers are content to kuow that their wants are being anticipated for them and that in due season they will be promptly supplied, wheroas if they had to depend on smaller oonoerns they would have to Buffer the inconveniences heretofore resulting from shortages and actual famine in the respective lines of ice, coal and wood. Formerly it was necessary to look out for your country friend who had promis< d to supply you with wood in a week or two. Some times he did, but often he didn’t. You were then compelled to have one of your servants cut the wood in proper lengths to burn in the stove, fire place or grate, or to find a professional wood chopper. All of this trouble, time, waste aud expense has now been overcome. You ring up 117 and tell thorn what kind of wood you want, what length, and your wants are supplied promptly at a most reasonable cost. This is certainly a new feature for Athons and cannot be appreciated until it has been tried. Business conducted by such men and on such principlesIb bound to succeed and to be appreciated by< their patrons. * — - v THE R. L. MOSS MANUFACTURING COMPANY.: This Company Has Recently Enlarged Its Plant at a New and Better Location on the Southern Railroad in this City. New Machinery of the Latest Make Being Installed. A Rapidly Growing Business Under the Management of Mr. E. J. Bon- durant. A Sketch of Mr. R. L. Moss, Sr., One of Athens’ Leading Gitizens Who Has Achieved Wonderful Success in Life. The Firm of Bondurant & Co. One of the Strongest and Most Progressive in the Classic City. NfSW PLANT OF THE R, L. MQ38 MANUFACTURING COMPANY frotplnent ampng the leading maun factoring inquiries in Athene ta tbe K L. Mosj Manufacturing Company. Recently thie company, which wai organized' eight yean ainoe, decided tn apagdut, its old plaut and establish an entirely new one of larger facilities and In a better location. Thie new plant, which la located on the Southern railroad, a ahort distance from the depot, la now being rapidly oom plated. Tbe tnlldinge are abont ready for the macb.uery wbioh will be Installed as rap'dly aa pcaitble. The main building is 80 by 100 feet and Is two stories high. Another build ing, one story high, is 00 by 100 feet. The dry kiln U $!} by 70 feet, tbe engine room M by 80 feet end the boiler house 12 by feet- In ell this plant occoplee over twenty thousand square feet of of bnUdlng U tor (pace engine suffloed to drive the machinery At the new plant tbe engine will be ot one hundred and twenty.Sve horse gower capacity. At the old plant the traok roc (j) would accomodate only three cart. At the new plant there Is track room fer forty oar*, twelve hnndred feet of railroad track having been con structed In the yards of this company. At the old plant tbe dry kiln was only thirty feet long, acoomodatlng 2000 feet of lumber. At tbe new plant the dry kiln Is seventy-two feet long and accom odating 8000 feet of lumber. These fig ure* give an idea of the great increaae in tbe facilities of 'hp now plant over »bf) old- The seoond story of the main mill building Is to be used for tbe door, sash and blind work. In this spacious apart ment there will be installed thtrty-five to fifty machines, of tbe very latest >m [ nnuoing u m - ..... Alike old plant a fifty horse power proved make. Thereof U admirably adapted to the work In every respect. On tbe grennd floor of this building will be Inrued out ceilings, moulding., Inside trimmings and all kinds of turned work. The machinery for nte in this department is tha very best the Ameri can market afford*. Fifty men are employed by tbit com- piny, numbers ot them being the most expert workmen, and the weekly pay roll amount, to (330 This it a large item in the progritss and prosperity of Athena. The R. L- Moss Manufacturing Com pany manufactures doors, sash, blinds, packing boxes, columns, balusters and the like aud ha. established a splendid reputation for rxoellrnt and satisfactory workmanship iu oil these articles. This repntattnn is not confined to Athens. It extends all over Oeorgia and Into other states. Several large shipment* have been made to Atlanta, to Knoxville and even as far west aa LonisviUe and Obi- oago. In this state even the territory of Maoon has been Invaded by this progres sive company. This company doe* a large wholesale business. Fnlly three-quarters of Its business U outside of Athens and is gaining largely day by day. This bub neat it being increased and more firmly established by virtue of the fa$t that tbe best materials are qqed, tbe best work men employed and tbe beet basinets methods oalled into service in handling the products of the manufactory. The patron of this establishment knows be will get exactly what be orders. Mr Emmett S f Bondnraot is n^ t lger of the R L Moss UsQ^ftOltiiof^but- pany. He U one of the best eqi- pped young citizens of Georgia for tbe work he has in hand. He U a graduate i f the University of Georgia and has had year, of experience. He give* to thie business his personal supervision, has already bnilt it np remarkably and nnder hit management it will achieve still greater triumphs in the fntnre. The firm of Bondnraot Sc Co, dealers In hardware, ttovee, tinware, eto , Is composed ot Messrs. E. J. Bondnraot and R. L. Meta, Sr. This firm bss been in business on Clayton street for the put fonr years and ha* sooceeded in establishing one of tbe large.t and most utit factory businesses in tbe city. Three travelling salesmen, Messrs. H. H. Jackson, E E. Jackson and W. T. Mayfield are kept on tbe road and are tnooesafnl In securing a large buinesa from all ends of this as otlon of the state One man la kept all tbe time in South Carolina looking after tbe basineu of tbe firm in that state. Augusta's terri tory it among that which give* the firm large patronage and Bondurant & Co., are the only hardware dealers In Athens who have succeeded in doing a jobbing business below Maoon. Mr. W. P. Jackson la credit man for this firm and is one of tbe most efficient and talented bulpou men In Athene. Mr. Reeqe McDuffie Is bookkeeper, kjlta Annie Hanft stenographer, and Messrs. J. M. Allan and E. E. Weil, salesmen. Sketch of Mr. R. L. Moss, Si\ Mr R. L. Mom, Sr., who ta eo promt, nently identified wtyh these two firms, is one of Athens'' oldest, ablest and most ^pooled citizens. He was born near Cherokee Corner, Oglethorpe oonnty, In 1825. HU young manhood days were spent at clerk in Mr. J. H. Newton's establishment and SO a u^znhar el tha firm of Hill <9k Moaa, it \b lb * m sis m ib \b /& \ tJH m ib tn ib . *— Mw . — VkLj m ib .ifjJ'f u .' A, W. - $ ib ib ib tn § ; $ * ib ib ib ^ ~ 31 ib ib ib ■HpgS i $ If/ Hi 1 \b lb MR. R L. MOSS. SR. # general merchandUe. Daring tbe war be was with General Howell Cobb. Af ter the war he again eogagad in mer chandising and for several years was general manager of tbe Athens Foundry and Machine Works. For over thirty year* he baa been a leading cotton factor in Athens, and in this line ha has achieved • wonderful success. He has never aspired to pnblio office, although ba held the petition of oily alderman several year* Jut after the war. When be wu electel the aredltoftbaeitywaaalalow ebb. In. a few year* ha and bU associate* bad succeeded In bringing that credit book to par. In oonneotlon with ] Phintzy, J. W. Nicholson and Mr. Mom waa on* of the chief agent* la securing for Athens tbe oonat ootte ot tbe NortheMtern Railroad. Hehaabeew aiteward In tbe Flat Methodist * In thU city for over thirty j There ere few men in have achieved* | than. Mr. Moaa and i noonboMai tgntfer nooM. in Ufa and among our ottiaac* ' I WM mm