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SPECIAL NUMBER Augusta a Pure Food and Products Center-Co-operation and Efficiency Fred Gehrken, Wholesale Grocery, One of the Oldest Concerns In City Established Nearly 100 Years Ago One of the oldest business institutions of Augnstn is that of the Fred Gehrken Wholesale Grocery, corner of Fourth and Greene streets, which was established as a grocery practically a century ago. The entire business has been owned and operated by M\\ Gehrken exclusively since 190 t», previous to which, or from 1881. the firm was known as Richers <& Gehrken, that firm having bought out the firm of N. Kahrs & Co. Mr. Gehrken was born in Germany in 1556, coming to this country when lie was 1 1» yca'rs of age. Having a brother In Augusta he came to this city and en tered the employ of Nicholas Kahrs, who then Operated the wholesale groceVy now owned by Mr. Gehrken. The latter was Augusta Coca-Cola Plant Second Largest in the State Success of the Augusta Company Under Messrs. Reed and Rainwater Phenomenal and Plant Highly Modern and Ef ficient in All Respects. The Augusta Coco-Cola Bot tling Compan> was organized in 190' and begun operations in this city under the supervision of the Coca- Cola Company of Atlanta. It is oper ated l>\ Mr. J. 10. Reed and Mr. .7. M. Rainwater, who are the sole owners of the Augusta plaid and all territory within a radius of fifty miles of Au gusta. The volume of business done by the Coco’Cola Bottling Company of Au gusta is the secoYid largest to that of any other plant in the state of Geor gia, principally due to the energy of Mr. Reed and Mr. Rainwater, both of whom have bad years of experience in the bottling business, Mr Reed hav ing been for several years in the man* ufact uring departjnent of the Coca- Cola, Company, and Mr. Rainwater having been in the bottling plant of the Atlanta Company. The plant is one of the best equipped in the south and of the very latest improved machinery. From time to time it has been added to until now it is equipped with every convenience for bottling purposes. The plant is perfectly sanitary. The company ml so has established three additional plants, one in Allen dale, S. C.. one in Thomson, Ga., and one in Waynesboro Ga. EXTERIOR SCENE OF AUGUSTA COCA COLA BOTTLING PLANT AT 7 A. M., SHOWING LARGE AUTOMOBILE TRUCKS JUST LOADED FOR A STRENOUS JULY DAY’S DE LIVERY OF THE WELL KNOWN BEVERAGE fli i*r"- '- .• It s 1 pS!fgQSr{ -v Jfwup jv &>x«v v vW jn F'/ W • W ■J ~ • nH ':>*-* ?>' ' -* • ■ • ■* ■ ' ;•■<•, • . ••• ~*., ■*>: ; ' • ' •;; • : :55(.».. ......; ; ; 4i..... ..< •'•>..:».*S-^- : 'S -\ v: > : ■ : .. &> >? ' '<-3 ''* ,'i^' <<<-' •' a 't.i• | fW|Waw-' *■ V^*ncaL>SaftW?wr jMWywiiyjr f-\jS ' ; ''M Cor. Greene and 4th. Phone 81 We handle a full line of Fancy Groceries, Canned Goods, Grocer Specialties and Condiments. We make a specialty in Marketing all Brands of Cigarettes, Cigars and Tobaccos, which have obtained the highest merits. We earnestly solicit your valued patronage. OUR MOTTO—To Please, Serve and Retain every one of our Customers taken in as an equal partner with Mr. Kahrs In 1880, and the following year Mr. Kahrs’ interest was purchased by C. RiehtTs. in 1593 Mr. Gehrken purchased tin* building and property on which the business is located. . The concern handles a full line of high-class staple, fancy and canned goods and a complete line of cigars and tobaccos. The firm’s goods are strict ly adaptable to the city trade. One of the many valuable employes of the. firm is Mr. W. A. Faugh, clerk, who has been connected witli the same house for thirty years. Mr. Rudolph Gehvken, son of the proprietor, attends to all the business for his father. This has been one ot' their best sea sons since opening up in Augusta. They are now operating four automo bile trucks with the capacity of a ton and a half each: also five wagons for the delivery of Coco-Cola. Each con veyance leaves the plant at seven o’"clock every morning delivering and collecting for each case that is sold. They employ about twenty-five men all tin* year round. Both Mr. Reed and Mr. Rainwater are enthusiastic Augusta boosters. FIGURES LIE AGAIN. ’Rena was much excited over the pros pects of a camp meeting that was about to take place in her neighborhood. For weeks she had been preparing gay and gaud> feathers for the array, and now her outfit was complete, save a pair of much-desired patent leather slippers. Sue approached her mistress. “Miss Ford,” she said, ”1 sho* wants to git a pair o’ slippers ’fo’ de meetin* commences, an’ I ain’t got a single cent lef’.” “What size do you wear, ’Rena?” ask ed her mistress. “Malt right numbah is ’fo.” she re plied. "but I has to weah sebens, ’cause so s burl me dat bad I ;je’ natcheriy caint hardly walk.’—Woman’s Home Compan ion. ELECTRICITY GAINS ON STEAM (From The Chicago Post.) Steam is rapidly giving place to electricity as a source of power in the United States. Although steam had a start for centuries, already one-fourth the industrial power in use comes comes from the dynamo, and it is pre dicted that in a few years four-fifths of the work of the nation will derive energy from this source. It. is esti mated that there is 150,000,000-horse power at work daily in the United States. Of this 30,000,000 is animal, 75,000,000 steam and about 37,500,000 electric. The balance is divided be twee gas and water. Two-thirds of the steam power is employed in operating locomotives, and it is here that electricity is des tined to make its most sweeping con quest. Jno. E. Reed, who, with Mr. Rainwater, Opened Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Plant 12 Years Ago. yjjj| Fred Gehrken . . WHOLESALE . . Grocers One of the oldest and most reliable business houses in Augusta. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. “QUALITY” ALL HAVANA MADE IN TAMPA 5 and ID Cent Sizes. ARMOR CIGARS WILL PLEASE THE MOST FASTIDIOUS AND PARTICULAR SMOKERS Armor Cigars are Made trom Carefully Selected Sun-cured, All-Havana Tobacco, in One ot the Most Sanitary Factories of Tampa. We are making an extra effort to increase the sales of ARMOR CIGARS because we are confident of their Superior Quality. FRED GEHRKEN Wholesale Distributors Augusta, Ga. We Want to Emphasize the Fact That We Are Pushing VAN HOUTEN’S RONS dutch COCOA Because of our belief that it measures fully to the high standard ex acted by us and our trade. FRED GEHRKEN Wholesale Grocer 401 Greene St. Augusta, Ga. 5 CENTS ROSE’S ARMOR CIGARS “BLACK ARMOR” “GOLD ARMOR” 10 CENTS “AUGUSTA IN 1914”