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Rose Chain Is Largest
Os Kind In Whole South
Business Was Begun With Single Store in Henderson in
1915; Has 68 Stores m Four States Today; P. H.
Rose, Prominent Henderson Citizen, Founder
The Rose 5, 10 and 25 Cent Stores
Company, with home offices in Hen
derson, and operating 66 stores in
the four states of North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia and Tennes
see, is one of the most successful
chain organizations in the United
States. Its growth has been rather
meteoric in the business world, and
it has found its field in catering to
the trade in the medium-sized and !
smaller towns in the territory where
it operates.
P. H. Rose, one of the leading cit
izens of Henderson, is the founder
and guiding spirit of the company.
He came to Henderson in the j
spring of 1915 and opened his firs*
store. He was its sole directing j
management, and the proportions to
which it has grown attest in empha- i
tic manner the ability, energy’, hard ,
work and steady application to his
task that he gave without restraint. ■
Long hours and the cutting of cor
ners in every direction in the appli- 1
cation of rigid economy have yielded j
a rich reward as the years have pass- j
ed. The second store was opened ir» ,
Oxford a year after the Henderson (
store had been placed upon a solid
foundation, and others in this vicin
ity followed in rapid order. Such
profits as were made in those early
days were applied in investments in
new stores. Every advance step was j
taken with the greatest precautions. [
and the wisdom and business acu
men applied in the selection of loca- j
tions bore fruit in the establishment !
of new branches here and there, un- '
til today Rose stores may be found all
over North Carolina and in many j
cities and towns of the other three |
states that have entered.
The annual turn-over in the bus
iness runs up into the millions, and
indications at this time are that the
year 1933 will prove to be the best
in the company’s history.
The P. H. Rose building in the
heart of the shopping district of
Henderson, a three-story brick struc
ture with steel framework, is the
home office of the chain, constituting
one of the biggest enterprises in the
city today. The ground floor furn
ishes quarters for the home store,
which is the pride of the manage
ment, and which is the equal to some
of the best stores of the kind to be
found anywhere in the country, even
In the favorite shopping centers of !
New York City. It fronts 50 feet on
Garnett street, the main business
street of Henderson, running through
the block to Wyche street, with an
entrance and show window there. It
is commodious, beautifully decorated,
one of the best lighted and arranged
interiors to be found anywhere, ar
carrying almost an unlimited variety
of merchandise in the low price field.
The second floor of the building is
given over entirely to the company’s
general offices. The home office
here is one of the best equipped, and
most conveniently arranged that
could be devised for the purpose, and
readily lends itself to the efficiency
and speed required in carrying on the
business of so large an enterprise.
On the third floor of the buildinr
is located one of the warehouses main
tained as a source of supply for the
local stores throughout the four
states. Most of the merchandise sup
plied to the individual stores is ship
ped direct from the manufacturers,
but certain lines are stocked in and
shinned from Henderson. This de
partment is in charge of capable m?”
aaement. adding to the general effi
ciency of the organization.
Thhouehout vast reach of its acti
vities. the Rose chain gives employ
ment to between 500 and 600 individ
uals. And that employment has been
steady and largely continuous thro
uph the years of the depression, a
period which, contrary to the trend
for moot lines. haR been the best for
the low-price merchandise stores.
Much of the success of the Rose
chain has been due to the fact that
men and women of ability and train
ing have been in charge. At the head
of the organization always has been
the founder and president and gene
ral manager . P. H. Rose himself,
the vice-president and secretary is T.
B. Rose. Jr., brother of the president
and R. W. Bruin. N. B. Rose and H.
P. Butcher, all active in the business
are directors.
T. B. Rose, Jr., was manager of the
Oxford store when It was opened
many years ago. When the business
grew to the proportions that more
help was needed in the home office,
Mr. Rose came here, and since that
time has grown up with the organ
ization, adding his services and abil
ity in that capacity.
Mr. Bruin is one of the buyers and
is location manager. He is a most
responsible connection, for upon him
rests in large measure the selection
of cities and towns for new locations.
He came to the Rose organization
from the G. C. Murphy Company,
which operates stores in New York,
Pennsylvania and Virginia.
N. B. Rose and Mr. Butcheir are
district managers, the former hav
ing the western section of the ter
ritory and the latter the eastern part.
They devote almost their entire time
to the various local stores, and to as
sisting and directing the managers
in carrying on their business.
The Rose organization js one of the
concerns to which Henderson people
point with a large measure of pride
in the fact that it had its inception
in this city, and today maintains its
home offices here. The high offi
cials are known personally to Hend
erson people and all are held in the
highest respect and esteem by them.
LEGG.PARHAM FIRM
GENERAL MERCHANTS
Suppleis for Farmers and Dealers in
Buick, Plymouth and Dodge
Automobiles
The Legg-ParhSm Company is ohe
of the oldest supply ahd time busi
nesses in Henderson. Under one
Corporate name or another, but al
ways with the name Parham in the
title, the concern has operated here
for around a quarter of a century,
always serving the best interests of
the farmers of Vance and adjoining
counties.
The company carries a full line of
merchandise of the sort that is sup
plied for the farmer and his family
and stock. They are advanced to
him according to his needs on terms
that are agreed upon, and that are
to the convenience of both.
Horses and mules are traded and
sold, a full line of seed and feed is
carried and the company is a local
dealer for the best brands of ferti
lizer, always stock in large quanti
ties for distribution in season.
A big stock of the highest quality
seed is offered at lowest prices.
Wheat, Fulghum oats, vetch, crim
son clover. Abruzzi rye, Virginia gray
oats and beardless barley are avail
able for fall plantings at this time.
Mowers and stalk cutters are lines
of machinery that are appropriate to
farm requirements at this time, and
are being offered at reduced prices.
Hickory wagons may also be had
from Legg-Parham and at prices *
the buyers can afford to pay.
Through the years the company .
has built a reputation for satisfac
tory dealings with its customers, a
policy which has held friends and
made new one 9.
M. F. LSgg is general manager of
the company. He has been with it
many years, and has a thorough
knowledge and acquaintance with the
territory served and the company’s j
patrons.
LANE NEHI COMPANY
BIG BOTTLING FIRM
R. J. Tjine Is Manager and Chief
Owner; Riant Modern and San
itary In Every Way
When the bottling business is men
tioned in Henderson one instinctively |
thinks of S. J. Lane. He is the oldest
bottler in the city in point of contin
uous service in the business and resi
dence in the city. He is principal
owner and manager of the Lane Nehi
Bottling Company, exclusive bottlers
of quality Nehi beverages for this
territory. The other stockholders are
S. J. Lane, Jr., and W. H. Windley.
Mr. Lane came to Henderson almost
a quarter of a century ago from
Eastern North Carolina, and has made
his home here ever since that time.
We opened his business here January
to, 1910, beginning in a small way and
growing and branching out into a
large and prosperous trade as the
years passed.
Today the Nehi company employs
four men and operates three trucks,
necessary to serve the territory which
is held exclusively for this brand Os
bottling. A 35-mile trade area is cover
ed and is supplied with the numerous
flavors of carbonated beverages manu
factured iti this large and modern
plant.
The factory has a capacity of 300
cases t>ef day, and normally operates
full-time to supply the trade. Retail
ers who handle Nehi products have
learned over the quarter century Mr.
Lane has been in business here and
serving them that they can depend on
his guarantee for the highest quality
of drinks, both as to purity and flavor.
Mr. Lane opened his business in 1910
in a store building just off Garnett
street on West Montgomery. It was
there that his close and constant at
tention to business brought his first
success in Henderson. The demand for
his products expanded so rapidly and
to such an extent that he was forced
to seek larger quarters. He purchased
the lot at the Corner of Chestnut and
Montgomery street and erected his
own large brick building there. It is
the last Word in arrangement and
convenience for a modern and up-to
date bottling plant. In it he placed
the finest and best machinery that
could he had to equip the factory for
turning out bottled dfihks in 'the
quantity that demand laid upon him.
His faith in the community and ih the
trade he served has been fully justi
fied through the years. There has
been a constant increase in business,
except for the few years of the depres
sion, and recent months have yielded
a satisfactory upturn ifi sales.
Numerous flavors are manufactur
ed by the Nehi company all palatable
and delicious and backed by a re
putation of nearly a quarter of a cen
tury for cleanliness, sanitation and
quality in every sense of the word.
Mr. Lane is assisted by W. H. Wind
ley ahd his son, S. J. Lane, Jr,*, who
has “grown up” with his father’s
plant. ,ahd who is thoroughly acquaint
ed with every angle of the business.
The two are known as men whose
guiding purpose is to have satisfied
customers served with honest goods.
HENDERSON, (N. C.) DAILY DISPATCH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933
DRYDEN LUMBER CO.
BIG MANUFACTURER
Rough and Dressed Lumber Handled
At Lsrft Plant I .oca ted on Hen
defson-Oxford Road
One of the leading lumber work
ing establishments of Henderson is
the M. S. Dryden Lumber Company.
The plant and factory are located a
few hundred yards to the east of the
Henderson-Oxford road about a mile
from the city limits, alongside the
Durham and Northern branch of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad. It is con
veniently situated for making ship
ments to all points, ahd serves the
trade in many parts of this State and
elsewhere.
Mr. Dryden, who is manager and
head of the concern, has been in the
lumber business twenty years or
more, and knows it from every angle,
from the cutting of the trees in the
forest to the turning out of the fin
ished product at his large factory.
The company employs 25 men, in
cluding those who are at the plant and
the crews in the woods. The plant here
has a capacity of 150,000 feet of lum
ber a day. Pine ahd oak are the par
ticular kinds of wood furbished to
the trade. The concern does not Carry
a stock of building material, but
usually has on hand quantities of
lumber in various sizes and lengths
to supply the trade.
During the past six months or more
the business has experienced a con
siderable increase in demand and in
sales, and customers find it a delight
to have dealings with the Dryden
company, assured always of quality
materials and of business dealings be
yond question of any sort.
The plant on the outskirts of Hen
derson has been in operation for a
number of years, and furnishes em
ployment to many workmen in this
community. It is considered a genuine
asset to the city.
FLYNN IS MANAGER
OF PENNEY STORE
Enterprising Young Merch
ant! Directs Local Branch
of Big Chain
One of the best of the smaller city
stores of the J. C. Penney Company,
nationwide department store chain, is,
located in Henderson. The store here
is located in one of the best busi
ness blocks in the city, in the heart
of the shopping district.
The Henderson store was opened in
1926. It fronts 35 feet on Garnett
street, and runs through the block.a
distance of 160 feet to Wyche street,
with an entrance from that business
thoroughfare.
In addition to the main floor, there
is a mezzzanine floor 35 by 40 feet in
dimensions, which affords additional
floor space for the display of mer
chandise. A full stock of ladies’ ready
to-wear and millinery, piece goods,
men’s and boys’ clothing and shoes
for the whole family, together with
many novelty lines, are carried for the
selection of customers.
The store is expending its influence
and trade, and is growing in the con
fidence and good will of the trade in
this territory. Its customers number
many of the best people of this section
of the State.
A. E. Flynn, is the manager of the
Henderson store. He has been here
two and a half years, and prior to
that time was with the company in
its Columbia, S. C. store. He has been
with Penney organization seven years
in all, and is rated as one of the lead
ing store managers of the company,
Mr. Flynn is a member of the Kiwanis
club, the Methodist Episcopal church
here, and is a Mason and a member
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics. He has identified himself 1
with a number of forward-looking
movements for the betterment and up
building of the city, and enjoys the
respect and esteem of the citizenship
who have come to know him.
BROOKSIDE DAIRY
THRIVING BUSINESS
Owned and Run by <l. T. Nelson,
Serving Hundreds of Custom
ers In Henderson Area
J. T. Nelson, proprietor of the
Brookside Dairy Farms and of the
Sanitary Market, was one of the pio
neers hi furnishing high grade milk
to consumers in Henderson. He has
for years made a careful and pain
staking Study of the dairy business
and today can boast of one of the
most modern establishments of the
kind anywhere in this part of North
Carolina.
Mr. Nelson came to Henderson
wheh about 30 years of age, and first
engaged in the buggy business, but
later followed the trend Into the au
tomobile business. He started a
small dairy Eleven years ago, and by
careful application of his time and
talents in that direction has today
built a dairy business that would he a
distinct credit and pride to any com
munity.
Brookside Dairy today has a herd
of some 60 Jersey cows. The dairy is
located Oh a farm several miles west
Os the City on ft 40-acre tract of land,
where hay and other feedstuffs for
the COWS is produced at a minimum
of cost. Approximately 120 gallons
of milk daily are produced by Brook
side Dairy, and this product finds
ready sale among discriminating
housewives and other consumers in
the city.
It hfts always been the purpose of
Mr. Nelson to have his dairy prod
ucts of the very highest possible qual
sty, produced ih a most sanitary ahd
modem plant, tt Is equipped with
condensers, sterilizers, automatic bot
tling and capping machines and oth
er essentials that are required in a
modern dairy these days.
KERNER DRUG STORE
LANDMARKOF CITY
Hag Been Over Quarter Os
Century at Comer In
Center of Town
L. C. KERNER IS OWNER
Known as Concern That Always Puts
The Interests of Its Patrons
First; Does Big Prescrip
tion Business
Kether Drug Company is oho of the
landmarks of Henderson. Through
many years of changing economic
conditions, the store has been con
ducted at the corner Jof Garnett and
Montgomery streets, one of the most
prominent locations in the city, and
has been operated successfully dur
ing that time. ,
It is not every drug store that has
built the reputation this one enjoys,
and which has been acqquired by ref
son of honest, conscienckms service
to a wide and growing list of pat
rons. The most careful and pain
staking effort is put into every pre
scription entrusted to the store, and
that department is ohe of the largest
connected with the business. Only
the Kerner mixtures ih preparing
the freshest and purest drugs go into
medicines for the sick. The public
has come to know that Kerner’s
drugs can be relied upon for safety
and purety.
The fountain is one of the best and
largest to be found in the city, and
is a favorite resort for patrons look
ing for a refreshing drink on a hot
summer day. Sanitary drinking cups
are used and all leading drinks arc
served, ■ w*-
A large line of candies is carried in
stock for the trade, and all the lead
ing makes of cigars, cigarettes, smok
ing tobacco and pipes are handled.
Toilet articles that are nationally
known and advertised are sold, to
gether with standard medicines, rub
ber goods, glass tubes, fountain pens,
inks, stationery and many other nov
elties commonly found in a drug
store that is modern and well stock
ed.
L. C. Kerner, whose name the bus
iness bears, was one of the founders
of the store and has been with it
continuously from the beginning.
Under his watchful eye and careful
and prospered through the years. He
management, the business has grown
has the respect and confidence of the
community in as large measure per
haps as any resident of Henderson.
His word is his bond, and his inte
grity is never questioned by those
who know him best.
*
“Doc” Kerner Is a thorough be
liever in Henderson, which is his na
tive city. He was horn and reared
here, a scion of one of the pioneer
families of the community, and has
maintained the traditions of that
family through the years. Movements
that work for the betterment of the
city enlist his respect and coopera
tion. He is a lifelong member of the
First Methodist church in Hender
son, and has for years been a mem
ber of the official board. He has a
winning smile and a cheerful dispo
sition, whatever the business weath
er.
Assisting in the operation of the
store is J. E. Connell, registered phar
macist, a pharmacy graduate of the
University of North Carolina, and a
careful, painstaking professional
man. Two clerks are the other Mem
bers of the organization rounding out
the personnel of the business.
S. H. WATKINS IS BIG
COAL, WOOD DEALER
Yards Located on North Garnett
Street, Always Stocked With
Supplies for Customers
S. H. Watkins’ coal and wood yard
located on North Garnett street, just
opposite the First Methodist church,
is ofte of the oldest'establishments of
its kind In the city. Coal of all kinds
and for ali purposes is stocked for
the accommodation of the trade, and
may be had at all times in any quan
tity desired. Steam coal for manu
facturing establishments, coal for fur
naces in homes or business places,
and for grates and stoves in the home
or office can he had, and the coal
yard “is as near as your telephone."
In addition, dry pine wood sos kind
ling, or pine wood for light heatee
uses or firewood of different kinds
is also carried in stock
The concern operates on a close
margin of profit on the commodities
it sells, and offers the trade the hene
fit of such savings as mav accrue ns
the result. The coal yard is dlrectiv
in charge of Joseph T. Jones, one of
Henderson’s older citizens, well
known to nearly every one, and who
takes a pleasure in seeing to it that
customers are served with prompt
ness and general satisfaction. The
company employs several colored
laborers and operates two trucks in
its delivery service. Which extends to
all parts of the city.
Mr. Watkins, the proprietor, Is one
of the rising young business men of
the community. (He la a native of
Henderson and has lived here all his
life, having been educated the
Henderson high school and the Uni
versity of North Catalina. He is con*
nected with the Carolina Bagging
Company in an official capacity ahd
is a valued member of the organize*
tion Mr. Watkins is a hiefnbef of
the First Baptist church and of s*v-
Ptai Os the better knoWh Social clubs
of the city. ‘
CLEMENTS MOTOR CO
FORD DEALER HERE
Cehcerft Headed By S. E, Clements
One of Leading Automobile
Concerns of Section
Henderson has two business con
eeths among others located oh Wyche
street just to the rear of the post of
fice which fill an important place in
its commercial life. These are the
Piedmont Supply Company and the
Clements Motor Company. R. E.
Ctements is the head of both of them,
ahd is the driving force behind both
enterprises piloting them through the
present difficult era ih the nation’s
economic affairs.
The Piedmont Supply Company is
one of the large time merchandising
concerns of the city. It offers aid to
the farmer in the spring in financ
ing his crops for the year, ahd in
supplying the essential needs of hIS
family his livestock and his cultiva
tion for the year Hundreds of growers
in this section of the State find their
going made some easier by the ex
tended hand of helpfulness proffered
by the Piedmont Supply Company.
In addition to Mr. Clements, Willis
H. Blacknall is a very important of
ficial in the corporation. He is office
and sales manager and looks after
the immediate conduct of affairs on
the inside, as well as mingling among
the customers outside. He is a native
of Henderson, having lived here prac
tically his entire life and is known to
nearly all the farmers of the county.
.’ The Clements Motor Company is the
Ford dealer in Henderson and Vance
county. This, too, is managed and di
rected by Mr. Clements. The always
popular line of Ford automobiles, all
types and styles, the fashionable
Lincoln cars and Fordson tractors.
Ford trucks and chassis equipment
are sold, and parts and accessories of
all kinds for these motor vehicles are
supplied from the company’s store
rooms. An organization of competent
salesmen is employed and their ac
quaintance with the territory and the
people is bringing to the company its
share of the many new cars that are
now being placed in this city and
county.
Mr. Clements is a native of Warren
county, and has lived in Henderson
since 1907. He is still quite a young
man, enthusiastic and energetic, with
abilities far above the average for the
handling of business activities. For
many years Mr. Clements was a mem
ber of the City Council and during
that period was one of its leading and
most influential members.
JAMESCJOPER IS
INSURANGECONCERN
“Real Insurance Service” Is
Motto; Many Compare
ies Represented
For many years, J. C. Cooper has
operated an insurance business in
Henderson, and during that period of
time has built up a thriving and pros
perous business in this line. He repre
sents some the largest and oldest and
best companies in the country.
Among the concerns in which busi
ness is written are these: Great Amer
ican Insurance Company of New
Company of New York; Springfield
Fire and Marine Insurance Company;
Southern Fire Insurance Company of
Durham; Rochester American Insur
ance Company of New York; Aetna
Fire Insurance of Hartford; United
States Fife Insurance Company of
New York; American Eagle Fire In
surance Company of New York; City
of New York Insurance Company;
The HanoVer Fire Insurance Com
pany of New York; Merchants Insur
ance Coihpany of Providence; ’travel
ers Insurance Company of Hartford;
Eagle taf and British Dominion of
Lohdon, and Firemen’s Insurance
Cofnpany of Newark. Travelers Insur
ance Company, Hartford. Conn. Great
American Indemnity Company of New’
York.
ifi addition to these well known and
reliable Concerns, Mr. Cooper is also
representative for bonding companies
And his life insurance connections in
cluding Aetna Life Inc. Co. and
Travelers Insurance Company, Hart
ford, Conh. His ability to obtain the
iff^uranee business of some of the
leading companies in Henderson is
both an evidence of his salesmanship
and the safety of the underwriters. He
is a director of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company, Carolina Bagging
Company and of the Legg-Parham
Company.
Mr. Cooper has been a resident of
Henderson for twenty or more years.
He came here from Fayetteville,
Where he lived after his parents mov
ed from Oxford in his younger years.
He was formerly connected with the
COttoh mill companies here, which
service was interrupted by the World
Wju* and his service in the infantry
during that entire period. After he
returned home he opened an insur
ance business of his own, and it is
that Which he ts Still conducting and
Which is prospering in his hands.
Ift addition to his chief business
interests, Mr. Cooper is inteftfely in
terested In military affairs. After the
War he became captain of Company
C, the local infantry unit of the North
Carolina National Guard, and held
that command twelve years until a
promotion came to him several years
ago as major of Intelligence, Plans
and Training Gfficer of the 120th In
fantry Regiment. He is prominent in
that military unit, and stands high
among the Commissioned officers of
the service in North Carolina. Last
winter he was appointed to a three
months course at Fort Benning, Ga.,
to Which only select officers go. He
Was irt camp at Camp Glenn, More
hfead City, last summer, as is his cus
tom every year, ahd assisted in the
CohdUCt of that encampment for its
duration of two weeks.
Mr. Cooper is likewise musically in
clined, ana is active ih the choir of
the First FreShyteriaft church of this
City, in which he is a prominent
ma me? and Official. He Is one of the
cny*§ best known and enthusiastic
Stevenson Amusement Co
A Great Community Asset
It* Theatres Afford High Class Entertainment* F
ment Newest and Most Modern In the Inciir
Business Sponsored and Built by S. S. Stevens - ’
In Henderson the words theatre
and amusement are synonymous
with the name of Stevenson. It has
beeh so for many years, indeed so
long that S. S. Stevenson is looked
upon as the final authority in mat
ters of that kind. For a longer period
than the lifetime up to now of many
of his most frequent patrons, Sidney
'Stevenson has been ruhning theatres
in this city.
The playhouse that bears the name
of its manager and principal owner
is without a doubt one of the finest
theatres to be found anywhere in a
city or town the size of or much
larger than Henderson. The Steven
son theatre was erected and began
operation in 1927, and has ever since
been a source of pride and satisfac
| tion to the people of this community.
Visitors comment upon its fine ap
| pointments, its comfort and its won
derful equipment. It is frequently
the scene of public assemblies, and
, is in some respects a sort of com
| munity meeting place.
Located in the very heart of Hen
, derson’s shopping district, the Stev
enson theatre is one of the most
prominent buildings in the commun
ity. It is a thing of beauty both out
side and inside, and is one of the
showplaces of the city.
Always forward looking and pro
gressive, both as to his own affairs
and to those of the community and
section he has served for so many
years, Sidney Stevenson’s theatre was
one of the first to install talking
pictures when that marvel of science
carne upon the market. Its equip
ment today is the latest and most up
to-date to he found in any establish
ment of the kind, large or small. The
motivating idea has always been that
the best was none too good for pa
trons of this amusement house.
When the Stevenson theatre was
erected a large pipe organ with al
most every known attachment for
! such instruments was installed. Nor
did it become obsolete with the ad
vent of the talkies. Its soothing
strains and its inspiring music are
j heard at nearly every performance
as a part of the regular program, and
j to the delight of patrons.
In addition to the pictures exhi
bited, the theatre is equipped with a
stage that will accmomodate vaude
ville and the average road show, so
that it is filling the needs of the
community in a wonderful way in
providing amusement for the public.
the best pictures that are produced
in Hollywood studios and those in
other sections of the country are
brought to the Stevenson theatre,,
they are first runs, and oftentimes are
shown here before they are flashed
on the screens in leading New York
theatres. And, from the standpoint
of the movie fan particularly, they
are shown here at prices so reason
able as to make one wonder how it is
done when much higher box office
figures are the order of the day in
larger places. It is a rarety that
Henderson loses out on any picture
of consequence. Connections are
maintained with all of the major pro
ducing and distributing concerns,
and only the best and highest type of
films are exhibited In this city. Pa
trons of the screen do not have to go
away from home for their entertain
ment and amusement.
The Stevenson theatre has a seat
ing capacity of 650, and affords ac
commodations for colored patrons,
for whom a separate entrance has
been provided and a large section of
the balcony is reserved for them.
Sidney Stevenson came to Hender
son a quarter of a century ago. It
was not long after he arrived that he
acquired a theatre, and for many
years operated the old Princess which
gave way to the present modern and
up-to-date showhouse. the realiza
tion of a dream that gripped him
through the years until it came true.
At one time or another he has been
interested in nearly every theatre
that has operated in Henderson dur
ing that period. The unbounded en
thusiasm and energy of the man has
brought him to an achievement that
ranks him among the host known
theatre-owners in the State. Mr.
Stevenson is vice-president and gen
eral manager of the corporation
which owns his business, and always
has been the moving spirit in the en
terprise.
The president of the concern is W.
D. Purwell retired capitalist, who for
several decades has l*een an associ
ate of Mr. Stevenson in giving Hen
derson the best to be had in the wav
of amusements. He is one of the
older residents of the city, and has
contributed much in the way of cap
ital and energy in the upbuilding of
the community.
John D. Cooper, well known tex-.
tile man, is vice-president of the com
pany, and has been actively identified
With the present neterprise since its
growth and expansion became more
pronounced.
Then, too, there are a number of
others who have glveh their coope
ration ahd helpfulness to the Stev
enson Company, ahd have contrib
uted in a large Way to its success,
it is financed largely by local capi
tal, and is added evidence of the uni'
ed effort that has been responsible
young business leaders, always re
ponsive to the call of movements seek
ing to advance the Welfare of the
community.
for so many successful busin
tures in this community
Mr. Stevenson thinks- one
greatest needs of Henderson t ,
an organization that will Pr yis
the support and hacking 0 f
munity at large in furthering I?"
interests and in developing th s '
vantages and resources that - &d '
able of making a still greater *£
here. He says he is ready to r
tribute his part in a movementT
that end.
R. E. SATTERWHITE
CANDY WHOLESALER
Business Has fjrnwn Rapid!, , JlU(|
Past Three Years by F.ner,, ”
Os Its Owner
One of the outstanding examples rs
a business that has risen rapidly thrr
ugh hard work and the constant •
plication of the abilities of its o wn!t
is the R. E. Satterwhite Candy Cop,
pany, owned by the man whose nan',"
| it bears.
The concern was started two y,.
I ago by Mr. Satterwhite who
| his own truck and confined him.Jif
; largely to the Vance county territory*
I Today the company’s operations covh
j four entire counties— Vance, GranyjU,.
i Warren, Franklin—and parts of Hah
fax, Nash, Wake, Durham and p ei -.
son, all in North Carolina, and Meek
: lenburg county in Virginia. It is thu
only exclusive wholesale candy house
in this section.
Three trucks are operated in seiv
| ing the trade in the territory cateiot
| to, and specializing is dorm in candle
; and chewing gum, but with a full n ilr
j of confectioneries.
Mr. Satterwhite is personally known
to most of his customers, who recog
nize in him a business man motivated
i by the desire to sell only quality pm
ducts and to give a square deal to
' every one at all times. He is a native
of this community and has lived here
practically his entire life. He has at
times been connected with several
I whole sale houses in this city
WESTER’S GROCERY
HOME OWNED FIRM
j Staple and Fancy Groceries an«l Fresh
Meats Handled for Large
Trade in City
If business men are fitted for par
ticular activities in life, and make a
success of their chosen work because
they know it from top to bottom that
' explains, at least in part, the progress
W. H. Wester, Jr., has made in the
i grocery business. He owns his own
busines and is making a ’go” of it in
a big way. There isn’t a department
: of it that he is not one hundred per
cent acquainted with at all times. He
has been trained in it through years
and knows ful well how to at t tact
and hold customers in the difficult
task of satisfying his trade in what
the people want to eat. He believes
in giving it to them with speed ami
promptness and does just that.
Mr. Wester is a native of Hender
son, and in the old days was con
pected with a lorge local wholesale
grocery concern, later opening his
present store in the same location
that one once occupied. He is near
the center of the city and convenient
to trade, all of which makes for the
ease and efficiency of the service In
renders.
There is no necessity of telling
■what he carries in his store. He
has everything that a modern groc
ery establishment carries, alw’avs with
a stock of goods that is fresh and
palatable, and with his personal guai
an tee lof satisfaction behind every
purchase. That is the sort of repn
; tation Will Wester has built through
the years, and his customers ha\»
| the utmost confidence in what In
, sells.
Three miles west of the city M'
Wester has a country home that m
a place of beauty, and with the mod
ern conveniences offered by a <-
yet with the joys and pleasures am
the opportunities for rest and ‘ ■
ation that are possible only m
wide open spaces. He has then
large poultry farm, and raises cattn
and pork for the market depanm-'
of his store. This is in itself a big
asset to his business.
Mr. Wester is the oldest of in
brothers, all natives of Hem
and every one of whom has .un -
made for himself a place in tio 1
munity, with the highest esteem un
respect of the home folks. 1
est is associated with him hi it" t
eery business, while another is
lished in the real estate and " IMI
ance business, and is recognizee *
an authority in both lines it" ’’’
two are responsible officials 111 “ .
hanking institutions. The fa '"' ' '
boys is an example and an ( ‘ x,vr '
somewhat of a rarity in tun
munity and of which any P d
might justly he proud. f
Although closely applying - 1
to his own affairs, first, last ant
the time, with success as his re .
Mr. Wester finds time for other • «
vities as well, and is synipatt" "
enterprises and movements v't"
jective is the upbuilding of th« 1
town and the development <> 1 < _ .
as a better place in which t<>
work. Henderson is proud
Wester store ,for it is a credit m
eomthunity from whatever ang r
ttiay be measured.