. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . and each floor is devoted to a special department,under the direction of a competent head. Goodsare received and shipments are made from thebasement, which is level with the street, the back doors being but twohundred and fifty feet distant from the wharf of the New York steam-ers, and are also contiguous to the railroad. The house handles drygoods and notions, including every conceivable article, comprised by these generalheadings. Thefirm are alsosole agents forthe celebratedGlenhamMills, whoseproducts arestan
. Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed . and each floor is devoted to a special department,under the direction of a competent head. Goodsare received and shipments are made from thebasement, which is level with the street, the back doors being but twohundred and fifty feet distant from the wharf of the New York steam-ers, and are also contiguous to the railroad. The house handles drygoods and notions, including every conceivable article, comprised by these generalheadings. Thefirm are alsosole agents forthe celebratedGlenhamMills, whoseproducts arestandard o nthe diversityand variety ofthe stock in-clude everyc o n c e ivablearticle suitedto the trade ofNorth andSouth Caro-lina, to whichlocalites thehouse confinesits firm en-jov the mostintimate rela-t i o n s withm a n u fachir-ers, importers and first hands generally. The house has an office also, at 93 Frank-lin street, New York, where they have a resident buyer, who is atjalltimes on the alert to obtain the novelties of each season as readilv as. THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. 59 their contemporaries in the leading cities. A member of the firm alsomakes periodical visits to the metropolis. Messrs. I. M. Bear & six commercial travellers constantly on the road. Mr. S. makes his headquarters at Darlington, S. C., and serves allthe territory adjacent. From Asheville, N. C, Mr. C. McGill attendsto the trade centering from that city. Mr. C. M. McArthur travels theWilmington and Weldon railroad and branches, Mr. G. J. McMillancalls on customers along the lines of the W. C. & A. R. R., WT. N. &N. and branches, and Mr. H. C. Bear, a member of the firm, devoteshis attention to customers along the S. A. L. and branches. M. Bear and H. C. Bear, the proprietors, are both young men, fullof push and ambition, who are fully alive to the signs of the times inwhich they live. They are prepared to place at the disposal of patronssuch goods as ar
Size: 1440px × 1736px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectbusines, bookyear1902
