The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-04-12


will convince the most skeptical.
This house, as its success would attest,
is conducted upon the highest business
principles. The business transactions
are marked with degree Of honesty and
fair dealing which is bound to win
friends on all sides. The entire estab-
lishment is justly entitled to the consid-
Grafton and patronage Of the public, and
the gentlemanly proprietor to the es-
TEEN that energy, reliability and talent
always inspires. The house Of Mr..
Feibel is one Of Hillsboros best and
most honored mercantile concerns, and
we hope his past prosperity will con-
tinue in the future.
McKeehan, Hiestand & Co.
There is no more important factor in
the commercial and industrial growth
and prosperity Of a city thar the gro-
cery trade, and no more nnerriug index
or test by which to judge OF its enter
prise. Flourishing, prosperous and we'll
established grocery firms indicate the
existence of qualifications among her
citizens which are the surest evidences
of progress and development in COM
mercial affaira. The wholesale grocery
trade must always occupy prominent
position in the history of any city, as It
conduces in no small degree to the mer-
camille importance Of the community.
All cities have their leaders in this line,
men of action, energy and enterprise,
who live in and for this progressive age.
Keenly alive to it's requirements, they
are the life and spirit Of the times, not
fossils OF the past, they are motive
forces In the march Of improvement,
stimulating the general industrial devel-
opment by their own successful effsrts.
The members OF the firm Of McKeehan,
Hiestand 4 Co. are worthy examples of
this class of business men. They occu-
py a conspicuous rank among the repre-.
sentative merchants Of Southern Ohio,
and are entitled to special recognition
in the present historical and statistical
review Of this city.
The individual members of this firm
are M. McKeehan, Capt. j. M. Hiestand
and G. M. Overman. These gentlemen
formed a partnership last June, and
purchased the business operated by H
Roads 4 Co., who at that time ran Q
wholesale and retail grocery. The new
firm did away with the retail business
and conduct a strictly wholesale grocery
This is one of the strongest and most re,
liable firms in this section and they con.
duct house which is both credit and
an advantage to our city. Mr.. Mckee
han was formerly engaged in the whole
sale and retail grocery business, having
had an experience of nineteen years
He has exhibited decided business abil
ity and good judgment in managing the
affairs of the company, and his effort.
have sdded largely t9 the success of thu
house. His long experience has given
him an almost perfect knowledge Of the
grocery trade, and he is unquestionahly
the right man in the right place. Cap
tain Hiestand is at present the Treasu
Fer Of Highland county. He was form
erly engaged In the queenswsre husi
ness, thoroughly understands the mer
camille trade and Is good financier
Mr.. Overman is the president Of the Cit
izens National Bank. This gentleman
is noted for his ability as a financier
and justly merits the high position h,
occupies.
This is the largest and most extensiv,
mercantile house in Hillsboro, and is tn
only exclusivewholesal grocery In larg'
section Of Southern Ohio. Although es
tablished but a short time theyhave secur
ed trade amounting to many thousand
of dollars annually, and have exhibited
unmistaksble evidences Of an ability Il
successfully compete With similar es
adjustments of the east and west il
supplying the retailers Of this part o
the country with these indispensable al
ticles Of every day consumption, com
prising their stock in trade.
The passage OF the interstate com
merce law has made wholesale grocer,
houses necessity in all tho centers q
trade, as retailers can no longer affor,
to pay ''long haul" rates on small guam
titles of goods. McKeehan, Hiestand
Co., buying and shipping by the 90,
load, can lay down goods to houses Il
their territory a. cheap as Cincinnati
houses. Another advantage they poi
sess over Cincinnati houses is that thei
general expenses are far less than simi
lar concerns of that city, and this fac
snahles them to sell goods cheaps,
They have demonstrated these facts I
the satisfaction Of their patrons, and a
a consequence their trade is CROWN
steadily and their house is now one q
the most important concerns of the city
The premises occupied by this firm ar
the largest in the city. They compris
store-room of about 80 by $50 feet, tw
floors being occupied, and every inch Q
this large space is completely Allied Wit
goods. They have . warehouse celia
near the depot for oils, and have recent
ly built large thrse-story cold storas
house, wherein they keep their egg
raisins, lemons and other fruits and PEI
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