The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-08-01
FAMILIAR NAMES.
iHOSE WHICH YOU SEE Al
MOST EVERY WEEK in
OUR COLUMNS
our Home Adyertisers--A Sketch
Oh Inem and their Businesses.

Oh Them and their Businesses.
The best apyertiscment any town rau
nave IL live, thriving Paper crowded with
wen written Advertisements Of every Bu-i.
ness IN the place, from Doctor, LAWYER and
Merchant to Blacksmith.
''Prosperity rs the inevitable result -ef Ad.
vertising."
We now redeem our promise
of last week to give sketch of
the men and their businesses
whose names appear in our adj
vertising columns. These ad-
vertisements represent prosperi-
ty, fo.' prosperous business men
al ways advertise and liberal ad-
vertisers are almost universally
prosperous. These, too, are pub
lie spirited men,men who believe
i'll supporting a. home paper and
who know that this is necessary
to enable it to be of the grea test
usefulness.
MERCHANTS.
j. A. FERRELL
Biographical Sketch.)
was born in Orange (now Dur
ham) county i'm 1882, moved to
ROckfish, i'll Cumberland in 1S47,
and took a position in the NAL
lett Cotton Factory at that place
whore he remained about two
years. He then accepted a posi-
tiOn with the Cape FeIr Navi-
CATION Company, while building
the locks and dams ordered by
Act Of the Legislature to be
constructed on that river. In
1850 he went to Milledgeville,
Georgia, and accepted a position
as clerk In a large shoe house.
When about 81 years of age he
returned to ROckfish and enter
ed school under the tutilage of
Murdock McLoud "a gentleman
40 well and favorably known as
a teacher for several years in
this county, He next secured
a certificate and taught a public
school on the Cape Fear River.
in the McRay neighborhood. In
1855 he located in Clinton. He
taught in Sampson and Wayne
counties till the opening of the
civil war, when he joined the
GoldsborO Rifles. He resigned
his place in this company to a.
cept the position of orderly ser
geant in the second company
organized in this company.
The war over, he opened a lner
camille business in Clinton un-
der the firm name of Ferrell &
Bro. [The progress and d1ssolu
ton of this cOpartnership is sta
ted under head of 7. NJ. Terrell.
Sketch of Business.}
His business is located on Wal
street and carries full line OF
general merchandise. He owns
considerable real estate and de
votes almost as much attention
to the management of these
farms as to merchant ising.
L. NJ, FERRELI.
Biographical Sketch.)
Was born in Orange county ii
1916. Located in this count!
i'm 1866. He left the school
room when only II years of ag'
to enter the Confederate arm.
as a volunteer in Shaw's Samp
son Cavalry. The war over h
entered the merchantile bust
ness in copartnership with hi
brother, j. 4. Ferrell, under tn
firm name of Ferrell & Bro. H
had no capital and was $3.50 ii
in debt. This firm continue,
and prospered for eighteen year
when an inventory showed it
property to be worth $4,000
At this time Capt. D. A. Cul
breth and Mr.. E.. E. Howell
became members of the firm
under the name of J. A. Eel
rell & Co. In 1888 the firm dis
solved, and since 7. M. Ferrel
has been conducting the mel
chantile business alone. He wa
married to Miss Mamie Hobb:
of this county. in 1879.
Sketch of Business.
His store is located on Wal
Street, and carries q line Of ger
eral merchandise, and is th
only undertaken in the place
He carries a full line of coffin
!, and caskets for all ages, size
and prices. The readers c
our Business Local Column wi
notice that he has made a spec.
atty of offering various article
of the necessaries of life q
greatly reduced prices.
MOSES HANSTEIN
Biographical Sketeh.)
born in Germany, province c
Hessen, (now Prussia) learne
the trade of shoe-making unde
his father. and came to tn
county in 1873. He located i
Wilmington, N. c., as a clerk Il
his brother, San'l Hanstein. II
{ came to Clinton in 1879 an