The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-10-17
GREET THE COL. AT THE FAIR.

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GREET THE COL. AT THE FAIR.
extended his hand, when will / get
through meeting my old friends. A per-
feet model of man, ALI A. Thompson
was and always will be. l would like
to see a city made up of just such men,
wouldn't it be a charming place to live
in? Well L went up and took seat IN
Mr.. Thompson's office and there | met
another one of the best and busiest of
my former friends, Mr.. Chas. e. John
son. hear often away out in my coun-
try of the great cotton buyers and ex-
porters Johnson and Thompson for she
lieve they buy cotton all over the coun-
try. That's a very handsome and con-
veniently arranged office | find them in
in Raleigh, and it was one of the busiest
places l have seen since l landed in Raj
eigh, the two clever members of the
firm and a half dozen stenOgTaphers,
type writer's, cotton graders, bOok-keep-
ers and accountants all as busy as could
be grading and invoicing cotton, opening
kilograms and cablegrams. making out
invoices and arranging shipments, writ
ing checks, etc. land | was impressed
with the evidences of the extensive bust
ness that this firm of cotton buyers and
shippers is doing. | imagine that there
are few houses in the South better
equipped for doing a large cotton bust
ness, both for domestic shipment and
for foreign shipment, than this firm.
They are reliable men, competent men,
expert cotton men, know the business
thoroughly and are among the leading
cotton partners in the country.
A..
fellow that l was glad to see IN the
person of Sam Brewer, now the manag-
ing partner of the firm of ]. ]. Thomas
& Co., Raleigh. Would not seem like
Raleigh without a firm by this name.
The senior Capt. Thomas has so long
been directly connected with the general
business of the town that his name has
become interviewer with it's industrial
fabric, and the mere mention Of his
name in these parts suggests extensive
business operations; and Mr.. Brewer,
HIS partner, has by intelligent applica-
ton of business training and by close
application and correct business methods
made himself a leader in the communi-
TVS business affairs. | find this live firm
occupying the handsome Thomas build
ing, built since / left Raleigh, and one
of the city's most commOdious business
houses. In this building they make
speciality of handling farmers supplies.
receiving, selling or storing cotton and
otherwise meeting the demands of their
many planter patrons. OF course it is
. needless for me to say that this is one
of the most substantial houses not only
in Raleigh but in the State, and merits
the confidence Of the trading public.
= And / met the great harness and sad
8 die man, Mr.. w. r. Wyatt of the old
, and honored firm of e. f. Wyatt & Son.
: remember the very day that these gen
| tlemen began the manufacture Of har-
o ness and general horse furnishings in
Q Raleigh. II ever knew model gen
7 teman it is Il. +. Wyatt. He ap-
! pears always to me to be one Of the salt
n of the earth and / don't think you have
q more reliable man in Raleigh than his
! son, w. +. Wyatt, and so far as man
ufacturing and dealing in harness and
:, saddles is concerned the twenty two
= years of honest, fair and square deal
u ing that this house has to its credit is
= incontrovertable evidence of their merit.
/ am always glad to find an old
= friend doing business at the same old
stand. 1t argues well. 1t establishes
: two things, the main thing is that the
:, business has SUCCEEDED in winning
u the confidence of the purchasing public.
!, This confidence cannot 'be obtained and
n retained through twenty years of BUSH
I ness life except by fair and honest deal
ing.
= I noticed at the Wyatt Harness es-
~ tabEshment large stock of the best
- harness and general findings for horse
- men, that have seen in town the size
of Raleigh Made the most of it right
Q there in the factory and made by as fine
n mechanics as ever drew a waxed thread.
III | note, too, with what favor these men
and their work is being regarded by
the people of the city and the surround
at ing country. l hear much said about
;e the meritorious work that comes from
n. e. f. Wyatt & Son.
lie We all remember or that is all we old
he or fellows remember when William
le Woolcott first came to Raleigh. I re-
IL member when he first came and openet
lie a little 10x20 grocery store away uI
IS on Wilmington street.
If / find him now occupying the entire
lie three story brick building known as tho
he Geo. T. Stronach building on Mnrt'T
I'd street 1t is one of the largest store build
he ings in the State. and surely one of th'
~ best arranged dry goods and notion
he stores have ever visited. Here I fin(
rs my little friend WOollcott, no bigger il
It physique than he used to he. hut grow
as into giant as successful business
Ve man. I have often Thought that If VIII
ut liam Woolcott had weighed 200 pounds
tn and had the same amount OF business
g. energy and capacity to the square incl