Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26
soung oARo.rrA. MAY 80, 1893.

cycle department is under Mr.. j. A.
Brook as manager. Mr.. Brock is o
young man of fine business parts.
Mr.. ". p. Nimmons is manager
CT the extensive department. Of gene
raj merchandise and is assisted by
Mr.. Charlie Mills, A. A. MoMahan
and Butler Holmes as salesmen, and
Cecil Todd as cash-boy. All these
clerks are affable and accommodating
to customers, and ready and prompt
in business. ~"
The firm of Lowery, Byrd & Co.
is composed of w. A. Lowery, Joseph
w. Byrd, James L. Lowery and j..
Quincy Adams. 1t is q strong and
reliable firm, and represents intelli-
gence, business capacity and wealth.
The firm was organized and began
business in February, 1897, in a large
two'story brick building, on the cast
orn side of the public square, which
had just been completed by w. A.
Lowery.
Mr.. w. A. Lowery, the senior
member of the firm, was born in An
derson county, but was reared in
Oconee county, having removed hero
when quite a boy. He is one of tho
MOST extensive planters i'll Oco-
nee county. He resided in the country
until some ten years ago, when he
removed to Seneca. He was elected
president of The Seneca Bank iii
March, 1896, which position he held
until March, 1898, when he sold his
stock in the bank and resigned the
presidency.
MIR. }. w. Byrd is young man
of fine business qualifications. He
was reared in Oconee county, near
Walhalla. lie entered the employ
of M. w. Coleman 6 Co. as clerk
when mere boy. He labored there
many years and was promoted to be
bookkcoper of the firm, which posi-
tion he held until he became part
ncr in his present business. Mr..
Byrd has built his own fortune, and
is recognized as a solf-made man.
Mr.. j. L. Lowery IS a son of Mr..
w. A. Lowery. In 1894 he took a
business course in Osborn's Business
College, in Augusta, Ga, after which
he returned to Seneca and was eul-
ployed in the business of Adams
Bros, until he entered on his present
work.
}. q. Adams, the other member of
tho firm, has been in business as clerk,
for mercantile houses in Seneca for
tho last eight years. He was in the
employ of M. w. Coleman 81 Co.
at the time he joined his firm in their
present business.
Lowery, Byrd &c Go. have been in
business but little longer than a year,
but have built M a rnmmnora!;ye and
wclldescrvcd trade in dry goods and
groceries.
r. M. Richardson, a thorough 60
ing and enterprising merchant and
business man, is a Georgian by birth,
having been reared in Murray county.
In 1870 he removed to Oconee
county, and with the steam engine
and the circle saw he began the con-
version of the huge pines of tho
forest into building material. Mr..
Richardson is ono OF the few men
VINO have made n success of saw-mil-
ling. In 1901 he invested a part of
his surplus capital in the business of
general merchandise. A partnership
was formed with O. II. Bacon and
sometime afterward MIR. r. M. Trib-
bic joined tho firm. This firm of r.
M: Richardson & Co. did large
and prosperous business until Janu.
airy, 1898, when it was dissolved. Mr..
Richardson and Mr.. Bacon each es-
tablished separate business, and
Mr.. Tribble retired to manage his
large farming interests in the county.
MIR. Richardson is q man of fine busi-
ness ability, as demonstrated by his
remarkable success. He commenced
business without capital and by
energy and industry he has, before
reaching middle life, accumulated q
considerable sum of money with
which he does q large and varied
business.
In March, 1896, he was elected a
director in The Seneca Bank, and in
March, 1893, was made president
10 the interest of this business he
dcvotes q we'll directed and intelli-
gent energy.
The immediate business of his
store is under the management of
MIR. Ellie l.. Richardson, his son
a young man well fitted for the
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