The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-06-21

lhe COTTON compress was started
twelve years ago The daily capacity |
is 1000 bales. Fifty thousand dollars
is invested in this enterprise. Cen
eral manager. W. II. Murphey. has
had charge six years He was born
in jefferson, Texas. in 1856 and has
had large experience in the compress
business.
The Crown Bottling Works. erect.
ed May L. 1902 with a capital OF
about $4,000. General manager. w.
NJ. Riggs; H. l.. Dalton. treasurer.
Daily capacity 500 cases. Ship up
and down the Santa Fe railroad and
within a radius OF forty miles around
Ardmore MIR Riggs was born in Met
calf county. Kentucky. i'm 1877 educat.
ed at Louisville at Bryant a Strat.
ton Business College; came to Ard
more April ]. 1902 Mr. Dalton came
from Bowling Green. Ky. These gen
tlemen are making a success Of their
business.
Ardmore has been solid. with no
ephemeral growth and offers as rich
a field for material development as is
In the Southwest The banking CAPT
tai is nearly one-half million dollars.
The Whaley Mil and Elevator com
pany have handsome buildings and
is one Of the largest in the Southwest.
The daily capacity Of 200 barrels OF the
finest flour in the country About
$35 600 is invested in the plant. The
capacity Of the elevator is 10000 bush
els of grain. j. NJ. Floyd. president;
IL. o. A. Whaley. vice-president. w. NJ.
lGwyn. secretary. Mr.. Floyd was born
in Knox county. Tenn, and has been
In the Indian Territory four years. Mr..
IT, IL. Griffin was born in Grayson
county. Texas Messrs Floyd and
IGrifhn came to Ardmore about the
same time. They are both clever gen.
tlemen.
II you wish to clothe in purple and
fine linen and look stylish go to that
livery distingue gentleman. Mr. Ed
Ringer. and you Will come out arrayed
quite a Ia mode. He has the most
fashionable clothing store in Ardmore,
has the cream OF the trade. Mr.
Ringer was born in LAGRANGE. Ca. in
1868; came to Texas in 1879; lived at
Abilene; clerked in Ardmore and
then opened up business for himself.
He is a prominent Elk and up-to-date
man in every thing
Mr.. G. p. VanDenberg, a native Of
New York, located in Ardmore four
teen years ago. He handles, buys and
sells lumber on an extensive scale
and his business amounts to about
1870, 900 year. He does not have any
tfoollshness about him and is strictly a
business man and man OF integrity.
The Ardmore Dry Goods company,
managed by that courteous and ex.
TEXAN, Mr.. J. G.. Beard, who has been
in the business twenty-five years. in.
corporated for $4,000 and n paid up
capital of $4,000, recently bought out
Sig Simon for 80 cents on the 81. The
big store is 40 feet front and 1876
. deep. and is being filled with a mag
niflcent stock of all the latest and
Imost stylish goods of all descriptions
IAnything you want sold lower than
ever before sold In Ardmore There
is in the rear a double deck which Is
lpresided over by fashionable millin
: err, Mrs. Spurgeon. who is up-to-datt
in fashion. Everything is bought dl
rectly from the East. Mr.. Nimocl
spends all his time in the Easter
markets looking for bargains. Remem
l ber the Ardmore Dry Goods compan.
Z where the poorest man is waited OF
like a queen.
E In pleasant interview with MI
!, David Redheld, postmaster. learn O. a
r the revenue from the Office is 1880
: ANNUALLY. and the Office second class
n Mr.. Redneld was born in Vernol
county, Mo-, In 1912. lived in Texa
many years, and was postmaster a
J. Cisco and supervisor Of the Sixth Te'
}. as census district He was prom
p nently identified with the Texas repul
r. Leans for many years and did goo
IS work for his party. Hon. Sam Ldi
l. ham defeated him for congress. NJ
q Redheld is very popular official an
d administers the affairs OF his ofiic
IS in perfectly satisfactory name
s. He was endorsed by the leading r.
Il publicans in the country for tao plac
!; and was appointed by President M
t Kinley.
e. MRS. MARY T. WHITSON.
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