The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1903-01-23
a GREAT C0Rp0RGTI0K.
The Consolidated Grocery Company
With $5Oo.Go Capital.

keeping up with her sister states and
may be said to he rapidly forging to
the head Of the procession.
One ~ the most important new cor
or 70 he more exact, the
merging Of existing establishments
into one ws~ ihat OF the Consolidated
Grocery Company of jacksonville,
which began its legal existence on
January ].
The concerns that are merged in the
Consolidated Grocery Company are
seven in number, and are the G. b.
Rogers Company, the Florida Gro
Gerry Company and the grocery de,
partment OF the Mutual Naval Stores
Company, all nf jacksonville, and the
grocery departments az the Southern
Naval Stores Company OF savannah
the Gulf Naval stores Company Of
Tampa. the Gulf Naval Stores ComPa-
ny 81 Pensacola ana the West Coat
Naval Stores Company Of Pensacola.
The officers of the company are a.
follows:
{. B. Rogers, president, Jackson
willie.
W. a. GallSher and +. A. Cham
plain. vice presidents, jacksonville.
O. II. Hodgson, secretary and
treasurer. Jacksonville
Directors-C. b. Rogers, ". A. Gal
lsher, +. =. Champaign and u. a.
NcEschern, Jacksonville; b F. Bull
lard, Tampa; c. NJ Covington, Pen.
sscoia.
The capital stock Of the Consolida-
TED Grocery Company il half mil.
lion dollars. Il viii deal in whole
sale groceries, hay, grain and provi.
,ions, and do business i'm Florida
Georgia and Alabama. Branch store,
will Ice located at Tampa, Savannah
and Pensacola.
The headquarters for all business
Will Toe ia Jacksonville, and il will
readily Toe understood how the i'm,
mense concern can buy at prices that
viii admit OF the most reasonable
sales.
The purchasing power OF such 5
corporation will toe enormous, and
/ the having of various depots and
/ branches in several cities will enable
| the company 10 deliver goods To- Gus
! TONERS from the nearest possinl,
point, thus saving great deal t,
their patrons i'm the way Of freights
The company starts out with the fin
/ est kind of prospects, and will un
doubtedlv DO an enormous business.
! The president, Hon. {. +. Rogers
"a well a. the other officers of tn
company, are known in every nool
and corner of Florida not only 10y an,
through the sterling business guslitie
that have made them successful bu
also a. men whose pride in their stat
and its development has been :
material factor i'm Florida's progress,
The working capital Of the ConsoIi
dated Grocery Company il so larg
that it will be able To sell goods at tn
lowest minimum prices 10 merchant
in Florida, South Georgia and AIS
bama, who will find il to their intel
est To become customers.
To give an idea Of the great size ,
the new concern, ten travelling me
will 20 out from the headquarters i
Jacksonville, and, besides, ever
branch house viii have drummars, :
it can he seen that the territory wi
be thoroughly covered.
The formation of this compan
means that jacksonville has take
another big step forward, and it mean
lot of money will Toe circulate
there, for the employees of such a
establishment will Toe numerous.
Mr. Emmett Robinson arrived /
Ocala yesterday from Savannah
make his home here with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. f. Robinson. He
accompanied 10y Mr.. Charlie Martin
who will be his guest for some time.
Mr.. Tom Harris returned 10 Jacl