The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-13
cHARLEsToN's JoBBING BUSINESS.
Its Wholesale Houses Wideawake
and Progressive. Her Statesmen
Travel Every state in the south.

Its Wholesale Houses Wideawake
and Progressive. Her Statesmen
Travel Every State in the South.
The city of Charleston. S. c.. points
with pride to her wholesale jobbing
business, which is one of the most ex-
tensive in the South. Its wholesale
houses in every line are wide awake
and progressive, and send out scores
of bright, energetic statesmen, who
travel through every state of the
South.
The stocks carried in every line are
most complete, and up to date, in fact
Charleston has as large a stock of
every description of goods as can be
found in any city Their terms are
strictly p-to-date, their prices as low
as any, and their deliveries prompt
and every satisfaction guaranteed.
Take the dry goods business, there
are many large houses, who are
thoroughly equipped in every way to
please the very best trade in the South.
With such firms as Pringle Bros, john
SON. Crews Co., T. A. Wilbur & Son, M.
Hornik & Co., and Palmetto Manufac-
turing Company, there is not a want
that cannot be supplied.
Charleston is recognized as one of
the leading drug markets of the South.
The Geer Drug Company and Charles
ton Drug Manufacturing Company car
ry very large and varied stocks.
The hardware business is particular
ly prominent in the city, and such
firms as Marshall, Wescoat & Co., Cole
man-Wagener Hardware Co., Miller
Hardware Co., are known all over the
South. In mill supplies, the business
done is enormous, and the following
names are we'll known to everyone IN
this business: The Bailey-Lebby Co,
Cameron & Barley Co., and c. D.
FRANKIE & Co.
Charleston is now a large hat mar
ket. The Standard Hat Company, or
ganized a year ago, carries a heavy
line, including Stetsons. The old house
of E. T. Brown & Co. is well known,
and carries a complete line.
A very large capital is represented
in the shoe business, and the stocks
of the following concerns are in every
respect equal to anything in the coun-
try: Drake Innes-Green Shoe Co.,
Lobby Shoe Co, N. A. Hunt & Co,
and Brown, Evans Co.
Located in the famous rice region of
South Carolina, the houses in Charles
ton, who devote their attention to this
business, are pre- eminent in their lines:
Wilmot D. Porcher, Dan Talmage, End;
Jacob S. Schirmer & Sons.
The importations of fruit are very
heavy, and shipments are made to all
sections by fast freight, with most sat
isfactory results. Among the first in
this business, c. Bart & Co., Southern
Fruit Company and Welbrock Bros,
have a large trade.
The Palmetto Manufacturing Com
pany are large distributors of clothing
and notions, and the Sheppard Supply
Company do a handsome business in
stoves, tinware, etc. Among the whole
sale stationers of the city, H. B. BruX
has built up fine trade. The saddlery
and harness business is we'll represent
ed by A. R. Thomlinson, who also
deals in buggies and such. The whole
sale paint and oil companies of the
city justly deserve the reputation which
Coleman Ball-Martin Paint and Oil
Company and Leland Moore Paint and
Oil Company have won.
1t is needless TO refer to the large
grocery business, as the mention of
such names as F. w. Wagner & Co,
Bernard O'Neill & Sons, Melchers &,
Co., Otto Tiedeman & Sons, c. Wul-
bern & Co.. and Fincken-J Jordan Co.,
speak for themselves, and every one
in the trade is familiar with them.
Charleston is up-to-date in it's job
bling business. 1t is anxious to please
the trade, and anyone who visits that
city and inspects the stocks will find
satisfaction in every particular. The
merchants arrange to pay the eX-
penses of all who buy their stocks in
the different lines above mentioned.