The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

The magnitude of the business done in Atmore is a surprise to any one who makes any sort of an investigation ol if There, for instance, is the business of the Peoples Mercantile Company done in d great big general store anu amounting each year to a total or loo,- GOO. Inside the building seven men are emnloved. The officers of the company are H. w. Curry, President; A. McGow = an. Jr.. Vice-President, and J. H. Pitt man. Secretary. The company Tour wears ago succeeded to the older busi- ness of Robbins & McGowan.
 The Mercantile Business. For the general business of thriving and growing town of Atmores sort hank is n necessity. This necessity was supplied two years ago by the or canization of the Bank of Atmore, with a canital of s17,000. From the first 1t was prosperous. Cashier M. NJ. Brooks. said in talking of the bank. our busi- ness exceeded all expectations, when we organized we only figured on nav ing at the end of two years deposits of s35,0OO, but those deposits now amount to s60,000. Our deposits are double what they were this time last year. And, by the way. a majority or our depositors are farmers, for our farmers are now prosperous enough to be lenders instead of borrowers"
 The officers of the bank are J. E. Me- Coy, President; J. D. Curtis. Vice-Presf- dent; NJ M. Brooks. Cashier. All are local men.
 The directors are J. E. Mccoy. J. D. Curtis, w. W. Lowery, Dr. A. P. Webb, D. Gillis, and Dr. s. S. Coleman.
 Atmore has a range of territory of twenty and twenty-five miles in each direction. To supply the demands of such a territory the Curtis Mercantile hoo nrnfoinant If Ia one of the important enterprises of Att more and one of the agencies which has assisted in the upbuilding of the town. It, too. does general mercan- tile business amounting to 100000 year, as we'll as a real estate business, for the way the section is growing there is money to be made in the buy ing and selling of lands. The officers of the company are J. D. Curtis. L. M Smith, L. J. Rushin, w. R. Rushin and E. L. Curtis, all of whom live in Att more and all of whom except MT. Curtis came to Atmore in the past five years.
 Mr. Curtis owns the largest farm In is much smaller than in those sections where negro labor may be had It Is also one of the most prosperous and progressive farms in South Alabama. His farm holds 520 acres and he runs twelve blows.
 The Hustler Mercantile Company is another energetic enterprise which is sharing the prosperity of Atmore It has only been in business two years. but 1t has made money in those two years. It does an annual business of $50,0O0 and its officers are T. E. Stone, President and General Manager: Will liam Agerton, Secretary and Treasurer. and J. R. Stewart and w. B. Holland, ntranfnra Tho huGinaGG fbiS year has shown a remarkable increase over that of last year.
 A neat and attractive store. a store that would not be out of place In a big city Is the Racket Store now estab- lished in a handsome new building. The business is owned by Mir. F. l.. Archer and he does a general dry goods and notion business as well as suc- cessful millinery business. MT. Archer's business has shown steady increase, but this is not surprising in Atmore. MT Archer is one of the numerous young men of Atmore who came in in the past few years and prospered.
 J. T. Lowery Is one of the old citi- zens of Atmore, for he has been there for ten years and in town so new those ten years makes him one of the old residents. Mir. Lowery came in ten years ago and went to clerking in one of the three stores of which Atmore then boasted. He is. however. a native of that section and thoroughly familiar | with the conditions that prevail. He | has been in business for himself for | several years and has grown up with | the town.
 The firm Of Baggett & Cushion is made up Of two young men who came | from McDnvid's twenty miles away only | three years ago. In that time they |