The Democratic advocate., 1906-12-21
XYKESVILLE.
WADE H. d. WARFIELD d co.
Hard,care Lumber, Coal, Feed, Gram.
E,ort;J;zor- Wholesale and Retail


Hard,care, Lumber, Coal, Feed. Grain.
Fertilizer Wholesale and Retail.
Sykesville enjoys an excellent reputation
as a thriving and popular trade center.
This reputation, to one on the ground, Is
based on large and complete stock equip
ments. and on the alert methods and pro
sressive policy of those engaged in supply
ing popular needs in all lines Of merchan-
dising. and who are not to be outdone In a
service which comprises all the elements
necessary to promote trade relations the
most satisfying in every respect
This observation is well exemplifed in
the career of the business conducted as
Wade H. D. Warfeld 4 Co., from whose
inception, in 1889, dates the beginning Of
a new era in Sykesvilles commercial his
tory, and whose development, during the
intervening years, up to its present splen.
did PROPORTIONS has served to secure and
establish firmly the enviable prestige the
community enjoys for its superior market
facilities. Its career has contributed large
ly to give Sykesville an independent posi-
ton as trading point by introducing and
building up splendid facilities in the lumber
business and by operations on large scale
in all other lines which command the low
est fractional prices at the sources OF sup
ply. thereby securing conditions at home
out of which arise the most substantial
considerations. Wade FL. d. Warfeld u
Co. carry constantly large and complete
assortment of shelf hardware, cutlery, me-
chanic and gardener tools, household
supplies, painters supplies, mixed paints,
oils and varnishes, heavy hardware, black
smith supplies and the innumerable articles
to be found in every thoroughly equipped
establishment in this line.
The lumber yards contain variety OF
qualities and sizes of rough and dressed
lumber, laths, shingles, doors, sash, blinds,
mantels and turned work generally, and IN
building supplies, brick, tile, sewer pilpe'
cement lime, etc. All these productions
are secured from first hands at the source
of supply, and are purchased in carload
quantities to secure bedrock wholesale tlg-
ures. Hard and soft coal is handled and a
nice business is done in this department.
The productions only of the best mines are
dealt in, and storage bins Of ample capac-
ity are provided to insure a constant sup
piy. Wade H. D. Warfeld q 20. are
wholesale as we'll as retail jobbers OF gram,
feed, hay and straw, buying and selling In
carload lots at the current market prices,
and maintaining a home market tor the
farmers of this section tor the sale OF thelr
commodities, which is noted for Its llber-
ality and fairness in all transactions. This
concern does an immense business ID the
sale and distribution of Warheld Wheat
and Grass Mixture, one Of the very best
soil enriching fertilizers on the Market ana
whose aggregate sales each season would
make up train of cars which would test
the capacity of the largest engines to han
die. This firm is the exclusive wholesale
agency for this section for the world re-
nowned Pillsbury, Washburn 70. S Pills
bury -four, and the retail trade is supplied
in wholesale quantities promptly.
During the current year Wade I'll. u:
Warfeld & Co. completed and occupied
their substantial brick store structure which
in appointments, conveniences and attract
i've stock displays presents the most pro-
gressive ideas of present day methods.
This building is three stories with plate
glass front, thereby providing attractive
window displays and with fixtures subdl-
vided into many compartments, carefully
labelled from floor to ceiling, the upper
portions of which are made accessible by
galleries, which also are used tor stock
display purposes. The building contains
general and private Offices, is equipped
with elevator, steam heating and acetylene
gas systems, fire shutters, steel ceilings
and the latest improvements that insure
both convenience and safety. In addition
to handsome store quarters the yards are
provided with private switch from the
B. & O. Railroad, from which coal cars
are dumped directly into the coal bins, and
lumber and heavy materials are handled at
the minimum cost of time or labor As
result of this excellent equipment, backed
up by an alert, progressive and able man,
agement, market conditions are maintained
which challenges the most aggressive COM
petition, and that these conditions remain
unchallenged year in and year out fur
nishes the explanation for Sykesville'
prestige and popularity as a trade center
Mr.. Wade H D. Warfeld, the founder
and manager of this enterprise, is among
the younger of Carroll county 5 representa-
tive business men and progressive citizens.
He is the president of the Sykesville Bank,
a member of the Maryland State Live
Stock Board and of the Chamber of Com
merce, Baltimore, and is an enthusiastic
promoter of every measure or proposition
that will in any manner contribute to
,Sykesville' s development.