The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-20
AMz| GODDEN CO.
 IS NOW WHOLESALE
Retail Business Sold to the
 McVay Seed Co.
PLANS FOR FUTURE
President White Announces That They Expect to Make Wholesale Company One of Largest
 in the Country

It was announced yesterday that the retail department of the Amzi God den Seed company had been sold to the McVay Seed company, which con cern will operate the retail trade from the present store on First avenue
 President Harry J. White of the Amzi Golden Seed company subse- ouently announced that the wholesale and mail order business of the firm would be handled by the old organ ization as heretofore with offices ir the new warehouse on Twenty-thiro street, south
 The change in the Amzi Golden or ganization has been expected in com mercial circles for some time The new organiza tion operating the retail de- partment will be headed by J. E. Dol sen. as president. while the other or ficials have not been selected yet. The purpose of the separation of the two departments, according to President White, was to allow the capilal of the company and the energy of it's officials to be used in making the Amzi Golden Seed company one of the biggest concerns in the United States inasmuch as it has the distinction of being g large as any like company in the entire south.
 The changes are effective at once and the two separate organizations will take up their respective work as quickly as possible.
 The Amzi Golden company Is one of the oldest commercial houses in thts city, having been organized many years ago. About three years ago liar ry White was elected president of the company and since that time flour ishing wholesale mail order and local retail business has been created. MT White. however. was ambitious to cover the southeastern wholesale trade centers more eeffctively and eventu- ally the entire country, so the retail department was allowed to be separ- ated from the wholesale under other management.
 MT White announced the transaction yesterday in a statement as folloWs'
 For some time the Amzi Golden Seed company has been considering the uISDOSdl Ol tiit itthii 'DPe'i devoting the entire capital and en. ergy of its officers to the enlargement of the wholesale and mail order bus mess. The retail department has been disposed of to the McVay Seed com- many. which concern will cater to the retail trade Sf Birmingham and yi- cinity.
 "The Amzi Golden wholesale and mail order departments, backed by the large capital of that company and the en- orgy of the officers, will render that company capable of making the Bir- mingham orga anization one of the lar gest in the entire country. The Amzi Golden Seed company has long been recognized as one of the largest houses of its kind in the entire south We wish 10 make Birmingham the home of the biggest store of it's kind in inc United States.
 "The Amzi Golden Seed company has recently erected on South Twenty third street a new warehouse and wholesale store from which the mail order bus mess and wholesale trade will be han dled. We have there unequaled facil- ities for handling tho vast volume or trade that is now coming to Birming- ham and which is expected to develop by reason of the disposal of the retail end of the business"
 It is understood in commercial cir- cIes that Mir McVay, who has been for a number of years connected with the Amzi Golden store and who is 1<.Ix tx.. L. I t-f eff4f closely associated with the new retail company, having in charge the old lines with which he is thoroughly familiar. Mir McVay recently entered business for himself, but will take up the reigns of the McVay Seed company as soon as the details of the separation of tine two departments are finally completed