The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09

taken over by the J. A. Sloan Com
pany Of This City.
One of the most important mercan-
tile deals ever consumated in Colum-
bia took place today when the Colum-
bia Grocery Company, owned and OPP
Grated by Lazarus Bros. was sold to
the A. D: Sloan Grocery Company.
The deal will become effective on
February l, when the new owners
will take charge Of the old business
at the same old stand.
The A. D. Sloan Grocery Company
is composed Of Ave business men who
have been engaged in the grocery bus
mess practically all of their lives;
they have established regulations for
business ability, for integrity and for
energetic devotion to duty.
The A. D. Sloan Company will be
composed of A. D. Sloan, Charles A.
Sloan, w. NJ. Sloan. A. Hammonds
and Ira M. Harrison. A. D. Sloan will
be president Of the company and G.
A. Sloan will be the secretary and
treasurer. Mr.. Hammonds will be on
the road and Mr.. Harrison will be
In the house. Walker Sloan will be
with the house as travelling salesman.
They have all been in the grocery
business for several years, In fact the
Sloans we're raised in the grocery
business. Miss May Scott goes with
the firm as stenographer.
For many years the Messrs. Sloan
have held important and responsible
positions with the well known gro
Gerry house of J. A. Sloan Company
and they have made numerous friends
whose good wishes will follow them
in their new business. They are all
high class men of energy and enthu-
siasf and recognized business worth.
They have disposed of their holdings
in the J. A. Sloan Company.
With this sale there passes from
Columbia's business circles one Of
the oldest firms in its history, that of
the Lazarus Bros. At the stand
where they are now doing business
NJ. H. and Ben Ladarus have been
engaged in the grocery business con-
tinuously for the past twenty-five
years. They organized the wholesale
house under the name Of the Colum-
bia Grocery Company seventeen years
ago. The business was originally
launched in 1875 by David Lazarus,
father of Ben and M. H., who opened
a small grocery house just across the
street from the present location and
remained there for fourteen years.
Under the capable management and
direction of the Lazarus Bros. the bus
mess has steadily grown until now it
is one of the largest Of the kind in
the state. Every year the aggregate
business has exceeded that Of the
previous year. They are the owners
of the building on South Main street
where the business is now located,
and have leased the building for a
term of years to the A. D. Sloan Gro
Gerry Company, so that there will be
no change in the location.
The Messrs Lazarus retire from
business activities without any plans
whatever for the future. This firm
about three years ago opened a
branch house in Lewisburg, which, 1t
is understood will be purchased and
taken over by the J. A. Sloan Com
pany, which also has branch house
in that city. The two houses in Lew
isburg will be consolidated. The deal
In Columbia, however, will not in any
way affect the J. A. Sloan Company,
as the business OF that concern here
and at Lewisburg and Fayetteville
and Dayton will be continued just as
it is now with the addition Of the bus
mess of Lazarus Bros. at Lewisburg.
Jas. A. Sloan, the founder and prin-
cipal stakeholder Of the J. A. Sloan
Company, and with the exception OF
about two years that he was In Chat
tanooga Coffee Company, the mana
ger, will continue in active charge
of the business.