The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-26
STRATTON
AND CURRIE CO.'S
MERGE BUSINESS
Effective Jan. | Becomes Big
gest Grocery Firm in South.
Early Head and Stratton
Active Director Of Business.

combining through merger the larg
est wholesale grocery business In Mem :
phis with two Of the smaller onas. with
capitalization Of 81, 300, 900 and SUR 4.
plus OF $4,000, this city will have on
Jan; l by far the largest concern of
us Kind In the South. The style OF the
new corporation viii be the Early-
Stratton company. Parties TO the merg
er are the w, c, Early company, the
stratton Grocery company and the
Currie-MeCraw company the volume OF
whose sales during the past year ag
gregated about tl2,000,000. Under the
combined. organization II Ia expected
there VIII be no reduction Of volume
nut enlargement through Increased cap
italiHation and more compact and bet,
Ter distributed management.
Oificers OF the new company will he
Chairman OF the board OF directors, w
Z, Early; president and active head, l.
M, Stratton; oe-presidents, Andrew c
Stratton, Percy A. Clayton, Jesse Cur.
re, re, s,.Ssaa sam NJ PePgesr;; secretary and
secretary and treasurer, Charles +
Hunt; cashior, Turley II. Jack, sale,
manager Palmer Farnsworth; manager
grain and feed department, Andrew
Dearth: attorney and legal adviser, La,
mar Heiskell. While the details hay,
not all been worked out, IL Is an,
nounced that nearly all the people en-.
ployed in various capacities with tht
three firms win be retained, as II /.
planned to widen the scope OF the busl,
ness. F
Until the details ARE actually com
pletcd there will be no changes as L
the warehouses and offices, all of whicl
for the time. being will be used II
handling the business.
rms, the largest deal over made n
local Wholesale grocery circles in thl,
the third largest center In that line It
the United States, created big sur
| prise to the entire trade. II Is tn,
| outgrowth, chiefly, Of the decision o
Mr.. Early, the head and founder Of tn,
largest concern involved, partially I,
| retire from active business service afte
9 successful career OF 27 years her,
He for soma months has been consid
erlng shifting Some OF the burdens o
his business to Younger shoulders, haV
| ing seen his greatest ambition In
| commercial way realized Coming her
about ~ years ago and being made rep
| resentative Of the Cudahy Bros. Pack
ins isss company S1!p..nE Of Of Milwaukee,, he 500 500
visions circles and the big Harry con,
| pany, whose standard has always bee
| OF the beet, was the result The or
ganiRhtion he built up will be take
| ovVr practically intact BY the merge
| concern and the policy will be strict
along that which has won such sue
cess.
l.. M. stratton, the new presider
and active head, also started his locf
business career as representative Of
| packing house concern, but ha
| branched out In many directions sno
and achieved wonderful success.
The new secretary and treasurer ]
| Y Williamson, has been associated wit
the Early company for nearly 20 year
and will have charge Of the credit de
| partment, being regarded as one OF III
best In the city In that line. The othe
officers and heads Of departments ar
we'll qualified by years OF experience,
The announcement Of this merge
follows closely on that OF the dispost
by the Stratton Grocery company q
It's entire interest in the local Pi2Mt
Wiggly system of stores to the large
and recently created Plggly Wiggl
corporation with Its capital stock o
S25, ,000,0 900. The latter In the future wi
do Its own buying directly and hav
its own warehouses and storage plant,
instead Of buying through local whole
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