Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-09-09
BUSINESS FIRMS
NOW OCCUPY
new BUILDINGS
E. W. Veasey Building And Davis
Building First To Be Completed
Following Big Fire.
BOTH ARE MODERN AND
HANDSOME STRUCTURES

The first week in September, little
over four months since the big fire in
Pocomoke, saw the completion and
occupation of the first two buildings
to be erected following the confagra
tion.
As has been stated in these columns
before the first building started after
the FIRE was the E. w. Veasey builG-
ing at the corner of Market street
and Clarke avenue, and naturally was
the first to be completed.
This week the clothing and shoe
firm o: H. w. Callahan & Sons, after
equipping the building with handsome
and up-to-date fixtures and stocking
the store with a large line of shoes,
clothing and other merchandise, open
ed their doors to the public and are
now inviting all of their friends and
patrons to come in and look at their
new quarters.
The building has a frontage or
Markeet street of twenty-five feet
and a depth on Clarke avenue of nire-
'ty-two feet. The front has handsome
plate glass windows, and there are
also two large plate glass windows on
Clarke avenue, affording abundant
light for the interior. There are two
stories and a basement, which will
give ample space for the large and
varied assortment of clothing, hats,
shoes and other articles of wearing
apparel carried by this enterprising
firm.
The first floor will be devoted to
shoes, including footwear for men,
women and children, and to gents
furnishing goods. The clothing de-
partment will be on the second floor,
and there will be found tailored sufs
of the latest design, make and mater
ial, for men. The boys department
will also be on the second floor, and
will embrace a large line of boys
suits, suitable for every occasion, as
we'll as single pants for men and boys.
The Davis building, at the corner OF
Second and Willow streets, which was
the second building started after tn
fire, has been completed and is indeed
a credit to that portion of the town
There are three stores in this build
ing, the corner store, the largest OF
the three, is now occupied by the own
ers, N. Davis & Sons, who have stock
ed the same with large and varied
line Of furniture and house-furnish-
ings, The interior of the store has
been finished very attractively and the
fixtures are up-to-date in every par
ticular. Furniture alone will be dis
PLAYED on the tirst floor, while the Sec
ond floor will be devoted to carpets
rugs, curtains and other Furnishings
for the home.
The middle store has been rented by
Mr.. NJ w. Landing, but at this writ
ing MIR. Landing has not announced
what kind of business would be con
Quoted there. 1t is rumored five and
ten cent store will be located in this
portion of the building.
w. S. Schoolfield & Co., who have
been located in the Peninsula Produc>
Excha ge building since the fire, this
week moved to the store in the wes'
end O.: the Davis building and have
stocked same with large assortment
of shoes, dry goods, notions and othel
merchandise. They have discontinued
the sale of groceries and in the fu
ture will confne their labors to thu
above ramed business.
This building has a frontage OF
Secon.. street of Sc feet and SO fee
frontage on Willow street. Fac.
store has large plate glass show win
dows which adds much to the appear
ance .f this large and up-to-dat'
structure.