Early Businesses of Ware County

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WAYCROSS, WARE COUNTY, GEORGIA
INDUSTRIAL EDITION OF THE WAYCROSS EVENING HERALD June, 1907

Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge.

 

BUSINESSES LISTED IN ADVERTISEMENTS

 

The Waycross Stone, Tile & Brick Co. Strickland & Cannon, Proprietors, J. B. Strickland, Mg.

Waycross Marble & Granite Co., J. H. & W. E. Martin, Proprietors

Southern Ink Co., Savannah, Georgia

Riverside Park, Alexander Walker, General Agent

Lewis Watson Company's Department Store

Young's Liver Pills, J. M. Young, Jr.

Beaton Block, J. H. Balkcom, Sales Manager for the Real Estate Firm of D. & O. Lott

The State Life Insurance Co.

The Ballard Drug and Chemical Company

The First National Bank, A. Sessoms, President, A. M. Knight, Cashier, Geo. W. Deen, Vice-Pres., J. W. Bellinger, Asst. Cashier

J. E. Vann, Wholesale Dealer in Hay, Grains, Fruits, and Produce

Redding & Company, Druggists

The Mitchell Lumber Co.

Real Estate and Insurance, Old Line Fire Insurance Companies, W. W. Sharpe, Jr.

The Safety Car Heating and Lighting Company

McGee's Buggy and Wagon Works

Electric Dental Parlors, Dr. J. H. Connor, Proprietor and Manager

Star Clothing Store, W. D. O'Quinn, Prop.

Benton & Griffin, Wholesale Grocers, H. O. Benton, A. C. Griffin

The Fair, A Thousand and One Things at 5c and 10c, R. B. Parramore

Waycross Clothing Store

Waycross Cold Storage Co., John R. May, Proprietor

J. I. Waite & Son, Proprietors of the Waycross Cabinet and General Repari Shop

Watt Hardware Company, James Watt, Presdient, John T. Watt, Sec. and Tres.

Waycross Business College, B. J. Ferguson, Manager

The Clothing House On the Corner, A. J. Jordan, Proprietor

H. C. Seaman, The Leading Clothier and Furnisher, H. C. Seaman

Phoenix Hotel, Mrs. C. F. Ost, Proprietress, C. E. Bostwick, Manager

Lott, Fain & Co. -- The "Big Store" Hon. Warren Lott, Senior Member, Hon. John W. Bennett, Silent partner

The Price-McCulley Company, W. A. Price, President, Geo. R. Youmans, Vice-Pres., R. M. Wescott, Sec'y & Tres. Directors: W. A. Price, Geo. R. Youmans, R. M. Wescott, C. A. Fretwell

H. J. Benton & Company, Dry Good, Notions, and Shoes

Waycross Coca Cola Bottling Co.

D. O. Lott, Real Estate

Little & Odom, Jewelers and Opticians

P. N. Harley Hardware Company

Railroad Restaurant, W. J. Clark, Manager

Ware County Florist, Frank Austin, Landscape Gardener and Propagator of Plants, Shrubs and Hedges

Humphreys & Williamson, Dry Goods, J. C. Humphreys, C. E. Williamson

The J. M. Cox Company, Wholesale Grocers, J. M. Cox, President, A. Sessoms, Vice-President

New Hotel Virdie, R. L. Paschal, Proprietor

D. T. Cowart, Dealers n Fresh Fish and Oysters

W. C. Harvard, Fire Insurance and Real Estate, John T. Harvard, Office Manager

Sweat, McDonald & Parker, Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Gent's Furnishings, F. B. McDonald, Manager

Singleton Furniture Company, R. L. Singleton, Proprietor

The Wilson Steam Laundry, John E. Wilson, Proprietor

Lott & Peabody, General Insurance and Bonds, Warren Lott, E. P. Peabody

Hardy Brothers, Groceries, Grain and Feed, and all Kinds of Farm and Garden Seed, J. W. S. Hardy, C. S. Hardy

Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic, R. R., J. J. Campion, General Freight and Passenger Agent, O. M. Williams, Freight Agent, J. F. Mays, Ticket Agent

 

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