EMMETT’S FURNITURE STORE
[JAMES ARCHY HOGG EMMETT]
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Located in Hamilton next door to the Telephone Building,
right off the south side of the square. The motto of the store and the
owner is "Serving a Community Need." They buy, trade, or sell
anything.
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James Arch Emmett is one of the younger business men who
has developed two businesses in one, the only shop of its kind in this
community; cabinet making and furniture dealing.
He was born in January, 1899, in Hamilton county.
His father, a first settler, was Thomas Addis Emmett. The elder Mr. Emmett
was born in Dublin, Ireland, but came to America with his parents in his
early boyhood, and they settled in Connecticut. His mother, Laura
(Pickett) Emmett, was a native of Illinois. They were married in Waco but
moved to Hamilton soon after where their six boys and four girls were born
and reared. Mr. Emmett, the father, was in leather business in Waco with
Tom John Padgett, who later bought him out. He established the second or
third business in Hamilton, which was a Tinner’s and Plumber’s
business.
James Arch Emmett was educated in the Hamilton public
schools, Texas A. & M. College and T. C. U. He completed the
pre-medical course there. Due to certain obligations he returned home to
enter the plumbing business with his father and Brother, Thomas Addis, Jr.
His present business was developed through a hobby. Every spare moment was
spent in his wood working shop. The time came when special orders flooded
him and he decided to devote his entire time to his hobby. Some one has
said, "Tis a wise man who makes his hobby pay." Mr. Emmett has
had a business in Arizona, Denver, Colorado, and Corpus Christi, but home
ties were too strong to keep him away for long. A few years ago he
returned to establish his present business in the John Eidson building.
He was married May, 1933, in Waco to Miss Mary Etta
Gardner. She is the daughter of J. W. Gardner and Leila (Watson) Gardner
of Jonesboro. Mrs. Emmett takes an active interest in the shop and helps
in the upholstering and refinishing department.
The Emmett Furniture Shop is a complete workshop,
capable of handling any kind of furniture repair and refinishing.
Made-to-order furniture is give as the speciality of this shop. Mr. Emmett
has shipped special order furniture as far north as New York City. The
Historical and Trade Expansion Edition of the News insists upon its
readers visiting this shop and seeing a master craftsman at his work.
The Hamilton County News, Vol. IV, Number
11--Section Two
Historical and Trading Expansion Issue
W. F. Billingslea, Editor-Publisher
Subscription Price ONE YEAR ..$1.00
June 29, 1934
