A GENERAL DIRECTORY
of MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA
RURAL ROUTES and SUBURBS
1913-1914

COMPILED BY
J. EDWIN CARTER and A. KYLE SYDNOR

Wilson Special Collections Library,

UNC-Chapel Hill / wilsonlibrary@unc.edu /

(919) 962-3765

 

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W. E. Merntt Company
Wholesale and Retail
HARDWARE and FURNITURE
Largest and Oldest Store in the County
PHONE 35

 

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I. W. West Drug Co.
15 South Main Street
Phone 31
158

 

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Callaway & Jackson
Fancy Groceries
Agents for Chase & Sanborn's Coffee and Tea
The Best Equipped Store in Town
Prompt Delivery / Phone No. 29

 

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Ed. Williams Shoe Shop
First Class Work at a Reasonable Price
105 Needmore Street

 

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£arp's 5, 10 and 25c Store
Candy Glassware Hosiery
Notions Tinware Homegoods
Toys Crockery Picture Frames

 

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W. F. MIDKIPF
Dealer in Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Feed Stuff, Etc.
Country Produce Bought and Sold
Phone No. 119
130 N. Main St., Mount Airy, N. C.

 

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Rough Granite
Street Curbing
Paving Blocks
Monuments, Mausoleums,
and Crushed Granite
Phone 9
The North Carolina
Granite Corporation

 

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I W. West Drug Company
15 South Main Street
Phone 31

 

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MOUNT AIRY PLUMBING AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Electric and Plumbing Supplies
Repair Guns and Watches
Electric Wiring a Specialty C. W. HODGE, Manager

 

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P. D. MUSE PRODUCE
DEALER
Buys and Sells all Kinds Country Produce,
Eggs, Chickens, Etc.
Apples and Cabbage a Specialty N.Main Street

 

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Callaway & Jackson
Agents for CHASE & SANBORN's COFFEE and TEA
THE BEST EQUIPPED STORE IN TOWN
Prompt Delivery Phone No. 29

 

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Mount Airy News
ESTABLISHED 1880
J. E. JOHNSON & SON
PUBLISHERS
The News has been established for thirty-three
years and is recognized as the organ of the
people of Surry County.
By Advertising in The News you reach
the best people in this section of North
Carolina.
ALL KINDS COMMERCIAL PRINTING DONE
SEND US YOUR ORDERS

 

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THE TIMES-LEADER
Succeeds the Times and the Mt. Airy Leader
Largest Circulation of Any Paper in
this Section of the State
We will strive for the upbuilding of Mt. Airy and the
surrounding country.
Republican in politics, but it will always stand for
the educational, moral, and material uplift of the
country.
It has a well-equipped Job Department. Send your
orders to The Times - Leader office. Work done
promptly and satisfaction guaranteed.

 

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We Buy All Grades of Hardwood Lumber
For Quality and Prices
Trade with Dealer in
Fancy and Staple Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits, Chop,
Flour. Hay, Corn and All Kinds of Feed Stuff.
When it is not convenient for you to call personally, phone
your order. Prompt attention will be given
and immediate delivery made.
Thanking you for past favors, I beg to remain.
Yours for Groceries,
C. E. DxVVIS, THE GROCERYMAN
Phone 43 Mount Airy, N. C.

 

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DR. THOMAS B. ASHBY
OFFICE OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Office phone 49
Residence phone 60
General Practitioner
and Always Supplied with the
Very Latest Scientific Remedies

 

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C D.JARVIS
STRICTLY WHOLESALE
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS
MAIN STREET
PHONE 297

 

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coal for all uses.
Our prices are as low as is consistent with
good business and the quality of coal handled.
Let us have your order and be convinced.
If you have had trouble with your stove,
grate or furnace in your house, let us solve
the trouble for you.
We supply the largest users in the town
including both
DOMESTIC AND STEAM COAL
C.A.SHELTON

 

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This Company will Administer Estates.
Acts as Executor of Wills, either alone or jointly.
Will serve as Guardian of Minors.
Will lend money on improved real estate.
Will pay 4% per annum interest on Time Deposits.
W. F. CARTER, President
J. M. FULTON, Vice-President
GEO. D. FAWCETT, Secretary and Treasurer

 

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MARSHALL WAGON WORKS GO.
Manufacturers of
HIGH GRADE WAGONS AND BUGGIES
It will Pay You to See Us Before
Making Your Purchase
Repair Work of All Kinds a Specialty
Phone No. 29

 

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We Carry a Full Line OF
Hardware, Building Material
Crescent Stoves and Ranges
Nissen Wagons, Buggies
Ontario and Pennsylvania
Grain Drills
Chattanooga Plows
A Full Line of Keen-Kutter
Tools and Cutlery

 

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Mt. Airy Bottling Works
Manufacturers of
High Grade Soda Waters
All Flavors
Herman's Ginger Ale
Orcherade
Cocoa-Cola
Strawberry Soda
Lemon Soda
Sarsaparilla Soda
Unfermented Grape Juice, Etc.
All Orders Promptly Filled
Your Patronage Solicited
Phone 275

 

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BURKE'S DEPENDABLE STORE
MT. AIRY, N. C.
Carry the Best of Everything in Shoes, Dress
Goods, Silks, Ladies' Suits, Dresses,
Underwear, Etc.
A Complete Line of Men's Women's
and Children's Furnishings
W. W. BURKE
THE HOME OF QUALITY MERCHANDISE
MT. AIRY, N. C.

 

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Mt. Airy, N. C.
Celebrated Mount Airy Granite
Used for Bases
Fine Marble and Granite Monuments, Tombstones,
Iron Fencing, Etc., Etc.
All Kinds of Cemetery Work on Short Notice
Write for Prices
We are Prepared to Give You
Better Goods For Less Money
Get Prices from Others, but Call, Write or Phone
Before You Buy. We want Your Patronage
and will Save You Money
If you wish we will call and see you

 

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Mount Airy Motor Car Co.
Agents for Hupmobile, Ford and Studebaker
For the Best for the Money, See Us
We keep Cars for Hire on All Occasions
Repair Work a Specialty
S. E. MARSHALL & SON
PROPRIETORS
Phone 170 Cor. Pine and South Streets

 

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Mt. Airy, N. C.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Flour, Meal, Corn, Chop, Bran and Mill Products
"Not So White—But Oh! How Good"
In Our Jersey Cream
You Get the Richest and Nost Nutritious
Part of the Wheat—It is Easily Digested
For Our Custom Trade :
We grind your Rye and Corn and exchange good
Flour for your Wheat. "Always full measure."
We want your patronage. Our constant efforts
will be to satisfy. Hope to see you.

 

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A. G. Bowman & Son
General Merchandise
Wholesale and Retail
High Grades for Low Prices

 

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QUALITY AND PRICE LEADERS
Inquiries and Orders Gratefully Received. Drop
Shipments Through Factory Salesmen Solicited
Mt. Airy, N. C.
T. B. McCARGO T. B. M^CARGO. Jr.
T. B. McCargo & Son
Manufacturers of All Kinds of Lumber
Building Material, Doors, Window Sash,
Mouldings, Mantels, Kitchen Tables,
Shingles, Apple Barrels
Factory Corner Franklin and South Streets
Phone 178 Mt. Airy, N. C.

 

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J. H. FOLGER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
OFFICE
OVER ASHBY GROCERY CO'S.

 

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W. E. JACKSON
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES
 AND GENTS' FURNISHINGS
"Never Without Bargains"

 

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J. W. PRATHER CLOTHING CO
J. F. PRATHER SOLE OWNER
HEADQUARTERS FOR PRATHER CLOTHES"
The Above Label in Suits, Etc.
is Positive Guarantee of Value
Business Established Fifty Years Ago

 

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R. L. HAYMORE
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
OFFICE OVER FOY SHOE STORE

 

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J. W. KNIGHT
OPTOMETRIST AND JEWELER
FIRST CLASS REPAIRING

 

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The Brown House
307 N. Main Street
First Class Private Boarding House
Beautiful and Healthful Location
Special Inducements to Summer Tourists
N. W. Brown, Proprietor

 

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Do You Think it is Honest to Use What
You Do Not Pay For ?
Have One Put In
Long Distance Service Over Lines of Southern Bell
and American Telephone and Telegraph Co.
All Non-Subscribers are Requested to
Use Pay Stations Located—
Central Office
Blue Ridge Inn
Central Hotel
J. W. Creed's Book Store
Samuel's Livery Stable
Mt. Airy Telephone Co.

 

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J. L. Harrison
Headquarters for Ladies Ready-to-Wear
Dress Goods and Millinery
Prices Guaranteed Give Us a Call

 

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Phone 282
Dave Crawford
Carriage and Baggage transfer
Meets All Trains Public Dray

 

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Mount Airy Mahtel and Table Co,
Buyers of All Kinds of
Hardwood Lumber

 

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Granite City Realty and Trust Company
GENERAL INSURANCE - SURETY BONDS
ONLY MILLIONAIRE COMPANIES REPRESENTED
P. L. HAWKES
MANAGER INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

 

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Peoples Drug Company
Pure Drugs, Chemicals,
Patent and Proprietary Medicines,
Sick Room Supplies. Trusses, Braces,
Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods.
You're Always Welcome=Trade with Us