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Description
This article describes commercial life in early Shelby, when about 50–60 families lived in town within a county population exceeding 11,000. It highlights local merchants, advertisements, and major stores such as Roberts & Fulenwider, D. Froneberger & Co., Homesley & Gidney, and Jackson & Eskridge, showing the range of goods available before the railroad arrived. The piece also references early manufacturing, including a steam-powered sash and blind factory and the Buffalo Paper Mill, along with market prices for food and goods. Biographical notes identify prominent business figures and their family connections.
Publication Date
8-24-1950
City
Shelby, NC
Keywords
A. W. Quinn, David Froneberger, Alice Hoey, Clyde R. Hoey, G. M. Webb, Edwin Yates Webb, DeWitt Quinn, Mike E. Rudisill, Jake Rudisill, John Eskridge, Roberts & Fulenwider, D. Froneberger & Company, Homesley & Gidney, Jackson & Eskridge, Buffalo Paper Mill, Shelby
Contributors
Fay Webb Gardner Collection in the Gardner-Webb University Archives
Recommended Citation
Jones, Mamie, "1950, August 24 - Cleveland County Early Days" (1950). Cleveland County Early Days Newspaper Column. 45.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/fay-webb-gardner-cleveland-county-early-days-newspaper-column/45