![]() Andrews, vice president (deceased 1957), and grandson B. Management of the firm passed successively from the founder, Frank H. Formed in 1875, this was dissolved in 1892 when Andrews Music Company was formed. Crichton came into the business in 1915 and was later elevated to vice president and general manager.įormed in 1892, the Andrews Music Company grew out of the firm of E. Cates became head of the new firm and served until his death in 1941, with the able assistance of his brother Fred R. The oldest printing business in Charlotte was incorporated in 1893 when the Observer Printing House came into existence to take over the job printing business which had been a side-line of the Charlotte Observer since 1869. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York The following firms, listed in the first directory, have been continuously in business for 85 or more years:Ĭommercial National Bank (Now North Carolina National Bank) The first city directory, published in 1875, lists six banks, three building and loan associations, five railroads, twelve boarding houses, sixteen boot and shoe dealers, fourteen dry goods stores, five hardware stores, twenty saloons and a long list of other business firms and professional services. From 1830 to 1860, during the western migration, Mecklenburg's population dropped by several thousand but following the Civil War the increase in population and wealth was accelerated by the revival of textile manufacturing, the reopening of the gold mines by Northern capitalists and the city's improving railroad facilities. Growth for the first quarter of the nineteenth century was slow. These served a population of only 276, of whom 123 were Negroes. Rafters were hung with yarns, utensils and other wares unsuited to shelves and crude tables.īy 1776 there were three or four other stores and a rifle factory, and in 1800 these were in addition to several general stores, a blacksmith shop, saw mill, flour mill and a number of taverns. In 1771 Jeremiah McCafferty opened Charlotte's first store, a general store stocking such staples as whiskey, salt, molasses, cheese and nearly everything the farmer wanted. What the residents could not raise or make they bought from peddlers or on infrequent trips to Charleston or eastern Virginia. In 1760 there were no stores in Charlotte. No history of the city would be complete without a comprehensive survey of the enterprises which have set the pattern for the city's growth, and the individuals responsible for evolutionary steps in its economic life. As the center of this rich trading territory, Charlotte necessarily became "the crossroads of the Carolinas." Lucia the couple will make their home in Columbia, SC.BY 1960, so many people had been attracted to the Piedmont section of North Carolina that the area within a 75 mile radius of Charlotte had a larger population than an equal area around Atlanta or other southern cities several times the size of Charlotte. of Boiling Springs, SC.Īfter a trip to St. ![]() Ushers were Taylor Scott Brown of Greenville, SC, Justin Robert Calliham and Lewis Gregory Cook Horton, both of Mount Pleasant, SC, Phillip Whitfield Hudson of Pineville, NC, Earl O'Neil McCoy, III, Aaron Paul McKnight, Christopher Wade Millsaps, Walter Smith III and Gregg Henning Smith, all of Myrtle Beach, SC, Andrew Earl McElveen of Chapin, SC, and Kenneth William Nettles, Jr. James Blease Cranford of Myrtle Beach, SC served as best man. Wesley Ryan Newman of Lexington, SC was ring bearer. Anne Gregory Horton of Mount Pleasant, SC was flower girl. Bridesmaids were Bonnie Kay Buchheit and Jane Wilson Tate, both of Charlotte, NC, Virginia Marie Duncan and Anne Claire Veazey, both of Columbia, SC, Anne Elizabeth Thornlow Hogan and Virginia Hayes Wood, both of Spartanburg, SC, Kimberly Cox Jones of Charleston, SC, Kelly Rhodes Martin of Simpsonville, SC, and Alexis Ann Woosley of Mount Pleasant, SC. Jennifer Bagnal Horton and Candace Bagnal Nettles, sisters of the bride, both served as matron of honor. He will be employed by the Honorable James Williams. He is also a graduate of USC School of Law. He graduated from Clemson University in 2003 with a B.A. James Blease Cranford of Myrtle Beach, SC. She graduated from Clemson University in 2003 with a B.S. James Garner Bagnal, III of Spartanburg, SC. Allison Bagnal Cranford is the daughter of Mr. Reverend Neil Yongue and Reverend Palmer Clemmer officiated at the ceremony, which was followed by a reception at The Carolina Country Club. Allison Rebecca Bagnal of Spartanburg, SC and Shaun Welborn Cranford of Myrtle Beach, SC were married at 6:00 p.m.
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