BUSINESSES  - Early 1900's
​(more to be discovered)

McKinna General Store
Calx Mfg. Co.
Whitesides Service Station
Moland - Drysdale Corp. - Brick & Hollow Tile (separate page)

​Assorted Advertisements from pages of Etowah School Annual "The Chief"
& Newsletter "The Little Chief"​

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J. P. McKinna & Son operated a general store in the early decades of the 20th century.

Below, Collection of Store Ledgers     1913 - 1918
​Store location to be confirmed.
Believed to be along Etowah School Road, near the intersection with Old Hwy 64.



Left, James Perry McKinna
(1860 - 1925)

Note the bottom of photo, taken by A. F. Baker's London Art Galleries - Blackville S.C. and Hendersonville N.C.

Signature of son John Lewis
appears in one of the Ledgers.
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Today's McKinney Rd bears the family name,
although misspelled when the 911 system came about and addition of street signs.



​​J. P.'s photo and Ledgers, courtesy of
'Lefty' Williams (1935-2018) and son, Mike Williams

​1917
Items purchased 
​
2 pr socks @25cents/pair
1 gal cook oil, 20 cents
1 pair overalls small, 50 cents
soda, 5 cents
5 boxes oatmeal @ 10 cents/box
1 bar soap, 5 cents
1 can coffee, 25 cents
tobacco, 15 cents
1 spool thread, 5 cents
1 twist of tob [tobacco], 5 cents
hinges, 10 cents
1 box peanut butter, 15 cents
camphor, 5 cents
1 sack flour, 1.70
1 box black D [die], 25 cents
1 bottle Cordina, $1
1 bottle kidney pills, 50 cents
1 bottle Raymonds Pills, 25 cents
​​1 ax handle, 20 cents

​​cloth, $1.50
1 pr shoes, $3.75
1 sausage, 10 cents
1 box crackers, 8 cents
1 phone [call], 10 cents
2 phone [calls], 20 cents
leather, 35 cents
2 hob nails, 10 cents
1 dipper, 10 cents
1 pr ladies slipper, $2.25
1 ir boys shoes, $1.25
8 yards gingham, $3.95
1 can P&B, 15 cents
1 box matches, 8 cents
candy, 30 cents
nitre, 10 cents
1 bottle castor oil, 35 cents
headache tablets, 5 cents
2 yds lace, 10 cents
10 yds ribbon, 10 cent

1917 December
​Folks who shopped

Allison, Jessie M.
Anderson, Frank
Anderson, M. R.
Bell, Jeb V.
Bridges, A. A.
Brown, Drexell
Clayton, Susie
Cornish, Mrs. Addie C.
Crawford, Sherman
Dalton, John
Duncan, Columbus
Eade, C. H.
Erwin, Elijah
Erwin, J. Webster

​Fletcher, R. J.
Goodspeed, S. R.
Jenkins, Enoch
Laughter, D. H.
Logan, Clingman
Mallett, Mrs. C. E. 
Massey, Geo.
Moffitt, Jessie
Moffitt, John
Moore, _
Orr, Augre
Owens, Geo.
Weese, Geo. W.
Whiteside, T. T.

​The Jan 1914 page at right includes transactions such as,
- a buggy for $35
- board & tuition, $15
- W. H. Pless for horse, $100
​- dress for Annie May, $1.65
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In May and June 1914, Mr. Leadford sold dozens of eggs at 15 cents/dozen to McKinna's weekly. Leadford's purchases from the store are on the right.

This Bill of Lading describes wood freight shipped via Etowah Train Depot, from J. P. McKinna & Son to Rosman Tanning Extract Co, Rosman NC

​"Southern Railway - Bill of Lading" Collection, June 1917 - August 1918
Bill shown, June 21, 1917,
is representative of the Collection.
​
1 C L Wood
11 cord
40,000 weight

Signed:
J. P. McKinna & Son, WHM
(Station) Agent, P. M. Gash (Pearl M. Gash)

​Each Bill describes:
1 C L Wood
11 or 12 cord
weight varies:
40000 - 33000 - 36000 [lbs]
some bills specify "chestnut wood"

Courtesy of
'Lefty' Williams

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The Calx Mfg. Co.  -  newspaper clippings from 1919, Western North Carolina Times

WNC Times - 30 May 1919

WNC Times - 17 Jan 1919

WNC Times - 7 Feb 1919. Note the misspell of the company name which should read "The Calx Mfg. Co."

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Whiteside's Service Station

Thomas Tuff Whiteside (1874 - 1962)
 in front of  Whiteside's Service Station, circa 1935 - 1940's.
This building, remodeled for private residential use today, still stands on McKinney Rd. 
Photo courtesy of Jerry Murphy, Tuff's great grandson.

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Advertisements gathered from "The Chief" school annual

Advertising gathered from "The Little Chief" monthly newsletter

October 1946 masthead