R. L. Polk & Co.’s Florida State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Jacksonville, Florida: R. L. Polk & Co., 1918
page 62

APALACHICOLA

Population 4000. The judicial seat of Franklin county, is located on Apalachicola Bay at the mouth of Apalachicola river and on the Apalachicola Northern Railroad, 79 miles southwest of Tallahassee. It is lighted by electricity, has 2 banks, waterworks and sewers, churches of the leading religious denominations, excellent schools, a weekly newspaper, The Times. Has steamers from Carrabelle, daily; from Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans, weekly, and from points on the Chattahoochee, Flint and Apalachicola rivers, tri-weekly. Is a port of entry fro ships with large quantities of lumber, oysters, fish and shrimp. Apalachicola now has four shrimp factories for canning and is the largest exporter of shrimp in Florida. A new saw mill and box factory has recently been established and other saw mills that have been closed down will start up immediately. Franklin county has just secured the services of a government farm agent for the purpose of teaching farmers how to farm, and considerable development is expected along these lines. This county is one of the largest producers of stock in the state, and the free ranges offer splendid inducements along these lines. The raising of hogs has been energetically started and will develop considerably. Saw palmetto berries and acorns grow in abundance. Tel., W. U. Telephone connection. Exp., Sou. Crawford I. Henry, postmaster.


ACME PACKING CO, C L Shephard Genl mgr, Oysters, Shrimp and Vegetable Packers. Pearl Brand (See Adv below)

AMERICAN EXCHANGE BANK (capital $50,000), J P Coombs, Pres, B D Morris V-Pres, F B Walker, Cashier (See adv below)

Anderson B M, meats

Apalachee Packing Co, S E Rice jr pres, N Spano v-pres, R R Romano genl mgr, oyster and shrimp packers

APALACHICOLA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, J H Cook Pres, J F Warren Sec

Apalachicola Electric Light and Telephone Co, J F C Griggs and R G Porter mgrs

Apalachicola Furniture Co (W J Valentine)

Apalachicola Ice Co, A F Whiteside Pres and Mgr, G H Whiteside, Sec-Tres

Apalachicola Oyster Co (Salvador Lucido)

Apalachicola State Bank (capital, $25,000), S E Teague pres, N R Hays v-pres, H L Oliver cashr

Apalachicola Times The (weekly), H W Johnson editor and prop

Apalachicola Ways Co The (Charles Doyle)

Bailey John W, garage

Bay Bottling Works, C R Witherspoon mgr

Bay City Packing Co (Joseph Messina)

Bay City Saw Mill Co, J B Livingston pres and mgr

Berry J J, supervisor of registration

Brash Manuel, genl store

Buzzett Wm, druggist

Callahan Steam Boat Co, J E Catter agt

Carroll L J Rev. (Catholic)

Chero-Cola Bottling Works (W W and C B Campbell)

Clayton F N Mrs, prin High School

Cole Byron, school commissioner

Collins R, grocer

COOK INSURANCE AGENCY (J H Cook) (See adv)

COOK J H (Pres Chamber of Commerce; Cook Insurance Agency; Florida Land and Abstract Co)

Coombs Company The, W R Marks mgr, marine railway

COOMBS J P, Pres American Exchange Bank

Core A E, supt public instruction

Curtin & Smith (L B Curtis, R V Smith), blacksmith and boiler wks

Cypress Lumber Co, August Moore mgr

Dickerson L, fish and oysters

Dixie Theatre (A N Fortunar), motion pictures

Duggar S H, grocer

Economy Grocery Co (Fred Holland)

Edwards E G, county commissioner

*Egbert George, fish and oysters

Everett Wm, grocer

Fannin Harry J, County Tax Assessor

Ferris F F, physician

Flatuer Adolph, dry goods and mens furngs

Florida Guarantee Title Co, T M B Tucker pres, W J Valentine sec-treas, real estate

FLORIDA LAND AND ABSTRACT CO, Norris McLeod Abstractor (See adv below)

Florida Trading Co, T E McLendon mgr, loans

Flowers H L, furniture

Flowers Real Estate & Loans Co (H L Flowers)

Fortunas Bros (Alex and Angie), grocers

Frederickson A, grocer

Fritchman Ike, dry goods

Franklin Hotel The, W J Duffy mgr

George Demo, grocer

Glascow Wm J, lawyer

Grady J E & Co (H L Grady, C G Parlin), hardware and chip chandlers

Green Point Fish and Oyster Co (S Castorino, M Risitano)

Gulf Beach Packing Co (A B PorterO fish and Oysters

Gulf Lumber Co (R G Porter)

Ham A S, dentist

Henderson J R, agt Apalachicola Northern R R Co

Henry Crawford I, postmaster

Hickey A M, photographer

Hickey Joseph P, life insurance

Hill Cafe, John Lavantos mgr restr and grocer

Hinckley Hardware Co, Alva E Hinckley pres and treas

Hinsey G W, county tax collector

Hlivergo Riga, restaurant

Hodges J H Lumber Co (J H Hodges)

Hoffman J H, timber surveyor

*Holmes Ezikiel, grocer

Hoppe August H, jeweler

Hose J H, sheriff

Huffman V M, genl store

*Jackson Jack, barber

Jackson River Lumber Co, C W Hagerman pres and genl mgr

*Jenkins H L, baker

*Jenkins H S, barber

Johnson H W, county judge

Johnson H W, editor and prop Appalachicola Times

Johnson S J, ship builder

Kaufman Tailoring Co (J Kaufman, W J Lovett)

Lovett John P, grocer

McClay C H, meats

McLeod R D jr, lawyer

Maddox D B, plumber

Marine Railways Coombs Co The

Marks Grocery Company (H D Marks)

Marks-Wakefield Hardware Co (H D Marks, John W Wakefield)

Marks Willoughby R, insurance

Marshall George H, genl contr

Marshall John & Co, John Marshall propr, cabinetmakers

Merchants and Planters S S Co, H D Marks agt

Montgomery Clarence O, clothes cleaner

Montgomery James & Son (James and Samuel E), dept store

Moore A S, Chairman School Board

*Moore Wm, grocer

MORRIS B D, V-Pres American Exchange Bank

Murphy T J, Marshal

Murrow J S, physician

Nichols Bros (John and Constantine), restaurant

Noble C T, dentist

Palazzo Joseph, restaurant

Pensacola, St Andrew & Gulf Steam Ship Co, J E Catter agt

Peters Mitchell, grocer

Pooser Wm W, drugs

Porter R H, clerk Circuit Court

Prell Louis A, insurance

Quinn Wm, justice

Reddick W H, agt G F & A R R

Rhoad O P Mrs, millinery

Rice Bros (S E and R R), agts Gulf Refining Co

Rothman Jacob, dry goods

Ruge Bros Canning Co, J G Ruge treas and mgr, oysters and shrimps

Ruge Herman & Sons (John G and George H), financial agts

Ruge John G, insurance

Sawyer Wm, County Commissioner

Schoelles Charles H, grocer

Schoen C H, oysters

Sexton Neal, barber

Sharit W G, cigars and tobacco

SHEPARD C L, Mgr Acme Packing Co

Smith E B & Sons (E B, C E and T E), machine shop

Snelgrove P R, tanks and cedar chests

Southern Express Co, Emory Speer agt

Southern Loan Co, J L Hunt mgr

Standard Oil Co, J A Vincent agt

*Stephens Samuel jr, grocer

Strates John, shoemaker

Suey Charles, laundry and shoemaker

*Sweet, Asa, grocer

Travelle B F & Co (B F Travelle), pool

Teague S A, Mayor

Hucker T M, soft drinks

Tufichiz Varsamos, coffee shop

Vessels Bros (C W and J J), photographers

Waid W F, tailor

WAKEFIELD F B, Cashr American Exchange Bank

Warren J F, City Clerk, Tax Collr and Assessor, and Sec Chamber of Commerce

Weems G E, physician

Wefing E S, hardware and auto supplies

West Florida Guarantee Co, W R Tucker mgr

West Point Oyster Co (George Demos)

*White E M, grocer

*White & Henry, soft drinks

*Williams John, barber

Williams Joseph, barber

Wing A B, meats

Witherspoon C W, grocer

Witherspoon R M, grocer

Zingarelli Angelo J, mens furng goods

Zingarelli A J, County Commissioner