J.B. Davis, T.R. Gatling Opening New Drug Store in Louisburg, Aug. 2, 1919

From The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Aug. 2, 1919

Louisburg Has New Drug Store Conducted by Colored Men

The Davis-Gatling Drug Co., a new enterprise, opened its doors Tuesday in Bull Run Street adjoining the Louisburg fire extinguishing house. The proprietors of the drug store are Dr. J.B. Davis and T.R. Gatling, Ph. G, late of the A.E.F. in France, where he had charge of the A.E.F. dispensary. This is the first drug store ever opened in Franklin county by colored people, and they propose to carry a full line of drugs, toilet articles, rubber goods, ice cream and sodas of every description. Watch for their ad in the next issue.