W.H. Weatherly & Co., wholesale grocers and candy manufacturers, of this city, have purchased a lot 80 by 100 feet on Water Street, between the Auto & Gas Engine Works and the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and expect to erect thereon a store and factory building to cost $50,000 to $60,000. The company has outgrown its quarters in the Robinson block on South Water Street, more room being needed especially for its candy manufacturing business.
Asked if he attributed the increased demand for candy to Prohibition, Mr. Weatherly stated that he did not think Prohibition had much to do with it. He says the consumption of candy has shown a steady increase year after year any way.
The building is to be erected by W.H. Weatherly Co. Will make a handsome addition to Water Street. It will either be a four-story building of brick and wood construction, or a three-story building of brick and concrete fire-proof constriction. They are figuring on the exact cost of a fireproof building and will build that type—the first ever built here—if the first cost does not appear prohibitive. Foundation for the new building will be started at an early date and construction finished by early summer.
From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Oct. 29, 1921
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