The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy in its August issue dedicates its publication to our good townsman, Kiwanian, and one of our leading druggists, Chas. B. Miller.
The people of Goldsboro will no doubt be interested in knowing just what the editors of this publication think of Mr. Miller, and we herewith take pleasure in preprinting the article appearing in the Journal:
Charles Borden Miller
The Carolina Journal of Pharmacy this month is dedicated to a lifelong Tar Heel who has continuously been a retail drug store proprietor for 35 years and a devoted worker in the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association for an equal period of time. His recent election as Third Vice-President of the Association makes his dedication timely, but years ago he would have been entitled to the honor because of his excellent service as an examiner on the Board of Pharmacy and his honorable record as a successful retail druggist. We take pleasure in setting aside this page as a tribute to a real friend, to a kindly gentleman, and to a substantial and progressive pharmacist, Charles B. Miller of Goldsboro.
the Carolina Journal of Pharmacy this month is dedicated to a lifelong Tar Heel who has continuously been a retail drug store proprietor for 35 years and a devoted worker in the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association for an equal period of time. His recent election as Third Vice-President of the Association makes his dedication timely, but years ago he would have been entitled to the honor because of his excellent service as an examiner on the Board of Pharmacy and his honorable record as a successful retail druggist. We take pleasure in setting aside this page as a tribute to a real friend, to a kindly gentleman, and to a substantial and progressive pharmacist, Charles B. Miller of Goldsboro.
Charles Borden Miller was born in Goldsboro, N.C., on December 11, 1866, the son of John F. Miller and Sarah (Borden) Miller. Educated in the city schools of Goldsboro and Trinity College of Durham, Mr. Miller reacted naturally to the atmosphere in which he had been reared, and decided to become a pharmacist even before he had completed his academic training. Is father, Dr. J.F. Miller, was a practicing physician for 40 years and for a large part of this time owned a drug store at the same site where the subject of this sketch now conducts the Goldsboro Drug Co. Beginning as a clerk in this store about 1886, he served a two-year apprenticeship and then entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1890 with a degree of Ph.G. During the college course he worked first in Hewitt’s and later in Morgan’s Drug Store in Philadelphia, in order to supplement his theoretical instruction with practical application. Following graduation Mr. Miller returned to Goldsboro with his father and shortly thereafter (in 1891) when the partnership of Miller & Shannon was dissolved, he became one of the owners of the drug store known as J.F. Miller & Son. This business was later absorbed by the Goldsboro Drug Co. Inc. and in 1910, upon the death of his father, Mr. Miller was made president of the corporation. In this capacity he is still engaged.
Immediately after securing his license as a registered pharmacist in 1890, Mr. Miller began his uninterrupted affiliation with the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association. That this connection has not been mere nominal is evidenced by the numerous appointments and assignments that have been given him in the organization. Elected third vice—resident in 1903 and second vice-president in 1904, Mr. Miller sacrificed a certain opportunity in advance to the presidency, when he consented on June 24, 1905 to complete the unexpired term of Mr. William Simpson as a member of the N.C. Board of Pharmacy. In April, 1906, he was re-elected for a five-year period, and conducted the examinations in materia medica, until he finished his term of office in 1911. In 1924 as mentioned elsewhere, he was once more elected a third vice-president.
On October 11, 1893, Mr. Miller, who resides at 211 West Whinut St., have two children, Ethel, now Mrs. Walter Borden, and Chas R. Miller Jr.
Mr. Miller is a member of and for 20 years has been a Deacon in the Methodist Church at Goldsboro. He is a District trustee of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Goldsboro Country Club; and was at one time an active Odd Fellow. He is affiliated with the Democratic party.
--J.G.B.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Saturday, August 2, 1924
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