Wednesday morning C.T. Patch commenced to build an addition to his big store at Southern Pines. The addition will front on New Hampshire avenue, just in the rear of the present location of the Citizens Bank and Trust company’s building. It will run back to corner the entire rear of the old Patch building, which will be made 30 feet longer by the new addition. The part perfected will be 30x45, a good sized store in itself.
The Patch store has been an institution in Southern Pines for 30 years as it was about that time that Mr. Patch came down from New England to establish himself in business. He had been on the road for several years and wanted to get some place where he could be at home oftener than once or twice a year, and decided on Southern Pines. He started on a moderate scale, but grew rapidly, and for years has been the foremost dry goods man in the town. Several times he has had to build to keep up with his business, and now he hopes to settle the case for another year or so.
The Patch store carries about $35,000 worth of stock, which is constantly turning over, and steadily growing larger. With the new room it will be one of the big department stores of middle North Carolina.
For a while Mr. Patch’s health suffered, but it has wholly improved, and he is now as enthusiastic over the future of business in the Sandhills as anybody, and his new building shows his confidence in the days that are ahead of the community. The building is in the hands of Tom Burgess and will be ready for use in the coming winter.
From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, August 21, 1925
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