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C. E. Crawford.

Among the first class refreshment
establishments of the city where a
man can enjoy a social drink and
smoke, none is more popular than
"Crawfords' Place," 201 West Main
Street. This reliable house does a
general line of business in jug and
bottled goods for family trade and
medicinal purposes, while the choicest
lines of beers, bottled and draft, liquors
whiskies and soft drinks and cigars
are dispensed at the bar. The excellent
mixed drinks served have a wide

reputation, and are made by one of the
most expert mixers in the South. A
specialty is made in the whiskey line
of "Crawford's Special," Bumgardner
and "Old Braddock" though all the
finest brands are carried. The proprietor
of the place, Mr. C. E. Crawford, is
widely popular here, and as a man of
high business methods and integrity
enjoys an enviable reputation. He
was born and educated in Craig
County, Virginia and for a time after
leaving school engaged in farming
Later he taught school for several
sessions in his native county and then
opened a liquor establishment which
he conducted for several years. Then
he went to Botetourt County and
thence to Kentucky continuing in the
same line. Four years ago he came to
this city and started his present place,
and today enjoys a trade unexcelled.
He is prominent fraternally being a
member of the Elks and the Patriotic
Order Sons of America.