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THE S. P. HITE COMPANY, INCORPORATED

The S. P. Hite Company, Incorporated, with a paid
in capital stock of $50,000 became a permanent fixture
and a part of Roanoke's industrial and commercial life
in the fall of 1905.
The stock is held by
about thirty of
Roanoke's leading
business men.
The chief business
of the enterprise is the manufacture of Hite's Pain
Remedy, a well-known household remedy, flavoring
extracts, and a number of staple drugs, proprietary and
toilet articles some
of which are as follows:
"Hites Pain
Remedy," Bay
Rum, Blood Purifier,
Camphor Ice,
Cold Cream, Cologne, Cough Syrup, Flavoring Extracts
and Oils, Hair Vigor, Laxative Quinine Tablets,
Liver Regulator, Talcum Powder, Tasteless
Caster Oil, Toothache Drops, Tooth Powder, Paregoric,
Quinine Pills, Sewing Machine Oil, Sweet Oil, Spirits
Nitre, Tincture Iron, Turpentine, and Witch Hazel.

The Company owns a large four and one-half story
brick building in which it operates, and its property
extends from Center to Loudon avenues, between
Third and Fourth streets, Northwest.

It was in 1871