The D.T. Simpson store in the early 1900s. The sign on the left side of the building reads, "We Sell Shoes Made By/ Rice & Hutchins/ World Shoemakers For The Whole Family". Rice and Hutchins was one of the largest shoe companies in the U.S. at that time, and many stores sold their wares. The hand pump in front of the building was the town's only public water supply, and virtually the only source of water during the 1911 fire. To the right of the building is seen two of the three stores that were once in the area that is now a parking lot, one of them had been Kemp's drug store seen in photo 101. Two of these buildings were later demolished and the third smaller one (shown in postcard #16 in the post card gallery, but not seen in this photo) was moved 29241 Backtown Rd. and is now the structure behind Defender House. Photo courtesy of Ira Nelson Jr. & Charles B. Adams Jr.