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Open questions, November 2026 · EACH WITH ITS SETTLER
The Brummitt Mercantile Company's end date (GAP-NC3-BIZ-1): the firm stands incorporated in 1903 and present in the 1916 directory; when the mercantile — as distinct from the bank it spawned, whose course is whole — ceased, no source reached says; settler, the 1907–1916 directory run read against the mid-century directories. Lodging after 1916 (GAP-NC3-BIZ-2): the corridor's hotels stand at two houses in 1916 (Charles G. Fisher's hotel; Wm. J. Smith's grocer-and-hotel) and at none in the town's 2026 roll; the years between — the motor-court era on the Lincoln Highway and U.S. 20 — are unworked; settler, the mid-century directories and the corridor record. The elevator succession (GAP-NC3-BIZ-3): Farmers Grain Co (1916) to Zahl's (present) with no dated link between; settlers, the Sanborn run (five editions, 1886–1929, at the State Library) and the Gazette's advertising record. The dealership test (GAP-NC3-DEALER-1): whether a franchised automobile dealership ever stood in the town is untested beyond the garage record (Ray V. Evans's garage stands in the 1916 roll); settler, the mid-century directories and the franchise record.
Sources:
- EXPAND-NC3-NOTE — GAP-NC3-BIZ-1, GAP-NC3-BIZ-2, GAP-NC3-BIZ-3 and GAP-NC3-DEALER-1 as banked, with their settlers; gathered in-file by this section.