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ware with his wife, Louise, has been working in the hardware business for 42 years. William Deaver started the hard-
Autry, who owns Hope Mills Hard-
t is safe to say that Joel Autry knows the nuts and bolts of run- ning a business – especially his business.
Hardware I
Hope Mills
A big part of a small town BY EDDIE DEES
ware store, one of the oldest businesses in town, on Main Street in 1975. High- land Lumber took over the business for a time but Autry bought it outright in 1984 and it became an Ace Hardware store chain in 1991. The store moved into a new building, next to the old one in 2001. "We make a lot of keys and sell a lot
of plumbing supplies," says Autry, who is semi-retired. His son, Mike helps run the place these days. "Regular hardware is our staple and we also sell a bunch of paint and cleaning supplies." Eddie Garner, who has worked at
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