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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

E. L. PYE.
    E. L. Pye, numbered among the progressive merchants of El Dorado, where he
is owner of a drug store which he has conducted with growing success since 1907,
was born in Drew county, Arkansas, February 29, 1868. His birth occurred upon a
farm and there he spent his youthful days, dividing his time between the
acquirement of an education in the public schools, the pleasures of the
playground and the work of the fields. He continued to assist in the task of
plowing, planting and harvesting until he had attained his majority, when
thinking to find other pursuits more congenial than those of agricultural life,
he left home and obtained a position in a drug store at Helena, where he was
employed for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to
Monticello, Arkansas, where he occupied a similar position until 1896 and then
came to El Dorado, where he has now made his home for almost a third of a
century. Here he secured a clerkship in a drug store and thus spent his time in
the employ of others until 1907, when he purchased his present business. He was
ambitious to have a place of his own and carefully saved his earnings until his
industry, economy and careful management had made the step possible. He now
conducts business under the name of the Pye Taylor Drug Company, of which he is
president and general manager, and his well appointed store and the
straightforward business methods which he follows well entitle him to the
liberal patronage accorded him.

    Mr. Pye has ever manifested a helpful and progressive interest in public
affairs and has served as a member of the town council of El Dorado. He also
belongs to the Baptist church and to the Knights of Pythias
fraternity—associations which indicate much concerning the nature of his
interests and the rules that govern his conduct.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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