“enables him now to present to his friends and customers, and the public at large . . . Guns, Rifles and Pistols . . . they can and will be furnished HERE, on as good terms..."

The North-Carolina Standard, B.B. Smith Ad; “enables him now to present to his friends and customers, and the public at large . . . Guns, Rifles and Pistols . . . they can and will be furnished HERE, on as good terms, and fitted in as good style, as at any other City in the Union”, Jan. 7, 1836