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Arthur Smith Moore, vice president of the Fountain Dry Goods Company, belongs to that class of men who seem to regard difficulties and obstacles as an impetus for renewed effort, for the allows nothing to brook his path if it can be overcome by persistence and determination. Morevoer he possesses the modern spirit of enterprise as manifest in commercial circles at the present time. Mr. Moore is a native of Roscoe, his birth having occurred there July 23, 1879. He was reared in the home of his father, James W. Moore, in Coshocton, and pursuing a public-school education left the high school to enter the Ohio Wesleyan College. He was also for a time a student in the Oberlin (Ohio) College, but ceased his efforts in the educational field in his junior year in order to enter business in Coshocton. He has been identified with the mercantile pursuits of the city since 1904. He had, however, worked in the business from his boyhood days, during the periods of vacation and at other times, and his training was a thorough and practical one. In 1904 he was chosen vice president of the Fountain Dry Goods Company and has since remained as the second officer, taking an active part in the executive management and control. Mr. Moore is a valued member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 376, B.P.O.E, and of the Methodist Episcopal church. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise he has voted with the republican party. He is an alert, energetic young man, who keeps in touch with the city's interest along lines of material, social and moral advancement, and at the same time in his business career he is making that steady progress which results from close application and the best utilization of opportunities.
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