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to Germany for six months seeking a cure for his fading sight
and did receive some relief there by wearing thick glasses. He
returned to La Grange and then some three years later went to
Germany again for additional treatment. Each trip consumed
six months. When he returned from Germany the second time,
Eck retired from the partnership and from active practice. He
bought a farm southwest of La Grange where he dispensed med-
icines and drugs from his home. Eck lived out the remainder of
his life in semi-retirement on his farm and died at the age of
ninety-five in 1927.
Hermes married again in 1868, to Lesette Holste, who had
been born in Blomberg, Germany, and had emigrated to the
United States in September, 1852. To that union, two sons and
two daughters were born, William, Jr., August, Auguste, and
Louisa. The sons after completing high school studied pharmacy
and became registered pharmacists. William, Jr., received his
degree in pharmacy from Vanderbilt College of Pharmacy in
1888. August studied at St. Edward's College in Austin, 1896-
1897, and received training in pharmacy from the University
of Texas medical department at Galveston. In 1890, Wil-
liam, Jr., returned to La Grange and assumed the management
of the Hermes Drug Store as sole owner. Dr. Hermes retired at
that time to manage the estate he had acquired. William, Jr.,
married Augusta Willinberg and to that union a son, Gilbert
William Hermes, and a daughter, Myrta Hermes, were born.
In 1900oo, the drug store was moved to the northwest corner of
the square and, about 1911, was moved to its present site in
the middle of the east side of the square in a reddish stone
building with large display windows on each side. At present,
it still bears the name of Hermes Drug Store on its high frontage.
The Hermes family, although practicing medicine and phar-
macy, were good business people and bought and traded land
and livestock to acquire considerable wealth. They also owned
several store buildings in the townsite. William Hermes, as did
William, Jr., upon retiring, devoted his last years to farming
and managing the Hermes estate.
On January 1, 1927, William, Jr., sold one-fourth interest
in the drug store to his younger brother, August. William, Jr.,
kept one-fourth interest for himself and turned over one-half
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