Around 1886, Samuel Marks (birth/death undetermined) and Polish immigrant Harris Needle (c.1841-1904) founded wholesale clothing store Marks & Needle at 497 King Street in Charleston. The store remained in operation until 1895. Needle continued to work as a clothing merchant in Charleston after Marks & Needle closed. The 1896 Charleston City Directory listed him as a clothing merchant working out of 14 Morris Street. The following year, he was listed as retired. In 1898, however, he was listed as a clothing merchant working out of 540 King Street. In 1899, Needle worked as a buyer for his son Jacob’s (1869-1932) clothing and gentlemen’s furnishings business at 526 and 540 King Street. The next year, Needle was listed as working with his wife, Rebecca (c.1841-1909), in her clothing store at 540 King Street (Jacob’s business was only operating out of 526 King Street in this year). After 1900, Needle does not appear in Charleston City Directories.