The HCE records on our site are not complete. Only about 7 years are there.
When HC Edwards broke up, two brothers split it and both companies used the H mold.
A company in NJ, forgot the name, bought out one of them a few years later. Marion in Miami bought out the other one.
Mark Lighterman and I got the 7 years of records from Marion, and we believe they are records from only 1 brother.
No clue about the 1st $2.50.