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GENERAL INDEX
GT
1924
213
Abbreviations
Alphabetical Directory
193
Banks
77
Business Directory
196
Cemeteries
197
Churches
190
City Government
204
Clubs
204
Commercial Organizations
189
Courts
185 and 1 1 188
Fire Department
201
Index to Advertisements
Insurance Companies
202
Libraries
204
Manufacturers in Greensboro
14
Miscellaneous Directory
185
N C Post Offices
20
Parks 204
Public Schools 182
Societies, Clubs, Associations, etc
204
Societies-Secret 206
State Government 187
875
United States Government
185
United States Local Officials 186
United States Post Office
186
PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
The information in this book is gathered, as far as possible, by actual canvass, and is compiled in a way to ensure maximum ac- curacy. The publishers cannot, of course, guarantee the correct- ness of information furnished them nor the complete absence of mis- takes, hence no responsibility for errors can be assumed, but we will welcome the bringing to our attention of any inaccuracies so that correction may be made in the next Directory.
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Hospitals and Asylums
7
County Government
213
264
Street Directory
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
Reference is especially invited to the following alphabetical list of re- sponsible, enterprising, advertising business men. The more you patronize them the better we can make the Greensboro Directory; your attention is also invited to the names in DISPLAY BLACK TYPE throughout the book of those who take pride in sustaining the city directory, and who do not borrow their neighbor's directory.
Allen J N & Co. 2
American Insurance Agency Inc .. right side lines and
51.
Apple & Waynick Service Sta- tion 25
Armfield Motor Co
right side lines and 26
Auto Tire Accessory Co .. .. Banks Realty Co, front cover and 66
26
Benbow & White,
back cover and 66
Benson's Dry Cleaning & Dye
Works . . left top lines and Bernau Rudolph C,
34
left side lines and 56
Biddell & Brownhill,
beginning letter B and al- ternate letters thru Alpha- bet 48 and
61
Blake Charles J,
marginal line front cover and 51
Boxwood Farm Dairy 40
Broadway Cafe
71
Brown George C & Co, right side lines and 58
Burnham Clarence A ...
.
Canvas Products Co Inc,
76
left bottom lines and
30
Carlson & Hodgin Drs, left side lines and
33
Carlton Phil R Inc,
right side lines and 52
Carolina Body Co,
marginal line back cover and 23
Carolina Engraving Co,
left side lines and
43
Carolina Steel & Iron Co. . . . Chapin-Sacks Corp,
3
front cover and 50
Cheek B S Plumbing Co. .
..
Cheek J C Co
60
Coble Hardware Co, left side lines and 47
Coble & Starr Motor Co,
left side lines and
27
Columbia Laundry Co,
right top lines and 34
Craven F, left bottom lines and 39
Dixie Fire Ins Co ..
53
Dixie Multigraphing Bureau.
61
Dixie Realty & Auction Co,
left side lines and
69
Dobie George R & Co, left side lines and 22
Donnell Harry Inc. .
36
Duncan Conklin H Co.
.
72
Efird's
60
Ellis, Stone & Co,
right side lines and 60
El-Rees-So Cigar Co,
marginal line front cover
Everhart's S H Market. ...
59
First Realty & Loan Co.
left top lines and
67
Fisher's Garage
23
Fry Fielding L & Co,
top stencil and
51
Gate City Motor Co,
right bottom lines and
27
Gate City Roofing Co . back fly leaf
Glascock Stove & Mfg Co. ...
12
Golden Rule Press
53
Greensboro Auto Electric Co.
24
Greensboro Baggage & Trans-
fer Co
73
Greensboro Bargain House. .
47
Greensboro Business Agency.
43
Greensboro Commercial
School,. . left side lines and
33
Greensboro Hardware Co,
right top lines and
47
Greensboro Jewelry & Op-
tical Co
56
Greensboro Motor Car Co Inc,
right bottom lines and
29
Greensboro Music Co Inc ..
61
Greensboro Mutual Life Ins Co
52
Greensboro Realty & Lumber
Co
69
Greensboro Screen & Heating Co. . left bottom lines and 31 Greensboro Veterinary Hos- pital 73
Griffin James L,
right side lines and
43
Guilford Hardware Co ..
..
47
Guilford Hotel,
right side lines and
48
Guilford Ins & Realty Co,
left top lines and
70
Guilford Lumber Mfg Co,
right side lines and
57
Guilford Motor Car Co,
right side lines and
28
Hammel William C A,
left top lines and
52
Hanner Bros
...... left top lines
Harding & Hickman,
back cover and
49
Harwell & Stutts.
38
Heath Bros Realty & Adver-
tising Co
23
Hedgpeth & Co
4
Holt Motor Co,
left side lines and
28
Home Building & Loan Assn,
right top lines and
31
Home Coal Co Inc,
marginal line back cover and
37
62
INDEX-Continued.
Hotel Guilford,
right side lines and
48
Hunt Bros,
left top lines and
62
Jefferson Barber Shop.
30
Jefferson Motors Inc,
back paste down
Johnson-Forbis-Simmons Co.
46
Justice Drug Co.
40
K-B Optical Co
44
Latham J E Co,
bottom stencil and
67
Leak James N.
54
Lindley J Van Nursery Co,
back cover and
57
Lowdermilk E E
73
Lucas Bros
34
Luppe John
55
McClamroch Co The
59
Manuel's Cafe.
right side lines and
71
Marchant
Calculating
Ma-
chine Co.
22
Marietta Paint & Color Co
The
61
Mebane-Rossell-Cress Inc,
marginal line front cover and
29
Merrell & Co,
right top lines and
59
Merrimon Insurance Agency, Michael & Bivens Inc,
52
right side lines and 43
Miller Claude E. .
55
Miller Kenneth T Inc. 41
Milton R H Electric Co. 42
Mi-Valet,
right bottom lines and
34
Moore A K Realty Co.
left bottom lines and
70
Moore J S Realty & Ins Co,
left top lines and
70
Morris Harry
25
Morris James C
39
Motomart The,
opp back paste down
Mutual Fountain Co Inc .... 72 National Surety Co of N Y,
marginal line front cover and 54 New Method Laundry Co, right side lines and 56
New Process Tire & Supply Co .... right top lines and 26 North State Culvert & Ma- chinery Co, left bottom lines and 58
Odell's Inc,
right bottom lines and 64
Oettinger Lumber Co, left side lines and 31
Ogburn Bros, left side lines and 70
O Henry Bedding Co Inc. ... 59
Orange Crush Bottling Co,
right bottom lines and
31
Pettit A S Inc,
beginning letter A and al-
ternate letters thru Alpha-
bet and .
62
Piedmont Cafe
71
Pilot Life Ins Co,
front cover and
54
Poole & Blue Inc,
right top lines and
44
Porter-Lyon Drug Co Inc,
right bottom lines and
40
Pullen A M & Co .
21
Rees Cigar & Sporting Goods
Co
72
Rees-Mitchell Cigar Co,
left side lines and
33
Rhodes Clothing Co The ....
36
Richardson Robert M,
left side lines and
37
Robins .
Weill.
front stencil and
68
Saslow & Cohen,
right side lines and
56
Shoffner A L,
right side lines and
38
Smith Auditing Co. .
22
.....
Smith H L,
right top lines and
63
Smoot & Johnson,
45
Southern Railway System ..
64
Southern Real Estate Co.
backbone and
65
Southside Hardware Co,
left bottom lines and
48
Stephens Albert G.
38
Stone Jos J & Co,
bet pages 370 and
371
T & H Motor Co,
right top lines and
29
Tanenhaus Bros Inc.
36
Tate Bros,
marginal line back cover and 63
Tatum B B,
left side lines and
73
49
Tatum's Inc. . front cover and
Thomas Storage
& Service
Station
25
Travelers Ins Co of Hartford, Conn .... left top lines and 52 Triangle Rubber Supply Corp, left side lines and 26
Tuttle Better Advertising ..
22
Van Lindley Co Florists,
back cover and
57
Vanstory Clothing Co.
35
Warren E D Real Estate,
marginal line back cover and
37
68
Wharton-Medearis Inc. ..
.
White Realty Co,
back cover and
69
Wilkins James D.
32
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Willard J A Co,
left side lines and
58
Williams William W
39
Woodell E A,
right side lines and
63
Younts-De Boe Co ..
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37
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LIST OF BOOKS IN HILL'S DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Chamber of Commerce,
Jefferson Standard Building
101 North Elm (Second Floor)
Abilene, Tex. Adrian, Mich. Akron, Ohio Albemarle County, Va. (see Charlottesville) Alexandria, Va. Allston, Mass. (see Boston) Amsterdam, N. Y. Androscoggin Co., Me. Arcadia, Fla. (see Fort Myers) Asheville, N. C. Atlanta, Ga. Auborn, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Me. (see Kennebec Co.) Augusta County, Va. (see Staunton) Austin, Tex.
Baltimore, Md.
Bangor, Me. Barberton, O. (see Akron) Barre, Vt. Biddeford, Me. Biltmore, N. C. (see Asheville) Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Mich. (see Detroit) Boston Blue Book Boston Business Boston, Mass. Boston Register Brewer, Me. (see Bangor) Brighton, Mass. (see Boston) Bristol, Tenn. (see Bristol, Va.) Briston, Va .- Tenn. Brownsville, Pa. (see Uniontown) Buffalo, N. Y.
Cadogan, Pa. (see Kittanning) Camden, N. J. Cass County, Ind. (see Logansport) Celoron, N. Y. (see Jamestown) Central Fall, R. I. (see Pawtucket) Charlestown, Mass. (see Boston) Charlotte, N. C. Charlottesville, Va. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chun's Grove, N. C. (see Asheville) Cincinnati, Ohio Clearfield, Pa. Clifton, N. J. (see Passaic) Coconut Grove, Fla. (see Miami) Cohoes, N. Y. (see Troy) Covington, Ky. Cuyahoga Falls, O. (see Akron)
Dayton, Ohio. Des Moines, Ia. Detroit, Mich. District of Columbia Dorchester, Mass. (see Boston) Dover, N. J. (see Morristown) DuBois, Pa. Durham, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Durham, N. C.
East hartford, Conn. (see Hartford) East Liverpool, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) East Orange, N. J. (see Orange) Elizabeth, N. J.
Elkins, W. Va. . El Paso, Tex.
Fairchance, Pa. (see Uniontown,
Falconer, N. Y. (see Jamestown) Fall River, Mass. Falls Creek, Pa. (see Du Bois) Fayetteville, N. C. Fitchburg, Mass. Flint, Mich. Ford City, Can. (see Detroit)
Ford City, Pa. (see Kittanning) Ford View. Pa. (see Kittanning) Fords, N. J. (see Perth-Amboy) Ft. Myers, Fla. Fresno, Cal. Fresno County, Calif. (see Fresno)
Furnace Run, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Gardiner, Me. (see Kennebec) Gardner, Mass. Garfield, N. J. (see Passaic) Garrett's Run, Pa. (see Kittanning) Gloversville, N. Y. Goldsboro, N. C. Gorham, Me. (see Westbrook)
Grace, N. C. (see Asheville) Graff, Pa. (see Kittanning) Green Island, N. J. (see Troy) Greene, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Greensboro, N. C.
Hallowell, Me. (see Kennebec Co.) Hamilton, Ohio. Hampton, Va. (see Newport News) Hartford, Conn. Hattiesburg, Miss.
Honolulu, T. H. Hopwood, Pa. (see Uniontown) Hot Springs, Ark. Houston, Texas Howard County, Ind. (see Kokomo) Hull, Canada (see Ottawa) Huntington, Ind. Huntington, W. Va. Hyde Park, Mass. (see Boston)
Indianapolis, Ind. Irvington, N. J. (see Orange)
Jacksonville, Fla. Jamestown, N. Y. Joliet, Ill.
Kalamazoo, Mich. Kansas City, Mo. Keasey, N. J. (see Perth-Amboy)
Kecoughtan, Va. (see Newport News) Keego Harbor, Mich. (sce Pontiac) Kenilworth, N. C. (see Asheville)
Kenmore, O. (see Akron)
Kennebec Co., Me.
Kenosha, Wis.
Kinston, N. C. Kittanning & Ford, Penn.
Knoxville, Tenn. Kokomo, Ind.
Lakewood, N. Y. (see Jamestown)
Lawrence, Mass. Leeds, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Lewiston, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Lisbon, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Little Rock, Ark. Live Oak, Fla. Livermore, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Livingston, N. J. (see Orange) Logansport, Ind. Los Angeles, Cal. Louisville, Ky. Lowell, Mass. Lynchburg, Va.
Lynn, Mass.
McGrann, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Macon, Ga.
Mahoning, Pa. (see Kittanning) Maine Register Malden, Masg. Manorville, Pa. (see Kittanning) Maplewood, N. J. (see Orange) Masontown, Pa. (see Uniontown)
Mechanic Falls, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Memphis, Tenn. Meridian, Miss. Miami, Fla. Miami Beach, Fla. (see Miami)
Middletown, Ohio Milburn, N. J. (see Orange) Milwaukee, Wis. Minot, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Mobile, Ala. Mohawk, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Montgomery, Ala. Morris Plains, N. J. (see Morristown) Morristown, N. J. Mosgrove, Pa. (see Kittanning) Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Naugetuck, Conn. (see Waterbury) Nashville, Tenn. New Bern, N. C. New Eng. Business New Orleans, La. New York City
Newport, Ky. (see Covington)
Newport News, Va. Newport, R. I. Norfolk-Portsmouth, Va. North Carolina Year Book
Ocala, Fla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Old Point, Va. (see Newport News) Orange, N. J. Ottawa, Can.
Paducah, Ky. Paintertown, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Parkersburg, W. Va. Passiac, N. J. Pattonville, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Pawtucket, R. I. Pelham, N. Y. (see Mount Vernon)
Pensacola, Fla. Perth-Amboy, N. J. Petersburg, Va.
Phoebus, Va. (see Newport News)
Pittsburgh, Pa. Poland, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Pontiac, Mich. Portland, Me. Portsmouth, Va. (see Norfolk) Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Providence, R. I.
Raleigh, N. C. Redford, Mich. (see Detroit) Rhode Island Business Dir- ectory (see Providence)
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LIST OF BOOKS-CONTINUED.
Richmond, Va. Richmond Hill, N. C. (see Asheville) Roanoke, Va. Rochester, N. Y. Rockaway, N. J. (see Morristown) Rocky Mt., N. C. Rosendale, Mass. (see Boston) Rosston, Pa. (see Kittanning) Roxbury, Mass. (see Boston) Rural Valley, Pa. (see Kitlanning)
Saco, Me. (see Biddeford) Sacramento, Calif. Saginaw, Mich. St. Francis, Wis. (see Milwaukee) St. Louis, Mo. St. Petersburg, Fla. Salem, Va. (see Roanoke) San Diego, Cal. San Fernando Valley, Calif. (see Los Angeles) San Francisco, Cal. San Pedro, Calif. (see Los Angeles) Sandusky, Ohio
Sanford, Me. Sawtelle Palms, Calif. (see Los Angeles) Schenectady, N. Y. Sewaren, N. J. (see Perth-Amboy) Sherwood Park, N. Y. (see Mount Vernon) Shorewood, Wis. (see Milwaukee) South Orange, N. J. (see Orange) Spokane, Wash. Springfield, Ohio Springvale, Me. (see Sanford) Staunton, Va. Summit, N. J. Syracuse, N. Y. Sylvan Lake, Mich. (see Pontiac)
Tampa, Fla. Templeton, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Terra Haute, Ind. Toledo, Ohio
Toronto, Can.
Torrington, Conn. Trenton, N. J. Troy, N. Y.
Turner, Me.
(see Androscoggin Co.) Uniontown, Penn.
Vernon Hill, N. C. (see Asheville) Valdosta, Ga. Vicksburg, Miss. Vinton, Va. (see Roanoke)
Waco, Texas Wales, Me.
(see Androscoggin Co.) Walkerville, Can. (see Detroit) Washington, D. C. (see District of Columbia) Waterbury, Conn. Waterford, N. Y. (see Troy) Watertown, Conn. (see Waterbury) Watertown, N. Y. Waterville, Me. (see Kennebec)
Watervliet, N. Y. (see Troy)
Waycross, Ga. Webster, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
West Hartford, Conn. (see Hartford)
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West Milwaukee, Wis. (see Milwaukee)
West Orange, N. J. (see Orange)
West Rosbury, Mass. (see Boston) Westbroak, Me. Westchester County, N. Y. (see Mount Vernon) Westfield, Mass. Westgate, Calif. (see Los Angeles)
Wharton, N. J. (see Morristown) Whitesburg, Pa. (see Kittanning) Wichita Falls, Tex. Wilmington, Calif. (see Los Angeles) Wilmington, N. C. Wilson, N. C. Windham, Me. (see Westbrook)
Windsor, Canada (see Detroit)
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Woodbridge, N. J. (see Perth-Amboy)
Woolsey, N. C. (see Asheville)
Woonsocket, R. I. Worchester, Mass .. Worthington, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Yatesboro, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Youngstown, O.
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PREFACE
Population-Size-Greensboro city population for 1923 special government census was 43,525. Estimated population 1924, 48,500. Size, 16.9 square miles.
Greensboro is the center and metropolis of a large territory which is being rapidly developed; in which it is the largest city. In the Greensboro territory are located a number of prosperous rapidly de- veloping smaller cities and towns.
Location-Greensboro is located on the main line of the Southern Railway, and the Atlantic and Yadkin Railway, 288 miles south- west of Washington and 361 miles north of Atlanta, with railroads radiating in seven different directions, making it a splendid central distributing point.
Climate-Greensboro is a delightful place to live. Its altitude is 843 feet. Average temperature, 59. Precipitation, 47.59. Highest temperature, 101. Lowest, 6.
Educational-Greensboro has an excellent system of free public schools. In January, 1921, the city of Greensboro voted $1,000,- 000.00 for additional public schools. There is located in Greensboro the N. C. College for Women, the Greensboro College (Methodist) for Women, and near Greensboro is Guilford (Friends) College, Oak Ridge Institute, and the following colored colleges: N. C. Agricul- tural and Technical College, Bennett College, Immanuel Lutheran College, and the Sedalia School.
Government-Greensboro is governed by the City Manager form of government. Prominent and successful business men serve on the Council.
Valuation-Greensboro's assessed valuation for 1923 was $78,- 000,000.00.
Taxes-1923 city tax rate, $1.24 on $100.00; 1923 county tax rate, 75 cents on $100.00.
Fire Department-Greensboro has an efficient and modern mo- torized fire department.
Banks-Greensboro has four banks with a total capital and sur- plus on March 31, 1924, of $3,571,017.60. Resources, $26,719,838.86.
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PREFACE-Continued.
Bank clearings, $279,242,000.00. Deposits, $21,086,345.86.
Post Office Receipts-Post Office receipts, year ending March 31, 1924, $321,078.57. Increase on June 15, 1924, over same period last year, $12,270.25.
Hotels-Greensboro has four hotels-O Henry, Guilford, Clegg and Huffine. (Bids called for new "King Cotton" Hotel.)
Hospitals-Greensboro has five hospitals and sanatoriums.
Parks-Greensboro has three parks.
Newspapers-Greensboro has two large daily newspapers and one weekly.
Roads and Streets-Greensboro has 72 miles of paved streets. Fifteen miles of electric street railway. Greensboro has more hard surface roads leading into it than any other city in the State. The National Dixie, Bankhead and Central through highways, and other improved roads pass through Greensboro.
Public Library-Greensboro has a Public Library of 21,300 vol- umes.
Churches, etc .- Greensboro has churches of practically all de- nominations, a Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.
Chamber of Commerce-Greensboro Chamber of Commerce is representative of the commercial, industrial and civic life of the community, functioning through seven active bureaus.
Clubs-Greensboro has a Country Club, Elks' Club and Mer- chants' and Manufacturers' Club.
Organizations-Greensboro has a live retail merchant organiza- tion, Women's Club, Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan and Lions Clubs as well as various other similar organizations.
Distributing Center-Greensboro is the logical location for branch plants and houses and district offices. About 1,500 traveling men live in Greensboro. Twenty-nine new branch houses and district offices were opened in 1924.
Insurance Center of South-Greensboro is the South's greatest. Insurance center, being the home office of the Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co., Southern Life & Trust Co., Gate City Life Ins. Co., Business Men's Ins. Co., Security Life & Trust Co, with four fire
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insurance companies, being the Dixie Fire Ins. Co., Pilot Fire Ins. Co., Greensboro Fire Ins. Co., George Washington Fire Ins. Co., Southeastern Fire Ins. Co.
The combined capital of the Life and Fire Insurance Companies is $3,500,000.
The combined surplus of Life and Fire Insurance Companies is $1,917,925.
The combined income of Life and Fire Insurance Companies is $13,000,000.00.
The combined assets of Life and Fire Insurance Companies is $32,730,000.00. Insurance in force, $444,115,000.00. Greensboro is also State Headquarters for a large number of Insurance Companies.
Industrial-Greensboro offers exceptional opportunities to mann- facturers due to railway facilities, splendid labor and living condi- tions and contented citizenship. Greensboro's textile industry ope- rates 7,000 looms and 225,000 spindles.
In a radius of 50 miles over one million spindles are operated. Greensboro has a hundred factories employing 10,000 people. These factories produce about twenty-five different kinds of goods, such as cotton fabric, flannels, outings, prints, furniture, cigars, fertilizers, overalls, automobiles, motor trucks, stoves, flour, hollow tile, sewer and drain pipes, brick, boxes, elevators, fabric steel, medicine, heat- ing plants, candy. Greensboro is the home of the largest denim mill in the world, with an output of over two hundred and fifty thousand yards indigo denim daily. One of the large nurseries of the country is located in Greensboro. Greensboro is rapidly develop- ing as a manufacturing center.
Information-Specific information will be gladly furnished upon request by
THE GREENSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Manufacturers in Greensboro, N. C.
Air Brakes Wright Safety Air Brake Cc
Auto Bodies
. Ford Body Co
Awnings and Shades
Clement P D Co
Awnings, Tents & Flags
Canvas Products Co Inc
Awnings, Tents & Flags
Greensboro Tent & Awning Co
Blank Books
Harrison Printing Co
Blank Books
. Stone Jos J & Co
Blue Denim
Proximity Mfg Co
Bricks
. Cunningham Brick Co
Broom Handles
. Carolina Warehouse Inc
Candy
Ballance & Co
Candy
. Gate City Candy Co
Castings
. Cook-Lewis Foundry Co
Cedar Oil and Cedar Chest Material
. Brown George C & Co Inc
Chair Stock
. Carolina Warehouse Inc Chemicals
. Laird T Holt & Co
Cigar Boxes
Carolina Cigar Box Co
. Clegg W F Cigar Co Cigars
Cigars
El-Fulto Cigar Co
Cigars
El-Rees-So Cigar Co
Cigars
. Hood Cigar Co
Cigars
Rees-Mitchell Cigar Co
Cigars
Seidenberg & Co Cotton Goods
. Pomona Mills Inc
Canton Flannels and Piece Dyed Outings . Revolution Cotton Mills
Corrugated Paper Boxes
Andrew Container Co
Crushed Stone
Clegg C Bynum
Denims White Oak Cotton Mills
Draperies
. Daniel Shade & Drapery Co
Elevators . Otis Elevator Co
Elevators Westbrook W J Elevator Co
Fertilizer . American Agricultural Co
Fertilizer Armour Fertilizer Works
Fertilizer
. Swift & Co
Fire Escapes, Iron Stairs & Window Guards Wilkins J D
Flour and Meal
Carolina Warehouse Inc
Flour and Meal . Hill Flour Mills Corp
Flour and Meal North State Milling Co
Furniture
. Standard Table Co
Furniture
Sterling Furniture Co Inc
Granite
Rowe & Roach Co Inc
Gray Goods and Yarns Pomona Mills Inc
Handkerchiefs Phillips B B Mfg Co
Harness & Saddlery . Gaulden George S
Wright Hinge & Lock Co Hinges and Locks
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MANUFACTURERS-Continued
Heating . Sanitary Heating & Ventilating Co
Ice
Piedmont Ice & Coal Co
Ice
. Tatum's Inc
Ice Cream
Chapin-Sacks Corp
Ice Cream
James Walter A
Ice Cream
. West End Ice Cream Co
Leather Belting
McLeod Leather & Belting Co
Loom Reeds
Greensboro Loom Reed Co
Machinery
. Newman Machine Co
Machinery
North State Culvert & Machinery Co
Machinery
. Wysong & Miles Co
Mattresses
O Henry Bedding & Mattress Co
Medicines, Patent and Proprietary . Byrd Laboratories Inc
Medicines, Patent and Proprietary
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