Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1928, Part 1

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FRANK R.HUTTON REALTOR


POOLE & BLUE, Inc.


MORTICIANS


AMBULANCE SERVICE


201-203 N. Greene


Phone 420


BANKS REALTY CO.


REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS AND SALES AGENTS


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FIRST FLOOR-BENBOW ARCADE


PHONE 1061


Henry ! toonts


APPRAISALS


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FINANCING


BROKERAGE LEASES 79


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Greensboro, North Carolina


204 Jefferson Standard Bldg. Phone 54


PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


Sedgefield


Organized 1903


Greensboro, N. C,


"The Largest Service


to the Largest Number"


Furnishes an Insurance Plan to Meet Every Contingency LIFE .ACCIDENT- HEALTH


A. W. MCALISTER, President H. B. GUNTER, Vice-Fres.


J. HAL LASSITER, Realtor


HA REAL REAL ESTATE SERVICE"


JEFFERSON STANDARD . BUILDING, 101 N. ELM, ROOM 110 (Mezzanine


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Carolinas' oldest, largest, most popular accredited commercial schools. All business courses given by expert teachers at moderate rates. Day and evening classes. Telephone or write for catalog.


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HILL'S GREENSBORO (NORTH CAROLINA)


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VOL. 1928 XVI


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CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS CON- CERNS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS, A STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE AND DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, AND MUCH INFORMATION OF A MISCELLANEOUS CHARACTER


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The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors and omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.


The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.


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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


92


Alphabetical Directory


93


Banks


731


Buyers' Directory 27


Cemeteries


736


Churches


736


City Government 168


Classified Directory


725


Clergymen


739


Clubs 740


County Government 184


Courts


184


Elks


121


Fire Department


168


Homes and Asylums


754


Hospitals


755


IOOF


302


Index to Advertisers


8


Insurance Companies


756


Junior OU A M


322


Knights of Pythias 332


¡Libraries


256


Manufacturers in Greensboro


17


Masonic Orders


374


Moose Loyal Order of


353


Parks


773


Police Department


168


Preface


13


Red Men


302


Schools-Public 782 Schools and Colleges 48279 782


Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders.


581


United States Post Office 532


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


A & B Clothing Co.


42


Andrews-Rawlins Co ...... .... left bottom lines and 31


Armfield Motor Co .. . . right side lines and 37


Atlantic Bridge Co Inc ..... right bottom lines and


Auto Tire Accessory Co ..


Bankers National Life Ins Co. . left side lines and 54 Latham J E Co ...


Banks Realty Co .. . front cover and


83 77


Benner & Fields. ... right top lines and


Bernau Jewelry Co .. .right bottom lines and


Biddell Harry G .... ... right top lines and


Blake Chas J Ins Agency


.. marginal line front cover and 63 67


Brooks-Wilson Co .... ... right bottom lines and


Brown Geo C & Co ...


back cover and 70 28


Burroughs Adding Machine Co.


Callum-Sapp Inc. ..


.left side lines and


Campbell Walter E ..


Carlton Phil R Inc.


Carolina Credit Co ..


Carolina Steel & Iron Co.


Carolina Warehouse Inc. .


Carroll Motor Sales Co ..... left bottom lines and


Central Industrial Bank.


Cheek J C Co .... . . right side lines and


Citizens Coat Co .. .. left side lines and 44


Columbus Laundry Co ...... right bottom lines and


Craft Shop The ... ... left bottom lines and


Craven E F Co ... .left bottom lines and


Crevensten Clyde G. ... . .. left top lines and


Dick's Laundry Co. . Marginal line back cover and Direct Advertising Service .... left side lines and Dixie Fire Insurance Co ...


85 69 28 57 66 78


National Cash Register Co .. left bottom lines and National Surety Co of N Y


.ribbon book mark and 60 42 65 69


New Method Laundry Co .... right side lines and New Process Tire & Supply Co. . left top lines and North State Motors Inc ........ left top lines and North State Roofing Co. .


35 88 53


Odell Hadware Co. . right bottom lines and


26 Oettinger Lumber Co. . left side lines and


90


Piedmont Cafe


Pilot Life Insurance Co.


. front cover and


61


Poole & Blue Inc. . .front cover and 50 27


Pullen A M & Co ..


Quick Service Transfer Co Inc .. .left bottom lines and 90 36 66


Rawls Chevrolet Co. . back cover and


Redden Thomas Gresham Inc ..


Rierson Coal Co ..


Robins & Weill .. . front stencil, 65 and


Ross Harold L.


Routh Realty Co ... .right bottom lines and


Rowe & Roach Co Inc The. . right side lines and Schiffman Jewelry Co.


Sineath J I ..


Smith Auditing Co.


Smith Austin & Son.


Smith Chester Motor Co.


. left side lines and 73 36


Smith Dry Cleaning. . .left bottom lines and 42 27


Smith Walter I & Co ... ..... right top lines and


Smoot Wm J .. .. right bottom lines and 49 44 82


Hanes Funeral Home Inc.


90 52


Hardie Jack W Inc ..


Hendrix J M Co ... . left side lines and 89 Steed Turned Column Works.


Holland Radio & Appliance Co Inc ..


Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada.


Sustare & Ferris Inc .. right top .lines and 86 49


.left top lines and 78 Home Building & Loan Assn. . right top lines and 42 Sutton's Ine Home Detective Co. . marginal line back cover and 46 T & H Motor Co .. . back cover and 37 Thompson Inc. . .right bottom lines and 48


Hotel Annex


54 Thompson Walter J. .left bottom lines and 70 Turner's Transfer. .right top lines and 89


30


Jefferson Motors Inc ...... left bottom lines and 38 Vanstory Clothing Co. . back cover and 43


43 Walker Tom Co ...


Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co ..... right side lines and 59 White Washing Machine Co Inc ..


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Johnson-Forbis-Simmons Co. 51 87 King's Business College. Jones Barbecue Lunch. Keeley Institute The. . 87 2 79


Lassiter J Hal. . .


. marginal line front cover and


84


Lucas Bros ...


McClamroch Co The ..


Maness A M Furniture Co ..


Matheson-Wills Real Estate Co Inc .. Matlock T L Co .. .left top lines and


Mayes Mary E Inc .. .. right top lines and


Melvin & Johnson Coal Co ..


Merrimon Insurance Agency. . right side lines and 64


Michael-Bivens Electric Co .... left side lines and 48 Millikan Realty & Insurance Co. 85


Milton R H Electric Co ..


marginal line back cover and 47


Mi Valet Inc ... . beginning each letter of alphabet and 46 Monarch Machine & Mfg Co Inc ....


Moore J S Realty & Insurance Co .... .left top lines and 86 66 39 43


Moore-Mitchell Co .. .left top lines and


Morris Plan Industrial Bank The


Moskin's Credit Clothing Co.


Mutual Insurance Agency Inc ..


89


Ellis Sign Co ...


Everett, Hollowell, Davis & Co


... marginal line, front cover and


Fetter A W .. . right top lines and 63 Parker Coal Co Inc.


First Realty & Loan Co .... .. left top lines and 83 Phipps Hardware Co .. .left top lines and 54 87


Five Points Motor Co ... ... right top lines and Franklin-Knight Motor Co .... right top lines and Fry, Stevens & Bloodworth ...... top stencil and Gate City Motor Co ...... right bottom lines and 32


Globe Realty Co .... .... right side lines and 70 78


Golden Rule Printing Co ... . right bottom lines and Golden Rule Publishing Co. . right bottom lines and Greene Street Tire Co .... right bottom lines and Greensboro Auto Electric Co ..


Greensboro Beauty School.


Greensboro Hardware Co ...


... marginal line inside back cover and 52


Greensboro Motor Car Co. . right bottom lines and Greensboro Music Co ........ left bottom lines and 74


Greensboro Nurseries & Stock Farm ..


. . left side lines and 75 76 88


Greensboro Paint Co Inc ..


Greensboro Screen & Heating Co.


Griffin J L & Co ..... . . right side lines and 48


Guardian Life Insurance Co of Am.


.right top lines and 63


Guilford Lumber Mfg Co .... right side lines and Hammel Wm C A ...


71


.left top lines and 64 Southern Public Service Co .... left top lines and


Hanner Bros .. . left top lines and


75


Southern Real Estate Co ..... ..... backbone and Southside Hardware Co .... left bottom lines and State Industrial Bank ...


53 40 90 62


Durham Life Insurance Co ..


Durham & Sheets. .. Marginal back


cover and Edwards Dry Cleaning Co.


47


30


34 58


78


30 29 41 Roberts A P


. right top lines and 44 75 85 . right top lines and 48 86 74 67 33 28


35


Koonts Henry V . front cover and


. bottom stencil and 80


.right top lines and .right side lines and 47 72 50 81 26 66 44


55 68 56 34


52 37 38


. left bottom lines and


72


Moore H B Realty Co ... ... .. right top lines and 86


74


68 76 45


31


67


76


Page


49


31


Hunt Bros .. . marginal inside front cover and Hutton Frank R. .... marginal line front cover and 84 U-Drive It Co ..


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., publishers of the Greensboro City Di- rectory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1928 edition of the Greensboro Directory.


Confidence in the growth of Greensboro, in its wealth, industry and population. as well as in the advancement of its municipal and social ac- tivities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for, truly, the directory is a mirror reflecting Greensboro to the world.


The enviable place occupied by HILL'S directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes, causes the publishers to forecast the belief that the Greensboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic in- formation of any and every kind pertaining to our city. With an un- rivaled organization, having the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user.


Population


The estimated population of Greensboro is 57,656, based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the directory, with due allowance for children and for women whose names are not listed separately from those of their husbands. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory.


Four Major Departments


The several essential departments are arranged in the following order :- -


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 25 to 92, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Greensboro. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to the substantial elements of the city. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers keen to prime themselves on sources of supply. The city's ac- tivities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured to re- veal what it has in its show window. In an ambitious and progressive community like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of inform- ation immediately available, is very great and, frequently, pressing. Gen- eral appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal patronage the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporation is included in pages 93 to 579. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parenthesis following that of the husband. Colored people are designated by the character "(c)".


THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE AND DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS covers pages 581 to 724. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the resi- dences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders and business con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 725 to 788. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercan- tile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epi- tome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such is plays no


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small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium."


Municipal Publicity


The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information over the country, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, which are maintained in all the chief cities of the country. Here they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual adver- tisements of Greensboro, for business men, the country over, realize that the city directory represents the community as it really is.


The Greensboro Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Greensboro City Di- rectory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Greens- boro Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This library is one of the system of more than 400, installed and oper- ated in the chief cities of the United States and Canada, under the su- pervision of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, of which Hill Directory Co., Inc., are members.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the patronage of those progressive business and professional men who have expressed their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assur- ance that it will bring a commensurate return.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers.


GREENSBORO


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STATISTICAL INFORMATION


Slogan-"The Pivot of the Piedmont".


Form of Government-City Manager-Council.


Population-57,656. Native white, 79% ; Negroes, 21%. Native- born population, 98% of whole population.


Area-17 square miles.


Altitude-843 feet.


Assessed Valuation-$103,000,000.


Parks-4, with 1,054 acres valued at $3,000,000.


City's Bonded Debt-$5,351,177.53.


Financial-3 banks, with total deposits of $28,442,208, resources $34,778,767, and clearings of $312,000,000 annually. Savings banks, 3, with $1,406,487 total deposits.


Post-Office Receipts (1927)-$463,744.


Telephones in Service-8,900.


Churches-52, leading denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $4,837,830, with 395 new dwelling units constructed this year.


Real Estate-Number of homes, 12,100, with about 75% owned by occupants.


Industry-125 establishments, employing 8,700 people, paying wages of $12,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $47,500,000 an- nually.


Trade-Territory (retail) serves 600,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 50 miles. Jobbing territory serves 790,000 people within a radius of 75 miles.


Newspapers-2 dailies.


Hotels-8, with total of 900 rooms. Newest hotel built in 1927.


Railroads-3: Southern, A. C. L. and N. & S.


Amusements-Largest auditorium seats 1,900 persons. There are 8 theatres, with a total seating capacity of 6,000 persons.


Hospitals-8, with 400 beds.


Education-North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro College,


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Agricultural and Technical College, Bennett College, Immanuel Luther- an College, King's Business College, Peele College of Commerce and Greensboro Business School. Number of preparatory schools, 24, in- cluding 2 high and 2 parochial. Number of pupils in public schools, 9,221; in private, 150. Total of all teachers, 375. Value of all school property, private and public, approximately $3,000,000.


Volumes in Libraries-136,000.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 270, with 135 miles paved and 15 miles under construction. Miles of gas mains laid, 96; of sewers, 130, and of electric street railway, 16. Capacity of water works (municipal), 28,000,000 gallons; daily average pump, 4,000,000 gallons, with plant valued at $2,750,000. Fire department employs 50 men, with following equipment: 2 autos, 7 engines, 1 hose and chemical wagon and 1 hook and ladder truck, in 5 station houses. Value of fire department with property, $350,000. Police department has 53 men, with 1 station and 11 pieces of motor equipment.


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U.S. MAIL C.A.M. Nº 19


The First Regular Northbound Mail Plane At the Greensboro Airport on the Night of May 1, 1928, when the New York-New Orleans Service was begun.


Greensboro


Some Notable Events of the Year in Greensboro


Establishment of a modern airport and the opening of air mail service with Greensboro as one of the regular stops on the New York-New Orleans line.


Complete modernization of fire protection and water supply, the lowering of fire in- surance rates, and the winning of the prize awarded by the United States Chamber of Commerce for first place among cities of 50,000 to 100,000 population in the Inter Chamber Fire Waste contest.


Initiation of a city-wide plan for the elimination of grade crossings of railroads


and the vigorous execution of this $2,000,- 000 project.


Adoption of a modern building code.


The continuation of a progressive pro- gram of street widening and improvement.


The initiation of a $2,000,000 program of improvement in the public schools of the city. The extension of the school district to include most of the metropolitan area.


Appropriation secured for a new post- office and federal building and the way cleared for its immediate construction.


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The Curry Building at North Carolina College for Women, Home of the School of Education and of the Training School.


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The Statue of General Nathaniel Greene at the Battleground of Guilford Court House.


Greensboro Today and Yesterday


Greensboro was incorporated in 1808 and the act of incorporation was the first sig- nificant event in her history, for there was only open country on the site until the county commissioners paid Ralph Gorrell $98 for 48 acres on which a new seat for Guilford county's capital was laid off, the court house in the center.


Before that time the county seat of Guil- ford, since the county was established in 1770, was at Martinsville, five miles to the north of Greensboro. The old court house site was the scene of the historic battle between the Continentals of General Na- thaniel Greene on one side and the British Red Coats of Lord Cornwallis on the other. The new county seat was named in honor of the great American military leader.


Even in those early days Greensboro's central position in the state was the chief factor in her growth and it remains so until today. Here the main highways of the young state converged on the tiny vil- lage which sprang up around the crossroads and as the state grew stronger so Greens- boro grew. Its history was uneventful for long years. The first railroad came in 1856 and a second in Civil war days. Greensboro had only a few thousand people but she gave her share of mon and supplies to the southern cause and she felt in full the exhausting poverty in men and re- sources which killed all chance for growth in the days of reconstruction.


It was genuine reconstruction, however, and there was the gradual accumulation of a reserve of new power. The opening of a new century found the city ready for its flowering. In the '90s came the Cones and after them the other industrial and busi- ness leaders which have transformed the trading settlement into the modern city. Greensboro remains the most centrally lo- cated city in North Carolina and that posi- tion is a dominant influence on her manu- facture as well as her trade. Her destiny has always been peculiarly that of the state and North Carolina's amazing advances of recent years have been directly reflected in Greensboro. She is the meeting point for people, for raw materials, for communi- cation and for finished products.


Other factors are playing powerfully for her advancement. Her back-country is a region of rich and diversified agriculture and one which is rapidly showing further improvement. The entire region is thickly dotted with industrial communities which look to Greensboro as the central point for supplies and materials. Raw materials essential in major lines of manufacture are at her doors, cotton, hardwoods, clay pro- ducts, stone, wood pulp and the like. Native-born labor, intelligent, loyal and easily trained is present in abundance. Electric power at reasonable rates and in any desired amount is to be had. One of the chief factors is a progressive city and county government with a friendly attitude and a fair one. Climatic conditions are as advantageous as can be found in the entire country. Neither excessive winter cold nor summer heat is experienced and the year- round a pleasing, equable weather is ex- perienced. The average temperature is 59 degrees Fahrenheit, the average rainfall 46 inches.


Greensboro lies at the center of the north section of the Piedmont, that great new kingdom of industry and business which runs through the middle of the South At- lantic states. She lies equally distant from New York and Atlanta, about 12 hours by train from each. She lies equally distant from the ocean on the east and the Caro- lina mountain border on the west.


Pivot of the Piedmont


Greensboro, "The Gate City" of the Pied- mont in other years is now "The Pivot of the Piedmont", a focal point for the north- ern part of that great new kingdom of in- dustry, commerce and agriculture. Accep- ting the title in all due modesty, the city is seeking to offer its very best facilities in the public service owed by her on account of her unique position. A review of her service institutions reveals them to be the equal of any in the country.


The city water department has an average daily pump of around 4,000,000 gallons, this coming from a billion-gallon reserve on Reedy Fork creek and coming through a completely modernized plant from pumping station to water meter. Recent installations afford a maximum daily pumping capacity


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The Greensboro Group Which Received at Washington The Award for the City's Victory in Winning a First Place in the National Fire Waste Contest.


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of 28,000,000. This reserve strength to- gether with a splendid fire department, affords the last word in fire protection. The quality of water supply and fire protection was the chief factor in the city's securing last year lowered fire insurance rates and also in her winning the national fire waste prize for cities from 50,000 to 100,000 popu- lation, as awarded by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce.


Electric light and power current and gas are supplied by the North Carolina Public " Service Company, owned by the Duke in- terests. They also operate the street rail- way lines on 16 miles of track. The city is on a direct line of the Southern Power Company, owned by the Duke interests.




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