Greensboro (Guilford County, N.C.) city directory, 1930, Part 1

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116 E. Washington St.


FRANK R.HUTTON REALTOR


POOLE & BLUE, Inc.


MORTICIANS


AMBULANCE SERVICE


Phone Connections


Morris Plan Industrial


Bank


THE MORRIS PLAN


THE MORRIS PLAN


INSTALLMENT LOANS


Henry ? toante


REALTOR --- APPRAISER


Analytical Appraisals, Court Testimony, Arbitrations.


226 PIEDMONT BUILDING


GREENSBORO, N. C.


PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


Sedgefield Greensboro, N. C.


Organized 1903


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-Pres.


CITIZENS COAL CO


CHAS. J. BLAKE


116 Jefferson Bldg. Tel. 302 General Insurance and Bonds


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PHONES 3366-3367-3368 W. B. TRUITT, Vice-President


J. W. McLENNAN, Secretary-Treasurer


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MATHESON-WILLS REAL ESTATE CO.


REALTORS


217-218 PIEDMONT BLDG. Phone Connection


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HILL'S GREENSBORO (NORTH CAROLINA)


CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1930 XVIII


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Business Places, including a Com- plete Street and Avenue Guide; Also a


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GENERAL INDEX


Abbreviations


Page 60


Alphabetical Directory


Apartment Buildings 61


Associations and Clubs-Commercial . 679


678


Banks and Trust Companies 683


Buildings-Office and Public . 687


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


687


· Buyers' Directory


33


Cemeteries


688


Churches


689


City Government


237


Classified Directory


677


Clergymen


691


Clubs


692


County Government


243


Courts


243


Fire Department


237


Halls


703


Homes and Asylums


704


Hospitals and Dispensaries


704 710


Libraries


712


Parks and Playgrounds


718


Police Department


237


Post Office


483


Schools-Public


725


Schools, Colleges and Academies. 725


Societies


727


Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders. 677


United States Government 483


58051


Labor Organizations


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Allen Joseph T Legal Blue Book Ansell's 45 Armfield Motor Co .right bottom lines and 37


Atkinson James O jr .. Legal Blue Book


Atlantic Bridge Co Inc


.right bottom lines and 52


Auto Tire Accessory Co .left side lines and 33


Bain E E Lumber Co 43 Bales & Truitt Inc.


.right side lines and 83


Benner & Fields. .right top lines and 83 Biddell Harry G . right top lines and 83 Big Frosty Bottling Co .right side lines and 42 Blake Chas J .marginal line front cover and 68 Broadhurst & Kennett .. Legal Blue Book Brooks, Parker, Smith & Wharton


. Legal Blue Book Brooks-Wilson Co. right bottom lines and 75 Brown Geo C & Co .. . back cover and 79 Burroughs Adding Machine Co 28 Callum-Sapp Inc 60


.right side lines and 33 Carr Wilfred C Dr .left top lines Cheek J C Co .. right side lines and 77 Citizens Coal Co . front cover and 47 City Tire & Vulcanizing Co


Cochrane Insurance Agency Inc .. .right side lines and 32


. . left bottom lines and 69 Cockfield Tent & Awning Co .right side lines and 38 Columbia Laundry Co .right bottom lines and 76 Cooper Insurance Service Inc right side lines and 72 Craven E F CO .left bottom lines and 48 Crescent Chevrolet Co Inc left bottom lines and 37


Dick's Laundry Co marginal line back cover and 76 Dixie Fire Insurance Co 61 Dixie Realty & Loan Co


left bottom lines and 72


Duke Otis W .Legal Blue Book


Durham Life Insurance Co 73


Edwards Dry Cleaning Co 50


Everett, Zane & Muse


... marginal line front cover and 26


Farley Jas H


46 Fetter A W .right top lines and 69 Five Points Motor Co


right top lines and 30 Frazier & Frazier Legal Blue Book


Fry & Stevens .top stencil and 62 Gate City Bldg & Loan Assn left bottom lines and 44 Gate City Motor Co .right bottom lines and 34 Gate City Roofing Co .left bottom lines and 90 Gordon's Restaurants Inc 89 Graham-Paige Co of N C 37


Greene Street Tire Co .right top lines ind 32 Greensboro Auto Electric Co 29 Greensboro Bldg & Loan Assn


.left bottom lines and 44 Greensboro Daily Record .right bottom lines and 81 Greensboro Hardware Co .left top lines and 57 Greensboro Merchants Assn left side lines and 49


Greensboro Motor Car Co Inc


back cover and 35


Greensboro Music Co Inc


... left top lines and 81 Greensboro Radio Service Co 85 Guilford Bldg & Loan Assn .right bottom lines


Guilford Hardware Co 58


Guilford Lumber & Mfg Co


.. right side lines and 79


Hammel Wm C A .... left top lines and 72 Hanes Funeral Home Inc left top lines and 54 Hardie Jack W Inc 82


Hargett Funeral Parlor


right bottom lines and 54


Harrelson Sign Co.left bottom lines and 90


Harry Reece P


Z


Hayworth W Francis.


.right top lines


Hedrick Auto Co


.left side lines and 35


Henderson Hoke F


Legal Blue Book


Henderson & Henderson


. Legal Blue Book


Hobgood & Vinson


Legal Blue Book


Holland Radio & Appliance Co Inc


Hollowell Gorham & Co


.left top lines and 84


Howerton Z Hampton. . Legal Blue Book


Hoyle & Harrison ..


. Legal Blue Book


Hutton Frank R


... marginal line front cover 73 and 85 Jefferson Motors Inc.left bottom lines and 36 Jefferson Standard Life Ins Co .right side lines and 63


Keeley Institute of N C The


90


King, Sapp & King .... Legal Blue Book 2 King's Business College . front cover and 86


Koonts Henry V .....


Kriegsman Bros


.left top lines and 56


Kuykendall Edgar I.


Legal Blue Book


Lady Fair Shop Inc


42


Latham J E Co ....


.bottom stencil and 87


Mason Jas W jr


.marginal line back cover and 73


Matheson Wills Real Estate Co Inc


4


Matlock T L Co 27 McClamroch Co The. . right side lines and 80 McIver Lock Co . 77 Merrimon Insurance Agency .right side lines and 70 Michael-Bivens Electrical Co Inc


Miller Furniture Co .left side lines and 51


.right bottom lines and 56 Millikan Insurance Agency Inc 70 Milton Electric Co 52


Modern Shoppe The


42


89


Moore A K Realty Co


Moore-Mitchell Co .... left top lines and Morris Plan Industrial Bank The 73 . front cover and 40


Motor Bearings & Parts Co


30


Mutual Insurance Agency Inc The


ribbon book mark


and 64


Myrick & Stanley


. Legal Blue Book


National Surety Co ... right side lines and 71 New Method Laundry Co


.right side lines and 77


New York Life Insurance Co


Z


North Carolina Industrial Bank


41


Odell Hardware Co


58


Oettinger Lumber Co


.left side lines and 80


O Henry Motor Co .... left side lines and 38


Owen J R & Son


43


Patterson Bros Inc


57


Peerless Cleaners Inc


45


Phipps Hardware Co Inc


.left top lines and 58


Page


Hotel Annex 59


Campbell Walter E ..... left side lines and 75 Carlton Phil R Inc. . left side lines and 68 Home Bldg & Loan Assn. Carolina Insurance & Loan Agency 66 .. right top lines and 26 Carolina Nash Co Inc . Home Detective Co Inc .left top lines. 37 and 91 .right top lines and 44 Carolina Steel & Iron Co 3 . marginal line back cover and 50 Home Industrial Bank 39


Carolina Vulcanizing Co


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Pickett Storage Battery Co


28


Piedmont Building Material Co


43


Piedmont Cafe .left side lines and 89


Pilot Life Insurance Co . front cover and 65


Poole & Blue


front cover and 55


Pullen A M & Co


27


Redden Thomas Gresham Inc Rierson Coal Co


74


Rives E Earle . Legal Blue Book


Robertson Furniture Co


left bottom lines and 56


Robins & Weill .... front stencil, 71 and 85 Rock Creek Dairy Sales Co Inc ..


.right top lines and 49


Ross Harold L. ..


. right top lines and 53


Rowe & Roach Co


right side lines and 81


Rucker Bonded Warehouse Corp 91


Saslow's Inc 74 Schenck Paul W 66


Schiffman Jewelry Co


.left side lines and 74


Shuping & Hampton


... Legal Blue Book


Sigler S A & Co 33


Sineath Motor Co


.right side lines and 31


Smith Tire Co


.left side lines and 33


Smoot Wm J ...


.right bottom lines and 55


Sockwell & Causey Real Estate and Ins


Page Co 89 South Atlantic Lumber Co 78 Southern Public Service Co


.left bottom lines and 47 Southern Real Estate Co.backbone and 88 Southside Hardware Co 59 Stafford Motor Express Inc


left side lines and 53


Star Clothing Co


46


Starr Raymond


52


Stroud Chas E


. Legal Blue Book


Sun Life Assurance Co of Canada .. 67


Sykes Florists Inc


53


T & H Motor Co


. back cover and


36


Tatum-Dalton Transfer Co


90


Thompson Inc ..... right bottom lines and 51


Turner's Transfer .. right top lines and 91


U-Drive-It Co Inc


30


Vanstory Clothing Co


.back cover and 45


84


Vaughn's Inc Walker Tom Co


46


West Market Service Station


left top lines and 31


Wright Bernard


Legal Blue Book


Younce & Younce


Legal Blue Book


Young John A & Sons


left top lines and 82


Younts-DeBoe Co


46


49


MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of the Greensboro City Direc- tory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1930 edition of the Greensboro Directory.


Confidence in the continued growth of Greensboro's industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting Greensboro to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and 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, and that the Greensboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


Population


The estimated population of Greater Greensboro is 60,426, based on the number of individuals' names in the alphabetical section of the direc- tory, 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, and, likewise, in the population estimate.


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 substantial purchasing factors. The adver- tisements 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 eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In a large commer- cial and industrial center like Greensboro, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is very great, and frequently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 93 to 524. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses following that of the husband.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 525 to 674. In this section the named streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the residences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 677 to 731. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate head- ings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no 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."


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INTRODUCTION


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, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily avail- able for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable adver- tisements of Greensboro, for business men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.


The Greensboro Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Greensboro City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of nearly 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the United States and Canada by members of the Association of North Amer- ican Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


HILL DIRCETORY CO., Inc., Publishers.


GREENSBORO


"Pivot of the Piedmont"


Statistical Review


Form of Government-Council-manager.


Population-53,422 (1930 U. S. Census preliminary report for city proper).


Area-17 square miles.


Altitude-843 feet.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58.8 degrees; average annual rain- fall, 46.76 inches.


Parks-1,500 acres.


Assessed Valuation-$106,500,000.


Financial-Bank resources, $7,303,483.07, with clearings of $309,123,000 in 1929.


Post-office Receipts-$464,593 (1929).


Telephones in Service-9,672.


Churches-57, all denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,133,865 (1929).


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Industry-141 establishments employing 8,700 workers, and having products valued at $47,000,000 annually. Annual industrial production value Guilford Industrial Area, $80,310,000.


Trade-Retail territory serves 562,000 people in a trading area having 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.


Railroads-2: Southern and Atlantic & Yadkin.


Amusements-8 theatres, with total seating capacity of 6,000 persons. Hospitals-8, with 400 beds.


Education-22 public schools, including 1 senior high and 2 junior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 10,000. Number of public school teachers, 329. Value of public school property, approximately $5,000,000.


Volumes in Libraries-136,000.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 270, with 138 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 96; of sewers, 130, and of electric street railway, 16. Capacity of water works (municipal), 1,023,000,000 gallons; daily average pump, 4,000,000 gallons, with 166 miles of mains, and plant valued at $2,750,000. Fire department employs 47 men, with 2 autos, 6 engines, 6 hose and chem- ical wagons and 2 hook-and-ladder trucks, in 5 station houses. Value of fire department with property, $350,000. Police department has 58 men, with 1 station and 11 pieces of motor equipment.


PITCAIRN AVIATION NORTH CAROLINA ING.


C. A. M.IS


U.S. MAIL CAM Nº19


The Regular Northbound Mail Plane at the Greensboro Airport, with New York- New Orleans Mail. Four Planes Arrive and Depart Daily.


GREENSBORO


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General Greene Monument


History


On March 15, 1781, the Battle of Guilford Courthouse was fought, five miles from what is now Greensboro. So intent


was General Nathaniel Greene on crippling Cornwallis that he little realized he was to title a metropolis of the future. Although the battle was not decisive, Gen. Green fought so fiercely that Corn- wallis entered the Battle of York- town unable to stem the triumphant wave of the American forces, and the victory at the end of the Revolution has been laid by authorities to the result of the Battle of Guilford Court- house.


Guilford County was settled in 1772 by Scotch-Irish and German stock from Pennsylvania, and English and Scotch Highlander immigrants. It was named for Frederick, Earl of Guil- ford, better known as Lord North. Its people were simple and rural. They possessed no large estates or wealth. They were intensely religious, demo- cratic, arduous in the pursuit and advancement of education, energetic and thrifty, home-loving and liberty- seeking. The original county seat was Martinsville, where was fought the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.


In 1808, Greensboro was founded as the county seat of Guilford and named for


the famous General Greene. The town site was located in the exact center of the county. Commissioners paid Ralph Gorrell $98 for 42 acres of land, and the new county capital and courthouse was laid off.


Almost from its beginning Greens- boro forged ahead in education. Dr. David Caldwell established his noted "Log College," the forerunner of sev- eral academies and schools founded in 1816, 1820, 1833 and 1836, leading up to the chartering in 1838 of


Greensboro Female College, the grad- ing of public schools in 1872, the establishment of North Carolina Col- lege for Women in 1892, and the building of three Negro colleges.


Prior to 1860 the city was Whig, and opposed to secession. John A. Gil- mer, of Greensboro, was offered a place on Lincoln's cabinet, but the city, of course, finally supported the state and the Confederacy. It was at Greensboro that Gen. Joseph E. John- ston disbanded his army, following his surrender to Sherman, and it was in the railway station here that Jef- ferson Davis held his last cabinet meeting. Greensboro's citizens have always taken a prominent part in state affairs. John M. Morehead, as governor, was one of the state's fore- most proponents of good roads as early as 1840.


Greensboro had a cotton mill as early as 1834, but it was in Recon- struction days that it began to be an important commercial and industrial factor. Its central position in the state then, as now, was its chief reason for growth. Here converged the crossroads of the state. In 1856 came the first railroad.


At the turn of the century Greens- boro's real growth began. In 1892 came Caesar and Moses Cone to establish their cotton mills, and to begin such well-balanced industrial development as is rarely seen. Stead- ily ahead Greensboro has forged in- dustrially, commercially and educa- tionally, capitalizing its advantages of accessibility, climate, ideal labor conditions, agriculture, power, trans- portation, raw materials and a spirit of progressiveness. Let us look at Greensboro today.


Location


Greensboro is the pivot and focal point of the rich "Piedmont" section


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Southern Railway Passenger Station


of the two Carolinas and a part of Virginia. It is equidistant from At- lanta and New York, each being twelve hours by rail and five by air. Here, also, crosses the main east-west traffic arteries of the state and one of the main north-south highways. Other important roads converge at Greensboro to make it the hub of highway transportation.


The Piedmont area of North and South Carolina contains 42% of the population of the two states, and pro- duces over 73% of their industrial output. From Greensboro into all sec- tions of the Piedmont diverge the belts of traffic, over railroads and highways. That Greensboro is the


logical, dominant "pivot" of this area is demonstrated by the fact that over 2500 traveling salesmen and agents have made their homes and head- quarters here.


Two railroads serve Greensboro: the Southern and the Atlantic & Yadkin. Forty-eight passenger trains arrive and depart daily in six direc- tions from a new and modern $1,- 000,000 station. The main north and south double-track line of the South- ern converges with the main east and west state-wide line of the Southern at Greensboro. All important grade crossings have been separated to safe- guard life and property and to speed traffic. Sixty-five buses leave here


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The New Guilford County Court House of Greensboro, One of the Finest Public Buildings in North Carolina.


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daily for every section of the state.


Two north-bound and two south- bound air mail planes leave the Greensboro airport daily. A letter mailed here after business hours will be in New York or Atlanta the fol- lowing morning by rail, and in Chi- cago that morning by air.


Municipal Government


Greensboro has been especially for- tunate in its selection of those men in whose hands its affairs of govern- ment are placed, and great municipal progress has been made by means of the complete confidence held by the taxpayers in the integrity and ability of the municipal officials. With a councilmanic-city manager form of


Greensboro has good water, and plenty of it, carefully safeguarded as to purity and sanitary distribution. The water works have a capacity of one billion, twenty-three million gal- lons, with a twenty-one million gal- lon reservoir for filtered water, a supply sufficient to serve the city for many years to come.


The sewer system is comprehensive, well-planned and adequate, with 130 miles of mains laid. A highly effec- tive modern disposal system is in operation, and enlargements to ac- commodate future needs are under construction.


A well-planned program of street- widening, as well as paving, has been


The King Cotton Hotel


government and non-partisan elec- tions, modern machinery is provided for the efficient dispatch of the city's business, which insures the services of business leadership of the highest character. At the helm of Greens- boro's municipal government have been business men of the highest character and business judgment, often at great personal sacrifice to themselves. Among those who have served on the city council are men who have made outstanding successes of their own business. These men have brought to the city a managerial skill never possessed by cities influ- enced by petty partisan politics. As a result the physical facilities of Greensboro are strikingly effective.


and is being carried on under a com- prehensive city plan designed to pro- vide Greensboro unusually adequate intra-city transportation facilities. The mileage of paved streets in the corporate limits has steadily in- creased from 32 miles in 1922 to 138 miles in 1929. Thoroughly modern automatic traffic control systems have been installed at twenty-five possible danger points. The streets, totalling 270 miles, are well-kept and clean.




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