Hill's Gastonia (Gaston County, N.C.) city directory [1934], Part 1

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BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete Classified Business Directory .


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GENERAL INDEX


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Abbreviations


48


Alphabetical List of Names. 49


Apartment Buildings 434


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 434


Banks and Trust Companies 437


Board of Education. 150


Buildings-Office and Public. 440


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor. 440


Buyers' Guide 25


Cemeteries


441


Churches


441


City Government. 150


Classified Business Directory 433


Clergymen


442


Clubs


444


County Government 147


341


Federal Officers


Fire Department


150


Halls


454


Hospitals and Dispensaries 454


Labor Organizations 460


Libraries


462


Newspapers 464


Parks and Playgrounds


466


Police Department 150


Post Office


341


Railroads 469


Schools-Public 472


Schools, Colleges and Academies. 472


Societies 473


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 473


Street and Avenue Guide


373


United States Government.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Adams J L Drug Store.


left top lines and 33


Adams R H


.right bottom lines and 31


American Writing Machine Sales Agency Bess J F & Co.


Boyce & Bell Inc


Bryant Electric Repair Co Inc. front cover and


Carothers & Settlemyer Inc. left top lines and


Carter A B Inc. .back cover and


Central Drug Co.


Citizens National Bank


City Garage.


left bottom lines and


City Lumber Co Inc


left top lines and


Comer J E Painting Co Inc .right bottom lines and


Crawford & Co Inc. . front cover and


Dixie Paint Works .right bottom lines and


Eck John & Co. top and bottom stencils and


Finley Carson D.


Gaston Drug Co. . back cover and


Gastonia Chevrolet Co. right top lines and


Gastonia Coca Cola Bottling Co. . right top lines and


Gastonia Grave Vault Co The. right bottom lines and Gastonia Ice Cream Co. front stencil and


Gastonia Insurance Agency Inc right top lines and


Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co. right top lines and


Gastonia Mill Supply Co. backbone and Gastonia Motor Co.


Gastonia Mutual Bldg & Loan Assn front cover and Gastonia Oldsmobile Co Inc.


Gastonia & Suburban Gas Co.


Gathings Motor Co Inc right bottom lines and


Gazette Publishing Co Inc.


General Radio & Refrigeration Service. . back cover and


Gilmer's Ice Cream.


.right bottom lines and


Goodrich Silvertown Inc.


Grocers Baking Co


Guion A H Dealer


back cover and


Hawkins-Neal Transfer Co.


Howard J M.


right top lines and


Howell Scale Co.


Jackson & Smith.


Jackson's Pure Food Store.


Johnson H V & Son.


Kennedy's Inc. right top lines and


Kincaid Insurance Agency left top lines and


Leventis P P & Co


Lineberger & Co.


left top lines and


Loray Laundry .back cover and


Matthews-Belk Co.


Maxwell Bros & Morris front cover and McDonald Service Co


McLurd & Babington. left bottom lines and 39 30


Orange Crush Bottling Co


Piedmont Iron Works Inc. . back cover and


Rankin-Armstrong Co Inc. right top lines and Rich's Welding Plant.


40 36 47


right top lines and


47 34 37 34 35 43 33 30 27 42 43 38 27 26 45 33 27 30 47 37 38 44 42 27 31 28 36 26 4 44 37 28 29 28 47 38 45 45 36 32 34 39 44 45 40 32 35 28


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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Rustin-Johnson Furniture Co Inc .... left top lines and Saunders Dry Cleaning Co


36


Southern Public Utilities Co.


43


Spencer Lumber Co.


.front cover and


41


Summerrow Furniture Co


.back cover and


35


Summey Transfer Co.


. back cover and


46


Sunrise Dairy


.front cover and


32


Textile Motors Inc.


left top lines and


29


Todd F C Inc.


46


Todd J Young.


front cover and


39


Whitesides & Co.


left top lines and


39


Wilson Jim Garage.


29


Wray W H.


right bottom lines and


29


MORE GOODS


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Sprouse Radio Co.


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1934 edition of the Gastonia City Directory. This is the first Hill Directory of Gastonia, and is completely stan- dardized according to the policies and practices of the Asso- ciation of North American Directory Publishers.


Confidence in the growth of Gastonia's industry, pop- ulation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Gastonia to the world.


The enviable occupied by HILL'S Direc- tories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an un- rivaled organization, and having had 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 Gastonia Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :--


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 25 to 48, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufactur- ing, business and professional interests of Gastonia. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive com- munity like Gastonia, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General ap- preciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 49 to 370. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Gastonia, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE. covers pages 373 to 432. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alpha- betical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the inter- secting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 433 to 478. This department lists the names of all


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business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common in- termediary between buyer and seller. As such is plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broad- cast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Gastonia.


The Gastonia Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Gastonia City Directory, a Directory Library was recently established in the offices of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of nearly 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Direc- tory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


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GASTONIA


"THE COMBED COTTON YARN MANUFACTURING CENTER OF AMERICA" (Courtesy Gastonia Chamber of Commerce)


Statistical Review


Form of Government-City Manager-Council.


Population-Total, 17,093; males, 8,243; females, 8,850; total colored, 3,207; white males of age, 3,434; white females of age, 3,726 (1930 U. S. Census). Local estimate at present, 22,000. American-born, 99.3%.


Area-4.3 square miles.


Altitude-825 feet.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46.05 inches.


Parks-1, with 20 acres, valued at $10,000.


Assessed Valuation-$18,339,313, with $1.25 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$2,940,000.


Financial Institutions --- 2 banks, with total deposits of $2,250,000 (Apr. 30, 1934), and total resources of $3,000,000 (Apr. 30, 1934). 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $1,250,000 (Apr. 30, 1934).


Postal Receipts-$63,634.28 (calendar year 1933).


Telephones in Service-2,193.


Churches-29, representing 12 denominations.


Industry-Chief industry of city and surrounding terri- tory: Manufacturing. 82 manufacturing establishments, employing 5,500 men and 6,200 women, and paying wages of $7,000,000 annually (Greater Gastonia survey, 1933). Prin- cipal manufactured products: Cotton yarns, tire fabric, sew- ing thread, labels, rugs, upholstery, textile machinery, mat- tresses, rayons and silks.


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, and population of 200,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and population of 1,341,000.


Newspapers-1 daily.


Hotels-4, with total of 233 rooms.


Railroads-3: Southern, Carolina & Northwestern and Piedmont & Northern.


Highways-U. S. 29, 74 and 321; State 16 and 20.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,654 persons. 3 moving-picture theatres, with total seating ca- pacity of 2,000 persons. 2 golf courses.


Hospitals-4, with total of 270 beds. .


Education-8 public schools, including 1 high. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,642; teachers, 134. Value of public school property, $1,500,000.


Public Libraries-1, with 8,000 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 54.43, with 25.43 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 42; sewers, 46.19; electric street railway, 4. Number of water meters, 2,721; light met- ers, 2,622; gas meters, 848. Capacity of water works, 4,500,000 gallons; daily average pump, 1,300,000 gallons; miles of mains, 67.71; value of plant, $1,060,945.55. Fire department has 16 men, with 2 stations and 4 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $44,595. Police depart- ment has 18 men, with 1 station and 4 pieces of motor equipment.


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Gastonia, a City of Humming Industry


Gastonia, incorporated in 1876, and known as "The South's City of Spindles," is the capital of Gaston County, "The Combed Cotton Yarn Manufacturing Center of Amer- ica."


These sobriquets are not fanciful and fictitious, but founded on facts. With 44 cotton textile plants in which 600,000 spindles hum daily, Greater Gastonia is, in fact, the premier municipality in the South as regards spindles. By the same token, Gaston County, with 106 textile mills, most- ly making yarns, produces approximately 80 per cent of ali the fine combed cotton yarns manufactured in the U. S.


Gaston's History a Romance


Romance is woven into the warp and woof of Gaston County's history. Heralded far and wide scarcely more than a generation ago as the banner whiskey manufacturing


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The Heart of Growing Gastonia's Business District


county of the Carolinas, it has been transformed within the memory of middle-aged men into a cotton textile manufac- turing center that has challenged the attention of the world.


Today, instead of the 48 distilleries of forty years ago, we find 106 textile plants, the largest number in any county in the U. S. Gaston County ranks third in the nation in the number of producing spindles and sets the pace for the world in the making of fine combed cotton yarns. It was a pioneer in the state in the enactment of dry laws, and in the build- ing of good roads, good schools and good churches.


Gastonia, a cross roads village fifty years ago, has be- come one of the important industrial cities of the New South. The 1930 U. S. Census gave Gastonia a population of 17,093, and Greater Gastonia, 28,250.


Favored by nature in location and climate, Gastonia is a city of humming industry.


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Largest Tire Fabric Plant Under One Roof in the World, Located in Gastonia


This transformation, constituting, as it does, one of the thrilling romances of industry, was wrought almost entirely by native sons of Gaston. Men of vision, native to the soil, swept the old order from the path of progress, and builded here the foundation of a great industry in the South.


Industrial Supremacy


Textile manufacturing is the basic industry of this com- munity. Gastonia has 44 cotton mills and 600,000 spindles, a mill capitalization of more than $16,000,000 and an average daily payroll of about $20,000.


A wide variety of textile products is produced in the city and county, including tire, fabric, sewing thread, ging- hams, flanneling, sheeting, damasks, rayons, silks, hosiery, mattresses, labels, rugs, etc.


Successful operation of the textile industry in Gastonia and Gaston County has never been hampered except in periods of world-wide depression that have finally affected this center. Even in such periods of economic depression, this city has been among the first to show a healthy reaction toward normalcy. This indicates local conditions, insuring the success of well-managed new industries of similar type.


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One of Gaston County's Modern Combed Cotton Yarn Plants


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Gastonia's Magnificent New City Hall, Erected at a Cost of $300,000


While the textile industry predominates, there is a grow- ing tendency toward diversification. Industries and prod- ucts in Gastonia include: Machine shops and foundries, wood-working plants, gear factories, leather belting, roller covering shops, comber needling, knotters, textile supplies, novelties, and the largest builders of textile machinery in the South.


Location


Gastonia is on the main double-tracked line of the Southern Railway from New York to New Orleans. The Car- olina & Northwestern and the Piedmont & Northern lines also serve the city. The seaboard Air Line traverses the eastern section of the county. Service over the railway lines and by the Southeastern Express Co. is available to the shipper.


North Carolina has spent $160,000,000 in the past ten years in bringing her highways up to the highest state of excellence. Nine magnificent paved highways radiate from Gastonia in every direction. Complete and convenient bus service, with motor express, over these roads to all points is provided.


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Scene on the Famous Wilkinson Boulevard (N. C. Highway No. 20) Leading East from Gastonia, Sixty Feet Wide, Four Tracks, Carrying the Heaviest Traffic of Any Highway in the State of North Carolina


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Among the several highways passing through Gastonia is U. S. Highway No 29, "The Main Street of the South."


Whether for freight or travel, speedy, economical means of transportation are available.


Climate


On an altitude of 825 feet, with a mean annual temper- ature of 60.2 degrees and an average rainfall of 46 inches, Gastonia enjoys the famous Piedmont climate, unexcelled anywhere. Temperatures below 20 degrees are vary rare, and the growing season lasts 222 days.


Electric Power


Industry cannot thrive without adequate power, and in this respect Gastonia is peculiarly fortunate. In close prox- imity to the Duke Power Co., with several of its mammoth plants located in Gaston County, ample electric power is available and at low rates. The quality of service available and the economical rates for the use of electricity are highly important factors in the consideration of Gastonia as a place of residence or as a location for a business.


Taxation


North Carolina has no ad valorem property tax. The city tax rate is $1.25 and the county rate is 51 cents. In spite of all the conveniences afforded by the local government, by means of economical administration the tax rate for both the city and county has been lowered materially for the past several years.


Investment Opportunities


With its railway and highway advantages, coupled with its strategic location in the very heart of the Piedmont tex- tile industry, dense population, nearness to markets and low production costs, Gastonia is an ideal distribution center for the entire Southern textile territory. More than 6,000,000 people live within a radius of fifty miles from Gastonia.


Leadership in the textile industry, and the reasons for attaining this leadership, make Gastonia a peculiarly favor- able location for industries, large or small, that use cotton yarns in any way. The raw product, without freight cost, is immediately available.


Equable climate, transportation facilities, industrious native labor, cheap power, combined with a largely unde-


One of Gastonia's Seven Elementary Schools


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Greek College and Orphanage


Monastery Saint Stephanos, the only Greek college and orphanage of its kind in America, is located at the foot of beautiful Crowder's Mountain in a tract of more than 400 woodland acres. Construction on this project was started late in 1931. This institution bids fair to bring to Gaston County students and visitors from every part of the nation.


Churches


Facilities for religious worship are an indication of the moral atmosphere of any community. Gastonia is a church- `going city, with 29 churches, representing practically all the. well-known denominations, Protestant, Catholic and Jewish.


Hotels


Gastonia has one modern hotel and several smaller hos- telries, several large apartment houses, and numbers of good private boarding houses.


Theatres


Gastonia has two commodious, well-equipped uptown theatres and another located in the suburbs.


One of the Buildings at the Monastery St. Stephanos, Only Greek College and Orphanage of Its Kind in the U. S.


Civic Clubs


The value of healthy civic clubs is thoroughly appreci- ated in Gastonia. Strong units of Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan, and Lions Clubs are rendering valuable service to the city.


The Gastonia Woman's Club has just completed an ele- gant club building.


All the leading fraternal organizations are represented in Gastonia. Activities of the Masonic bodies center around their recently-completed Masonic Temple, a very attractive structure.


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A splendid clubhouse, golf course, swimming pool and tennis courts are among the attractions of the Gastonia Country Club, located one mile cast of Gastonia on Wilkinson Boulevard.


In 1931 Gastonia opened a beautiful municipal golf course.


Health


An important factor in the growth of a city is a supply of pure water. Gastonia's water supply is pure. The present water system of the city represents an investment of $922,- 043, and includes a modern filtration plant and a natural reservoir covering 75 acres of land and impounding 250,000,- 000 gallons of water.




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