Hill's Goldsboro City Directory [1930], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Hill Directory Company.
Number of Pages: 426

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GOLDSBORO CITY DIRECTORY (1930)

MORE GOODS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH

(1930) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S

HILL'S

GOLDSBORO

(NORTH CAROLINA)

CITY DIRECTORY VOL. 1930 XIV.

CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS CONCERNS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS, AND A DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, OCCUPANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS PLACES, INCLUDING A COMPLETE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE; ALSO

A BUYERS' GUIDE

AND A COMPLETE

CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY

For Detailed Contents see General Index

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PUBLISHERS' NOTE

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 correctness 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

Abbreviations.

Advertisers-Index to.

Alphabetical List of Names

Banks.

373

Business Directory-Classified.

369

Buyers' Guide.

Cemeteries.

377

Chamber of Commerce

134 377

City Government

134

City Courts.

135

City Fire Department.

135

City Police Department .

135

City Officials.

134 12

Clergymen

379

Clubs .

380

County Officers

292 409

Homes and Asylums

392

Hospitals.

392

Introduction

Junior OU AM

409

Knights of Gideon

409 409

Knights of Pythias

Masonic Orders.

409

Moose Loyal Order of.

409

Odd Fellows.

409

Preface.

Schools-Public.

407

Schools and Colleges

407

Societies. 409

Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 313

United States Post Office. 284

Churches .

City Population

Elks

Index to Advertisers

Barnes-Harrell-Rawlings Co. left side lines and 27

Best C J Jr. . top stencil and 3

Boothe John H.

Borden Brick & Tile Co. left and right top lines and 28

Branch Banking & Trust Co,

beginning each letter of Alphabet and 24

Carter & Davis.

right top lines and 42

Crow W R.

. back cover and 31

Dewey Bros.

backbone and

40 37

Dewey Geo W & Bro.

Efird's Department Store right top lines and 33

Georgia-Carolina School of Commerce .front stencil and 29 Goldsboro Damp Wash Laundry ... marginal line front cover and 38

Goldsboro Dry Cleaners & Hatters bottom stencil and 30

Goldsboro Firestone Service Stores Inc. back cover and 23

Goldsboro Publishing Co. marginal line front cover and 40

Goldsboro Savings & Trust Co left top lines and 26 34

Goldsboro Undertaking Co. front cover and

Griffin Motor Co . right side lines and 24

Heilig & Meyers. right side lines and Hill's Auto Laundry marginal line back cover and

35 22

Hollingsworth's Auto Laundry right top lines and 23

Jacobi N Hardware Co. right top lines and

Lay-More Tile Mfg Co

36 28 43

Lightner Lawrence T

Mavis Bottling Co. right top and right side lines and 27 34

McIntyre Lawrence F

Mitcham W O Co Inc left side lines and

Montague Bros. left and right side lines and 39

National Bank of Goldsboro The . front cover and 26

Parker Joe A Co. marginal line front cover and 42 Porter E Griffith. 30

Pullen A M & Co

Ricks Cafeteria.

marginal line front cover and

22 29

Robinson M E & Bro

Rose W P Co.

left top lines and 33 31 36

Smith Hardware Co.

Wayne National Bank

. back cover and 25

Weil H & Bros. front cover, right top lines and 32

White Way Laundry 38

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 Goldsboro City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public this, the 1930 edition, of the Goldsboro Directory.

Confidence in the continued growth of Goldsboro's wealth, industry and population, and in the advancement of its municipal and social activities will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting the community to the world.

The enviable place occupied by Hill's directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout the country has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, having the courteous and hearty co-operation 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 Goldsboro Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.

FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS

The several essential departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 21 to 44, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Goldsboro. These pages will be found par- ticularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. This is reference advertising at its best and, as such, merits a survey by all buyers anxious to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Goldsboro, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately 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 45 to 312. A new feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parenthesis following that of the husband.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, including Street and Avenue Guide for Goldsboro, covers pages 313 to 368. In this section the

names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical 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 for Goldsboro is included in pages 369 to 416. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and in- dispensable 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."

COMMUNITY PUBLICITY

The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of resi- dence, as a business location, as an industrial site, and as an educa- tional center. To broadcast 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 Goldsboro, for business men everywhere realize that the city directory represents a com- munity as it really is.

THE GOLDSBORO DIRECTORY LIBRARY

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Goldsboro City Directory a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Goldsboro 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 Asso- ciation of North American Directory Publishers, under whose super- vision 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 DIRECTORY CO., INC.,

Publishers.

Statistical Information

(Furnished by the Chamber of Commerce)

Name of city-Goldsboro, N. C.

Slogan or sub-phrase-"Gate City to Eastern Carolina."

Form of government-City Manager.

Population-1920, 14,000; (Government) 1930, 17,500.

Area-5 square miles.

Altitude-104 feet.

Assessed valuation-$20,000,000.00.

White population is 60% of total.

Colored population is 40% of total.

Native-born population is approximately 100% of whole population.

Predominating nationalities in city are American, Jews, Assyrians, Greeks.

Parks number 2, with 35 acres, valued at $150,000.00.

Financial-4 banks, 2 trust companies, with total deposits of $5,000,000.00; resources, $15,000,000.00, and clearings of $50,000,000.00 annually. Two savings banks.

Post office receipts of $50,000.00 for 1929.

Telephones in service-2,000.

Church buildings-30.

Building and construction-Value of building permits, $500,000.00 for 1929, with 15 new dwelling units constructed this year.

Number of homes-4,500, with about 30% owned.

Industry-Number of establishments, 25, employing 2,000 men and 1,000 women, paying wages $1,000,000.00 annually and having products valued at $10,000,000.00 annually.

Trade-Territory (retail) serves 200,000 people within the trad- ing area covering a radius of 25 miles. Jobbing territory serves 200,000 people within a radius of 25 miles.

Hotels-There are 5 hotels, with total of 300 rooms. Newest hotel was built in 1925.

City served by Atlantic Coast Line, Southern, Norfolk- Southern railroads.

Amusements-Largest theatre or auditorium seats 1,000 people. There are 2 theatres, with a total seating capacity of 1,500 people.

Hospitals-2, with 100 beds.

Education-Name of college, Georgia-Carolina College of Commerce. Number of schools, 9, including 2 high schools. Number of pupils in public schools, approximately 4,500. Total of all teachers is 125.

City statistics-Total street mileage, 50, with 20 miles paved. Capacity of water works (municipal), 1,000,000 gallons.

PREFACE

THE GATE CITY OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

THE CITY TO-DAY

Goldsboro is the county seat of Wayne County, one of the leading manufacturing and agricultural counties of the State, being the home of thirty well-established manu- facturing plants, their principal products being brick, veneer, lumber, building supplies, cotton yarn, hosiery, tobacco, locomotives, farm implements, furniture, mat- tresses, and several other commodities. The agricultural resources are unlimited and Wayne County produces an- nually an average of thirty thousand bales of cotton, fifteen million pounds of tobacco, tons of grain, hay and other food crops, to say nothing of live stock and poultry. Goldsboro is the center of the marketing of these com- modities, which makes it a prosperous city and one well worth while locating in.

The population of Goldsboro in 1910 was 6,142. In 1920, according to government figures, this had been more than doubled, and to-day Goldsboro claims a citizenship of 17,500 happy and prosperous people. The city is the shopping center of upward of 100,000 residing within a radius of twenty miles.

Goldsboro, due to its surrounding territory and its geo- graphical location and its unsurpassed facilities, is rapidly developing into a commercial center. Recently several large manufacturers have located distributing branches here. Twenty-six passenger trains run to and from the city daily, which is quite advantageous to the commercial traveler doing business in Eastern North Carolina. Golds-

boro is indeed and, in fact, the gateway of Eastern North Carolina, and as such has a mission to perform. A mission which concerns every man and a mission which means much to mankind in general, because here in this favored spot is found health, happiness and well-being.

Goldsboro dates back to the time of Sir Walter Raleigh, who, if he did nothing greater than exploit the section wherein is located the Gate City, is entitled for this one act to a full meed of praise. In the many years that have elapsed since then, Goldsboro has pursued the even tenor of its ways and its citizens have been content to enjoy and prosper under its advantages until it has secured a founda- tion on which to create and which will enable it to build like the wise man of old-upon a solid rock which will withstand the storms of panics, short crops and the greed of politicians. In the building of this city to date ideal citizenship has been kept constantly in mind, and the greater duration of the visit of the "stranger within its gates" the more surely there comes the charm of intercourse with a hospitable, democratic class of citizens whose ideals are worth of character instead of a measure of the bank account.

Here is the dividing line between the frigid climate of the North and the enervating climate of the tropics.

Here is found nine months of summer, with only three of a not unpleasant autumn or winter temperature.

Here one is within a daylight journey of New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Savannah, Atlanta and Jacksonville.

Here one is within a thirty-hour ride of the cities of Boston, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, Mem- phis, New Orleans, Mobile and Palm Beach, and reaching the population of over seventy millions of people.

Here one is within a few hours' ride of the finest surf bath- ing on the Atlantic Coast, on the beaches of Wrightsville, Morehead City and Beaufort; and here one can live in the warmth of a genial sun and yet be in touch with the life of the nation.

Health conditions are ideal, the death rate averaging less than nine to a thousand. The city owns its splendid water system, furnishing at a minimum cost the purest of soft, uncontaminated drinking water. Goldsboro has twenty miles of hard-surfaced streets, twenty-eight miles of paved sidewalks, one of the most modern white way systems in the South, well-equipped parks and playgrounds, permanent health and sanitary officers with efficient staffs, a perma- nent community center, a nationally known organization of associated charities, and one of the best and most active Chambers of Commerce in the Southern States, a wide- awake Merchants' Association, an efficient traffic depart- ment, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs, and all of the permanently recognized fraternal orders have local posts. Living con- ditions, from a health standpoint, are beyond criticism, and living conditions from a financial standpoint are within the means of all. Electric power, gas, telephone and water rates are equal to those of the average city. Being located in an agricultural district, country produce is plentiful and reasonable in price. All roads leading into Goldsboro are hard surfaced. Hotel facilities are ample. Board and room in private homes is available. Modern apartment houses have been provided.

In addition to being the Gateway of Eastern North Caro- line, Goldsboro is the county seat of Wayne County, which ranks first in agriculture. Here is grown hay, alfalfa, cowpeas, cabbage, beets, beans, peas, celery, truck garden products, strawberries, dewberries, huckleberries, melons, peaches, plums, cherries, apples, pecans and numerous products of the soul. This is the land where can be grown three crops on the same soil during the year and a land which, by reason of its freedom from rocks and stones, is

easily and economically tilled. Here can be produced from one acre of land 1,500 pounds of tobacco or 1,500 pounds of cotton.

Thirty years ago Goldsboro was a village of very few inhabitants. The soil, always unusually fertile, had scarce- ly begun to yield the wealth that is now pouring out in such abundance. The production of tobacco, now a great in- dustry, was then only being introduced in this section. The contrast between Goldsboro of that day and 1930 is amazing. Population has greatly increased. Manu- facturing industries employing hundreds of people at a good scale of wages now occupy many acres that were then but the open field.

To-day Goldsboro is an ideal location for factories. The great number of diversified industries now here are in a flourishing condition and developing to a marked degree each succeeding year; and the combination of climate, con- tiguity to the live sections of population, transportation, health, economic hospitality and other favorable condi- tions are forces sure to produce a healthful, substantial, and steady growth in population and wealth, and assures the investor as well as the homeseeker a certainty of acting wisely in locating in its midst.

Goldsboro has three railroads-the Atlantic Coast Line, the Southern, and Norfolk Southern. These great systems are among the best in the United States and provide trans- portation facilities second to none. They lead to the sea- shore or to the North or South, to say nothing of the great Central West. The many agricultural products of Wayne County find an outlet through the county seat and the fac- tories ship their products to every clime and every land.

Goldsboro is located on two national highways, namely, Highway No. 70, from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the great cities of the Middle Western States; Highway No. 17 from Maine to Florida.

Wayne County boasts of good roads, which are of great importance to the farmer as well as the motorist, and add pleasure to the existence of any one who might be fortunate enough to be attracted to this section.

Goldsboro has one of the finest and best directed school systems of the State, where a thorough and exacting course of instruction assures a splendid education and a good col- lege preparation. Eleven school buildings supply the de- mand, and they are constructed on the latest approved plan for educational institutions.

Goldsboro has a high moral and religious tone. There are thirty-five churches of various denominations whose congregations work in close harmony towards the advance- ment of the common weal and who gladly welcome all new- comers. Any one is welcome here, regardless of their religious belief, and is free to act in accordance with their convictions.

Goldsboro has a generous and well-constructed water and sewerage system. It was built with consideration of the future and is ample for the supply and sanitation of a city of many thousands of inhabitants. With an abundance of water, Goldsboro has a guarantee which attracts fac- tories as well as individuals. The fire-fighting force, backed by modern appliances, is efficient and watchful.

It is recognized to-day that the great South, with her amazing number of unexploited resources and possibilities of development, her superior conditions for agricultural production, and her healthful and charming climate, affords at the present the best field of opportunity. The only debatable question is, which Southern State and what loca- tion in that State offers the best combination of the par- ticular conditions you desire?

Wonderful is the South, and great beyond our dreams will be her future, but in all these Southern States there will be

none to compare in the magnitude of its growth with the pre-eminently well-favored State of North Carolina.

Goldsboro's latest development is its municipal airport. This landing field was established under the supervision of government engineers and is shown on all government air maps. Goldsboro's airport is being used daily by govern- ment and commercial aviators, and plans for giving Eastern North Carolina air mail service through Goldsboro's airport are now being considered by United States mail officials.

Write or wire the Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce for detailed information pertaining to the above.

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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE

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NORTH CAROLINA 1930

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Hill's Goldsboro City Directory [1930], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1930 Publisher: Hill Directory Company. Number of Pages: 426

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Hill Directory Company.
Number of Pages: 426