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RING DRUG CO, "RUN RIGHT TO RINGS" NEXT TO WACHOVIA BANK
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS PHONES 3333-3334
Statement of the Condition of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE RALEIGH WINSTON-SALEM
HIGH POINT SALISBURY AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1932 RESOURCES
Cash and Due from Banks .. $11,346,489.66
U. S. Government Securities ..
9,257,866.70
N. C. State Bonds. ..
1,248,100.00
Loans and Investments.
20,938,419.22
Banking Houses and Real Estate. $4,399,614.23
Less Deproolation 548,676.87
3,950,937.38
Customers Liability on Letters of Credit and Ao-
14,310.63
oeptances
Forsyth Savings & Trust Co., Guaranteed Asset Account 130,370.95
Other Assoto
47,298.68
Total :. $46,834,793.20
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 2,500,000.00
1,250,000.00
Reserves 1,000,000.00
Undivided Profite 220,660.92
Reserve for Interasi, oto ... 215,076.29
Avesptanous and Letters of Credit. 14,310.63
Deposits
41,634,545.36
Total $46,834,793.20 (Trust Department Assets Not Included in Above)
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HIGH POINT BATTERY CO. Batteries, Repairs, and MILLER TIRES 201 College St. Phone 2754
A. DAVIS MILLING CO.
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American Insurance Co.
Atlas Insurance Ca., Ltd.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co.
Equitable Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Glenn Falls Ins. Co.
Great American Ins. Co.
Home Insurance Company
Aetna Fire Ins. Company
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Niagara Fire Ins. Co.
Palatine Ins. Company Mechanics & Traders
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YOW'S FUNERAL HOME FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS
Our Aims and Ideals of Service
O UR WHOLE aim and endeavor is to give our patrons a service as complete, helpful and beautiful as possible, regardless of creed, financial circumstances or social position.
We try to give those we serve the same attention and the same good service we our- gelves would want and expect if conditions were reversed and we were in their place and they in ours.
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(1933) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S
HILL'S HIGH POINT (GUILFORD COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY 1933
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a
BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
56
Airports
57
Alphabetical List of Names (White)
57
Alphabetical List of Names (Colored)
445
Apartment Buildings
602
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 602
Banks and Trust Companies
604
Buildings-Office and Public 608
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
608
Buyers' Guide
25
Cemeteries
609
Churches
610
City Government
210
Classified Business Directory
601
Clergymen
612
Clubs
613
Federal Officers
408
Fire Department
211
Halls
625
Hospitals and Dispensaries
626
Labor Organizations
635
Libraries
637
Newspapers
641
Parks and Playgrounds 644
Police Department 211
Post Office 408
646
Schools-Public 649
Schools, Colleges and Academies 650
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 651
Street and Avenue Guide 517
United States Officials 408
Railroads
2,0 + + +20
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Apple Auto Repair
26
Atlantic Insurance & Realty Co The.
53
Barber-Hall Printing Co left top lines and 53
Blair's Dairy Farm.
38
Bryant Electric Co.
40
Cannon-Fetzer Co.
32
City Transfer & Storage Co Inc
. marginal line back cover and 55
Clark Stephen C.
right side lines and 53
Commercial Insurance & Investment Co
Co-op Finance Co
53 50 42
Cut Rate Furniture Co
Darr J Lawrence. left side lines and 35
Davis W A Milling Co .... marginal line front cover and
41
Dermont Construction Co Inc.
. marginal line front cover and
36
Dixie Realty Co.
3
Dutch Laundry Inc. . backbone and 48
Edwards Business College. .left side lines and 31
Ellington's Florists. right side lines
Elwood Hotel.
44
Garner N L Agency front cover and 45
Gate City Life Ins Co. left side lines and 45
Gate City Motor Co. left top lines and 27 Gibson Ice Cream Co Inc. left top lines and 45 Globe Industrial Bank. 30 Greyling Realty Corp. 54 Guilford Machine Works 51 Haizlips Funeral Home 42 Hart's Pharmacy. .right top lines and Hedgecock Lumber Co. right top lines and 38 51 Hendrix Furniture Store 42 27
Hiatt Tire Co.
High Point Battery Co. . marginal line front cover and 26 High Point College 33 High Point Glass & Decorative Co. 44 54
High Point Insurance & Real Estate Co
High Point Perpetual Bldg & Loan Assn
.right top lines and 30
High Point Steam Laundry right top lines and
47
High Pointer The.
52
Hood System Industrial Bank.
marginal line back cover and 28
Hunter Coal Co Inc. marginal line back cover and 32
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Page
Imperial Life Insurance Co.
. back cover and 46
Industrial Photo Service Inc. left side lines and 43
Jones & Peacock Inc. right top lines and 46
Kearns Tent & Awning Co.
.right side lines
Koonce Funeral Home Inc left top lines and 42
Lindale Dairy Corp
left side lines and
37
Lovelace & Flury. left side lines and
Lowe George Inc.
Mann Drug Stores stencils and
McCain Tile & Terrazzo Co. right side lines and
McDonald's Service Stores Inc.
McEwen Lumber Co.
Mickey & Matthews.
Mutual Building & Loan Assn
Mutual Insurance Agency right top lines and
New Service Laundry.
left top lines and 50 30
North Carolina Bank & Trust Co right top lines and
Phoenix Mutual Life Ins Co left top lines and 47
Piedmont Building & Loan Assn
back cover and
Piedmont Insurance & Realty Co.
Pierce Deborah
Queen Ann Cafe
Rhodes Press The
Ring Drug Co. marginal line front cover and
Robertson's Bakery.
Sartin Dry Cleaning Co.
front cover and Sechrest Funeral Home ... marginal line back cover and Seidman & Seidman.
Shelton Machinery Co Inc.
.right top lines and
Sheraton Hotel left top lines and
Southern Business College.
Southern Public Utilities Co right top lines and
Southern Stone Co. left top lines and
Summey T G Plumbing Co.
Sunshine Laundry The. back cover and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. front cover and 29
Wagger Jewelry Co right top lines and 47
Weber Motor Co. .left side lines and 28 Yow's Funeral Home 4
43 27 39 37 27 50 55 31 46
31 2 44 54
52 38 28 40 41 26 51 44 34 43 52 52 49
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1933 edition of the High Point City Directory. This is the first Hill Directory of High Point, and is completely standardized according to the policies and practices of the Association of North American Directory Publishers.
Confidence in the growth of High Point's industry, pop- ulation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Di- rectory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting High Point 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 had the courteous and hearty co- operation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the High Point Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authen- tic information pertaining to the city.
Population
The population of High Point is estimated at 38,512, based on the number of personal names in the Alphabetical section of the Directory, with due allowance for those under Directory age. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are con- cerned, is included in the Directory, and, likewise, in the population estimate.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 25 to 56, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufactu- ring, business and professional interests of High Point. 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 familiar- ize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like High Point, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. Gen- eral appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of white resi- dents and of business and professional concerns conducted by white persons is included in pages 57 to 444. A similar list of colored residents and of business and professional con- cerns conducted by colored persons is included in pages 445 to 516. The separate lists for the names of white and col- ored persons is a new feature with this edition. This is the only record in existence intended to show the name,
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marital status, occupation and address of each adult resi- dent of High Point, 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 517 to 599. 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 con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 601 to 656. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous inter- ests of the community. The Directory is the common inter- mediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an im- portant 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 manu- facturing 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 available for free public reference, and serve as per- petual and reliable advertisements of High Point.
The High Point Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the High Point City Directory, a Directory Library was established recently in the offices of the High Point Chamber of Com- merce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 425 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Associa- tion of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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.
HIGH POINT
AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER, WHERE IT IS ALSO A PLEASURE TO LIVE (Courtesy High Point Chamber of Commerce)
WACHOVIA
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Street Scene, Business District, High Point
Statistical Review
Form of Government-City-manager.
Population-Total, 36,745; white males of age, 14,371; white females of age, 14,948; total colored, 7,229 (1930 U. S. Census). Local estimate at present, 37,000. American-born, 99.4%.
Area-9.75 square miles.
Altitude-940 feet.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 58 degrees F .; aver- age annual precipitation, 47.59 inches.
Parks-7, with total of 102 acres, valued at $75,000.
Assessed Valuation-$46,230,787, with $1.35 per $100 tax rate.
Financial Institutions-3 banks, with total deposits of $55,455,656.25 (Sept. 30, 1932), and total resources of $69,- 312,525.63 (Sept. 30, 1932). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $3,600,483.17 (Dec. 31, 1932).
Postal Receipts-$171,167.16 (1932).
Telephones in Service-4,480.
Churches-39, representing 15 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits has averaged $1,500,000 annually for past 12 years.
Industry-120 manufacturing establishments, employing 6,626 men and 4,416 women, paying wages of $9,748,690 an- nually, and having products valued at $52,185,880 annually (last report). Principal manufactured products: Fur- niture, hosiery, textiles, veneers and plywood.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 7 miles, and pop- ulation of 55,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and population of 908,950.
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Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday and 1 weekly.
Hotels-4, with total of 275 rooms.
Railroads-2: Southern (main line) and High Point, Thomasville & Denton.
Highways-U. S. 29, 170 and 311; State 10 and 77.
Airports-1, privately-owned.
Amusements-4 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,480 persons. 3 golf courses.
Hospitals-2, with total of 125 beds.
Education-High Point College. 15 public schools, in- cluding 1 senior high and 1 junior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 8,157; teachers, 248. Value of public school property, $2,700,000; college property, $636,805.66.
Public Libraries-1, containing 10,137 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 107.2, with 66 miles hard-surfaced. Miles of gas mains, 31; sewers, 125; bus lines, 8. Number of water meters, 8,300; light meters, 8,500; gas meters, 1,500. Capacity of water works (municipal), 15,000,000 gallons; daily average pump, 3,000,000 gal- lons; miles of mains, 85; value of plant, $2,650,000. Fire department has 31 men, with 6 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Police department has 35 men, with 1 station and 8 pieces of motor equipment.
HIGH POINT
Mountains
Piedmont Section
Sand Hills
Pine Belt
Coastal Plain
A Few Facts About Piedmont Carolina, of Which High Point Is One of the Larger Cities
The Piedmont section of the Carolinas has probably come in for more attention from the country at large than any part of the South, in recent years. The Piedmont section is largely responsible for the remarkable developments at- tributed to the state of North Carolina, such as good roads, schools, transportation facilities and hydro-electric power. The growth in wealth and population of the Piedmont sec- tion is due to its peculiar suitability for industry, and be- sides offering advantages of transportation, power, labor and proximity to markets, it is an enjoyable place to live. Ninety-nine per cent of the population is American-born, and 69 per cent of the population is white. At present there are three men working on the farms to one in other in- dustries. An abundance of potential labor is available from this source. Manufacturing costs are generally lower in all lines. Natural resources are only partially developed. Mod- ern transportation facilities are daily bringing the outside markets closer. The local market has developed into a factor. The per capita wealth in the last ten years has in-
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creased 105 per cent, compared to 35 per cent average in five of the nation's richest states.
The central location of High Point in the Piedmont area can be noted from the accompanying maps.
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Origin of the Name
High Point gets its name from being the highest point on the original survey made for the old North Carolina Rail- road between Goldsboro and Charlotte.
Industrial Growth
High Point has gained a prominent and enviable posi- tion among the leading cities in the Piedmont section and in North Carolina as the center of two of the largest indus- tries in the entire South-furniture-manufacturing and hosiery-manufacturing. The success and growth of these two types of industry in High Point has brought it to a pre- dominating position that attracts the outside manufacturer of similar products. And in the natural follow-up of events, other industries, many of them allied, have found in High Point the ideal conditions necessary to continued, profitable manufacturing. High Point has 120 factories, making 80 different kinds of manufactured goods.
Furniture-Manufacturing
High Point maintains an undisputed lead in the manu- facturing of wooden household furniture and is the recog- nized center of this industry in the South, North Carolina ranking as the first state, and Virginia, the second. De- veloped originally because of the raw material supply (hard- wood lumber) close at hand, this industry now imports from neighboring states and abroad the bulk of its raw materials. However, there still exists under controlled forces, millions of acres of virgin forests which continue to supply the wood- working industry in increasing amounts. High Point con- ducts one of the four important furniture markets of the country which holds semi-annual shows in the ten-story Southern Furniture Exposition Bldg., attracting furniture dealers from all over the United States. This leading in- dustry of High Point is made up of 36 factories producing nearly every conceivable kind of household furniture. Its annual payroll is $5,200,000, which has doubled in the last ten years. The native skill of the American-born laborer
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has been highly developed in this industry to his own better- ment and to the success of the industry. The contributing factors to success have been labor, power, transportation, raw materials and markets, all under favorable circum- stances.
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Hosiery-Manufacturing
North and South Carolina lead the United States in terms of active spindle hours in yarn mills. High Point has three cotton mills and two silk mills. Hosiery-manufactur- ing has been developed as a natural result of proximity to yarn mills. It will be noted upon investigation that, where- as cotton mills have sought out the smaller communities and isolated sections, industries making a finished product,
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Typical Exhibits of Furniture Maintain- ed the Year Around in the Furniture Exposition Bldg.
One Hundred and Sixty Factories from All Parts of the Country Exhibit Their Merchandise Here.
such as hosiery, have located invariably in the larger towns, and as in the case of High Point, closer to the Northern markets. There are seventeen hosiery mills in High Point, with a combined output of $25,000,000 and an annual payroll of $5,000,000. In the last five years the growth of this in- dustry has doubled in value of output as well as in invested capital. Most of the mills are as modern as can be found in the country, both in building and machinery. The major- ity of them are highly successful. The reasons for this are found in the peculiar advantages High Point has to offer- reasonable labor costs, cheap power, proximity to markets, temperate climate, excellent transportation facilities and nearness to raw materials.
Diversified Industry
Passing on from the two leading High Point industries, furniture and hosiery manufacturing, we find a balance of diversified products among the some forty other factories making not only allied products, but a variety of merch- andise ranging from oil-burners to street cars. High Point's opportunity for successful industry lies in two favorable major facts-economical production and proximity to metro- politan markets. Also, in a locality where total wealth has increased 660 per cent in the last 20 years and where the population increase has been 23.6 per cent (U. S. Census figure) in the last 10 years, the local market becomes im- portant. People in this territory have money to spend be- cause they are regularly employed at fair wages. As in all industrial communities, most of the money stays at home.
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Air View of Huge Silk Mill Above.
One of the New Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills Below.
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A few of the successful diversified industries, classified by products, are noted here:
Men's and boys' underwear Office desks Silk cloth
Mixed silk and rayon dress goods
Shuttle blocks Bobbin heads Paper boxes Corrugated paper cartons and shipping containers
Yarns, for hosiery and un- derwear
Shirts
Print cloth
Street cars
Coffee
Art glass
Shellac
Mirrors
Stains
Paint
Varnish
Wood fillers
Trucks
Lacquers
Upholstery springs
Cigars
Enamels
Caskets
Batteries
Furniture polish
Brick
Flour
General Views of the Industrial Districts of High Point.
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Population and Industrial Growth
U. S. Census figures for High Point since 1900 show the following increases:
1900 4,163
1910 9,525-128.8 per cent increase
1920 14,302- 40.7 per cent increase
1930 36,745-156.8 per cent increase
It will be noted that the last ten years of High Point's growth has been greater than in any other period. The future is predicted in even more impressive figures.
Manufacturing additions from the outside have kept pace with inside expansion. For every increase in size of an established factory, a completely new organization or plant has come in, proving that "nothing succeeds like suc- cess" in High Point. High Point and its surrounding terri- tory is on the "make." Its industries are growing, new in- dustries are coming in, the local markets are increasing and the people are prosperous.
A Future Founded on Success
Necessarily, predications for the future must be based on conditions as they exist today, regardless of past history. What High Point has accomplished during the last twenty years will not necessarily be duplicated in the next twenty. However, the facts in the case point to even greater strides in the next ten-year period. Today High Point moves with a gathered momentum, the result of the progress of the entire state of North Carolina, and the entire Piedmont sec- tion. High Point is in the center of this progress, retaining many advantages peculiar to itself. High Point is in the largest and wealthiest county in the state. It is convenient to the largest cities in the state. It is on the main line of the Southern, the leading railroad in the South. It has con- nections with competitive roads through its own locally- owned short line, the High Point, Thomasville & Denton R. R. It is on the New York-New Orleans air mail route. Hard-surface roads lead in all directions to points near and far. It is the largest city closest to the geographical center of the state and it is in the north central section of the Piedmont area. These factors have developed in High Point's favor in the last twenty years, where most of them did not exist before.
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