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KINSTON CITY DIRECTORY (1928)
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
40
Advertisers-Index to.
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Alphabetical List of Names.
41
Associations and Societies.
302
Banks.
304
Business Directory-Classified
301
Buyers' Guide.
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Cemeteries.
308
Chamber of Commerce.
150
Churches
309
City Government.
71
City Courts.
72
City Fire Department.
71
City Officials.
71
City Police Department.
72
City Population.
9
Clergymen
311
Clubs.
312
County Officers. .
78
Daughters of the Confederacy
239
Hospitals
323
Introduction
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Junior Order U A M
147
Knights of Pythias.
152
Masonic Orders
168
Odd Fellows
136
Parks
335
Preface
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Police Department.
72
Population.
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Post Office.
239
Red Men.
136
Schools and Colleges
339
Schools-Public ...
339
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders.
261
Woodmen of the World
257
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
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The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all in- formation 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 Directory.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Auto Laundry. back cover and 19
Bailey W E & Bro right top lines and 38
Belk's Department Store
right top lines and
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Canady B W & Son . left top lines and 31
Carey J W. . right top lines and 25
Coca-Cola Bottling Works right side lines and 33
Dixon D V & Son front cover and 32
Dudleys Dry Cleaning & Dye Works. left side lines and
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Efirds Department Store. left side lines and 27 2
Farmers Supply Co of Kinston
Farmers and Merchants Bank
back cover and 23
Garner F A & Co.
front stencil and 29
Herbert's Bakery right top lines and 21
Higgins-Pipkin Motor Co. left side lines and 20
Hines Bros Lumber Co .back cover and
37
Hines Harvey C Co front cover, right side lines and 33
Home Building & Loan Assn . right top lines and 34
Hood J E & Co. left top lines and 28 38
Jackson Mattress Co
Jordan Geo L. . right side lines and 35
Kinston Battery Co. . right top lines and 20
Kinston College.
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Kinston Free Press Co Inc
Kinston Garage Inc. right top lines and 21
Kinston Marble Works.
.left top lines and 37
_ Meares Thos D & Co.
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right side lines and 39
Mewborn Jewelry Co. 36
. right side lines and 26 -Mitchell T A
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Moore William A. right top lines and 34
Moseley H E Hardware Co Inc left side lines and 32
National Bank of Kinston The.
front cover and 22
New York Cafe.
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Oettinger Bros right side lines and 31
Oettinger C .right top lines and
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Peoples Bank The
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Pullen A M & Co.
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Queen Boot Shoppe
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Queen Street Methodist Church
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Quinn & Miller left top lines and 30
Rasberry Insurance & Realty Co Inc. bottom stencil and 35 and 39
Spence & Thompson right top lines and 20
Tunstall's. left side lines and 36
United Life & Accident Ins Co of Concord. right side lines and 35
Whites Wood & Coal Yard left top lines and 25
Wood D Eugene. back cover and 29
INTRODUCTION
Hill Directory Company, Inc., presents to its subscribers and to the general public this (1928) edition of the Kinston (City) Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Kinston, in its wealth, industry and popula- tion, as well as in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for truly the directory is a mirror reflecting Kinston to the world.
The enviable place occupied by Hill Directory Company's, Inc., di- rectories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout our country causes the publishers to forecast the belief that the Kinston directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information of any and every kind pertaining to our city. With an unrivaled organization having the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labor will meet with the approval of every resident of the city.
POPULATION
The estimated population of Kinston is 13,419, based on the number of individual names in the alphabetical section of the Directory, with due allowance for women and children, whose names are not included. Terri- tory 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 17 to 40, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of the leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Kinston. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to the substantial elements of the city. The advertise- ments have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference adver- tising at its best, and as such merits a survey by all buyers keen to prime themselves on sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interest- ing phases, are interestingly pictured to reveal what it has in its show win- dow. In an ambitious and progressive community like Kinston the need of this kind of information readily at hand is very great and frequently pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal patronage the City Directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
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INTRODUCTION-Continued.
The Alphabetical List of Names of residents, business firms, corpora- tions is included in pages 41 to 260. (A new feature of this section is the inclusion of wives' names in parenthesis following that of the husband.)
The Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders covers pages 261 to 300. In this section the names of the streets and ave- nues 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 houscholders and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.
The Classified Business Directory is included in pages 301 to 344. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and pro- fessional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the busi- ness interests of the community. "The Directory is the common inter- mediary 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 Section 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 give emphasis to their desire 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 larger cities of the country, where they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual advertisements of Kinston, for business men the country over realize that the City Directory represents the community as it really is.
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the patronage of those progressive business and professional men who have expressed their confi- dence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
Furnished by Chamber of Commerce
Kinston, the City Progressive, is the geographical center of Eastern Carolina and is fast developing as the logical distributing point in this wide section of Carolina. It is situated in the fertile valley of the navigable river Neuse. It is the County Scat of Lenoir County, which is a part of the Coastal Plain of the State. It is thirteen hours from Washington, D. C .; four hours from Wilmington; three hours from Raleigh, and nine hours from Richmond, Va. It is located on Highway No. 10, the main highway through North Carolina from east to west, running from the coast to the Tennessee line and con- necting there with paved highways extending to the Pacific Coast.
Population .- The population of Kinston is estimated to be 13,679. It is 9812 per cent American by United States census. The city population at the close of 1927, including suburbs, is estimated at 15,000. The United States census for city proper-
1920 9,771
1910
6,905
1900
4,106
1890.
1,726
Climate, Altitude and Health .- The average mean temperature, covering a period of twenty years, is 62.4 degrees, while the average annual rainfall is 43.73 inches. The altitude is 47 fect. There are no droughts; there are no floods.
Health conditions are excellent, with practically no malaria present, the Rockfeller Foundation in 1921 having to abandon their laboratory here due to the fact that not enough malaria existed for laboratory study.
As to climate, this section is highly favored and almost any crop grown in the Temperate Zone will prosper here. Cattle may be grazed practically the year around.
Valuation .- The assessed valuation of the city is $10,983,959. Real estate and personal property assessed at actual value.
Tax rate, 1928-
State and county. $1.74
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Streets and Roads .- Kinston was among the first cities in North Carolina to enter into a large program of building improved streets. At one time she had more miles of improved streets than any city her size in the world. That may still be true. She has now fourteen miles of concrete asphalt streets. Kinston has thirty miles of paved sidewalks.
In 1919, two years before the State embarked upon its tremendous highway development program, Lenoir County, led by the Chamber of Commerce, secured the passage of an enabling act through the legis- lature, voted a two million dollar bond issue, and began paving a net- work of modern highways out of Kinston to connect with all neighbor- ing county seats. Lenoir County has seventy miles of concrete asphalt roads, all sixteen to eighteen feet wide, and six roads, all lead- ing from Kinston to the county lines, costing $2,700,000. Other paved roads are in contemplation and are sure to be built during the next biennium.
The city has an excellent system of drainage.
Schools .- Kinston and Lenoir County have always been pioneers in good schools. To-day there are no schools in the State, in a town the size of Kinston, that surpass our equipment in buildings, furnish- ings, conveniences and necessities. The white schools are housed in three large, commodious and handsomely appointed buildings. The Grainger building, ready for occupancy the second week of October, 1927, and costing a quarter million dollars, is among the very finest and best high school buildings in the State. A contract has just been let for the erection of a new building for the negro children to cost $32,000.00. The rural schools in Lenoir County are among the best in the State. To-day six modern, up-to-date, splendidly appointed consolidated schools are flourishing at various points in the. county, and it is believed that within a few years a consolidated school system will be county-wide.
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The Caswell Training School, a State institution for mental de- linquents, is located two miles from Kinston. The plant, entirely modern in every respect, represents an investment of $1,500,000.00.
Churches .- Nearly all religious denominations are represented with handsome temples of worship. The people of Kinston are a church-going people. They support their churches generously, and hence they invite and maintain the finest conventions. For years an able corps of ministers of exceptional power has served the com- munity. Some may go, but others of equal power replace them. There are fourteen churches for white people and eleven for colored, all of which reflects the religious aspect of the citizens of Kinston.
Hospitals .- Kinston is fortunate in having the Parrott Memorial Hospital and the Memorial General Hospital, both privately owned institutions, to serve our people. They are strictly modern in all their appointments, have a very excellent corps of physicians, assist- ants and nurses, and are in every way amply equipped to care for the sick.
Amusements .- The Country Club is beautifully situated and has a 166-acre golf course. It is provided with an excellent swimming pool and its clubhouse is commodious and well equipped. It is within easy reach of the city, close to No. 10 highway, and yet is far enough off the highway, in its attractive seclusion, to afford a restful retreat.
The Grand and Oasis Theatres provide high-class motion pictures, drama, comedy and vaudeville.
Fire Department .- Fire protection is furnished by two motor companies, one hook and ladder company and two reel tcams, served by trained volunteer firemen.
Water .- Kinston is supplied entirely by artesian wells-monthly analyses proving their water to be as pure as any east of the Rocky Mountains. The total water supply from artesian wells is 75,190 gallons per hour. Multiplying this by twenty-four, we see that there is a discharge of cool, refreshing water from these wells of 1,804,560 gallons per day. The city has two reservoirs, the old one with a capacity of 400,000 gallons and a new reservoir of 1,000,000 gallons. The city stand-pipe has a capacity of 150,000 gallons. The daily consumption of water per twenty-four hours in Kinston is around 410,000 gallons. The city of Kinston, it will be noticed, has now a water supply more than sufficient for a city three times its present size in population. This water is soft. It is used by the people in Kinston for all purposes and is excellent for factory purposes.
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Hotels .- Adequate facilities are furnished for the traveling public by Hotel Kinston, a new modern twelve-story fireproof hotel, cost- ing $350,000, the Tull and the Caswell, augmented by several smaller hostelries.
Chamber of Commerce .- Kinston's civic and commercial or- ganization ranks with those of the most progressive cities of its size. Its membership is composed of the most progressive, intelligent, and wide-awake citizens.
The Chamber is at the command of all desiring worthy assistance and information, concerning the welfare of the nation, State, Lenoir County and Kinston. It will co-operate with any earnest movement for the improvement of the citizenship and to promote business.
The Kinston Merchants' Association, comprised of the leading
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merchants to promote trade and foster the welfare of the community, works hand in hand with the Chamber of Commerce in all civic and commercial problems.
Financial .- Kinston has four banks, two National banks and two State banks. These strong banks provide for the community's fi- nancial needs, having a combined capital of $442,422.50, combined resources of $5,916,558.38, and combined deposits of $5,107,014.37. The three banks of Kinston are safe and sound. They are conserva- tive, but they lend liberal assistance and encouragement to all business enterprises consistent with sound finances. They all came through the deflation period unscathed.
The Mutual Building and Loan Association and Home Building and Loan Association furnish the means for the construction of many residences:
Amount paid in.
$349,850.00
Mortgage loans 398,855.00
Stock loans 19,137.00
Undivided profits 25,183.07
Total number of shares
9,436
Post Office Receipts-$46,617.81. Six rural free deliveries and five city deliveries for the accommodation of the citizens.
Transportation .- Four railroad lines serve the city-Norfolk Southern, Atlantic Coast Line, Kinston-Carolina, and the Carolina, providing connections in all directions. River transportation to the coast is available to small craft.
Wholesale and Jobbers .- Kinston's wholesale territory covers a radius of fifty miles and is served by eight wholesale grocery and produce and two wholesale fruit and produce establishments. This territory embraces an estimated population of about 200,000 people.
Retail .- The fertile farming section, made tributary to Kinston by four rail lines, an excellent system of asphalt roads and the city itself, have united to make excellent retail facilities. Kinston's retail district, covering several city blocks, offers to purchasers high-class and popular priced merchandise.
Market .- Kinston is in the center of the new Bright Leaf To- bacco Belt. It has a larger territory naturally tributary to it as a market and especially as a tobacco and cotton market than any city in Eastern Carolina. The total sales on the Kinston market during the 1927-28 season were 32,606,597 pounds, the average price being $25.23 per hundred.
Eleven thousand bales of cotton were produced in the county in 1927, but 17,012 bales were sold in Kinston, the best market in the State.
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Agriculture .- Lenoir County as a whole is one of the most fertile counties in the State. The equable climate and soil permit the grow- ing of any crop adapted to temperate climates. Tobacco, with a production of eighteen million pounds, leads, followed by cotton, with eleven thousand bales. Corn, potatoes (Irish and sweet), live stock, small grains and hay are produced abundantly at a low cost. Truck and other crops are well adapted to soil and climate. Progress in agriculture has been most marked. Total value of principal farm products (United States Census, 1920), $10,870,000.00.
Industries .- More than fifty industries are located in Kinston, representing a total investment of four million dollars; a combined output of $14,886,656.40, and an annual payroll of $1,415,559.71. Among these are six tobacco factories, two cotton mills, two lumber plants, oil mill, two ice plants, two ice cream plants, a fertilizer plant, four soft drink bottling plants, two brick mills, iron and mantel works, iron and wood working plant, mattress factory, two concrete products plants, battery factory, marble works, ice box factory, a milling com- pany, carriage works, two upholstery plants and numerous smaller industries.
Clubs and Organizations .- There are thirty-eight clubs, or- ganizations and fraternal societies in the city, twenty-five for whites and twelve for colored people. These include the Chamber of Com- merce, Merchants Association, Golf Club, Country Club, American Legion, Kinston Baseball Club, chapters of practically all fraternal organizations, Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs, and headquarters office of Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
Newspapers .- Two dailies stand always ready to assist any move- ment for progress and development of the city and county, and they have many times proven their ability in this regard.
Opportunities .- Kinston offers ideal opportunities to parties de- siring suitable locations for cotton mills, lumber and veneer plants, and any other industries using as raw material agricultural and forest products. The Kinston Chamber of Commerce invites correspondence with those contemplating the establishment of such industries and stands ready at all times to assist in any way possible.
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Classified Buyers' Guide of the City of Kinston
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The Buyers' Guide contains the advertisements and business cards of the most progressive business men and firms in our city, classified according to lines of business.
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