Hill's Raleigh (North Carolina) city directory [1928], Part 1

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Publication date: 1928
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RALEIGH, N. C. "THE WELCOME BANK"

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GENERAL INDEX

Abbreviations.

Advertising Department.

Alphabetical Directory

Associations and Societies

783

Banks.

788

Business Directory-Classified

781

Buyers' Guide.

Cemeteries.

793

Chamber of Commerce

499

Churches.

794

City Courts

180

" Fire Department.

179

" Officials.

179

" Police Department

180

Clergymen.

796

Clubs.

798

County Government.

194

Elks. .

102

Hospitals and Asylums

816

Index to Advertisers

Introduction.

Junior Order of U A M

362

Knights of Pythias.

372

Labor Organizations

374

Libraries.

831

Masonic Orders

419

Moose, Loyal Order of.

394

Odd Fellows.

335

Parks and Places of Amusement, etc.

841

Preface.

Schools-Public

849

Schools and Colleges 850

State Officials. 458

Street and Avenue Guide and Householders' Directory 653

United States Post Office. 597

YMCA 649

YWCA. 649

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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Acme Realty Co.

left bottom lines and 68 Alphabetical Divider

Adkins & Champion.

Allen's Market.

47 53

Allison & Betts.

left bottom lines and

Auto Electric & Battery Co.

.left side lines and 25

B & M Dry Cleaning Co right side lines and . 37 53 Bagwell & Bagwell 24

Battery Service Co .marginal line back cover and

Beaman Lumber & Supply Co. left bottom lines and 58

Bodenhamer Plumbing & Heating Co.

.left bottom lines and

Brantley Jno C.

right side lines and

Briggs Thos H & Sons Co

.right bottom lines and

Brogden Motor Co.

right top lines and

Bynum Printing Co

Byrum Augustus H right bottom lines and

C & W Cigar Store.

left bottom lines and 36

Capital City Laundry

front cover and 56 65 28

Capitol Motor Co.

right side lines and

Carolina Builders Corp.

Carolina Coal Co

Carter Electric Co

Carter Will J.

left side lines and

Cascade Laundry Co.

Cates Inc. left bottom lines and

Chambliss T W beginning each letter of alphabet and

Citizens National Bank. .right bottom lines and

College Ice Co

Commercial National Bank of Raleigh. front cover and Commercial Printing Co.

Connor, Ruffin & Moore. left top lines and

Cooper Monument Co

left side lines and

Cross & Linehan Co.

left top lines and

Crowder's Cigar Store

Davis H C. right side lines and

Dixie Oil Co

front stencil and

Dixon, Russ & Carter. backbone and

Dizor Battery Co .left side lines and

Drewry Jno C.

right top lines and

Durham Life Ins Co .right top lines and

Edwards & Broughton Co

Evans Jno W Son.

Ford U-Drive-It System Inc.

Gateway's Stores Inc.

Goodwin-Smith Furniture Co

left top lines and

Harding Wm T Industries.

Harris Dan Dr.

Hayes-Barton Service Station

Heater Well Drilling Co Inc. . marginal line back cover and Hood Brick Co.

34 Hornaday & Faucette Inc. .front cover and 68

. backbone and 35 40 43 44 56 38 50 32 50 31 66 51 58 38 37 44 62 22 24 51 55 67 25 77 63 46 Z 36 27 77

Capital Printing Co

. right side lines and

.left side lines and 64 41 42 47 28 66 34

Boylan-Pearce C

Hotel Raleigh.

Johnson Chas E.

Jolly's.

Kenyon-Thompson Co.

McKimmon & McKee Inc.

Martins Inc.

Manpin A M.

. right top lines and

Mechanics & Farmers Bank The.

Meredith College.

Mitchell Funeral Home .right bottom lines and

Mitchell Printing Co.

Montfort Plumbing & Heating Co

marginal line front cover and

Montgomery Elizabeth M

Montgomery-Mutart Inc.

right top lines and

Moore & Johnson Co.

Morris Plan Industrial Bank.

right bottom lines and

Moselcy T B & Son.

Motor & Equipment Co

Moultry Clarence.

N C Realty & Insurance Co.

Nash Motor Sales Co

marginal line front cover and

National Detective Bureau Inc The.

Noland Co Inc.

Oak City Laundry

Oldham & Worth Inc.

.right bottom lines and

Orgen Printing Co.

Parham Kennon W

Peace Institute

Alphabetical Divider

Person Street Pharmacy.

left bottom lines and

Pullen A M & Co.

back cover and

Quinn R E & Co.

Raleigh Bonded Warehouse Inc. left side lines and

Raleigh Bldg & Loan Assn

.left bottom lines, 36 and

Raleigh Letter Writers.

left side lines and

Raleigh Roofing & Cornice Co Inc.

left side lines and

Raleigh Transfer Co.

left bottom lines and

Rawlings A Lee & Co.

Rawls Motor Co.

Ribbon Book Mark and

Realty Loan & Trust Co.

.front cover and

Reid & Smith ..

Saint Mary's School.

Sanderford's Inc.

Sanitary Laundry

.back cover and

Southern Storage Battery Co

Southern Title Service Co

Spingler A G Dr

right side lines and

Staudt's Bakery.

. marginal line front cover and

Steinmetz H

marginal line back cover and

Stephenson C H Music Co.

left top lines and

Thiem James E

.right top lines and

Thompson Electrical Co.

. bottom stencil and

Tucker Sanitarium.

right bottom lines and

Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.

left top lines and

Warner Brothers.

Warren's Transfer.

West Morgan St Service Station.

White Dairy Products Co

right side lines and

White & Hodgin Co.

. top stencil and

Wiley Hotel.

front cover and 49

Williams Alfred & Co

left top lines and

33 69

Willis J F.

marginal line back cover and

Woody Roofing & Shingle Co

back cover and

Wyatt-Burruss Fuel Co.

right top lines and 40

Yancey Robt G .. .marginal line front cover and 53

Yates Auto Service Inc.

right side lines and 26

43 41 22 47 3 53 59 74 76 23 29 69 67 73 43 57 75 76 63 30 45 60 61 45 48 33 59 76 27 49 39

Perry Henry J.

Pine State Creamery Co.

left side lines and 30 71 46 67 64 74 29 52 32 67 70 27 54 and 69 30 42 65 57 35 66 23 72

48 3

right top lines and left top lines and 55 40 54 39 52

Williams & Upchurch.

left side lines, 54 and

INTRODUCTION

Hill Directory Company, Inc. (publishers), presents to its sub- scribers and to the general public this (1928) edition of the Raleigh (City) Directory.

Confidence in the growth of Raleigh, in its wealth, industry and population, 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 Raleigh to the world.

The enviable place occupied by Hill's directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout our country causes the publishers to forecast the belief that the Raleigh 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 Raleigh is 36,517, 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. Territory 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 21 to 80, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of the leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. These pages will be found particu- larly interesting and instructive to the substantial elements of the city. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by depart- ments 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 keen to prime themselves on sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are inter- estingly pictured to reveal what it has in its show window. In an ambitious and progressive community like Raleigh 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.

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms, corporations is included in pages 81 to 652. (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 HOUSE- HOLDERS covers pages 653 to 780. 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 con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 781 to 860. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. 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 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 resi- dence, as a business location, as an industrial site, and as an educa- tional center. To give emphasis to their desire to broadcast this in- formation 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 Raleigh, for business men the country over realize that the City Di- rectory represents the community as it really is.

THE HILL'S DIRECTORY LIBRARY

There are over 400 of these Directory Libraries in the chain. One of them is maintained at the Chamber of Commerce. The publishers invite use of it by the public whenever in the need of information on other cities.

The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the patronage of those progressive business and professional men who have expressed their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers.

RALEIGH

The City of Raleigh, capital of the State, is the heart of North Carolina progress. It is a commercial and edu- cational center. Its growth and progress during the past few years has been rapid and substantial. Aside from its great advantages as a commercial and distributing center, which is responsible for its rapidly increased development, it is a city that abounds in historical traditions and is the pride of North Carolina. The estimated population is 35,000.

The Capital City

At no capital in the country are there more buildings or institutions connected with the State government than in Raleigh. These include the Capitol, which was built in 1840 of granite from a quarry that was owned by the State, con- sidered by architects to be one of the most perfect pieces of architecture in the country, the Administration Building, Agricultural Building, Hall of History, State Museum, State Departments Building, State Office Building, State Highway Commission Building, Governor's Mansion, State Prison, State Hospital for the Insane, State School for the White Blind, State School for the Colored Deaf Mutes, State Laboratory of Hygiene, State Confederate Soldiers' Home, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, State Poultry Farm, State Experimental Farm and State Fair Grounds.

Parks, Playgrounds, Libraries, Hotels and Theatres

There are thirteen public park and playground areas. The Capitol Square is situated in the center of Raleigh, four streets running north, south, east and west from it, being named for the earlier capitals of the State. There are ninety miles of streets, seventy miles of which are paved and all others improved.

Raleigh has two public libraries containing over 66,000 vol- umes; three hospitals, forty-seven churches of all denomina- tions, a Y. M. C. A., costing $85,000, equipped with gym- nasium, swimming pool, library and other departments of in- terest to its members, and a well-organized Y. W. C. A. The Olivia Raney Library was a gift to the city by R. B. Raney, as a memorial to his wife. It is well equipped with both an adult and a children's department and contains 20,000 vol- umes. It is free to all white residents of Raleigh township.

There are five theatres, three movies and a city auditorium with seating capacity of 4000. Two public swimming pools, several swimming clubs and a country club with an eighteen- hole golf course.

Raleigh has 869 hotel rooms: Sir Walter, 240; Carolina, 226; Bland, 110; Raleigh, 105; Mansion Park, 100; Wiley, 50; Giersch, 38.

The building permits for 1920 were $862,322 and for 1927 were $3,706,969. Raleigh has eight banks. The bank clearances in 1927 were $137,166,757.

Raleigh has full motorized fire department. The city ranks first-class as to insurance rates. The assessed prop- erty valuation in Raleigh is $50,000,000. This does not include any State property, the valuation of which is several millions. The assessed property valuation of Wake County is $182,426.00; area, 824 square miles.

Noted as an Educational Center

Raleigh is an educational center, having thirty schools of various classes from grammar school to university. There are seventeen public schools with an attendance of over 7069. The number of students in other institutions is about 5000, making a total of over 12,069 students in Raleigh. There are six colleges and two preparatory schools for small boys and girls. The proportion of students in the schools of all classes is greater as compared to the whole population than any other city in the South.

North Carolina State College of Agriculture and En- gineering was established in 1885. The college confers the B. S. Degrees, offering practical and technical educa- tion in agriculture, horticulture, animal industry, civil en-

gineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, highway engineering, chemistry, dyeing, agricultural en- gineering, textile engineering, agricultural economics and business administration. It also offers practical economics and business administration and practical training in many branches of construction work.

Meredith College is the largest Baptist college for women in the State. It offers four general courses, conferring the A. B. and B. S. degrees and giving diplomas in music and art. A graduate from Meredith is accepted in Northern universities.

St. Mary's School for Girls is the largest Episcopal school for girls in the United States. The school offers prepara- tory work and two years college work, giving diplomas in music, art, home economics, business and expression. It was founded in 1842.

Peace Institute, a junior school for girls, was founded in 1857. The school offers preparatory work and two years college work, giving diplomas in music, art and all other courses. King's Business College is one of the leading business training institutions of the State, of which E. L. Layfield is president and owner. Hardbarger's Secretarial School is under the management of Miss Chess Hardbarger.

Manufacturing

Number of manufacturing establishments in Raleigh is 48; wage earners 1,791; wages paid, $1,904,208; value of manufactured products, $8,728,537.

Raleigh has manufacturing plants which turn out cotton goods, underwear, structural iron, cotton oil, fertilizers, school supplies, books, chemical products, building ma- terials, monuments, candy and school desks.

There are eight printing houses and fifty-two newspapers and periodicals are published here. The extent of the busi- ness exceeds that of any city this size in the South based upon our population.

The Carolina Power & Light Company operates the street railway and supplies light and power to all manu- facturing plants. This company furnishes electricity to points between Raleigh and Roxboro to the northward, Goldsboro to the eastward, Durham to the westward, and Fayetteville to the southward. It obtains water generated electric power from the Buckhorn Falls on the Cape Fear River ninety-seven miles distant. It also maintains here an auxiliary or reserve steam power plant. It has available 100,000 horsepower for use.

This company also operates the gas plants in Raleigh

and Durham. The gas supply in Raleigh amounts to 800,000 cubic feet daily.

Train Service

Raleigh is located on three railroads: Seaboard Air Line Railway, Norfolk-Southern and Southern. These railroads lead to all directions and afford excellent facilities for the business and shopping public. There are twenty passenger trains daily and very good freight and passenger service.

Distribution Facilities

Raleigh is the distributing center for a large territory, principally eastern Carolina. In addition to three rail- roads radiating in all directions there are 2,000 miles of hard surface roads within a 100 miles radius and a popu- lation in this same territory of 1,802,000 (U. S. Census). Competitive freight rates between the ports of Norfolk to the north, Wilmington to the east and Charleston to the south, with local distribution freight rates comparing fav- orably with those of any Southern State.

Raleigh is neither east nor west. It stands at the cross- roads, logically situated to serve economically a wide area, with easy access to the industrial Piedmont section and agricultural east.

Raleigh wholesalers are now distributing: adding ma- chines, auto accessories, automobile tires, barber supplies, bread, builders' supplies, cakes, candies, canned products, cash registers, drugs, farm implements, feeds, flour, gro- ceries, hardware, ice cream, lumber, machinery, mill sup- plies, meats, office furniture, office supplies, oils, optical supplies, paper, paints, plumbing and heating supplies, produce, provisions, road machinery, refrigerators, school books, tobaccos, sash and doors.

The platform facilities of the three railroads here will accommodate seventy-four cars. The daily number of package cars received and forwarded by the three railroads will average seventy-eight.

Highways

Raleigh is located on Federal Interstate Highway No. 1, which is the principal highway from Maine to Florida. The Capital to Capital, Calhoun, LaFayette and Bankhead high- ways also connect at Raleigh, the Capital of the Good Roads State. Interstate No. 1 is the great North and South tourist route, which brings a large tourist patronage to this city.

Agriculture

Raleigh is located in the center of a rich farming country. Here lands have doubled and in some instances tre bled in

value during the past five years. The country in this vicinity produces a great variety of crops, including corn, cotton, small grain, tobacco, sorghum, peas, and all sorts of truck, and in the County of Wake, of which Raleigh is the county seat, the corn-growing record of the United States has been broken by the production of 226 bushels on an acre and the cotton-growing record by the production of three and one-half bales on an acre.

The Department of Commerce figures show the value of farms in Wake County to be $23,704,963, which is the second highest in the State. The adjoining County of Johnston stands first, with farm values at $25,777,998.

Insurance Center

Raleigh has four insurance companies with home offices here which have assets of $6,377,000. These companies are the Durham Life Insurance Company, Occidental Life Insurance Company, North Carolina Home Insurance Com- pany and Atlantic Fire Insurance Company.

Pay Rolls

Raleigh's annual pay-roll from four specific sources amounts to over three and one-half million dollars. The annual State pay-roll in Raleigh, including all employees, is $1,350,000. This embraces employees in the State insti- tutions in Raleigh as well as the departments.

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Hill's Raleigh (North Carolina) city directory [1928], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1928 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 866

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1928
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 866