Hill's Raleigh (North Carolina) city directory [1929], Part 1

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Publication date: 1929
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Staudt's Bakery

BUTTER-NUT BREAD

Phone 4040

KIRBYE & CO. INC.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS and CONTRACTORS

128 S. SALISBURY ST. PHONE 2770

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FAUCETTE 111 WEST MARTIN STREET PHONE 2956

Capital City Laundry 115 WEST MARTIN PHONES 73 and 74 UNEXCELLED SERVICE

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COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK

"THE WELCOME BANK"

B. S. JERMAN, President

E. B. CROW, Activo Vice-President

A. P. BAUMAN, Cashier

B. H. LITTLE, Assistant Cashier

W. M. UPCHURCH. Asst. Cashier

C. A. GOSNEY, Trust Officer

A. WRAY WHITE, Asst. Trust Officer

Oldham & Worth, Inc.

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HILL'S RALEIGH (NORTH CAROLINA)

CITY DIRECTORY

Vol. 1929 XIX.

Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Office Buildings and Business Places including a complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a

BUYERS' GUIDE and a Complete

Classified Business Directory

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GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

Alphabetical Directory

Index to Advertisers

Associations and Societies

660

Introduction

Banks 664 Junior Order of UT A M 306

Buildings-Office and Public

668 Knights of Pythlas

314

Business Directory- Classified buyers' Guide

Libraries

707

Cemeteries

670

Masonic Orders 312

332

Churches

671

City Courts

156

City Fire Departmentn

156

City Officials

156

Schools-Publie

723

City Police Department

156

Clergymen

673

State Officials

468

Clubs

675

County Government

168

Elks

110

United States Post Office 501

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Adkins W C Sheet Metal Works. . Alphabetical Divider

Allen Forge & Welding Co.

Auto Care Co.

Bagwell & Bagwell

Allison & Betts. left bottom lines and 54 30 Auto Electric & Battery Co. left side lines and 30 Battery Service Co. marginal line back cover and 54 29 27 Blue D N & Company 43 Boylan-Pearce Co Inc. .left top lines and Brantley John C .. . right side lines and Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc. right bottom lines and 44 .right top lines and 48 33 64 39 right bottom lines and Campbell Bros 58 59 Campbell Paul 56

Capital City Laundry front cover and

Capital Ice Co Inc.

back cover and 50

Capital Printing Co. right and left side lines

Carolina Builders Corp backbone and 39 Carolina Coal Company Carolina Radiator & Glass Shop left side lines and Cascade Laundry Co. 42 31 56 35

Citizens National Bank. right bottom lines and

City Garage right bottom lines and 33

Commercial National Bank of Raleigh The.

.front cover and 36

Connor, Ruffin & Moore

Cross & Linehan Co.

. left top lines and

Davis H C.

right side lines and

Dixon, Russ & Carter

left side lines and

Drewry John C.

right top lines and

Durham Life Insurance Co right top lines and Edwards & Broughton Co.

Evans' John W Son.

Ferlazzo Antique Shop

General Sales Co

Gomez Angelo

Goodwin-Smith Furniture Co.

Hardbarger's Miss Secretarial School.

Harding Wm T Industries.

Harris Dan Dr

Heater Well Drilling Co Inc. front stencil and

Hobby Transfer Co.

Hornaday & Faucette Inc. . front cover and 65

2,3552

Hospitals and Dispensaries

Page 693 7

637

Labor Organizations

315

Chamber of Commerce

Moose. Loyal Order of

Odd Fellows 282

715

Parks and Playgrounds Preface

Schools and Colleges

724

Street and Avenue Guide and Ifouse- holders' Directory

545

Dizor Battery Co

left top lines and 51 41 45 . backbone and 26 29 51 55 64 31 28 58 59 47 68 Z 40 75 74

Brogden Motor Co.

Bynum Printing Co

Byrum Augustus H.

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page 49

Hotel Raleigh

Hotel Wiley

Johnson Chas E

49 3 55

Jolly's. .right top lines and

Kirbye & Co Inc. .. front cover and 28

Martin-Mangum Co. marginal line back cover and 58

Mattison Advertising Co. left side lines and 27 52 2 Maupin A M .. right top lines and McDonald J C Co. 54 McKimmon & McKee Inc. 38

Mechanics & Farmers Bank The left side lines and

Meredith College

Mitchell Funeral Home.

.right bottom lines and

Mitchell Printing Co.

Montfort Plumbing & Heating Co

Montgomery Eliz M marginal line, front cover and

Montgomery-Mutart Inc. right top lines and

Moore & Johnson Co ..

Morris Plan Industrial Bank The.

right bottom lines and

Mulligan Furniture Co. Alphabetical Divider

Noland Co Inc.

Oak City Laundry

Oldham & Worth Inc. .marginal line front cover and

Parham Kennon W.

Peace Institute

Person Street Pharmacy

Pike & Bing 53 and

Pine State Creamery Co. left side lines and

Pullen A M & Co. back cover and

Quinn R E & Co.

Raleigh Bonded Warehouse Inc.

Raleigh Building & Loan Assn left bottom lines and

Raleigh Roofing & Cornice Co.

Raleigh Transfer Co. left bottom lines and Realty Loan & Trust Co ... marginal line front cover and Reid & Smith.

St Mary's School

Sanitary Laundry . back cover and

Sir Walter Chevrolet Co. bottom stencil and

Southern Detective Agency

Southern Paint & Glass Co. left bottom lines and Southern Refrigeration Co

Southern Title Service Co.

Spingler A G Dr right side lines and

Staudt's Bakery marginal line front cover and

Stephenson C H Music Co .left top lines and 60 Thiem Jas E. .right top lines and Thompson Electrical Co. right bottom lines and 61 Thompson & Yarbrough 46 66 Union Plumbing & Heating Co 63 Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. left top lines and Warner Bros 37 59 74

Warren's Transfer

White Dairy Products Co. left top lines and 50 68 White House Cafe. White & Hodgin Co top stencil and 41 Williams Alf & Co. left top lines and marginal line back cover and 38 73 48 Wyatt-Burruss Fuel Co. .right top lines and 42 53

Willis J F.

Wood H R Furniture Co

Yancey Robt G. .right side lines and

Yates Auto Service Inc. .right side lines and 32

69 47 65

63 72 34 52

64 57 40 27 70 45 67 43 26 48 3 40 72 74 66 65 71 57 34 44 62 67 73 62 35

INTRODUCTION

HILL DIRECTORY CO., publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1929 edition of the Raleigh Directory.

Confidence in the growth of Raleigh'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 Raleigh to the world.

The enviable place occupied by HILL'S directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes, has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having the courteous and hearty coopera- tion 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 Raleigh Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.

Four Major Departments

The several essential departments are arranged in the following order :-

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 25 to 76, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufactur- ing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments 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 anxious to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many inter- esting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Raleigh, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately 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 77 to 544. Features of this section are the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses following that of the husband, and the identification of colored persons with "(c)."

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 545 to 655. 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 busi- ness concerns are placed opposite the numbers.

THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 657 to 732. 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

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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 Classi- fied Business Directory 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 indus- trial 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 Raleigh, for business men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.

The Raleigh Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence by the general public. This is one of the 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 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., Publishers.

1929

RALEIGH

"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE"

Statistical Review

Form of Government-Commission.

Population-40,000, local estimate. 67% white.

Area-7 square miles.

Altitude-390 feet.

Parks-13 acres.

Assessed Valuation-$52,810,070, with $1.15 tax rate.

Financial-8 banks and 2 trust companies, with total resources of $26,000,000, and clearings of $133,279,696 annu- ally (last report).

Post-Office Receipts-$463,028.84 (last annual report).

Telephones in Service-8,510.

Churches-47, all denominations.

Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,437,583 (1928).

Industry- 48 establishments employing 1,791 workers, paying wages of $1,904,208 annually, and having products valued at $8,728,537 annually (last report).

Principal Products-Cotton goods, underwear, cotton oil, structural iron, fertilizers, school supplies, books, chemi- cal products, building materials, monuments, candy and printing products.

Newspapers-2 dailies.

Hotels-7 first-class, with total of 935 rooms.

Railroads-3: Seaboard Air Line, Southern and Norfolk- Southern.

Amusements-Largest auditorium seats 4,000 persons. There are 5 theatres.

Hospitals-3, ample accommodations.

Education-North Carolina State College of Agriculture & Engineering, Meredith College, St. Mary's School for Girls and Peace Institute. 17 public schools, with enrollment of 8,000 pupils.

Volumes in Libraries-66,000.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 90, with 75 miles paved.

The city of Raleigh, capital of the state, is the heart of North Carolina progress. It is a commercial and educational center. Its growth and progress during the past few years has been rapid and substantial. Aside from its great ad- vantages 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 40,000.

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Capitol Building The Capital City

The city of Raleigh, capital of the state, is the heart of North Carolina progress. It is a commercial and educa- tional 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 40,000.

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 Colored Deaf Mutes, State Labora- tory 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, named for the earlier capitals of the state. There are ninety miles of streets, 75 miles of which are paved and all others improved.

Raleigh has two public libraries containing over 66,000 volumes; three hospitals, forty-seven churches of all de- nominations, a Y. M. C. A., costing $85,000, equipped with gymnasium, swimming pool, library and other departments of interest to its members, and a well-organized Y. W. C. A. The Olivia Raney Library was a gift to the city by R. B.

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Raney, as a memorial to his wife. It is well equipped with both an adult and a children's department, and contains 20,000 volumes. It is free to all white residents of Raleigh township.

There are three theatres, two movies, and a city audi- torium with seating capacity of 4,000. There are two public swimming pools, several swimming clubs, and a country club with an eighteen-hole golf course.

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Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh has 935 hotel rooms: Sir Walter, 350; Carolina, 226; Bland, 110; Raleigh, 105; Mansion Park, 120; Wiley, 50; Giersch, 38.

The value of building permits for 1920 were $862,322, and for 1928, $3,437,583. Raleigh has eight banks. The bank clearances in 1928 were $133,279,696.77.

Raleigh has full motorized fire department. The city ranks first-class as to insurance rates. The assessed prop- erty valuation in Raleigh is over $52,000,000. This does not include any state property, the valuation of which is several millions. The assessed property valuation of Wake County is $96,921,396; 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 8,000. The number of students in other institutions is about 5,000, making a total of 13,000 students in Raleigh. There are six schools and colleges. 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.

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North Carolina State College of Agriculture and En- gineering was established in 1885. The college confers the B. S. degrees, offering practical and technical education in agriculture, horticulture, animal industry, civil engineer- ing, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, high- way engineering, chemistry, dyeing, agricultural engineer- ing, 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 ths 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. E. L. Layfield is president and owner. Hardbarger's Secretarial School is under the management of Miss Chess Hardbarger.

Manufacturing

The number of manufacturing establishments in Ra- leigh 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 news- papers and periodicals are published here. The extent of the business exceeds that of any city this size in the South.

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, northward, Goldsboro, eastward; Durham, westward, and Fayetteville, southward. It obtains water-generated electric power from the Buck- horn Falls on the Cape Fear River, ninety-seven miles dis- tant. It maintains here an auxiliary or reserve steam power plant. It has available 100,000 horsepower.

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, Norfolk-Southern and Southern. These railroads extend in 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-mile radius, and a popu-

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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 in North Carolina. It stands at the cross-roads, logically situated to serve eco- nomically a wide area, with easy access to the industrial Piedmont section and to the 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, and other commodities.

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.

Interstate Highway No. 1 North Carolina Highway Scene Leading Into Raleigh

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 Highways 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.

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Hill's Raleigh (North Carolina) city directory [1929], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1929 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 736

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 736