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INSURANCE _REAL ESTATE Developer EDGEMONT PARK The Fastest Growing Development in the City 132 Sunset Ave. Phone 724
CITY ICE CO., Inc.
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277 North Main Phone 56
PEOPLES BANK & TRUST CO.
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HILL'S ROCKY MOUNT (EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1938 XI 7/28/38 V
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
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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
20
Alphabetical List of Names
21
Apartment Buildings
430
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
431
Banks and Trust Companies
434
Buildings-Office and Public 437
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
437
Buyers' Guide opp
392
Cemeteries
438
Chamber of Commerce 247
Churches 438
City Government
247
City Courts
247
Classified Business Directory 429
440
Clubs
441
County Government
209
Fire Department
247
Halls
453
Hospitals and Dispensaries 454
Labor Organizations 462
Libraries 464
Newspapers
468
Parks and Playgrounds
471
Police Department
247
Post Office
290
Railroads®
474
'Schools-Public 477
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 479
Societies-Miscellaneous 480
State Government 212
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 325
United States Officers 290
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Alford Dallas L jr
25
Bandy Ray
3
Barnes Tin Shop
33
Bishop Laundry Co
right top lines and 29
Blount Flower Shop Inc. right side lines and 17
Builders Federal Savings & Loan Assn.
.ribbon bookmark and 12
Bulluck Auto Sales Co.
.front cover and 3
Bulluck Zeb B
left bottom lines
Capitol Insulation Co The
21
Carbisco Feed Mills. right top lines and 10
Carolina Awning & Tent Mfg Co . back cover and 6
Carolina Building Supply Co right top lines and 10
Carolina Office Equipment Co Inc. left side lines and 35
Carolina School of Commerce. front cover and 12
Central Service Station. left side lines and 5
Chesson's Young Men's Shop 31
Chipley Flake B Inc
4
Citizens Building & Loan Assn.
left top lines and 11
Citizens Coal & Supply Co.
back cover, right top lines and 10
City Ice 'Co
front cover and 20
City Taxi Co
.right side lines and
Colonial Ice Co. right side lines and 20 15
Coppedge & Campbell.
left side lines and
27
Daniel's Inc left top lines and
14 32
Dillon Supply Co
Double-Cola Bottling Co front cover and 9
Enterprise Furniture Co
Epstein's
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores.
right top lines and 4
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
.back cover, right top lines and 11
Gay R R.
left top lines and 19
Gorham J S Hardware Co. .left side lines
Grimes L A Plumbing & Heating Co Hicks Alphonso. front cover and 25
32
Hollowell's W E Coastal Service. right side lines
Hunter Oil Co right side lines and 5
Joyner D Worth
16
Joyner's
34 34
Kendrick Sign Co
18 35
Cronenberg Insurance Agency left top lines and
City Industrial Bank front cover and 9 35
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Lancaster W R Furniture Co
back cover and 19
Lewis Andrew J. right bottom lines and 27
May & Gorham. left side lines and 15 5
Montgomery & Aldridge
14
New Ricks Hotel The
North Carolina Ice & Fuel Co Inc. ... left side lines and 21
Peoples Bank & Trust Co. front cover, right top lines and Planters National Bank and Trust Co
7
.front stencil, backbone, left top lines and 8 5
Powell John H
Powell Robt H
13
Primm's Radio Service
33
Purvis Cleaners & Dyers
13
Quality Laundry & Cleaners back cover and 29
Rawls Alec Wrecking Co Inc right bottom lines
Rawls & Winstead Co
2
Rocky Mount Floral Co
17
Rogers Inc
28
Rose Buick Co. right side lines
Royal Palm Restaurant. left side lines
Russ Plumbing & Heating Co ... .right bottom lines and 33
Shaver Battery & Parts Co
2
Shaw Sydney H. right bottom lines and
2
Simmons & Harris Inc. . back cover and 26
Standard Electric Co Inc.
16
Standard Ins & Realty Corp .right top lines and 27
18
Taylor B H Distributing Co
32
Twin County Rental Co right top lines and 27
Walker H M .back cover, right side lines and 30
Waters Bros right bottom lines and 34
Wilkinson, Bulluck & Co
.top and bottom stencils, left top lines and
22
Wilkinson Geo W
26 Wilkinson W S Inc 23
31
Wimberley & Gregory. .. back cover, right top lines and 24
Woodard Wm C
left top lines
Yeo & Atkins Mutual Ins Agency Inc. . left side lines and 28
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Nash Brick & Coal Co. right top lines and New Home Building & Loan Assn The. right top lines and
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Williams Lumber Co
Summerlin Funeral Home
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1938 edition of the Rocky Mount City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Rocky Mount's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Rocky Mount to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organ- ization, and having had 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 Rocky Mount Direc- tory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion pertaining to the city.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 321, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Rocky Mount, 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, on pink paper, covers pages 325 to 389. In this section the names of the streets are ar- ranged in alphabetical 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 house- holders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 392 and separately paged from 1 to 36, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Rocky Mount. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business rep- resented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Rocky Mount, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 429 to 484, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature con- stitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the nu- merous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it
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plays an important part in the daily activities of the com- mercial 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 Rocky Mount.
The Rocky Mount Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Rocky Mount City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 475 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 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.
JOHN INNES City Tak
By
ROCKY MOUNT
"THE GATEWAY CITY" (By Erle H Austin, Secretary, Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-1930 U. S. Census, 21,412; local estimate at present, 28,000. American-born, 99.4%.
Area-4.5 square miles.
Altitude-114 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.8 degrees F.
Parks-4, with total of 60 acres, valued at $35,000.
Assessed Valuation-$18,244,446, with $.63 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$1,927,000.
Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $6,- $530,720.34 (June 30, 1938), and total resources of $7,652,- 433.49 (June 30, 1938). 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $2,000,000 (June 30, 1938).
Postal Receipts-$83,244.08 (calendar year 1937).
Telephones in Service-3,650.
Churches-49, representing all denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $450,126 (1937).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory: Manufacturing and agriculture. 50 manufacturing establishments, employing 4,750 men and 750 women, paying wages of $6,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $27,000,000 annually (estimate June 1, 1938). Principal man- ufactured products: Cotton yarns, pile fabrics, broad silks, shirts, overalls, cordage products, and lumber products.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 60 miles, and population of 250,000; wholesale area, radius of 120 miles, and population of 500,000.
Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.
Hotels-4, with total of 350 rooms.
Railroads-Atlantic Coast Line.
Highways-U. S. 64 and 301; State 43 and 95.
Airports-1, municipal.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,200 persons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating ca- pacity of 2,000 persons. 1 golf course.
Hospitals-3, with total of 215 beds.
Education-12 public schools, including 2 senior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,568; teachers, 153. Value of public school property, $1,073,797.96.
Public Libraries-1, with 14,989 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 152, with 27 miles paved and 2 miles under construction. Miles of gas mains, 43; sewers, 38. Number of water meters, 4,360; light meters, 5,189; gas meters, 3,387. Capacity of water works (munici- pal), 3,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 2,000,000 gal-
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lons; miles of mains, 35; value of plant, $356,000. Fire depart- ment has 11 men, with 2 stations and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $65,000. Police department has 20 men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment.
Rocky Mount's Forward March
Rocky Mount was incorporated as a town in 1867 and as a city in 1907. Its growth has been phenomenal. In 1890 the town was credited with 816 people. Ten years later, in 1900, the U. S. Census gave it a population of 2,937; in 1910, 8,051; in 1920, 12,742, and in 1930, 21,412. The local estimate at this time is 28,000, including suburbs.
Located at the gateway point of one of the most pros- perous sections of the state, and with a network of highways and railway connections to strengthen its geographical assets, it is recognized as eastern North Carolina's foremost jobbing and distributing center.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad maintains one of its largest shops here, and this is headquarters for the superin- tendent of the Richmond district. Situated in the heart of a rich agricultural district, the city is logically a marketing center for farm products. In the season of 1937 there were sold on the Rocky Mount tobacco market, 49,340,712 pounds of bright-leaf tobacco. Rocky Mount is also a large market for cotton, and there are two cotton storage warehouses for storing cotton, and a cotton yard is maintained for the sale of cotton at auction. Rocky Mount also is proud of its curb market. The Rocky Mount curb market is one of the two largest curb markets in the U. S.
The industrial development is merged with the distribu- tion of farm products. The city has seven tobacco factories and redrying plants, cotton mill, silk mill, plush mill, mat- tress factory, two fertilizer factories, cordage factory and several woodworking plants, and in addition to these, the Atlantic Coast Line Shops. There are at present around 5,500 industrial workers employed in the city, with a payroll of more than $6,000,000 per year.
Rocky Mount is situated 120 miles south of Richmond, Va., 120 miles southwest of Norfolk, Va., and 120 miles north- west of Wilmington, N. C. It is on U. S. Highway No. 301, running north and south, and on U. S. Highway No. 64 run- ning east and west. Incidentally, U. S. Highway No. 301 is an important link in the Washington-Florida Short Route running from Maine to Florida, and U. S. Route No. 64 is a link of an important highway running from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast.
City Government
The Rocky Mount city government operates under a council-manager charter, having adopted this form of gov- ernment in 1927. Chief among the characteristics of this are better administrative organization, improvements in the structure of government, and the elimination of unneces- sary expense, to the end that the tax dollar may be expended economically, and that the cost of government may be re- duced wherever possible without detriment to public service. The tax rate for governmental purposes during the past eleven years has been reduced from 74 cents to 38 cents. Rocky Mount's net debt is less than 3% (while the lawful limit is 10% ) of the total assessed value of taxable property
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of approximately $18,000,000. Not only does the city have an unusually comfortable credit margin, but with $5,000,000 worth of municipally owned and operated utilities consisting of gas plant, water plant and light plant, there is the defi- nite assurance that the city can and will always control its tax rate, at the same time giving its citizens and industries the last word in service, for Rocky Mount's plants are of a capacity able to care for double the present population and industry. Rocky Mount's indebtedness is being reduced an- nually, and an adequate sinking fund is being provided in an orderly fashion, while every necessary improvement and expansion is going on.
Municipal Airport
The Municipal Airport is located just outside the city limits on U. S. Highway 301 and along the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and is less than ten minutes' automobile ride from the center of the city. The area of the airport is 237 acres. The field has been perfectly leveled off to permit planes to land from every direction, and there is an open clearance entirely around it. A first-class hangar, 80x100 feet, has been completed, and the field is lighted with the latest lighting equipment.
The City's High Lights
Rocky Mount has a temperate climate. The average temperature is 60.8. From a health standpoint, the city is ideal. Records show that there have been no epidemics. The water supply is pure; the milk supply has passed every test, and received commendation from every source of in- spection. The city has all modern sanitary regulations, with health officers empowered to enforce them.
Rocky Mount owns its public utilities. A new water plant has just been completed at a cost of $356,000. It has a filtra- tion plant rated at 3,000,000 0 gallans per day, complete with pumping equipment, and an elevated steel tank (ca- pacity, 1,000,000 gallons). Rocky Mount boasts one of the most up-to-date gas plants in the entire South. National periodicals have prominently mentioned this plant as a model for any municipality contemplating the building of a gas plant. A network of piping and equipment has been worked out, and when completed, will mean an even and full pressure at all times and at any place served. The operating expense has been reduced to a minimum, at the same time assuring maximum working efficiency. Ably-managed and well-financed, it is considered one of the most profitable properties of the city, and year after year a neat sum is de- rived from this source. It represents the first municipally- owned gas plant in the state.
Rocky Mount has a new $1,000,000 power plant, situated on the banks of the historic Tar River. This plant was de- signed and built on the unit system, providing for three times the k.w. capacity as that now being used. In this way the future needs of the city are handsomely taken care of. Low- est rates in the state and a maximum of power are attract- ing the attention of users of this power for industrial pur- poses, and a great industrial growth is anticipated. Addi- tional power from privately-owned concerns is also available in Rocky Mount and immediate vicinity.
Rocky Mount has one high school and six grammar schools for white pupils, and one high school and four gram-
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mar schools for colored pupils. There are 49 churches in the city.
Rocky Mount has gone beyond its duty in providing playgrounds and playground equipment for its children. It has provided handsomely for the child's amusement by oper- ating municipally, four parks, three groups of tennis courts, one swimming pool, and four playgrounds, including one for colored people (the only municipally-owned playground for colored persons in the state). All these grounds are carefully looked after by a park committee.
The beauty of Battle Park attracts thousands of visitors yearly, and during the warm summer months, picnickers find it an ideal spot for their outings. It borders on the Tar River, and the rocky mound whence Rocky Mount derives its name is in the center of the park. A Confederate monument to the Bethel heroes greets the visitor at the southern entrance, and the driveway winds along the banks of Tar River, across which is located the second cotton mill ever operated in the state of North Carolina.
Braswell Park is unusually well located, being nearer the central part of the city than any of the other parks or play- grounds. A wealth of playground equipment is found here. The playground is situated between Park View Hospital, the Public Library, the municipal tennis courts and the Me- morial Swimming Pool-a cool spot and delight to the chil- dren and nurses during the warm summer months.
The only 18-hole golf course in northeastern North Caro- lina is located at Rocky Mount at the Benvenue Country Club. This course is well laid out, affording the golfer enough of the uncertainties of the game to make the sport interest- ing and fascinating. The clubhouse is a handsome structure, costing approximately $45,000. Life memberships and annual memberships are obtainable by desirable persons, and the club is well supported by a membership that is representa- tive of the best citizens. The club is happy in the fact that it has no debts. A full-time golf professional has charge of the links and golf storerooms and lockers. Visitors are always welcome to the club. Rocky Mount is also represented in the Eastern Carolina Golf Association, some of its main officers making their homes here.
The rapid growth of the city may be easily noted by a visit to suburban Rocky Mount, where handsome homes are continually being built in developments both to the east and west of the original residential section. All recent develop- ments have been taken into and made a part of the city and are served with all modern conveniences. Some of these de- velopments ten years ago were farm and wooded lands, while today they represent the zenith of modern home architecture.
Apartment houses of the two and four apartment type are rapidly being built, and for the family that prefers this mode of living, these apartments are so located as to make them easily accessible to the business district and other in- dustrial plants and enterprises.
Rocky Mount has the usual fraternal orders, namely: Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and Red Men. There are three civic organizations: Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club and Civitan Club; also Merchants' Association and Chamber of Com- merce.
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Red Cross Chapter
The Rocky Mount Chapter of the American Red Cross is an organization of which the people of this community are very proud.
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