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(EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1942 XIII
Including Englewood, Swelton Heights and West Haven
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
20 and 21
Alphabetical List of Names
21
Apartment Buildings 373
Associations and Clubs-Commercial. 373
Banks and Trust Companies. 376
Buildings-Office and Public. 379
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 379
Buyers' Guide . opp
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Cemeteries
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Chamber of Commerce 255
Churches
381
City Government
255
City Courts
255
Classified Business Directory
371
Clergymen
382
Clubs
384
County Government
106
Fire Department
255
Halls
395
Hospitals and Dispensaries
396
Labor Organizations 402
Libraries
404
Newspapers
409
Parks and Playgrounds
412
Police Department
255
Post Office
299
Railroads 415
Schools-Public 419
Schools, Colleges and Academies. 419
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 420
Societies-Miscellaneous 421
State Government 220
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 427
Tourists' Camps 424
United States Officers 299
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Alford D L Jr.
27
Anderson Lumber Co Inc.
33
Barnes Tin Shop right top lines and 36
Barnhart R C.
Batts Willard E.
Bishop Laundry Co.
.right top lines and
Blue Bird Taxi Co.
Builders Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount. .
Builders Supplies Co Inc. . right top lines and 12
Bulluck Auto Sales Co Inc.
. front cover and 3
Bullock Z B.
. back cover and
Carbisco Flour & Feed Mills.
right top lines and
Carolina Awning & Tent Manufacturing Co. .
Carolina Building Supply Co. left side lines and 5
Carolina Office Equipment Co. right top lines and 9
Carolina School of Commerce.
. front cover and
Central Service Station.
left side lines and
Citizens Building & Loan Co. . top edge, left top lines and Citizens Coal & Supply Co . back cover and
City Ice Co. front cover and
City Industrial Bank. front cover and
City Taxi Co .right side lines and
Colonial Ice Co
. front cover and
Comer M C.
Coppedge & Campbell.
left side lines and
Daniel's Inc left top lines and
Daughtridge Oil Co.
Davis Refrigeration Service
Dillon Supply Co. right bottom lines and
Enterprise Furniture Co.
Exum John B.
Firestone Home & Auto Supply Stores. . right top lines and First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Rocky Mount. . back cover and 11
Fisher Radio Service.
Fox James M.
Gay RR. left top lines, 19 and
Gorham J S Hardware Co Inc. . left side lines and
Greathouse & Butler
Grimes L A Plumbing & Heating Co
Heilig-Meyers
Hicks A front cover and
Hicks H L Drug Co.
right bottom lines and 34 21 27 Y 3
Hoggard-Vann Motors
Hunt J Douglass
28 30
Jenkins & Gehman
Joyner Oil Co Inc. .right side lines and 4
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Lancaster W R Furniture Co left top lines and Larkins Credit Clothing Store
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May & Gorham.
.back cover and 17
McAuley Builders Supply Co. right to plines, 10 and 15
Mims Allan Inc. left side lines and Mutual Insurance Agency of Rocky Mount. Naco Fertilizer Co. 4 28 19 8 Nash Brick Co Nash Coal Co. 15 Nashville Building Supply Co. right bottom lines and 10 New Home Building & Loan Assn. right top lines and New Rick Hotel 12 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Overton's Buck Barbecue. left side lines and B 28 8 Penney J C Co Inc. 16 6 Peoples Bank & Trust Co. . front cover, right top lines and Peoples Supply Co Inc. 9 right side lines and Peters Carl H 13 7 Planters National Bank & Trust Co.
. . backbone, front edge, left top lines and
Purvis Cleaners & Dyers.
Quality Laundry & Cleaners right side lines and
Quinn Funeral Home Inc. ..
Rawls Alec Wrecking Co Inc. .right bottom lines and
Rawls & Winstead Co.
Rocky Mount Floral Co .right bottom lines and
Roger's Inc
Roney R H.
Royal Palm Restaurant
Saunders Drug Store.
Shaw S H left top lines and Simmons & Harris Inc.
. back cover and
Stallings Oil & Coal Co.
Standard Electric Co.
Standard Insurance & Realty Corp.
Sykes W H. back cover, right top lines and 29
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Taylor B H Distributing Co . tab insert at street guide
Twin County Rental Co.
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Vogue Dress Shop
Walker H M.
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Waters Bros. .right bottom lines and
Wilkinson, Bulluck & Co. . bottom edge, left top lines and Wilkinson G A Inc.
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Williams Lumber Co. left side lines and 33
Wimberley & Gregory back cover and 26
Wood's Service Station . right bottom lines and 5
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Rocky Mount City Directory, which also includes Englewood, Swelton Heights and West Haven. A new feature, the designation of homes and places of business hav- ing telephones, marks this edition.
Confidence in the growth of Rocky Mount's industry, pop- ulation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and so- cial 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 rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation 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 Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 21 to 331, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and ad- dress of each adult resident of Rocky Mount and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and sep- arately paged from 1 to 38, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Rocky Mount and vicinity. The advertise- ments 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 familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Rocky Mount, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Di- rectory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 371 to 426, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabeti- cal order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common inter- mediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an import- ant part in the daily activities of the commercial and profes- sional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classi- fied Business Directory than through any other medium.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages
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427 to 480. 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 householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the desig- nation of tenant-owned homes. A new feature is the desig- nation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, 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 Directry in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Rocky Mount and vicinity.
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 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Di- rectory 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.
ROCKY MOUNT
"THE GATEWAY CITY" (By Erle H. Austin, Secretary, Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-1940 U. S. Census, 25,568; local estimate at present, 27,000. American-born, 99.4%.
Area-5.5 square miles.
Altitude-114 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.8 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall, 55.56 inches.
Parks-4, with total of 60 acres, valued at $35,000.
Assessed Valuation-$20,897,833, with $.63 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$2, 922,000.
Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $11,622,- 080.10 (Oct. 30, 1941), and total resources of $12,836,358.73 (Oct. 30, 1941). 4 building and loan associations, with total as- sets of $2,934,071 (Jan. 1, 1941).
Postal Receipts-$102,596.92 (calendar year 1941).
Telephones in Service-4,315.
Churches-49, representing all leading denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $1,471,894 (1941).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory: Manufacturing and agriculture. 50 manufacturing establishments, employing 5,000 workers, and paying wages of $5,000,000 annually. Principal manufactured products: Cot- ton yarns, pile fabrics, broad silk, cordage products, venetian blinds, lumber products, fertilizer, cottonseed products, brick, veneers, ice, ice cream, dairy products, bottled drinks, stock feed, flour and meal.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 60 miles, and pop- ulation of 321,000; wholesale area, radius of 120 miles, and population of 500,000.
Newspapers-1 daily and 2 weeklies.
Radio Stations-WEED.
Hotels-4, with total of 350 rooms.
Railroads-Atlantic Coast Line.
Air Lines-Pennsylvania Central.
Highways-U. S. 64 and 301; State 43 and 95.
Bus Lines-2: Carolina Coach Co. and Seashore Transpar- tation Co.
Airports-1, municipal.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 1,200 per- sons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 2,900 persons, 1 golf course.
Hospitals-3, with total of 250 beds.
Education-12 public schools, including 2 senior high. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,287; teachers, 167. Value of public school property, $1,104,685.17.
Public Libraries-1, with 18,500 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 165, with 50 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 46.75; sewers, 56. Number of water meters, 5,324; light meters, 6,844; gas meters, 3,829. Capacity
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of water works, 6,750,000 gallons, daily average pumpage, 2,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 42.5; value of plant, $652,000. Fire department has 17 men, with 2 stations and 6 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $65,000. Police department has 30 men, with 1 station and 3 cars equipped with two-way radio and two motorcycles equipped with one-way.
Rocky Mount's Forward March
Rocky Mount was incorporated as a town in 1867 and as a city in 1907. Its growth has been phenominal. 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; in 1930, 21,412, and in 1940, 25,568. The local estimate at this time is 27,000.
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 1941 there were sold on the Rocky Mount tobacco market, 39,289,100 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 mar- kets in the U. S.
The industrial development is merged with the distribu- tion of farm products. The city has seven tobacco factories and redryiny plants, cotton mill, silk mill, plush mill, mattress 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 5,000 industrial workers employed in the city, with a payroll of more than $5,000,000 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, run- ning north and south, and on U. S. Highway No. 64 running east and west. Incidentally, U. S. Highway No. 301 is an im- portant 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 Rock 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 unnecessary expense, to the end that the tax dollar may be expended econ- omically, and that the cost of government may be reduced wherever possible without detriment to public service. The tax rate for governmental purposes during the past 15 years has been reduced from 74 cents to 38 cents. Rocky Mount's
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net debt is less than 3% (while the lawful limit is 10%) of the total assessed value of taxable property of $20,897,833. 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 definite assurance that the city can and will al- ways 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 annually, and an adequate sinking fund is being pro- vided in an orderly fashion, while every necessary improve- ment 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 362 acres. It has two paved runways, each 150 feet wide, with one runway 3,800 feet long and the other 4,000 feet long. The airport is constructed so that an additional runway can be paved 150 feet wide and 4,000 feet long, which will pro- vide taking off and landing in any direction. The field is light- ed with a modern lighting system, the equipment consisting of boundary markers along the landing strips and borders of the airport, and contact lights along the paved runways. The Municipal Airport has a complete weather bureau, a new code beacon and a revolving beacon. It is classed as a No. 3 airport. There is an improved hangar 80 by 100 feet, and it is so con- structed than additional hangars can be provided when needed. Rocky Mount is an important stop on the Norfolk- Knoxville Route of the Pennsylvania Central Airlines.
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 inspection. The city has all modern sanitary regulations, with health of- ficers empowered to enforce them.
Rocky Mount owns its public utilities. A new water plant has been completed at a cost of $652,000. It has a filtration plant rated at 6,750,000 gallons per day, complete with pump- ing equipment, and an elevated steel tank (capacity, 1,000,000 gallons). Rocky Mount boasts one of the most up-to-date gas plants in the entire South. National periodicals have promi- nently 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 and 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 derived 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 designed and built on the unit system, providing for three times the k.w. capacity as that now being used. In this way the future
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needs of the city are handsomely taken care of. Lowest rates in the state and a maximum of power are attracting the at- tention of users of this power for industrial purposes, and a great industrial growth is anticipated. Additional power from privately-owned concerns is also available in Rocky Mount and immediate vicinity.
The new sewage-disposal plant has just been completed at a cost of more than $600,000. It is built not only to take care of the regular waste, but to carry any type of industrial waste, and is probably the most modern plant of its kind in the state.
Rocky Mount has one high school and six grammar schools for white pupils, and one high school and four grammar schools for colored pupils. There are 49 churches in the city.
Rocky Mount has gone beyond its duty in providing play- grounds and playground equipment for its children. It has provided handsomely for the child's amusement by operating municipally, four parks, three groups of tennis courts, one swimming pool, and four playgrounds, including one for col- ored people (the only municipally-owned playground for col- ored 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 Memorial Swimming Pool-a cool spot and delight to the children 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 interesting and fascinating. The clubhouse is a handsome structure, costing approximately $45,000. Life memberships and annual member- ships are obtainable by desirable persons, and the club is well supported by a membership that is representative 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.
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