Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1930], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 462


USA > North Carolina > Edgecombe County > Rocky Mount > Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1930] > Part 1


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org.


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39


WINSTEAD TIRE CO.


Tires, Tubes, Batteries, Auto Accessories, Gas, Oil, Greasing 181 NORTH MAIN STREET PHONE 496


STORE


CHAIN


ESTABLISHED 1885


GEO. L. PARKER JEWELRY CO.


TELEPHONE 31 126 SOUTH MAIN STREET


GIFTS THAT LAST


SATISFACTION GUARANTEED


DANIELS THE SHOPPING CENTER


THE SOUTH'S


THREE STORES LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR SHOP, 108 S. Main St .-- Phone 620 SHOES; PIECE GOODS, MEN'S AND BOYS; DEPARTMENT: 120-124 Tarboro St .- Phones 352 and 353"* GIFT SHOP, Corner Tarboro and Washington


EFIRD'S DEPARTME


×


Complete Home Furnishing Institution-All Under One Roof


ROCKY MOUNT FURNITURE CO.


Corner Main and Hill Streets in the Heart of the City REST ROOM FOR LADIES PHOND 249


5%


PAID ON SAVINGS AT THE INDUSTRIAL BANK AT FIVE POINTS R. B. DAVIS, Pres. I


TELEPHONE 1231


W. L. THORP, Vice-Pres. ! R. L. YELVERTON, Cashier.


K


C


E CO.


ING ..


Rocky Mount's Leading Depart- ment Store


5%


2


THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL


LUX


LIBERTAS


THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA


ENDOWED BY JOHN SPRUNT HILL CLASS OF 1889


C971.33 R68h 1930


HUDSON


SUPER SIX


IN - ESSEX


STATES TIRES


VULCANIZING AND TIRE REPAIRS


PHILCO BATTERIES


8-Hour Recharging-Electrical Repairs


EDWARDS-CUTCHIN MOTOR CO.


Phone 362


OPEN ALL NIGHT


ESSEX


SUPER SIX


(1930) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S


3


BANKS


A Home Bank in ROCKY MOUNT Directed by Local Men


This unit of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company is distinctly a local bank. The local directors are men who know the community and its people, who are well known by the people of the community. and who appreciate and understand the problems of loc UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL years of local experience.


00040620989


In addition, this unit has


(1) It has the powerful backii has capital, surplus and u


FOR USE ONLY IN


THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION


(2) It has the guidance of the ecutive staff composed o who have been prominent whose direction is in acco ciples and the soundest b;


As always, we and cordially


NORTH CAR


TR


AND


For the Carolin


- 1


UNIT (


1


WILMINGTON HIGH POINT SALISBURY


GREE ROCK! Scotland N


ROCKY MOUNT CITY DIRECTORY (1930)


1


0


1


4


This Publication Is The Product of a Member of


P PUBLICO ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICAN


1898


DIRECTO


LISHERS


DAL


Thus assuring you the ultimate service that skill and care can produce in the way of City Directories or other reference media.


The following "Standards of Practice," adopted at the inception of the Association of North American Directory Publishers in 1898, and strictly ad- hered to over the years, is your guarantee of satisfactory Directory Service.


The publisher of a Directory should dedicate his best efforts to the cause of business uplift and social service, and to this end pledges himself:


1. To consider, first, the interest of the user of the book.


2. To subscribe to and work for truth, honesty and accuracy in all departments.


3. To avoid confusing duplication of listings, endeavoring to classify every concern under the one heading that best describes it, and to treat additional listings as advertising, to be charged for at regular rates.


4. To increase public knowledge of what Directories contain; to study public needs and make Directories to supply them; to revise and stand- ardize methods and classifications, so that what is wanted may be most easily found, and the Directory be made to serve its fullest use as a


business and social reference book and director of buyer and seller.


5. To decline any advertisement which has a tendency to mislead or which does not conform to business integrity.


6. To solicit subscriptions and ad- vertising solely upon the merits of the publications.


7. To avoid misrepresentation by statement or inference regarding circulation, placing the test of refer- ence publicity upon its accessibility to seekers, rather than on the num- ber of copies sold.


8. To co-operate with approved organizations and individuals en- gaged in creative advertising work.


9. To avoid unfair competition.


10. To determine what is the highest and largest function of Directories in public service, and then to strive in every legi 'mate way to promote that functio:


Association of North American Directory Publishers


New York City


524 Broadway


Lies' 38


In R.D. WTP 9/23/36


HILL'S ROCKY MOUNT


NORTH CAROLINA


CITY DIRECTORY VOL. 1930 VIII.


CONTAINING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF BUSINESS CONCERNS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS, AND A DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, OCCUPANTS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS PLACES, INCLUDING A COMPLETE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE; ALSO


A BUYERS' GUIDE


AND A COMPLETE


CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY For detailed Contents see General Index


ASSN. OF NORTH


PRO BONO UBLICO


AMERICAN


PRICE,


OPERA


1898


$10.00


NIZED


DIRECTORY


ODRODREQUIRED


PUBLISHERS


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers


8 North Sixth Street (Fourth Floor), Richmond, Va.


DIRECTORY LIBRARY FOR FREE USE OF PUBLIC AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


1


Member Association of North American Directory Publishers


Copyright, 1930, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


--


1 -


6


Section 28, Copyright Law In Force July 7, 1909


That any person who wilfully and for profit shali infringe any copyright secured by this act, or who shall knowingly or wilfully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, or both, in the discretion of the court.


ASSN OF NORTH


RILIco


AMERICAN


azzo


$98


DIRECTORY


' PUBLISHERS


PUBLISHERS' NOTE


The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.


The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correctness of all information 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 edition of the directory.


.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers.


7


Roch 1920


General Index


Abbreviations.


52


Advertisers Index.


8


Alphabetical List of Names


53


Associations and Societies


410


Apartment Houses.


410


Banks.


412


Business Directory Classified


409


Buyers' Guide


21 416 266


Chamber of Commerce


416 266


City Government.


266


City Fire Department.


266


City Officials.


266


City Police Department


267


Clergymen


418


Clubs


419


Courts.


266


Fire Department


266


Guide to Streets


341


Hospitals


431


IOOF.


450


Introduction


10


Junior Order U A M.


450


Knights of Pythias


450


Masonic Orders.


450


Office Buildings


415


Parks.


443


Police Department.


267


Population


12


Post Office


308


Preface.


13


Public Buildings and Halls


445


Schools and Colleges


449


Schools-Public.


448


Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 341


United States Officers. 308


United States Post Office. 308


Young Men's Christian Association


337


-


---


1 1


857023


Cemeteries


Churches


City Courts.


8


Index to Advertisers


Atlantic Life Ins Co left top lines and 43 33


Beal W Foy


Belk-Daughtridge Co.


marginal line front cover and


30


Bishop Laundry Co


.right' top lines and


44


Braswell T L Co.


.right top lines and


48


Bulluck Auto Sales Co .right side lines and


22


Bulluck J D Bros


left side lines and 36


Bullock Zeb B. right side lines, 45 and 47 Carolina Building Supply Co . right top lines and 27


Champion Tailoring Co.


. right side lines and 49


Citizens Building and Loan Assn


left top lines


City Ice Co Inc.


left top lines and 38


City Industrial Bank.


right top lines and 23


Daniel John H


front cover and


30


Dixon Howard C.


left side lines and


46


Eastern Carolina Service Corp


. back cover and


39


Edwards-Cutchin Motor Co.


2


Efird's Dept Store.


marginal line front cover and


31


Evening Telegram The.


Y


Georgia-Carolina School of Commerce


marginal line back cover and 28


Hammond Electric Co


.right side lines and 33


37


Industrial Bank The.


marginal line front cover and 26


Lancaster W R Furniture Co


. right side lines and 35


Ledbetters Inc.


left side lines and 28


McCall T C Drug Co right top lines and 32


McKinsey Woerner Inc. left side lines and 26


Moore's Antique Shop left top lines, 22 and 49


Nash Brick & Coal Co. .right top lines and 29


Newport Sign Co. left side lines and 48


North Carolina Bank & Trust Co


beginning each letter of alphabet, 3 and 24


Hotel Ricks The.


9


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS-CONTINUED


Parker Geo L Jewelry Co. .front cover and 44


Planters National Bank


front stencil, backbone, left top lines and 25


Pleasants Funeral Home Inc. back cover and 34 22


Pullen A M & Co


Quinn R E & Co.


Z 34


Rocky Mount Floral Co.


Rocky Mount Furniture Co front cover and 35


Rocky Mount Homestead & Loan Assn left side lines and 27


Rocky Mount Insurance & Realty Co back cover and 40


Rocky Mount Letter Writers right side lines and


46


Rose I W Drug Co


left side lines and 32


Royal Palm Restaurant.


.right side lines and


47 44


Security Life & Trust Co


Simmons & Harris Inc . left side lines and 39


Standard Insurance & Realty Corp right top lines and 43 Wheeless, Crawley & Co. left side lines and 36 Wilkinson, Bulluck Co


top and bottom stencils, left top lines and 41


Williams Lumber Co. .right side lines and 45


Wimberley & Whitehead Inc. . back cover, right side lines and 42


Wimberly Bros . right side lines and 29


Winstead Tire Co marginal line front cover and 23


Woodard Wm C.


left top lines and 43


1


10


Introduction


Hill Directory Co., Inc., publishers of the Rocky Mount Directory, present to subscribers and the general public this, the 1930 edition of the Rocky Mount Directory.


Confidence in the growth of Rocky Mount'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 the community to the world.


The enviable place occupied by Hill's directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes throughout the country has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organiza- tion, having the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the re- sults 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 several essential departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 21 to 52, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Rocky Mount. These pages will be found par- ticularly 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 community's activities, in many interesting phases, are au- thentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Rocky Mount, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available is very great and, frequently, pressing. Gen- eral 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 53 to 338. (A new feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parenthesis following that of the husband.)


-


11


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, including Street and Avenue Guide, covers pages 341 to 408. 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 concerns are placed opposite the numbers.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 409 to 454. 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 than through any other medium."


COMMUNITY 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 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 perpetual and reliable advertisements of Rocky Mount, for business men every- where realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.


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 Chamber of Commerce for free reference by the general public. This is one of nearly 500 Directories Library installed in the chief cities of the United States and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition 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.


1


12


Statistical Information


(Furnished by Chamber of Commerce)


Name of city-Rocky Mount, N. C.


Slogan or sub-phrase-"The Gateway City."


Form of government-Council-Manager. -


Population-Local estimate, 25,000.


White population of age-Males, females, 65%.


Total colored population-35%.


Native-born population is 99% of whole population.


Predominating nationalities in city are American.


Area-41/2 square miles.


Altitude-105 feet.


Average temperature-60.8.


Parks-2.


Assessed valuation-$22,000,000.00.


City's bonded debt is $1,753,398.00.


Financial-1 National bank, 1 bank and trust company, 2 industrial banks, with total deposits of $9,000,000.00; resources, $10,500,000.00, and clearings of $127,000,000.00.


Post-office receipts of $73,027.17.


Telephones in service-3,500.


Churches-32.


Building and construction-Value of building permits, $635,160.00.


Industry-Number of establishments, 30, employing 4,500 men and 500 women, paying wages $6,000,000.00 annually and having products valued at $26,000,000.00 annually.


Trade-Territory (retail) serves 250,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 60 miles. Jobbing territory serves 200,000 people within a radius of 120 miles.


Principal products-Tobacco, cotton, corn.


Newspapers-1 daily paper, "The Evening Telegram."


Hotels-There are 2 hotels, with total of 250 rooms.


City served by 1 railroad, as follows: Atlantic Coast Line.


Amusements-There are 4 theatres, with a total seating capacity of 2,200 persons. Largest theatre or auditorium seats 900 persons. Hospitals-3, with 215 beds.


Education-Number of schools, 9, including 2 high schools. Num-


--


13


ber of pupils in public schools, 4,268. Value of all school property, private and public, approximately $580,000.00.


Libraries-1, with 6,783 volumes.


City statistics-Total street mileage, 90, with 14 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, 40; of sewers, 35. Capacity of water works, daily average pump of 4,000,000 gallons, with 36 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $500,000.00. Fire department employs 6 men with following equipment: 2 autos, 3 engines, 1 hose and chemical wagon, in 2 station houses. Police department has 18 men with 1 station and 4 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 850 people. Ten years later, in 1900, the United States Census gave it a population of 2,938; in 1910, a population of 8,051; in 1920, 12,742; and a conservative estimate of the present population is approximately 25,000.


Located at the gateway point of one of the most prosperous sections of the State and with a network of highways and rail- way connections to strengthen its geographical assets, it is recog- nized as eastern North Carolina's foremost jobbing and dis- tributing center. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad maintains one of its largest shops and its first division headquarters here.


Situated in the heart of a rich agricultural district, the city is logically a marketing center for farm products. During the tobacco season just closed there was sold on the Rocky Mount market more than 42,307,000 pounds of bright leaf tobacco, and there is usually sold around 12,000 bales of cotton on the cotton market each year. In addition to the tobacco and cotton mar- kets, there has recently been organized by the Chamber of Com- merce a farmers' mutual exchange, which employs a marketing specialist to look after the marketing of livestock, poultry, fruits and vegetables for the farmers of the community.


The industrial development is merged with the distribution of farm products. The city has seven tobacco factories and re- drying plants, a cotton mill, a mattress factory, two fertilizer


101


14


factories, a cordage factory and several wood working plants. In addition to these, the Atlantic Coast Line shops employ about 2,000 workers. There are at present around 5,000 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 northwest of Wilmington, N. C. It is situated on North Carolina Highway Route No. 40, running north and south, and on State Highway Route No. 90, running east and west. Incidentally, Route No. 40 is an important link in the South Atlantic Coastal Highway, running from Maine to Florida.


EAGLE AIRPORT


Eagle Airport is located one mile north of the city on Highway No. 40 and along the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road. The field has been leveled off to. permit planes landing from most any direction. The longest runway is approximately 2,000 feet in length. This runway lies along the route of the most prevailing wind in the summer months. Shortest runway is about 1,200 feet. We have an open clearance around this field of approximately one-half mile, with the exception of a tree now and then, but these do not interfere with landings or take-offs. East side of the field is bordered by State Highway No. 40 and a heavy line of telegraph wires, but this seldom interferes with landing. The soil is of a sandy nature with natural drainage. Our field is marked with a seventy-five-foot white circle with a three-foot border. Gas and water on the field. Eagle Airplane Company, owners.


THE CITY'S HIGH LIGHTS


Rocky Mount has a temperate climate. The average tem- perature is 60.8. Rocky Mount, from a health standpoint, is ideal. Records show that there have been no epidemics, and there has been only one case of typhoid fever in the city of Rocky Mount during the last five years. 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 officers empowered to enforce them.


The city of Rocky Mount owns its public utilities. The water plant is modern in every respect. The plant has a daily pump-


15


ing capacity of 4,000,000 gallons with the regular filters, chlorina- tors and alum feeding devices.


Rocky Mount boasts of one of the most modern and up-to-date gas plants in the entire South. National periodicals have promi- nently mentioned this plant as a model for any municipality anticipating 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 and at the same time assures a 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.


0


Rocky Mount has a new $1,000,000 power plant situated on the banks of the historic Tar River. This power 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. Lowest rates in the State and a maximum of power are attracting the attention 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 the immediate vicinity.


There is one white high school and five grammar schools, one colored high school and two grammar schools.


There are thirty-two (32) churches in Rocky Mount, seven- teen (17) white and fifteen (15) colored.


Rocky Mount has gone beyond its duty in providing play- grounds and playground equipment for its children. It has handsomely provided for the child's amusement by operating, municipally, two parks, three groups of tennis courts, one swim- ming pool, four playgrounds-one playground for colored people (the only municipally owned colored playground in the State). All of these grounds are carefully looked after by a park com- mittee.


The beauty of Riverside 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 historic Tar


===


16


River and the rocky mound from whence Rocky Mount gets 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 first 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 playgrounds. A wealth of playground equipment is found here. The play- ground is situated between Park View Hospital, the public library, the municipal tennis courts and the Memorial swimming pool- a cool spot and a delight to the children and nurses during the warm summer days.


The only eighteen-hole golf course in northeastern North Carolina is situated in 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 club house is a handsome structure costing, approximately, $45,000. Life membership and year memberships are obtainable by desirable persons and, in fact, the club is hand- somely supported by a membership that is representative of the best citizens. An all-time golf professional has charge of the links and golf store rooms and lockers. Visitors are always wel- come to the club. Rocky Mount is also represented in the East- ern Carolina Golf Association, some of its main officers making their homes here.


The rapid growth of the city is easily seen 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 developments have been taken into and made a part of the city and are served with all modern conveniences. Some of these developments, six years ago, were farm and wooded lands, while to-day 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 apartment houses are so placed as to make them easily accessible to the business district and other industrial plants and enterprises.


Rocky Mount has the usual fraternal orders, namely : Masonic,


17


Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, Junior Order of American Me- chanics, Red Men. There are four civic organizations: Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Civitan Club, American Business Club; a Merchants Association and a Chamber of Commerce.


Rocky Mount's steady growth has made it necessary for a definite policy of fire department extension and Fire Station No. 2, with standard equipment, has recently been completed and is now a part of the fire department equipment of the city. The rigid restrictions on buildings in the fire district, which comprises the entire business part of the city, has, it is believed, been directly responsible for the lack of large fires in recent years, and a big loss by fire is, so far, unknown to the city. Rocky Mount, during the year 1927, had the lowest fire loss of any of the large cities of the State. This record bears directly on the insurance rates as paid by the owners of buildings and homes in Rocky Mount.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.