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MILLER'S GREENVILLE, N. C.
CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. VIII 1947-1948
VOL. VIII
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, Buyers' Guide, Numerical Telephone Directory;
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INDEX
GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
Page 101
Alphabetical List of Names
101
Associations and Clubs
300
Buyers' Guide
13
City Government
169
Classified Business Directory
299
County Government (Pitt)
236
North Carolina State Government
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Index to Advertisers
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Miscellaneous Directory
11
Numerical Telephone Directory
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Preface
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Street Directory
321
Title Page
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United States Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
A A Taxi top lines
Allen's Howard Service Station. .p 27
Appliance Sales & Service Corp
front cover and p 20
Auto Specialty Co.
-bottom lines and p 14
B & N Motor Sales
initial letter lines
Basart's Drug Store back cover
Batchelor Bros
p 18
Belk-Tyler Co.
p 19
Bissette's Drug Store
fly Y
Bland J A Vacolite Co p 23
Blount-Harvey Co Inc back cover
Bostic-Sugg Furniture Co
top lines
Bowen J. Francis.
back cover
Bray's Radio Service. 26
Bray's Radio & Refrigeration Service. p 26
Brown J Key. front cover
Carolina Dairy Products Inc.
insert
Carolina Dry Cleaners p 17
Carolina Office Equipment Co
front cover and p 24
Carolina Sales Corp
p 20
Cascade Laundry.
front cover and p 23
City Plumbing Co >25
Clark's Coal, Coke & Wood.
_insert
Cold Storage Inc.
back cover
College View Cleaners & Laundry.
back cover
Colonial Ice Co top lines
Concrete Products Co. p 19
Copeland Motor Co. -p 15
Corey J Hicks Agency
bottom lines
Cox Floral Service p 21
Cozart's Auto Supply fly Y
Cozart W B & Sons -p 22
Daily Reflector The. top lines
Double Cola Bottling Co bottom lines
Eason Electric Co _p 20
Eastern Carolina Supply Co 25
Edmundson F A & Co
front cover
Efird's Department Store
top lines
Ellington A B & Co
p 16
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
bottom lines
Flanagan John Buggy
Co
fly X
Folger Buick Co Inc. p 15
Forbes C Heber .. top lines
Gammon Supply Co. backbone
Garris-Evans Lumber Co.
top lines
General Heating & Air Conditioning Co
p 23
General Insurance Agency
front cover
Glamor Shop.
.p 3
Goodson & Flanagan
top lines
Greenville Floral Co
top lines
Greenville Motor Parts
-p 14
Greenville Upholstering Shop
p 22
Greenville Utilities Commission
-p 2
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
insert
Harvey Oil Co. bottom lines Hendrix-Barnhill Equipment Co. -p 20 Home Furniture Stores front cover
Hooker & Buchanan Inc. stencils
Horne's Coal & Wood Yard _p 18
Hotel Greenville
bottom lines
Jane's Shop
bottom lines
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PREFACE
PREFACE Greenville, North Carolina
"OUR GREENVILLE - YOURS IF YOU COME"
(Directory Population Territory Covered 16,320)
GREENVILLE, the County Seat of Pitt County, is located in the Coastal Section of North Carolina, 84 miles East of Raleigh, the State Capital; 137 miles Southwest of Norfolk, Virginia; 159 miles South of Richmond, Virginia; and 267 miles South of Washington, D. C.
POPULATION: According to U. S. Census, the City's population in 1940 was 12,674-98.4% American, while in 1930 it was 9,194. The in- crease in the ten year period amounting to 38 per cent. The present estimated population is 15,000 for the City and the 1940 U. S. census for Greenville township- 19,560.
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS in 1930 totaled $39,000.00; in 1943-$85,- 279.00, and in 1945-$104,760.02, the increases indicating rapid and sub- stantial growth and progress.
THE GOVERNMENT is vested in a Mayor and nine Aldermen who are progressively administering the affairs of the City to provide the necessary facilities required for its rapid growth.
CLIMATE: Mild, equitable and free from severe storms. The average mean annual temperature is 62 degrees and the average annual rainfall is 45 inches. Growing season 207 days.
Health conditions are comparable to any City in the Coastal Section of the South. The City and County maintain an efficient Health Depart- ment which promotes preventive measures as well as conducts an educational campaign in health conservation.
EDUCATIONAL facilities in Greenville are unexcelled in the Coastal Plain section of North Carolina. The City's public school system, ac- credited since 1917, has six schools, two of which are for Negroes, all operating for a full nine months term with the High Schools providing twelve grades. In the teachers staff are employed a higher percentage of instructors holding Master's Degrees than in any other community in the State. In addition to regular subjects taught, the City School System has recently added a Technical High School offering varied courses for which the best of equipment is provided.
COLLEGE: East Carolina Teachers College, a state Institution, is located in Greenville. This College, with a plant value of more than $3,334,000.00 and a normal enrollment of over 1,200 students, offers courses in Teacher Training and Liberal Arts leading to Masters' Degrees for both young men and young women, and it provides a highly favor-
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
(Continued from Page Six)
Jimmie's Refrigeration Service p 27
Joyner's Garage p 14
McCormick Music Store p 24
Scott's Service Station back cover
Simpson's Flowers
bottom lines
Smith Electric Co. top lines
State Bank & Trust Co 16
Tadlock Mutual Insurance Agency
bottom lines
Taff Office Equipment Co
top lines and p 24
Taylor Transfer p 28
Tetterton Motor Co _p 15
Tripp Heber B
front cover
Perkins J J fly Z
Turnage David L bottom lines
Tyson's Service Station 27
Van Dyke Furniture Store p 22
WGTC Radio Station.
-p 3
Waldensian-Pitt Baking Co
p 16
Western Auto Associate Store p 4
White Chevrolet Co
bottom lines
Royal Crown Cola Bottling Co p 17
White H A & Sons
top lines
Saad's Shoe Shop p 28
Wilkerson S G & Sons
bottom lines
Saieed's Dry Goods Co
p 19
Willard Ernest & Webb Agency ___ top lines
POPULATION OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES
1. New York 13,479,14226. South Carolina 1,899,804
2. Pennsylvania 9,900,18027.
3. Illinois 7,897,24128.
4. Ohio 6,907,61229.
Kansas
1,801,028
6. Texas 6,414,82431.
Michigan 5,256,10632.
Nebraska 1,315,834
Colorado 1,123,296
Oregon
1,089,684
Maine 847,226
Rhode Island 713,346
South Dakota 642,961
North Dakota 641,935
14. Georgia 3,123,72339.
Montana 559,456
Utah 550,310
New Mexico
531,818
Idaho
524,873
18. Minnesota 2,792,30043.
19. Virginia 2,677,77344.
New Hampshire 491,524
20. Iowa 2,538,26845.
Vermont
359,231
Delaware 266,505
22. Oklahoma 2,336,43447.
23. Mississippi 2,183,79648.
24. Arkansas 1,949,387
25. West Virginia 1,901,974
Scott Motor Sales bottom lines
Scott's Dry Cleaners p 18
McLawhon R F & Sons. p 21
Merritt V A & Sons
top lines
Moye's Florist bottom lines
Moseley Bros Inc.
bottom lines
Noble Osborn C.
.p 4
Norfolk Shoe Shop
p 28
North Side Lumber Co
bottom lines
Nunn's Transfer
back cover
Oakley J B & Son
p 2
Page-Barbre
top lines and p 23
Phelps & Sons Radio Service 26
Quality Eastern Oil Co top lines
Rainbow Cleaners & Laundry
insert and p 24
Renfrew Printing Co p 25
Respess Bros Barbecue fly Z
Florida 1,897,414
Maryland 1,821,244
5. California 6,907,38730.
Washington 1,736,191
Connecticut 1,709,242
8. Massachusetts 4,316,72133.
9. New Jersey 4,160,16534.
10. Missouri 3,784,66435.
11. North Carolina 3,571,62336.
12. Indiana 3,427,79637.
13. Wisconsin 3,137,58738.
15. Tennessee 2,915,84140.
16. Kentucky 2,845,62741.
17. Alabama 2,832,96142.
Arizona 499,261
Wyoming 250,742
Nevada
110,247
District of Columbia
663,091
21. Louisiana 2,363,88046.
PREFACE
PREFACE - GREENVILLE, N. C. (Continued from Page 7)
able factor in the City's educational and cultural life.
Educational facilities in Greenville provide opportunities for youth training from Kindergarten through a Master's Degree from college.
NEWSPAPERS: The Daily Reflector, published every afternoon ex- cept Sunday, provides excellent coverage of the immediate area.
TRANSPORTATION is provided by two railroad lines, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Norfolk-Southern, in addition to several motor freight lines. Supplementing the rail and motor freight facilities, seven hard- surfaced highways leading in all directions from Greenville, provide charter operators of motor trucks with safe avenues for operation in every direction. There are three passenger bus lines.
WATER TRANSPORTATION is provided by the Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina Line which serves the Greenville Port Terminal connecting with boat lines at Norfolk, Virginia, for eastern ports, and at Wilmington and Morehead City, North Carolina, and Charleston, South Carolina, for ports in the South and the Gulf. Greenville is the most inland port in North Carolina having a channel twelve feet deep and one hundred feet wide over which is operated regularly scheduled boat transportation.
THE AIRPORT (C.A.A. Class 4), owned jointly by the city and the county and embracing an area of over seven hundred acres, with three five thousand foot paved runways, is one of the best municipal fields in the Southeast. Following the war, regular passenger, freight, and express air service was inaugurated.
COMMUNICATION facilities include Western Union Telegraph, the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company with a modern dial system, and nine incoming and eight outgoing mails daily.
RADIO STATION W.G.T.C., Greenville's locally owned radio station, the most modern in this section, serves a wide area of Eastern North Carolina, providing entertainment, news, and a publicity service of the highest type.
BANKING facilities are provided by two strong institutions, one operating branches in Greenville and other Eastern Carolina cities. Com- bined deposits in Greenville total $23,236,934.82, with combined re- sources of $24,876,777.67. The First Federal Savings and Loan Associa- tion and The Home Building and Loan Association, with combined deposits of $1,257,013.31, are important factors in residential construction and financing.
MARKETS: As an agricultural marketing center, Greenville is out- standing, being located in the center of a highly productive area, embrac- ing a population within a 50 mile radius of 543,000.
The Greenville Tobacco Market is one of the largest in the nation, and is one of the two that have five sets of buyers. Its ten mammoth auction warehouses, together with its processing plants, embrace an area of over two million square feet of floor space devoted to the handling of Bright Leaf flue cured tobacco. All major tobacco companies are repre-
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sented on this market, providing the competition so desired.
Markets are provided for all farm crops produced in the area, includ- ing cotton, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, livestock, poultry and eggs. Greenville is the home of one of Eastern Carolina's largest firms buying cattle and hogs.
As a retail trading center, Greenville rightly deserves its designation, "Eastern Carolina's Shopping Center," and its retail stores with an annual volume of nine million dollars, carry all items necessary for the needs of the citizens in the area.
In wholesale distribution, Greenville with a volume of over 45 million dollars yearly ranks sixth in the State. ("Copyright 1942 Sales Manage- ment Survey of buying power; further reproduction not licensed.") Greenville is a distribution center for Eastern Carolina.
INDUSTRIES, include eight tobacco processing plants; cotton yarn mill; three lumber plants; three fertilizer plants; a brick plant; five soft drink plants; a milk pasteurizing and ice cream plant; four laundries, with dry cleaning departments four plants doing dry cleaning exclu- sively; chick hatchery; three florists; two bakeries; marble works; four commercial printing plants; a daily newspaper plant two drug manufac- turers; two sheet metal works; three machine works; full fashion hosiery mill; a meat packing plant and abbatoir; a sweet potato grading, waxing and packing plant, a livestock feed mill, and a plastic products plant.
TAXES in Greenville and Pitt County are among the lowest in the State, due to good business management of the officials. The City tax rate for 1946 is $1.00 per $100.00 assessed valuation. The total assessed valuation in Greenville is $11,788,916.00.
The county tax rate is 65 cents per $100.00 assessed valuation and the total assessed valuation is $37,703,182.00. Property in the city and county is listed for taxation at approximately two-thirds value.
For further information, call or write-
GREENVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 501 Dickinson Avenue-Five Points Phone 2725
PITT COUNTY
Formed in 1760, named in honor of William Pitt, population 61,244.
Ranks 59th in the first 100 counties in the nation in agricultural pro- duction and farm income. The largest bright leaf tobacco county in the world-1939 crop, 48,545,162 pounds. Pitt County markets selling in 1939, 109,072,234 pounds, ranked first for flue cured tobacco.
Ten growing progressive towns exclusive of Greenville, the county seat and principal commercial and educational center, are located in the county. These are Farmville, Ayden, Bethel, Winterville, Grifton, Grimesland, Falkland, Fountain, Pactolus, and Stokes.
The County School System embraces 13 consolidated units for whites, and 50 schools for colored, with a total enrollment of 14,000 students.
Investment in school plants and equipment totals more than $1,000,- 000.00. All white units are State Standard.
Pitt County's interest in the citizenship is evidenced by its liberal support of the following agencies: Agricultural and Home Demonstra- tion Departments in promotion of Farm Production, Marketing, and Home Making; Health Department in the protection of health; and a County Welfare Department in the preservation of the welfare of the citizenship.
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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY
MILLER'S Greenville, North Carolina
Miscellaneous Directory 1947-1948
Containing Valuable Information Concerning United States and State Government.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Harry S. Truman-President
The Cabinet
George C Marshall, Secretary of State
Fred M Vinson, Secretary of the Treasury
Robt P Patterson, Secretary of War Tom C Clark, Attorney General
James V Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior Clinton P Anderson, Secretary of Agri- culture
W Averell Harriman, Secretary of Com- merce
Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor
Robt E Hannegan, Postmaster General Government Officials
Treasurer of the United States-William Alexander Julian
Comptroller of Currency-Preston Delano
Director of the Mint-Nellie Taylor Ross Register of the Treasury-Edward G Dolan
Director of the Bureau of Printing and En- graving-Alvin W Hall
Ist Assistant Postmaster General-Jesse M Donaldson
Assistant Secretary of Labor-Edw C Moran Jr
Chief of Staff United States Army-Gen Dwight Eisenhower
Navy Chief-Admiral Chester Nimitz Air Chief-Henry H Arnold
Chief of the Weather Bureau-Francis W Richelderfer
Director of War Mobilization-Jno W Snyder
Representative World Security League- Edw R Stettinius Jr
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT
R Gregg Cherry-Governor
L Y Ballentine-Lieut-Governor Thad Eure Secretary of State Henry L Bridges-Auditor C M Johnson-Treasurer
Supreme Court
W P Stacy --- Chief Justice
Associate Justices-Michael Schenck, W A Devin, J W Winborne, M V Barnhill, A A F Seawell, E B Denny, A J Newton, Clerk North Carolina Senators-Wm B Umstead and Clyde R Hoey
North Carolina Representatives-Herbert Bonner, John H Kerr, Graham A Barden,
Clyde A. Erwin-Supt of Public Instructions
W Kerr Scott-Comr of Agriculture
F H Shuford-Comr of Labor
Wm P Hodges-Comr of Insurance
Harry McMullan-Atty Genl
Harold D Cooley, Jno H Folger, J Bayard Clark, Robt L Doughton, Alfred L Bulwinkle, Carl T Durham, C B Deane, Hamilton C Jones and Monroe M Redden
State Medical Commission
Jas A Clark, Dr Clarence Poe, F J Blythe, B E Jordan, J W Beam, Rev C E Rozzelle, Don S Elias, Mrs R J Reynolds Jr, Wm B Rodman. Wm Rich
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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY
N. C. County Seats and Population
County
Pop.
County Seat
County
Pop. 63,798
Alexander
13,454
Taylorsville
Jones
10,926
Alleghany
8,341
Sparta
Lee
18,743
Anson
28,443
Wadesboro
Lenoir
41,211
Ashe
22,664
Jefferson
Newland
Macon
15,880
Beaufort
36,431
Washington
Madison
22,522
Bertie
26,201
Windsor
Martin
26,111
Bladen
27,156
Elizabethtown
McDowell
22,996
Brunswick
17,125
Southport
Mecklenburg 151,826
Buncombe
108,755
Asheville
Mitchell
15,980
Burke
38,615
Morganton
Montgomery
16,280
Troy
Cabarrus
59,393
Concord
Moore
30,969
Caldwell
35,795
Lenoir
Nash
55,608
Camden
5,440
Camden
New Hanover 47,935
Carteret
18,284
Beaufort
Northampton 28,299
Caswell
20,032
Yanceyville
Onslow
17,939
Catawba
51,653
Newton
Orange
23,072
Chatham
24,726
Pittsboro
Pamlico
9,706
Cherokee
18,813
Murphy
Pasquotank
20,568
Chowan
11,572
Edenton
Pender
17,710
Clay
6,405
Hayesville
Perquimans
9,773
Cleveland
58,055
Shelby
Person
25,029
Columbus
45,663
Whiteville
Pitt
61,244
Craven
31,298
New Bern
Polk
11,874
Columbus Asheboro
Currituck
6,709
Currituck
Richmond
36,810
Rockingham
Dare
6,041
Manteo
Robeson
76,860
Lumberton Wentworth
Davidson
53,377
Lexington
Rockingham
57,898
Davie
14,909
Mocksville
Rowan
69,206
Salisbury
Duplin
39,739
Kenansville
Rutherford
45,577
Rutherfordton
Durham
80,244
Durham
Sampson
47,440
Edgecombe
49,162
Tarboro
Scotland
23,232
Forsyth
126,475
Winston-Salem
Stanly
32,834
Franklin
30,382
Louisburg
Stokes
22,656
Danbury
Gaston
87,531
Gastonia
Surry
41,783
Gates
10,060
Gatesville
Swain
12,177
Graham
6,418
Robbinsville
Transylvania 12,241
Granville
29,344
Oxford
Tyrrell
5,556
Columbia
Greene
18,548
Snow Hill
Union
39,097
Guilford
153,916
Greensboro
Vance
29,961
Halifax
56,512
Halifax
Wake
109,544
Harnett
44,239
Lillington
Warren
23,145
Haywood
34,804
Waynesville
Washington
12,323
Henderson
26,049
Hendersonville
Watauga
18,114
Hertford
19,352
Winton
Wayne
58,328
Hoke
14,937
Raeford
Wilkes
43,003
Wilkesboro
Iredell
50,424
Swan Quarter
Wilson
50,219
Wilson
Hyde
7,860
Statesville
Yadkin
20,657
Yadkinville
Jackson
19,366
Sylva
Yancey
17,202
Burnsville
Alamance
57,427
Graham
Johnston
Lincoln
24,187
Avery
13,561
County Seat Smithfield Trenton Sanford Kinston Lincolnton Franklin Marshall Williamston
Marion Charlotte Bakersville
Carthage Nashville Wilmington Jackson Jacksonville Hillsboro Bayboro
Elizabeth City
Burgaw Hertford
Cumberland
59,320
Fayetteville
Randolph
44,554
Roxboro Greenville
Clinton Laurinburg Albemarle
Dobson Bryson City Brevard
Monroe Henderson
Raleigh Warrenton Plymouth Boone Goldsboro
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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE
MILLER'S
CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE
OF THE CITY OF
GREENVILLE, N. C.
1947-1948
The Buyers' Guide contains the advertisements and business cards of the more progressive business men and firms in the city, classified according to lines of business.
SOUTHERN DIRECTORY CO.
PUBLISHERS OF QUALITY DIRECTORIES "SINCE 1905" Asheville, North Carolina
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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE
AUTO PARTS
Greenville Motor Parts WHOLESALE AUTO PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
321-423 COTANCHE ST.
DIAL 3560
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE
JOHN B. JOYNER CARLTON G. JOYNER BEVERLY T. JOYNER
JOYNER'S GARAGE HARRY R. JOYNER, Owner
General Auto Repairing
"Satisfactory Service On All Cars"
2126 Dickinson Ave. Phone 2710
AUTOMOBILES
Auto Specialty Co.
KAISER-FRAZIER CARS DIAMOND T TRUCKS AUTO CRANK SHAFT GRINDING GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING
206 E. 5TH ST. PHONE 3470
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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE
AUTOMOBILES
COPELAND MOTOR CO.
Chrysler and Plymouth
Sales and Service
Complete Bear Machine Service
407 Washington St.
Phone 2319
Folger Buick Company, Inc.
Buick "Sales and Service"
115 W. Tenth St. Phone 2748
TETTERTON MOTOR CO. J. Wilton Tetterton, Owner
AUTHORIZED DEALER DESOTO-PLYMOUTH AUTO TIRES, TUBES, PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
410 WASHINGTON ST. PHONE 2326
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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE
BAKERS
WALDENSIAN - PITT BAKING CO. INCORPORATED
Bakers of
Alphabet - Butter - Flake and Waldensian Roger Bread
1602 Dickinson Ave.
Phone 2812
BANKS
State Bank & Trust Co.
CAPITAL $100,000.00 SURPLUS $150,000.00
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
500 EVANS ST.
PHONE 2012
BOOKS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES
YOUR BOOK STORE
SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY OFFICE SUPPLIES
A. B. ELLINGTON CO.
426 EVANS ST.
PHONE 2886
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CLASSIFIED BUYERS' GUIDE
BOTTLERS
ROYAL CROWN COLA BOTTLING CO.
BOTTLERS OF R. C. Cola - "Best by Taste-Test" Nehi Orange and Grape
519 COTANCHE
TELEPHONE 2036
CLEANING AND PRESSING
Carolina Dry Cleaners MRS. LASSIE LEWIS, Owner and Operator
Cleaning, Pressing, Alterations Hat Blocking a Specialty
"For Pick-Up and Delivery Service" Call 2276
927 Dickinson Ave.
Section 28, Copyright Law, In Force July 7, 1909
That any person who wilfully and for profit shall 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 1 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.
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CLEANING AND PRESSING
Scott's Dry Cleaners
Paul A. Scott, Owner and Mgr.
Greenville's Modern Plant
Member National Association of Dyers and Cleaners
Repairs, Alterations, Hats Cleaned and Blocked Pressing While You Wait
Dial 3722
126 E. 3d St. One Block Rear Post Office
CLOTHIERS
BATCHELOR BROTHERS MEN'S CLOTHING "Most Value for Your Money"
PHONE 3534
309 EVANS ST.
COAL DEALERS
Horne's Coal & Wood Yard
"Service With a Smile"
210 Albemarle Ave. Dial 2181
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CONCRETE PRODUCTS
CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY
BUILDING BLOCKS SAND - STONE - CEMENT "CONCRETE SPECIALTIES"
PHONE 4000
201 KEEL ST.
DEPARTMENT STORES
BELK - TYLER COMPANY
"Eastern Carolina's Most Complete Department Store"
We Have Enjoyed Serving Eastern Carolina for Eight Years ... If It's Values You Seek You Will Always Find Them At
BELK - TYLER COMPANY
GREENVILLE
NORTH CAROLINA
Saieed's Dry Goods Co. DEPARTMENT STORE
"Everything In Wearables"
503-05 DICKINSON AVE. DIAL 2635
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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
APPLIANCE SALES & SERVICE CORP.
KELVINATOR REFRIGERATORS AND RANGES DUO-THERM OIL HEATERS PHILCO RADIOS - SMALL ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 511 EVANS ST.
PHONE 4260
CAROLINA SALES CORPORATION
Distributors for EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA
Electrical and Home Appliances 1420 Evans St. Phones 3143-3144
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