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TITLE PAGE
MILLER'S HICKORY, N. C. CITY DIRECTORY
VOL VI
1937-1938
VOL VI
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, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character ;
And A Complete
Classified Business Directory
SOUTHERN DIRECTORY CO.
ASHEVILLE, N. C. : : PUBLISHERS (See General Index, Page 6)
Issued Bi-Annually
PRICE ,
$10.00
THE CAROLINA SERIES
HICKORY, N. C.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Copyright March 1937 by Chas. W. Miller.
NOTE-This publication has been carefully revised (a new canvass having been made by competent parties), but it is distinctly understood that no responsibility is assumed for any errors or omissions that may have occurred in such revision. -PUBLISHERS.
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INDEX
GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
101
Alphabetical List of Names
101
Associations
13
Churches
14
City Government
13
Classified Business Directory
329
County Government (Catawba)
13
Introduction
7
Index to Advertisers
8
Longview Town Government
14
Miscellaneous Directory
11-15
North Carolina Government
12
Preface
9
Street Directory
347
Title Page
5
United States Government
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THE CITY DIRECTORY
is the most effective and most economical method of reaching all the people all the time. Those who buy without looking at the list of those who sell do themselves great injustice. The classified lists in the Business Directory form the best Buyers' Guide on earth. A modern, up-to-date method of getting what you want.
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INTRODUCTION
HICKORY, N. C. Introduction
Southern Directory Company, publishers of the Hickory city directory, takes pleasure in presenting the 1937-38 edition to the general public. The work embodies all available and vital data relating to the civic, commercial, financial, social and industrial in- terests and activities of the municipality, and the publishers add their assurance that the work is complete in all its parts.
The publishers enjoy the prestige and advantage of a complete organization and thorough system essential in the production of directories and the additional advantage of having the courteous co-operation of citizens in furnishing information. These factors, added to the liberal support of patrons as shown by the advertise- ments displayed upon the printed page, were vital to the success of the publication.
Confidence in the growth of Hickory, in its wealth, indus- try and population, as well as in the advancement of its municipal and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory is consulted, for, truly, the directory is a mirror reflecting Hickory to the world.
Your attention is invited to those names appearing in DIS- PLAY BLACK TYPE throughout the directory as they are the responsible, enterprising, advertising business men who take pride in sustaining the city directory and who have made this publica- tion possible.
POPULATION
The estimated population of Hickory is 16,363, based on the number of individuals found by actual canvass at each resi- dence. Territory immediately adjacent, which is part of the city, as far as business and social life are concerned, is included in the directory.
FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS
The several essential departments are arranged in the follow- ing order.
THE MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY, containing valuable information concerning Local, State and National Governments, Churches, Schools, Colleges, Clubs, etc., included in pages 11 to 15.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, busi- ness firms and corporations is included starting on page 101.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Baker-Wright Co .fly Z
Belk-Broome Co .top lines
Better Homes Furnishing Co back cover
Bumgarner Electric Co
. back cover
Burgess Arthur H
bottom lines
Carolina Housing & Mortgage Co .... .p 20
Catawba Marble & Granite Wks front-cover
Cecil's Business College
.p 19
Cities Service Station
.p 17
Clay Printing Co
bottom lines
Cline Henry C
. top lines
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
top lines
Coles Jewelry Store
top lines
Crouch M G
fly Z
Deal-Goforth Motor Co ... bottom lines
Duke Power Co
. back cover
and top lines
Economy Drug Co
top lines
Efird's Dept Store
top lines
Empire Bond & Mortgage Co
.p 20
Farmers Insurance Agcy
.top lines
Field Insurance Agcy
.front cover
Flowers Co The
front cover
Gwin Clyde E
back cover
Harper Motor Co
front cover
Hickory Amusement Co
. front-cover
Hickory Auto Works
bottom lines
Hickory Flour Mills
bottom lines
Hickory Foundry & Machine Co .. p 18
Hickory Funeral Home
. back cover
Hickory Ice & Coal Co
. front cover
and p 18
Hickory Novelty Co . back cover Hickory Overall Co .p 17
Hickory Real Estate & Securities
Corp
bottom lines
Hickory Sheet Metal Co
top lines
Hickory Telephone Co
p 2
Lang Chevrolet Co .. top & bottom lines
Lavitt Louis Co
.p 17
Lenoir-Rhyne College
fly X & Y
Lipe Motor Lines
stencils
M & J Finance Corp front cover
Maple Springs Laundry & Dry
Cleaners
.bottom lines
Moss-Marlow Building Co
. insert
Mutual Bldg & Loan Assn
top lines
No 1 Tire & Battery Co
top lines
Paramount Motor Sales
. top lines
Paramount Theatre
.p 17
Piedmont Gas Co
lines
Piedmont Wagon & Mfg Co
.p 18
Setzer J T Motor Co
. bottom lines
Sherrill Ice & Fuel Co
. bottom-lines
Shuford Funeral Home
.front cover
Smith-Courtney Co .p 3
and bottom lines
Statesville Brick Co
.backbone
Stevens & Bradley
top lines
Tallant Transfer Co
top lines
Texas Co The
bottom lines
Todd Brooks M Floral Co
bottom. lines
Wagner Furniture Co
.p 18
Waldensian Bakery
. back cover
and top lines
Weaver Insurance Agcy .. bottom lines
Wilfong Florist
. bottom lines
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PREFACE
HICKORY, N. C. Preface
LOCATION
Hickory is situated in the central western section of North Carolina on the Asheville Division of the Southern Railway, 80 miles East of Asheville and 60 miles Northwest of Charlotte. It is in the heart of what is termed the Piedmont Section of the State, situated at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city is pro- tected from extreme temperature in Winter and Summer by these peaks that rise thousands of feet in height. To the North, West and South extend the Blue Ridge range. Hickory enjoys a year- round climate that is unexcelled anywhere, free from the rigors of northern winters and the extreme heat of the summers further South. It is also protected from the storms of the middle western plains. This section offers to those seeking a change of location an ideal, evenly-balanced winter and summer climate. The aver- age, annual temperature for the past ten years has been 60.2 de- grees, with a record of more than 300 days of sunshine each year. The summer nights are cooled by the mountain breezes, the tem- perature frequently ranging 20 degrees lower than that of mid-day.
Hickory was first chartered as a town in 1870. This charter was amended in 1879, and in March 1913 the citizens by a large majority adopted what is known as the City Manager form of gov- ernment, being the first city in North Carolina and one of the first in the United States to adopt this plan.
EDUCATION
Hickory has 10 graded schools which stand well toward the top of the list in North Carolina.
Lenoir Rhyne College, a Grade A Co-educational Institution of the Lutheran Church, is located in Hickory, with an enrollment of 400 young men and women from all over the United States. This institution, with an endowment of over $500,000 and with a highly trained faculty, affords an opportunity for the higher education of the youth of Hickory and the South at a remarkably low cost.
INDUSTRIES
More than $12,000,000 is invested in the 75 diversified manu- facturing plants of Hickory and the valuation of the annual output is in excess of $50,000,000. Nearly one hundred separate articles are manufactured in these plants.
The products include auto seats and tops, auto parts, wooden boxes and box shooks, brass, bronze and iron castings, building
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PREFACE (cont.)
material of all kinds, butter and creamery products, chairs, cotton mill supplies, wooden crates, office, church and theatre furniture, dining room suits, juvenile and kindergarten furniture, harness and leather, interior mill work, overalls, paper boxes and cartons, pumps, sash cords, wooden toys, general household furniture, wagons, shoe strings, pottery, tapestries.
The textile plants, hosiery, etc., of Hickory produce carpet yarns, cambrays, corduroys, corsets and dobby cloth, cotton yarns, curtain goods, moleskins, palm beach cloth and sateens.
Besides these many diversified products, there are 28 hosiery and knitting mills, with upward of 4,000 employees, with an annual output of 7,000,000 dozen pairs of hosiery.
Hickory is the largest cordage manufacturing center in the world, and 90 per cent of capital invested in these enterprises is furnished by Hickory investors.
TRADE AND COMMERCE
Hickory is the trading center for 50,000 people, living in Catawba, Caldwell, Burke and Alexander counties. The county population, which is 89.3 per cent native white, together with the high class of workers in the manufacturing plants in the city, offers an unusually attractive opportunity for the retail and whole- sale merchant looking for a new location.
TRANSPORTATION
Hickory is served by the Southern Railway and the Carolina & North-Western Railway thus offering every facility for passenger and freight traffic. Eight passenger trains daily going direct to the larger Eastern and Western centers. Through freight service to and from the East and Midwest on a favorable rate basis makes Hickory an ideal location for the manufacturer, merchant of jobber.
UTILITIES
Hickory is very fortunate to be served by the hydro-electric and steam plants of the Duke Power Company. The combined power sources represent approximately 1,127,395 K. V. A.
Power for manufacturing purposes (textiles) is available as low as 1.2 cents per Kilowatt hour, with demand discounts as high as 40%, and other power rates as low as eight mills with fixed demand charges.
The residential lighting and cooking rate is 2.5 cents per Kilo- watt hour above 50 Kilowatt hours, based on monthly consumption.
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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY
MILLER'S HICKORY North Carolina
Miscellaneous Directory 1937-1938
Containing valuable information concerning Local, State and National Gov- ernments, Churches, Schools, Colleges, Clubs, and msuch other useful information.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President John Nance Garner, Vice President
The Cabinet
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State
Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury
*Geo Henry Dern, Secretary of War
Homer Stille Cummings, Attorney - General
Claude A Swanson, Secretary of the Navy
Harold L Ickes, Secretary of the In- terior
Henry Agard Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture
Daniel Calhoun Roper, Secretary of Commerce
Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor
The Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice
Associates-Willis VanDevanter, Jas Clark McReynolds, Lewis D Brandeis, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, Har- lan F. Stone, Owen J. Roberts, Benja- min N. Cordozo.
Government Officials
Treasurer of the United States-Wil- liam Alexander Julian
Comptroller of Currency - J F T O'Conner
Director of the Mint-Nellie Taylor Ross
Register of the Treasury-Edward E Jones
Director of the Bureau of Engraving, Alvin W Hall
Judge Advocate General of the Army, General Douglas McArthur
Quartermaster General of the Army, General J L Dewitt
Surgeon General of the Army-Maj Gen Robert U Patterson
Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Rear Admiral O G Murfin
Quartermaster General of the Navy, Brig Gen Hugh Matthews
Chief of the Weather Bureau-Chas F Marvin
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Ind- John F Mohler
Chief of the Bureau of Dairy Ind- O E Reed
Chief of the Bureau of Plant Ind- William A Taylor
*Deceased
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NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT
Clyde R. Hoey-Governor
Wilkins P. Horton-Lieut-Governor
Thad Eure-Secretary of State George R Pou-Auditor
C M Johnson-Treasurer
Clyde A Ervin-Supt of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
W. P. Stacy- Chief Justice
Associate Justice-Michael Schen k. Herlot Clarkson, George W Connor, W A Devin
North Carolina Senators Josiah W Balley and Robert R Reynolds
North Carolina Representatives - Lindsay W Warren, John II Kerr, Gra- ham A Barden, Harold D Cooley, Frank W Hancock Jr, William B Umstead, 1 Bayard Clark, Walter Lambeth, Robi L. Doughton, Alfred 1. Bulwinkle and Zebulon Weaver
COUNTY SEATS POPULATION
County
Pop.
County Seat
Alamance
11,140
Grahamt
Alexander
12,922
Taylorsville
Alleghany
7,186
Sparta
Jones
10,428
Trenton
Anson
23.319
Wadesboro
I.eo
16.996
Sanford
Ashe
21,019
Jefferson
Ix.noir
35,716
Kinston
Avery
11,803
Newland
Lincoln
22,872
Lincolnton
Beaufort
35,026
Washington
Macon
20,336
Frankin
Bertie
25,844
Windsor
Madison
13,672
Marshan
Bladen
23.389
Elizabethtown
Martin
20.306
Williamston
Brunswick
IS, SIS
Southport
McDowell
23,400
Marlon Charlotte
Burke
29,410
Morganton
Mitchell
13,962
Bakersvine Troy
Caldwell
28.116
Lenoir
Moore
28,215
Carthage
Camden
5,461
Camden
Nash
57.752
Nashville
Cartret
16,900
Beaufort
New Hanover
13,010
Wilmington Jackson
('atawha
13,981
Newton
Orange
21.171
Hillsboro
Chatham
24.177
Pittsboro
Pamlico
9.299
Rayboro
Chowan
11,282
Edenton
Pasquotank
19.113
Elizabeth City
Clay
5,434
Hayesville
Pender
15.666
Burgaw
Cleveland
51,914
Shelby
Pergnimans
10.665
Hertford
Cohunbus
37.720
Whiteville
Person
20,039
Roxboro
Craven
45.219
Fayetteville
Pitt
54.166
Greenville
Cumberland
30.665
New Bern
l'olk
10.216
Columbus
Currituck
6,710
Currituci.
Randolph
36.259
Asheboro
Dare
5.202
Manteo
Richmond
30.016
Rockingham
Davidson
47,565
Lexington
Robeson
66.512
Lamberton
Davle
14.38€
Duplin
35,103
Durham
67,196
Durham Tarboro
Edgecombe
17,894
Forsythe
111,681
Winston-Salemi
Franklin
29,456
Louisburg
Gaston
78,093
Gastonm Gatesville
Graham
5,841
Robbinsville
Granville
28,723
Oxford
Greene
28,723
Gullford
133,010
Halifax
53,246
Hartnett
37,911
llaywood
17,273
Henderson
23,401
Hendersonvinte
Hertford
17,542
Winton
Hoke
14,244
Racfora
Ilyde
5.950
Swan Quarter
Iredel
16,693
Statesville
Jackson
17,519
Syl . A
Johnston
57,621
Smithfleht
Buncombe
97,937
Asheville
Mecklenburg
127,971
Cabarrus
14,331
Concord
Montgomery
16,218
('aswell
1S,214
Yanceyville
Northampton
27,161
Jacksonville
Cherokee
16,151
Murphy
Onslow
15,289
Snow HII Greensboro Halifax I.llington Waynesvhc
Ciates
10,551
Mocksville Kenansville
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Rockingham
51,083
Wentworth
Rowan
55,665
Salisbury Rutherfordton
Rutherford
40,452
Sampson
40,082
Clinton
Stanley
20,174
Laurinburg
Scotland
30,312
Albemarle
Solicitor-Richard H Shuford
Health Officer-Dr R T Hambrick
Board .of Aldermen-Eulan Shook (Ward 1), Ernest E Whisnant (Ward 2), Geo Baily (Ward 3), John W Maus- er (Ward 4), M G Crouch (Ward 5), and John J H Geitner (Ward 6)
LONGVIEW TOWN GOVERNMENT
Mayor-Hon John R Abee
Secretary-Treasurer-Mrs Edna Frye Chief of Police-Wm H Carpenter
Board of Aldermen-W M Martin, O T Crump, and W Thos Phillips
CATAWBA COUNTY GOVERMENT
Court House-Newton, N. C.
County Clerk-Wade H Lefler
Register of Deeds-L H Phillips Sheriff-O D Barrs
County Manager-N J Sigman
Supt of Schools-J A Capps
Coroner-R L Washburn
Welfare Officer-Miss Frances Lentz Surveyor-G S Rowe
County Commissioners-Carl V Cline (Hickory) chairman, R K Bolick (Con- over), Dr H E Booth (Catawba), T H Phillips (Newton), H B Lindler (Sher- rill's Ford)
Judge County Court-W B Gaither Solicitor-Russell W Whitener
Superior Court Judge-Wilson War- lick (Newton)
Solicitor-L Spurgeon Spurling (Le- noir)
HICKORY CITY GOVERNMENT
Municipal Building-1020 14th Mayor-Hon M H Yount
City Manager-Raymond L Hefner Director of Public Works-H K Set- zer
Chief of Police-Eugene W Lentz Chief Fire Dept-Donald E Shuford
ASSOCIATIONS AND CLUBS
Hickory Community Council-Jos W Shuford pres, Mrs Clyde V Price, sec- treas; Municipal Building
Hickory County Club-Country Club Rd
Hickory Merchants Association-Miss Thelma C Williams sec; 1350 Union Sq
Kiwanis Club-Meets every Tuesday 6:30 p m, Hotel Hickory
Lions Club-Meets every Thursday 6:30 p m, Hotel Hickory
Rotary Club-Meets every Thursday 12:30 p m, Hotel Hickory
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CEMETERIES
Dry Pond Cemetery-N 37th (LV) Oakwood Cemetery-1422 14th Av Old Robinson Cemetery-931 9th Av Westview Colored-1560 2d Av
CHURCHES (White)
Bethany Lutheran-2624 11th Av Bethel Methodist-N 37th (LV) Brown Memorial Baptist-Taylors- ville Rd (WC)
Christ Evangelical Lutheran-629 Sth Av
Supt of Schools-Ralston W Carver Treasurer-Clyde L Herman
Chemist-Foy V Mitchell
Judge Municipal Court-Theodore F Cummings
Stokes
22,290
Danbury Dobson
Surry
39,749
Swain
11,568
Bryson City
Transylvania
9,589
Brevard Columbia
Tyrell
5,164
Union
40,949
Monroe
Vance
27,757
Henderson
Wake
94,757
Raleigh Warrenton
Washington
11,603
Plymouth Boone
Watauga
15,165
Wayne
53,013
Goldsboro
Wilkes
36,162
Wilkesboro
Wilson
44,914
Wilson
Yadkin
18,011
Yadkinville
Yancey
14,486
Burnsville
Warren
23,364
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MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY
Church of God (Holiness)-2415 7th Av
Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) -1018 10th Av
Corinth Evangelical-1225 13th First Baptist-1446 11th Av
First Methodist-1438 10th Av First Presbyterian-1229 13th
Good Hope Lutheran-824 Company Highland Baptist-402 Highland Av E
Highland Methodist (Stafford Memo- rial)-1102 Ridge
Holy Trinity Lutheran-1229 15th Mt Olive Evangelical Lutheran- Taylorsville Rd
Penelope Baptist-10th Av (LV)
St Aloysious Catholic-1820 11th Av
St Andrews Lutheran-10th Av cor 2d
St Paul's Lutheran-1725 8th Av Salvation Army Hall-1121 Sth Av Seventh Day Adventist-9th Av (LV) West Hickory Baptist-1100 23rd West View Methodist-2333 9th Av
(Colored)
Clinton Tabernacle A M E Zion-821 Lincolnton Rd
Friendship Baptist-601 13th
Hartzell Memorial Methodist - 751 12th
Holiness-139 12th
Morning Star Baptist-1325 6th Av Mt Pigash A M E Zion-321 13th Mt Zion Baptist-333 Chestnut Av St James Presbyterian-1316 3d Av St Paul A M E Zion-510 12th
COLLEGES
Lenoir-Rhyne College-10th Av cor 2d
HOSPITALS
Baker Richard-1416 12th Hickory Memorial-1205 12th
LIBRARIES
Worth-Elliott Carnegie-1511 11th Av
PARKS
Carolina Park-11th Av between 10th and Sth
Catawba County Fair Grounds- Windy City
SCHOOLS
Claremont High-816 13th Av
East Hickory Colored-301 9th Av
Green Park-1609 7th Av
Highland-509 Woodland Av
Kenworth-619 Sth Av Longview-9th Av (LV)
Oakwood-1360 15th
Ridgeview Colored-1351 3d Av
Viewmont-R D 2 (WC)
Westmont Junior High-2350 11th Av
LEGAL OR PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
January 1-New Year's Day
February 22-Washington's Birthday May 30 -- Memorial Day (all states except Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North and South Carolina)
July 4th-Independence Day September 6 (1937)-Labor Day
October 12-Columbus Day (Arkan- sas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Con- necticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Il- linois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is- land, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washing- ton and West Virginia)
November 11 - Armistice Day (Ala- bama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massa- chusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon- tana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia)
November 25 (1937) - Thanksgiving Day
December 25-Christmas Day
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INTRODUCTION (continued from page 7)
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 329 to 346. This department lists the various manufactur- ing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the com- munity.
THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE begins with page 347 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, with the number of occupants, and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.
MUNICIPAL PUBLICITY
The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information over the coun- try, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, which are maintained in all the chief cities of the country. Here they are readily available for free public reference and serve as perpetual advertisements of Hickory for business men the country over realize that the city directory represents the community as it really is.
SOUTHERN DIRECTORY COMPANY Publishers
Names Appearing in Black Letters
IN THIS DIRECTORY are the names of those people who accomplish things and are entitled to favorable consideration, if for no other reason than their public spirited support of measures which make for prog- ress. They represent the energy and push so essen- tial to the commercial prosperity of the City, and in dealing with them no mistake will be made. The publishers are honored in thus making them better known to the public.
PATRONIZE THEM!
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PREFACE (Continued from page 10)
Hickory is also fortunate in having an abundant supply of artificial gas, which is manufactured by the Piedmont Gas Com- pany, whose plant not only serves the city but several surround- ing towns.
The gas rate in Hickory is among the lowest in North Caro- lina, thus making it practical for industrial plants requiring gas in their manufacturing operations to use it economically.
CONCLUSION
Hickory is a city of home owners, 75 per cent of the inhabi- tants owning their own property. This is due to the far-sighted and progressive policy of the Building and Loan Associations of the city, whose total assets run well over $2,000,000. It is a popu- lation with a "stake" in the community-home owning and home loving people.
The fact that the head of a large Eastern transportation sys- tem, following a survey of the Atlantic coast states, declared Hickory to be the best balanced city in America, is significant. Whether or not it is the "best balanced city in America," everyone familiar with its diversified industrial and agricultural develop- ment is in agreement that it is an ideal community in which to live and labor.
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