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Wilmington has manufacturing plants of many kinds, cotton, gar- ments mills, wood and metal works, cement concerns, cotton fac- tories, candy factories, readi-cut house plant, modern machine shops, many big fertilizer factories, saw mills, oil stations, etc.
A modern cold storage plant is located here.
Second distributing point for fertilizer in the South. Has many immense fertilizer factories and two others have recently been built.
Leading banking center of State, its banks having total resources of approximately $28,000,000. Growing steadily all the time.
Jobbing business goes over $80,000,000 annually, and retail mer- chants do wide business, as city is trading mecca for a section of over 225,000 people.
City of big weekly pay rolls. Annual pay rolls upward of $13,- 000,000, distributed among thousands of employes.
Headquarters of Atlantic Coast Line System, employing locally about twenty-two hundred men and women. Monthly pay roll of Coast Line nearly $400,000.
Wonderful all year round climate and a health record praised by the United States Government.
The Wilmington section has crop growing days to the number of 250, which is the equal of Northern Mexico, though with the advan- tage of an ample and equitable rainfall.
Wilmington is terminus of six major highways of North Carolina's splendid good road system, and the city is also an important point on the Atlantic Coastal Highway extending from Portland, Maine, to Miami, Fla., the Calhoun Highway from Athens, Ga., to the ocean at Wilmington, and Federal Routes 17 and 17-I.
City of fine streets, beautiful homes, great churches and modern schools. In a county netted by good roads, the superior not to be found anywhere.
Place of modern amusements, with best beach resorts on South Atlantic Coast within thirty minutes' ride of the city.
Most popular beaches on South Atlantic, almost on threshold of city.
A metropolis with a Chamber of Commerce aroused to the city's great advantages and eager to answer all questions and extend hearty co-operation. Write the Chamber of Commerce for any information desired.
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Classified Buyers' Guide
OF THE CITY OF
Wilmington
1928
MORE GOODS ADE BOUGHT AND SOLD THOOUON THE
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS
THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
The Buyers' Guide contains the adver- tisements and business cards of the most progressive business men and firms in our city, classified according to lines of business.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers 8 North Sixth Street (4th Floor) Richmond, Va.
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ACCOUNTANTS (CERTIFIED PUBLIC)
A. M. PULLEN & COMPANY Certified Public Accountants
AUDITS-INVESTIGATIONS-BUSINESS SYSTEMS TAX COUNSELLORS
We maintain an adequate force of competent accountants, enabling us to promptly take care of all accounting matters with which we may be intrusted.
RALEIGH, N. C .- Commercial National Bank Building DANVILLE, VA .- Masonic Temple Building RICHMOND, VA .- State-Planters Bank Building
AUTOMOBILE PAINTING
J. W. CAPPS C. B. CAPPS
J. W. CAPPS
Automobile Painting and Trimming
WE SPECIALIZE IN DUCO
1313 Castle Street
Phone 2039-W
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AUTOMOBILE REPAIRERS
D. G. RAINES
AUTO TOPS PAINTING GLASS
BODY AND FENDER WORK UPHOLSTERING
AWNINGS CAMP OUTFITS CANVAS GOODS
116 Dock Street
Phone 2367
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS
HUGHES BROS.
Complete Auto Lubrication --- Tires --- Vulcanizing SECOND AND MARKET STREETS Phone 2345
AUTOMOBILES
CHRYSLER CRESCENT MOTOR CO.
SALES AND SERVICE
STORAGE DAY AND NIGHT STORAGE Service at All Times by Trained Force Mechanics Shop Equipment Best
216-218 North Second Street, Wilmington, N. C.
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AUTOMOBILES
Michelin Tires Guaranteed for One Year Against Accidents
Zenith Carburetors Smoother Running-More Mileage
Gas --- Oil --- Accessories Greasing-Repairing- Battery Work
Live Oak Service Station
"The Better Service Station"
Phone 2457 Seventh and Ann Streets LOUIS B. BORNEMAN, Proprietor
MacMillan & Marshburn
108-110 North Second Street,
Wilmington, N. C.
Dodge Brothers Motor Cars . .. AND ...
Graham Brothers Trucks
Sales Department and Office Phone 52
Service Department and Stock Room Phone 143
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AUTOMOBILES
Pioneer Service Station
312 North Front Street
Gasoline, Oils and Accessories
Professional Greasing "Car Greased 1514 Minutes"
Auto Laundry "With Vacuum Cleaner"
BATTERIES TIRES
F. E. CROWELL
General Automobile Battery Service
Market Street Road, Corner Kenwood Avenue
Daughtry Automobile Company
Distributors REO
FLYING CLOUD WOLVERINE SPEED WAGON
OLDSMOBILE SIX
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"THE GOLD STANDARD OF VALUES"
GASOLINE OIL-TIRES ACCESSORIES- REPAIRING
10 North Third Street
Phone 136
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AUTOMOBILES
W. F. KING, President
M. J. COWELL, Secretary-Treasurer
King - Cowell Motor Co., Inc. Nash Automobiles
MASON HYLASTIC TIRES ALL MAKES OF USED CARS
213 CHESTNUT STREET
Phone 253
Roberts' Auto Exchange USED CARS AND PARTS-ANY MAKE, ANY MODEL BUY, SELL AND EXCHANGE 519 South 13th Street Phone 1214-J Night 2200-W
GENERATOR AND BATTERY SERVICE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES
BAKERS
American Bakeries Co.
WHOLESALE
merita BREAD
BREAD
AME
COM
CAKES
merita BREAD
121 South Front Street Phones 626 and 808
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BANKS
OLD ENOUGH TO BE SAFE YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE PROGRESSIVE 4% Compounded Quarterly
SAVINGS-Trust Department-Lock Boxes
Home Savings Bank
J. W. YATES, President C. VAN LEUVEN, Vice-Pres.
J. F. ROACHE, Vice-Pres. and Cashier M. D. CLARKE, Asst. Cashier
SAVINGS TRUSTS SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS
The Peoples Savings Bank
H. C. McQUEEN, Chairman of the Board
J. HOLMES DAVIS, President M. J. CORBETT, Vice-President W. S. JOHNSON, Vice-Pres. & Trust Officer J. HENRY GERDES, Cashier
Capital and Surplus, $300,000.00 4%- Paid on Deposits-4%
NORTHI FRONT STREET AT PRINCESS
The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company 110 PRINCESS STREET
THE OLDEST AND LARGEST SAVINGS BANK IN NORTH CAROLINA
Capital. .
$
300,000.00
Surplus
600,000.00
Resources (over)
5,500,000.00
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BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS
C.W. Yates Company
Incorporated
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Booksellers and Stationers
"Everything for the Office"
AGENTS FOR Globe-Wernicke Filing Cabinets and Book Cases Art Metal Construction Co.'s Steel Furniture Dictaphones Edison - Dick Mimeographs Victor Talking Machines and Records Royal Typewriters
Eastman Kodaks and Supplies
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BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS
Northam's Book and Stationery Store
Incorporated
Phone 651
6 and 8 North Front Street Books --- Stationery --- Office Supplies
KODAKS AND FILMS PICTURE FRAMING AND PICTURES CURRENT FICTION AND MAGAZINES POPULAR PRICED BOOKS GREETING CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS NOVELTIES
Agents General Fireproofing Co. Allsteel Filing Cabinets and Supplies
BOTTLERS
NEHI BOTTLING CO.
R. E. MANNING, Proprietor
BOTTLERS OF NEHI and CHERO
North Front Street and Hanover Phone 2340
BUILDING MATERIALS
ROGER MOORE'S SONS & CO. WILMINGTON, N. C. 125 PRINCESS STREET
BRICK MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN BUILDING MATERIAL
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, ROOFING, SHINGLES, WALL BOARD, OAK FLOORING, TERRA COTTA PIPE, ETC.
We make prompt deliveries. Your orders solicited
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BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
W. B. THORPE & CO.
Incorporated
.BIH
BUILDI MATERIAL
SERVICE Z
COAL
DEALERS IN
Builders' Supplies and Coal
CEMENT, LIME, PLASTER AND EVERYTHING IN BUILDERS' SUPPLIES
HARD, STEAM AND DOMESTIC COALS
Office and Warehouses: Corner Water and Ann Streets Phone 789 WILMINGTON, N. C.
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
"A LITTLE SAVED IS A LITTLE EARNED" WE SELL SHARES DAILY ACCOUNTS RECEIVED LARGE OR SMALL WE SOLICIT YOUR MEMBERSHIP
The Progressive Building and Loan Association 222 PRINCESS STREET The Home of Thrift
CEMENT PRODUCTS
Cement Products Company MANUFACTURERS OF
PRECAST CONCRETE SPECIALTIES
"SANISEP" TANKS, DRAIN TILE, CULVERTS, BUILDING TILE WILMINGTON, N. C.
Boston, New York, Baltimore, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Omaha, Seattle
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CLEANERS AND DYERS
Dixie CLEANINGSPRESSING
409 North Tenth
Dry
LACE CURTAINS STRETCHED Cleaners
Auto Delivery Phone 2490-J
IDEAL LAUNDRY
202 South Front Phone 29
IDEAL
Cleaners and Dyers
204 South Front Street Phone 831
Sanderson Cleaners & Dyers J. C. SANDERSON, Proprietor
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
PHONE 256
704 NORTH FOURTH STREET
CLEANERS AND PRESSERS
Star Dry Cleaning Company
Phone 449
114 Princess Street
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CLOTHING
Farley Clothing Co. G. J. HUFHAM, Manager
"Clothing on a Charge Account" 116 MARKET
Phone 1111
CONTRACTORS
U. A. UNDERWOOD, President and General Manager JAS. T. RILEY, Sec'y-Treas. RAY POLLOCK, Supt.
U.A. UNDERWOOD, Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS
MURCHISON NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
Member of A. G. C.Skill, Integrity and Responsibility
DEPARTMENT STORES
EFIRD'S
CAROLINA'S LARGEST AND BEST DEPARTMENT STORE
The shopping center of the masses as well as the classes.
All that's new and up-to-date at prices below all competition.
FRONT AND GRACE STREETS WILMINGTON, N. C.
ELECTRIC VACUUM CLEANERS
Domestic Electric Service Co.
T. J. HEAD, Manager
Grand Prize
The New EUREKA® VACUUM CLEANER
Gets More Dirt
213 Princess Street Phone 965
WILMINGTON, N. C.
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ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
EMCO ELECTRIC MAINTENANCE CO. SERVICE
129 Princess Street Phone 2191
FLORISTS
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Florist
Florist "Say It With Flowers"
PHELPS --- FLOWERS
Flowers for All Occasions
Phone 312
108 Princess Street
WILMINGTON, N. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
WALTER C. GREEN
FRED SADGWAR-Phone 1226
GREEN & SADGWAR
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
515 RED CROSS
Office Phone 560-J
WALTER E. YOPP Funeral Director and Embalmer
Day Phone, 1010-J; Night, 238 and 1364-J No. 211 Princess Street WILMINGTON, N. C.
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FURNITURE DEALERS
W. J. BRADSHAW & CO.
WILMINGTON, N. C.
123 North Front Phone 593 Kitchen Cabinets, Bed Room Suits, Dining Room Suits, Stoves and Ranges, Window Shades and Draperies, Linoleums, Mattresses and Springs VERY BEST SERVICE TO CITY AND RURAL ORDERS OFFICE SUPPLIES
C. R. SWINSON, President MRS. BESSIE MALLARD, Secretary J. M. SWINSON, Treasurer-Manager
C. R. Swinson & Co.
Incorporated FURNITURE FOR THE HOME 23 Market Street Phone 901
Furniture Headquarters
GAS AND OIL SERVICE STATIONS
DIXIE SERVICE STATION
Gasoline --- Oil --- Automobile Supplies --- Tires --- Battery Recharging and Repairing 701 Castle
ALBERT F. TODD, Proprietor
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GROCERS
Wilmington Grocery Co. Incorporated
223 MARKET STREET
Phone 12
MIRROR AND ROYSTER'S CANDY
ELECTRIK-MAID BAKERY BREAD, ROLLS, CAKES, ETC.
HARDWARE
DAVIS - MOORE PAINT CO.
SASH AND DOORS PAINT, WALL BOARD, ROOFING
21 MARKET-Phone 500
RUSSELL & ERWIN HARDWARE
WE SELL YOU SERVICE WITH OUR GOODS
N. JACOBI HARDWARE CO.
ESTABLISHED 1856
"The House Your Father Dealt With"
10-12 South Front
Phone 2460
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HOTELS
"Sleep in Safety"
HOTEL WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON, N. C.
FIRE-PROOF
LUXURY WITHOUT EXTRAVAGANCE-THE COMMERCIAL MAN'S HOME-FREE PARKING SPACE-OWNERSHIP SUPERVISION
ICE MANUFACTURERS
Pure Crystal Ice
"Ask Those Who Use It"
Best for Commercial and Domestic Use
Offices and Factory : 1705 North Fourth Street, Hilton
PLATEICE COMPANY Phones 695, 696
W. W. STORM, President D. M. CARROLL, Treasurer
JNO. H. BROWN, Vice-President W. G. WHITEIIEAD, Secretary
The Independent Ice Company
Manufacturers of
PURE ICE FROM DISTILLED WATER
Capacity: 70 Tons Daily Storage Capacity, 3,500 Tons
Factory and General Offices: SEVENTH AND BRUNSWICK STREETS WILMINGTON, N. C.
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INSURANCE AGENTS
DAVID S. OLIVER LIEE INSURANCE
REPRESENTING
AMERICA'S LEADING ANNUAL DIVIDEND COMPANY
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
OF NEWARK, N. J.
NON-CANCELLABLE DISABILITY INCOME INSURANCE A SPECIALTY
904 Murchison Bank Building Phone 530
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INSURANCE AGENTS
Corner Front and Princess Streets
WALKERTAYLOR INSURANCE "THAT'S ALL"
WILMINGTON N.C.
Office: Peoples Savings Bank Building
Telephone No. 62
J. H. BOATWRIGHT & SON
Insurance
707 Murchison Bank Building Phone 73
ROBT. R. CHRISTIE
INSUROR
Room 9 Home Savings Bank Bldg. Phone 162
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INSURANCE AGENTS
INSURANCE
CLAYTON GILES & SON
"IF IT'S INSURANCE-GILES HAS IT" No. 105 CHESTNUT STREET
PHONE 5
NIGHT PHONE 2395
JAMES OWEN REILLY
Successor to D. O'Connor Fire Insurance & Real Estate & Notary Public
ESTABLISHED A. D. 1869
RURAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Opens New Series February, June and November JAMES OWEN REILLY, Secretary and Treasurer 118 PRINCESS STREET NORTH CAROLINA HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION Opens New Series First Saturday in March, July and December
Harold W. Wells Insurance Agency
Insurance of All Kinds
LIFE, FIRE, MARINE, CASUALTY, LIABILITY, BURGLARY, PLATE GLASS, AUTOMOBILE, SURETY BONDS
210 Princess Street Phone 472
WHEN YOU BUILD
YOU BUILD TO LAST IF YOU ARE WISE
An Advertisement in this Directory lasts a whole year, and it is worth as much the last day as on the first, for it is the only place people can be sure to find out something about you.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co.
OF GREENSBORO, N. C.
W. LOUIS FISHER, Manager
204 Murchison Bank Building Phone 1050
A FEW AGENCY OPENINGS FOR THE RIGHT MEN
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Home Office: New York City
Assets, $2,388,647,636.32 December 31, 1927 Insurance in Force, $14,803,785,790 Policies in Force, 40,166,107-Every Fifth Person Insured
J. M. FEAGLE, Mgr. C. W. SCHREINER, Asst. Mgr.
803-804-805 Murchison Bank Building Phone 424
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Of Milwaukee, Wis.
C. CHADBOURN BOLLES, Agent
THE POLICYHOLDERS COMPANY
613 Murchison Bank Building
Phone 26 Wilmington, N. C.
JEWELERS
CHARLES FINKELSTEIN
Trunks, Leather Goods and Jewelry Clothiers and Furnishers FOR MEN AND BOYS
POPULAR PRICES
2-6-8 South Front, corner Market Phone 642
DIGNIFIED CONFIDENTIAL CREDIT EXTENDED
Kingoffs WILMINGTON'S LEADING CREDIT JEWELERS
Front and Grace Streets Phone 231
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LAUNDRIES
Laundry
FOR PROMPT LAUNDRY SERVICE CALL PHONE 249
City Laundry Co.
Phone 249
26-28 North Second Street
J. O. HINTON, Manager
LOANS
LOANS
Loans on Real Estate -- Morris Plan Loans
Title Insurance-Investments-Farm Loans Financing-First and Second Mortgages
Quick Service-Easy Terms-No Red Tape
Atlantic Investment Co.
Phone 260
JOHN BRIGHT HILL, Attorney Second Floor Southern Building
MEATS (RETAIL)
W. M. TODD FRESH MEATS AND STAPLE GROCERIES
CALL US AND WE DELIVER ANYWHERE 613 Castle Phones 906-907
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MACHINERY
WM. A. PESCHAU Machinery and Mill Supplies
A COMPLETE LINE OF Belt and Packing, Boilers, Engines, Pumps, Saw Mills, and Railroad Equipment.
EVERYTHING FOR THE MILL OR FACTORY
Office and Warehouses: 701-703 N. Seventh St., A. C. L. R. R. Main Line Telephone 2370 P. O. Box 1143
Warehouse: 711-713 North Eighth Street
MILL SUPPLIES
Hyman Supply Company
"EVERYTHING FOR THE MILL"
Machinery Leather and Rubber Belting Composition and Shingle Roofing Steam Pumps Engines and Boilers Mill Supplies Plumbing Fixtures Paints
215 North Front Phones: Office, 142; Store, 91 OFFICE-SALESROOMS: WILMINGTON, N. C.
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MOTORCYCLES
CITY CYCLE CO.
(THE RED SHOP) F. J. LERAY, Proprietor
BICYCLES --- MOTORCYCLES ACCESSORIES and REPAIRING
216 MARKET STREET
PHONE 672
MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
PIANOS
Ivers & Pond Starr Gulbransen
RADIOS R. C. A. Radiolas Atwater-Kent
McGrath & Co. 302 North Front St. Phone 777
Phonographs Edisonic Panatrope Brunswick Victor Orthophonic
Records Radio Accessories String Instruments Player Rolls
NEWS DEALERS
GORDON BROTHERS
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
NEWSDEALERS and STATIONERS THE OLDEST NEWSDEALER IN CITY
NEWSPAPERS-MAGAZINES-BOOKS-CANDIES-TOBACCOS Phone 745
17 Princess Street
OPTICIANS
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.
WILMINGTON, N. C. CITY OPTICAL COMPANY MANUFACTURING AND PRESCRIPTION OPTICIANS
GLASSES -- LENS-REPAIRS
THOS. B. LILLY, Owner and General Manager 207 NORTII FRONT STREET Phone 45
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PINE WOOD CREOSOTE OIL (MANUFACTURERS)
Spirittine Chemical Co., Inc.
ESTABLISHED 1878 LOUIS HANSON, President-General Manager
MANUFACTURERS AND REFINERS OF VIRGIN LONG LEAF PINE PRODUCTS LIQUID SOAPS AND DISINFECTANTS Sole Manufacturers of SPIRITTINE Trade Mark Reg. U. S. Pat. Office Factory: Foot Dawson Street Phone 2078 SPIRITTINE WOOD PRESERVATIVE, SPIRITTINE CREOSOTE SIIINGLE STAIN OIL, PINE OILS, CREOSOTE OIL, DISINFECTANTS
PRINTERS
E. NORFLEET, President
A. JACKSON, Vice-President
L. T. LANDEN, Secretary-Treasurer
Carolina Printing and Stamp Co. PRINTERS
Rubber Stamp Manufacturers Loose Leaf Devices
8 Grace Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Phone 220
REAL ESTATE
BUILD IN BEAUTIFUL "SUNSET PARK"
ABOUT 50 FEET ELEVATION ABOVE RIVER ARTESIAN WELLS-SEWERAGE SYSTEM IHIGH PRESSURE GAS ELECTRIC LIGHTS ELECTRIC CAR SERVICE We have every improvement ; you do not have to wait for them. Prices reasonable.
FIDELITY TRUST AND DEVELOPMENT CO.
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REAL ESTATE
R. C. CANTWELL
J. R. HOLLIS
R. C. CANTWELL, Jr.
HOLLIS & CANTWELL REALTORS
PROPERTY BOUGHT AND SOLD RENTS COLLECTED
NOTARY PUBLIC
213 PRINCESS STREET
Telephone 28
P. O. Box 975
W. A. FONVIELLE, Pres. GEORGIA K. MOORE, Vice-Pres. W. D. JONES, Secretary-Treasurer
Moore-Fonvielle Realty Company Real Estate --- Rentals
201 Princess Street Phones 97 and 98
W. A. FONVIELLE, President W. D. JONES, Vice-President T. L. SPEIDEN, Manager, Secretary and Treasurer
Moore's Insurance Agency, Inc. Fire Insurance
201 PRINCESS STREET-"On the Corner" Phones 97 and 98
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REAL ESTATE
R. H. NORTHROP
K. B. MARSHALL
Northrop Real Estate Agency Real Estate and Rentals
GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY SERVICE ON ALL RENTAL ACCOUNTS WITH PROMPT RETURNS
Specialists in Lending Money on Real Estate
No. 5 North Second Street
Phone 409
HARRISS & COWAN
FRANK G. HARRISS CHAS. G. COWAN
REALTORS
INSURANCE-BONDS -- LOANS
Wallace Building Phone 202
NOTARY PUBLIC
SPACIOUS HOME SITES ESTATES HOME BUILDERS
FOREST HILLS
Telephone 145 W. A. McGIRT, Manager
WILMINGTON,
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REAL ESTATE
Hugh McRae & Co .-- Oleander Development Co.
DEVELOPERS OF Oleander-Audubon-Winter Park-North Extension Wrightsville Beach
REAL ESTATE LOANS-HOME BUILDING-INVESTMENTS
Office: 1004 Murchison Building Telephone 841
H. F. WILDER
Insurance and Real Estate SECRETARY HANOVER BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
207 PRINCESS STREET
Telephone 631
SHOE REPAIRERS
We save more soles than the preacher, heel more than the doctor
RUBBER HEELS AND SOLES
Largest and best equipped shoe repairing shop in the city. All work of highest quality and satisfaction guaranteed. We Call For and Deliver PHONE 2487
Herbert P. Smith Shoe Repair 127 PRINCESS
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SHOE REPAIRERS
Gummer's Shoe Repair
THE NAME THAT HAS PREVAILED FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN THIS CITY Ask those who remember "Calvin"
Phone 562
21 South Second Street C. II. GUMMER, Proprietor
SHOE FIXERY
D. W. LOCKEY, Proprietor THE HOME OF FINE SHOE REBUILDING ALL WORK DONE BY FIRST-CLASS MECHANICS SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
218 MARKET Phone 2383
WILMINGTON, N. C.
TRANSFER COMPANIES
PHONE 980
IT'S YOUR MOVE
PHONE 980
WE MOVE ANYWHERE NY TIME
NYTHING
I'M'S YOUR
MOVE
Big Padded Vans Long Trips Our Specialty Phone, Write, or Wire for Rates
MOVE
IT'S YOUR
PHONE 980
IT'S YOUR MOVE
PHONE 980
UPHOLSTERERS
W. E. MARTIN Restorer of Antique Furniture
CABINET WORK, UPHOLSTERING AND REFINISHING
We Make All Kinds of Special Odd Job Furniture
217 (M) Southı Second Street WILMINGTON, N. C.
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M & S Transfer & Storage Co. Office and Warehouse: 302-306 Nutt Street
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UPHOLSTERERS
PHONE 2495 SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Yow Brothers Upholstery Co. Makers and Repairers of Fine Upholstered Furniture
700 South Front Street, WILMINGTON, N. C.
WATER COMPANIES
Greenfield Mineral Water Co.
"For Your Health's Sake Drink
Greenfield Mineral Water
"Over 3,000 Satisfied Users"
Phone 552
Greenfield Park
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WELL DRILLERS
CALLIHAN PUMP & WELL CO.
(THOMAS W. CALLIHAN)
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Contractors and Drillers of Artesian Wells
Ranging in Size from 2 to 16 Inches in Diameter
ALSO
Wells for Drainage and Soundings Made for Building Foundations
Estimates Furnished on Request
309 Cassell Street
AGENTS FOR Pumps, Windmills, Tanks --- Pneumatic & Elevated Installer of Automatic Pumping Plants
Using the most up-to-date methods --- run by electric current, water power and wind. All work guaranteed.
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ABBREVIATIONS
acct-accountant adv-advertising agrl-agricultural al-alley Am-American appr-apprentice apts-apartments archt-architect asmblr-assembler assn-association asst-assistant attodt-attendant atty-attorney auto-automobile av-avenue
bgemn-baggageman
bkbodr-bookbinder
bkpr-bookkeeper bldg-building bldr-builder
blk-block blksmith-blacksmith
blvd-boulevard br-branch brklyr-bricklayer brkmn-brakeman cabtmkr-cabinetmaker capt-captain
carp-carpenter cash-cashier chauf- chauffeur chf-chief civ-civil clk-clerk clar-cleaner
collr-collector
com- commission coml-commercial commr-commissioner
compt-comptometer
cond-conductor confr-confectioner cons- consulting contr-contractor cor-corner
corr-correspondent ct-court ctr-cutter
dept-department dep-deputy dicta- dictaphone dist-district
dlr-dealer
dom-domestic
drftsmn-draftsman drsmkr-dressmaker e or E-East
elec-electrical
electa-electrician electro-electrotyper elev-elevator embdr-embroiderer
emp-employe emp agcy-employment agency eng-engineer est-estate exch-exchange exp-expressman flgmn-flagman fnshr-finisher forldy-forelady
formn-foreman frt-freight
ft-foot ftr-fitter furo-furniture furng-furnishing furn rms-furnished rooms gard-gardener gasftr-gasfitter gds-goods
gen-general
govt-government
gro-grocer h-householder
hd-hand
hdqrs-headquarters
hdw-hardware
hlpr-helper hngr-hanger
hosp-hospital
imptr-importer
inc- incorporated
ins-insurance
inspr-inspector
instr-instructor int rev-internal revenue
jwlr-jeweler
kpr-keeper
lab-laborer
lwyr-lawyer
lieut-lieutenant
lino-linotype
litho-lithographer Imbr-lumber
Indrs-laundress Indymo-Jaundryman
ltd-limited mach- machinist
mdse-merchandise
mech-mechanical
mer-merchant nıfr-manufacturer
mfg-manufacturing
mgr-manager mkr-maker
mkt-market
mldr-molder
mılnr-milliner
mn-man
mangr-messenger matr mecb-master mechanic
mtrmn-motorman
mus-music
mut-mutual
n or N-North
Dr-near
opr-operator osteo -. osteopath pass-passenger pat-patent
pdlr-peddler
pharm-pharmacist
phone-telephone photo-photographer phys-physician
pk-park pkwy-parkway pkr-packer pl-place plmbr-plumber
plstr-plasterer
potr-painter PO-postoffice
pres-president
prin-principal prod-produce prof-professor prop- proprietor prov-provisions prsfdr-pressfeeder
prsmn-pressman ptrnmkr-patternmaker pubr-publisher purch-purchasing r-boarder or roomer rd-road R D-Rural Delivery
real est-real estate rec-receiving
rep-representative
repr-repairer
reprmn-repairman restr-restaurant ret-retail ry-railway Ry MS-Railway Mail Service s or S-South san-sanitary sav-savings sch-school sec-secretary sergt-sergeant
ship-shipping slsidy-saleslady
sismgr- salesmanager slsmn-salesman smstrs-seamstress
soc-society
solr-solicitor
sq-square sta-station
sta eng-stationary engineer sten-stenographer
stereo-stereotyper
stinftr-steamfitter
supt-superintendent
supvr-supervisor surg-surgeon swtchmn-switchman tchr --- teacher tel-telegraph ter-terrace tmkpr-timekeeper tmstr-teamster tndr-tender
trans-transportation
trav-traveling treas-treasurer
twp-township
undtkr-undertaker
uphol-upholsterer US-United States USA-United States Army
US N-United States Navy
vet-veterinary vulc-vulcanizer w or W-West whol-wholesale whsemn-warehouseman
wid-widow
wkr-worker
wks-works wtchmn-watchman ydmn-yardman
ydıstr-yardmaster
(1928) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S®
SAFETY-SERVICE-CONVENIENCE QUALITY GAS AND ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
Tidewater Power Company
WILMINGTON CITY DIRECTORY (1928)
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HILL'S Wilmington City Directory 1928
Copyright, 1928, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.
For list of Abbreviations see opposite page
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES
A Lun, restr 92412 N 4th r 126 Market
Abbott Frank T (Maude), sec-treas Coastal Lumber Co h 1920 Perry av
Abbott Pauline (c), dom h 102 Magnolia av Abel Ada, student r 1321 Chestnut
Abel Joseph (Rebecca) (Peoples Furniture Co), h 1321 Chestnut
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