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230 MERRIMON AVE. PHONE 3406
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CLOTHING-RETAIL
ASHEVILLE'S LEADING MEN'S STORE SINCE 1915
EUDS
ADAM HATS ASHLEY SUITS TIMELY CLOTHES
30 PATTON - PHONE 2803
m. V. Mooreko,
A STORE . INDIVIDUALIZED.SHOPS Forty five Patton Avenue
READY - TO - WEAR FOR MEN, WOMEN AND BOYS LUGGAGE FOR EVERYBODY QUALITY MERCHANDISE OF ESTABLISHED EXCELLENCE Telephone 3416
COAL
ASHEVILLE BLUE GEM COAL CO.
BLACK DIAMOND and PIONEER RED ASH COAL CORLEW STOKER COAL
COAL FOR RANGE - GRATE OR HEATER
ANCHOR KOLSTOKER GET THE FACTS - WITHOUT OBLIGATION Let us give you full information as to how the ANCHOR KOLSTOKER will solve your heating problems
OFFICE: 14 BROADWAY TELEPHONE 1226
YARD: 175 ROBERTS TELEPHONE 752
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COAL
"KEEPING ASHEVILLE
WARM SINCE 1 890''
COALS YOU'LL ENJOY BURNING!
They're clean. They're rich in heat. They're money-saving. And, too, they are backed by the service and experience of Asheville's oldest fuel dealers! Just tell us your needs - we'll send the right coal.
Some Asheville Favorites:
Clinchfield COAL
"Standard of The South- east" - the coal that saves in the long burn! For all uses - furnace, grate, stove, water heater.
CAROLINA STOKER COAL
Semet-Solvay COKE Pennsylvania Process and Virginia ANTHRACITE
POCAHONTAS
M & W Etc.
Large, Complete Stocks . Prompt, Dependable Service
CAROLINA COAL & ICE COMPANY AGENTS FIRE TENDER AUTOMATIC STOKERS
80 PATTON AVENUE
TELEPHONE 129
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COAL
BILTMORE COAL CO.
"HOME OF QUALITY COALS"
GEO. B. WEDDLE, Secretary-Treasurer
Allnite and Beacon Coals
Telephone 136
Biltmore, N. C.
Will Cost No More and Burns Longer-See Us For Your Winter Supply
SUPERIOR COAL CO.
CHARLES F. CROW
SUPERIOR COAL 'S Quality Coal
PROMPT SUPERIOR COAL [ SERVICE GOOD TON - FULL TON - RUSH TON
Also High Grade STEAM and DOMESTIC COAL
OFFICE PHONE 1674 YARD PHONE 2736
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COAL
THRASH COAL CO.
"Warm Friends in Cool Weather"
COAL
228
YARD: NEWBRIDGE, N. C.
COAL 744
BIRD COAL CO., Inc.
"HOME OF HIGH GRADE COALS" 261 DEPOT STREET
C. C. R. COAL COMPANY
J. A. REED, Owner
Phone 6861
WE SELL THE BEST
RECAL
TRADE MARK
FAIRVIEW ROAD
Phone 6861
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
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COAL AND FUEL
CITIZENS TRANSFER & COAL CO.
SERVING ASHEVILLE SINCE 1904
COAL
THE IRON FIRE MAN
24 & 25 TELEPHONE
FREIGHT DEPOT TEL. 7 8 to 5 P. M.
COMMUNITY COAL & LUMBER CO.
WALLBOARD - KALSOMINE - HARDWARE - LUMBER ROOFING - CEMENT - GLASS - PAINT
"Everything To Build With" "Everything To Heat With"
McDOWELL STREET at Freight Depot TELEPHONE 871
M. G. JOHNSON
ROY CHANDLEY Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co., Inc. HIGH QUALITY COAL
ROOFING - CEMENT - PLASTER - LATHS - HARDWARE - PAINTS CURTIS SILENTITE WINDOWS AND MILLWORK
OFFICE and YARD NO. 1, KOON DEVELOPMENT THOMPSON ST., BILTMORE, N. C. PHONE 3040
YARD NO. 2 NEWBRIDGE, N. C. PHONE 3022
COAL AND ICE
ASHEVILLE ICE & STORAGE CO., INC.
ICE - COAL - COLD STORAGE
(For Perishables)
OFFICE
PLANT
COAL YARD
24 S. MARKET N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE
N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE
PHONE 72
PHONE 203
PHONE 187
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COLLECTIONS
25
COMMERCIAL ADJUSTMENT CO. & MEDICAL CREDIT ASSN. COLLECTIONS - INVESTIGATIONS - CREDIT REPORTS A SERVICE FOR MERCHANTS, DOCTORS AND DENTISTS
TEL. 678
705 PUBLIC SERVICE BLDG.
COLLEGES
I. P. BLANTON, B.C.S., LL.B., President
I P BLANTON. B C D LL B PRINCIPAL
Blantons
PRACTICAL Business College
0-10 COLLEGE ST. · Ahouille North Carolina
8-10 COLLEGE STREET
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
It Pays to be Prominently Displayed-
MORE GOODS
ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD THROUGH THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
To let people know Who you are, Where you are and what you have to sell. The City Directory keeps your name before the public 365 days in the year, and it pays to be prominently displayed in any book so con- stantly used.
IS YOUR NAME PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED?
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CONTRACTORS
REED & ABEE, Inc. General Contractors
READY MIXED CONCRETE
Brook and Fairview Rd., Biltmore
PHONE
1248
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.
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The Product of Dairying's Best
Biltmore DAIRY FARMS
Creamy, Extra-Delicious, Laboratory-Protected
Biltmore
CERTIFIED MILK
From the world-record Biltmore Certified Jersey herd, and produced in accordance with the 200 stringent regulations prescribed by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions. The finest, safest milk it is possible to produce!
VITAMIN "D" MILK
GRADE "A" PASTEURIZED MILK
CREAM BUTTERMILK
HOMOGENIZED MILK ICE CREAM
COTTAGE CHEESE
SWEET CREAM BUTTER SELECTED EGGS
CALL 6266 FOR HOME DELIVERY
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DAIRIES
Southern Dairies
Sealtest ICE CREAM AND MILK
SYS BRATORY PROTE Sealtest
RPOR
DAIRY PRODUCTS CORP
CREAM BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE MILK . EGGS COTTAGE CHEESE
PHONES 326 - 327 - 328
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DEPARTMENT STORES
IVEY'S
One of the Carolinas
Predominating
Department Stores
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DEPARTMENT STORES
Quality Merchandise
Belk's
Popular Prices
A STORE: Where A Cordial Welcome Awaits You As You Enter. Where: Sales people are eager to render every service possible.
SHOP: In this fine store and you'll find marvelous economies for yourself and your home.
"Remember You Always Save at Belk's"
BON MARCHE
"One of the South's Better Stores'
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DEPARTMENT STORES
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.
DEPARTMENT STORE
"Complete Home Furnishings"
FURNITURE-HARDWARE REFRIGERATORS "COLD SPOT" RADIO PAINTS AND VARNISHES
ROOFING MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES SPORTING GOODS AUTOMOBILE ACCESSORIES BEE SUPPLIES
Allstate Tire
UNCONDITIONAL SERVICE GUARANTEE
48-52 HAYWOOD ST.
PHONES 4411 - 4412 and 4413
Gfird'es® DEPARTMENT STORE
ALL THAT'S NEW AND UP-TO-DATE AT PRICES THAT WILL PLEASE YOU
24-26 PATTON AVE. TEL. 1284
Nothing was ever Sold by Advertising
Until the customer found out where it could be bought.
-NATIONAL ADVERTISING
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ELECTRICAL
M. B. HAYNES ELECTRIC CO. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WIRING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND FIXTURES ELECTRICAL WORK OF ALL KINDS
76 E. WOODFIN SHOP-46 E. WOODFIN
PHONE 2772
ED PALMER CO.
UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC RANGES WHITING AUTOMATIC STOKERS WESTINGHOUSE APPLIANCES NU-ENAMEL PAINTS FRENCH WOLFE PAINTS AND FOX CALCIMINE 143 COLLEGE ST. PHONE 5177
FARM EQUIPMENT
PARKLAND CHEVROLET CO., Inc. FARM SUPPLY DEPT.
M'CORMICK-DEERING FARM MACHINES
IMPLEMENTS
48-56 Coxe Ave.
W. H. FAUCETT, Mgr. Dealers and Distributors McCORMICK-DEERING FARM MACHINERY FARMALL TRACTORS Distributors PURINA CHOWS Phone 2401
Who's Who, and Where?
Such questions can only be answered by the Directory, and that is the place where people look when they want to buy. Are you properly displayed ? therein to get the business
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FARM SUPPLIES
FARMERS FEDERATION
COOPERATIVE
FARM SUPPLIES - FOREST PRODUCTS - FARM IMPLEMENTS HOME INDUSTRIES - TRAINING SCHOOL -POST & RAIL FENCE N.C .- U.S. CERTIFIED CHICK HATCHERY - SEEDS - POULTRY CANNERY - FEED MILLS - SHRUBBERY - HATCHERIES LORD'S ACRE - BEE SUPPLIES - INSECTICIDES - HANDICRAFTS FARMERS NEWS - FARM PRODUCE
: Warehouses :
FAIRVIEW, ASHEVILLE RD 2, CRAGGY, ASHEVILLE RD 4, NEW BRIDGE, ASHEVILLE RD 1. FLETCHER, N. C., HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TRYON, N. C., RUTHERFORDTON, N. C., FOREST CITY, N. C., MORGANTON, N. C., CANTON, N. C., WAYNESVILLE, N. C., SYLVA, N. C., FRANKLIN, N. C., MARION, N. C., MURPHY, N. C., BREVARD, N. C., LENOIR, N. C., BRYSON CITY, N. C., BURNSVILLE, N. C., 73 N. LEXINGTON, ASHEVILLE, 52 BROAD- WAY, ASHEVILLE.
123-131 ROBERTS ST.
PHONE 5150
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FROZEN FOOD
LET THE
Farmers Federation Locker Service
FREEZE AND STORE YOUR MEATS, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES. CURE YOUR HAMS AND BACON THE LOCKER WAY. LOCATED AT 52 BROADWAY
FLORISTS
Robinson's Flower Shop When you Lay it with Flower®
- Say It with Ours
Floral Shop
4 Battery Park Ave. Phone 1622
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Brownell-Dunn & Lovin, Inc.
Embalmers Funeral Directors
57 SPRUCE STREET TELEPHONE 1424
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Berryman Funeral Home
MORTICIANS
A COMPLETE AND MODERN FUNERAL HOME REVERENTLY DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF THOSE FOR WHOM TIME IS NO MORE.
DEPENDABLE SERVICE
65 AMBULANCE 354
138 CHARLOTTE ST.
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Dunn and Groce Funeral Home
INCORPORATED "SERVING HONESTLY AND WELL"
PU
T. A. Groce, Mrs. Arthur E. Dunn
PHONES 3209-3210 WEST ASHEVILLE
LEWIS FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS LADY EMBALMER CADILLAC AMBULANCE SERVICE
EMBALMERS
189 COLLEGE PHONES 62 and 683
The Cemetery Beautiful LEWIS MEMORIAL PARK - PHONE 4-J
Wm. T. Morris, Pres .; Wm. P. Gearing, V-Pres .; Thos. B. Black, Sec .- Treas.
Morris-Gearing Funeral Home
FINEST FACILITIES - MODERATE COST Lady Attendant AMBULANCE SERVICE 140 MERRIMON AVE. PHONE 120
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FUNERAL DIRECTORS-COLORED
W. C. ALLEN -
ALLEN FUNERAL HOME
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AMBULANCE SERVICE 24 HOURS WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
SUNSET CEMETERY Asheville's Newest and Largest Negro Cemetery 350 SOUTHSIDE AVE. TEL. 2800
McCOY-WILKINS FUNERAL HOME, Inc.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS, EMBALMERS AND AMBULANCE SERVICE MOTTO: "Service Is Love In Action" JOSEPH S. WILKINS, Manager
31 EAGLE
PHONE 762
JESSE RAY FUNERAL HOME (Colored) LICENSED MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS
AMBULANCE SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT
267 COLLEGE PHONE 391
JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING
CREATES a New Business REVIVES a Dull Business ENLARGES an Old Business RESCUES a Lost Business
PRESERVES a Large Business SECURES Success in Any Business SAVES a Failing Business ENABLES You to Pay Your Taxes
DIRECTORY ADVERTISING BRINGS SATISFACTORY RESULTS
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FURNITURE
HAVERTY FURNITURE CO.
60 Haywood
Phones 2607 and 2608
FURNITURE - HOUSE FURNISHINGS REFRIGERATORS - RADIOS STOVES - RUGS - BEDDING
"It's Easy To Pay The Haverty Way"
BEAUMONT FURNITURE CO., Inc. "The Home of Furniture Values"
27 Biltmore Ave. Phone 1002
36 Haywood St.
BURTON furniture ASHEVILLE NC
Phone 980
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FURNITURE
JARRETT FURNITURE Co.
STORE WHERE PRICE AND QUALITY MEET
Over Half a Century In Complete Household Furnishings
16-18 BILTMORE AVE. PHONE 1882
Moore Furniture Co.
NEW AND USED
FURNITURE
KNOX RANGES RED CROSS MATTRESSES
LINOLEUMS AND FLOOR COVERINGS
13 BILTMORE AVE. TEL. 4949
FURNITURE AND RADIOS
Freck Radio & Supply Co. RADIOS AND RADIO SUPPLIES Distributor MOTOROLA HOME AND CAR RADIOS
38 BILTMORE AVE.
RADIO SERVICE FOR ALL MAKES
TELS 560 and 561
FURRIERS
ENMAN'S FOR BETTER FURS
STORAGE - REPAIRING - RESTYLING CLEANING AND GLAZING
26 BATTERY PARK AVE. TEL. 4847
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GAS COMPANIES
LET GAS DO THE FOUR BIG JOBS
Cooking - Water Heating Refrigeration - House Heating
PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF N. C., Inc.
88 Patton Ave.
Phone 2200
GIFT SHOP
ALLANSTAND
Display and Sales Room for Southern Highland Handicraft Guild BROOMS - HAND WROUGHT METALS - GREETING CARDS BASKETS WEAVING - HOOKED RUGS POTTERY AND GLASS - HAND MADE FURNITURE HAND CARVED ANIMALS
LOCATION 16 COLLEGE PHONE 471
BACK UP THE MINUTE MAN!
Invest At Least 10% of All Your Income in War Bonds and Stamps
All Can Do This Much ... NO ONE Should Do Less
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HARDWARE
Citizens Hardware and Supply Co., Inc. Hardware - Paint - Glass - Building Supplies PHONE 1260
841 MERRIMON AVE. ASHEVILLE, N. C.
PAINTS . DULUX REG. U. B. PAT. OFF. OU POND ENAMELS . DUCO REG. U. O. PAT. OPP.
era. v.s. MAT.Ork
SARGENT HARDWARE PITTSBURGH PAINTS
Ottis Green Hardware Co.
HARDWARE, STOVES, RANGES, TOOLS AND SPORTING GOODS
PAINTS DELTA ELECTRIC WOODWORKING TOOLS
11 WEST PACK SQUARE TWO PHONES: 1352 AND 1353
LYNCHBURG PLOWS
BRANCH: 9 WALNUT ST. PHONE 239
FROM 30 to 50 PER CENT
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HOTELS
Hotel ASHEVILLE
The Best Value In Asheville 100 Rooms Fire-Proof Free Parking
F. J. BAUMAN, Manager
The Langren Hotel ASHEVILLE'S LARGEST
Rates from $1.50 Excellent Coffee Shop
Enwright Hotels, Incorporated
JOHN H. ENWRIGHT, Managing Director
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HOTELS
MEALS THAT APPEAL
served in our Blue and Silver Grill. Prices are moderate, too. Come in any time for appetizing food!
the JAMES W. WRIGHT NOTE Manager GEORGE VANDERBILT HOTEL
Superior Accommodations at Moderate Rates
When in Asheville, North Carolina Stop at the Asheville-Biltmore Hotel
ALL ROOMS WITH BATH AND CIRCULATING ICE WATER : DINE IN OUR SCENIC ROOM Asheville, North Carolina Rates From $2.00 S. G. Jones, Mgr.
HOTEL CHARMIL
- EVERY ROOM WITH BATH - RATES - $1.75 up
WILBUR DEVENDORF Lessee & Mgr.
"DESIRABLE - BUT NOT EXPENSIVE"
FREE PARKING LOT
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HOTELS
FREE LAUNDRY SERVICE TO PERMANENT GUESTS
MILNER HOTEL
COAST-TO-COAST JUST A FEW STEPS FROM PACK SQUARE 1.00 and 1.50 Day ( SPECIAL RATES) BY THE WEEK FREE PARKING FOR AUTOS 49 BILTMORE AVE. TEL. 1028
HOUSE MOVERS
G. E. Crouch
WE MOVE ANYTHING !!
HOUSE and TREE MOVING CONTRACTOR
HEAVY MACHINERY - SAFES - ETC. 183 CLINGMAN AVE. TEL. 6030
ICE
ICE SERVICE, INC.
Air Conditioned ICE REFRIGERATORS
SAFE TEMPERATURE . PROPER HUMIDITY CIRCULATED AIR Domestic and Commercial
Phone 413 236 Valley St.
ICE, COAL AND COLD STORAGE
ASHEVILLE ICE & STORAGE CO., Inc. ICE - COAL - COLD STORAGE (For Perishables)
OFFICE
PLANT COAL YARD
24 S. MARKET
PHONE
72
N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE
PHONE 203
N. RIVERSIDE DRIVE
PHONE 187
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INSURANCE
T. C. Autrey, Pres .- Treas. Wm. E. Smathers, V-Pres. Ruth C. Garrison, Sec.
AUTREY-SMATHERS INSURANCE AGENCY, Inc.
INSURANCE BONDS
NEW MEDICAL BLDG. PHONE 7600
A. C. GOODMAN, Pres. B. E. GREENE, V-Pres.
E. C. GREENE, Sec .- Treas.
GREENE & GOODMAN
Real Estate and Insurance
30 Battery Park Ave. Phones 5540 and 5541
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INSURANCE
"THE GOLDEN GATE TO HAPPY OLD AGE - ANNUITIES"
"ANNUITANTS LIVE LONGER"
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of Philadelphia
Founded 1865
HARRY W. LOVE
District Supervisor Phone 4689 2nd Floor Classic Bidg. 78 Patton Av.
· Business
· Corporation
· Mortgage
· Retirement INSURANCE
MUTUAL INSURANCE AND LOW NET COSTS ALL PLANS - LIFE - ENDOWMENT -- RETIREMENT FINANCIAL SERVICE - BUSINESS ANALYSIS WRITE OR PHONE FOR APPOINTMENT
ASTON, STIKELEATHER & CO.
Insuring Asheville For Over 77 Years GENERAL INSURANCE FIRE - AUTOMOBILE - LIABILITY - BONDS PLATE GLASS - WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION 145 COLLEGE PHONE 4266
LEAVITT INSURANCE AGENCY HALSEY B. LEAVITT, President We Save You Up To 40% ON ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE FIDELITY BONDS 200 THE BANK OF ASHEVILLE BLDG. PHONE 4612
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Gay Green, President Jasper Warlick, Secretary-Treasurer John M. Ehle, Agency Secretary
O. Edwin Starnes, Vice-President L. T. New, Supervisor of Agencies John H. Coleman, Actuary
Dr. John A. Watkins, Medical Director
IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY INCORPORATED " IN THE LAND OF THE SKY "
fASHEVILLE
NORTH CAROLINA
ORDINARY AND INDUSTRIAL
LIFE INSURANCE
A HOME GUARD IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR OVER THIRTY-NINE YEARS
Phones 494, 495 and 496
C. M. Coffey, Asheville Agency Manager
Home Office: IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE BLDG., 50 COLLEGE STREET
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INSURANCE COMPANIES
Occidental Life Insurance Co.
OF RALEIGH, N. C. W. Elbert Chambers, Mgr.
LIFE INSURANCE WITH DISABILITY AND RETIREMENT ANNUITIES
401-402-403 Public Service Bldg.
Phone 1007
RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of Pittsburgh R. A. HILLIARD, Manager - Hilliard Agency 601 PUBLIC SERVICE BUILDING ASHEVILLE, N. C.
JEWELERS
CARPENTER-MATTHEW e Quality Towelold ONE HAYWOOD STREET . ASHEVILLE·N · O
. . DIAMONDS ... . . WATCHES ... . . SILVERWARE
REPAIRING
HURSEY & CO.
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JEWELERS
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry Lee's Jewelers
31 Haywood St.
Asheville
LADIES WEAR
JOHN CARROLL distinctive fashions
FROM 30 to 50 PER CENT
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LAUNDRIES
MOUNTAIN CITY LAUNDRY
ABBOTT-KNIGHT DRY CLEANING
Complete Laundry Service
and Dry Cleaning
HATS CLEANED AND BLOCKED
RUG CLEANING AND STORAGE
207 Coxe Avenue
"Telephone Seven Thousand"
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LAUNDRIES
Swannanoa Laundry
ZORIC GARMENT CLEANING SYSTEM
ODORLESS DRY CLEANING
LINEN SUPPLY
Phones 69 and 70
22-24 Church St.
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LAUNDRIES
"ESTABLISHED 1893"
ASHEVILLE LAUNDRY
usiest est
LAUNDERERS AND DRY CLEANERS
12 Rankin Ave.
Phone 2000
Biltmore Cleaners and Laundry, Inc. J. A. McKAY, President DRY CLEANING and
Laundry Service Phone 6800
French Broad Laundry, Inc.
Phone 5811
LICENSED SANITONE CLEANER
Asheville, N. C.
Brownwood at Haywood Blvd.
Minico Phones 1234 and 1235 LAUNDERERS AND CLEANERS 81 Broadway
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LOANS
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TELEPHONE 1266
Bell Finance Company
LOANS $10.00 - UP ON YOUR OWN SIGNATURE 208 FLATIRON BLDG. (Entrance 20 Battery Park Ave.)
CAROLINA FINANCE CO.
Single
Signature LOANS
551/2 HAYWOOD STREET
LOANS $10ºº & UP
TEL. 1522 204-206 CASTANEA BLDG.
TEL. 204
101 MILES BLDG.
MODERN FINANCE COMPANY
WALL ST., at BATTERY PARK AVE., ASHEVILLE, N. C. It Will Pay You to See Us When You Need Extra Money NO RED TAPE - QUICK SERVICE - CONFIDENTIAL LOANS Confidential Loans for Working People $10 and Up
Names Appearing in Black Letters
IN THIS DIRECTORY are the names of those people who ACCOM- PLISH THINGS and are entitled to favorable consideration, if for no other reason than their public-spirited support of measures which make for progress. They represent that ENERGY AND PUSH so essential 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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LUMBER
ERNEST L. SYMMS, Mgr.
PHONE 4800
Galliher Bros., Inc.
BILTMORE
FULL LINE BUILDING MATERIALS
LUMBER
ROOFING C CEMENT
MASONITE PRODUCTS
NATIONAL GYPSUM PLASTER AND WALL BOARD UPSON WALL BOARD
BENJIMAN MOORE PAINTS
NAILS - BUILDING HARDWARE
ESTIMATES GLADLY FURNISHED
J. P. HANSEN, Pres. C. A. HONEYCUTT, 2nd V-Pres.
W. W. WIEBE, Treas. A. S. ADAMS, Sec.
Williams - Brownell Planing Mill Co. (INCORPORATED)
WHOLESALE HARDWOOD LUMBER
-and- CUSTOM PLANING MILL
Kiln Drying - Dressing - Resawing - Moulding - House Trim - White Pine - N. C. Pine - Chestnut - Poplar OAK, BASSWOOD, MAPLE, AND OTHER HARDWOODS Office, Yard and Shipping Point
BILTMORE, N. C. PHONE 729
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LUMBER
CARTER LUMBER CO.
Lumber
Lumber Coal
CEMENT
LIME
COAL
PLASTER Roofing, Brick, Doors, Windows, Hardware, Paint PHONE 921-J
LUMBER - MILLWORK
ERNEST L. SYMMS, Pres. PHONE 1328
Symms Millwork & Supply Company (INCORPORATED)
THOMPSON ST. - BILTMORE
SASH
DOORS
FRAMES
SCREENS
CABINETS
FIXTURES
ESTIMATES GLADLY FURNISHED
"WE ARE AS CLOSE AS YOUR PHONE"
MACHINISTS
McRARY & SON, INC.
COMPLETE MACHINE SHOP
WELDING SUPPLIES USED MACHINERY
TRUCK BODIES
BOILERS-USED AND NEW
GENERAL REPAIRS
ENGINES
BLACKSMITHS
"SERVICE - - - ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES" 198 CLINGMAN AVE. PHONE 270
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MATTRESS MANUFACTURERS
MATTRESSES ASHEVILLE BEDDING CO. MATTRESS MANUFACTURERS
PALMER Quilted MATTRESS
178 CLINGMAN AVE.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
PHONES 2216 - 2217
MONUMENTS
GEORGE B. NIX
DISTINCTIVE MARBLE & GRANITE
Tel. 6415-W
OFFICE AND DISPLAY HENDERSONVILLE ROAD, RD 2 (Between Buena Vista and Busbee Station)
CAN YOU AFFORD
ART HA' UNI AND SOLD
THAJJUM THE
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS AP IAL DIRECTORY İRAN
to miss a Full Representation in the Classified part of the City Directory? It is a Buyers' and Sellers' Guide and through its consultation
Thousands of dollars worth of goods are sold annually
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MONUMENTS
White's Monument Works
MONUMENTS - MARKERS
MARSH
Office and Shop Weaverville Road at Newbridge
Phone 3418
BANKS D. WHITE - Owner and Mgr. P. O. Box 7177
MOVING AND STORAGE
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co.
America's Finest!
MAYFLOWER
Mayflower
Asheville's Only Bonded Warehouse
CLOSED VANS FOR LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING
PACKING : STORAGE Agent Aero Mayflower Vans Phones: Day 114, Night 1708 44 Valley St.
Who's Who, and Where?
Such questions can only be answered by the Directory, and that is the place where people look when they want to buy.
Are you properly displayed ? therein to get the business
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MUSICAL MERCHANDISE
PIANOS Mason & Hamlin Knabe Musette Gulbransen Winter
Hammond Organ Band Instruments Musical Merchandise Sheet Music RCA Victor Columbia and Decca Records
RADIOS Capehart Magnavox RCA Victor Philco Crosley
ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS Shelvador Leonard Maytag Washers Electric Ranges
Dunham's Music House The home of high grade pianos
62 PATTON AVE.
लो
NEVILLE MUSIC CO.
MUSICAL Instruments RADIOS - PIANOS - WASHING MACHINES 11 Biltmore Ave. Phone 4949
NEWSPAPERS
The West Asheville News
WALTER A. WARD, Owner Printing - Publishing PHONE 4817 440 HAYWOOD ROAD ASHEVILLE, N. C.
The Southern Nema NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA'S LEADING NEGRO NEWSPAPER EUGENE SMITH, President
121 SOUTHSIDE AVE. PHONE 7660
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NIGHT CLUBS
THE PLANTATION
Round and Square Dancing Every Evening from Eight O'clock Until Midnight. Plenty of Room for All. One of the Largest and Finest Dance Halls in North Carolina BILTMORE AVE. PHONE 9490
NURSERIES
NETTLEWOOD NURSERIES
NURSERYMEN
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS and GARDENERS R. M. Gibson, Jr., Architect
HENDERSONVILLE ROAD, 6 MILES OUT
PHONE 6400
OFFICE EQUIPMENT
OFFICE EQUIPMENT CO.
P. H. HESTER, Manager
L. C. Smith Typewriters, Marchant Calculators, Victor, Allen Wales, Remington and Corona Adding Machines, Dicta- phones, Corona, Royal, Underwood and Remington Portable Typewriters, Safes, Desks, Visible Equipment, Bookkeeping Machines, New, Used and Rebuilt Cash Registers We Specialize On Burroughs
PHONE 260
OFFICE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
Commercial Stationers, Inc. COMPLETE OFFICE OUTFITTERS
· Furniture
· Blank Books and Loose Leaf Systems
· Filing Equipment and Supplies
. Carbon Paper and Ribbons
· Office Accessories
Books - Greeting Cards - Picture Frames Social Stationery
59 HAYWOOD TEL. 2921
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101-103 PATTON AVE.
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PAINTS
Ideal Paint & Hardware Co.
ESTABLISHED 1919
EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS FOR
ROGERS THE MARS OF QUALITY
PAINTS LACQUERS VARNISHES
GLASS - BRUSHES
GARDEN TOOLS - HARDWARE - ROOFING - SEED - SPORTING EQUIPMENT HOUSEWARES - STOVES - WIRE
727 HAYWOOD ROAD
PHONE 1058
SERVICE PAINT CO.
48 BILTMORE AVE.
PHONE 166
GENERAL CONTRACTING - PAPER HANGING MASTIC HOUSE PAINT - GRAPHITE ROOF PAINT - PEE GEE PRODUCTS - FOUR-HOUR ENAMEL Wall Papers - Calcimine - Dutch Boy Lead - Old English Wax - Washable Papers - Stains - Varnishes
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PAINTS
Palmer - Lipe Paint Company
DISTRIBUTORS DEVOE & RAYNOLDS PAINTS - VARNISHES - WALL PAPER ARTISTS' MATERIALS
82 PATTON AVE.
TELEPHONE 3581
PAINT DEPARTMENT 77 PATTON AVE.
GLASS DEPARTMENT 63 N. LEXINGTON AVE.
PRITCHARD PAINT & GLASS
COMPANY
OF ASHEVILLE Contractors and Dealers in PAINTS, GLASS AND PAINTERS' SUPPLIES TELEPHONE 407
TELEPHONE 3431
PAINTS AND WALLPAPER
THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO.
SWD
COVER THE EARTH
SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINTS
Distributors IMPERIAL WASHABLE WALL PAPER 76 PATTON AVE.
IMPERIAL Mashable WALLPAPERS
PHONE 6700
PEST CONTROL
PEST CONTROL
CREATORS OF
EXTERMINATING
SANITATION - ORKIN COMPANY INC
PHONE 6766
RATS, ROACHES
5 YEAR BONDED GUARANTEE ON TERMITE CONTROL "OLDEST AND LARGEST EXTERMINATORS IN THE SOUTH" 24 WALL ST.
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Paints, Lacquers, Varnishes and Enamels
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
Superb Views of Western North Carolina and The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
TECHNICAL PHOTOGRAPHY ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHIC MURALS
COLOR WORK
ENLARGEMENTS
COPY AND LEGAL
DISTINCTIVE FINISHING
ELLIOT LYMAN FISHER
208 Castanea Bldg. 551/2 Haywood St.
Telephone 3071
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PHOTOGRAPHERS
YOUNG'S PHOTO STUDIO ROBERT W. YOUNG, Prop.
FINE PORTRAITS Asheville's Leading Colored Photographer
29 S. MARKET ST.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
PIANOS
PIANOS STEINWAY - WURLITZER AND EVERETT ORGATRON ELECTRONIC ORGAN
Cannon-Hellen Music Co.
75 NORTH MARKET ST. ASHEVILLE, N. C.
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