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SALISBURY CITY DIRECTORY, SUPPLEMENT, 1947
C971.80 S16B1 1947
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THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA PRESENTED BY Greensboro Chamber of Commerce
C971.80 S16b1 1947
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CHEERWINE
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ON CANNON RANSFER CO.
"MOVERS OF FINE FURNITURE" Storage - Packing - Crating CLOSED VANS - EXPERIENCED MEN 113 E. Council St.
DAY PHONE 485 NIGHT PHONE 2298-J
Phone 695
REPAIR . BODY & FENDER WORK . WRECKER SERVICE Look to Olds for the Newest
STAR LAUNDRY
111 W. Bank St.
LAUNDERERS and DRY CLEANERS "THE GOOD ONE"
Phone 24
State RADIO SERVICE
Motorola Auto Radios Fada Home Receiver
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES FLUORESCENT FIXTURES 107 E. FISHER PHONE 482
"A Health Food"
PET ICE CREAM
PHONE 214
Bishop C. Leonard JEWELER
PURITY DIAMONDS GIFTS and JEWELRY
126 S. Main St.
Phone 1584
L. S. BRADSHAW & SONS
GENERAL CONTRACTORS and BUILDING SUPPLIES 601 N. Railroad Phone 419
In The Piedmont Carolinas PROGRESS Keeps Rolling Along
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PIEDMONT CAROLINAS . IN HOMES, AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS, AND INDUSTRY . THE DUKE POWER COMPANY HAS UNDERWAY FACILI- TIES THAT REPRESENT AN INVESTMENT OF OVER $10,000,000 IN ADDITIONAL CAPITAL .
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Baldwin's SALISBURY
516;1. 1947
North Carolina
City Directory UPPLEMENT EDITION 1947 ABCD No. 133
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UNIQUE DISTINCTIVE
ABCD A BALDWIN CITY DIRECTORY
1947 POPULATION For
SALISBURY, N. C. 30,574
This population secured by an actual count of persons residing in the territory covered by a House-to-House Can- vass under Baldwin's Modern ABCD plan.
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HONOR ROLL AND INDEX TO DISPLAY SPA(
Aetna Loan & Finance Co.
Alexander's Studio. See Buyers' Guide
American Red Cross
Appliance Service Co ... See Buyers' Guide
Arnoid's
See Buyers' Guide
K. W. Arthur
See Buyers' Guide
Bamby Bakers.
See Marginal Lines and
Supplement Cover
Bankett Tire & Battery Co ____ See Buyers' Guide
C. P. Barringer
Barringer's Shoe Shop __ See Buyers' Guide Bauknight Duco Works __ See Buyers' Guide
Belk-Harry Co. See Marginal Lines
Bell Shoe Store See Buyers' Guide
Benton Cleaners
See Marginal Lines
Blue Star Sales Co See Buyers' Guide
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L. S. Bradshaw & Sons. See Supplement Cover and Classified Card Space
Brockman's Inc ._ _See Buyers' Guide and Marginal Lines
W. A. Brown & Son, Inc ._ See Buyers' Guide Brown Supply Co .. See Buyers' Guide
Builders Supply Co.
Cannon Shoe Store. __ See Marginal Lines Carolina Welding & Machine Works See Buyers' Guide
Carolina Tire Co.
See Marginal Lines
J. W. Carpenter Agency
Carpenters' & Joiners' Local Union No. 1505.
Carolina Tractor & Equipment Co. See Buyers' Guide
Carter & Trotter Inc .__ See Marginal Lines Catawba College. See Buyers' Guide
Cheerwine Bottling Co
See Supplement
Cover
City Electric Co. See Marginal Lines City Hatters See Classified Card Space
City Motor Co. See Marginal Lines and Buyers' Guide
E. B. Clement, M. D.
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Frank S. Cline See Buyers' Guide
Rufus K. Cohen See Marginal Lines T. N. Cohen See Buyers' Guide
Coughenour & Coughenour
Commercial Credit Corp. H. M. Cooke Pharmacy Craige & Craige
Crescent Motor Co ..... See Marginal Lines
Crowder-Hartman Supply Co. D & M Coal & Fuel Co ..__ See Buyer: Darling Slipper Shop See Cl
Car
R. J. Davis.
See Buyers
R. L. DeWeese
Dixie Radio Service. See Margin:
Duke Power Co .___ See Supplement and Classified Card
Edwin Earle, Jr.
See Margini
Earnhardt's
See Margina
East Spencer Motor Co. See M
Eller-Wood Florists.
See Margina
Empire Hotel
Clinton Eudy
F & W Sporting Goods Co., Inc .__ S. ginal Lines and Classified Car
Farabee Bros. Cleaners & Dyers. See Margin:
Farmers and Merchants
Bank
See Margin:
Chas. N. Feezor, M. D. Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores See Margin:
First National Bank Fisher-Thompson Hardware Co. Foil Motor Co. See Margin:
Frank W. Fuller
Fulton St. Pharmacy ___ See Buyer: Gables'
Gardner Granite Works, Inc See Buyer:
Gem Automatic Gas
Co.
See Buyer:
General Insurance & Loan
Co.
See Buyer:
The Gold Shop
See Buyer
Goodman Lumber Co., Inc .____ See ment Cover and Classified Car
Edwin C. Gregory Haden's Tire Service __ See Margin
Hardin Electric & Supply Inc .__ See Marginal Lines and Guide
Hardiman & Son, Inc .__ See Margin The Harris Granite Quarries Co. Hatley's See Buyer
Haynes Motor Co.
See Margir
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ONOR ROLL AND INDEX TO DISPLAY SPACE CONTINUED
k Auto Co., Inc .__ See Marginal Lines d Buyers' Guide and Classified Card space
I. H. Henderson, Florist __ See Buyers' Guide Hobson Realtor __ See Marginal Lines Holshouser. See Marginal Lines abuser Brothers. See Buyers' Guide Building & Loan
ssn See Supplement Cover
al Ice & Fuel Co. ___ See Supplement over and Classified Card Space a Service & Supplies
1c.
See Marginal Lines
tal Care Assn., Inc. In & Hudson
our Brick & Tile Co .___ See Marginal Lines
bur-Freeman Ins. & Realty
o., Inc. See Marginal Lines s Auto Body Shop_See Buyers' Guide Jarrell & Sons .. See Buyers' Guide drank W. Kirk
; Taxi Service Inc. See Classified Card Space
T. Kluttz. See Buyers' Guide S. Furniture Co. See Marginal Lines ft. Transfer See Buyers' Guide p C. Leonard __ See Marginal Lines & Supplement Cover
Leonard, Jr. See Marginal Lines Nash Motors See Marginal Lines e Electric Repair Shop ___ See Buyers' Guide gstone College .. See Buyers' Guide er Cabinet & Fixture
See Marginal Lines Cut Rate Drug Store __ See Marginal Lines
Mattox Ins. Agcy ._ See Marginal Lines Mayfield & Co. _See Buyers' Guide ard Music Co. See Marginal Lines Inless Motor Co. See Buyers' Guide ly Music Co.
Menius Co. See Marginal Lines politan Life Ins Co. [ax Rones
tate Oil Co. See Buyers' Guide y Miller, Florist See Buyers' Guide rn Finance Corp. See Classified Card Space
Morgan & Son Shoe Store. See Buyers' Guide
Mutual Insurance Agency ___ See Marginal Lines and Supplement Cover
Nehi Beverage Co. „See Marginal Lines Newsom Jewelers See Marginal Lines New York Life Ins. Co. Noble & Kelsey See Buyers' Guide The R. W. Norman Co. See Marginal Lines N. C. State Employment Service North Carolina Theatre Inc.
The Norwood School of The Dance, Drama, Reading and Related Arts See Buyers' Guide
Oakes Motor Co ..
__ See Buyers' Guide and
Classified Card Space
Dave Oestreicher
See Marginal Lines
Parish Clothing Co.
See Marginal Lines
Patterson Jeweler.
See Buyers' Guide
Peeler Flower Shop See Buyers' Guide
Pet Dairy Products Co. _See Marginal
Lines and Supplement Cover Phil's Family Shoe Store_See Buyers' Guide Piedmont Broadcasting Corp .__ See Buyers' Guide
Piedmont Mill Supply Co.
See Buyers'
Guide
Piedmont Radio Sales & Service See Buyers' Guide
Pilot Life Ins. Co.
Fred W. Pinkston See Buyers' Guide
Hugh D. Pinkston See Buyers' Guide Powles Funeral Home See Buyers' Guide Purcell's Drug Store __ See Marginal Lines
and Supplement Cover
Quality Southern Oil Co ...
See Buyers'
Guide
Radio Hospital. See Supplement Cover Ramsey Realty & Insurance __ See Marginal Lines
Raney Miller Motor Co.
_See Marginal
Lines
Retail Credit Co. Robie Nash Body Co .___ See Buyers' Guide
County of Rowan
Rowan Creamery Inc .___ See Buyers' Guide Rowan County Veterans Service Center Rowan Drug Co See Buyers' Guide Rowan Laundry See Buyers' Guide Rowan Printing Co. See Marginal Lines Rowan Public Library
HONOR ROLL AND INDEX TO DISPLAY SPACE CONTINUE]
Rustin Furniture Co. See Supplement
Cover
S & W Farm Supply & Hatchery
Inc. See Buyers' Guide
Safety Taxi & Transfer Service. _See
Buyers' Guide
City of Salisbury See Buyers' Guide Salisbury Business College ____ See Buyers' Guide
Salisbury Chamber of Commerce See Buyers' Guide
Salisbury Commercial College See Buyers' Guide Salisbury Evening Post __ See Buyers' Guide Salisbury Branch, Statesville See Buyers' Guide Flour Mills Co.
Salisbury Hardware & Furniture Co. See Buyers' Guide Salisbury Ice & Fuel Co .- See Buyers' Guide Salisbury Laundry _. See Marginal Lines Salisbury Marble & Granite Co., Inc. See Marginal Lines
Salisbury Motor Co. See Buyers' Guide Salisbury Optical Co .__ See Marginal Lines Salisbury Pepsi Cola Bottling
Co .__ See Buyers' Guide and Supple- ment Cover and Marginal Lines Salisbury-Spencer Merchants Assn. See Buyers' Guide
Salisbury Sporting Goods
Store See Supplement Cover The Salvation Army ____ See Buyers' Guide
Security Bank & Trust Co .. See Buyers' Guide
Shaw Transfer Co. See Buyers' Guide Dr. Shafer & Dr. Marsh Sims Tire Co. See Marginal Lines Simpson Peacock Co., Inc ._ ___ See Buyers'
Guide
The Smart Shop. See Buyers' Guide So. Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Southern Dairies, Inc .___ See Buyers' Guide Southern Implement Co. See Buyers' Guide
Southern Radio Service_ _See Marginal Lines and Buyers' Guide Sparks Furniture Co., Inc .___ See Marginal Lines
Spencer Bros. See Margina
Spencer Electric Co. See Buyers Staf-O-Life Feed Co .. _See Buyers Star Laundry See Supplement State Radio Service_See Supplement Sterchi Bros. Stores Inc.
Stokes Devereux Cleaners & Dyers Stoudemire Furniture Store __ See M
Summersett Funeral Home __ See M
Super Service Cleaners.See Margina Superior Oil Co. See Buyers Swartz & Co. See Margina 0
W. C. Taylor
Taylor Mattress Co .. _See Buyers' Thomas & Howard Co .__ See Buyers Toms Drug Store. See Buyers' Tomlinson-Gregory Lumber Co., Inc .. See Supplement
Torrence Studio See Buyers' Trexler Bros, Inc. See Buyers'
Charles O. P. Trexler
Tysinger Tire Service ___ See Buyers'
U. S. Post Office
Von Cannon Transfer Co .__ See Supp
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. E. W. Wagoner & Sons_See Marginal and Classified Card
Walker Motor Co .___ See Supplement
Wallace Building Co. See Buyers' Geo. E. Weant See Buyers'
Western Union
West View Dairy. See Cla Card
Dr. Richard G. Wharton, M. D. Windsor's Antique Shop & Hatchery See Buyers' Wright's Funeral Home, Inc ._. ___ See
ginal
Yadkin Fuel Co .___ See Buyers' Guic
Marginal
Yadkin Hotel
Young Hardware & Electric
Co., Inc.
See Marginal
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INTRODUCTION
Baldwin Directory Company, Inc., publishers of your city directory, es pleasure in presenting the 1947 edition to the general public. A ge force of trained enumerators and solicitors worked diligently in the paration of this volume and we are confident that the result is an hentic and useful city directory.
We have faith in the continued growth of your city and we believe t our directory will take its place as one of the vital instruments for advancement of your community. Subsequent editions will be issued mptly and regularly.
This volume is an example of the ABCD type of city directory as ginated and developed by the Baldwin Directory Company, Inc. In : modern business world with its greatly changed sales and credit sys- as, the old type of directory has become completely obsolete. In adapt- "the directory to modern conditions the Baldwin organization is the neer. The excellent city directory which your city now has is the ult of the progressive spirit of this company and its accurate inter- tation of modern business requirements.
SIX DIVISIONS OF THE BOOK
The principal parts of the Baldwin Directory are as follows:
1. The Buyers' Guide and Civic Section is made up of the adver- ements of the leading business firms of the city, announcements of irches, clubs, lodges, associations and school, and professional cards public-spirited lawyers, physician and dentists. The display spaces ve been carefully grouped and indexed under headings which are de- iptive of the business engaged in by each firm. Th Buyers' Guide, en properly arranged and distributed, is of tremendous value in the Iding of business in the community.
2. The Resident Directory contains most of the data concerning the ividual. The wife's name is given in parenthesis, and the number of endents under 16 is shown as well as the ownership of homes. This followed by position, place of employment and home address.
INTRODUCTION-Continued
3. The Householders' Directory contains a complete, directory streets and avenues, properly located, gives the names of all household arranged as they come upon the streets and avenues, indicates owners of property.
4. The Business Directory and List of Nationally Advertised Bra contains the names of all business firms, professional people and n Sm profit organizations, properly classified. In this division are also lis the name of nationally advertised brands of merchandise, with the na lol of the local agents or distributors.
5. The Numerical Telephone Directory contains telephone numb arranged in numerical sequence.
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6. Rural Route Directory contains names of all rural residents. SPECIAL ABCD FEATURES
The following valuable information which appears in the ABCD ty of directory is not to be found in the old-style city directory :
Number of dependents under sixteen;
Designation of home ownership;
Nationally Advertised Brands; Numerical Telephone Directory; Telephone Numbers on Street Guide.
In addition to these valuable features, the ABCD type of directo is more conservatively styled, printed on better paper and more beau fully bound, arranged for more convenient use and contains a much m complete civic section. Directory stands are maintained in the busin‹ district for the use of the general public.
THE HOUSEHOLDERS' SUPPLEMENT
After including every conceivable feature which would tend to ma the directory as useful and attractive as possible, the originators of t ABCD type of directory made one more bold stroke-they established guaranteed HOME circulation for advertising matter by issuing t Householders' Supplement and delivering it to the homes of the comn nity. Every advertisement which appears in a Baldwin Directory a. appears in the Householders' Supplement, making the Baldwin Direcot "America's greatest dollar-for-dollar advertising medium" today.
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EXPLANATION
All people sixteen years or over are listed.
Wives are listed with husbands, the wife being shown in parenthesis as follows: 13mith Robt R (Mary L).
The number of children under sixteen years is shown after the wife's name as follows: Smith Robt R (Mary L) 3.
The ( both in the resident directory and the householders' directory designates ownership of the home.
In case of a natural widow this fact is shown with the name of the deceased husband in parenthesis, whenever possible, as follows: Smith Mary L (wid Robt R).
The occupation and place of employment are shown as follows: Smith Robert R (Mary L) clk Hub Clothing Co.
The residence of each person is shown, "h" denoting a householder or head of the family, "r" denoting people in the home.
Married women, engaged in home other occupation than housekeeping, are listed individually in addition to their regular listing with their husbands, as follows: Smith Mary (Mrs Robt R) bkpr Henry Jones & Co r 210 Main.
Names in heavy type denote patrons of the directory and are usually the leading firms in each line of business.
Persons living outside the city limits and receiving mail in the country are marked RD.
The letters BD shown on some entries indicate Buyers' Directory.
Colored is shown by a @. The publishers are very careful in using this, but do not assume any responsibility in case of error.
This directory contains all the regular departments of the modern city directory and many features used by no other publisher in the United States.
A numerical telephone directory will be found in the back of the directory list- ing each telephone according to number.
The Rural Route Directory will be found in back of this volume.
The classified business directory lists each firm according to line of business.
The numerical street directory lists each street alphabetically and each house according to number, with the street intersections as they appear. After each house- holder's name will be found his telephone number. In case he has no telephone the nearest telephone may be found. The H denotes householders who own the house in which they live. By using the street guide as a mailing list, a thorough coverage of the city will be obtained without any duplication of names.
The buyers' guide carries the printed messages of the city's leading business and professional firms arranged alphabetically according to classifications.
This directory shows the exact population of the city and environs at the present time.
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SALISBURY NORTH CAROLINA
Salisbury, North Carolina, "Where Opportunity Greets You," a mod- ern Southern City, is located in the heart of the industrial Piedmont Section of the South's most progressive state.
More than 22,000 people reside within its 5,19 square miles of in- corporated area, while the suburban communities, including the towns of Spencer and East Spencer, place the urban population at approximately 31,000. The trading area of 25-mile radius has a population of approxi- mately 190,000. As a trade center, Salisbury has a total of 289 retail outlets doing an annual business of $21,899,500.
Among the twenty cities in North Carolina with a population of more than 16,000 within their corporate limits, based on the Government Census of 1940, Salisbury was in 1945
1st in per capita Retail Sales $1,100
Ist in per capita Drug Sales $48
2nd in per capita Food Sales $209
4th in per capita General Merchandise Sales $186
8th in per capita effective buying income $1,079
8th in Total Retail Sales $21,899,500
HISTORY
Salisbury and Rowan County share in the earliest history of this pro- gressive state, and it is a history that the descendants of the earliest settlers and the people of today may well be proud to tell the world. The County was first settled in 1720 by Protestants from Moravia and a few years later, Scotch and Irish migrated here from their mother country. These were later followed in 1745 by a steady flow of Germans.
The County of Rowan was established at the session of the general assembly of the province of North Carolina on March 27, 1753. Thirty counties in Western North Carolina were later formed from Rowan County. The first Court-the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions-met in Rowan in 1753, the same year of the organization of the county. The first court house was erected in 1756 and old records dating back as far as 1750 are still in file in the office of the register of deeds. The deed for Salisbury Township was granted February 11, 1755, and it is a point of interest to note that as early as 1757 Salisbury boasted of traffic laws.
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SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
Salisbury and Rowan County were especially active during the Revo- lutionary War and in 1781 Lord Cornwallis made temporary headquarters here. General Nathaniel Greene occupied Salisbury immediately before the arrival of Cornwallis' army. In the spring of 1791 George Wash- ington visited Salisbury.
Near Salisbury today stands the remains of one of the South's most outstanding relics-"The Old Stone House"-a large building constructed of native granite, built somewhat in the style of a fort, and occupied by Michael Braun, the forerunner of many of the Browns in the city today.
A national cemetery is located in Salisbury in which Federal soldiers held prisoners by the Confederacy here, Spanish American War veterans and World War veterans are buried.
"Boone's Cave," where the pioneer Daniel Boone sought refuge from the Indians, is located north of the city near the Yadkin River and "Old Trading Ford" on the Yadkin River, established before the Declaration of Independence, is also north of the city.
West of Salisbury, in the graveyard of the Old Third Creek Presby- terian Church, is the modest grave of Peter Stuart Ney, well-known school teacher who came to this country from France and is believed by many to be Marshal Ney, Napoleon's "right hand" man. He was supposed to have been executed for treason to Louis XVII of France, but many be- lieve he escaped through conivance with the firing squad and then came to this country, taking up residence in North Carolina.
Andrew Jackson, at one time President of the United States, studied law in this city.
The mother of James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States, was born and reared in Rowan County.
· Mrs. Frances Christine Tiernan-Christian Reid, a writer of national reputation-was a native of Salisbury. She was author of the volume "The Land of the Sky," from which Western North Carolina derives the name "Land of the Sky."
GOVERNMENT
Since 1927 the city has operated under a City Council-Manager form of government. The Council is composed of five members elected at large. The Council elects a mayor from its own membership and appoints the City Manager, who is the administrative head of the city.
Salisbury has a municipal water system ample to supply pure water to care for the city's needs; a modern sewer system and disposal plant; efficient police department with every modern facility for the detection and prevention of crime.
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SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA
The fire department has long been a source of pride to the city and through its efficiency has compiled throughout the past number of years an enviable record.
Salisbury and Rowan County has a well-organized health department, ranking among the best in the South.
INDUSTRIAL
The fact that Salisbury is a manufacturing community of importance is evidenced by the presence of more than 90 diversified industries located here, manufacturing a very wide variety of products and giving employ- ment to approximately 12,600 employees with a total annual payroll of approximately $10,900,000.
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