Hill Directory Co.'s (Incorporated) Durham, N.C. City Directory [1925], Part 1

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Publication date: 1925
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DURHAM CITY-COUNTY LIBRARY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA


Founded 1838


Chartered in 1859


DUKE UNIVERSITY


(TRINITY COLLEGE)


DURHAM, N. C.


A Southern institution of liberal arts with an es- tablished national reputation for high standards, noble traditions, and progressive policies. Its large endowment fund makes possible its first- class equipment and large faculty of well-trained and carefully chosen teachers. Student fees low. Comfortable, inexpensive rooms in carefully super- vised hygienic dormitories.


Classical and scientific courses leading to the bachelor's degree. Graduate courses in all de- partments. Schools of Engineering, Education and Law.


For catalogue and illustrated booklet, address


R. L. FLOWERS Secretary



THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM


Is qualified by thirty-seven years' experience in conservative banking to serve corporations, firms and individuals in the most acceptable manner, and welcomes new friends.


W. J. HOLLOWAY President


.C. C. THOMAS.


W. J. BROGDEN. Vice-Presidents SOUTHGATE JONES


B. G. PROCTOR. Cashier ERIC H. COPELAND Asst. Cashier


Capital and Surplus, $1,000,000.00


HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S (INCORPORATED)


Hill's DuRhAm


County DURHAM, N. C.


CITY DIRECTORY 1925


EMBRACING AN ALPHABETICAL DIRECTORY OF FIRMS, CORPORA- TIONS, PRIVATE CITIZENS, CITY AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS, CHURCHES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SECRET AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS, BANKS AND A STREET AND HOUSEHOLDERS DIRECTORY


A BUYERS' DIRECTORY


AND A COMPLETE


CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY


PR


ASSN. OF .NORTH


PUBLICO


AMERICAN


VOL. XIV


1898


$10.00.


DIRECTORY


PUBLISHERS


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers Directory Library, Chamber of Commerce, 10012 W. Main HOME OFFICE, RICHMOND, VA.


Copyright, 1925, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


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NC. DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA


975.605 189951


GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations.


65


Alphabetical Directory


65


Banks.


679


Buyers' Directory


21


Cemeteries.


685


Chamber of Commerce.


188


Churches.


685


City Government. .


188


Classified Business Directory


673


Clergymen


688


Clubs.


690


County Government


190


Courts.


189


Elks


198


Fire Department.


189


Hospitals, Asylums and Homes


707


Index to Advertisements


6


Junior Order U. A. M


307


Knights of Pythias


315


Libraries.


715


Masonic Orders


356


Modern Woodmen of America®


368


Military


384


North Carolina Post Offices


16


Odd Fellows


289


Parks .


723


Police Department.


189


Post Office


510


Preface


11


Schools and Colleges


729


State Government.


385


Street and Householders Directory


561


United States Government.


510


United States Post Office


510


Y. M. C. A


559


Y. W. C. A


559


PUBLISHERS' NOTE.


The information in this book is gathered as far as possible by actual canvass, and is compiled in a way to ensure maximum accuracy. The publishers cannot, of course, guarantee the correctness of in- formation furnished them nor the complete absence of mistakes, hence no responsibility for errors can be assumed, but we will wel- come the bringing to our attention of any inaccuracies so that correc- tion may be made in the next Directory.


HILL DIRECTORY CO., INC., Publishers.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS


Reference is especially invited to the following alphabetical list of re- sponsible, enterprising, advertising business men. The more you patron- ize them the better we can make the Durham City Directory; your at- tention is also invited to the names in display BLACK TYPE through- out the book of those who take pride in sustaining the Directory, and who do not borrow their neighbor's Directory:


Alexander Motor Co left side lines and 26


Beall Geo H.


41


Bell Carey L Dr.


62


Blacknall R & Son.


. left top lines and


Borden Brick & Tile Co


. left side lines and


45 34


Brame Specialty Co. .


54


Budd-Piper Roofing Co.


Cameron D B & Son.


Carolina Cadillac Co Inc. . marginal line front cover and


Carolina Heating & Engraving Co


back paste down


Carolina Sales Co Inc.


28


Carpenter Motor Co.


. right side lines and 28


Cary Lumber Co.


. left bottom lines and 35


Central Ice & Fuel Co,


bottom stencil and beginning each letter of Alphabet


Central Market.


Cheek-Holton Mfg Co. . front cover and 35


Cheek T Leonard ..


23


Christian & Harward


left side lines and 47 50


Citizens National Bank


left top lines and 31


City Real Estate Co. .


right bottom lines and


56 61


Cole M O Coal Co.


Consolidated Insurance & Realty Co.


Court Square Drug Co


marginal line front cover and


Darnall & Headley


. left top lines and


Davis James Jr


Delamar Christopher F. left bottom lines and


Dennis W K Roofing & Heating Co . front cover and


Dermott Heating Co


left top lines and


48 3


Duke University ..


Durham Auction Co Inc. back fly leaf


Durham Business School. . back cover and 36


Durham Dry Cleaning Co Inc. .right bottom lines and 37


Durham Fish & Oyster Co


45 24


Durham Furniture Co


marginal line back cover and


Durham Granite Co.


Durham Herald Co.


Durham Insurance Service Co


Durham Loan & Trust Co. left top lines and


31


Durham Paint Co ..


53


Durham Public Service Co.


. right top lines and back paste down


Durham Realty & Insurance Co. . left top lines Durham Stenographic Bureau.


36 Durham Sun The. Classified Divider


Durham Veterinary Hospital.


62


Eno Advertising Agency.


. right top lines and 23


Fidelity Bank The.


. front cover, right top lines and 30 4


First National Bank.


First National Trust Co. . right bottom lines and 57


Five Points Automobile Co . left side lines and


27


Ford-Ballentine Co. .


marginal line, front cover and


47


Gregory Sales, 203 -102 7


57


right side lines and 57 64


28


Church Street Hotel.


City Transfer Co.


. top stencil and 40 51 43 23


51 and 56 21 58


61 53 50


36


INDEX-Continued.


Griggs Sales Co Inc. .


25


Hall-Wynne & White Inc. . right top lines and 46


Harris Bros. .


54


Harris Dolian . . right side lines and


Haywood & Boone left bottom lines and


Highsmith Wm J.


left side lines and


Hill Shepherd M.


Hill's Garage


Holmes Clothing Shop. . left top lines and


Home Building & Loan Assn. .right bottom lines and


Hood System Industrial Bank The. . right bottom lines and Hotel Malbourne ..


Howerton R T & Sons Inc.


Ideal Shade Co ...


Imperial Life Insurance Co.


marginal line, back cover and


Jones H A. .


Jourdan Transfer Co


Kearney Robt G.


Classified Divider


Kern & Kern Drs.


Lasater Roofing Co


. right side lines and


Latta E J Roofing Co Inc.


Lawrence W H & T H.


. right top lines and


McDonald Paint & Specialty Co.


Markham-Rogers Co.


Matthews Norman M.


May David C. .right bottom lines and 53


Mechanics & Farmers Bank The. opp back paste down


Medlin's Electric Shoe Shop.


60


Merchants Bank The. front stencil and


29


Merrick-McDougald-Wilson Co. . opp back paste down


Miles Coal & Coke Co. . .right top lines and


Morris Plan Industrial Bank.


Morton Grover C ..


Muirhead Wm Construction Co.


Nicholson Motor Co.


Noell Bros Hardware Co.


left bottom lines and


North Carolina Mutual Life Ins Co.


. right side lines and


right top lines and


Owl Pharmacy . . . left side lines and


Parrish Plumbing & Heating Co Inc. right bottom lines and


Paschall Bros .


left bottom lines and


Piedmont Letter Shop Inc.


. left top lines and


Powe Edward K Jr.


Pridgen Motor Co.


. left bottom lines and


Pridgen & Jones Co.


Priscilla Art Shop.


Pritchard, Bright & Co


. back cover and


Pullen A M & Co.


Rochelle Sidney E.


left side lines and


Rogers Drug Co.


right side lines and


Sanitary Dry Cleaning Co


. back cover, left bottom lines and


Separk Foundry. .


Separk Willis D Mrs.


Slade S N. . . left bottom lines and


Smith Royal W


Sneed-Markham-Taylor Co.


Southgate J & Son. front cover and


Superba Barber Shop


Tanner C P. .


. back cover and Thompson & Cannady.


Tuttle Better Advertising.


Underwood Norman. backbone and


Vickers Bros Garage


Waverly Ice Cream Co Inc


Woody Edmund D.


25 50 59


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41 31 26 42 28 48 52 34 44 56 55 23 52 27 60 37 39 22 33 44 38 46 29 56 2 39 51 32 59 42 24 43


57 45 55 48 24 40 34 31 49 47 63 52 48 62


.right bottom lines and


left side lines and


37 59 58 41 54 40 53


Orange Brick Co.


ATALOG OF DIRECTORY LIBRARY


Maintained by HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc. at Chamber of Commerce, 10012 West Main.


ene, Tex. an, Mich. marle County, Va. ee Charlottesville) andria, Va. on, Mass. be Boston) terdam, N. Y. roscoggin Co., Me. Arbor, Mich. dia, Fla. ce Ft. Myers) ville, N. C. nta, Ga. orn, NIe. e Androscoggin Co.) ırn, N. Y. ista, Ga. ista, Me. e Kennebec Co.) ista County, Va. e Staunton) in, Texas


more, Md. por, Me. e, Vt. via, N. Y. le Creek, Mich. City, Mich. eford, Me. i, Miss. hore, N. C. e Asheville) ingham, Ala. ingham, Mich. e Detroit) on, Mass. on Business er, Me. e Bangor) hton, Mass. e Boston) ol, Tenn. e Bristol, Va.) ol, Va .- Tenn. nsville, Pa. e Uniontown) alo, N. Y. Ington, Vt.


gan, Pa. e Kittanning) on, O. ondale, Pa. egie, Pa.


Celoron, N. Y. (see Jamestown) Charlestown, Mass. (see Boston) Charlotte, N. C. Charlottesville, Va. Chun's Grove, N. C. (see Asheville) Cincinnati, Ohio City Point, Va. (see Hopewell) Clearfield, Pa. Cleveland, O.


Coconut Grove, Fla. (see Miami)


Colorado Springs, Colo. Columbia, S. C. Columbus, Miss. Columbus, O. Crafton, Pa. (see Carnegie) Cumberland, Md.


Dayton, Ohio


Des Moines, Ia.


Detroit, Mich. District of Columbia Dorchester, Mass. (see Boston)


Durham, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Durham, N. C.


East Hartford, Conn. (see Hartford) East Liverpool, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) East Providence, R. I. Elkins, W. Va. Elmira, N. Y. Enfield, Conn.


Evanston, Ill.


Evansville, Ind.


Fairchance, Pa. (see Uniontown) Falconer, N. Y. (see Jamestown) Fall River, Mass. Fayetteville, N. C. Flint, Mich. Florida Gazetteer & Bus. Dir. Ford City, Can. (see Detroit) Ford City, Pa. (see Kittanning)


Ford View, Pa. (see Kittanning) Ft. Myers, Fla. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Furnace Run, Pa. (see Kittanning)


Gardiner, Me. (see Kennebec Co.) Garrett's Run, Pa. (see Kittanning) Gastonia, N. C. Glendale, Pa. (see Carnegie) Gloversville, N. Y. Goldsboro, N. C. Gorham, Me. (see Westbrook)


Grace, N. C. (see Asheville)


Graff, Pa. (see Kittanning) Grand Rapids, Mich. Greene, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)


Greenfield, Mass. Goldsboro, N. C. Greenville, S. C. Griffin, Ga. Gulfport, Miss.


Hallowell, Me. (see Kennebec)


Hamilton, Ohio Hampton, Mass. Hampton, Va. (see Newport News)


Hartford, Conn. Hattiesburg, Miss. Haverhill, Mass. Heidelberg, Pa. (see Carnegie) Helena, Mont. Homestead, Pa. Hopewell, Va. Hopwood, Pa. (see Uniontown) Hot Springs, Ark. Houston, Texas Howard County, Ind. (see Kokomo) Huntington, Ind. Huntington, W. Va. Hyde Park, Mass. (see Boston)


Indianapolis, Ind. Ingram, Pa. (see Carnegie) Ithaca, N. Y.


Jacksonville, Fla. Jamestown, N. Y. Jersey City, N. J. Johnstown, Pa. Joliet, Ill.


Kalamazoo, Mich. Kansas City, Kan.


Kansas City, Mo. Kecoughtan, Va. (see Newport News) Keego Harbor, Mich. (see Pontiac) Kenilworth, N. C. (see Asheville) Kennebec County, Me. Kinston, N. C. Kittanning, Pa. Kokomo, Ind.


Lakewood, N. Y. (see Jamestown)


Leeds, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)


Lewiston, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Lisbon, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)


Little Rock, Ark. Livermore, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)


Los Angeles, Cal. Louisville, Ky. Lowell, Mass. Lynchburg, Va. Lynn, Mass.


McGrann, Pa. (see Kittanning) Mckeesport, Pa. Macon, Ga. Mahoning, Pa. (see Kittanning)


Maine Register Malone, N. Y. Manorville, Pa. (see Kittanning) Mansfield, O. Marion, O. Marlboro, Mass.


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CATALOG OF DIRECTORY LIBRARY-Continued.


Masontown, Pa. (see Uniontown) Mechanics Falls, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Memphis, Tenn.


Meridian, Miss.


Miami, Fla. Miami Beach, Fla. (see Miami)


Milwaukee, Wis.


Minot, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Mobile, Ala. Mohawk, Pa. (see Kittanning) Montgomery, Ala. Montreal, Can. Mosgrove, Pa. (see Kittanning) Muskogee, Okla.


Nashville, Tenn. Natchez, Miss.


New Bern, N. C.


New Eng. Business New Orleans, La.


New York, N. Y.


Newark, N. J. Newport News, Va. Norfolk, Va. North Adams, Mass.


Ocala, Fla. Oklahoma, Okla. Old Point, Va. (see Newport News)


Omaha, Neb. Orangeburg, S. C. Oswego, N. Y. Oxford County, Me.


Paintertown, Pa. (see Kittanning) Paris, Texas Parkersburg, W. Va. Pasadena, Calif.


Pattonville, Pa. (see Kittanning) Pensacola, Fla. Petersburg, Va. Phoebus, Va. (see Newport News) Phoenix, Ariz. Pittsburgh, Pa. Poland, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)


Pontiac, Mich.


Portland, Me.


Portland, Ore.


Portsmouth, O.


Portsmouth, Va. (see Norfolk)


Providence, R. I.


Raleigh, N. C. Redford, Mich. (see Detroit)


Redlands, Calif.


Rhode Island Business Dir. (see Providence)


Richmond, Va.


Richmond Hill, N. C. (see Asheville) Roanoke, Va. Rock Island, Ill.


Rosendale, Mass. (see Boston) Rosston, Pa. (see Kittanning)


Roxbury, Mass. (see Boston) Rural Valley, Pa. (see Kittanning) Rutland, Vt.


Saco, Me. (see Biddeford)


Sacramento, Calif. Saginaw, Mich. St. Louis, Mo.


St. Petersburg, Fla. Salem, Va. (see Roanoke)


Salina, Kans.


Salisbury, N. Y. San Diego, Calif. San Fernando Valley, Cal. (see Los Angeles) San Francisco, Calif. San Pedro, Calif. (see Los Angeles)


Sandusky, O. Sanford, Me.


Sault Ste Marie, Mich.


Savannah, Ga.


Sawtelle Palms, Calif. (see Los Angeles) Schenectady, N. Y. Selma, Ala. Shreveport, La.


Sioux City, Iowa


South Bend, Ind.


Spokane, Wash.


Springfield, Ohio Springvale, Me. (see Sanford)


Staunton, Va.


Superior, Wis.


Sylvan Lake, Mich. (see Pontiac)


Tacoma, Wash.


Tampa, Fla.


Taunton, Mass.


Templeton, Pa. (see Kittanning)


Terra Haute, Ind.


Texarkana, Ark .- Tex.


Thornburg, Pa. (see Carnegie)


Toledo, O.


Toronto, Ont.


Turner, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)


Uniontown, Pa.


Vernon Hill, N. C. (see Asheville) Vicksburg, Miss.


Vinton, Va. (see Roanoke)


Waco, Texas Wales, Me.


(see Androscoggin Co.) Walkerville, Can. (see Detroit) Washington, D. C. (see District of Columbi


Watertown, N. Y. Waterville, Me. Webster, Me.


(see Androscoggin Co.)


West Hartford, Conn. (see Hartford)


West Roxbury, Mass. (see Boston)


Westbrook, Me.


Westgate, Calif. (see Los Angeles)


Wheeling, W. Va. Whitesburg, Pa.


(see Kittanning) Wichita Falls, Tex. Wilkes Barre, Pa. Wilmington, Calif. (see Los Angeles) Wilmington, N. C.


Wilson, N. C.


Winchester, Ky. Windham, Me. (see Westbrook) Windsor, Can. (see Detroit)


Winston-Salem, N. C. Woodville, Pa. (see Carnegie) Woolsey, N. C. (see Asheville)


Woonsocket, R. I. Worthington, Pa. (see Kittanning)


Yatesboro, Pa. (see Kittanning) Youngstown, O.


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PREFACE


FACTS ABOUT DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA (AS OF SEP- TEMBER 1, 1925, FURNISHED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


Population, Census of 1920 21,719


Estimated July 1, 1925, including territory recently incor- 38,500


porated


Sixty years ago on a beautiful April day there gathered around a cheerful camp fire at a little spot between Greensboro and Raleigh the soldiers of the Blue and the Gray. A stranger would have thought by their gaiety, games, foot races, horse trading and gen- eral behavior that a spring festival was being celebrated. But why this place? This was the spot set aside as neutral ground between the armies of General Sherman and General Johnston just before the close of the War Between the States. This place was called Durham's Station in honor of Dr. B. L. Durham, who gave the land for the railway station. Ordinarily, about two hundred people resided at this little station. But on this memorable spring day thousands of men swarmed the woods in this vicinity. General Sherman's army camped just to the south of the station, and Gen- eral Johnston's about three and one-half miles west, at the Ben- nett Place. Soldiers from both sides met at Durham Station and had a genuinely good time. They found a frame house just a little way from the station full of tobacco that had been manufactured by Mr. John R. Green for the soldiers in gray. The house was sacked and men from both sides filled their pockets with smoking tobacco.


After Johnston had surrendered to Sherman at the Bennett House, the soldiers scattered in every direction. Some lived in Texas, some in Maine. So it happened that later Mr. Green's to- bacco went "express prepaid" from Maine to Texas. When the to- bacco carried away began to give out, these men began to feel a desire for more of the "celestial weed." Thus it happened that the railroad agent, postmaster and other officials around this little burg began to receive letters from various places asking for more of that Durham tobacco. Mr. Green was quick to see his opportunity, and accordingly began to manufacture more tobacco and call it "Durham Smoking Tobacco." He adopted the Durham bull as his trade mark. The story of the subsequent litigation over this trade mark need not be told here. Suffice it to say "Bull Durham" won out and still survives. After the death of Mr. Green in 1869, Messrs. W. T. Blackwell & Company purchased the business. Fresh capital was applied and the tobacco business took on the big boom that has never ceased. The sign of the "Bull" is seen around the world to-day.


After the war Durham's population rapidly increased. The


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station became a town and was incorporated by the act of the General Assembly, ratified April 10, 1869. At the time the above bill passed the General Assembly the town of Durham was in the county of Orange. Exactly twelve years later a bill for the estab- lishment of Durham county was ratified by the people, having been introduced in the General Assembly by the Honorable Caleb B. Green. A slice of Orange and a slice of Wake went to make up the county. Just a few years ago another part of Wake was cut off and handed over to Durham in the form of Carr township.


From this small beginning Durham has grown into a thriving, progressive, wide-awake city. Its importance can best be gathered from the information which follows:


AREA: 12.8 square miles.


BANKS: Nine banks with combined capital and surplus of $2,709,000.00. Annual clearance of $82,000,000.00. Annual debits to individual accounts, $245,000,000.00.


CHURCHES: Forty-six churches, embracing practically all denominations.


CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS: Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Lion's Club, Woman's Club, Business and Professional Women's Club, Durham Merchants' Association, Durham Chamber of Commerce.


CLIMATE: Equable. Annual mean summer temperature, 71.3; winter, 48.4. Sixty-two per cent sunshine days. Annual rainfall, 47.19 inches. Annual snowfall, 10 inches. Prevailing westerly winds.


COLLEGES: Duke University (formerly Trinity College) is destined to be one of the great universities of the country. It has funds available for physical equipment, which will make it rank fifth in value in the United States, being exceeded only by Har- vard, Yale, Columbia and the University of Chicago. Its endow- ment at the present time is $15,000,000.00. Buildings, valued at $4,000,000.00, are now under construction and additional buildings contemplated will exceed $6,000,000.00 in cost. The university is open to both men and women, and in 1924 had an enrollment of 1,200.


There is also located in Durham the Durham State Normal College for colored people. (Enrollment 1924, 300.)


One of the best assets of Durham is the University of North Carolina, one of the leading universities of the South, which is located at Chapel Hill, ten miles from Durham. There is a con- crete and asphalt boulevard from Durham to Chapel Hill. Enroll- ment for 1924, 2,300.


COUNTY ESTABLISHED : 1881.


COUNTY: Durham is the county seat of Durham County, which was created in 1881 from parts of Orange and Wake Coun-


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ties. While Durham is not a large county it is the center of the famous bright leaf tobacco belt. About 15,000,000 pounds of to- bacco are sold each year on the Durham market. Tobacco is the principal money crop, although cotton, corn and truck are also im- portant. The county has good roads and splendid schools and churches.


EDUCATION: Durham is recognized as being one of the lead- ing educational centers of the South. Its colleges and university, its public school system, its schools of music and its business school are rated among the best in the South by leading educators. (See Colleges and Schools.)


FIRE PROTECTION: Durham has a well equipped fire de- partment with four stations and paid personnel, giving Durham first-class insurance rating.


GOVERNMENT: Durham has had the Council-Manager form of government since May 4, 1921. It is admitted to be one of the best governed cities in the State.


HEALTH: Durham has a well organized Board of Health, with thirteen employees, charged with supervision of health condi- tions in the entire county. It has been remarkably successful in its work. The white death rate for 1924 was only 10.7 to the 1,000. The death rate for both races was 14.3. The birth rate was 30.7. Milk, meats, water, markets, dairies, hotels and eating places are carefully inspected. (See report of Board of Health, 1924, for more detailed information.)


INDUSTRIES: Durham is the second largest industrial city in North Carolina, its output of manufactured products being valued at more than $90,000,000.00 annually. It has large tobacco indus- tries, manufacturing such well-known brands as Duke's Mixture and Bull Durham smoking tobaccos, and Piedmont, III, Chester- field, Lucky Strike and Sweet Caporal cigarettes. It is the home of the Durham Hosiery Mills (manufacturers of the Durable Dur- ham Hosiery, the largest manufacturers of hosiery in the world), and the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company, the largest small bag manufacturers in the world. There are also manufactured in Dur- ham Erwin and White Star sheetings and pillow cases, Glascow Zephyrs ginghams, chambrays and cheviots, Virginia-Carolina fer- tilizers, Occoneechee, Peerless and Climax flours, silk shirtings and sports goods, novelty fabrics, blank books, castings and iron pro- ducts, cigars, harness, bread, ice, mattresses brick overalls, wagons, building materials and proprietary medicines. On account of near- ness to source of raw materials, cheap electric power and its trans- portation facilities, Durham offers unexcelled opportunities for the location of industries.


HOSPITALS: Watts Hospital (white), one of the finest hos- pitals in the South. Value, $1,250,000.00. 102 beds. Personnel


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of 17 physicians and 48 nurses. Lincoln Hospital (colored). Value, $150,000.00. 100 beds. Personnel of 8 physicians and 21 nurses.


HOTELS: Durham is unusually well provided with hotel facili- ties. The Washington Duke is one of the finest hotels in the South, having been constructed at a cost of more than $1,500,000.00. It has 300 bedrooms, all with bath. Other hotels are the Malbourne, Savoy, New Lochmoor and the Church Street. Total of 650 rooms.


LOCATION: Durham is situated in the geographical center of North Carolina, a few miles north of the center of population of the State. Its terrain is slightly rolling and well drained.


POPULATION: The Federal census of 1920 gave Durham a population of 21,719. On April 1, 1925, the corporate limits of the city were extended and the population of the city is now con- servatively estimated at 38,500. Native born white 63.9 per cent; colored, 35.2 per cent ; foreign born white 8.10 per cent. Within a radius of 25 miles of Durham there are 160,000 people; 50 miles, 550,000; 100 miles, 1,900,000.


PUBLIC UTILITIES: Durham has public utilities furnishing street car, gas, telephone and electric current service. These utili- ties will compare favorably both in cost of service and in efficiency with those in other cities of similar size.


RECREATION: Community recreation under supervision of Playground and Recreation Commission, supported by public tax- ation. Two parks containing swimming pools, tennis courts, etc., and several large playgrounds maintained by industrial plants for the use of employees. Golf course with eighteen holes. Tennis and gun clubs. College football, baseball, basketball and track are always available. The schedules of Duke University and the University of North Carolina afford Durham citizens the oppor- tunity of seeing some of the best college teams of the East and South in action. Durham also has a professional team in the Pied- mont League.


SCHOOLS: The public school system of Durham is nationally known for its equipment, high scholastic standards and progressive policies. In addition, the Durham School of Music and the Southern Conservatory of Music rank among the leaders in their field. The Durham Business School is a fully accredited class "A" institution.


SOCIAL: The Piedmont Club affords its members all the ad- vantages of the most modern social club. Two motion picture theatres for white and one for colored. One vaudeville theatre. A theatre and auditorium, seating 2,200 will be completed by January 1st, 1926.


SOCIAL AGENCIES: Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian Association, Salvation Army, Red Cross,


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Travelers' Aid, King's Daughters, Board of Charities and Public Welfare and Wright's Refuge for Children


STREETS: Durham is to-day one of the best paved cities in the State, and several hundred thousand dollars are being ex- pended each year for street paving. The white way lighting sys- tem in the business district is admitted to be one of the best in the South.




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