Hill's Charlotte (Mecklenburg County, N.C.) City Directory [1938], Part 1

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Publication date: 1938
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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


24


Alphabetical List of Names


25


Apartment Buildings 1051


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 1053


Banks and Trust Companies 1057


Board of Education 134


Buildings-Office and Public


1062


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 1062


Buyers' Guide opp


1000


Cemeteries 1063


Chamber of Commerce


134


Churches 1064


City Government 134


Classified Business Directory 1049


Clergymen 1066


1068


Convents


1071


County Government 449


Fire Department 135


Golf Clubs and Courses


1080


Halls


1082


Homes and Asylums


1083


Hospitals and Dispensaries


1084


Labor Organizations


1094


Libraries


1096


Newspapers


1102


Numerical Telephone Directory


953


Parks and Playgrounds 1106


Police Department 135


664


Railroads


1110


Schools-Parochial 1115


Schools-Public 1115


Schools, Colleges and Academies 1115


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 1117


Societies-Patriotic 1118


Societies-Miscellaneous 1118


State Government 492


Street and Avenue Guide 729


United States Government 664


850954


Post Office


Clubs


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES


Page


Abbott F C & Co .. left bottom lines


American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp. . 15


American Dry Cleaning Co .. left top lines American Trust Co .. . back cover and 7


Andrews Music Co ..


.left top lines and 37


Annette Beauty Salon.


Arey Chas Co. . . left center lines


Ashworth Bros Inc.


16


Atlantic Co. .right bottom lines and B Atlas Foundry Co. 23 Avrett Roofing & Heating Co.


left center lines and 44


Barbee R T Co ...


.left side lines and 33


Bartholomew B W.


20


Bonitz Insulation Co .... left top lines and 28


Boomershine Earl Inc .. left top lines and


4


Bost Building Equipment Co .. right side lines and 12


Boyd & Goforth Inc ...


.left bottom lines


Bridges Furniture Co. .


.right bottom lines and 24


Brock Exterminators .... left side lines and 23


Brodt Music Co ..


.left bottom lines


Caldwell Construction Co.left bottom lines


Cannon Aircraft Sales & Service Inc .... 2


Carolina Business School ..


.right top lines and 13


Carolina Cut Rate Drug Store Inc. 21 Carolina Ice Delivery. 27 Carolina Marble & Granite Works ... .front cover, right top lines and 36 Carolina Office Supply & Accounting


.left side lines


Service Inc.


Carolina Realty Co of Charlotte Inc ... . right top lines and 41


Carolina Transfer & Storage Co Inc .. right bottom lines


Carson, McAlister Insurance Agency Inc .. right side lines and 30 Case Bros Piano Co .... right top lines and 37 Cathey Lumber Co Inc .. . backbone and 35 Central Lumber Co Inc. 36 Charlotte Awning Co. Z


Charlotte Hardware Co Inc.


.right top lines and 26


Charlotte Hudson Co


left side lines


Charlotte Laundry Inc. .left side lines Charlotte Letter Writing Co. right bottom lines Charlotte Merchants Assn Inc .. .left side lines and 19 Charlotte National Bank .. front cover and 8 Charlotte Realty Bureau.


... right side lines and 41 Home Realty & Management Co. Charlotte Rental Co Inc .... left side lines .left top lines and 41 Charlotte 7 Up Bottling Co Inc .. Hood B Mifflin Tile Co. left side lines and 11 Hoppe Motors Inc .... right side lines and Horne-Wilson Inc ... 39 .right center lines Charlotte Storage Battery Co .. .right side lines and A Charlotte Wagon & Auto Co .. left top lines and 4 Hovis Z A & Son. 23


Choate Rental Co. .back cover and left side lines Citizens Savings & Loan Co Y City Chevrolet Co ....... bottom edge and 2 City Ice Delivery Co Inc. . right side lines City Industrial Bank


.right center lines and 11


Columbia Broadcasting System Inc. .left side lines Commercial National Bank. front edge and 10 Commonwealth Fuel Co. 16


Crocker's Radio Service


40


Crowe Finance Co.


.right center lines


Page


Addressing Service Co .... left bottom lines Allen Thos D ... 30 Darsey H F. .left top lines and 28 Daughtry Sheet Metal Co. .left bottom lines and 44


Deal D A Used Car Co .... right side lines DeLaney & Sing .. 42


Denton Furniture Co .... left bottom lines Dixie Awning Co ...... right side lines and 6 Dixon W J .. ... right center lines and 42


Doggett Lumber Co ..


. . .


.back cover and 34


Dombhart George E ...... left bottom lines Domestic Laundry Inc. . right bottom lines Dudley Cleaning Co Inc. 16


Duke Power Co ..


.front cover and 22


Eckerds of Charlotte N C Inc ..


right bottom lines


Economy Coal Co.


17


Economy Electric & Supply Co.


.right center lines


Ellison Ernest Inc .... right side lines and 29 F & R Coal & Oil Co Inc .. .right side lines and 17 First Mortgage Co of Carolina Inc ... .right side lines


First Presbyterian Church.


15


Folger Lee A Inc .....


. right side lines and


4


Foremost Dairies Inc ...


. left side lines


Forest Lawn Co.


.left bottom lines


Freeman L J Plumbing & Heating Co ...


.. 40


Fruehauf Trailer Co. . right bottom lines and 44


Geyer Business College.right top lines and 14 Gilmer-Moore Co Inc .. right bottom lines Goodrich Silvertown Stores. 4


Goodyear Service .... right side lines and 5 Great Northern Life Insurance Co .. 30


Griffith Thos & Co .... right bottom lines Hackney J P Jr & Co. . left side lines and 42 Hall & Co .. . left side lines


Hardware Mutual Fire Insurance Co ...... Harkey Bros Nurseries Inc 29 .. right side lines and 38 Harris James J & Co Inc. .left center lines and 31 Harris W C Co 42


Harry J M & Co


.left top lines


Hart's Cleaners ..


.right center lines


Haverty Furniture Co .. left top lines and 24


Heath Motor Co ...... left center lines and


5


Henderson-Gilmer Co .... left bottom lines Herrin Bros Coal & Ice Co. 18


Heyward T C.


36


Hicks R C ...


.right side lines and 20


Hinson Coal Co.


Z


Holland Furnace Co


24


Howard Coal Co.


18


Industrial Loan & Investment Bank.


left top lines and 11


Interstate Electric Co .... right center lines Ivey J B & Co ... .left top lines and 21


5


Hospital Care Assn Inc .. right center lines


Hotel Charlotte.


.right bottom lines


James Theodore S. .left side lines


Jarrell W G Machine Co.


. back cover and left top lines


City Lumber Co ..


.right center lines


Colonial Antique Shop.


25


Johnson H V & Son ..


. top edge and 17


Jones Electric Repair Co.


.left bottom lines and 23


Kale-Lawing Co Inc.


right bottom lines and 38


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Keesler-Waters Co Inc. 43 Kimbrell's Inc ... 25 King's Business College. . left top lines and 14 Kirkland C W. 20


Lee Construction Co. right top lines Local Brokerage Co .... left side lines and 33 Lofland Jas G. 46


Lucielle Shops. 32


Marchant Calculating Machine Co .. 14


Master Elevator Co .... right center lines Maxwell Bros ........ right top lines and 25


McDonald Insurance Agency. right bottom lines


McEwen Funeral Home. .right center lines and 24


McGinn Edward R .. 26 McGinn Electric Co. 20


McNeil Paper Co Inc .. 39


Mechanics Perpetual Building & Loan Assn


13


Mecklenburg Hotel .... right side lines and 27 Mecklenburg Nurseries Inc. . left side lines Metropolitan Life Insurance Co ...


.right center lines


Miller Motor Express .. right bottom lines Model Steam Laundry Inc. . left side lines Morris Plan Bank of Charlotte ... .front cover and 10


Mutual Building & Loan Assn ..


right top lines and 12 New Way Laundry. . left center lines and 33 Norfleet Motors Co Inc.right top lines and 5


North State Fuel Co Inc.


.right bottom lines and 18 Page Williamson Inc .... left side lines and 27 Parker-Gardner Co ...... left bottom lines Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co.


Pennsylvania Oil Co .. .left side lines and 31


.left side lines and 39


Perry-Mincey Co. .right top lines and 25 Pet Dairy Products Corp. right center lines and 27 Pettit Motor Co .... .right side lines and 3 Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co .... front cover and 30 Piedmont Fire Insurance Co.


right top lines and opp 520


Pyramid Chevrolet Co Inc. back cover and 3


Pyramid Life Insurance Co. 31


Radio Station WSOC Inc. 40


right side lines and 31 Roddey Oliver F Agency .


Rosenberg's Laundry & Cleaning Co ... 16


Royal Coal & Coke Co .. 18


Royal Dyers & Cleaners Inc.right top lines Rumph C W Service Co.left side lines and 6 'S & S Floor Covering Shop. Z Sanitary Laundry Inc .. . ribbon bookmark and C


Scoggins Memorial Art Shops. 37 Shaw Victor Co. .... right bottom lines Shenandoah Life Insurance Co of Roan- oke Va. 32


Smith Adon N II. 32


Smith Johnson C University. .. left side lines and 19 Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Co .. .left top lines and 26


Smithson Refrigeration Service.


44


Southeastern Construction Co.


19


Southeastern Ice & Coal Co B


Southern Dairies Inc. . left side lines and 28 Southern Engineering Co .... C Southern Real Estate Loan & Trust Co. .right side lines and 43


Standard Ice & Fuel Co .. left bottom lines Standard Memorial Works.


.right center lines Terminix Co of Charlotte.left bottom lines Thies Realty & Mortgage Co. .right side lines and 43


Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc ..


.right side lines and


6


Tucker-Kirby Co ..


Torrence Chas A.


.left side lines


.right top lines


Union Bus Terminal.


13


Union National Bank. . front cover and 9


Union Storage & Warehouse Co Inc .... . back cover and 45


Upchurch C W & Co. . right side lines and B Valeteria Cleaning Co.right side lines and 15 Warren-Harris Co ....... left bottom lines Warren Transfer & Storage Co.


Washburn Printing Co Inc.


backbone and 45


.. right side lines and 40 Westbrook Insurance Agency


Post & Flagg.


.back cover and 12


Pound & Moore Co .... left side lines and 38


Price A Z Co Inc ...


left side lines


Pritchard Paint & Glass Co Inc ..


.left side lines


.right side lines


Wiggins T J Lumber Co.


35


Wilkinson W C & Co.


.right bottom lines and 32


Queen City Coach Co.


A


Yellow Cab Co Inc ..


.left bottom lines


Page Reliance Life Insurance Co


Lattimore L Jackson. .right side lines .left side lines and 31 Rogers Paint Store. 39 Rogers Thos F Co right side lines Rose M B. .left side lines


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1938 edition of the Charlotte City Directory.


Confidence in the continued growth of Charlotte's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Charlotte to the world.


The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Charlotte Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


Five Major Departments


The five major departments are arranged in the following order :---


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 725, on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Charlotte, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 729 to 951. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order. The numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street.


THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, ex- tends from page 953 to page 1000.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 1000 and separately paged from 1 to 48, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Charlotte. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a large com- mercial and industrial center like Charlotte, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 1049 to 1124, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary be- tween buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, de- picting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a


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business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Char- lotte.


The Charlotte Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Charlotte City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publish- ers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those pro- gressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confi- dence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


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CHARLOTTE


"THE QUEEN CITY"


(Courtesy The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Inc.)


Charlotte is located in the center of a territory recognized as the most rapidly developing industrial and commercial section in the South. The eyes of the commercial as well as tourist world are focussed on the Piedmont Caro- linas, the section of which Charlotte is the geographic and industrial center.


Hard-surfaced roads radiate from Charlotte in every direction. Eleven highways enter Charlotte. Three national highways cross North Carolina State highways at Charlotte. North Carolina has 9,000 miles of paved roads. Two million people can come to Charlotte from a radius of one hundred miles by automobile, transact business and return home in the same day.


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Air View of Charlotte


Charlotte is the distributing center of the Carolinas and is the natural radial point for the railroads of this scction. There are eight railway lines radiating from Charlotte, this situation making possible a maximum of rail- way trackage for new industries of various kinds. Charlotte has an abundance of skilled and unskilled labor willing to give an honest day's work for a reason- able wage. Charlotte is not disturbed by continued labor difficulties, strikes and labor agitation.


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The quality of Charlotte's water is excellent. The supply is abundant, with a modern filter plant, completed at a cost of $1,000,000 or more.


Electricity, ample and at low rates, has been probably the greatest factor in the industrial and commercial development of Charlotte.


Charlotte's rapid growth as a manufacturing and business center has developed financial institutions commensurate with the demands of the rapidly- growing city and section which they serve.


Charlotte is live, aggressive and progressive.


Charlotte citizens cooperate in matters which prompt the civic, com- mercial, religious and industrial welfare of the community.


Charlotte is a friendly city. It welcomes the newcomer, be he from the North, West, East or South.


STATISTICAL REVIEW


Slogan-"Watch Charlotte Grow."


Form of Government-Managerial.


Population-82,675 (1930 U. S. Census). Local estimate, 1938, 97,000. American-born, 99.7%.


Area-19.36 square miles.


Altitude-780 feet above sea level.


Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46 inches.


Parks-23, with total of 352 acres, valued at over $500,000.


Assessed Valuation-$120,000,000 (city and county), with $1.50 per $100 city tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$9,974,500 (June 1, 1936).


Financial Facts-8 banks, with total deposits of $69,937,000 (June 30, 1937), and total resources of $79,304,000 (June 30, 1937). Clearings for 1937, $726,253,626.91. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $7,615,000.


Postal Receipts-Over $1,000,000 (1937).


Telephones in Service-17,877 (Oct. 1, 1936).


Churches-111, representing 18 denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $3,513,708 (1937). Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manufacturing, - 53% ; agriculture, 45%. 183 manufacturing establishments, paying wages of $12,500,000 annually, and having products valued at $57,915,697 annually (last available report).


Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 50 miles, and population of 583,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and population of 1,131,000. 1,100 retail stores in city.


Newspapers-2 dailies; 3 weeklies.


Hotels-7, with total of 1,150 rooms.


Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and P. & N. (last an electric line) .


Airports-1 privately-owned, 21/2 miles from center of city; 1 municipal, 5 miles from center of city.


Buses-45 to 60 passenger buses each 24 hours.


Automobiles-In city, 19,000; in county, 28,000.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in North Carolina located here, seating


5,000 persons. Total seating capacity of theatres, 6,900. 13 golf courses in city and suburbs, including 1 municipal course. Hospitals-5, with total of 420 beds.


Education-Queens-Chicora College; Johnson C. Smith University (for col- ored). 30 schools, including 2 senior high, 3 junior high and | parochial. Number of pupils in public schools, 18,696; in parochial, 185. Number of teachers in public schools, 494; in parochial, 8. Value of public school property, $3,712,272.42; parochial, $150,000; college, over $1,000,000.


Public Libraries-7, including branches, with total of. 75,000 volumes.


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City Statistics-Total street mileage, 222.42, with 197.8 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 95; sewers, 239; electric street railway, 35. Number of water meters, 15,420; light meters, 20,800; gas meters, 6,700. Capacity of water works, 10,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 7,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 240; value of plant, $2,000,000. Fire depart- ment has 126 men, with 6 stations and 28 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department real estate and equipment, $229,561. Police department has 102 men, with 1 station and 19 pieces of motor equip- ment. Value of police department equipment, $10,065.


CHARLOTTE "FIRSTS"


Charlotte, Carolina's largest city, is :


1 st in population


1 st in retail sales


1 st in wholesale sales


1st in railroad facilities


1st in school enrollment


1 st in warehouse facilities


1 st in motor truck service


1st in railway express


1 st in air service


1 st in newspaper circulation


1 st in radio broadcasting




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