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HILL'S CHARLOTTE (MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1938 VII
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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
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Post Office
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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
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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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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
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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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