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HILL'S CHARLOTTE (MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1940 IX
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and a Numerical Telephone Directory; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings
967
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
969
Banks and Trust Companies
973
Board of Education
144
Buildings-Office and Public
979
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
979
Buyers' Guide .preceding Classified
Cemeteries
980
Chamber of Commerce
143
Churches
981 144
Classified Business Directory
965
- Clergymen
983
Clubs
985
Convents
989 480
Fire Department
144 999 1002
Halls
1003
Hospitals and Dispensaries
1003
Labor Organizations
1014
Libraries
1016
Museums
1022
Newspapers
1022
Numerical Telephone Directory
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Parks and Playgrounds
1027
Police Department
145
Post Office
710 1031
Railroads
Schools-Parochial 1037
Schools-Public
1037
Schools, Colleges and Academies 1038
1040
Societies-Miscellaneous
1040
Societies-Patriotic 1040
State Government 526
Street and Avenue Guide
777
Tourists' Camps -
1044
United States Government
709
City Government
County Government
Golf Clubs and Courses
Homes and Asylums
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
850955
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Acousticon Charlotte Co. 31 7 .right bottom lines and 2 Dixie Awning Co .... right side lines and Addressing Service Co .... right top lines Allen Thos D. 24 Doggett Lumber Co ...... back cover and American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp .. 13 Dombhart George E right side lines and 2 Domestic Laundry Inc right bottom lines Douglas & Sing. 20
American Dry Cleaning Co. . left top lines
American Trust Co ...... back cover and Anderson Fred Motor Co .. .left top lines and 4
Andrews Music Co .... left top lines and 37
Arkansas Fuel Oil Co .. left bottom lines Ashworth Bros Inc .. . 14 Ellison Ernest Inc ... right side lines and Errand Service
Atlantic Co ... .right bottom lines Auto Parts & Salvage Co Inc .. 2 First Presbyterian Church.
Avrett Roofing & Heating Co
.left bottom lines and 41
Awning Service Co. . right side lines and Barbee R T Co ..... left side lines and 29
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Barringer J V Jr. .
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Binder's Beauty Shop. 11 Garrison & Hopkins Co Inc. 5 Blankenship A V. . right top corner cards left bottom lines Bost Building Equipment Co Inc .left top lines Gathings Motor Co Inc left side lines and Geyer Business College. right top lines and 13
Boyd L S .. Y 38
Breen J J & Sons Bridges Furniture Co.
. right bottom lines and 21
Brodt Music Co .. .left bottom lines Brown Equipment & Manufacturing Co Caldwell Construction Co. . left side lines Cannon Aircraft Sales & Service Inc .. .left side lines and 2
43
Carolina Brixite Distributors 41
Carolina Business School Inc ..
.right top lines and 13
Carolina Cut Rate Drug Store Inc. . 18
Carolina Finance Co .. left side lines and 30 Haverty Furniture Co left top lines and Carolina Marble & Granite Works. Hayes Nursery .... right top corner cards . front cover, right top lines and 34 Carolina Realty Co .. right top lines and Heath Motor Co. . right bottom lines and Henderson Irwin Co .... left bottom lines Herrin Bros Coal & Ice Co .. 15
Heyward T C. 34
Hinson Coal Co .. . left side lines
Holland Furnace Co 20 Home Realty & Management Co Inc .. .. . back cover and 39
Horne-Wilson Inc . 38 Hoppe Motors Inc. . back cover and 3 Hotel Charlotte ........ left bottom lines Industrial Loan & Investment Bank ..
.left top lines and 10 Interstate Electric Co right bottom lines Jarrell W G Machine Co. . . back cover and left top lines
Jocie Transfer Co 43 Johnson H V & Son .. . top edge and 15 Julian's Laundry & Cleaning. .right side lines and 28
Kale-Lawing Co. . backbone and Kimbrell's Inc. .
35 21
Kirkland C W. 17 Lee Construction Co. .right top lines 42 30 27 28
3 Maxwell Bros. . right top lines and 21
McCray's. left side lines and 28 Mc Donald Insurance Agency .right side lines McDonald Service Co Inc ... .right bottom lines McEwen Funeral Home
McGinn E R. 22
39 McNeil Paper Co Inc. 36
Mechanics Perpetual Building & Loan Assn. . left top lines and 12 23
Mecklenburg Hotel .. right side lines and Mecklenburg Nurseries Inc left side lines Metropolitan Life Insurance Co ...
right bottom lines
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39 Carolina Transfer & Storage Co. .. right bottom lines
Carson McAlister Insurance Agency Inc
right side lines and 25 37 17
Case Plastering Co Inc.
Cathey Lumber Co backbone and 32 Hood B Mifflin Tile Co. left side lines and 11
Central Lumber Co .. . left side lines
Charlotte Awning Co.
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Charlotte Engraving Co.
Charlotte Hardware Co Inc ..
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right top lines and 23
Charlotte Hudson Co ...... left side lines Charlotte Laundry Inc .... left side lines Charlotte Lumber Corp ..... Charlotte Merchants Assn Inc.
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. left side lines and 16 Charlotte Seven-Up Bottling Co. . left bottom lines
Charlotte Storage Battery Co. right side lines and A
Charlotte Venetian Blind Manufacturing Co. . right side lines and 43
Charlotte Wagon & Auto Co ..
.left top lines and 4 Choate Rental Co. . back cover and left side lines Citizens Savings & Loan Co .. Y
City Chevrolet Co .... bottom edge and City Ice Delivery Co .... right side lines City Industrial Bank. right bottom lines and 10 Columbia Broadcasting System Inc .. . left side lines Commercial National Bank.
Commonwealth Fuel Co ..... .front edge and 10 14
Crosland John Co .... left side lines and Crouch Funeral Home left bottom lines Crowe Finance Co ...... left bottom lines Daughtry Sheet Metal Co . left top lines and 42 DeLaney E S ....... right side lines and 40
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DeWitt Motor Co Inc right side lines and 5
8 Duke Power Co. . front cover and 19 Eckerd's of Charlotte N C Inc ...
.right bottom lines
Economy Electric & Supply Co. .right bottom lines
25 18 14 5 Folger Lee A Inc ... right side lines and Foremost Dairies Inc ...... left side lines Forest Lawn Co The .... left bottom lines Freeman L J Plumbing & Heating Co .. Fruehauf Trailer Co ..
33 43
Gilmer-Moore Co ...
42
Glidden Co. right top corner cards Great Northern Life Insurance Co. 24 Griffith Thos & Co ...... right side lines H & S Lumber Co. . right side lines and 33 Hammett Used Car Corp. 3
Hardware Mutual Fire Insurance Co. .. right side lines and 23 Harris Jas J & Co Inc. .left bottom lines, 27 and 40 40 Harris W C Co. Harry J M & Co .. .left top lines
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Case Bros Piano Co .. right top lines and
Liquid Asphalt Co right bottom lines and Local Brokerage Co .. left side lines and Long Robert H Agency left side lines and Lucielle Shops.
.left side lines and 20
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Mill Remnants Co right bottom lines and 18 Sipe Realty Co.
Smith Johnson C University
.left side lines and 16 Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Co .. .left top lines and 22
34 Southeastern Ice & Coal Co. B
Southeastern Construction Co. 16 Southern Dairies Inc. . left side lines and Southern Engineering Co ... C 24 Southern Real Estate & Insurance Co. . right side lines and 41 Spencer Harry J. . right top corner cards Standard Ice & Fuel Co .... left top lines Steffey R P Co.
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Sterchi Bros.
.right bottom lines
Stroupe W C Woodworking Co.
.left bottom lines
Terminix Co of Charlotte .. . left bottom lines Thies Realty & Mortgage Co. .right side lines and 41 Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc ..
.right side lines
Torrence Chas A. .left side lines Tucker-Kirby Co .. .. right top lines and 12
Union Bus Terminal ..
12
Union National Bank .... front cover and 9 Union Storage & Warehouse Co.
.. back cover and left top lines Upchurch C W & Co. .right side lines and B Warren-Harris 'Co .. right side lines and 30
Washburn Printing Co.
.. right side lines and 38 Waters Insurance & Realty Co Inc ...
Royal Coal & Coke Co.
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. left bottom lines
Royal Dyers & Cleaners Inc.
Westbrook Insurance Agency ..
Rulane Gas Co ..
.. left bottom lines
right top lines
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Rumph C W Service Co right side lines
S & 'S Floor Covering Shop ...
left side lines
White & Simpson.
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Wiggins J L & Son Lumber Co.
.front cover and
Sanders Mack Motors Inc right side lines
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Wiggins T J Lumber Co
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Willard Hotel
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Sanitary Laundry Inc ... front cover and Shenandoah Life Insurance Co. 27 Yellow Cab Co ... . left bottom lines
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Model Laundry Co Inc .... left side lines
Mutual Building & Loan Assn. .right top lines and 12 29
New-Way Laundry .... left side lines and Nivens Lumber Co. . right top corner cards and Norfleet Motors Co Inc left side lines and Norman-Nicholson Roofing Co ...
.right top corner cards and
42
Orr Motor Co. .left side lines and 6
Parker-Gardner Co .. . .. . . ... left top lines 35 Pennsylvania Oil Co. . left side lines and Perry-Mincey Co .... right top lines and 22 Pet Dairy Products Corp. .right bottom lines and 23
Pettit Motor Co .... right side lines and Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. front cover and 25 Piedmont Fire Insurance Co. right top lines and insert opp name
.in Alpha
Post & Flagg 11
Pound & Moore Co. left side lines Pritchard Paint & Glass Co Inc.
.right side lines Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co Pyramid Chevrolet Co .. front cover and Queen City Coach Co.
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Rogers Thos F Co right top corner cards Rogers Walter S ... .. right top corner cards and 35
Rosenberg's Cleaners & Dyers Inc. . right top corner cards and 14 17
Ross Electric Co
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1940 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 serv- ice. 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 776, 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 777 to 919. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the num- bered 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 the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, begins opposite page 920.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 44, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Charlotte. The adver- tisements 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 commercial and industrial center like Charlotte, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appre- ciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 965 to 1047, 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 in- termediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buy- ers 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, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational cen- ter. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of
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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 Charlotte.
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 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Pub- lishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., Publishers.
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 100 miles by automo- bile, transact business and return home in the same day.
Charlotte's Skyline in the Distance
Charlotte is the distributing center of the Carolinas and is the natural radial point for the railroads of this section. 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.
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, and a daily capacity of 16,000,000 gallons.
Electricity, ample and at low rates, has been probably the greatest factor in the industrial and commercial development of Charlotte.
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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-Council-manager.
Population-1930 U. S. Census, 82,675; local estimate at present, 103,000. American-born, 99.7% .
Area-19.6 square miles.
Altitude-780 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46.05 inches.
Parks-23, with total of 352 acres, valued at $600,000.
Assessed Valuation-$109, 120,895, with $1.48 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$10,336,000.
Financial Facts-2 national banks and I state bank, with total deposits of $105,168,000 (Dec. 31, 1939), and total resources of $112,771,000 (Dec. 31, 1939). Also 1 large branch bank. 3 industrial banks, with total deposits of $2,376,000 (Dec. 31, 1939), and total resources of $4,633,000 (Dec. 31, 1939). Clearings for national and state banks in 1939, $916,328,700. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $8,366,749.52 (Dec. 1, 1939).
Postal Receipts-$1,121,639.56 (calendar year 1939).
Telephones in Service-22,500.
Churches-142, representing 18 denominations.
Building and Construction-934 permits, with total value of $5,379,120, is- sued in 1939.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manufacturing, 55% ; agriculture, 45%. 277 manufacturing establishments, paying wages of $12,750,000 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. 1,600 retail stores in the city.
Newspapers-2 daily and Sunday and 3 weekly.
Hotels-7, with total of 1,150 rooms. A 200-room hotel under construc- tion.
Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and Piedmont & Northern (last an electric line).
Highways-U. S. 21, 29 and 75; State 27, 49, 262, 271 and others.
Airports-1 privately-owned, 21/2 miles from center of city; 1 municipal, 5 miles from center of city.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (also the largest in North Caro- lina) seats 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. 2 new hospitals under construction. Education-Queens College; Johnson C. Smith University (for colored). 30 public schools, including 3 senior high and 2 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 18,119; in parochial, 180. Number of teachers in public schools, 551; in parochial, 8. Value of public school property, $4,294,587; parochial, $150,000; college, over $1,000,000.
Public Libraries-7, including branches and special libraries, with total of 79,000 volumes.
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City Statistics-Total street mileage, 320, with 146 miles paved and 3.5 miles under construction. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 276; motor- bus routes, 111. Number of water meters, 17, 150; light meters, 27,550; gas meters, 7,025. Capacity of water works (municipal), 16,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 8,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 253; value of plant, $5,500,000. Fire department has 126 men, with 7 sta- tions and 18 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $630,427.82. Police department has 101 men, with l station and 20 pieces of motor equipment.
CHARLOTTE "FIRSTS"
Charlotte is first in North and South Carolina in:
Population Telegraph business
Warehouse facilities
Motor-truck service
Number of telephone connections
Railway express
Number of long-distance telephone calls
Airplane service
Financial business
Bank clearings
Bank debits
Retail sales 5.
Radio broadcasting
Wholesale sales
Effective buying income per capita
Railroad facilities
School enrollment
National corporations maintaining branches and offices
HISTORY
Charlotte, the county seat of Mecklenburg, named for Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of George Ill of England, was incorporated as a town in 1768. The name Mecklenburg was given to the county in honor of the Queen's birthplace. The early settlers were made up of Scotch-Irish from Pennsylvania and Virginia; Germans from the same sections; and English, Scotch, Germans, Huguenots and Swiss from the South by way of Charleston.
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