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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
28 and 29
Alphabetical List of Names.
29
Apartment Buildings 939
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 940
945
Banks and Trust Companies
158
Board of Education
950
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
950
Buyers' Guide
preceding Classified
Cemeteries
155
Churches 952
159
City Government
937
Classified Business Directory
954
Clergymen
957
Clubs
519
County Government
159
Fire Department
970
Golf Clubs and Courses
972
Homes and Asylums
974
Hospitals and Dispensaries
Hotels 974
Labor Organizations 981
984
Libraries
990
Museums
990
Newspapers
Numerical Telephone Directory following Householders Guide
994
Parks and Playgrounds
159
Police Department
759
Post Office
998
Railroads
1004
Schools-Parochial
Schools-Public 1004
Schools, Colleges and Academies 1004
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 1006
Societies-Miscellaneous 1007
1007
Societies-Patriotic 567
State Government
following Classified
United States Government
United States Postal Unit Guide
.preceding Householders Guide
817292
Street and Avenue Guide
757
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Buildings-Office and Public
951
Chamber of Commerce
Halls 973
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION,
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A & M Farm Equipment Co. . Page
. . right bottom lines and 37 Acousticon Charlotte Co 50 Agnew & Brown 91 Allied Van Lines Inc.
. . right bottom lines 103 and 107 American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp .. 21 American Dry Cleaning Co
.. left top lines and 68
American Trust Co .... back cover and 12 Doggett Lumber Co. . .. back cover 19 and 73
Anderson Electric & Supply Co 35 Domestic Laundry Ine. .right bottom lines 22 and 67 41
Avrett & Ledbetter Roofing & Heating Co left top lines and 97 24
Ballenger Bros Coal Co front cover and Barrett John J Grocery 48
Besser Chas S Co .... left side lines and 71 34 26 Biltmore Dairy Farms left top cards and Black Coal Corp 36
Elankenship Alse V. . right top cards and Ecst Building Equipment Co Inc .left side lines and 18
Boyd & Goforth Inc . . left side lines and 31 Bridges Furniture Co .right bottom lines and 42
Caldwell Construction Co . right side lines and 18 Carolina Business School Inc .right top lines and 20
Carolina Cut Rate Drug Store Inc. . . 34
Carolina Distributing Co right top cards Carolina Equipment Sales Corp 107 Carolina Finance Co 70
Carolina Marble & Granite Works Inc .. . front cover. right top lines and 76
Carolina Realty Co of Charlotte Inc. . .. .front cover. right top lines and 92 Carolina Restaurant Supply Co ..
Carolina Roofing & Siding Co
left top cards and 97
Carolina Transfer & Storage Co Inc ..
right bottom lines 103 and 107 Carson McAlister Insurance Agency Inc right side lines and 62
Case Bros Piano Co .. right top lines and 87 Cathey Lumber Co Ine. . back bone and 72 Central Lumber Co Inc left side lines and 74 Hort's Cleaners
Charlotte Hardware Cc
Charlotte Laoor Journal .. light top lines and 48
Charlotte Lumber & Mfg Co. 53
81
Charlotte Merchants Assn Inc .right side lines and B
Charlotte-Minneapolis Artificial Limb Co 3 Harlotte Union Bus Station Inc 19
Children's Shop The 22
Choate Rental Co left side line ;
City Chevrolet Co .. bottom stencil and 5
City Ice Delivery Co Inc . . right side lines and 53 Holland Furnare Co
Cit- Industrial Bank . front cover, right bottom lines and 13
Cliff Howard Coal Co .. 28
Commerol National Bank . front
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sten il, right and 1 :t side lines and Contractors Service Inc. 33
Cook Body Co 105
Crouch Funeral Home left top cards and 41 Crowe Finance Co left bottom lines and 3 Dandridge Sidney W 30
Daughtry Sheet Metal left top lines and 97 Davis Roy Used Cars . . right top cards Davis & Young Inc . . left side lines and 55 DeLaney E S Real Estate 93 45 63
Denton Furniture Co Inc
Dicksen R S & Co Inc.
Dillard Paper Co .... right top cards and 86
Dixie Awning Co .... right side lines and 11
Andrew's Music Co .... left top lines and 79 Arrowood Dairy Farms Ashworth Bros Inc left top cards and 33 21 Douglas & Sing Duke Power Co. 9 50 Atkinson-Nortlect Inc left side lines and Audiphone Co of Charlotte. .. front cover, left side lines and 69 Eckerd's of Charlotte N C Inc .. Auto Spring Co 4 .right bottom lines and 35 Economy Electric & Supply Co. . . .right bottom lines and 35 28 Electric Ice & Fuel Co Ellison Ernest Inc
.right side lines and 56 F & R Coal & Oil Co Inc .left bottom lines and Farris Bros Furniture Co 45 28 Fields Jewelers 64 Firestone Stores
. left bottom lines and 4
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn .... back cover and 99
Florniece Private School 101 6 Folger Lee A Inc .... right side lines and Foremost Dairies Inc of the South. .right top lines and 34 Forest Lawn Co . . left bottom lines and 21
Garrison & Hopkins Co .back cover, left top lines and Gathings Motor Co Inc
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Geyer Business College.
right top lines and 20 Godfrey P C Plumbing & Heating Co .. Goode Construction Corp
89 31 Great Northern Life Ins Co
H & S Lumber Co . . right side lines and Hackney J P Jr & Co
Hammett Used Cars
Hardware Mutual Fire Ins Co. front cover, right side lines and 57
Harris James J & Co Inc . left bottomn lines and 58
Harris Upham & Co 18
Harry J M & Bryant Co . ribbon book mark and 39 23
45 Haverty Furniture Co left top lines and Hawthorne Apts & Dining Room. 2
Haves Nursery .... right side lines and 82
Hefner 3 H Plumbing & Heating Co . . . .right bottom lines and 89
Henderson A L Co .. left side lines and 32
Herrin Bros Coal & Ice Co 28
TIryward Theo C 74
Hill C W Printing Co 91
Hinson J S & Sons 108
Hobbs W Howard 90
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Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn
.back cover. left top cards and 100 Home Realty & Management Co Inc . . left side lines and 93
Hopp MIctors Inc eft ton and left side lines and 6
Horne-Wilson Inc . . left top cards and 87 Hotel Charlotte . left bottom lines and 52 Hotel Wm R Parringer 51
Hough-Wylie Co . . right side lines, A and
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Darsey H Frank 55 Hovis Z A & Son
left side lines and 61 74 93 9
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Industrial Loan & Investment Bank
Pyramid Chevrolet Co Ine .. left top lines and 16 .right top cards and 10 International Correspondence School . .. 101 Pyramid Life Ins Co left side lines and 60 Interstate Eleetrie Co .right bottom lines and 36 Queen City Trailways right side lines and A Interstate Roofing & Asphalt Co 98 Query Feed Co 37 Isenhour Briek & Coal Co
29 Radio Station W A Y S. .left top eards and 91 Radio Sta W S O C Ine .right top eards and 91
Ragan Refrigeration Co 95
Robinson Eleetric Co Ine 36 36
Ross Electrie Co
Royal Auto Finance Co
.left side lines and 4
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Royal Billiard Parlor
Royal Coal & Coke Co
46
Rulane Gas Co .....
left side lines and
left top lines and
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Russell Service Sta
Sanders Mack Motors Inc
77
10
Seoggins Memorial Art Shops
Sears, Roebuck and Co
.right bottom lines and Y Sharon Memorial Park left side lines and 21 Shaw Bill Co right side lines and 84
Shaw Victor Co .. left top lines and 104
Shenandoah Life Ins Co Shuman Co. left top cards and .left bottom lines and 60 98 Z Sing Robt L 95 Smith Johnson C University
.left side lines and 29 Smith M B Jewelers Inc 65 Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Co Ine . left top lines and 49
Smith Watt Co Ine
90
Sonotone of Charlotte 50 Southeastern Construction Co 32 Southeastern Fire Ins Co .right side lines and 63 Southeastern Ice & Coal Co ..... .right bottom lines and B
55 Southeastern Magnesia & Asbestos Co .. Southern Dairies Ine left side lines and 54
Southern Engineering Co .left top lines and x 63 71
Spencer Harry J .... left side lines and Standard Credit Co
Standard Ice & Fuel Co .. .left top lines and 25
Sterchi's
.right bottom lines and
43
Swinson Food Products
right side lines and
37
Textile Salvage Co
104
Thies Realty & Mortgage Co
.right side lines and
95
Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc
.right side lines and
10
Thompson Antique Co
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Torrenee Chas A .... left side lines and
Transit-Mix Concrete Co .left bottom lines and
52
Travelers Hotel
Tucker-Kirby Co .. right top lines 27 and Union National Bank .. front cover, right top lines and 15 Union Storage & Warehouse Co. 102 Upchurch C W & Co Inc. ... right top lines and 10
98
North State Laundry Ine . back cover and 27 68
Observer Co . . left top lines and 80
Orr Thomas J
Page Nelson Ine
Page & Co ... right top eards and Parker-Gardner Co . left top lines and Payne-Farris Co .... right side lines and Pennsylvania Oil Co right side lines and Perry-Mincey Co .. right top lines and Pet Dairy Products Co .. right bottom lines and 54 8
Pettit Motor Co .... right side lines and Piedmont Fire Ins Co
Piedmont Hotel right top lines and 59
52
Piedmont Mountain Freight Lines 78 Pioneer The 96 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co .left bottom lines and 85
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Price W E & Son .. right side lines and 62 Pritchard Paint & Glass Co Inc . right side lines and 85
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Jarrell W G Machine Co .... back eover. left top eards and 75
Joeie Motor Lines Inc 107 Johnson H V & Son ...... top stencil and C
Johnston's Furniture Co .left side lines and 45
Jones Electric Repair Co .right top eards and 35 83
Kale-Lawing Co ... . back bone and
Kerlin Motors left side lines and 7 94
Kerr Thos F & Co
Kimbrell's Inc ... .right side lines and King's Business College
20
Kirkland C W ...... right side lines and Lee Construction Co right top lines and Liquid Asphalt Co right bottom lines and Litaker Chas H Mutual Ins
Little John M ....
Local Finance Co .... left side lines and Long Robt H Agcy .. left side lines and Lucielle Shops Ine
M & J Finanee Corp
M & M Cafes Inc
Marley Realty Co left bottom lines and Maxwell Bros & Morris .right top lines and
Me Cray's . . left side lines and 67
McDonald Insurance Agcy .left bottom lines and 94
McEwen Funeral Chapel
McGinn Edw R .. left side lines and 4)
47
McKee Realty Co Inc left side lines and 94 McNeil Paper Co Ine 86
Mecklenburg Furniture Shops
Mecklenburg Hotel .right side lines and 46
.right side lines and 51
Mecklenburg Nurseries Ine .left side lines and 82
Metropolitan Life Ins Co .right bottom lines and 62
Mill Remnants Co right bottom lines and 96 Miller Motor Express 77 46 68 26
Moss Trucking Co .. right side lines and Mutual Building & Loan Assn right top lines and 19 16
Myers Bieyele & Key Shop
New South Express Lines Inc . left top cards and 77 66 95
Nisbet E P Co .... left bottom lines and
38
North Carolina Equipment Co .. .right top eards
North State Fuel Co Ine
Orr Motor Co .. .right side lines and 9 103 64 Used Car Exchange .left bottom lines and 8
2 86 Van Ness W I & Co Ine. 86
46 W & S Motors 11
84 Washburn Printing Co Inc
44 .right side lines and 90
Weathers Bros Transfer Co 106
Weldone Welding Associates .left top cards and 108 Westbrook Insurance Agcy .. .left top lines and 61 Westside Ice & Fuel Co ... . . left bottom lines 29 and 53
Whitenead Troy Machinery Co .left bottom lines and 104 Wilkinson W C & Co . 63 Wilson A J Plumbing Co 89
Polk's Bankers Eneyelopedia .. ... opp Pound & Moore Co right side lines and 84 Witt Tire Co ...... right top cards and 105 Yandle-Weathers Inc 40 Yellow Cab Co Inc left bottom lines and 103 Zagora J Machine & Gcar Co 74
32 32
98 61 64 70 62 65 3 96 94 Simpson's Studio
44
Mineey W R Furniture Co Inc Model Laundry Co Ine left side lines and Moretz Coal Co .30
New Way Laundry left side lines 23 and Newson Henry G & Co
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 194+ edition of the Charlotte City Directory. A new feature, the Postal Unit Guide, marks this edition.
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.
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Six Major Departments
The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 29 to 827, 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 BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 108, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Charlotte. The ad- vertisements 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 937 to 1015, on yellow 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.
THE POSTAL UNIT GUIDE, a new feature, on pink paper, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 4. This section is reproduccd verbatim from copy supplied by the postal authoritics.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, follows the Postal Unit Guide and is separately paged from 5 to 160. In this section the named streets are ar- ranged 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 nouseholders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper. follows the Directory of Householders,
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"Queen City of the South"
NOW A CITY OF MORE THAN 100,000 POPULATION (Population within a five-mile radius, including Charlotte, 150,000)
(Courtesy The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Charlotte, N. C.)
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 focused on the Piedmont Caro- linas, the section of which Charlotte is the geographic and industrial center.
The city that had the greatest increase in population between 1930-1940 was Miami, Fla., with the following cities in consecutive order: San Diego, Calif .; Washington, D. C .; Jacksonville, Fla .; Houston, Texas; and CHAR- LOTTE, N. C. Charlotte stood sixth in the nation, with a gain of 21.4%. There are now in the U. S. only 92 cities of more than 100,000 population, and Charlotte is the 91st city, with 100,899 inhabitants in 1940. In 1930 its place was the 101st, so, then, it moved up ten places within the ten-year period.
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 on the same day.
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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
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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 and an average daily pumpage of 8,500,000 gallons.
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 alive, 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.
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Slogan-"Watch Charlotte Grow"; also "Queen City of the South."
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-1940 U. S. Census, 100,899; local estimate for 5-mile radius, including Charlotte, in 1944, 150,000. 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-$127,609,350, with $1.33 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$10,197,500 (net, $4,781,350).
Financial Facts -- 2 national banks, 2 state banks and 4 industrial banks, with total deposits of $385,567,229 (Dec. 31, 1943), and total resources of $406,690,971 (Dec. 31, 1943). Branch of Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond located here. Clearings for national and state banks for 1943, $1,868,817,678. 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $8,706,714.06 (Dec. 31, 1940).
Postal Receipts-$1,418,584 (calendar year 1943).
Telephones in Service-31,191.
Churches-172, representing 18 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $4,835,966 (1941). Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manufacturing, 55% ; agriculture, 45%. 285 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 650,000; wholesale area, radius of 75 miles, and population of 1,200,000. 1,700 retail stores in city, with annual sales of $50,997,000.
Newspapers-2 daily, 1 Sunday and 3 weekly.
Hotels-8, with total of 1,350 rooms. Newest hotel opened in 1940 (200 rooms).
Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and Piedmont & Northern (last an electric line).
Highways-U. S. 29, 31 and 74; State 27, 49, 262 and 271.
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Airports-1 privately-owned, 21/2 miles from center of city; 1 municipal, 5 miles from center of city. U. S. Government has established an Army Air Base at the Municipal Airport in Charlotte.
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