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to patronize those concerns who are in business to stay.
It's human to expect that such busi- ness) establishments always stand - back of the wares they sell.
The advertising in this Directory is suggestive of the stability and per- manency of the advertisers.
Frauds, fakes, get-rich-quicks and other schemers have little use for directory advertising. It lives too 3 long.
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The modern City, Directory is a business institution. It occupies a place peculiarly its own .; It is as necessary to the progress and de- velopment of a city generally as anything naturally would be which deals with such a fundamental as the citizens themselves.)
If you are not advertising your busi- ness in the Directory, may we ex- plain how and why it will pay you?,
THE PUBLISHERS
(1934) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S
GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
Page 60
Alphabetical List of Names 61
Apartment Buildings 774
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 775
Banks and Trust Companies 778
Board of Education 138
Buildings-Office and Public
782
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 782
Buyers' Guide
21
Cemeteries
783
Chamber of Commerce
138
Churches
783
City Government 138
773
Clergymen
785
Clubs
787
County Government 354
Fire Department 138
Golf Clubs and Courses 795
Halls
796
Homes and Asylums
797 797
Labor Organizations
804
Libraries
805
Newspapers
810
Numerical Telephone Directory
551
Parks and Playgrounds
813
Police Department 138
Post Office 506
Railroads 816
Schools-Public 819
Schools, Colleges and Academies 820
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 821
Societies-Patriotic 821
Societies-Miscellaneous 821
State Government 385
Street and Avenue Guide 585
United States Government 505
Classified Business Directory
Convents 788
Hospitals and Dispensaries
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Acme Cleaners. .left side lines
Allison Fence Co ....... left side lines and 39 American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp .. 34 American Dry Cleaning Co .. .left top lines and 35
American Trust Co ...... back cover and 27 Andrews Music Co .... right side lines and 52 Ashworth Bros Inc. 34
Atlantic Marble & Tile Co. . left side lines
Beaty Guy M Roofing Co .... .left side lines and 55
Mechanics Perpetual Bldg & Loan Assn. 32 Bost Building Equipment Co Inc. left side lines and 32 Mills Auto Service Inc .... back cover and 23 Modern Appliance Co.left side lines and 55 Burwell-Nash Co. .right side lines Byars Motor Co Inc. 22 Morris Plan Bank of Charlotte ... .front cover and 29 Carolina Marble & Granite Works .. Mutual Bldg & Loan Assn. right top lines and 33 Carolina Pines Inc .. front cover and 51 front edge and 30 Carolina Realty Co .... right top lines and 55 Carson McAlister Ins Agency Inc .. National Business Training School. left side lines and 33 Neiman's 49 Cathey Lumber Co ... ... right side lines and 44 .right side lines Norfleet Motors Co Inc. .right top lines and 26 Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
left side lines
Charlotte Dairies Inc. . . left side lines Charlotte Dr Pepper Bottling Co ...
.right bottom lines and 31
Charlotte Exterminating & Chemical Co
Charlotte Hardware Co. right bottom lines
.right top lines and 42 Charlotte Hudson-Essex Co.left side lines Charlotte Merchants Assn.
.left side lines and 36 Charlotte National Bank.front cover and 28 Charlotte Storage Battery Co .. .right side lines and 2 Charlotte Tent & Awning Co ... .right top lines and 26 Charlotte Wagon & Auto Co .. .left top-lines and 25 Citizens Savings & Loan Co.left side lines Cochrane Tom Jr .... right side lines and 47 Commercial National Bank ... 29
.front cover and 29 Commercial Service Bureau. .right side lines and 49 Commonwealth Fuel Co. 35 Darsey H F. .left top lines and 45 Dickson R S & Co. ... backbone, left top lines and 48 Doggett Lumber Co ...... back cover and 50 Dombhart Geo E & Co. .right bottom lines and 22
Eccnomy Coal Co .right side lines Ellison Ernest Inc .... right side lines and 45 F & R Coal & Oil Co ..
.right side lines and 36
First Presbyterian Church. 34
Franklin Lawrence K .... right side lines Frye Chevrolet Co ...... bottom edge and 22 Gearhart Manufacturing Co.
Gilmer-Moore Co .. right side lines and 43
.left top lines and 56
Goodyear Service Inc. left side lines Grace Beauty Salon ...... right side lines Grice Keely Inc ...... right side lines and 42 Harris Moe. . .right side lines
Harry J M & Co ...... left side lines and 39 Haverty Furniture Co .. left top lines and 40 Heath Motor Co ...... left side lines and 25 Henderson-Gilmer Co 54
Holland Furnace Co .. right side lines and 40 Home Rental & Insurance Co ..
right top lines and 54 Hoppe Motors Inc. left top lines and 25 Hotel Charlotte 44 Hovis Z A & Son. 39 Huntley Bros Vulcanizing Co.
right top lines and 25 Industrial Loan & Investment Bank. .left top lines and 26 Jarrell W G Machine Co.
left top lines and 51 Johnson H V & Son. top edge and 35 Jones Electric Repair Co. right bottom lines
Page Kale-Lawing Co .... left bottom lines and 53 Kay Jewelry Co ... 49 Keesler-Waters Co Inc. 47
King's Business College
.left top lines and 33
Lucielle Shops.
.left side lines
Maxwell Bros & McDonald.
left side lines and 40
McCausland J N & Co
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McGinn E R ..
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Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. left side lines and 47 Pennsylvania Oil Co. . left side lines and 53 Perry-Mincey Co ...... right top lines and 41 Pettit Motor Co ... .right side lines and 24 Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co. .
Piedmont Fire Insurance Co
. front cover and 46
right top lines and opp 404
Piedmont Hotel.
.left side lines
Piedmont Marble Co .. right side lines and 52
Post & Flagg.
back cover and 31
Pound & Moore Co.
.right bottom lines and 53
Price W E & Son. . left side lines Pump & Lighting Co. . left side lines and 37 Pyramid Chevrolet Co.right top lines and 24 Queen City Coach Co ... 2 Ray G G & Co. left side lines and 56
Reliance Life Ins Co ..
... right side lines
Roddey Oliver F Agency.
.left side lines and 47
Royal Dyers & Cleaners Inc.
.right side lines
Rush Printing Co.
right bottom lines
Sabiston-Cooke Coal Co.
.left side lines and 36
Sanitary Laundry Inc .... left bottom lines
Selwyn Hotel.
44
Shaw-Horton Tire Co. . left top lines and 26 · Shenandoah Life Insurance Co ... .right side lines and 47 Smith-Wadsworth Hardware Co ... .left top lines and 42
Southeastern Construction Co. 37 Southeastern Ice & Coal Co. 3
Southern Dairies Inc. . left side lines and 44 Southern Public Utilities Co .. front cover and 38 Southern Real Estate, Loan & Trust Co ..
.right side lines and 55
Southern Tree Expert Co. left side lines and 58 Sterchi Bros Stores .... right top lines and 41 Thomas Cadillac-Oldsmobile Inc ...
Tompkins-Johnston Co .... right side lines .right side lines
Torrence Chas A.
.left top lines
Tucker-Kirby Co.
.right top lines and 32
Hicks R C 37 Union Natl Bank. . back cover and 30
Union Storage & Warehouse Co ..
back cover and 57 Upchurch C W & Co. . right side lines and 3 Valeteria Cleaning Co .. left top lines and 34 Walker Irvin C .. .right side lines
Warren-Harris Co. 31 Warren Transfer & Storage Co.
back cover and 57 Washburn Printing Co. right side lines and 54 Westbrook Ins Agency. . left side lines and 47 Whitted Thos B. .. 51 Wilkinson W C & Co .. 46 Yandle Crouch Funeral Home. left side lines and 39
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1934 edition of the Char- lotte City Directory.
Confidence in the continued growth of Charlotte's industry, popula- tion 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 estima- tion 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 ap- proval 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 BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 21 to 60, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Charlotte. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference adver- tising 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 appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 61 to 550. 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 per- sonnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY extends from page 551 to page 583.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 585 to 772. 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 the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 773 to 826. 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 in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between 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, 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 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 Charlotte.
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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 Cham- ber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of nearly 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the United States and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, 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 assur- ance that it will bring a commensurate return.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Publishers.
1934
CHARLOTTE
"THE QUEEN CITY"; THE TEXTILE CENTER OF THE SOUTH; THE LARGEST CITY OF THE CAROLINAS
(Courtesy Charlotte Chamber of Commerce)
STATISTICAL REVIEW
Slogan-"Watch Charlotte Grow."
Form of Government-Managerial.
Population-82,675 (1930 U. S. Census). Total colored, 28,936. Ameri- can-born, 98%.
Area-19.43 square miles.
Altitude-780 feet.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.2 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 46 inches.
Parks-7, with total of 352 acres, valued at $500,800.
Assessed Valuation-$150,000,000, with $1.32 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$7,500,000.
Financial Institutions-4 banks and 2 trust companies, with total de- posits of $37,446,000 (June 30, 1933), and total resources of $50,216,000 (June 30, 1933). 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $15,500,000.
Postal Receipts-$788,094.41 (calendar year 1930).
Telephones in Service-14,347.
Churches-111, representing 18 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,605,128 (1930).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Manu- facturing, 55%; agriculture, 45%. Approximately 167 manufacturing estab- lishments, paying wages of $12,500,000 annually, and having products valued at $57,915,697 annually (1930 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.
Newspapers-2 dailies.
Hotels-8, with total of 1,250 rooms.
Railroads-4: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk-Southern and P. & N. (last an electric line).
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Airports-2 privately-owned; 1 of them 2 miles from center of the city, the other 21/2 miles.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in North Carolina located here, seat- ing 5,000 persons. Total seating capacity of theatres, 6,900. 13 golf courses in the city and suburbs, including 1 municipal course.
Hospitals 5, with total of 385 beds.
Education-Queens-Chicora College. Johnston C. Smith University (for colored). 25 schools, including 1 senior high, 2 junior high and 1 parochial. Number of pupils in public schools, 17,500; in parochial, 185. Number of teachers in public schools, 451; in parochial, 8. Value of public school property, $3,712,272.42; parochial school property, $150,000; college prop- erty, $1,000,000.
Public Libraries-Main library and 4 branches, containing total of 75,000 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 222.42, with 197.18 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 95; sewers, 186; electric street railway, 35. Number of water meters, 14,800; light meters, 19,127; gas meters, 6,435. Capacity of water works, 10,000,000 gallons; daily average pump, 7,000,000 gallons; iniles of mains, 180; value of plant, $2,000,000. Fire department has 135 men, with 6 stations and 28 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire de- partment real estate and equipment, $175,000. Police department has 84 men, with 1 station and 19 pieces of motor equipment. Value of police department equipment, $10,065.
HISTORY
Charlotte, the county seat of Mecklenburg, named for Princess Char- lotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, wife of George III of England, was incor- porated 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 section; and English, Scotch, Germans, Huguenots and Swiss from the South by way of Charleston.
A court house, constructed of logs, had been built in the town a few years previous to its incorporation, and the county court was held there, which probably accounted for Charlotte being selected as the county seat. The court house was located at the intersection of the streets now known as Trade and Tryon.
Charlotte is famed as the place where the first Declaration of Indepen- dence was made, on May 20th, 1775.
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence
"Resolved: That we, the citizens of Mecklenburg County, do hereby dissolve the political bonds which have connected us with the mother country; and absolve ourselves from all allegiance to the British crown, adjuring all political connection with a nation that has wantonly trampled our rights and liberties, and inhumanly shed the innocent blood of Ameri- cans at Lexington.
"Resolved: That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people; that we are and of right ought to be a sovereign and self-govern- ing people, under the power of God and the general congress; to the main- tenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual cooperation, our lives, our fortunes, and our most sacred honor.
"Resolved: That all officers, both civil and military, in this county, be entitled to exercise the same powers and authorities as heretofore; that every member of this delegation shall henceforth be a civil officer and exer- cise the powers of a justice of the peace, issue process, hear and determine controversies according to law, preserve peace, union and harmony in the county, and use every exertion to spread the love of liberty and of country, until a more general and better organized system of government be estab- lished."
Schools and Education
The people of Mecklenburg brought with them, in the settlement of their new country, the love of education. The first schools were conducted in the homes of the teachers. Prior to the time of the American Revolu- tion a number of school buildings had been erected. Queens College, or Museum, located within Charlotte, but within bounds of Sugar Creek Church, was the most noted school of Colonial times in Mecklenburg County. This college was located on a lot on South Tryon Street, where later, for many years, stood the Mecklenburg County Court House.
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Churches and Religion
Seven churches of importance in Colonial days in Mecklenburg County were: Sugar Creek, Rocky River, Poplar Tent, Hopewell, Steel Creek, Provi- dence and Centre. The congregations of these early churches were com- posed of men and women of strong character, high motives and dignified demeanor. To their influence throughout the community and upon suc- ceeding generations may be attributed the fine type of Christian citizenship which has characterized the people of Mecklenburg County. Many members of the families composing these seven Colonial churches have gone out to other sections of the United States, particularly to the Southwestern and Middle-Western sections of the country, to establish homes and to carry with them the fine ideals of citizenship and Christian influence of their Mecklenburg ancestry. Numbers of the descendants of these Mecklenburg citizens who moved to other parts of the United States make pilgrimages to the venerable churches to read upon tombstones in the old burying grounds records of the lives of their forefathers. Upon anniversary occasions of these historic churches, all-day services are held and men and women from many distant states are numbered among the persons in attendance.
CHARLOTTE TODAY
Twenty years ago the South began to arouse from her bed of rich, deep traditions and bestir herself: There is a new South today-an onward- driving, pulsating South in industry, agriculture and finance.
Fundamentally successful industries develop best where abundant raw materials, mechanical power and stable population combine. Tremendously
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rich in natural resources, power and raw materials, the South has strided forward with seven-league boots, and today, the economic advantages re- sulting from the development of her resources are leading the trail of industry Southward.
This is true, not only in the textile field, where advantageous conditions of power, climate, labor and living conditions at the source of raw materials have already transferred the center of industry from New England to the South, but in other lines of diversified manufacturing as well.
North Carolina today is the pacemaker of the South; it leads in textile manufacturing and hydro-electric power development, and Charlotte is the center of a textile manufacturing territory having 770 mills, operating over 10,000,000 spindles and consuming more cotton than any other section in the world.
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It is the center of one of the largest hydro-electric developments in the United States, the total horsepower developed and in immediate pros- pect of developing being more than a million.
It is the largest center in the South for textile mill machinery and equipment, practically all the large companies in the United States and England handling their entire business in the South through Charlotte offices and plants.
It is the "Southern Market" for dyestuffs-laboratories and offices being maintained here by the leading dye corporations of the country.
Charlotte has annual payrolls of over 12 million dollars, from 167 widely diversified manufacturing and industrial plants.
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 Pied- mont Carolinas-the section of which Charlotte is the geographic and industrial center.
Hard-surfaced roads radiate from Charlotte in every direction. Eleven highways enter Charlotte. The National Highway crosses the North Caro- lina State Highway at Charlotte. North Carolina has 9,000 miles of paved
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roads. Two million people can come to Charlotte from a radius of one hundred miles by automobile, transact business and return home the same day.
Charlotte is the distributing center of the Carolinas and is the natural radial point for the railroads of this section. Eight railway lines radiate from the city, this situation making possible a maximum of railway track- age for new industries of various kinds. There is an abundance of skilled and unskilled labor willing to give an honest day's work for a reasonable wage. Charlotte is not disturbed by continued labor difficulties, strikes and labor agitation.
The quality of Charlotte's water is excellent, and the supply abundant, with an up-to-date filter plant, completed at a cost of $1,500,000.
Electricity, ample and at low rates, has been probably the greatest factor in the industrial and commercial development of Charlotte.
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A Charlotte Skyline View
Charlotte's rapid growth as a manufacturing and business center has developed financial institutions commensurate with the demands of this rapidly-growing city and section which they serve.
Charlotte is live, aggressive, progressive.
Charlotte citizens cooperate in matters which promote 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.
Charlotte's Greatest Asset
The climate of Charlotte is outstanding, and can be classed as the city's leading asset. The United States Weather Bureau has made records of Charlotte's climate for the past 45 years and the fact is developed that the people of this city live the year 'round in a temperature which averages 60.2 degrees. The mean maximum temperature is 69.5 degrees and the mean minimum is 50.9 degrees. The vicinity is favored in wind and rain, in sunshine and shadow. Agricultural activities may be pursued practically without interruption throughout the year.
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MANUFACTURERS AND MANUFACTURING ADVANTAGES
Charlotte has many distinct advantages to offer the manufacturer- four competing rail lines, low freight rates, pure water and a convenient location. Henry Ford, after careful study, located his mid-South assembly plant at Charlotte, and today it is one of the largest units in the Ford chain. Manufacturers should investigate this thriving city. Living condi- tions are ideal. Climate is mild and pleasant, and schools are among the finest in the South. Excellent hotels and shops. Cordial social life. Several excellent golf courses.
Power
Charlotte is the home of the Duke Power Co., operating one of the best hydro-electric systems in the world. Southern electric companies are tied up into a great super-power zone, and abundant "white coal" assures ample power at low cost.
Labor
Charlotte's labor is of the finest in the country today-native, white, sober, industrious. Labor troubles are practically unkown and the labor turnover is small.
Textiles
Here the textile development of the South is centering. Seven hundred and seventy mills operating 10,000,000 spindles within a hundred miles and a great business has grown up in supplying these mills with dyestuffs, cotton, machinery and equipment of all kinds.
As a Manufacturing Center Charlotte Offers:
1. Low power for manufacturing purposes.
2. Close proximity to the sources of all material for finished products.
3. Cotton, cotton yarns, cottonseed, cotton oil, tobacco, peanuts, kaolin, wood pulp, lumber, etc.
4. Logical location for a manufacturer of commodities for export through the ports of Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston and Savannah.
5. A very desirable type of high-class labor available to manufacturers.
6. Mild climatic conditions throughout the year. There are nine months of exceptional open-season weather.
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