Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1939]., Part 1

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Publication date: 1939
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Number of Pages: 860

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(1939) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S

HILL'S DURHAM (DURHAM COUNTY, N. C.)

CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1939 XXVII

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; also a

BUYERS' GUIDE

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Classified Business Directory

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PUBLISHERS NOTE

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The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the cor- rectness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their attention of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.

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GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

Alphabetical List of Names

Apartment Buildings 786

Associations and Clubs-Commercial 787

Banks and Trust Companies 791

Buildings-Office and Public

796

Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 796

Buyers' Guide .opp

740

Cemeteries

797

Churches

797

City Government 167

Classified Business Directory 785 799

Clergymen

801

Convents 804

County Officers 168

167

Federal Officers

531

Fire Department

168

Golf Clubs and Courses

813

Halls

816

Homes and Asylums

817

Hospitals and Dispensaries

817

Justices of the Peace

825

Labor 'Organizations

825

Libraries

828

Newspapers

831

Parks and Playgrounds

835

Police Department 168

Post Office

531

Railroads 838

Schools-Public 842

Schools, Colleges and Academies. 342

Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 844 Societies-Miscellaneous 845

State Officers 390

Street and Avenue Guide 589

United States Government 531

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Courts

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

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

Page

Aldridge Motors Inc

right bottom lines and 2

Alexander Motor Co

. left top lines and 3

Allen Insurance Agency

. left bottom lines and 29

Bagwell Plumbing & Heating Co Inc.

. back cover and

Baldwin's Furniture Exchange

Bell V E & Sons right bottom lines and

Blue & White Cab Co

right bottom lines and

Boone Drug Co.

left top lines and 17

Borden Brick & Tile Co.

left top lines and

11 43 41

Carpenter's Inc

.right top lines and

Christian-Harward Furn Co Inc.

.right top lines and

Citizens Coal & Coke Co ..

right bottom lines and

Citizens Realty & Insurance Co.

.left top lines, 29 and

Cosmopolitan Barber Shop

Depositors National Bank of Durham right top lines and

Duke University

Dunbar Realty & Insurance Co Inc.

Durham Bank & Trust Co. . bottom stencil and

Durham Bond & Mortgage Co. left bottom lines and

Durham Book & Stationery Co Inc. left side lines and

Durham Builders Supply Co. .right side lines and

Durham Carolina Funeral Home Inc

Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co . back cover and

. backbone and 16

Durham Drug Co

right top lines and

Durham Electric Construction Co right top lines and

Durham Gas Co

Durham Ice Cream Co Inc

Durham Industrial Bank

right side lines and

Durham Public Service Co.

right top lines and

Durham Realty & Insurance Co front cover and

Elkins Motor Sales Co back cover and

Ellis, Stone & Co

front cover and

Fidelity Insurance Agency

Fillers R R

Five Points Furn Co.

right top lines and

Globe Jewelry Co Inc

left side lines and Harris Realty & Insurance Co

.right side lines and

Hatwood Electric Shoe Shop left side lines and

Home Insurance Agency Inc. front cover, left top lines and

Home Savings Bank . front cover and

Home Security Life Ins Co right bottom lines and

Hospital Care Assn Inc

.left bottom lines and

Hotel Malbourne

Hotel Washington Duke

Howerton-Bryan Co Inc

Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co

right bottom lines and

Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co

left top lines and

Johnson Service Station

. back cover and 34

Jones & Frasier Co

left bottom lines and 31

Kane George W

. front cover and 15

Latta Roofing Co Inc ..

left side lines and

Lea & Parrish Paint Co

left bottom lines and

42 36 27

Long Meadow Dairies

right side lines and

17 23

Lyon W C Co Inc.

left side lines and

May D C . right side lines and

McDade Gulf Service Co right bottom lines and

McGhee R S Coal Co.

right side lines and 14

39 4 17 7

Fidelity Bank

opposite 820 29 21 31

Goodwyn's Inc

Granite Service Station

Hall-Wynne & Co Inc.

front cover and . back cover and 19 2 20 40 42 29 9 30 24 25 26 21 22 38 5 2

Johnson Motor Co

. backbone and 9 34 Z

Durham Lumber Co

12 21 11

Durham Dairy Products Inc

18 19 23 27

39 10 8 B 40 8 39 35

Budd-Piper Roofing Co

right bottom lines and

38 22 23 43

Broadway Taxi

Jones H F Millwork Co

Lochmoor Hotel

May Claude M. front stencil, 37 and

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Modern Electric Co Inc

Montgomery & Aldridge

Morris Plan Industrial Bank front cover and

mviuirhead Wm Construction Co Inc . top stencil and 15

Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc .. left side lines and

New Durham Blalock & Beck Dry Cleaners. .right side lines and

New Method Laundry

.left top lines and

Newport Lumber Co

Nicholson Inc . back cover and

North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. right side lines and

Occidental Life Insurance Co right side lines and Palms Restaurant

Parker Letter Service .left top lines and

Paschall Brothers

Pet Dairy Products Co. . .ribbon bookmark, right bottom lines and

Phillips Preson P

Pickard Roofing Co

.right side lines and

Piedmont Letter Shop

Pritchard-Bright & Co

Ray Lumber Co

Ray's Inc .

Riley Paint Co .left top lines and

Rogers Drug Co

Rogers Furn Co

right top lines and

Rose Agency Inc

left top lines and

Scott Coal Co

Scott & Roberts Sanitary Dry Cleaning Co.

Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc.

Southgate J & Son Inc. .

.back cover and

Stephenson-Wilson-High Inc

Tucker Motor Co

Union Insurance & Realty Co

University Motors Inc

.left top lines and

Uzzle Motor Co

left top lines and

Vogue Furniture Co

right top lines and

Weaver's Inc

White Star Laundry

York Typewriter Co

.left bottom lines and

Young Roofing Co Inc

back cover and 42

Page 18 6 10

14 12 32 34 27 30 31 40 33 38 16 28 41 33 13 12 32 37 18 21 35 14 12 37 28 6 6

40 4 5

22 32 33 43

. right top lines and

INTRODUCTION

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1939 edition of the Durham City Directory.

Confidence in the continued growth of Durham's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social ac- tivities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Durham to the world.

The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the esti- mation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Di- rectory 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 Durham Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.

Four Major Departments

The four 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 586, 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 Durham, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and cor- poration in the city. A feature of this section is the designation of the number of minor children in each family.

THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 589 to 738. In this section the named streets are arranged in alphabetical order, followed by the numbered streets in numerical order; the numbers of the resi- dences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A fea- ture of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 740 and separately paged from 1 to 44, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Durham. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the busi- ness represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Durham, 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 785 to 850, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appro- priate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests 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 Durham.

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The Durham Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Durham City Direc- tory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 475 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North Amer- ican Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is oper- ated.

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., Inc., Publishers.

DURHAM

A CENTER OF INDUSTRY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE (Courtesy Durham Chamber of Commerce)

STATISTICAL REVIEW

Form of Government-Council-manager.

Population-1930 U. S. Census, 52,037; Government estimate for 1933, 58.900; local estimate at present, 70,000. American-born, 99.3%.

Area-12.8 square miles.

Altitude-406 feet above sea level.

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 59.6 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 47.19 inches.

Parks-7, with total of 118 acres, valued at $323,000. Also 12 City playgrounds.

Assessed Valuation-$81,421,076, with $1.57 per $100 tax rate.

Bonded Debt-$8,575,739.11.

Financial Facts-6 banks, with total deposits of $23,483,693.01 (June 30, 1938), and total resources of $27,078,983.39 (June 30, 1938). Clearings for 1937, $195,375,854.80. 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $3.907,506.34 (Dec. 31, 1937).

Postal Receipts-$337,110.83 (calendar year 1937).

Telephones in Service-7,897.

Churches-87, representing 12 denominations.

Building and Construction-481 permits, with total value of $2,297,- 241, issued in 1937.

Real Estate-2,172 transfers made in 1937. 11,452 homes, with about 40% owned by occupants.

Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing. 88 manufacturing es- tablishments, employing 7,250 men and 6,100 women, paying wages of $13,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $160,336,003 (1933 U. S. Census of Manufactures). Principal manufactured products: Cigarettes, smoking tobacco, hosiery, sheets and pillow cases, ginghams, flour, and proprietary medicines.

Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, and population of 148,000; wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 508,000 (based on 1930 U. S. Census figures).

Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 5 weeklies.

Hotels-9, with total of 800 rooms.

Railroads-5: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern, and Norfolk Southern.

Highways-U. S. 15, 70 and 501; State 55 and 91.

Airports-2 landing fields.

Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (Armory) seats 2,500 per- sons. 7 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,490 persons. 2 golf courses.

Hospitals-4, with total of 824 beds.

Education-Duke University, Croft Secretarial School, Durham Col- lege of Commerce, Kennedy's Commercial School, Southern Conservatory of Music, and North Carolina College for Negroes. 20 public schools, including 2 senior high and 3 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 12,046; in parochial, 80. Number of teachers in public schools, 358; in parochial, 4. Value of public school property, $3,442,000; parochial, $30,000; college, $20,670,000.

Public Libraries-5, including branches, with total of 458,692 volumes.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 205, with 79 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 87.64; sewers, 311. Number of water meters, 11,100; light meters, 13,922; gas meters, 2,943. Capacity of water works (municipal), 9,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 178; value of plant, $4,800,000. Fire department has 65 men, with 4 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $325,300. Police department has 68 men, with 1 station and 12 pieces of motor equipment. 9 police cars equipped with radio.

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HISTORY

In April, 1865, at a log cabin known as the Bennett Place, near Dur- ham's station, there occured one of the most historic events in the his- tory of our nation. Lee had surrendered at Appomattox, and the future looked dark indeed for the Southern states. Jefferson Davis and his cabinet had escaped to Greensboro, North Carolina, and there had held fiery debate as to the advisability of continuing the Civil War. Some members of the cabinet favored continuing hostilities at any cost, even though it meant carrying on a guerrilla warfare, while others took the position that the cause of the Confederacy was forever lost and that no good could be accomplished by further bloodshed. Finally it was de- cided to instruct General Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Con- federate Armies of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida, to negotiate terms of peace with General Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, commander of the Federal Army that had broken the backbone of the Confederacy by reason of its famous march to the sea. These two generals met at the Bennett Place and signed a tentative peace agreement. This agreement was so favorable to the South that General Grant refused to approve it, but after several days' conference, it was amended to meet General Grant's demands and was signed and approved by the governments of the North and South, and the War between the States came to a close.

View of One Eleven Corcoran Street, Constructed at a Cost of $1,000,000, in the Heart of Durham's Business District

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View of City Hall

Marking the place of surrender, just four miles from Durham, there has been erected, through the generosity of Mrs. S. T. Morgan, a beauti- ful monument consisting of two columns, one representing the North and the other the South, joined together by a cross-piece on which is the word "Unity". This historic spot, the birthplace of a reunited na- tion, is visited each year by thousands of people.

The death of the Confederacy gave birth to the city of Durham, and out of the ashes of the hopes of the Southern people has been built a great and beautiful city. In 1865 Durham Station was a small and insignificant point on the North Carolina Railroad, in- habited by less than 100 persons. There was one lone business enterprise here, a crude and unimportant tobacco factory with to- tal assets of less than $2,000, including not only products on hand, but representing also the entire investment and replacement. His- tory and tradition unite in saying that this factory was broken into by Sherman's soldiers and a large part of the stock carried away. Tradition further says that the product carried away was so well made and of such quality that when the soldiers returned to the pursuit of civil life, letters came back to Durham to ascertain if there was more of the product upon the market. To supply this demand a broken business was rebuilt.

In 1865 Washington Duke, a Confederate soldier, walked from New Bern to his home in Durham, and with the same stout heart that had carried him through the vicissitudes of a lost cause, turned his attention to the battle for bread, which was doubtless as cruel and bitter as the war from which he had returned. He built the second factory in Durham, composed of a log cabin 20 x 30 feet, and with his own hands manufactured a product out of a small supply of tobacco that the Federal soldiers had not found. This he called Pro Bono Publico. The annual output of this factory was criginally four or five hundred pounds, and in 1872 had grown to 125,000 pounds.

In the meantime, W. T. Blackwell had moved to Durham to engage in the tobacco business. He was to the early development of the tobacco industry in Durham what Napoleon was to France, or Ceasar to Rome. The Durham Bull got upon the map and in a

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few brief years his sonorous voice, like the shot at Lexington, was heard around the world. In 1872 the two small tobacco factories had grown into twelve.

James Buchanan Duke, becoming convinced that it was neither practicable nor profitable to compete with Bull Durham smoking tobacco, turned the vision of his great genius into the cigarette field, and from that day to the present hour the increasing volume of the tobacco industry has become the common property of man- kind.

On April 10, 1869, almost exactly four years after Johnston surrendered to Sherman, Durham was born. There were only 258 inhabitants in the village, and the total municipal revenue was $357.44. The largest taxpayer paid $40.62 in taxes. In 1870 there were probably less than 100 wage-earners in industrial pursuits in the town.

The tobacco industry grew at a very rapid rate, using large quantities of bright-leaf tobacco. While much of this type of to- bacco was grown around Durham, it was sold at tobacco markets in Richmond and other Virginia cities, and local manufacturers had

View of Main Street, Looking East

to pay the cost of transporting the tobacco back from Virginia to Durham. This condition made desirable the opening of warehouses for the sale of leaf tobacco in Durham, and resulted in this city becoming one of the largest bright-leaf tobacco markets in the world, now selling from 35 to 46 million pounds each season.

During all this time there were no banks in the town, practi- cally all the banking being transacted in Raleigh, and on days of big sales at the tobacco warehouses it was necessary to obtain cash from the merchants in order to pay the farmer for his product. Such inconveniences could not long continue, and soon two banks were established.

The next step in the industrial and commercial history of the town was the bringing in of additional railway lines. By the co- operation of manufacturers, merchants, and the city and county governments, the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern Railway, and the Norfolk & Western Railway were given access to this market. Later the Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Durham & Southern Rail-

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way were added to the railway lines serving the city, giving a total of five railway companies with seven lines radiating in every direc- tion.

Durham had now grown into a very prosperous and thriving community, but its citizenship was not satisfied with having purely a commercial and industrial town. The people felt the need of better schools and, in 1885, after a heated political campaign, bonds were voted for public school buildings and a tax levied for maintain- ing a public school system. Today Durham has one of the finest public school plants of any city of its size, with physical property valued at more than $3,442,000, and with a personnel of teachers and management that gives it first rating among the cities of North Carolina.

In 1892 Trinity College, now Duke University, was brought to Durham through the philanthropy of Mr. Washington Duke and General Julian S. Carr. Today Duke University has a physical plant worth $20.000.000. 3.387 students, a 456-bed hospital, and ranks among the leading education institutions of the nation.

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Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1939]., Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1939 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 860

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1939
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 860