Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1941], Part 1

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Publication date: 1941
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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


28 and 29


Alphabetical List of Names


29


Apartment Buildings 506


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 506


Banks and Trust Companies. 508


Buildings-Office and Public 511


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 511


Buyers' Guide 456


Cemeteries 512


Churches 512


City Government 117


Classified Business Directory 505


Clergymen


513


Clubs 515


517


County Officers


118


Courts 118


Federal Officers 349


117


Golf Clubs and Courses


524


Halls


525


Homes and Asylums


526


Hospitals and Dispensaries


526


Justices of the Peace.


531


Labor Organizations


531


Libraries 533


Newspapers 535


Parks and Playgrounds.


538


Police Department


118


Post Office 349


539


Schools-Public 542


Schools, Colleges and Academies 542


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 543


Societies-Miscellaneous 544


State Officers 260


385


Street and Avenue Guide


United States Government


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Fire Department


Railroads


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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


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Alexander Motor Co ... left top lines and 3


Allan's Credit Jewelers Inc .. 34


Allen Insurance Agency.left top lines and 32 Allen Thos E & Sons. . left side lines and 31 24 2


Amey's Funeral Home. left side lines and Auto Finance Co .... right side lines and B & J Tire Retreading & Recapping Co right side lines and 4 C


Bagwell J R Co.


Bell V E & Sons. . back cover and 28


Boone Drug Co .. . left top lines and 21


Borden Brick & Tile Co.


10 13


. left top lines and Braswell Coal Co .... right side lines and Brown Bros Plumbing & Heating Co .... Budd-Piper Roofing Co .. left side lines and Carpenter's Inc .... right top lines and Cheek Dry Cleaners. 11


45 4


Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc ..


Citizens Coal & Coke Co. .right top lines and 25


Citizens Realty & Insurance Co. right side lines and 13


City Plumbing & Heating Co left top lines and Cole & Crumpacker


.right bottom lines and 16 County Gas Co Inc .. .left top lines and Duke University 26 B Durham Bank & Trust Co.


Durham Bond & Mortgage Co. bottom stencil and 8 Kennedy's Auto Service. . left side lines and Latta Roofing Co Inc .. left side lines and left top lines and 42 Lea & Parrish Paint Co.


Durham Builders Supply Co.


Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. .right side lines and 10


. back cover and Durham Construction Co


Y 17


Durham Dairy Products Inc.


.backbone and Durham Drug Co ..... left top lines and Durham Electric Construction Co Inc ..


19 21 21 27


Lyon W C Co Inc .... right top lines and Lyon W C Co Inc Wholesale Division .right top lines and May Claude M .... front stencil, 38 and May D C .. right side lines and McDade Gulf Service Co ...


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Durham Plumbing & Heating Co .. . left side lines and 37 Montgomery & Aldridge ..


.right side lines and 40 Durham Public Service Co .. .right top lines and Z


Durham Realty & Insurance Co. .front cover and 42 Durham Refrigeration Service. .right bottom lines and Efird's Department Store.


Elkins Motor Sales Co ... back cover and Ellis-Stone & Co. 20 New Method Laundry Co Inc. right top lines and 35 36


7 Fidelity Bank. . front cover and Fidelity Insurance Agency Fields Geddie. .left side lines and right side lines and 32 First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. .. left side lines and 11 Nu-Tread Tire Co ..


Newport Lumber Co. . left top lines and Nicholson Inc. . back cover and 28 15


North Carolina College for Negroes .... North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. .right side lines and 33 3


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Floyd Coal Co. 13


Glenn Coal Co. .left side lines and 13


Granite Service Station.


Guildway Remodeling Co. 17 .left side lines and 2 Parker Letter Service. . left top lines and Paschall Bros. left side lines and 41


23 Hall-Wynne & Co Inc. front cover and Harris Realty & Insurance Co.


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Pet Dairy Products Co.


Phillips C E & Son ....


.right side lines and 42 Hawk, Taxi. 46 Phillips Preson P .... right top lines and


Hill Funeral Home Inc.


.right bottom lines and 24 Holland C T Furniture Co


. right bottom lines and 26 Holland Furnace Co. right bottom lines and Holt Electric Service. . left side lines and 21 Home Insurance Agency Inc ..


25


.front cover and A 8


Home Savings Bank .... front cover and Home Security Life Insurance Co. .right side lines and 33 Hospital Care Association Inc ..


40 Hotel Malbourne. left side lines and


Hotel Washington Duke.


Howerton-Bryan Co Inc.


Hudson Well Co ...... left side lines and Hull Claude Florist. . right side lines and Ingram & Suggs ..... left side lines and Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co .. .right side lines and Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co.


Johnson-Forrester Cleaners & Launder- ers


41 40 Johnson Motor Co ..


Johnson Service Station. Jones Ellis D.


Jones H F Millwork Co. . back cover and Jones & Frasier Co. . right top lines and Kane George W .... .front cover and


5 2 25 37 34 16


5 44


Lipscomb-Gattis Co. left side lines and 38 12 19 Long Meadow Dairies .... back cover and Long Wear Roofing Co. 45 27 27 47 38


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.right side lines and Durham Industrial Bank. . backbone and Durham Lumber Co.right side lines and Durham Plant & Nursery.


9 22 5 9


Morris Plan Industrial Bank of Dur- ham, N C .. . front cover and 9


Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc .... . top stencil and 17 Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc .. left side lines and 14 5


Myers-Glenn Inc.


New Durham Blalock & Beck Dry 11


43 20 4 Cleaners. .left side lines and


Five Points Furniture Co. . .right top lines and 25


Olive W H. right side lines and Page's Service Station. right side lines and 3


Globe Jewelry Co Inc. 34 Painters Supply Co. .left side lines Palms Restaurant. 44 36


ribbon bookmark, right side lines and 20 43 31


29 30 29 24 47 22 40 34 41 35


right top lines and Durham Gas Co ... .left side lines and Durham Ice Cream Co Inc .. right side lines and 31 Z McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc . right bottom lines and 36 Mechanics & Farmers Bank. left side lines and Modern Electric Co Inc.


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc .. 12


Proctor W T ...... left bottom lines and 18


Ray Lumber Co. 11


Ray's Inc.


35


Ray's Physical Therapy 9


Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. 26


Riley Paint Co ... .left top lines 'and 39


18 Roanoke Electric Co. . left side lines and Rochelle Sidney E .... left side lines and 10


Rogers Furniture Co. . right top lmes and 25


Rose Agency Inc The .. left top lines and 37 Rowe Curtis P. .left side lines and 46


Scott Coal Co .. 14 White Star Laundry. . left side lines and 35


Scott & Roberts Sanitary Dry Cleaning Co. . . right side lines and 12


Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc ... .right side lines and 39 Yellow Cab Co. 46


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Smith Electric Co. . left bottom lines and Southgate J & Son Inc. . . back cover and 32


Stephenson-Wilson Inc.left side lines and 6


Sullivan's Veterinary Hospital .... 47


Terry Hardy G ...... right side lines and 43 Tucker Motor Co ...... left side lines and 6 Union Insurance & Realty Co .. 6 .left side lines and 43 University Motors Inc .. left top lines and Vogue Furniture Co. 26 W D N C Radio Broadcasting Station ... 41


West Durham Lumber Co .... right top lines and C


Wilson Roofing & Heating Co. .left side lines and 46 Woods W H 18


Young Roofing Co Inc The. . back cover and 45


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1941 edition of the Durham City Directory. A new feature, the designation of homes and places of business having telephones, marks this edition,


Confidence in the continued growth of Durham'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 Durham 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 or- ganization, 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 mis- sion 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 384, on white paper, This is the only record in exist- ence 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 corporation in the city.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 385 to 456. 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. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant- owned homes. A new feature is the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 48, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Durham. The advertisements are indexed under headings de- scriptive of the business 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 large commercial and industrial center like Durham, the necessity of having this kind of in- formation 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 505 to 549, on white paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical 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 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 un- biased 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 copics 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,


The Durham Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Durham City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence, 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 Ameri- can Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive busi- ness 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.


DURHAM


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


STATISTICAL REVIEW


Form of Government-Council-manager,


Population-60,195 (1940 U. S. Census), 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-$86,168,000, with $1.55 per $100 tax rate.


Bonded Debt-$8,031,913.02.


Financial Facts-6 banks, with total deposits of $28,243,101.89 (June 30, 1940), and total resources of $31,987,254.75 (June 30, 1940). Debits for 1939, $380,924,488.64, 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $5,044,528.59 (Dec. 31, 1939),


Postal Receipts-$354,933.11 (calendar year 1939),


Telephones in Service-9,761.


Churches-87, representing 12 denominations.


Building and Construction-425 permits, with total value of $2,510,290, issued in 1939. Real Estate-2,000 transfers made in 1939. 13,607 homes, with 40% owned by occu- pants,


Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing. 90 manufacturing establishments, em- ploying 13,350 workers, paying wages of $13,000,000 annually, and having products valued at $160,336,002 (1933 U. S. Census of Manufactures). Principal manufactured products: Cigarettes, smoking tobacco, sheets and pillow cases, hosiery, flour, corrugated fibreboard containers, wooden boxes, proprietary medicines, furniture, roofing, uniforms and overalls, fertilizer, mattresses, silk products, lumber products, meat-packing products, and foundry and machine-shop products.


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).


Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 4 weeklies.


Hotels-9, with total of 800 rooms,


Railroads-5: Southern, Seaboard, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern and Nor- folk Southern.


Highways-U. S. 15, 70, 264 and 501; State 55.


Airports-2 landing fields.


Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (Armory) seats 2,500 persons, 8 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,490 persons. 2 golf courses.


Hospitals-4, with total of 944 beds.


Education-Duke University, Croft Secretarial School, Durham College of Commerce, Kennedy's Commercial School, Southern Conservatory of Music, and North Carolina Col- lege for Negroes, 20 public schools, including 2 senior high and 3 junior high, 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 11,788; in parochial, 80. Number of teachers in public schools, 380; in parochial, 4. Value of public school property, $3,442,000; paro- chial, $30,000; college, $20,670,000.


Public Libraries-5, including branches, with total of 458,692 volumes. Duke Uni- versity libraries have 500,000 volumes.


City Statistics-Total street mileage, 205, with 79 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 116; sewers, 317. Number of water meters, 12,027; light meters, 15,889; gas meters, 3,000, Capacity of water works, (municipal), 9,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 190; 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 86 men, with 1 station and 15 pieces of motor equipment, all cars being equipped with radio facilities.


HISTORY


In April, 1865, at a log cabin known as the Bennett Place, near Durham Station, there occurred one of the most historic events in the history 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 decided to instruct General Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Confederate 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 favor- able to the South that General Grant refused to approve it, but after several days' con- ference, 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,


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Marking the place of surrender, just four miles from Durham, there has been erected, through the generosity of Mrs. S. T. Morgan, a beautiful 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.


Graduate Dormitory Tower, Duke University


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 total assets of less than $2,000, including not only products on hand, but representing also the entire investment and replacement. History 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 Dur- ham, 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 originally 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 Caesar to Rome. The Durham Bull got upon the map and in a 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 profit- able 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 mankind.


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 munici- pal 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 tobacco was grown around Durham, it was sold at


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View of City Hall


tobacco markets in Richmond and other VirgĂ­nia cities, and local manufacturers had 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 57 million pounds each season.


During all this time there were no banks in the town, practically all the banking be- ing 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.


View of Main Street, Looking East


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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 Railway, the Southern Railway, and the Norfolk & Western Railway were given access to this market. Later the Norfolk South- ern Railroad and the Durham & Southern Railway were added to the railway lines serv- ing the city, giving a total of five railway companies with seven lines radiating in every direction.




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