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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
24 and 25
Alphabetical List of Names 25
Apartment Buildings 434
Associations and Clubs-Commercial. 434
Banks and Trust Companies 437
Buildings-Office and Public 440
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor 440
Buyers' Guide. . opp 384
Cemeteries
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Churches 441
City Government 115
Classified Business Directory 433
Clergymen 442
Clubs
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Convents
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County Officers
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Courts 116
Federal Officers 348
Fire Department 115
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Halls
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Homes and Asylums 454
Hospitals and Dispensaries 454
Justices of the Peace 459
Labor Organizations 459
Libraries 460
Newspapers 463
Parks and Playgrounds 464
Police Department 115
Post Office 349
Railroads 466
Schools-Public 469
Schools, Colleges and Academies 469
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 470
Societies-Miscellaneous 470
State Officers 258
Street and Avenue Guide 477
United States Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Aldridge Motors Inc.
4
Alexander Motor Co ..
.left bottom lines and 5
Allan's Credit Jewelers Inc. 35 Allen Insurance Agency left top lines and Allen T E & Sons .... left side lines and Amey's Florist ..
3 5
Hall-Wynne & Co Inc .. front cover and 24 Harris Realty & Insurance Co .. .right side lines and 42 Holland C T Furniture Co. .right bottom lines and 26 Holland Furnace Co. . right bottom lines and 25 43 21 Holt Electric Service .. left side lines and Home Insurance Agency Inc front cover and A 11
33 33 23 Holloway & Proctor Inc.
Home Savings Bank .... front cover and Home Security Life Insurance Co. right side lines and 34 43 28 29
Bell V E & Sons ... . back cover and 30 Biltmore Hotel ...... right side lines and Boone Drug Co .. . left top lines and 20 Hospital Care Assn .... left side lines and Horton Realty Co. 12 25 Hotel Malbourne .. left bottom lines and Hotel Washington Duke. 30 Howerton-Bryan Co Inc.
Borden Brick & Tile Co .left top lines and Brown D W Dry Cleaners Budd-Piper Roofing Co
.left side lines and 46
Carpenter's Inc .. .right top lines and 6 37 Cary Lumber Co Inc. . left side lines and Cheek Dry Cleaners. . 13 Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co .. .right bottom lines and
Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc ..
Citizens Coal & Coke .right top lines and 125
Citizens Realty & Insurance Co. .right side lines and
14
Cole & Crumpacker left top lines and 41
.right bottom lines and Cosmopolitan Barber Shop.
Durham Bank & Trust Co ..
.bottom stencil and 8
Durham Bond & Mortgage Co.
Durham Builders Supply Co. . left top lines and 42 Long Meadow Dairies .... back cover and Lyon W C Co Inc .... right top lines and .right side lines and 12 Manning Piano Co ....
May Claude M ...... front stencil, 39 and May D C .. . right side lines and McDade Gulf Service Co ..
right side lines and
4
Modern Electric Co Inc.
Montgomery & Aldridge
Morgan Motors Inc.
44
.right side lines and 31 Durham Industrial Bank .. backbone and Z Durham Lumber Co. right bottom lines and 37 Durham Pepsi Cola Bottling Co .. .left top lines and 48
40
Durham Plumbing & Heating Co ... .right side lines and Durham Public Service Co .. .right top lines and Z Durham Realty & Insurance Co. front cover and Durham Refrigerator Service .. right bottom lines and East "N" Taxi.
42
North Carolina College.
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co .. .right side lines and
Olive W H .. right side lines and
Elkins Motor Sales Co .... back cover and Ellis Stone & Co
Fidelity Bank ..
.front cover and
9 Fidelity Insurance Agency. .right side lines and 33 First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. left side lines and Floyd Coal Co.
13 14
Player-Bethune Realty Co .. Pritchard-Bright & Co Inc .. .right side lines and 14
Proctor W T .. .left bottom lines and 18
Glenn Coal Co. left side lines and
Globe Jewelry Co Inc.
35
Granite Service Station ..
Ray Lumber Co. 12 Ray's Inc. 36 Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co .. 26
.left side lines and 3 Riley Paint Co .. left top lines and 39
36 6 3 38 35 17 4 6 45 14 19 27 40 47 38
ers. right bottom lines and Johnson Motor Co.
Johnson Service Station.
Jones H F Millwork Co. . back cover and 18 11 Jones & Frasier Co. . right top lines and Kane George W .. 28 Dillon Supply Co. .front cover and Kenan Oil Co ...... . left side lines and Duke University. B
Kennedy's Auto Service. .left side lines and
Latta Roofing Co Inc .. left side lines and Lipscomb-Gattis Co.
Durham Coca Cola Bottling Co ... . back cover and Durham Dairy Products Inc .. Y backbone and 19 21
Durham Drug Co .. .left top lines and Durham Electric Construction Co Inc ... right top lines and 21 26
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Durham Gas Co. .left side lines and Durham Hotel. 30 Durham Ice Cream Co Inc.
Morris E B Cafe .... right side lines and Morris Plan Industrial Bank .front cover and 10 Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc .. top stencil and Murdock Ice & Coal Co ... .left side lines and New Durham Blalock & Beck Dry Clean- ers. . left side lines and New Method Laundry Co Inc ... right top lines and Newport Lumber Co. . left top lines and Nicholson Inc. back cover and
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13 36 37 2 '16 34 39 40 44 37
Efird's Department Store.
44 46 20 5 20
Painters Supply Co .... left side lines and Palms Restaurant Parker Letter Service .. left top lines and Paschall Bros .. . left side lines and Pet Dairy Products Co. . right side lines 41 Phillips Preson P Mutual Insurance Agency. .right top lines and 31 43
Gantt Oil Co. left side lines and 4
Gate City Life Insurance Co .... right side lines and 33 15
C 28
Hull Claude Florist ..
.right side lines and Hunt W M Plumbing & Heating Co ..
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co .. right side lines and Johnson-Forrester Cleaners & Launder-
23 23 41 26 35
Amey's Funeral Home ..... left side lines Auto Finance Co .... right side lines and B & J Tire Retreading & Recapping Co Bagwell John R Co.
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McDaniel-Ervin-Hinshaw Hardware Co Inc .. .right bottom lines and 27 22 6 7
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Rochelle Sidney E Service.
left side lines and 11
7 Rolling Pin Bake Shop right bottom lines and 8 Royal Crown Bottling Co. Terry Used Car Co .. 7 Tucker Motor Co .. right bottom lines and Union Insurance & Realty Co. . left side lines and 44
.left side lines and 12
Scott Coal Co.
15
Scott & Roberts Sanitary Dry Cleaning 13 Co. .. .right side lines and Sears Roebuck and Co .. left bottom lines and 20 Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc ... ... right side lines and 40 Smith Electric Co. . left bottom lines and 22
Southgate J & Son Inc. . back cover and 32
Stephenson-Wilson Inc. left side lines and 7 Terry Hardy G .... right side lines and 43
8 University Motors Inc. . left top lines and W D N C Radio Broadcasting Station ... West Durham Lumber Co .. .right top lines and C
41
White Star Laundry. . left side lines and 36
Wilson Roofing & Heating Co ... ... left side lines and 46 Yellow Cab Co Inc .. 46 Young Roofing Co Inc. . back cover and 45
"WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR CITY"
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1942 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also includes Bragtown, Hope Valley, Rockwood, Tuscaloosa Forest and Sherron Acres, A new feature, the designation of the number of children under Directory-listing age in each household, 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 community.
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 25 to 383, 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 vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation. A new feature of this section is the designation of the number of children under Directory-listing age in each household,
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 and vicinity, The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive 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 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 433 to 473, on yellow 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,
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 477 to 559. 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. Features of this section are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, 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 and vicinity.
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.
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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-9, with total of 146 acres, valued at $346,000. Also 12 City playgrounds.
Assessed Valuation-$89,747,044, with $1.55 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$7,294,304.32.
Financial Facts-6 banks, with total deposits of $33,325,398.33 (Dec. 31, 1941), and total resources of $37,215,869.75 (Dec. 31, 1941), Debits for 1941, $512,956,611.53. 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $6,182,953.83 (Dec. '31, 1941).
Postal Receipts-$409,266.19 (calendar year 1941),
Telephones in Service-10,954.
Churches-87, representing 12 denominations,
Building and Construction-576 permits, with total value of $2,572,180, issued in 1941. Real Estate-2,483 transfers made in 1941. 15,829 dwelling units, with 40% owned by occupants.
Industry-Chief industry is manufacturing. 96 manufacturing establishments, em- ploying 13,350 workers, paying wages of $15,183,000 annually, and having products valued at $160,336,002 (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, brick, fertilizer, mat- tresses, lumber products, meat-packing products, foundry and machine-shop products, live stock feed and seed cleaning, harness, saddles and machinery.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 to 40 miles, and population of 230,000; whole- sale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 675,000 (based on 1940 U. S. Census),
Newspapers-2 dailies, 1 Sunday and 4 weeklies.
Hotels-8, with total of 800 rooms.
Railroads-5: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk & Western, Durham & Southern and Norfolk Southern, operating 7 lines.
Highways-U. S. 15, 70, 264 and 501; State 55.
Airports-Durham-Raleigh Airport under construction.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (Armory) seats 2,500 persons. 7 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 Negroe .: 21 public schools, including 2 senior high and 3 junior high, 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 11,553; in parochial, 80. Number of teachers in public schools, 384; 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 83 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 92.14; sewers, 321, Number of water meters, 14,000; light meters, 17,138; gas meters, 2,869. Capacity of water works, (municipal), 9,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 5,000,000 gallons; miles of mains, 196.5; 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 82 men, with 1 station and 16 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.
ON FAIT
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 werc 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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tobacco markets in Richmond and other Virginia 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,
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