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HILL'S DURHAM (DURHAM COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1943 XXXI
Including Bragtown, Hope Valley, Rockwood, Tuscaloosa Forest and Sherron Acres
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
24
Alphabetical List of Names. 25
Apartment Buildings 466
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 466
Banks and Trust Companies. 468
Buildings-Office and Public. 471
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
472
Buyers' Guide .
400
Cemeteries
472
Churches 472
City Government 119
465
Clergymen
473
Clubs
475
Convents
477
County Officers
120
Courts
120
Federal Officers
119
Golf Clubs and Courses
482
Halls
484
Homes and Asylums.
484
Hospitals and Dispensaries
485
Hotels 485
Justices of the Peace. 488
488
Libraries 489
Newspapers 492
Parks and Playgrounds
494
Police Department
120
Post Office
364
Railroads 495
Schools-Public 498
Schools, Colleges and Academies. 498
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 499
Societies-Patriotic 500
State Officers 269
Street and Avenue Guide. 1
United States Government. 364
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Classified Business Directory.
364
Fire Department
Labor Organizations
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
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Aldridge Motors Inc. 6
Alexander Motor Co ...... left side lines and 6
Allan's Credit Jewelers Inc. . 46 Allen Insurance Agency ... left top lines and 43 Allen T E & Sons. .left side lines and 43
Amey's Florist
31
Amey's Funeral Home .... left side lines and 33 Animal Hospital & Kennels. 3
B & J Tire Co. left side lines and 6
Bagwell J R Co
Bell V E & Sons. . back cover and
Biltmore Hotel.
right side lints and 40
Boone Drug Co.
.left top lines and 28
Borden Brick & Tile Co ... left top lines and 14 Braswell Coal Co .. 18
Brown D W Dry Cleaners. 33
Budd-Piper Roofing Co ... left side lines and 60 Carolina Glass Co 36 Carpenter's Inc. right side lines and 4 Cheek Dry Cleaners. 16
Christian-Harward Fruniture Co Inc.
right top lines and 34 Citizens Coal & Coke Co .. right side lines and 18
Citizens Realty & Ins Co ..
.left top lines, 43 and 57 Cole & Crumpacker .. right bottom lines and 23 County Gas Co. . left side lines and 35 Craft Secretarial & Accounting School. 16 54
Daniel & Smith Studios.
Dillon Supply Co. 37 Dixon Victor C. 24 Dr Pepper Bottling Co. Lyon W C Co Inc ... . .... right top lines and 36 M E H Hardware Co Inc. . left side lines and 36 Maddox-Stafford Stone Works .. 51 May Claude M. front stencil, 53 and 63
right bottom lines and 13 Dr Wells Bottling Co ..... left side lines and 14 Duke University B May D C .. .right side lines and 52
Durham Bank & Trust Co. . bottom stencil and 9
Durham Bond & Mortgage Co ... left top lines and 57 Durham Builders Supply Co. right side lines and 15 Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. .back cover, left side lines and Y
right top lines and 29
Durham Furniture Co Inc. 3 Durham Gas Co. left side lines and 35
Durham Hotel 38
Durham Ice Cream Co Inc.
.right side lines and 40
Durham Industrial Bank. .. backbone and Z Durham Laundry Co. 47
Durham Lumber Co .. right bottom lines and 49 Durham Marble Works. 51 Durham Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
.left top lines and 64 Durham Plumbing & Heating Co. right side lines and 54 Durham Public Service Co.
right top lines and Z Palms Restaurant. The. Durham Realty & Ins Co .. . front cover and 56 Parker Letter Service ... .. left top lines and 48 Efrid's Department Store. 27 Paschall Bros ... left side lines and 55
Elkins Motor Sales Co . back cover and Ellis, Stone & Co. 27 5 Pet Dairy Products Co. . right side lines and 27 Phillips Preson P. right top lines and 41 63 Pine Street Taxi Co.
Ester's R A. 48
Fidelity Bank The. . front cover and 10 Fidelity Insurance Agency. .right side lines and 17
right side lines and 43 First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. . .left side lincs and 16 First Securities Corp. 45
Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. 35 Floyd Coal Co .. 18 Fonville Home Insulation Co. 41 Gantt Oil Co. .right top lines and 6 8 Rilev Paint Co. .left too lines and 53 Rochell~ S E Service. . left side lines anl 13 Rolling Pin Bake Shop. .. right top lines and Scott Coal Co .. 19
Gate City Life Ins Co ... right side lines and 45 General Insurance Agency .. 57 Gibson John H. . left side lines and 23 Glenn Coal Co. left side lines and 19 Globe Jewelry Co Inc. 46
Granite Service Station ... left side lines and 3
Hall-Wynne Co Inc . front cover, right bottom lines and 32 Harris Realty & Ins Co. . right side lines and 57 Harvey's Cafeteria ...... right side lines and 59 Hatwood's Electric Shoe Shop. left side lines and 62
Hawk Taxi
62
Holloway & Proctor Inc. 58
Home Insurance Agency Inc.
.front cover, left top lines and A
C x Home Savings Bank. . front cover and 11 Home Security Life Ins Co.
.ribbon bookmark, right side lines and 44 Horton Realty Co. 58 Hospital Care Assn Inc .... left side lines and 37 Hotel Malbourne ....... left bottom lines and 39 Hotel Washington Duke 40 Howerton-Bryan Co Inc 33
Hudson Funeral Home. 33
Hull Claude Florist. .
... right side lines and 30
Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co 34
Ingram & Suggs. . .
.right side lines and 55
Johnson -- Forrester Cleaners & Launderers ..
right top lines and 48
Johnson Motor Co.
. left side lines and 7
Johnson Service Station .. left side lines and 3
Jones H F Millwork Co .. .
. back cover and 50
Kan: Geo W.
. front cover and 21
Kennedy's Auto Service ... left side lines and 5 Long Meadow Dairies .. . back cover, left side lines and 26
McGuire J P Construction Co .. .left bottom lines and 23
Merchants Delivery Service. 51
Modern Electric Co Inc. 29
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Morris E B Cafe. ..
.. right side lines and 59
Morris Plan Industrial Bank. . .front cover, left top lines and 12 Muirhead Wm Construction Co Inc .. . top stencil and 22 Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc .. left side lines and 19 New Durham Blaloch & Beck Dry Cleaners .. left side lines and 17
New Method Laundry ...
.right top lines and 47
Newport Lumber Co. .
.left top lines and 49
Nicholson Inc .. back cover and 2
Montgomery & Aldridge Morgan Motors Inc ... . left side lines and 7 Durham Dairy Products Inc ... backbone and 25 Durham Drug Co. .. .. left top lines and 28 Durham Electric Construction Co Inc.
North Carolina College 20 North Carolina Mutual Life Ins Co .. .right side lines and 45 Orange Crush Bottling Co ... right side lines and 13 P & M Furniture Co. 35 Pag~'s Service Station. left side lines and 4 Painter's Supply Co. left side lines and 54 59
Pitchard-Bright & Co Inc ..
Proctor W T .. .left bottom lines and 24 Ray Lumber Co. 15 46
Pov's Inc
Scott & Roberts Sanitary Dry Cleaning Co. . right side lines and 17 Sears, Poebuck and Co. . left bottom lines and 28 Shaw Paint & Wallpaper Co ....
right side lines and 54
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Smith Electric Co ...... left bottom lines and 29 Southgate J & Son Inc. . back cover and 42
Star Taxi 63 Stephenson-Wilson Inc .... left side lines and 7 Terry Hardy G. . . .right side lines and 58
Tucker Motor Co ..
8
Union Insurance & Realty Co.
. left side lines and 58
United Dry Cleaners. 17
University Motors Inc. . left top lines and 8
Uzzle Motor Co Inc.
W D N C Broadcasting Station.
Page 55
West Durham Lumber Co.
.right top lines and C White Star Laundry ... left bottom lines and 48 Wilkins Jewelry Co. . 47 Wilson Roofing & Heating Co ..
.left side lines and 60
Wonder Bar 60
Woodall's right bottom lines and 62 Yellow Cab Co Inc. 62
8 Young Roofing Co Inc. .back cover and 61
INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1943 edition of the Durham City Directory, which also includes Bragtown, Hope Valley, Rockwood, Tuscaloosa Forest and Sherron Acres.
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 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 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 con- cerns is included in pages 25 to 400, onwhite 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 vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation. A 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 64, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional 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 465 to 503, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alpha- betical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indis- pensable 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, follows the Classified and is separately paged from 1 to 81. 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 numer- ical 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 pub- lishers 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 reference 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 American Directory Pub- lishers, 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 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-1940 U. S. Census, 60,195; local estimate in 1942, 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-9, with total of 146 acres, valued at $346,000. Also 12 City playgrounds.
Assessed Valuation-$93,290,296, with $1.55 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt -- $7,222,304.32.
Financial Facts-6 banks, with total deposits of $39,506,899.43 (June 30, 1942), and total resources of $43,485,575.78 (June 30, 1942). 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-12,078.
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, employing 16,200 workers, paying wages of $15,183,000 annually, and having products valued at $160,336,002 annually (U. S. Census of Manufactures). Principal manufactured products: Cigarettes, smok- ing tobacco, sheets and pillow cases, hosiery, flour, corrugated fibreboard containers, wooden boxes, proprietary medicines, furniture, roofing, brick, fertilizer, mattresses, lumber products, meat-packing products, foundry and machine-shop products, live stock feed, 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, Ken- nedy's Commercial School, Southern Conservatory of Music, and North Carolina College for Negroes. 21 public schools, including 2 senior high and 3 junior high. 1 parochial school and 1 private 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; parochial, $30,000; college, $20.670,000.
Public Libraries-5, including branches, with total of 458,692 volumes. Duke University 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, 18,104; gas meters, 3,074. 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 depart- ment 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 the 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 agree- ment. 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.
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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 nation, is visited each year by thousands of people.
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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 Dur- ham Station was a small and insignificant point on the North Carolina Railroad, inhabited by less than 100 persons. There was one lone business enterprise here, a crude and unim- portant 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 Durham, com- posed 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 bus- iness. 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 profitable to compete with Bull Durham smoking tobacco, turned the vision of his great genuis 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 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 to- bacco. While much of this type of tobacco was grown around Durham, it was sold at tobacco
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markets in Richmond and other Virginia cities, and local manufacturers had to pay the cost of transporting the tobacco 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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