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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
24
Alphabetical List of Names.
25
Apartment Buildings
498
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
498
Banks and Trust Companies.
500
Buildings-Office and Public
503
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor.
503
Buyers' Guide .opp
424
Cemeteries
504
Churches
504
City Government
126
Classified Business Directory
497
Clergymen
505
Clubs
507
Convents
509
County Officers
127
Courts
127
Federal Officers
385
Fire Department
126
Golf Clubs and Courses
515
Halls
516
Homes and Asylums
517
Hospitals and Dispensaries
517
Hotels
517
Justices of the Peace.
523
Labor Organizations
523
Libraries
524
Newspapers 526
Parks and Playgrounds 528
Police Department
126
Post Office
386
Railroads
530
Schools-Public 533
Schools, Colleges and Academies. 533
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 534
Societies-Miscellaneous 534
Societies-Patriotic 534
284
Street and Avenue Guide
follows Classified
United States Government
385
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State Officers
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Page
Aldridge Motors Inc 7
Alexander Motor Co .... left side lines and 7
Page Gulf Oil Corp .. .right side lines and Hall-Wynne & Co Inc. 8 Allan's Jewelers Inc. .. 50 Allen Insurance Agency. . left top lines and 46 Allen Thos E & Sons .... left side lines and 47 Amey's Funeral Home. 38
Animal Hospital & Kennels. 3
Atkins J L Jr Co Inc The. 47
B & J Tire Co. left and right side lines and 5
Bagwell J R Co .... . left side' lines and C
Bell V E & Sons. . back cover and X Boone Drug Co. . .. left top and right side- lines and 32 Borden Brick & Tile Co .... .. left top and right bottom lines and 18 Braswell Coal Co. 21
Brock Motor Co .. 7 Brown D W Dry Cleaners 38
Browning & Farrell Furniture Co Inc 39
Budd-Piper Roofing Co .. left side lines and 69 Carolina Glass Co ..... right side lines and 41 Carpenter's Inc ... .... right side lines and 5 Cheek Dry Cleaners. 20 Christian-Harward Furniture Co Inc.
.right top lines and 39 Citizens Coal & Coke Co. .right side lines and 22 Cole & Crumpacker.right bottom lines and 27 Daniel & Smith Studio .left center lines and 60 Depositors National Bank The. . right bottom lines and 15 DeShazor's Beauty System. 23
Dillon Supply Co. . 42 Dr Pepper Bottling Co of Durham Inc.
right bottom lines and 16
Dr Wells Bottling Co ... left side lines and 16 Duke Power Co .. Z Duke University B
Durham Bank & Trust Co. . bottom stencil, left bottom lines and 11 Durham Bond & Mortgage Co .. .left top lines and 64 Durham Builders' Supply Co. .right side lines and 19 Durham Coal Co .. . right bottom lines Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co .. . back cover, left side lines and Y Durham Dairy Products Inc.backbone and 29 Durham Drug Co ... .... left top lines and 33 Durham Electric Construction Co.
Durham Furniture Co Inc. .right top lines and 34
.right side lines and
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Durham Ice Cream Co Inc.
.right side lines and 44 Durham Industrial Bank .. right bottom lines and 15 Durham Laundry Co .. 53 Durham Lumber Co Inc. .right center lines and 54 Durham Marble Works. 56 Durham Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. . left top and right center lines and 17 Durham Realty & Insurance Co .. .front cover, right bottom lines and 63 Efird's Department Store. . 31 Elkins Motor Sales Co ..... back cover and 6 Ellis, Stone & Co. 31
Ester's R A. 54 Fidelity Bank The. .front cover, left top lines and 12 Fidelity Insurance Agency. .right side lines and 47 First Federal Savings & Loan Assn. . left bottom lines and 20
First Securities Corp. 50 Five Points Furniture Co. 39
Gantt Oil Co .. .right top lines and 7 Gate City Life Insurance Co ..
right center lines and 50
Gibson John H.
left side lines and 27
Glenn Coal Co ..
. left side lines and 22
Globe Jewelry Co Inc.
51
Granite Service Station. left side lines and
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.... front cover, right bottom lines and 37 Harris Realty & Insurance Co .. .. right side lines and 65 Harvey's Cafeteria Inc.right side lines and 66 Hibberd Florist 35 Holloway & Proctor Inc .. .. right center lines and 65 Home Insurance Agency Inc .. . front cover, left top lines and A Home Savings Bank ....... front cover and 13 Home Security Life Insurance Co.
.... ribbon bookmark, right side lines and 48 Horton Realty Co .... left center lines and 65 Hospital Care Assn Inc The ...
.left bottom lines and Z Hotel Malbourne .... left bottom lines and 43 Hotel Washington Duke. 44 Howerton-Bryan Co Inc. 38 Hull Claude Florist .. ... left and right side lines and 35 Huntley-Stockton-Hill Co 39 Ingram & Suggs .... right side lines and .. 61
Jobe-Blackley Plumbing Co. 62 Johnson-Forrester Cleaners & Launderers .. right top and right bottom lines and 52 Johnson Motor Co ...... left side lines and 8 Johnson O A Realtor.left top lines, 47 and 65 Johnson Service Station. left side lines and 3 Jones H F Millwork Co .... back cover and 55 Jones & Frasier Co. . right center lines and 51 Kane George W.
.. front cover, right bottom lines and 25 Kelly Clyde Funeral Home. . Street Divider Kenan Oil Co Inc ...... left side lines and 4 Kennedy's Auto Service. . left side lines and 6 Lipscomb-Gattis Co 21 Long Meadow Dairies.
. back cover, left and right side lines and 30 Lyon W C Co Inc. . right top lines, 41 and 42 Maddox-Stafford Stone Works. .left side lines and 56 May Claude M.
. . front stencil, left bottom lines, 58 and 70 May D C. .right side lines and 57 McDade Gulf Service Co .. 4 McGuire J P Construction Co ..
.left bottom lines and 27 Merchant's Delivery Service. 56 Miller-Hurst Inc ...... right side lines and 8 Model Laundry & Dry Cleaners. 53 Modern Electric Co Inc .. 34 Montgomery & Aldridge. .right center lines and 8
Montgomery's Florist Inc ..
36
Morgan Motors Inc ..... left side lines and
9
Morris Plan Industrial Bank. ..
.front cover, left top lines and 14
Muirhead Wm Construction Co.
.top stencil and 26
Murdock Ice & Coal Co Inc.
.left side lines and 22
Myers-Glenn Inc
9
New Method Laundry Co Inc.
.right top and right bottom lines and 52
Nicholson Inc
. back cover, left bottom lines and
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North Carolina College for Negroes.
24
North Carolina Mutual Life Ins Co.
.. right side lines and 49
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co ..
.right center lines and 49
Norwood George G
66
Nu-Tread Tire Co.
4
Orange Crush Bottling Co.
right side lines and 17
P & M Furniture Co ..
40
Page's Service Station. . left side lines and
4
Palms Restaurant The ...
66
Parker Letter Service .... left top lines and 54
Paschall Bros ..
.. left side lines and 61
Peabody Drug Co Inc The.
left side lines and 34
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Pet Dairy Products Co.
. left and right side lines and 31
Phillips Preson E .right top lines and 46
Pritchard-Bright Co Inc. .right side lines and 21
Proctor W T. .left bottom lines and 28 Public Service Co of N C Inc .. .left bottom lines and 41 19
Ray Lumber Co Ray's Inc 51
Rhodes-Collins Furniture Co. 40
Riley Paint Co .. left top lines and 60
Rochelle Sidney E. . ... left side lines and 15 Rogers Furniture Co .... right top lines and 39
.... right top and left center lines and 10 Rose Agency Inc The.left bottom lines and 56 Royal Crown Bottling Co. .left side lines and 18 Scarborough & Hargett. 38
Scott Coal Co .. 22
Scott & Roberts Sanitary Dry Cleaning Co .right side lines and 20 Sears, Roebuck and Co. left bottom lines and 32
Page Shaw Paint & Wall Paper Co Inc.
.right side lines and 59 Smith Electric Co .. 35 Southern Dry Cleaners. . left side lines and 21 Southgate J & Son Inc .... back cover and 45 Star Taxi 70 Stephenson-Wilson Inc. . left side lines and 9
Terry H G .. .right center lines and 64 9 Tucker Motor Co. Union Insurance & Realty Co. . left side lines and 66 University Motors Inc ... left top lines and 10 Uzzle Motor Co Inc .. 10 W D N C Radio Broadcasting Station. 62 Walton Roofing & Heating Co ..
Rolling Pin Bake Shop The .left center lines and 69
West Durham Lumber Co .. .. right top lines and C White Star Laundry. . left bottom lines and 53 Wilkins Jewelry Co. 51 Wonder Bar
67 Woodall's. . .right bottom lines and 69 Yellow Cab Co Inc. 70 Young Roofing Co Inc The. ... back cover, right bottom lines and 68 Zuckerman Sol 40
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1944 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 423, 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 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 72, 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 497 to 538, 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, covers pages 541 to 624. 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 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 advertisments 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.
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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-1940 U. S. Census, 60,195; local estimate in 1944, 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-$97,866,642, with $1.55 per $100 tax rate.
Bonded Debt-$6,442,000.
Financial Facts-6 banks, with total deposits of $55,430,832.86 (Dec. 31, 1943), and total resources of $59,682,138.90 (Dec. 31, 1943). Debits for 1943, $795,618,000. 4 building and loan associations, with total assets of $6,308,779.81 (Dec. 31, 1943).
Postal Receipts-$556,117.82 (calendar year 1943).
Telephones in Service-13,184.
Churches-87, representing 12 denominations.
Building and Construction-186 permits, with total value of $456,628, issued in 1943.
Real Estate-1,700 transfers made in 1943. 16,730 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 Manufacturers). 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.
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, Kennedy's Commercial School, and North Carolina College for Negroes. 21 public schools, including 2 senior high and 2 junior high. 1 parochial school and 1 private school. Number of pupils in public schools, 10,475; in parochial, 80. Number of teachers in public schools, 374; 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, 13,381; light meters, 19,233; gas meters, 3,209. 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 demends 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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INTRODUCTION
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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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 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 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.
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