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(1941) HILL DIRECTORY CO.'S
HILL'S FAYETTEVILLE (CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1941 VIII
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
BUYERS' GUIDE
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Classified Business Directory
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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
24
Alphabetical List of Names
25
Apartment Buildings 554
Associations and Clubs-Commercial 555
Banks and Trust Companies
559
Buildings-Office and Public
563
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
564
Buyers' Guide . preceding Classified
Cemeteries
564
Churches
565
City Government
160
Classified Business Directory
553
Clergymen
567
Clubs
569
County Officers
125
Courts
125
Fire Department
161
Halls
584
Homes and Asylums
586
Hospitals and Dispensaries
586
Justices of the Peace
591
Labor Organizations
591
Libraries
593
Newspapers
598
Parks and Playgrounds
602
Police Department
161
Post Office 455
Railroads
606
Schools-Public
610
Schools-Colleges and Academies 610
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
612
Societies-Patriotic 612
State Government 344
Street and Avenue Guide 621
United States Government
454
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
(PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE)
Page
Aero Corp
8
Ball Cab Co. right center lines and 53 8
Battery and Electric Service.
Belk-Hensdale Co. right top lines and
Bennett & Gahr Inc.
Blake Florist. .right top lines and
Bob's Music & Sports Shop. left center lines and Bramble L H Plumbing & Heating Co .... back cover and Branch Banking & Trust Co. . front stencil and Brown C C Plumbing & Heating Co. . left center lines and Bryan Robert E & Bro right side lines and
Bullard Millwork Co. . back cover and
Burkhead-DeVane Printing Co. right side lines and
Butler Nurseries left side lines and
Carolina Coal Co
Carolina Typewriter Service
Carr Motor Co. .right bottom lines and
City Hall Gulf Service
City Rapid Transit Co, Inc. left top lines and
Clifton James A
Colonial Ice Co. . back cover, left side lines and
Cool Spring Mills .left bottom lines and Corder-Vossler Inc.
Country Club of Fayetteville.
Cross Creek Building & Loan Assn.
Cumberland Dairies Inc. right bottom lines and
Currie Coal Co. back cover and
Cut Rate Furniture Co
Dahlberg & Co
DeVane Lumber Co
Dixie Coal & Oil Co.
Dixie Paint & Hardware Co.
Dr Pepper Bottling Co
Duke Optical Co ...
. left center lines and
Eastern Radio Supply. right center lines and
Efird's Department Store. .right top lines and
Ellington-Fay Lumber Co
Evans Furniture Co
Fashion Shop
Fayetteville Building & Loan Assn ... left side lines and Fayetteville Industrial Bank . front cover and
Fayetteville Monument Works. left bottom lines and
Fayetteville Observer right bottom lines and Fayetteville Office Supply Co.
Fayetteville Public Works Commission. . back cover and First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. .front cover and
Fleishman A M.
left center lines and
Fleishman Ed & Bros.
Georgia Pine Turpentine Co.
Godwin-Pollock Air Conditioning Corp
left center lines and 2
Goodrich B F Silvertown Stores. 6
Gulf Service Station
6
Haigh Chas T front cover and 50
Hatcher's Jewelry Store Inc. . back cover and 36
20 42 23 43 47 9 47 5 41 48 45 17 56 5 5 13 38 17 13 5 18 Z 19 16 27 2 40 17 30 12 46 49 C 41 28 16 13 11 42 44 45 22 10 12 15 46
right side lines and
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Henebry & Son
.left top lines and 37 Y
Highland Lumber Co. .right top lines and
Hilburn Printing Co right bottom lines and
Hill's Motorcycle Co
Hoffer P O
Holt Oil Co. .right center lines and
Holt Taxi Co.
right center lines and
Horne H R & Sons
left top lines and
Huske B R & Son.
Huske Hardware House.
left top lines and
Imperial Life Insurance
Jackson Mattress Co. left top lines and Jernigan Funeral Home. left top lines and
Jewel Box The
Johnson-Lanham, Inc. . left bottom lines and
Kimbrell's Inc
Kosterman Joseph A
Kutz Saw Service Shop
Kyle Roofing Co.
left center lines and
Lafayette Oil Co Inc.
Lee Funeral Home
Lee's Credit Jewelers
M & O Chevrolet Co Inc.
MacKethan's Drug Store
Market Furniture Co
.right top lines and
Mayflower Laundry
left center lines, 14 and
McBryde's Opticians left bottom lines and McFayden Music & Jewelry Store.
McLean A E
McLean Trucking Co
McMillan-Shuler Oil Co Inc.
McNeill Ice & Coal Co
Mill End Store The.
Millbrook Hotel
Minor Plumbing Co
Newton Auto Co.
right side lines and Overbeck Otto
P & D Motor Co Inc. .right side lines and
Park Place Esso Service. right center lines and
Patterson's Service Station
Phillips Loan Office.
Pinkston & Pate.
backbone and
Poe E A Brick Co.
Pond Insurance Agency Inc right bottom lines and
Price L B Mercantile Co.
Prince Charles Hotel.
left bottom lines and
Quinn & Miller Co.
. left side lines and
R & W Motor Co.
Radio Sales and Service. left center lines and
Rankin Claude W & Son. . right top lines and
Rankin E A Co, Inc. right side lines and Raylass Department Store 29 20 Rogers Tailoring Co. left bottom lines and 53 24 31
Rogers & Breece Inc
Rosemont Hotel
left top lines and
39 Salvation Army
52
Sandlin B P Co
Sanitary Laundry & Dry Cleaners
51 39
Saunder's Drug Store 21
48 42 37 30 54 21 35 30 35 42 24 36 6 27 14 52 51 45 23 37 2 21 28 39 46 43 38
front cover and
. back cover and 55
.front cover, left side lines and 3 17 right side lines and 56 31 front cover and A 6 47 7 3 7 46 left bottom lines and .right bottom lines and 51 A
Player Realty Co.
back cover and 12 33 32 31 25 4 49 35
Royal Cleaners & Hatters Inc. front cover and
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Page
Scarborough S W & Son.
.right top lines, 34 and 50
Singer Sewing Machine Co. 52
Smith Eb Service Station
Smith M M Furniture Co
.bottom edge, left side lines, 26 and 53
Souder's Pharmacy
left top lines
Southern Dairies Inc
32 48
Standard Supply Co Inc.
Standard Taxi Co.
.right side lines and
Stein Bros
Sunnyside Floral Nursery.
left top lines and
T & B Super Service
.top edge and
301 Service Station
Tide Water Power Co
28
Todd's Esso Station
8
Tomlinson S W Co Inc
front cover and 34
Town Shop The
Typewriter Exchange The.
Vogue The left bottom lines and
56 16 4
Western Auto Associate Store left side lines and
White Swan Laundry left side lines and
Z
White's Drug Store
21 8
Wright's Service Station
MORE GOODS
ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD
THROUGH THE
CLASSIFIED BUSINESS LISTS
OF THE DIRECTORY THAN ANY OTHER MEDIUM ON EARTH
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HILL DIRECTORY CO, Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1941 edition of the Fayetteville City Directory. A new feature, the designation of homes and places of business having telephones, marks this edition.
Confidence in the growth of Fayetteville's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as section of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Fayetteville to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL's Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organi- zation, 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 Fayetteville Direc- tory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic informa- tion pertaining to the city.
Four Major Departments
The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order:
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 495, 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 Fayetteville, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and sep- arately paged from 1 to 56, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Fayetteville. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. 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 Fayette- ville, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately 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 553 to 619, 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
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621 to 693. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical 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 concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their re- spective 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.
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 manu- facturing 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 Fayetteville.
The Fayetteville Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Fayette- ville City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Fayetteville 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 Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion 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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FAYETTEVILLE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(Information Compiled by Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce)
City governed by mayor and board of 8 aldermen.
Assessed value of city property for taxation purposes, $11,985,156.
An alert city police force of 37 men, under civil service.
An efficient volunteer city fire department, with a full-time chief.
A curb market, open Wednesday and Saturdays.
A full-time Chamber of Commerce.
A Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A Retail Merchants Association.
3 luncheon clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions).
A Business and Professional Women's Club.
A Woman's Club.
2 garden clubs.
The country's second oldest military unit.
Several fraternal and patriotic organizations.
3 Banks, with total resources of $52,404,000.
3 building and loan associations.
INDUSTRY:
4,000 people employed in manufacturing industries. Weekly payroll, $60,000.
AGRICULTURE (1935) :
Value of cotton crop, $1,000,000. Value of corn crop, $559,000.
Value of tobacco crop, $900,000. Value of all crops, $2,919,225.
RETAIL DISTRIBUTION: Establishments, 453. Annual sales, $7,370,000.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION: Establishments, 46. Annual sales, $5,240,000. HOTELS:
Prince Charles, 107 rooms. LaFayette, 90 rooms. Millbrook, 50 rooms. Rosemont, 43 rooms.
EDUCATION:
City schools (White)- 2,500 students. 67 teachers. City schools (c)- 1,800 students. 44 teachers.
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State Teachers College (c)- 483 students. 23 teachers. State Training School (c)- 600 students. 17 instructors.
TRANSPORTATION: Railroads-
Atlantic Coast Line. Norfolk Southern. Aberdeen & Rockfish.
Bus Lines-
Atlantic Greyhound Corp. Queen City Coach Co. Fayetteville-Greensboro Lines. Carolina Coach Co.
Motor Truck Lines-
Barbour's Motor Express.
Barnwell Bros., Inc.
Horton Motor Lines, Inc.
Miller Motor Express.
McLean Trucking Co.
P & F Motor Express Co. Thurston Motor Lines.
GENERAL:
Postal receipts, 1940, $109,425.22 (Fayetteville Post Of- fice).
1,200 gas meters (city).
4,197 water meters (city).
5,364 light meters (city).
Building permits, 1940, $834,150 (City).
40 miles paved streets (city).
20 miles unpaved streets (city).
3,840 acres city property.
5,630 telephones.
POPULATION:
City population, 1940 U. S. Census, 17,428; estimated in 1941, 40,000.
Estimated population of Metropolitan area, 60,000 (1941). County population, 1940 U. S. Census, 59,320; estimated in 1941, 80,000.
FAYETTEVILLE
"THE INLAND PORT CITY" (Courtesy Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Aldermanic.
Population-1940 U. S. Census, 17,428; local estimate at pres- ent, 40,000. American-born, 99.1%.
Area-6 square miles.
Altitude-137 feet above sea level.
Climate -- Mean annual temperature, 61.7 degrees F .; aver- age annual rainfall, 48.1 inches.
Assessed Valuation-$11,985,156, with $.87 per $100 tax rate. (City, School and Cemetery).
Bonded Debt-$983,000.
Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $47,218,000 (June 30, 1941), and total resources of $52,404,000 (June 30, 1941). 3 building and loan associations.
Postal Receipts-$109,425.22 (calendar year 1940).
Telephones in Service-5,630.
Churches-46, representing 10 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $834,150 (1940).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding terri- tory: Manufacturing and agriculture. 24 manufactur- ing establishments, employing 4,000 men and women, and paying wages of $2,000,000 annually. Principal manufactured products: Cotton yarn, silk and rayon products, fertilizers, lumber and planing-mill products, brick, plywoods, mattresses, cottonseed products, chemi- cals, food products and hosiery.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, and popula- tion of 100,000; wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 450,000.
Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.
Hotels-4, with total of 290 rooms.
Railroads-3: Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk Southern and Aberdeen & Rockfish.
Highways-U. S. 15-A and 301; State 24, 58, 87, 102 and 210. Airports-2, including 1 municipal.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 890 persons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,490 persons. 1 golf course. Hospitals-3, with total of 235 beds.
Education-8 public schools, including 1 senior high and 1 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,300; teachers, 111. Value of public school property, $780,000.
Public Libraries-1, with 8,250 volumes.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 60, with 40 miles paved. Number of water meters, 4,197; light meters, 5,364; gas meters, 1,200. Capacity of water works (municipal), 900,000,00 gallons. Volunteer fire department. Police department has 37 men.
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General Review
With a mellowed historical background, Fayetteville is one of North Carolina's most progressive and fastest growing cities. Blessed with an atmosphere of friendliness, and hos- pitality, unexcelled health and climatic conditions, splendid schools, churches, hospitals, banks, hotels, newspapers, good agricultural environments, excellent transportation facilities, a large trade territory and a diversity of industry, Fayette- ville has all the factors required to make a well-balanced community.
HISTORY-For a number of years prior to 1791, Fay- etteville was the capital of North Carolina, and during this period several historical events occurred, such as North Carolina's Ratification of the Constitution of the U. S., the ceding of the State of Tennessee to the U. S. Government, and the chartering of the University of North Carolina, all of which was done during the year 1789. The town was originally known as "Campbellton" and was "laid out" in 1762 by a colony of Scotchmen who had settled in this area about 1739. Three years later, in 1765, another Scotch settlement was made one mile west of Campbellton and was named "Cross Creek." During 1778 these two communities were merged under the name of "Upper and Lower Camp- bellton," but changed to "Fayetteville" in 1783 in honor of General Marquis de Lafayette, the gallant Frenchman who aided America in gaining its independence, and at that time the city was incorporated. General LaFayette paid Fayette- ville a visit on March 4, 1825, but the naming of the town for him 42 years earlier was in recognition of his services to this country, and not to commemorate his visit, as many have erroneously believed.
LOCATION-Fayetteville, the county seat and approxi- mately in the center of Cumberland County in the south- eastern part of North Carolina, is located on the west bank of the Cape Fear River, 115 miles northwest of Wilmington by water, 90 miles by highway, and 84 miles by rail.
TOPOGRAPHY-Fayetteville and contiguous territory is situated in a gently-rolling type of country, affording natural drainage, with a clay subsoil and a porous, sandy topsoil of such character as to prevent the accumulation of water puddles of long duration, or offensive mud after heavy rainfalls. Fayetteville is also at the eastern border of, and included in, the famous "Sand Hills" section of North Carolina, in which Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Sanatorium, and other well-known winter and health resorts are located.
CLIMATE-Though the varying seasons are well-de- fined, Fayetteville is not subjected to extremes of either hot or cold weather. Industrial plants are unhampered by climatic conditions, and sunstroke is an unkown quantity. Fayetteville's elevation above sea level ranges from 104 feet at the Market House to 170 feet on "Haymount" in the western part of the city. Its rainfall is well distributed, and during the past 40 years has averaged 48.1 inches per annum. During a slightly longer period the average annual temperature has been 61.7 degrees.
CHURCHES-Fayetteville might well be called a "City of Churches," having 28 white churches, and 18 colored. Ten denominations are represented, and some of the edifices would do credit to a much larger city. The people go to
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church and Sunday school regularly and are always ready to extend a warm welcome to visitors.
HOSPITALS-Fayetteville has several modernly-equip- ped hospitals, all served by skilled physicians and trained nurses. Hospitals located in Fayetteville and vicinity are as follows: Highsmith Hospital, 125 beds; Pittman Hospi- tal, 100 beds; Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, 12 beds; Fort Bragg Hospital (9 miles distant), 80 beds; N. C. Sana- torium (25 miles distant), 550 beds.
RECREATION-Fayetteville has a public nine-hole golf course; ten municipal tennis courts; five motion-picture houses, with a combined seating capacity of 3,490; a well- maintained Y. M. C. A., with swimming pool, gymnasium, recreation rooms, etc .; a city library; two bowling alleys, and five pool and billiard parlors. At Fort Bragg, nearby, there are facilities for many forms of recreation, such as polo, tennis, baseball, football, basketball, golf, fishing and horseback riding.
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