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HILL'S FAYETTEVILLE (CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY
Vol. 1943 IX
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
Page
Abbreviations
20
Alphabetical List of Names
21
Apartment Buildings 604
Associations and Clubs-Commercial. 605
Banks and Trust Companies.
610
Buildings-Office and Public 615
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor.
615
Buyers' Guide preceding Classified
Cemeteries
616
Churches
617
City Government
161
Classified Business Directory 603
Clergymen
619
Clubs
621
County Officers
124
Courts
125
Fire Department
162
Halls
636
Homes and Asylums.
638
Hospitals and Dispensaries.
638
Hotels
638
Justices of the Peace
643
Labor Organizations
644
Libraries
646
Newspapers
651
Parks and Playgrounds 655
Police Department 162
Post Office 469
Railroads
659
Schools-Public
664
Schools-Colleges and Academies 664
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal. 666
Societies-Patriotic
666
State Government 354
Street and Avenue Guide 675
United States Government 468
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION
Aero Corporation
Atlantic Life Ins Co.
Page 12 51 86
Ball Cab Co. .right center lines and
Belk-Hensdale Co. .right top lines and
Bender's Drug Store .right center lines and
Bennett & Gahr Inc.
Blake Florist. right top lines and
Bloom Furniture Co.
Bob's Music & Sport Shop. left center lines and
Bramble Lenox H Plumbing & Heating Co Inc. . .back cover and
Branch Banking & Trust Co. front stencil and Brown C C Plumbing & Heating Co.
left center lines and
72
Bryan Robt E & Bro .right side lines and 6
Bullard Millwork Co. .. back cover and 60 Burkhead DeVane Printing Co. .right side lines and 74 Butler Nurseries. left side lines and 64 Cape Fear Finance Co 59 25 Carolina Coal Co Inc. 89 6 Carolina Typewriter Service . left center lines and Carr Motor Co right bottom lines and 41 Carter's Furniture Exchange. left bottom lines and Central Taxi . 86 81 Cinderella Booterie 2 City Antique Shop. 9 City Hall Gulf Service City Insurance Agency 51 64 City News Co. left center lines and City Rapid Transit Co Inc. left top lines and Clark Sporting Goods Co. 19 Colonial Ice Co. .back cover, left side lines and 82 26 3 Corder-Vossler Co. left bottom lines and 3 Cross Creek Bldg & Loan Assn Cumberland Broadcasting Co. . front cover and 75 27 Cumberland Dairies Inc. . back cover and Currie Coal Co. .back cover and 24 2 61 Dixie Coal & Oil Co Inc 24 Dixie Paint & Hardware Co .. right side lines and Dr Pepper Bottling Co Inc. . Efirds Dept Store ... right top lines page C and Evans Furniture Co Inc. 45 18 Exide Battery Service Station 29 42 9 23 19
Dahlberg & Co.
De Vane Lumber Co ..
Fashion Shop The. Fayetteville Bldg & Loan Assn. .left side lines and Fayetteville City Public Works Commission. back cover and 33 31 15
Fayetteville Drug Co.
Fayetteville Industrial Bank . front cover and Fayetteville Monument Works. ... left bottom lines and 63 51
Fayetteville Mutual Insurance Agency
Fayetteville Observer The. right bottom lines
29 30 62 36 41 64
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Fayetteville Office Supply Co .. right bottom lines and
Fayetteville Supply Co.
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co front cover and 14
Fleishman A W. left center lines and 16 22 70 Fleishman Ed & Bros. Georgia Pine Turpentine Co. 2 Godwin-Pollock Air Conditioning Corp. Goodrich B F Silvertown Stores. .. left top lines and Gulf Service Station 10 10 77 Haigh Chas T. front cover and Hatcher's Jewelry Store back cover and 55 Haymore's Style Shop. 23 53 Henebry & Son. .left top lines and Highland Cafeteria 20 25 Y Highland Lumber Co right top lines and page Hilburn Printing Co. .right bottom lines and 73 63 Holt Oil Co. right center lines and Holt Taxi Co. .right center lines and 56 45 87 Home Security Life Ins Co 51 Horne H R & Sons. left top lines and 31 65 House of Flowers. right bottom lines, 34 and 30 Huske Hardware House left top lines and 49 43 52 Jackson Mattress Co left bottom lines and 15 62 36 Jernigan Funeral Home .left top lines and 54 41 21 80 Kyle Roofing Co. .left center lines and 80 67 37 56 7 31 56 78 38
Hill's Motorcycle Co.
Hoffer P O
Huske B R & Son
Imperial Life Ins Co.
Jackson J W Beverage Co
Kutz Saw Service Shop
La Fayette Oil Co
Lee Funeral Home.
Lee's Jewelers.
M & O Chevrolet Co .front cover and
Mac Kethan's Drug Store.
Macon Hunter S.
Manhattan Restaurant.
Market Furniture Co Inc.
. right top lines and
Mayflower Laundry . .
. opposite name in alphabetical section
McBryde's Opiticians. .left bottom lines and 67 63 McFadyen Music & Jewelry Store. McInnis Gulf Service. 10 McLean A Edw. 56 88
McLean Trucking Co Inc.
. back cover and page
McMillan-Shuler Oil Co Inc.
front cover, left side lines, 7 and
McNeill Helen J
McNeill Ice & Coal Co The.
Metropolitan Life Ins Co
Mill End Store The.
.right side lines and
Minor Plumbing Co.
Newberry's Service Station
Newton Auto Co. .right side lines and
Orkin Exterminating Co.
46 52 25 52 90 47 A x 8 69
Hunter Brothers Inc.
Jewel Box Inc The
Kimbrell's Inc.
Kosterman Joseph F.
Highland Coal Co.
Page 66 10
Millbrook Hotel. right bottom lines and
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P & D Motor Co. right side lines and 8
P & S Service Station.
11
Park Place Esso Service. right center lines and 4
Patterson's Service Station.
Pawnbrokers Sales Store
Penney J C Inc.
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co left center lines and
Phillips Loan Office left bottom lines and
Pinkston Hugh M.
Pinkston Paint & Wallpaper Co.
Player Realty Co. backbone and
Poe E A Brick Co The.
left center lines and
Pond Insurance Agency Inc. right bottom lines and
Price L B Merchantile Co The
Prince Charles Hotel left bottom lines and
Quinn & Miller Co left side lines and
R & W Motor Co.
Rainbo Restaurant
Rankin A E Co Inc. right side lines and
Rankin Claude & Son
.right top lines and
Ray Service Station
Raylass Department Store.
Roger's & Breece.
Royal Credit Jewelers
Salvation Army The
.left bottom lines and
Sandlin B P Company.
Sanitary Laundry & Dry Cleaners.
front cover, left top lines and
Scorborough S W & Son
right top lines 50 and
Sears Roebuck and Co.
.right top lines and
Service Cab Co.
Service Drug Store.
Shoppe of Crafts.
Smith M M Furniture Co.
.bottom stencil and
Smith M M ..
. left side lines and
Soldiers Town Home.
Souder's Pharmacy .. left top lines and
Standard Supply Co Inc The
Standard. Taxi Co. right side lines and
Stein Bros.
Sullivan's Dry Cleaners.
Sunnyside Floral Nursey left top lines and
Sutton Thos H
T & B Super Service. top stencil and
Terminal & Victory Grills.
Three-O-One Service Station Tidewater Power Co
Tire Re-Capping Co.
.right center lines and
Todd's Esso Station
Tomlinson S W Co Inc front cover and
Town Shop The.
Typewriter Exchange The.
Veterans Hospital Esso Service
Victory Storage & Trucking.
. inside margin front and back cover and
83
Vogue The
23 5
Western Auto Associate Stores. left side lines and
White Swan Laundry Inc. .. left side lines page Z and White's Drug Store. 32
58
Worth Business College 20 Worth Printing Co. 73
11 69 30 17 69 78 68 A 18 48 47 46 39 11 79 44 49 11 30 37 55 81 77
59 76 28 84 31 2 40 82 81 32 73 85 22 32 35 18 B 79 12 42 12 9 50 57 89 12
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1943 edition of the Fayetteville City Directory.
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 21 to 509, 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 90, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fayetteville. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business rep- resented. 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 Fayetteville, 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 603 to 674, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This fea- ture 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.
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THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 675 to 756. 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. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.
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 35 men, under civil service.
An efficient volunteer city fire department, with a full-time chief.
A curb market, open Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A full-time Chamber of Commerce.
A Junior Chamber of Commerce.
A Retail Merchants Association.
5 luncheon clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Civitan and Exchange).
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 $118,400,000.
3 building and loan associations.
INDUSTRY:
4,500 people employed in manufacturing industries. Weekly payroll, $94,500.
AGRICULTURE (1943) :
Value of cotton crop, $1,700,000.
Value of corn crop, $825,000.
Value of tobacco crop, $1,500,000. Value of all crops, $4,566,470.
RETAIL DISTRIBUTION: Establishments, 467. Annual sales, $10,072,000.
WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION: Establishments, 46. Annual sales, $6,288,000.
HOTELS:
Prince Charles, 165 rooms (60 air-conditioned added). LaFayette, 90 rooms. Millbrook, 50 rooms.
EDUCATION: City schools (white)- 2,461 students. 66 teachers. City schools (c)- 1,689 students. 43 teachers. State Teachers College (c)- 600 students. 32 teachers. State Training School (c)- 471 students. 15 instructors.
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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, 1942, $377,067.55 (Fayetteville Post Of- fice).
1,520 gas meters (city).
6,193 water meters (city).
7,798 light meters (city).
Building permits, 1942-1943, $726,320.
40 miles paved streets (city).
20 miles unpaved streets (city).
3,340 acres city property.
9,300 telephones.
POPULATION:
City population, 1940 U. S. Census, 17,428; estimated in 1942, 55,000.
Estimated population of metropolitan area, 1943, 80,000. 66,000 ration books distributed in metropolitan dis- trict.
County population, 1940 U. S. Census, 59,320; estimated in 1943, 150,000.
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Population-1940 U. S. Census, 17,428; local estimates at present, 55,000; 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.
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Assessed Valuation-$11,985,156, with $.80 per $100 tax rate. Bonded Dept-1,403,500.
Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $112,386,000 (Dec. 31, 1942), and total resources of $118,400,000 (Dec.
31, 1942). 3 building and loan associations.
Postal Receipts-$377,067.55 (calendar year 1942).
Telephones in Service-9,300.
Churches-46, representing 10 denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $726,320 (1942-43).
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding terri- tory: Manufacturing and agriculture. 24 manufactur- ing establishments, employing 4,500 men and women, and paying wages of $2,500,000 (estimated) annually. Principal manufactured products: Cotton yarn, silk and rayon products, fertilizers, lumber and planing-mill products, brick, plywoods, mattresses, cottonseed prod- ucts, chemicals, food products and hosiery.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 25 miles, and popula- tion of 175,000; wholesale area, radius of 50 miles, and population of 600,000.
Newspapers-1 daily and 1 weekly.
Hotels-3, with total of 305 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-Fort Bragg, 3,250 bets; Veterans, 310 beds; High- smith, 125 beds; Pittman, 100 beds; N. C. Sanatorium, 80 beds. Total, 3,865 beds.
Education-10 public schools, including 1 senior high and 1 junior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,150; teachers, 109. Value of public schools property, $780,000.
Public Libraries-1, with between 10,000 and 12,000 volumes. City Statistics-Total street mileage, 60, with 40 miles paved. Number of water meters, 6,193; light meters, 7,798; gas meters, 1,520. Capacity of water works (municipal), 1,225,000,000 gallons. Volunteer fire department. Police department has 35 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 that 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 Scots who had settled in this area about 1739. Three years later, in 1765, another Scottish settle- ment was made one mile west of Campbellton and was named "Cross Creek." During 1778 these two communities were merged under th 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 Clumberland 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 unknown 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. Ton denominations are represented, and some of the edifices would do credit to a much larger city. The people go to church and Sunday school regularly and are always ready +~ extend a warm welcome to visitors.
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