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HILL'S FAYETTEVILLE (CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1951 XII
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Build- ings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide; also a
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1951 edition of the Fayetteville City Directory, which also includes Bonnie Doone, East Fayetteville, Lakedale, Massey Hill and Myrtle Hill.
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 sections 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 esti - mation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Di- rectory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the cour - teous 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 Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMESof residents and business and professional concerns is the first major department, printed 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 Fayette - ville and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Fayetteville. 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 progressive community like Fayetteville, the necessity of having this kind of infor- mation immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
II. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major de- partment, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under ap- propriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispen- sable 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 profes- sional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Busi- ness Directory than through any other medium.
IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order un- der the name of each street, and the names of the householders and con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting
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streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telepbones
Community Publicity
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FAYETTEVILLE AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY
(Information compiled by Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce)
GOVERNMENT:
The City of Fayetteville is governed by a five-man City Council, one member of which serves as Mayor and is elected by the Council. The Council employs a City Manager to administer business affairs and to supervise the various departments.
Cumberland County is governed by a Board of County Commissioners. Law enforcement is under the Sheriff's Department.
The City of Fayetteville has a Police Department composed of 70 members under civil service. Likewise the Fire Department is composed of 44 members under civil service. The city is rated by the National Board of Fire Underwriters as Grade 4, and most of the requirements have been met for Grade 3. Three modern fire stations are maintained.
Other municipal departments include: Sanitary and Street Depart- ment; Engineering Department; Building Inspector's Department; Public Works Commission, which controls the Light Department and the Water Department; Municipal Airport Commission; Civil Service Commission; Parks and Recreation Commission; Parks and Recreation Department; Tax Department.
ORGANIZATIONS:
Chamber of Commerce. Junior Chamber of Commerce.
5 service clubs (Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Civitan and Exchange). Woman's Club.
Business & Professional Women's Club.
Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
Numerous patriotic and fraternal organizations and auxiliaries.
America's second oldest independent military organization.
7 garden clubs and city garden club council.
3 banks (1 local and 2 branch).
3 building and loan associations.
INDUSTRY:
Estimated employment in industry, 5,100. Estimated weekly payroll, $190,000.
AGRICULTURE:
Estimated value of cotton crop, $2,100,000. Estimated value of corn crop, $1,313,880. Estimated value of tobacco crop, $ 3,250,000. Estimated value of all crops. $9,250,000. RETAIL DISTRIBUTION:
Approximately 700 establishments. Annual sales, $45,718,000 (city) and $52,100,000 (county).
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WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION:
. Approximately 80 establishments. Annual sales, $29,174,000 (city) and $35, 700, 000 (county).
HOTELS:
Prince Charles, 175 rooms. LaFayette, 96 rooms. Millbrook, 50 rooms. Yarborough, 37 rooms. Numerous tourist courts and homes.
EDUCATION:
City Schools- 7 elementary, 3,180 students. 1 junior high, 410 students. 2 secondary, 1,211 students. State Teachers College - 618 students. 34 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 - 7 lines in regular operation.
GENERAL:
Postal receipts, 1949, $400,279.59. 1,825 gas meters (city). 8,559 water meters (city). 9,266 light meters (city).
Building permits, 1949, 502.
Street Miles- Unpaved, 63. Paved, 56. Total, 119.
5,920 acres city property 9,532 telephones.
Property Valuation for Taxes- County, $48,287,564. City, $27,797,514.
POPULATION:
City population, 1950 U. S. Census preliminary report, 34,605. Estimated population, metropolitan area, 50,000. County population, 1950 U. S. Census preliminary report, 95,799. CHURCHES:
66, representing 13 denominations
FAYETTEVILLE
(Courtesy Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce)
HISTORIC FAYETTEVILLE
Fayetteville was settled on the banks of the Cape Fear River at the mouth of Cross Creek in 1739, by Scotsmen, who named the place Camp- bellton. About a mile from Campbellton on upper Cross Creek a grist mill was built in 1765. A village grew up around the mill, and the trading center which resulted was called Cross Creek. It was thus named because of a phenomenon of nature, two creeks crossing each other practically at right angles, the waters of one running under the waters of the other. The phenomenon later was destroyed by the building of a dam and mill on one of the creeks. In 1778 Campbellton and Cross Creek were united. When the community was incorporated five years later the town was named Fayetteville, thus becoming the first American settlement to be named in honor of the French General Marquis de Lafayette, who had been of such valuable service to the American Colonies during the Rev- olutionary War.
On June 20, 1775, more than a year before the Philadelphia Declara- tion of Independence, 39Cumberland County patriots adopted resolutions of independence and pledged themselves to the defense of American Lib- erty. These resolutions were written and signed first by Col. Robert Rowan. The resolutions became known as the Liberty Point Resolves, and the spot at which the patriots met is known to this day as Liberty Point, and it is suitably marked with a plaque bearing the names of the patriots.
The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry is the second oldest mili - tary organization in America, organized in 1793. The first captain was Robert Adam, who died in 1801 and is buried in Cross Creek Cemetery The F. 1. L. 1. was a member of the noted "Bethel Regiment," taking part in the first battle of the War Between the States, June 10, 1861. Its members have taken part in every war in which our country has been en- gaged.
A disastrous fire occurred in Fayetteville on May 29, 1831, destroy- ing almost the entire town. The loss has been estimated at from $1, 000, 000 to $1,500,000.
The center of Fayetteville's historic life, the State House, originally was built about 1780. The General Assembly met there in.1788, 1789, 1790 and 1793. There the Federal Constitution was adopted in 1789, and the charter was granted for the University of North Carolina, America's oldest state university. In that same year, land for the State of Tennessee was ceded by the General Assembly. . The great fire of 1831 destroyed the building, and the present structure was erected about 1838. This also has been called the Town House or Town Hall. After the War Between the States, it came to be known as the Market House, because meat and produce were sold there under its Moorish arches. The building is now used as a public library.
The curfewbell in the old Market House has rung regularly for more than 100 years. It originated as a signal that all slaves must be in their quarters by nine p.m. If found on the streets without a pass after the cur- few, they were lodged in jail until released by their masters. Children were expected to be under the parental roof before the curfew rang. The Market House bell still rings the breakfast call at 7:30 each morning, the dinner bell at one o'clock, and the sunset bell at exactly the sunset hour, besides sounding the curfew at nine o'clock.
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· The old Cool Spring is another historic spot of early Fayetteville. This spring supplied the inhabitants of part of the town with drinking water. On a marker placed there by the Colonial Dames of America is the old legend that whoever drank from this spring would always return. The Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry held their annual meetings there.
Overshadowing the spring is the Flora MacDonald Oak, where the Scottish heroine stood when she reviewed the Highlanders on the "march out" after they had set up their standard at the Town Square in Cross Creek early in 1776.
In 1838 the U. S. Arsenal was built on Haymount, the ground occupy- ing forty acres. At the beginning of the War Between the States the Arsenal was captured by the Confederates, and here small arms were manufac- tured. It was completely destroyed by Sherman in March, 1865. One of the two markers there is built with some of the old foundation stones.
Fayetteville has the distinction of having two Confederate monuments. The one in Cross Creek Cemetery, erected Dec. 30, 1868, was the first in North Carolina, and one of the first in the South. The monument on the site of the old Court House on James Square was unveiled May 10, 1902.
Located here is the Confederate Woman's Home maintained by the State and the North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confed- eracy.
Noted for its churches and church life, Fayetteville and vicinity proud- ly claim a number of the oldest Presbyterian churches of North Carolina. The First Presbyterian Church, on Bow Street, was founded in 1755 and organized in 1800. The original edifice was burned in the fire of 1831. Its foundation and walls were used for the present structure, which was built and dedicated in 1832.
Three early Presbyterian churches-Longstreet, Bluff and Barbecue- are the oldest in the upper Cape Fear Country. They were organized Oct. 18, 1758, by the Rev. James Campbell, native of Scotland, who is buried on the east side of the Cape Fear River.
St. John's Episcopal Church was organized April 8, 1817, with the Rev. Bethel Judd, D. D., as the first rector. In June of that same year the foundations of the building were laid by the Masonic Order, and the church was dedicated in April, 1819. This first structure was burned in 1831. The present church was soon rebuilt on the old foundations.
Many other outstanding historic spots in and around Fayetteville will appeal to visitors, as well as numerous sites of modern progress. Myrtle Hill, on which the new Veterans' Hospital is located, once was the estate of Judge Robert Strange. Remnants of the old Confederate breastworks thrown up during the War Between the States are still visible on the grounds, and also a part of the old canal running along the Cape Fear River.
McNeill's Mill, which until recently stood on the corner of Old and Green streets, was built in 1764, and was in continuous service for 175 years. The Masonic Lodge at the head of Mason Street has records as far back as 1788, and probably was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ma- sons of Scotland in 1760. The second session of the Grand Lodge of the State was held here, Governor Samuel Johnston being the Grand Master.
MODERN FAYETTEVILLE
Location and Transportation
Fayetteville is located at the head of navigation on the Cape Fear River, with an eight-foot channel to the coast. Petroleum products make up the bulk of the freight handled on the river at the present time. In ad- dition, there is some transportation of sand and gravel by barge. Fayette- ville is served by three railroads and several motor-freight lines for freight; and by one main-line railroad and three bus lines for passenger service. Air transportation is available at the modern Municipal Airport, with twelve flights per day. Located on two of the most heavily traveled
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north-south main highways (U. S. 301 and U. S. 15-A), Fayetteville is a convenient stopping point for tourists, who find excellent accommodations in the local hotels, tourist homes and tourist courts.
Industry and Agriculture
Over a period of years, agricultural activities have been of prime · importance in this section of North Carolina. The biggest development in this connection in recent years was the establishment of a tobacco market in 1946. At the present time there are two tobacco warehouses, where the chant of the auctioneer rings out in all its traditional color during the market season, which lasts for about two months beginning in the early part of August. These local warehouses have a combined total of approximately eight acres of floor space. During the 1950 tobacco sea- son, this market sold 9,300,853 pounds of tobacco for an aggregate price of $5,313,690.75. In addition to the tobacco market, Fayetteville has a cotton market and a live stock market. The live stock market handles annually approximately 17,000 animals and pays out approximately $700,000. In recent years, industrial activities have come more and more to the front, and the industrial payroll is now estimated to be about $10,000,000 annually.
Military
Fayetteville is the home of Fort Bragg, one of America's largest and most important military installations. It also is the home of the 82d Air- borne Division, "America's Guard of Honor." This division was located at Fort Bragg prior to going into combat and returned to its "old home" covered with glory and honors earned during the struggles of World War II. With the separation of the Air Force from the Army, Pope Air Force Base was established on the reservation, occupying the location formerly known as Pope Field. Headquarters of the Ninth Air Force recently was established at Pope Air Force Base.
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