Hill's Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory [1942], Part 2

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 566


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During all this time there were no banks in the town, practically all the banking be- ing transacted in Raleigh, and on days of big sales at the tobacco warehouses it was necessary to obtain cash from the merchants in order to pay the farmer for his product. Such inconveniences could not long continue, and soon two banks were established,


View of Main Street, Looking East


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The next step in the industrial and commercial history of the town was the bringing in of additional railway lines. By the co-operation of manufacturers, merchants, and the city and county governments, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the Southern Railway, and the Norfolk & Western Railway were given access to this market. Later the Norfolk Southern Railroad and the Durham & Southern Railway were added to the railway lines serving the city, giving a total of five railway companies with seven lines radiating in every direction,


Durham had now grown into a very prosperous and thriving community, but its citizenship was not satisfied with having purely a commercial and industrial town. The people felt the need of better schools and, in 1885, after a heated political campaign, bonds were voted for public school buildings and a tax levied for maintaining a public school system, Today Durham has one of the finest public school plants of any city of its size, with physical property valued at more than $3,442,000, and with a personnel of teachers and management that gives it first rating among the cities of North Carolina.


In 1892, Trinity College, now Duke University, was brought to Durham through the philanthropy of Mr. Washington Duke and General Julian S. Carr. Today Duke Uni- versity has a physical plant worth $20,000,000, 3,493 students, a 575-bed hospital, and ranks among the leading educational institutions of the nation.


As the tobacco industry grew and prospered, certain persons used some of their divi- dends in establishing cotton mills, and this industry soon assumed a position of import- ance in the industrial life of the city. Later hosiery mills were established, until today Durham ranks as the first city of the South in the manufacture of full-fashioned silk hosiery. Other industries were added from time to time, including flour mills, fertilizer plants, iron works, woodworking plants, printing establishments, etc., until in 1933 there were engaged in industry 13,350 wage-earners, producing $160,336,003 worth of manufac- tured products annually. These industries pay into the Federal treasury approximately $70,000,000 each year. Durham today produces 24% of all the cigarettes made in the U. S.


In 1914 a program of civic improvement was undertaken, and although it was inter- rupted by the World War, it has now reached the point where Durham has all the con- veniences of a modern city, including complete sewerage, asphalt streets, paved sidewalks, electric power, gas, the latest dial telephone service, Western Union and Postal telegraph service, American Telephone & Telegraph repeater station, insuring rapid long-distance telephone communication, a fine recreation program, and a system of water works with an impounding reservoir sufficient to care for the needs of a city of 100,000 people.


Malbourne Hotel


Any story about Durham would be incomplete without mention of the notable con- tribution which the Negro race has made to the industrial, commercial and civic develop- ment of the community. The progress the race has made here has been truly amazing. Under the leadership of E. R. Merrick, and later, C. C. Spaulding, and their associates, Durham's colored people have established industries, insurance companies, banks and other commercial businesses which would be creditable to any city. The labor which they furnish the city's industrial plants is intelligent and dependable, The high type of leaders among the colored people here has made Durham a conspicuous outpost in the advancement of Negro civilization."


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Duke University Stadium; Seating Capacity, 40,000


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Part of the Main Quadrangle, Duke University, West Campus


One of the finest things about the founders of Durham is that material prosperity merely opened to them avenues of service to mankind. It has been said that more phil- anthropists have been produced in Durham than in any other city of the South. Watts Hospital, of 226 beds, was a gift to the city and county by Mr. George W. Watts. Lincoln Hospital, of 108 beds, is largely the gift of Mr. Benjamin N. Duke. Duke University is a living memorial to Mr. Washington Duke and his two sons, Benjamin N. Duke and James Buchanan Duke. Other philanthropists have remembered the city from time to time in ways that help in making Durham a good place in which to live and work.


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Durham is today the third city in North Carolina in point of population, having 60,195 inhabitants, and is second in industrial payrolls, and second in importance in the value of its manufactured products. It is far in the lead in its educational facilities, having an unexcelled public school system and Duke University within its corporate lim- its, and having within a radius of a few miles the University of North Carolina, Wake Forest College, Meredith College, North Carolina State College, Peace Institute and St. Mary's.


The colored people have in Durham, in addition to excellent public schools for their race, the North Carolina College for Negroes, the only college of liberal arts for Negroes supported by taxation in the state.


All these things have been accomplished by people not especially favored by nature, but who by their determination, unconquerable will, tireless effort, and by their faith in mankind and in this community, have created a city that proudly takes its position as one of the representative cities of the new South and of America.


BRIEF FACTS ABOUT DURHAM, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED


Altitude: 406 feet above sea level.


Area: 12.8 square miles. Automobiles:


Passenger cars in county January 1, 1937.


12,680


Passenger cars in county January 1, 1938. .17,000


Passenger cars in county January 1, 1939. 13,720


Passenger cars in county January 1, 1940. 14,415


Passenger cars in county January 1, 1941.


15,150


Trucks in county January 1, 1937. 3,101


Trucks in county January 1, 1938.


2,800


Trucks in county January 1, 1939.


2,865


Trucks in county January 1, 1940


3,050


Trucks in county January 1, 1941.


3,425


Banks:


1937


1938


1939 (As of June 30)


1940 (As of June 30)


1941 (As of Dec. 31)


Capital, surplus and


undivided profits


... $ 3,367,500.64


$ 3,472,190.26


$ 3,570,075.01


$ 3,579,180.41 28,243,101.89


$ 3,650,712.84


Deposits


23,545,082.49


23,483,693.01


26,856,142.06 30,541,271.76


31,987,254.75


37,215,869.75


Industrial Banks:


1937


(As of June 30)


1938 (As of June 30)


1939 (As of June 30)


1940 (As of June 30)


1941 (As of Dec. 31)


Capital, surplus and


undivided profits .. $ 467,535.51


$ 497,163.38


$ 511,010.44


$ 553,704.13


$ 577,362.69


Total resources


1,619,970.61


1,750,702.78


1,945,496.21


2,209,144.86


2,243,111.94


Deposits


1,583,812.61


1,596,600.13


Joint Stock Land Bank:


1937 (As of Aug. 31)


1938 (As of Aug. 31)


1939 (As of Aug. 31)


1940 (As of Oct. 31)


1941 (As of Dec. 31)


Capital


$ 700,000.00


$ 100,000.00


$ 700,000.00 115,615.00


641,302.00


$ 692,261.15


Undivided profits and


314,244.59


574,739.70


516,153.00


102,636.00


Total resources


7,366,420.20


6,707,419.82


5,518,052.73


4,564,217.00


2,652,732.08


Building and Loan Associations:


Year


No.


Assets


1937


4


$3,740,339.32


1938


4


3,907,506.34


1939


4


4,508,260.06


1940


4


5,044,528.59


1941


4


6,182,953.83


Building Permits:


Year


No.


Value


1937


481


$2,297,241.00


1938


481


2,939,654.00


1939


425


2,510,290.00


1940


509


1,637,033.00


1941


576


2,572,180.00


Churches: Eighty-seven churches, representing practically all denominations. Dur- ham is noted for its many beautiful church edifices.


City Incorporated: The City of Durham was incorporated by act of the General As- sembly, ratified April 10, 1869.


Civic Organizations: Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Monarch Club, Civitan Club, Exchange Club, Altrusa Club, Business & Professional Women's Club, Pilot Club, Durham Merchants' Association, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Durham Chamber of Commerce.


Climate: Equable. Annual mean summer temperature, 71.3, winter, 48.3. Sixty-two percent sunshine days. Annual rainfall, 47.19 inches. Annual snowfall, 10 inches. Pre-


vailing westerly winds.


33,325,398.33


Total resources


27,074,853.31


27,078,983.39


$ 700,000.00


Surplus


115,615.00


115,615.00


reserves


(As of June 30)


(As of June 30)


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Duke Hospital (For the Public) and Duke Medical School, Situated on the West Campus


Airplane View Showing East Campus, Duke University, and Part of City of Durham


Colleges:


Duke University Enrollment


1934-35


3,215


1938-39


3.552


1935-36


3,345


1939-40


3,900


1936-37


3,352


1940-41


3,716


1937-38


3,387


1941-42


3,493


University of North Carolina Enrollment


1934-35


2,905


1937-38


3.536


1938-39


3,842


1935-36


3,052


1939-40


3,890


1936-37


3,256


1940-41


4,365


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Both universities conduct summer schools, which are largely attended.


There is also located in Durham the North Carolina College for Negroes, the only college of liberal arts for colored people, supported by the State, in North Carolina. En- rollment for 1941-42, 776.


Convention Facilities: Hotel rooms with bath, 579; without bath, 221; total, 800. Maximum capacity of lodging accommodations, 1,374 persons; capacity in excess of or- dinary requirements, 700 persons. Assembly halls, capacity, 800; ballroom capacity, 500; twelve committee rooms, auditorium, seating capacity, 1,750; Armory Auditorium, seating capacity, 2,500.


County: Durham County was created by act of the General Assembly in 1881 from parts of Orange and Wake Counties. While Durham is not a large county, it is the cen- ter of the famous bright-leaf tobacco belt. Between 35 and 57 million pounds of tobacco are sold each year on the Durham market. Tobacco is the principal money crop, al- though cotton, corn and truck crops are also important. Dairying has increased rapidly during the past few years. The county has good roads and splendid schools and churches.


Education: Durham is recognized as being one of the leading educational centers of the South. Its colleges and university, its public school system, its schools of music and business schools are rated among the best in the South by leading educators. (See Col- leges and Schools).


Fire Protection: Durham has a well-equipped fire department, with four stations and paid personnel, giving Durham first-class insurance rating.


Government: Durham has had the council-manager form of government since May 4, 1921. It is admitted to be one of the best governed cities in the state.


Health: Durham has a well-organized board of health, with 38 employees, charged with the supervision of health conditions in the entire county. It has been remarkably successful in its work. The white resident death rate for 1941 was only 7.69 (colored resi- dent, 12.5) to the 1,000. The death rate for both races was 9.3. The birth rate for white was 17.9; for colored, 25; total, 20.3. Milk, meats, water, markets, dairies, hotels and eating places are carefully inspected.


Hospitals: Watts Hospital (public, white) is one of the finest hospitals in the South; value, $1,545.620; 226 beds; personnel of 94 physicians and 120 nurses; endowed by Mr. George W. Watts and partly supported by contributions from city and county. Lincoln Hospital (public, colored); value, $250,000; 108 beds; personnel of all physicians in Dur- ham who are in good standing, and 56 nurses; partly supported by contributions from city and county. McPherson Hospital (private-eye, ear, nose and throat) ; value, $103,- 000; 35 beds and personnel of 4 physicians, 6 nurses and 4 office girls. Duke Hospital, with 575 beds, representing an investment of more than $3,000,000, is said to be the best- equipped hospital in the world. It was opened on July 21, 1930. During 1932 the Duke Hospital Nurses' Home was completed at a cost of over $300,000.


Hotels: Durham is unusually well provided with hotel facilities. The Washington Duke is one of the finest hotels in the South, having been constructed at a cost of more than $1,750,000. It has 300 bedrooms, all with bath. The Malbourne Hotel-200-room capacity-is a fireproof hotel and newly furnished throughout. Other hotels are the Lochmoor, Durham, Central and Commercial, and the Biltmore and Jones hotels for colored people. Hotel rates, $1.00 to $5.00 per day; European plan.


Watts Hospital


Industries: Durham is the second largest industrial center in North Carolina, its output of manufactured products being valued at $160,336,002 annually (U. S. Census of Manufactures). It has large tobacco industries, manufacturing such well-known brands as Duke's Mixture and Bull Durham smoking tobaccos, and a great many brands of cigarettes, including the famous Chesterfield and Lucky Strike, and fifteen brands of Turkish cigarettes. It is the home of the Durham Hosiery Mills (manufacturers of Dur- able Durham Hosiery), and the Golden Belt Mfg. Co. (manufacturers of small bags and hosiery). There are also manufactured in Durham, Erwin and White Star sheetings and pillow cases; Virginia-Carolina fertilizers; Occoneechee, Peerless and Climax flours; blank books, corrugated boxes, wooden boxes, castings and iron products, harness and saddles, bread, ice, mattresses, brick, building materials, proprietary medicines, furniture, roofing, meat-packing products and machinery. Due to proximity to source of raw materials, cheap electric power and its transportation facilities, Durham offers unexcelled oppor- tunities for the location of industries.


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Durham Public Library


Location: Durham is situated in the geographical center of North Carolina, a few miles north of the center of population of the state. Its terrain is slightly rolling and is well drained.


Payrolls: The payrolls of Durham exceed $15,000,000 annually.


Population:


City of Durham


County of Durham


1890


5,485


1890


18,041


1900


6,679


1900


26,233


1910


18,241


1910


.35,276


1920


21,719


1920


42,219


1930


.52,037


1930


.67,196


1940


.60,195


1940


80,244


Post-Office Receipts:


1934


$289,607.42


1938


$345,820.70


1935


307,563.87


1939


354,936.11


1936


339,410.41


1940


351,341.15


1937


.337,110.83


1941


409,266.19


Public Utilities: Durham has public utilities furnishing bus service, gas, telephone and electric current service. These utilities compare favorably, both in cost of service and in efficiency, with those in other cities of similar size.


Public Services:


1937


1938


1939


1940


1941


Electric meters


12,360


13,922


14,811


15,889


17,138


Telephones


7,200


7,897


8,670


9,761


10,954


Gas meters


2,795


2,943


3,000


3,000


2,869


Miles of paved streets


79


79


79


79


83


Miles of sidewalks


64


64


64


64


64


Miles of water mains


177.7


178


182


190


196.5


Miles of sewers


311


311


313


317


321


Number of water meters


11,828


11,100


11,635


12,027


14,000


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Recreation: Community recreation, under supervision of the Playground and Recrea- tion Commission, supported by public taxation. Nine public parks, containing swimming pools, tennis courts, etc., 12 city playgrounds, and several large playgrounds maintained by industrial plants for the use of employees. Two 18-hole golf courses; magnificent country club; tennis and gun club; college football, baseball, basketball, track, boxing and wrestling. The schedules of Duke University and the University of North Carolina offer Durham citizens the opportunity of seeing some of the best college teams of the East and South in action. Both these universities have magnificent stadiums, that of the Uni- versity of North Carolina seating 24,000. while the stadium of Duke University has a seating capacity of 40,000.


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View of Hope Valley Country Club


Schools: The public school system of Durham is nationally-known for its equip- ment, high scholastic standards and progressive policies. The Durham College of Com- merce, Croft Secretarial School and Kennedy's Commercial School are fully accredited class "A" institutions.


City Schools Enrollment


1936-37. 12,254


1937-38 12,046


1938-39. 12,240


1939-40 11,788


1940-41. 11,962


1941-42 .. 11,553


Number of Schools: White, 14; colored, 7. Number of teachers, 384. Value of public school plant, $3,442,000.


Duke University Chapel Tower


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DIRHAM COUNTY COURT HOUSE


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Durham County Court House


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View of One Eleven Corcoran Street, Constructed at a Cost of $1,000,000, in the Heart of Durham's Business District


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Social Agencies: Young Men's Christian Association, Young Women's Christian As- sociation, Salvation Army, Red Cross, King's Daughters, Board of Charities and Public Welfare, Wright Refuge for Children, Junior League, Council of Social Agencies, Associa- tion for the Blind, Family Service Association, Council of Social Agencies, and Duke Legal Aid Clinic.


Streets: Durham is today one of the best paved cities in the state. The white-way lighting system in the business district is admitted to be one of the best in the South.


Taxes and Valuation: In 1941 the city of Durham had an assessed valuation of $89,747,044, with a city tax rate of $1.55 on the $100. Property assessed on 75% of true value. The county of Durham had an assessed valuation of $133,915,673 and a county tax rate of 60c. Property assessed on 75% of true value. No property tax is levied by the State.


Theatres: 5 motion-picture theatres for white, and two for colored. Total seating capacity, 5,490.


Transportation: Durham has five lines of railroad, radiating in seven directions. It has two lines of the Southern Railway, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the Norfolk & Western Railway, the Durham & Southern Railway, and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. These railroads afford unusually good freight facilities. Durham is on the National High- way and the Central Highway, the principal routes between the North and South and between the East and West. Excellent bus service is maintained between Durham and Raleigh, Henderson, Oxford, Roxboro, Greensboro, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro, Siler City and Danville, Va.


Water: Durham has an ample supply of pure water. An impounding reservoir com- pleted in 1926 stores 4,600,000,000 gallons, which, if used for no other purpose, would, at the present rate of consumption, supply the demand for a period of two years. There is no longer any danger of a water shortage. The water is excellent for domestic uses and is soft and free from iron, making it very desirable for industrial purposes.


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ABBREVIATIONS


acct accountant


addresso


addressograph


adv


. advertising


agrl agricultural


agt agent


al alley


alt . alteration


Am American


appr


apprentice


apts


apartments


archt


architect


asmblr


assembler


Assn .. Association


assoc .. ...... associate asst assistant


atndt .....


attendant


attorney


. . auditor


aud


auto automobile


auto opr ... automatic operator


. avenue


. telephone


bet


between


bgemn .. baggageman bkbndr . . bookbinder frt


bkpg mach opr .....


bookkeeping machine


operator bkpr bookkeeper bldg building bldr builder


blk


block


blksmith .. blacksmith


blrmikr .. boilermaker blvd .... boulevard br .. ·branch


brklyr ... . bricklayer


brknm ...


cabtmkr cabinetmaker capt captain


carp


carpenter


cash cashier


Ch Church


chauf


chauffeur


chf


civ


civil


clk clerk


clnr


cleaner


collr collector


coml commercial


comn commission ins insurance


comnr .commissioner


compt . . comptometer


cond conductor


confr .. confectioner


cons consulting


contr contractor


cor corner


corres. . correspondent


ct


custdn .custodian


ctr


. cutter


del


dep . deputy


dept


department


dicta dictaphone


dietn .dietitian


. director dir


dispr dispatcher


dist


div division


dlr


. dealer


mech


mechanic


mechl mechanical


. merchant


Met ... Metropolitan


meter rdr ... .... meter


reader


drsmkr .. dressmaker mfg .. manufacturing


e or E .. East mfr .. manufacturer


mgr manager mimeo opr


mimeograph operator


mkr


maker


mkt


market


mldr


molder


mlnr


milliner


mn


man scb school


mono monotype se southcast


mse opr


.morse


sec


secretary


ship


shipping


sht mtl wkr .... sheet metal worker


slsmgr . . salesmanager


slsmn


salesman


slswn


saleswoman


smstrs


seamstress


soc society


solr solicitor


mut mutual spÌ special


n or N


North


sq


square


freight


Natl


National


ss ..


.. south side


sta


station


sta eng


stationary engineer


statn ..... statistician sten ... stenographer stereo .. . stereotyper stmftr .. steamfitter


str . setter


supt .. superintendent


supvr .... supervisor


surg


surgeon


SW


...


southwest


swtchmn ... switchman


tab mach opr ...


tabulating machine


operator


tchr teacher


pkwy


parkway


tech


technician


tel


telephone


teleg


telegraph


plshr


polisher


ter


terrace


plstr


plasterer


PO postoffice tndr tender


PS


Public School


inc


incorporated


pres


president


prfrdr ... proofreader


prin principal


priv sec.


... private


secretary


prod produce


junior


prof


professor


prop


proprietor


k pr


keeper


prov


provisions


prsfdr


.. press feeder


prsmn .... pressman


prsr .presser


ptrnmkr patternmaker pub .. publishing


purch purchasing


Indrs laundress r .. resides or rooms R C .. Roman Catholic


Indrymn. . laundryman 1td limited rd road


widow


worker


wkr


RD .. Rural Delivery


rcal est ... real estate


rec


. . ..


receiving


ws. .


Wks


works


.west sido


wtchmn


. watchman


ydmn


yardman


ydmstr .. yardmaster


ABBREVIATIONS OF GIVEN NAMES


Abraham Abr


Alexander


Alex


Alfred


Alf


Archibald Arch


Arthur Arth


Elizabeth Eliz


Eugene Eug


Frederick


Fredk


Patrick


Geo


James Jas


Joseph


Jos


Edward


Edw


Katherine


Kath


Margaret Margt


Michael Michl


Thomas Thos


William Wm


Patk


ret


Rev


... . retail


... ... Reverend rptr ... repeater rte mn .... route man rtg aide .. routing aide Ry Railway RyMS


Railway Mail Service


s or S


South


san


sanitary


Say


. . Savings


sergt


sergeant


msngr


messenger


mstr mech


master mechanic


mtce mn .. maintenance man


mtrmn


...


motorman


expmn


..


expressman


fcty


factory


mus


music


flgmn


flagman


fnshr


finisher


formin


foreman


forwn


forewoman


near ns ...... furn furniture furn rms gasfitter furngs .. furnishings northwest .... furnished rooms property owner ofc wkr .. office worker opp opposite


opr operator osteo


osteopath


pdlr


peddler


pharm pharmacist photog . . photographer phys physician


..


park


hdqrs . headquarters pkr packer


hdw


bardware


hlpr


. helper


pl


. place


hngr


hanger


chief hosp hospital


hsekpr .. housekeeper Hts Heights pntr


Implts implements imptr importer


inspr .. inspector instr


instructor int rev


internal revenue


jr


jwlr jeweler


laby wkr ... laboratory worker


lumber


1br


lieut


lieutenant


lino


linotype


publr


...


. publisher


litho


lithographer


dmnstr .. demonstrator do ... ditto or same mer


dom domestic


dr drive


drftsmn .. draftsman


elec .. electrical


electn .. electrician


electro .. electrotyper eley elevator embdr .. embroiderer emp · employe emp agcy


employment agency eng . engineer


engr engraver es east side


est . estate


exam .examiner


cxch


exchange


. executive


exec


exp express


ftr


.. fitter


nr


gdnr


gardener


gds


goods


genl


general


pass


passenger


govt


government


pat


. patent


grocer


gro


brakeman h householder


hairdrsr . . hairdresser


hand pk


pimbr


plumber


tmkpr


timekeeper


trans .. transportation trav traveling


treas


treasurer


twp


township


undtkr


... undertaker


undwrtr .. underwriter


uphol


... upholsterer


US .. United States USA United States Army USMC .. United States


Marine Corps USN United States Navy vet veterinary vulc vulcanizer w or W West whol wholesale whsemn . warehouseman wid


Richard


Richd


Robert


Robt


Samuel


Saml


Solomon


Sol


Stephen


Steph


Theodore


Theo


August


Aug


Benjamin Benj


10-40


Catherine


Charies


Chas


Daniel


Danl


Cath


George


rep .. representative reprmn .. repairman restr .... restaurant


laborer


court lab


delivery


district


mach .. machinist


mdse


. merchandise


gasftr


foot


ne


northeast


ft


.. north side


multi opr. . multigraph operator


operator


av


atty


...


r


.. painter tmstr teamster


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HILL'S DURHAM CITY DIRECTORY 1942


Copyright, 1942, by Hill Directory Co., Inc.


The figures following names denote the number of children in the household under Directory listing age.


For List of General Abbreviations see opposite page


SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS


DPSCo Durham Public Service Co


GBMfgCo. . . Golden Belt Manufacturing Co


GMAC ... General Motors Acceptance Corp


LKMCo . Louise Knitting Mills Co


L&MTobCo .. ... ... Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co


NCUCC .. North Carolina Unemployment Com- pensation Commission


N&WRy . Norfolk & Western Railway


RJRTobCo. R J Reynolds Tobacco Co


SBT&TCo . Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co


WPA Work Projects Administration WUTelCo Western Union Telegraph Co


Woolworth's . F W Woolworth Co


Alphabetical List of Names


A A A Lock & Key Shop (John C Wea- ver) 403 N Mangum


A A A MOTOR CLUB (Carolina Motor Club Inc), 203 E Parrish, Tel F-7881 A B C Lunch (Nick Liasides) 347 W Main


A & A Super Market (David Bergman) gros and meats 1208 Angier av




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