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General Index
Abbreviations
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Advertisers-Index to.
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Alphabetical List of Names
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Associations and Societies
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Banks.
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Business Directory (Classified)
Buyers' Guide
337 17 343 272
Chamber of Commerce
Churches .
344 273
Fire Department.
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" Officials.
66 Police Department
Clergymen.
Clubs .
County Officers .
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Homes and Asylums
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Hospitals.
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Introduction
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Knights of Pythias
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Masonic Orders.
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Moose Loyal Order of
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Odd Fellows
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Population
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Preface.
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Schools-Public.
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Schools and Colleges.
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Societies-Miscellaneous.
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Societies-Secret, Benevolent and Fraternal Organizations 374
Street and Avenue Guide and Directory of Householders 285
United States Post Office.
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Parks.
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Cemeteries
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Index to Advertisers
Amerson-Boswell Co. . right side lines and 31
Anderson, Deans & Woodard . right top lines and 35
Atlantic Building & Loan Assn
right side lines and
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Barnes Motor & Parts Co .right side lines and
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Blackburn C L Dr right top lines and
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Branch Banking & Trust Co. front cover and 21
Bridgers J F marginal line front cover and . 29 Carolina Builders Supply Co. . back cover, left side lines and Carolina Laundry left side lines and
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City Ice & Coal Co Inc.
Collette Electric Repair Co
left top lines and
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Dew J T & Bro
right top lines and
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Dildy & Agnew.
.right side lines and
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Dunn Motors Inc
marginal line front cover and
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Efird's Department Store.
left side lines and 36
F & E Laundry
backbone and 19
First National Bank The
front cover and 21 38
Herring L J Dr & Co
left top lines and 37
Hinton James R.
Hotel Cherry Inc.
right top lines and
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Ideal Beauty Shop.
left top lines and
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Independent Electric Ice Co
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Lancaster A L Co Inc
right side lines and
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Meares Thos D & Co
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right top lines and
Miller Beauty Salon
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Penney J C Co Inc right top lines and 28
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Planters Bank The
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Riley A C & Co
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Firestone Tire Stores.
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Starr the Florist . right side lines and 30
Thomas, Yelverton & Co. . front cover and 32
Townsend Robt E.
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Troutman's Barber Shop
right top lines and
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Tudor's Florist. left top lines and 30
Williams Lumber Co. . front stencil and
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Wilson Floral Co . top stencil and 31
Wilson Home & Loan Assn
right side lines and
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Wilson Insurance & Realty Co.
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Wilson Liberty Candy Co Inc The left top lines and 27
Wilson Trust & Savings Bank . front cover and 22
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Introduction
Hill Directory Co., Inc., publishers of the Wilson Directory, present to subscribers and the general public this, the 1930 edition, of the Wilson Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Wilson's wealth, industry and popula- tion, and in the advancement of its municipal and social activities will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting the community to the world.
The enviable place occupied by Hill's directories in offices, stores, libraries and homes has been established by rendering the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organization, having the courteous and hearty co-operation 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 Wilson Di- rectory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
FOUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS
The several essential departments are arranged in the following order:
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 17 to 40, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and pro- fessional interests of Wilson. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and as such merits a survey by all buyers anxious to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The community's activities, in many interesting phases, are au- thentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Wilson, the necessity of having this kind of information immedi- ately available is very great and, frequently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, business firms and corporations is included in pages 41 to 284. (A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parenthesis following that of the husband.)
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, including Street and Avenue Guide, covers pages 285 to 336. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are arranged in alphabetical order; the residences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each
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street and avenue, and the names of householders and business con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 337 to 380. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community. "The directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.'
COMMUNITY PUBLICITY
The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an industrial 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 Wilson, for business men everywhere realize that the city directory represents a community as it really is.
THE WILSON DIRECTORY LIBRARY
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Wilson City Di- rectory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce for free reference by the general public. This is one of nearly 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the United States and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, 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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Statistical Information
(Furnished by Chamber of Commerce)
Name of city-Wilson.
Slogan or sub-phrase-"World's Largest Tobacco Market."
Form of government-Mayor and Council.
Population-Local estimate, 21,224.
White population of age-Males, 10,270; females, 10,954.
Native-born population is 99 per cent of whole population. Predominating nationalities in city are Americans.
Area-4 square miles.
Altitude 159 feet.
Average Temperature-60.1; rainfall, 47.42 inches.
Assessed valuation-$20,327,000, with 68 cent tax rate.
Financial-5 banks. Resources, $9,746,778.41; 3 savings banks with $3,000,000.00 total deposits.
Post-office receipts of $57,823.87, with $1,310.00 in special deliveries. Telephones in service-2,700.
Churches-26.
Building and construction-Value of building permits, $223,095.00.
Industry-Number of establishments, 25, employing 5,051 men and 2,381 women, paying wages $3,300,000.00 annually, and having products valued at $20,000,000.00 annually.
Trade-Territory (retail) serves 50,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of 75 miles. Jobbing territory serves 500,000 people within a radius of 150 miles.
Principal products-Tobacco, corn, cotton.
Newspapers-2.
Hotels-There are 3 hotels, with total of 350 rooms. Newest hotel was built in 1922.
City served by 2 railroads, as follows: Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road, Norfolk and Southern Railroad.
Amusements-There are 2 theatres, with a total seating capacity of 1,500 persons. Largest theatre or auditorium seats 1,500 persons. Hospitals-Number, 2, with 85 beds.
Education-Name of College, Atlantic Christian College. Num- ber of schools, 6, including 1 high school. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,069. Totals of all teachers is 102. Value of all school property, private and public, approximately $647,106.00.
Libraries-Number, 1, with 5,700 volumes.
City statistics-Total street mileage, 70, with 22 miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, 20. Capacity of water works (municipal), 300,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,500,000 gallons, with 3514 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $500,000. Fire depart- ment employs 6 men, with following equipment: 3 engines, triple combination motor truck, carrying pumper, water, hose and chemicals, 1 hook and ladder truck, in 1 station house. Police department has 20 men, with 1 station and 3 pieces of motor equipment.
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WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, incorporated in 1849, has practically doubled its population every ten years, as follows:
1900
3,525
1910
6,717
1920
10,612
1930
21,224
WILSON, THE WORLD'S LARGEST LEAF TOBACCO MARKET, is located in the heart of the South's richest agricultural section, being in the extreme upper edge of the Coastal Plain District and on the lower border of the Piedmont section, thus giving WILSON the advantages of both and a climatic condition unsurpassed.
WILSON'S GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, plus the influence of its cotton and tobacco markets, makes the city a natural trade center for Eastern Carolina. Transportation facilities are splendid, being served by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad running north and south, and the Nor- folk Southern Railroad running east and west. In addition to this WILSON is located on State Highways Nos. 91, 40 and 22, these routes being designated as Federal Highways 17-1 and 217, are known as the South Atlantic Coastal Highway and the Carolina-Virginia Short Route-"The Shortest and Best Routes South." A splendid system of hard-surfaced highways radiate from WILSON throughout the State. (North Carolina highways have attracted world-wide atten- tion.) WILSON, therefore, is the home of a great many traveling men and is the logical point for distributing houses and jobbers in this section of the State.
WILSON'S PUBLIC UTILITIES, electric power, water and gas plants are owned by the city, electric power being furnished by steam and hydro plants. These plants furnish power for the industries of WILSON and a number of adjoining towns, and at no season has power ever been reduced for any cause whatsoever. The city is now doubling its capacity and expending $400,000.00 on improvements. Accord- ing to a survey made by Mylo R. Maltbie, Public Utility Consultant, of New York City, the utilities were recommended as having rates that compare favorably with larger companies operating in adjoin- ing territories.
GOVERNMENT .- WILSON is governed by a Mayor and Board of Aldermen of five, one from each ward, who hold their office for two years and are elected by the people.
. EDUCATIONAL .- WILSON has an excellent system of free public schools and a modern high school equipped with swimming pool and gymnasium. Wilson County has the most modern system of rural consolidated schools in North Carolina, and its system has been adopted by the State Board of Education as a model for the other counties, every township (of which there are ten in the county), now has a modern two-story brick schoolhouse. Wilson County was the first county in the State that voted a special county school tax.
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WILSON is the home of the Atlantic Christian College, the largest Class A college in Eastern Carolina. The completion on January 1, 1930, of the $300,000.00 campaign for endowment, bringing up the endowment fund to approximately $400,000.00, leaves Atlantic Christian College free to resume its building program on the new forty- acre site near Wilson on highway No. 91. The first unit of this new plant will consist of an administration building, a boys' dormitory, a girls' dormitory, gymnasium and heating plant. The cost of this new plant is estimated to be between $300,000.00 and $400,000.00, and its completion will enable the college to do its work much more effectively. The final plans call for five additional buildings. These will be erected as the college grows in number and as its needs arise.
LAND VALUES .- Number of cleared acres in county, 109,789; valued for tax, $13,867,557.00; average, $84.00 per acre. Number of acres of pasturage, 2,689; valued for tax, $56,642.00. Number of acres of woodland, 182,626; valued for tax, $2,334,383.00. Number acres of timber land, 9,236; valued for tax, $558,061.00. Number of acres of quarry land, 98; valued for tax, $617,517.00. Number of acres of waste land, 23,081; valued for tax, $472,771.00 Total acreage in Wilson County, 227,519; valued for tax, $17,303,089.00.
VALUATION .- WILSON assessed valuation in 1928 was $20,- 327,000.00; the total valuation, real and personal, for Wilson County in 1928 was $45,368,982.00.
TAXES .- 1928 city tax rate is 68 cents on $100.00; 1928 county tax rate, $2.26 for all purposes.
FIRE DEPARTMENT .- WILSON has a handsome central fire station and a modern and efficient motorized fire department.
HOSPITALS .- WILSON'S hospital facilities are splendid, having two large hospitals for white and one for colored. The county's health and welfare departments are attracting attention of the entire country. The citizens of the county have allowed themselves to be taxed and have co-operated with the State in the loyal support of the Health Department.
BANKS .- WILSON has five of the strongest banking institutions in Eastern North Carolina. These financial institutions are well managed, officered and directed by the best business men of the city. There has never been a bank failure in the history of WILSON or Wil- son County. There are also three active Building and Loan Asso- ciations.
HOTELS .- WILSON has three hotels, with three hundred rooms: Cherry, Briggs, and Imperial. These hotels are modern, with rea- sonable rates. Conventions can be held in WILSON accommodat- ing delegates comfortably at a most reasonable price.
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NEWSPAPERS .- WILSON has a daily paper and a semi-weekly paper, with a subscription list covering Eastern Carolina. The Zion Landmark, the official organ of the Primitive Baptist Church, is also published in WILSON.
LIBRARIES .- Wilson County has a public library with more than 5,700 volumes. The churches and schools also have libraries well equipped with books and the latest current literature.
CHURCHES .- WILSON'S handsome churches are a source of pride to the citizens. The influence of the churches has created an at- mosphere that has made this community an ideal place in which to live. Practically all the denominations are represented and the doors of the churches stand open to the stranger.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .- This organization strives to bring about a concentration of the brains and energy and money of the com- munity so that its people may develop their resources and industries. This organization takes a deep interest in all that pertains to the wel- fare and developments of the community. They have sponsored a number of matters that probably would not have attained their ulti- mate goal had it not been for their efforts.
CLUBS .- The Country Club, ideally located three miles south of the city, with its eighteen-hole golf course and tennis courts, affords great pleasure to its members and golf enthusiasts.
COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMISSION .- With full supervision of highways and the building of good roads in all directions leading into WILSON has made the city accessible in the selling of farm produce.
ORGANIZATIONS .- WILSON has a live Retail Merchants' Associa- tion, Woman's Club, Professional and Business Women's Club, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club, Lions Club, as well as other various or- ganizations. These organizations do a very effective work for the community.
INDUSTRIAL .- WILSON has various industries. It is the home of the South's oldest and largest vehicle manufacturing concerns- Hackney Brothers and Hackney Wagon Company have been in busi- ness nearly seventy-five years. This old but live and progressive concern is now busily engaged in the manufacture of farm implements, truck and bus bodies. The Southern Dairies are manufacturers of ice cream. Due to the extreme agricultural interest, WILSON busi- ness men have developed a large fertilizer manufacturing industry, and WILSON is now recognized as one of the large centers engaged in the manufacture of cotton seed products, feed and fertilizer. The Carolina Creamery, incorporated in 1930, provides the public of WILSON with a sanitary milk supply according to the most approved methods, and produces all kinds of dairy products.
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The value of WILSON'S trade area is illustrated by the fact that there is more than one million people residing within a radius of one hundred miles, all of whom may leave their homes, spend several hours in WILSON, and return the same day over hard-surfaced roads. To this tremendous trade area the retail merchants of WILSON, carrying a splendid line of merchandise, are alert in every way.
During the year 1925 the city spent more than a million and a quarter on city improvements, including streets, sidewalks, white way, water and sewer improvements. During the year 1926 the city erected a handsome new central fire station.
Huge building programs have been carried out for the past three years, the county has erected a handsome new courthouse at a cost of a half million dollars, the First National Bank has erected an eight-story bank building, and the government has erected a Federal building at a cost of two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
WILSON TOBACCO MARKET .- The WILSON tobacco market is conducted on the auction system and has been built up and is main- tained by a group of far-visioned and progressive men whose business integrity and methods are vouchsafed and responsible for WILSON'S commanding industry in the tobacco world. This market is an ac- complishment that every citizen is proud of and was achieved only after years of experience. Practically every dealer in leaf tobacco in the world has buyers on the WILSON market, and the larger tobacco companies have erected huge re-drying plants, where this product is re-dryed, packed, and shipped to all parts of the world.
WILSON COTTON MARKET .- WILSON is one of the leading cotton markets of Eastern North Carolina, handling every season more than fifty thousand bales of cotton. Wilson County and contiguous counties produce 80 per cent of North Carolina's cotton crop. The prices paid on the WILSON market in the last few years have been higher than almost any market in the eastern part of the State. Until a few years ago only two large cotton exporters were represented on the WILSON market; these firms were located at Norfolk and Wilming- ton. Now these two exporters are still represented, as well as a num- ber of others. The competition on the WILSON market is the keenest of any market in the State, bar none.
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