Hill's Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) City Directory [1941], Part 1

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Publication date: 1941
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 402

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HILL'S WILSON (WILSON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1941 XI.

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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DIRECTORY

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PUBLISHERS NOTE

The information in this Directory is gathered by an actual canvass and is compiled in a way to insure maximum accuracy.

The publishers cannot and do not guarantee the correct- ness of all information furnished them nor the complete absence of errors or omissions, hence no responsibility for same can be or is assumed.

The publishers earnestly request the bringing to their atten- tion of any inaccuracy so that it may be corrected in the next edition of the directory.

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GENERAL INDEX

Page

Abbreviations

Alphabetical List of Names

Apartment Buildings 294

Associations and Clubs-Commercial 294

Banks and Trust Companies. 297

Buildings-Office and Public. 300

Bus and Coach Lines-Motor

300

Buyers' Guide . opp 264

Cemeteries

301

Churches

301

City Government

252

Classified Business Directory

293

Clergymen

302

Clubs

303

Convents

305

County Officers

253

Courts

252

Fire Department

252

Halls

314

Homes and Asylums 314

Hospitals and Dispensaries

314

Libraries

322

Newspapers

324

Parks and Playgrounds

327

Police Department

252

Post Office

233

Railroads 329 Schools-Public 332

Schools, Colleges and Academies. 333

Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 334

Societies-Patriotic 334

State Officials 180

Street and Avenue Guide. 341

United States Officials

233

398948

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES

Page

Anderson, Deans & Woodard Inc. front cover and 20

Atlantic Building & Loan Assn .right side lines and 8

Bardin Coal Co . left side lines and 10

Barnes Motor & Parts Co Inc . .right side lines and 3

Beland R F . back cover, right top lines and 25

Bissett's Drug Stores

Boykin Realty Co

left top lines and

Branch Banking & Trust Co

front cover, left top lines and 5

Bridgers Lucian

.front cover and

Carolina Builders Supply Co.

. back cover and

Carolina Laundry

left side lines and

Carolina Office Equipment Co

Carroll Archie B jr

Churchwell's

Clark Hardware Co

Colonial Ice Co

Darden C H & Sons

Deans R E

. top stencil and

Dildy Hardware Co

right top lines and

Eastern Carolina Baking Co

left top lines and

Eastern Motor Sales Inc left side lines and

Efird's Department Store

. front cover and

English Tavern right side lines and

Etheridge M D

left side lines and

Fairfield Dairy Products Inc. right side lines and

Faulkner Neon Co left bottom lines and

Gibb Helen M left side lines and

Gold P D Publishing Co

Goodyear Service

Hackney John N

Heilig & Meyers

Herring L J Dr Implement Co

Herring's Drug Store

High's Seed Store

right side lines and

Hotel Cherry

right top lines and

Independent Ice & Fuel Co.

Jennings Chas B .back cover and

Joyner C H Motor Co .right top lines and

Joyner's Funeral Home . back cover and

Lamm Roney W

.right top lines and

Lovelace Motor Co

Moss & Co left top lines and 13

National Bank of Wilson . front cover and 6

National Insurance Agency Inc right side lines and

Peacock Lucien A

New Briggs Hotel left top lines and New Deal Mutual Burial Assn Inc. .back cover and 9 23 23 A 20

Perry R A

Quinn R. E & Co. right side lines and

Rock Wool Insulating Co

Sally Realty Co back cover and 27

13 B

13 7 24 24 22 23 18 19 16 25 18

4 3 12

Y 26 11

24 22 X 2

front cover and 22 17 14 13 27 Z 15

Hunt Funeral Home .... back cover, right top lines and Independent Electric Ice Co .back cover and 11 11 21 C 15 21 3

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS

Page

Sandy's Esso Service

right side lines and 3

Southern Dairies Inc

Starr The Florist bottom stencil and 14

Thomas-Yelverton Co . front cover and 16

Townsend R E & Co .right top lines and

27 Y

Tudor's Florist left top lines and

Webb's Wilson Shoe Store

Welfare R C

left side lines and ,

Wiggins W M & Co

left top lines and

26 7 8

Williams Lumber Co

.front stencil and

Wilson Furniture Co

left bottom lines and

Wilson Hardware Co

left top lines and 17 8

Wilson Home & Loan Assn

Wilson Ice & Coal Co

Wilson Industrial Bank

backbone and 6

Wilson Insurance & Realty Co Inc.

right side lines and 23

Wilson Petroleum Co

left side lines and 2

Winstead Coal Co

left side lines and 10

Woodall J R & Son

The

DIRECTORY IS THE COMMON INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER

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Wilkins & Wilkins

When You Want to Know:

-where a person lives. -what his occupation is.

-who lives at a certain number on a street.

-where a street is located.

-the correct spelling of a name.

-the officers of a corporation. -the partners in a firm.

-the solution to any of scores of problems that pop up unexpect- edly to annoy and baffle you.

-you can quickly find the answer in the City Directory.

INTRODUCTION

HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1941 edition of the Wilson City Directory. A new feature, the designation of homes and places of business having telephones, marks this edition.

Confidence in the growth of Wilson's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Di- rectory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Wilson to the world.

The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co- operation of the business and professional men and resi- dents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Wilson Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.

Four Major Departments

The four major departments are arranged in the fol- lowing order :-

THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 29 to 263, 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 Wilson, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city. A feature of this section is the designation of the number of children under Directory- listing age in each household.

THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 28, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Wilson. 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 Wilson, 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 293 to 338, 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 com- mercial 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 341 to 393. In this section the names of the streets are ar- ranged 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 house- holders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective 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 Wilson.

The Wilson Directory Library

Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Wilson City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, for free ref- erence 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 recog- nition by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Di- rectory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.

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WILSON

"THE WORLD'S LARGEST BRIGHT-LEAF TOBACCO MARKET"; "THE CITY OF BEAUTIFUL TREES" (Courtesy Wilson Chamber of Commerce)

Statistical Review .

Form of Government-City manager-aldermanic.

Population-19,234 (1940 U. S. Census). American-born, 97%. Predominating nationalities of foreign-born resi- dents: Greek, Syrian and Albanian.,

Area-4.75 square miles.

Altitude-145 feet above sea level.

Climate-Mean annual temperature, 60.8 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 48.1 inches.

Parks-3 public.

Assessed Valuation-$15,639.496.

Bonded Debt-$1,961,000.

Financial Facts-3 banks, with total deposits of $25,484,- 424.70 (Dec. 31, 1940), and total resources of $27,954,970.86 (Dec. 31, 1940). 2 building and loan associations, with total assets of $1,184,129.16 (Dec. 31, 1940).

Postal Receipts-$73,605.85 (calendar year 1940).

Telephones in Service-2,854 (Aug. 1, 1941).

Churches-16, representing 10 denominations.

Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $498,225 (1940).

Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding ter- ritory; Agriculture, manufacturing and lumbering. 32 man- ufacturing establishments, employing 4,875 men and 3,625 women, and paying wages of $5,108,000 annually (last re- port). Principal manufactured products: Wagons, bus bod- ies, fertilizer, cotton yarn, cottonseed hulls and oils, bakery . products, dairy products, fixtures, veneers, feeds, lumber products and plush materials.

Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 40 miles, and population of 115,000 wholesale area, radius of 100 miles, and population of 170,000.

Newspapers-1 daily and 1 semi-weekly.

Hotels-2 principal, with total of 300 rooms.

Railroads-2: Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern. Highways-U. S. 264 and 301; State 42 and 58.

Amusements-Largest auditorium in city (high school) seats 1,400 persons. 5 moving-picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,175 persons. 1 golf course (18 holes).

Hospitals-4, with total of 215 beds.

Education-Atlantic Christian College. 7 public schools, including 1 senior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 5,300; teachers, 145.

City Statistics-Total street mileage, 70.78, with 24.08 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 25; sewers, 70. Number of water meters, 3,322; light meters, 4,073; gas meters, 1,228.

INTRODUCTION

Capacity of water works (municipal), 3,000,000 gallons; daily average pumpage, 1,500,000 gallons; miles of mains, 47; value of electric, gas and water plant, $2,290,452.62. Fire department has 40 men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $115,000. Police department has 25 men, with 1 station and 4 pieces of motor equipment.

General Summary

Wilson was incorporated Jan. 29, 1849, and is known as "The World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market" and "The City of Beautiful Trees."

The first tobacco warehouse was constructed in Wilson in 1890. It proved very successful as a convenience to the farmers, as well as a profitable business enterprise for the

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Wilson Municipal Building, Housing All Depart- ments of Town Government .

owners. From the beginning, Wilson proved popular as a tobacco market, and that this popularity has increased is evidenced by Wilson's phenomenal growth in this respect, having gained the distinction of being the world's largest bright-leaf market. Although a tobacco center, Wilson has other industries that contribute materially to its payroll and welfare.

Wilson is the county seat of Wilson County and is the largest township in the county, which has a total of ten townships. Wilson County was named for the Hon. Louis D. Wilson, long a member of the Senate from Edgecombe County and a volunteer in the Mexican War. By the U. S. Census of 1940, the county population was 50,219.

Industries

To trace the background of Wilson's industrial program,. special reference should be made to its first industry, estab --

INTRODUCTION

Scene in One of Wilson's Tobacco Warehouses

Wilson's Municipal Swimming Pool

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lished in 1854 under the name of Hackney Bros., engaged in the manufacture of buggies. Later there came a rapid change in vehicles, automobiles replacing the use of buggies, - and in keeping with this development, Hackney Bros., in 1919, discontinued the manufacture of buggies, reorganiz- ing under the name of Hackney Bros. Body Co. Since that time this company has engaged in manufacturing the latest types of commercial bus bodies. Wilson's second oldest in- dustry, the Hackney Wagon Co., was organized in 1903. This concern manufactures the most modern type of horse-drawn wagons and other articles. Other products manufactured in Wilson include cotton yarn, cotton linters, cottonseed hulls, cottonseed oil, acid phosphate, various grades of fer- tilizer, ice, lumber, building materials, memorial monuments, mattresses, dairy products, candy, bottled drinks, bakery products and plush materials.

A Representative Wilson Church. Ten Denominations Are Represented in the City's 16 Churches.

Although not actually engaged in manufacturing, the tobacco re-drying plants located in Wilson are an important factor in the industrial life of the community, particularly from the standpoint of employment and payroll. These re- drying plants prepare tobacco through a stemming, steam- ing and grading process that puts it in readiness for man- ufacturing, hence their operations would be closely aligned with manufacture.

Wilson, the World's Largest Tobacco Market

Tobacco more than anything else has given Wilson an international reputation, for it is "The World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market." A summary of this huge to- bacco industry is as follows:

There are eleven auction tobacco warehouses, with a combined floor space of 850,000 square feet, which, when

INTRODUCTION

Corn Growing in Wilson County

Cotton Growing Near Wilson

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filled to capacity, will hold approximately 5,500,000 pounds. There are ten tobacco re-drying plants, furnishing a re- drying capacity of approximately 2,000,000 pounds daily, with three eight-hour shifts as the regulation running time. There are five sets of buyers, all companies being repre- sented, and at a selling rate of 360 piles of tobacco per hour, it is possible for these men to purchase on an average of approximately 1,350,000 pounds per day With six hours as the regulation sales day, warehouse floors, when filled to capacity, can be cleared in three days. Wilson reached its selling peak in 1939, the total sales for that year being 91,007,768 pounds, and the receipts for this tobacco totaled $15,039,003.40. In 1940 the Wilson markets sold 64,140,898 pounds for an average of $18.45 per hundred, this tobacco bringing $11,830,881.24. During the 1940 season Wilson paid the highest average price on any of the 76 bright-leaf mar-

Wilson County Court House, Wilson

kets in the entire flue-cured area covering six states. The market sold 24% of the entire 1940 crop sold in eastern North Carolina, paying its customers $1.41 per hundred above the state average.

Agriculture

Wilson County is primarily an agricultural county, with practically 90% of its income derived directly or indirectly from agricultural products. The principal crops are tobacco, cotton and corn, although the following commodities are produced in reasonable proportions: Wheat, peanuts, rye, cowpeas, soy beans, cowpea hay, soy bean hay, mixed hay and clover. The soil is adapted for the growing of most all types of vegetables and fruits, although these crops are not grown and marketed on any large commercial scale, but mostly for home consumption. One of the most im- portant developments in the agricultural picture of Wilson

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Atlantic Christian College, Wilson

Wilson's Municipal Stadium, Said to Be the Finest Class D Baseball Stadium in the South

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County is the promotion of pure-bred live stock among the residents of the county. This is being promoted, not only by the agricultural department through the County Agent's office, but by the Wilson Chamber of Commerce, which has set up a loan fund of $1,000 a year for the boys and girls of the county. This plan has already been put into force and is expected to result in many additional dollars for the people of both the County and the Town of Wilson.

Location

Wilson is located on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. It is also located on U. S. Highway 301, which is in a connecting link with the shortest North-South automobile route. This route, known as "The Tobacco Trail," now leads all North-South routes in the handling of tourist traffic north and south. Wilson is also served by excellent roads leading in all di- rections, thus giving the town and county excellent trans-

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Nash Street, in the Principal Business Section of Wilson

portation facilities. Due to its geographic location and its accessibility to the large population represented by sur- rounding towns within a reasonable distance, the city is now recognized as the most popular distributing center for eastern North Carolina. Many traveling men make Wilson headquarters as a result of its location advantages.

Power, Light, Gas and Water

The electric, gas and water plant and distribution sys- :

tem in Wilson are municipally-owned. The Town of Wilson owns approximately 300 miles of distribution lines outside the corporate limits, and furnishes electricity wholesale to six towns within a radius of twenty miles, and power and light to approximately 1,900 rural customers. The utilities of the Town of Wilson, including land, buildings and dis-

INTRODUCTION

Wilson County Public Library, at Wilson

The World's Largest Smoking Pipe. Scene at the North Carolina Tobacco Exposition and Festival, Held Annually at Wilson

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tribution system, values at $2,290,452.62. The electric plant has the latest improved equipment, with a generator ca- pacity of 15,000 K.W. The rates, both domestic and indus- trial, are in line with other towns in eastern Carolina. Wilson's water supply is taken from a lake at the head of Contentnea Creek. The watershed and storage space are ample to meet every requirement. The filtering and pump- ing plant has a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons daily. The dis- tribution system and fire hydrants service reach every part of the town. Sewer and water are also available in every section. The demand at present is 1,500,000 gallons every 24 hours.

Educational Facilities

Wilson and Wilson County have a very fine school sys- tem, with attractive school buildings and splendid equip-

Industrial Scene in Wilson. One of the Larger Truck and Bus Body Works of the Country

ment. There are 54 schools for white and colored pupils in the county, having a total valuation of $1,536,853.

The Atlantic Christian College, located in Wilson, offers courses in higher education and is recognized as a standard Grade "A" college. Its enrollment for the 1938-39 term was approximately 360.

The City of Beautiful Trees

Wilson is known as "The City of Beautiful Trees," and though there are many residence streets in the city with a variety of lovely trees, Nash St. is considered the most beau- tiful, with Park Ave. deserving special recognition. Over a period of years, several geographic and pictorial magazines have written special articles and given particular reference to Nash St., and have designated it as one of the seven most beautiful residence streets in the world. To the students of nature, and especially to those who admire beautiful

INTRODUCTION

trees, Nash St. is a real attraction. It offers an assortment of trees as follows: Pecan, birch, magnolia, walnut, um- brella, liveoak, cypress, hickory, pine, dogwood and willow oak. On spacious lawns in front of beautiful homes, these trees are found growing amid numerous kinds of shrubbery and many-colored flowers.

Churches

Wilson is a religious town, yet is not over-churched. There are sixteen churches, with the following denomina- tions represented: Missionary Baptist, Freewill Baptist, Pentecost Holiness, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal,

MIRA

Charles L. Coon High School, Wilson

Lutheran, Christian, Catholic and Jewish, and the Salva- tion Army also conducts a mission.

Hotels

Wilson has two modern hotels, modern tourist homes, several boarding houses and numerous good apartment houses.

Theatres

Wilson has four theatres for white people and one for Negroes, each being well-equipped, and with a combined seating capacity of 3,175.

Radio Station

Wilson is the home of Radio Station WGTM (World's Greatest Tobacco Market"). The station operates on a fre- quency of 1,340 kilocycles. The studios, which are located on U. S. 301 about one mile north of Wilson, have the latest radio equipment. The station has proved an excellent fac- tor in advertising the resources of the city and county.

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Hill's Wilson (Wilson County, N.C.) City Directory [1941], Part 1

Author: Hill Directory Company. Publication date: 1941 Publisher: Hill Directory Co. Number of Pages: 402

Author: Hill Directory Company.
Publication date: 1941
Publisher: Hill Directory Co.
Number of Pages: 402