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HILL'S WILSON (WILSON COUNTY, N. C.) CITY DIRECTORY VOL. 1950 XIV
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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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Direc- tories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1950 edi- tion of the Wilson City Directory
Confidence in the growth of Wilson'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 Wilson to the world.
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Four Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1) The four major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and busi- ness 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 Wilson, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed 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 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 com- munity like Wilson, the necessity of having this kind of information im- mediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major department, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appro- priate 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 commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business 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 names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the
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householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting 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 telephones.
Municipal Publicity
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE
Page
Abbott Fred S Construction Co Left bottom lines and 22
Agnew & Barnes. Right top lines and 64
Allied Block Co. . Left bottom lines and 17
Anderson, Deans & Woodard Inc
Front cover and
42 26
Andy's Anderson Sundry Co.
Arrow Exterminators In Left bottom lines and 55
Atlantic Building & Loan Assn Right side lines and 18
B-K Sales & Service Inc. Right bottom lines and
28
Baltzegar Jas W. . Left side lines and
21
Barnes Engineering Co.
Right side lines and 23
Barnes Geo H Tin Shop.
.Ribbon book mark, left bottom lines and 65
Barnes Motor & Parts Co Inc .
Right side lines and
2
Batts Body and Paint Shop
Left side lines and
Beland Roy F.
Back cover, right top lines and
57
Belk-Tyler Co
Left top lines and
26
Blackwood Associate Store.
Right bottom lines and
Blair's Shoe Repair.
Blair's Shoe Store.
Boykin Jiles R.
Boykin Matthew I Jr . Right bottom lines and
Branch Banking & Trust Co. .Front cover, left top lines and 10 30 Bridgers Electric Service. .Right side lines and Brown Oil Co Inc. Front cover, left bottom lines and Bruton Coal Co. . Right side lines and 54 20 48
Carolina Laundry & Cleaners Inc Left side lines and Carolina Office Equipment Co. .. Front cover, left side lines and Churchwell's Inc.
53 46
Coastal Dairy Products Inc. Left center lines and 41 40
Colonial Ice Ca .
Cooley Horace Motors. Left top lines and 5 9
Corbett Motor Co.
Crowe Roger L. .Left top lines and 60
Daniel Roofing Supplies Inc. Left bottom lines and 66
Darden Memorial Funeral Home. .Right side lines and 36 31 Dick's Electrical Co. Right top lines and 61 14
Dixie Radio Service. .Left side lines and
Dixie Supply Co.
Right side lines and
Dutch Lunch .
64
Eastern Auto Supply Co. Right side lines and 6
Eastern Motor Sales Inc. .Left side lines and 3
Edwards Funeral Home.
36
25
Efird's Department Store . Front cover and
28
Ellis J B & Co. .
32
Etheridge M D Plumbing & Heating.
Left and right side lines and
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Barnhill's Drug Store .
26 2
Bissette's Drug Stores Right bottom lines and
Electric Motor Service . . Left top lines and
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Exclusive Cleaners .
Page 19
Five Points Plant Nursery & Florist . . Left center lines and 52
Foster's Taxi Cab Service Right side lines and 67
Gardner's Dairy Products Right top lines and 23 41 21 Gem Rock Wool Insulating Co Inc. Left side lines and
Gray Concrete Pipe Co Inc. Left center lines and
Gregory Sign Service.
67
Guaranty Exterminating Co The. .Right top lines and
31
Hackney- Wiggins Motor Co. Left top lines and 6
High's Inc.
Left bottom lines and
60
Home Builders Supply Co.
Back cover, left side lines and 15
Hotel Cherry. . Right top lines and Hunt Funeral Home. .Back cover, right top lines and Z C Hussey Oil Co Inc. .Right center lines and 34 18 Ideal Dry Cleaners . Left bottom lines and Independent Ice & Fuel Co. Back cover, 20 and 40 Jefferson Bottled Gas & Electric Appliance Co 37 Joyner Piano Co. Back cover and Joyner's Funeral Home . Back cover and 56 34 Joyner's Memorial Co. .Front cover, right bottom lines and 51 Lamm Bruce . . Left side lines and 19 Leftwich Studio . 56 7
Lewis-Brothers Tire Co. . Right center lines and
Liles-Mallison Co. .Right top lines and
Linville's Inc.
.Right bottom lines, 9 and
Lovelace Motor Co Inc. Right bottom lines and
M & J Restaurant. .
Marietta Paint & Color Co. .Left center lines and
Merchants Delivery Service Left bottom lines and
Moss Bicycle Shop.
Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn.
National Bank of Wilson. Right side lines and 44
National Insurance Agency Inc . Right side lines and
Oettinger's The Dependable Store.
Paramount Cleaners
Pat's Texaco Service Station Right center lines and
Peoples Hardware Co . .Right bottom lines and Perry RA. .
Phillips Hearing Aid Service
Quinn R E & Co of Wilson Inc. Right side lines and
Radio Station WGTM .Right center lines and
Rainbow Restaurant . Right top lines and
Raines & Cox . Right center lines and
Raines Insurance Agency.
Red Bird Cab Inc .. Right center lines and
Sandifer-Batts Pontiac Co. .Left center lines and
Service Welding & Machine Shop. Right top lines and
49
Smith R L Paint Shop. .Back cover and 4
Smith's Transfer .
52
Southern Dairies Inc. . Left top lines and 24
Southern Realty & Insurance Co Inc. .Right center lines and 14
Starr The Florist . . Bottom stencil and 33
Stephenson Millwork Co. Left bottom lines and
50 35 46
Thomas-Yelverton Co. . Front cover and Towe Insurance Service
Townsend R E & Co Back cover, 45 and 62
Tudor's Florist .Top stencil, left top lines and United Benefit Life Insurance Co. Right side lines and Vaughn's Credit Jewelers. 47
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.Front cover, right center lines and 11 43 24 27 8 38 44 39 A 61 63 56 46 68 8
37 17 7 64 55 24 13
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Walker Electric Co Inc .
Page 30 Y
Webb's Wilson Shoe Store.
Whitley's Electric & Neon Service Left center lines and 29
Wiggins W M & Co. Right center lines and 59
Wilkins and Wilkins. .Right side lines and 13
Williams Lumber Co. .Front stencil, right side lines and
16
Wilson Air Service & Sales Inc.
2
Wilson Auto Sales Right bottom lines and 9
Wilson Board of Realtors
62
Wilson Bottling Co. Right center lines and 13
Wilson Credit Bureau Inc.
Wilson Daily Times The.
Left center lines and 49 X
Wilson Electric Co Inc.
Left side lines and 63
Wilson Floral Co.
Left top lines and 32
Wilson Hardware Co. Right bottom lines and 38
Wilson Ice & Coal Co. Left bottom lines, 19 and 39
Wilson Industrial Bank . Backbone and
12
Wilson Insurance & Realty Co Inc. Right side lines and 45
Wilson Iron Works. .Left bottom lines and 50
Wilson Sheet Metal Works .Left center lines and
66
Winstead Coal Co. . Left side lines and
20
Woodall L C.
Left center lines and 36
Young Calvin F & Co.
Back cover and B
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-1940 U. S. Census, 19,234; 1949 estimate, 24,000. American-born, 9700. Predominating nationalities of foreign-born resi- dents: Greek, Syrian and Albanian.
Area-6.71 square miles.
Altitude-145 feet above sea level.
Climate-Average annual temperature, 60.8 degrees F .; average annual rainfall, 48.1 inches.
Parks-5 public.
Assessed Valuation-$24,759,479 (1948).
Bonded Debt-$3,651,000.
Financial Data-3 banks, with total deposits of $105,467,819.80 (Dec. 31, 1948).
Postal Receipts- $158,700.93 (calendar year 1948).
Churches-18, representing 10 denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory :. Agriculture, manufacturing and lumbering. 42 manufacturing establish- ments, employing 5,225 men and 3,360 women, and paying wages of $7,900,000 annually (last report). Principal manufactured products : Wagons, bus bodies, fertilizer, cotton yarns, cottonseed hulls and oils, bakery products, dairy products, fixtures, veneers, feeds, lumber pro- ducts, plush materials and tents, shirts, women's blouses, concrete pipe and blocks.
Trade Area-Retail area has radius of 40 miles, and population of 280,000; wholesale area, radius of 100 miles, and population of 1,650,000 Newspapers-1 daily (Wilson Daily Times).
Radio Stations-WGTM (5,000 watts); WGTM-FM (10,000 watts); WVOT (1,000 watts).
Hotels-2 principal, with total of 300 rooms.
Railroads-2: Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern.
Highways-U. S. 246 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). 3 swimming pools. Hospitals-5, with total of 409 beds.
Education-Atlantic Christian College. 7 public schools, includ- ing 1 senior high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 4,900; teachers, 156
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 76, with 46 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 25; sewers, 70. Number of water meters, 4,275; Light meters, 8,603; gas meters, 1,662. 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, $3,011,000. Fire depart- ment has 40 men, with 1 station and 5 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property $115,000. Police department has 26 men,
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its accessibility to the large population represented by surrounding towns within a reasonable distance, the city is now recognized as the most pop- ular 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 system in Wilson are municipally-owned. The Town of Wilson owns approximately 400 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 2,500 rural customers. The utilities of the Town of Wilson, including land, buildings and distribution system, are valued at $3,011,000. The electric plant has the latest improved equip- ment, with a generator capacity of 15,000 k.w. The rates, both domestic and industrial, 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 pumping plant has a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons daily. The distribution system and fire hydrants service reaches every part of the town. Sewers and water are 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 system, with attractive school buildings and splendid equipment. 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. Its enrollment for 1946-47 was approximately 500.
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Wilson County Court House, the Hub of County Administration
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the 76 bright-leat markets in the flue-cured area, covering six states, in total sales and highest average price. These advantages offered by the Wilson market make it the most popular in eastern North Carolina.
Agriculture
Wilson County is primarily an agricultural county, with practically 800% of its income derived directly or indirectly from agricultural pro- ducts. The principal crops are tobacco, cotton and corn, although the fol- lowing commodities are produced in reasonable proportions: Wheat, pea- nuts, 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 important developments in the agricultural picture of Wilson County is the promotion of pure-bred live stock among the residents of the county. For outstanding agricultural achievement in 1943, Wilson County was honored by the U. S. Army Quartermaster Corps with the "A" Award, the equiva- lent of the Industrial "E." Wilson was one of the 34 counties in the entire nation to be so honored.
Location
Wilson is located on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- road and the Norfolk Southern Railroad. It is also located on U. S. High- way 301, which is a connecting link with the shortest north-south auto- mobile route, and on U. S. 246, main east-west highway in the state. U. S. 301, known as the "Tobacco Trail," now leads all north-south routes in the handling of tourist traffic north and south. Wilson also is served by excellent roads leading in all directions, thus giving the town and coun- ty excellent transportation facilities. Due to its geographic location and
Wilson's Green Fields, the Making of an Out- standing Agricultural Center
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Other products manufactured in Wilson include cotton yarn, cotton linters, cottonseed hulls, cottonseed oil, acid phosphate, various grades of ferti- lizer, ice, lumber, building materials, memorial monuments, mattresses, dairy products, candy, bottled drinks, concrete pipe, neon signs, uphol- stered furniture, shirts, pajamas, blouses, bakery products, plush mat- erials and tents.
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 stem- ming, steaming and grading process that puts it in readiness for manufac - turing, hence their operations are closely aligned with manufacture.
Wilson, the World's Largest Tobacco Market
Tobacco more than anything else has given Wilson an international reputation, for itis "The World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market." A Summary of this huge tobacco industry is as follows:
There are seventeen auction tobacco warehouses, with a combined floor space of 2,000,000 square feet, which, when filled to capacity, will hold approximately 6,500,000 pounds. There are ten tobacco re-drying plants, furnishing a re-drying capacity of approximately 2,500,000 pounds daily, with three eight-hour shifts as the regulation running time. There are five sets of buyers, all companies being represented, andata 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 1948 the Wilson mar- kets sold 72,280,228 pounds for an average of $48.83 per hundred, this tobacco bringing $35,291,794.62. . Consistently, the Wilson market leads
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Scene in a Tobacco Warehouse, in the World's Largest Bright-Leaf Tobacco Market
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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 Beauti- ful 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 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, the city having gained the distinction of being the world's largest bright-leaf market. Although a tobacco center, Wilson has other industries that con- tribute materially to its payroll and welfare.
Wilson is the county seat of Wilson County and is the largest town- ship 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, established in 1854 under the name of Hackney Bros, engaged in the manufacture of buggies. Later there came a rapid change in vehicles, automobiles replacing buggies, and in keeping with this development, Hackney Bros., in 1919, discontinued the manufacture of buggies, reorganizing 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 industry, the Hackney Wagon Co., was organized in 1903. This concern manufac- tures the most modern type of horse-drawn wagons and other articles.
Aerial View of Business Area of Wilson
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Charles L. Coon High School, a Unit of Wilson's Efficient School System
Atlantic Christian College, Center of Advanced Learning
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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 Street is considered the most beautiful, with Park Avenue deserving Special recognition. Over a period of years several geographic and pic- torial magazines have written special articles and given particular refer - ence to Nash Street, and have designated it as one of the seven most beau- tiful residential streets inthe world. To the students of nature, and espec- ially to those who admire beautiful trees, Nash Street is a real attraction. It offers an assortment of trees as follows: Pecan, birch, magnolia, wal- nut, umbrella, liveoak, cypress, hickory, pine, dogwood and willow oak. On spacious lawns in front of beautiful homes, these trees are found grow- ing amid numerous kinds of shrubbery and many-colored flowers.
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