The town of Wilson was incorporated by the General Assembly of North Carolina on January 29, 1849. It later became the county seat of Wilson County, which was created by an act of the Legislature in 1855, from portions of Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston and Wayne counties. The new county was named for the Hon. Louis D. Wilson, long a member of the Senate from Edgecombe, and a volunteer in the Mexican War, where he died of fever. The town of Wilson is situated near the center of the county. The county was early divided into ten townships for the purpose of organizing school districts.

The town from its incorporation in 1849, when it was just a crossroads, until about 1890, made a very slow growth. But during the decade 1890-1900, several events of historic importance took place, which had a great influence on the growth and the importance of the town.

First, in 1890, the first tobacco warehouse was built in Wilson. It proved quite successful both from the standpoint of being a convenience to the farmers who had heretofore sold their tobacco in Rocky Mount and other centers, and also as a business enterprise for the owners. From the beginning, Wilson proved popular as a tobacco market. The growth of the town may be dated from this first tobacco sale. During the 44 years that the Wilson tobacco market has been running, it has not only attained eminence by being the largest in the world for the sale of flue-cured tobacco, but justly claims to be the most efficient market of any tobacco belt.

The second thing of importance in this decade was the beginning of the industrial and manufacturing development of the town which was then begun. Wagon manufacturing, cotton mills and the making of cigarettes were all started in this decade.

Third, one of the most important things that happened in 1890-1900 was the building of the Norfolk-Southern railway, giving this town modern connection and transportation east and west. The Atlantic Coast Line had, from the day of the incorporation of the town, given service north and south. Now, by having access to the Port at Norfolk and the Capital at Raleigh, by means of the Norfolk-Southern as well as connection north and south, Wilson was in a much better commercial strategic position.

The fourth thing that happened in the 1890-1900 decade to influence the growth and progress of Wilson was the establishment by the town of its first public utilities. The electric light plant was the first utility established. It was begun in 1892 through a bond issue of $15,000.00. The lights were turned on during the following year. The water works were started with a bond issue of $60,000.00 in 1893. From that time until now our municipally owned utilities have been a source of constant pride, commercial progress, and help toward tax relief to the citizens of Wilson. The water works, the electric light plant, and the gas works, combined, today have a property value of about one and a half million dollars. The annual average profit is about $150,000.00, which is turned over to the public treasury for the relief of the taxpayers, giving Wilson a very low rate of taxation.

Since the 1890's, the population of Wilson has steadily increased until today it is the trading center for a population three times larger than the actual population of Wilson, which is approximately 15,000.

From 1848 until 1933 the town had a Mayor-Aldermanic form of government. In 1933 the people voted for a Mayor-Aldermanic-City Manager form of government and a City Manager was accordingly installed in June, 1933.

The town is governed by a Mayor and five Aldermen. The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the Town while the City Manager is the chief administrative officer, working under the direction and control of the Board of Aldermen.

The town is divided into five wards. A mayor is elected by the town at large while each ward names one Alderman who must be a resident of the ward which names him. An election for town officers is held every two years and after assuming office the Aldermen name a City Manager. The different phases of the Town's work are divided into departments such as utilities, finance, police, fire, street, etc.

A regular meeting of the Board is held each month on Thursday after the first Monday at which time reports of the condition of the Town are made by the City Manager to the Mayor and Board. Necessary ordinances are passed, complaints and requests of citizens are heard and the affairs of the Town discussed and regulated as the need arises. No ordinance may be passed and no appropriation made other than at regular meeting. The Board holds special meetings whenever the need arises.

According to the Federal Census of 1930 Wilson had a population of 12,613, an increase of 258 percent since 1900. If the city limits were extended about a half mile in each direction, taking in the suburbs which actually connect and are part of the town, the population would be about 16,500.

The population of Wilson County in 1930 was 44,914 as compared to 23,596 in 1900.

The rapid expansion between 1900 and 1930 is evidence in itself of the progressiveness of the community.

This section is making a fast upward trend in its agricultural and industrial development, which will lead to continued growth.

G. S. Tucker & Co.

Furniture — Home Outfitters

Let Us Serve You

Established in Wilson in 1896

Phone 174

Geo. W. Grady, Mgr.

THOMAS-YELVERTON COMPANY

Funeral Home

And Ambulance Service

“Call 58

We are never late”

The Wilson County Health Department consisting of a whole-time health officer, a whole-time nurse, a sanitation and milk inspector, and a secretary, affords the people of Wilson and Wilson County the benefits of modern advances in preventive medicine and sanitation. This department carries out a carefully prepared twelve-month program, covering school work in all the schools in the county, sanitation in Wilson and Wilson County, inspection of cafes, restaurants, hotels, and markets, the care of indigent tuberculosis patients, holding venereal, orthopedic, tuberculosis, and midwives’ clinics. In addition, the modern methods of preventive medicine are available to everyone free.

Increasingly favorable results of the work carried on by the Health Department are reflected in the incidence and mortality rate of preventable diseases, both of which each year show a marked improvement over the preceding year. Smallpox and typhoid fever have been almost entirely eliminated. Malaria, once a scourge, has been reduced to where it is now a negligible factor in the health of the community. There is also a steady decrease in diphtheria and the number of new cases of tuberculosis each year.

The town of Wilson is one of the oldest medical and hospital centers in the State of North Carolina. The first hospital was established here in 1898 by Drs. C. E. Moore and Albert Anderson, two of the state's most prominent physicians for more than a half century, and two of the South's pioneer hospital executives. The Old Sanatorium, established by them, was the forerunner of the town's present hospitals. These institutions include three hospitals and one clinical laboratory as follows: The Moore-Herring Hospital, established in 1913; The Carolina General Hospital, established in 1920; The Mercy Hospital, established in 1913, and the Contentnea Pathological and Clinical Laboratory, established in 1929.

The Moore-Herring Hospital, composed of a staff of four doctors, and the Carolina General Hospital, whose staff is composed of three doctors, are privately owned, but through cooperation with the town and county welfare departments, the indigent as well as the more fortunate patients refer to them for attention.

The Mercy Hospital for colored people only was reorganized on a community basis in 1928. It is controlled by a board of trustees. All physicians of the town and county, both white and colored, are eligible for membership on the staff. This hospital is used by Wilson, Pitt, and Green Counties, as it is the only hospital in these counties for colored people.

The Contentnea Pathological and Clinical Laboratory, operated by a specialist, is designed for extensive examination and limited treatment of potentially ambulant patients. It was organized in January 1929.

The combined bed capacity of the three hospitals and clinic is 135. These institutions are modern, steam-heated, brick buildings, well equipped in every respect. They maintain modern X-ray and diagnostic laboratories and well equipped operating departments, where general and special surgery is done. Men of excellent training are in charge of these departments.

The Hospitals are all general in character, admitting patients, medical, obstetrical and surgical. Isolation wards for contagious diseases are also available. The nursing and general care of patients is done by well trained nurses. All positions of trust and responsibility are held by graduate nurses and those who have had special training.

The Medical profession of Wilson embraces twenty-five active men. The specialists, general surgery, eye, ear, nose and throat, pediatrics, X-ray and Radiology are represented by alert, well qualified men who have affiliations with one or more of the hospitals. The general practitioners are also progressive and highly qualified physicians who have hospital affiliations either on the regular or courtesy staff of one or more of the hospitals.

WILSON CITY UNIT Both units are served by one superintendent WILSON COUNTY UNIT NUMBER BUILDINGS NUMBER BUILDINGS White Colored White Colored 4 5 13 23 VALUE BUILDINGS, FUR. AND FIXTURES VALUE BUILDINGS, FUR. AND FIXTURES White Colored White Colored $544,230 $108,235 $800,131.00 $48,592.00 ENROLLMENT 1933-34 ENROLLMENT 1933-34 White Colored White Colored 2606 2383 4471 2883 TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS EMPLOYED 1933-34 TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS EMPLOYED 1933-34 White Colored White Colored 62 45 108 50

The white high school is a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The students who receive a standard diploma may enter any college without an examination.

The colored high school is rated a standard high school.

A new colored school building is in the process of erection for use in 1934-35.

There are six rural standard high schools in Wilson County. Students from these schools make good records in college. This year two of these will offer a course in agriculture for the first time. All the white school buildings are equipped with modern conveniences.

During the past three years there have been seven new colored school buildings erected in the County Unit.

ELM CITY UNIT NUMBER BUILDINGS White Colored 2 5 VALUE BUILDINGS FURNITURE AND FIXTURES White Colored $158,400.00 $10,300.00 ENROLLMENT 1933-34 White Colored 909 742 Teachers in this Unit 1933-34 White Colored 22 14

The High School Department of this Unit belongs to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Wilson, N. C., is the seat of Atlantic Christian College, the only standard four-year college of arts in the central section of Eastern North Carolina. For nearly a third of a century the institution has been rendering service in the field of higher education to young men and young women of the southeast.

The college is owned and operated by the Christian Church in the Carolinas, but its patronage and support are secured from its friends regardless of denominational lines. Less than half of its student body of three hundred comes from the homes of its own church people.

The college plant is located on a square in the northwestern part of Wilson. In recent years substantial improvements have been made in the buildings and equipment. A gymnasium has just been constructed, walks laid, and a plan of beautification of the campus put into effect. It is hoped that an additional dormitory may be built in the next year to provide in a better way for the increased attendance.

The college has an endowment fund of some $350,000.00 which enables it to offer its services at a very reasonable cost. Worthy students may secure loans and scholarships or part-time employment to aid them in their college career.

It is the purpose of the college administration to fit the course of study more closely to the needs of the present day. A beginning has already been made in this readjustment, centering around the chief lines of human endeavor instead of the traditional and fragmentary study of subjects.

The town of Wilson is one of the few towns in America not overchurched. It is fortunate in having a small number of strong churches that effectively care for the religious and spiritual life of the town. It has five strong churches with full-time ministers who are well educated and highly trained for their work.

The Methodist Church is the largest in membership with some 1300 members. The Christian and Missionary Baptist Churches come next with about 800 members each. The Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches have slightly less than 500 members each, but nevertheless are strong influential churches.

In addition to these five larger churches five other churches, smaller in membership, do effective work for the community as well as furnish places of worship for their members. These are the Five Points Missionary Baptist Church, the Freewill Baptist Church, the Primitive Baptist Church, the Pentecostal Holiness Church, and the Roman Catholic Church. In conjunction with the Roman Catholic Church, a grammar school is conducted by the Sisters. The Orthodox Jews maintain a small synagogue in Wilson and The Salvation Army operates a Mission.

The negroes of Wilson maintain separate churches, and the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian congregations are especially large, active and well organized. Six smaller negro churches here also serve this race in Wilson.

In the small towns and the rural sections of Wilson County, there are more than thirty churches of the following denominations: Southern Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Primitive Baptist, Christian, Freewill Baptists and Holiness. The Methodist and the Baptist are the influential churches in Elm City and Stantonsburg.

The Wilson Country Club was chartered May 6, 1915. During the same year it acquired a 125 acre tract of land between highway No. 22 and the waters of Contentnea Creek, about four miles south of the town of Wilson on U. S. Highway No. 301.

It is now able to offer to its members and the public the advantages of a well-constructed and well-kept eighteen-hole golf course, outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, and a modern club house. It is kept by a whole-time professional man who gives instructions at reasonable rates.

No charge is made for house guests or members. Non-resident guests and tourists are welcome to use its facilities, the greens fee being $1.00.

Peter Pan Park is a playground for tots of pre-school age. It is equipped with apparatus for games of various kinds and has a trained supervisor in charge.

Stronwood and Gold Parks are of ten to fifteen acres each in extent, and are equipped with attractive apparatus for games and recreation. Each park has a swimming pool for children and is in charge of competent supervisors.

Greenhill Park is located in the town's industrial section, and is equipped with open-air showers.

Parks and playgrounds in Wilson are well kept, shady and easily accessible to the various residential sections of the town.

Located six miles west of Wilson on State Highway No. 58 is Silver Lake. This is one of Wilson's most inviting recreational centers for both old and young. It is patronized extensively by people of this and adjacent counties.

As a resort it offers swimming, boating, fishing, bowling and dancing. It is also equipped for camping parties and for the serving of luncheons and banquets.

Drink—

In Bottles

It Had To Be Good To Get Where It Is

BARNES-HARRELL COMPANY

J. T. BARNES

W. N. HARRELL

W. D. ADAMS

Located in Wilson, North Carolina, the world's largest bright leaf tobacco market, are ten of the most modern and up-to-date warehouses to be found on any tobacco market, regardless of type, whether of bright leaf or burley. Each warehouse is designed to give to all tobacco offered for sale by the forty or fifty thousand tobacco producers selling tobacco here, the best advantages possible to bring out its true merits, as to quality and texture. From the time of the opening of the Wilson Tobacco Market each season, up until the Thanksgiving Holidays, covering a period of approximately three months, there are placed in straight rows of a width of 43 inches, with a space of 18 inches between rows, a variation of between thirty and thirty-five thousand baskets of tobacco each day, awaiting sale. The latter quoted number constitutes the capacity of the Wilson warehouse floors, which, in other figures, aggregates a total of 700,000 square feet. The warehouse floors, when filled to capacity, will hold approximately four million pounds of tobacco.

Those huge warehouses, which seasonally operate on the Wilson market are:

Banner Warehouse

Carolina Warehouse

Centre Brick Warehouse, Nos. 1 and 2

Farmers Warehouse

New Planters Warehouse

Smith Warehouses A and B

Watson Warehouse Nos. 1 and 2

To handle the seemingly unlimited amount of fine quality of tobacco annually for sale in Wilson there have been erected nine large tobacco redrying plants which, when combined, furnish a redrying capacity of approximately two million pounds daily, with ten hours as the regulation running time.

With the exception of the Imperial Company, Ltd., each one of these companies maintains storage houses in Wilson, which carry storage capacity of forty-four thousand four hundred hogsheads.

Imperial Tobacco Company, Limited

Redrying capacity 300,000 lbs.

No storage houses.

R. P. Watson Company, Inc.

Redrying capacity 250,000 lbs.

Storage capacity 13,500 hogsheads.

Southern Tobacco Company, Inc.

Redrying capacity 100,000 lbs.

Storage capacity 6,000 hogsheads.

W. T. Clark & Co.

Redrying capacity 100,000 lbs.

Storage capacity 2,000 hogsheads.

Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.

Redrying capacity 150,000 lbs.

Storage capacity 4,500 hogsheads.

Wilson Tobacco Company, Inc.

Redrying capacity 250,000 lbs.

Storage capacity 8,000 hogsheads.

Wilson County is termed an Agricultural County with practically ninety per cent of its income derived directly or indirectly from agricultural products. A few statistical facts will give a brief outline of the agricultural conditions and the value of the farm and farm machinery of the county.

Number of farms 4,734 Acres of cultivated land in farms 181,233 Acres per farm 38.3 Value of farm land and buildings $15,591,079.00 Land alone $11,111,473.00 Buildings alone $ 4,479,606.00 Dwellings alone $ 2,809,807.00 Value of implements and machinery $ 703,135.00 Buildings per farm $ 3,293.00 Average value per acre $ 86.03

The farms mentioned above are operated as follows:

980 operate by owners who live on their own farms.

4 operated by managers.

3,750 operated by tenants.

It is very interesting to know that over a period of ten years there has been an increase of 411 farms operated by tenants. This is an unfortunate situation for the farmers from an agricultural and social standpoint, as statistics prove that where a large number of farms are owned and operated by their owners living on the farms, the general agricultural and social conditions are greatly improved.

Soil:

The soils in Wilson County are mostly made up of the following types:

Norfolk sandy loam is the prevailing type carrying about eighty per cent of the tillable land.

Portsmouth soil is next which carries about fifteen per cent of the tillable land.

The other five per cent of the soil is made up of various types, none of which is of great importance in the county from an agricultural point of view.

Sedimentary clays suitable for brick making occur in considerable quantity on the east and northeast edge of Wilson. Two areas contain workable granites, twelve miles west of Wilson and three miles north of Elm City. Shell marl has been dug at numerous places along Toisnot and Hominy creeks, near Sharpsburg, and along White Oak Swamp. Analyses show from 38 to 72 per cent calcium carbonate.

As a whole the soils are considered very fertile from a crop standpoint with most of the soils producing about the average crops from this section of the state.

Crops:

The three major crops in Wilson County are tobacco, cotton and corn. For the past several years the consumption of the two cash

Wilson and Wilson County as well as the several adjoining counties receive their gasoline, motor oil and other petroleum products from distributing warehouses owned or operated by eight major Oil Companies. The companies operating in this vicinity are: Pure Oil Company of the Carolinas, Gulf Refining Company, Sinclair Refining Company, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Texas Oil Company, National Oil Company, Hackney Oil Company and the Shell Oil Company.

These eight Oil Companies operate large bulk plants and have in a large measure control of approximately 40 service stations in Wilson and 50 or 60 more in the surrounding territory. The Petroleum Industry gives employment to nearly 1,000 people in Wilson and within a radius of a few miles outside the city limits.

The Oil Companies of Wilson distribute every month to the consumers of the territory approximately 350,000 gallons of motor fuel and kerosene. Motor oil consumption will amount to nearly 8,000 gallons a month. Other products used in Wilson each month in large quantities are: soap, lubricants of all kinds, both automotive and industrial, fuel oil, tires, batteries and miscellaneous items like roofing material and solvent machine oil.

These eight Companies have invested in the vicinity of Wilson or caused to be invested nearly 2,000,000 dollars. They furnish petroleum and affiliated products to consumers amounting to over $1,000,000.

Central Service Station

Cor. Barnes & Douglas Sts.

Phone 45

Dealers in Pure Oil Products HORACE THOMAS, Mgr.

The industrial development of Wilson dates back from the year 1854 at which time Hackney Brothers was organized and engaged in the manufacturing of buggies. From year to year there followed a rapid change in more modern inventions in vehicles for travel, automobiles having almost replaced the use of buggies. In keeping with this progressive development Hackney Brothers in 1919 discontinued the manufacturing of buggies, reorganized under the name of Hackney Bros. Body Company and since that time have been engaged in manufacturing the modern type of commercial bus bodies, their weekly output now being approximately 40 bodies, depending upon the size and type.

The Hackney Wagon Co. was organized in 1903 and is still in operation, making the most modern type of wagon, the output being approximately 50 per week.

Hackney Industries, Inc., was organized in April 1934. This factory manufactures steel commercial bus bodies. The weekly output is about 15, depending upon the size and type.

During the busy season these three factories employ a total of approximately 350 people with a weekly pay-roll of about $8,000.

Wilson has three up-to-date fertilizer plants, two of which operate cotton gins. The Contentnea Guano Co. was organized in 1907. It manufactures acid phosphate and a high grade line of fertilizer. The daily output is 800 tons.

The Farmers Cotton Oil Co. was organized in 1902. This company has several units for the manufacturing of various products. It manufactures a high grade line of fertilizer with a daily out-put of approximately 400 tons. A feed unit is operated with an out-put of 50 tons of manufactured feeds per day. A modern gin is also operated with daily ginning capacity of 75 bales. In the ginning of this cotton there is an extraction of about 60 tons of seed, which are put through a crushing process, producing cotton linters, cotton seed hulls, and cotton seed oil. This plant also operates a unit for manufacturing bale covering which is used for wrapping cotton.

The Southern Cotton Oil Co. was organized in 1900. It manufactures a high grade line of fertilizer with a daily capacity of 200 tons. It operates a cotton gin with a capacity of 100 bales per day which produce 80 tons of cotton seeds. These seeds are put through a crushing process, producing cotton linters, cotton seed hulls, and cotton seed oil.

During the busy season these three factories employ a total of approximately 200 people with a total weekly pay-roll of about $3,500.

Wilson has three modern ice factories: Colonial Ice Co., organized in 1904; Independent Electric Ice Co., organized in 1929; and the City's Ice & Fuel Co., organized January 1, 1934. These three plants manufacture a total of approximately 110 tons of ice per day and employ a total of approximately 50 people with a combined weekly payroll of about $900.

Southern Dairies Inc. was organized in 1900 and is engaged in the manufacturing of ice cream with a daily capacity of approximately 1500 gallons.

Wrights Ice Cream Co. was organized in 1931. It has a daily capacity of approximately 100 gallons.

The Barnes-Harrell Company bottles approximately 3,000 cases of Coca-Cola per week.

The Acme Candy Co. manufactures approximately 3500 pounds of various kinds of candy per week.

The two ice cream plants, Candy plant and Bottling plant have a total of 61 employees with a weekly pay-roll of about $2,200.

Wilson has two lumber mills, one marble and granite factory and a mattress factory. The Williams Lumber Company operates lumber mills in Wilson and Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The Wilson plant cuts 40,000 feet of lumber per day. This lumber is cut into all sizes and types to be used for things of wooden construction. The plant is equipped to manufacture sash, doors, blinds, framing, etc.

The H. G. Stephenson Lumber Co. cuts 5,000 feet of lumber per day and purchases about an equal amount from other mills. The mill is equipped to make lumber into all sizes and shapes in addition to the making of sash, doors, frames, and blinds.

The Wilson Marble & Granite factory was established in 1908. Manufacturing of memorial monuments, markers and head-stones is carried out on an extensive scale.

The Wilson Bedding Company was established in 1922. This plant is equipped to manufacture between thirty and forty mattresses per day, the number depending upon the grade and type. The plant is equipped to renovate old mattresses.

The two lumber mills, the marble and granite factory and the bedding company employ a total of 110 people, and have a total weekly pay-roll of approximately $1,475.

A canning factory has just been established in Wilson by the Federal Government operating under the supervision of the FERA. Present plans call for the canning of beef cattle for about nine months during the year, with the other 3 months devoted to the canning of fruits and vegetables. This plant will employ approximately 400 people.

The Wilson Cotton Mills were organized in 1882. They are well equipped to manufacture the best quality of cotton yarn. When operating full time they use about 2,000 bales of cotton annually, which is all bought locally, and from this amount of cotton there is about 1,000,000 pounds of product in the form of cotton yarn manufactured. When operating full time they employ approximately 75 people.

The combined weekly pay-roll of the Canning Factory and Cotton Mill is approximately $3,900, the two plants employing a total of approximately 475 people.

Although not actually engaged in manufacturing, the tobacco redrying plants located in Wilson are an important factor in the industrial life of the community, particularly from the standpoint of the number of people they employ and their pay-rolls. The companies operating redrying plants in Wilson, North Carolina, include the following: Export Leaf Tobacco Co., R. P. Watson Tobacco Co., W. T. Clark & Co., Southern Tobacco Co., Imperial Tobacco Co., Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.,, E. J. O'Brien & Co., and the Wilson Tobacco Co. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and the American Supplies Inc., maintain branch offices and green packing plants. Whitehead & Anderson and James I. Miller Tobacco companies are tobacco brokers and maintain headquarters in Wilson from which they supervise the purchasing of tobacco in the various belts. During the busy season these factories employ a total of approximately 2800 people, their total weekly payroll being about $35,000.

Wilson is known throughout Eastern North Carolina as one of the largest and best cotton markets in the state. Cotton grown in all of the adjoining counties is brought to the local market for sale, and brings the highest possible prices.

Wilson County is served by 24 active gins. During the 1933-34 season it ginned approximately 12,000 bales. The local market sold about 10,000 bales.

The following wholesale buyers are represented on the local market: Alexander Sprunt & Son, Z. V. Eure & Co., J. H. McFadden & Co.; Rogers & Co., and the W. T. Lamm Cotton Co. Besides the wholesale buyers the following merchants buy cotton direct from the farmers: P. L. Woodard & Co., General Supply Co. and B. A. Barnes Co. They sell to one of the above wholesale firms or direct to the mills.

Wilson has two modern storage warehouses: The North State Bonded Warehouse, and the Wilson Cotton Warehouse Co. Both of these warehouses are bonded under the Federal and State Warehouse system and are checked periodically by Federal Inspectors to see that all cotton is accounted for, properly tagged, protected from the weather and insured for the full market value.

P. L. WOODARD & CO. GROCERIES [UNK] HARDWARE

FARMING IMPLEMENTS

General Agents

CONTENTNEA GUANO CO.

Daily Freight Service Between Richmond, Va. and Eastern North Carolina Points

Thurston Motor Lines FAST [UNK] SAFE [UNK] RELIABLE

HOME OFFICE

208 N. Railroad St.

WILSON, N. C.

Phone 84

The above map is designed to prove the central position that Wilson occupies as the hub of Eastern North Carolina. The lines indicate the distances and location of a number of leading towns surrounding Wilson. Hard surfaced roads lead from Wilson to all towns shown on the map.

The well-being and progress of a community depend upon its financial institutions. Wilson, North Carolina, points with pride to the following banks and building and loan associations which have contributed so much to its betterment, advancement and financial security. Condensed statements of these institutions are as follows:

Wilson has one newspaper publisher and four printing establishments, as follows:

The P. D. Gold Publishing Company established in 1867. It now has three publications: Zion's Landmark, a semi-monthly Primitive Baptist paper; The Wilson Times, a semi-weekly, published each Tuesday and Friday; The Daily Times, a daily paper except Sunday.

Barrett's Printing House established in 1896.

Stallings’ Printing House established in 1910.

Sansbury Printers established 1923.

All of these four printing establishments are equipped with the most modern machinery which enables them to handle all types of job printing.

Wilson, North Carolina, is perhaps served in a more adequate way, in so far as rail transportation is concerned, than any other town in the Eastern part of North Carolina. It is the only town served by the main line of two trunk line railroads. The main lines of the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern both serve Wilson.

Locating the town geographically by its railroads, it is 482 miles south of New York and 540 miles north of Jacksonville, or practically half way between the congested areas of the “Atlantic Seaboard” and “The Winter Playground of the Nation.” It is 143 miles from the Port of Norfolk, 109 miles from the Port of Wilmington, and 120 miles from the Port of Morehead City.

Measuring the distance by hours rather than miles, the Norfolk Southern and the Atlantic Coast Line deliver carload shipments from California in nine days. Kansas shipping points are only five days distant; Chicago, Illinois, is four days out; New York, thirty-six hours; Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, twenty-four hours; Memphis, Tenn., three days; Atlanta, Ga., two days; Jacksonville, Fla., two days and from the ports in North Carolina and Virginia, twelve hours. In other words, Wilson is so located, in so far as railroad transportation is concerned, that a merchant or manufacturer has quick transportation North, East, South and West, and this transportation is so dependable that inventories can be reduced to a minimum, or rather orders can be shipped at the last moment with definite assurance that they will reach their destination in time.

The Atlantic Coast Line and the Norfolk Southern operate daily package cars from many of the large industrial centers, maintaining a schedule in most instances that equals passenger schedules. By reason of the location of Wilson on the main line of the two railroads serving it, about fifty freight and passenger trains enter the town daily.

The freight and passenger rates compare most favorably with those of any other in the South. The schedules are excellent.

Merchandise Brokers

Flour, Feeds, Grain, Hay, Salt

217-218 National Bank Bldg.

Office Phone 352

Residence Phone 732-W.

For Economical Transportation

East Green St.

Phone 888

Wilson, N. C.

This map shows the Washington-Florida short route. It is the shortest, fastest and most desirable route North and South between New York and Florida. No toll bridges. Follow U. S. No. 1 from New York via Baltimore to Petersburg, Va., and from there follow U. S. No. 301 to Summerton, S. C., and from there follow U. S. No. 401 to Waterboro and from there follow U. S. No. 17 to Jacksonville, Fla. The distance from Baltimore, Md., to Jacksonville, Florida, is 808 miles. There are excellent hotels and tourist homes along this entire route.

When passing through Wilson, N. C., stop at the Chamber of Commerce office for maps and complete road information.

The town of Wilson is located in the central part of Wilson County and is served by a system of good roads unsurpassed by any county in the State of North Carolina. It has A No. 1 hard surfaced roads leading North, South, East and West. In fact, every through highway coming into or leading from Wilson is hard surfaced. From a distribution standpoint, Wilson has unexcelled facilities, as can be verified by the State Highway map. Wilson County now has approximately 100 miles of paved highways in addition to several hundred miles of good dirt roads, passable the year around.

“Let's Do Business Together”

W. M. Rogers & Company

BROKERS & DISTRIBUTORS QUALITY FOOD PRODUCTS

General Offices, Rogers Terminal Bldg., Wilson, N. C.

Lovelace-Green Motor Co.

WILSON, N. C.

TERRAPLANE and HUDSON

Motor Cars

The Home of Good Used Cars

There are five automobile truck lines operating in and out of Wilson. Thurston Motor Lines, with headquarters at Wilson, N. C., operate daily truck line service from Goldsboro via Wilson, N. C., and Richmond, Va., making connections with all Northern and Southern points.

Stallings Truck Lines, with headquarters at Spring Hope, N. C., operate daily truck line service from Wilson, N. C., to Raleigh, N. C., making connection with all points East and West.

The Norfolk-Carolina truck lines, with headquarters at Norfolk, Va., operate daily truck line service from Wilson, N. C., to Norfolk, Va.

Forbes Transfer Company and Hollingsworth Motor Freight Company, both having headquarters here, do general local For Hire delivery service, in addition to the hauling by motor trucks of all kinds of freight to any and all points.

There are three bus lines operating in and out of Wilson.

The Seashore Transportation Company, with headquarters at New Bern, N. C., operates a daily schedule from Rocky Mount, N. C., via Wilson, N. C., to Goldsboro, N. C., Morehead City, N. C., and Beaufort, N. C.

The Carolina Coach Line, with headquarters at Raleigh, N. C., operates a daily schedule from Raleigh, N. C., via Wilson, N. C., to Washington, N. C.

Sutherland Bros., with headquarters at Washington, N. C., operate a daily round trip schedule between Washington, N. C., and Raleigh, N. C.

Corbett Motor Co.

Buick-Pontiac Sales and Service

Good Used Cars

213 S. Goldsboro St.

Telephone 96

Wilson Auto Sales

DEALER FOR

STUDEBAKER, PLYMOUTH and DE SOTO Cars

110 N. Douglas St.

Phone 248

Climate: The annual averages for Wilson and Wilson County are as follows:

Rainfall 4.6 inches Temperature 60.8 degrees

The receipts of the Post Office at Wilson, North Carolina, for the fiscal year June 30, 1933 to June 30, 1934 were $50,734.53.

(Owned and operated by American Legion of Wilson)

Grounds cover 36 acres.

Grand Stand has seating capacity of 3,000.

Race track ½ mile, dirt.

Buildings on grounds include poultry, live stock, swine and stables.

Ten refreshment stands.

Fair dates for 1934, October 22-27.

John F. Clark & Co., of New York, N. Y., maintain a grain exchange in Wilson, North Carolina, which is located in the National Bank Building, mezzanine floor offices numbers 1, 2 and 3.

This office receives continuous daily market quotations on grain, stocks, bonds, cotton, tobacco, sugar, provisions, coffee, raw rubber, silk, silver, lead, zinc, tin, cotton seed oil, hides, wool and a few other commodities, and has private wires throughout the entire South.

John F. Clark & Co. are members of all principal exchanges.

A. E. BISHOP

J. C. JOYNER

F. W. BOSWELL

AMERSON-BOSWELL COMPANY

107 N. Pine Street

Funeral Directors and Embalmers

AMBULANCE SERVICE

WILSON, N. C.

Office Day or Night Phone 210

Residence Phones 571—1371

Rotary Club

Kiwanis Club

Lions Club

Woman's Club

Business and Professional Women's Club

Wilson Garden Club

Wilson Chapter American Red Cross

Wilson Tubercular Association

Chamber of Commerce

Wilson Merchants Association

Mount Lebanon Lodge No. 117, A. F. and A. M.

Mount Lebanon Chapter, No. 27, R. A. M.

Mount Lebanon Council, No. 13, R. and S. M.

Mount Lebanon Commandery No. 7, K. T.

St. John's of Jerusalem Council No. 7, A. M. D.

Wilson Chapter No. 145, O.E.S.

Enterprise Lodge No. 44, I.O.O.F.

Wilson Encampment No. 40, I.O.O.F.

Roselle Rebekah Lodge No. 109, I.O.O.F.

Post T., Travelers Protective Association

Gold Leaf Council No. 672, United Commercial Travelers.

Wilson Council No. 40, J.O.U.A.M.

Wilson Lodge No. 989, Loyal Order of Moose.

Wilson Camp No 13499, Modern Woodmen of America.

Daughters American Revolution

United Daughters of the Confederacy

Wilson County Post No. 2058 V.F.W.

Robert B. Anderson Post, No. 13, American Legion

Voiture No. 930, Forty and Eight

Wilson American Legion Auxiliary

Wilson Chapter War Mothers

Wilson Squadron Sons of the Legion

Wilson Board of Trade

Wilson Tobacco Warehousemen's Association

Wilson County Medical Society

Wilson County Bar Association

Ministers Union

Wilson Utilities Club

Winstead Parent Teachers Association

Woodard Parent Teachers Association

Current History Club

The telephone exchange of Wilson is owned and operated by the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company. It is of the most modern type having an extensive underground system. The total investment of the plant has a value of approximately $230,198 and a total of 44 long distance circuits terminating in, and many through circuits passing through the Wilson exchange.

There are 2250 subscribers. All Wilson subscribers can be connected to 97 percent of all telephones in the world. Additional foreign countries are being added rapidly. There are 28 people empassing through, the Wilson exchange.

There were in 1933 4,099,584 local exchange connections handled and 96,285 long distance calls originated in the Wilson exchange.

Wilson is served by both the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Postal Telegraph Company, the equipment of both companies being modern in every respect. The Western Union is equipped for both morse and simplex printer operation and the Postal for morse operation. Both companies have ample messenger call box facilities, with circuits covering the entire town. Without any additional equipment either company could handle at least twice the present volume of business.

1885

1934

Boykin Grocery Co., Inc.

“Wholesale Grocers”

Wilson

N. C.

Agricultural Implement and Machine Dealers 4 Fertilizer Manufacturers 3 Finance Company 1 Auto Body Manufacturers 2 Fish Markets, Retail 4 Auto Accessories and Parts 8 Fruit and Produce 6 Auto Dealers 7 Furniture Dealers 5 Ambulance Service 3 Florists 3 Architects 2 Funeral Homes 3 Attorneys 41 Furniture Repair Shops 3 Auto Tire Dealers 4 Gift Shops 2 Bakeries 2 General Supplies Stores 2 Banks 2 Garages, Auto 9 Brokers, Merchandise and Food 4 Grain Exchange 1 Hotels 3 Bicycle Shops 2 Hospitals 3 Blacksmiths and Horse Shoe Shops 2 Ice Cream Manufacturers 2 Beauty Parlors 4 Ice Manufacturers 3 Beer Distributor 1 Insurance Agencies 25 Bonded Warehouse 1 Iron Works 1 Bottler 1 Building and Loan Associations 3 Jewelry Stores 4 Bus Lines 3 Junk Yard 1 Building Material Dealers 7 Barber Shops 12 Laundries 3 Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear and Millinery 15 Candy Manufacturer 1 Cafes 16 Live Stock Dealers 2 Cannery 1 Lumber Mills 2 Chiropractors 2 Coal and Wood Dealers 7 Men's Furnishings 2 Cleaners and Pressers 7 Monument Manufacturer 1 Children's Ready-to-Wear 1 Meat Markets, Retail 3 Cotton Brokers 2 Meat Packing Companies 2 Ministers 12 Clinic 1 Contractors 2 News and Soda Shops 7 Cotton Gins 3 Cotton Mills 1 Osteopaths 1 Plumbing Shops 3 Department Stores 6 Photographer 1 Dentists 7 Physicians 25 Drug Stores 10 Piano Store 1 Publisher 1 Exclusive Tobacco Brokers 2 Printing Shops 4

Retail Hardware 4 Tailors 3 Real Estate Agents 6 Telegraph Companies 2 Railroads 2 Telephone Exchange 1 Recreation Parlors 5 Theatres 4 Retail Grocery Stores 35 Truck Lines 3 Railroad Offices 3 Tobacco Redrying Plants 9 Rugs, Cleaning 1 Tobacco Warehouses 10 Transfer Companies 2 Stationer, Retail 1 Typewriter Agent 1 Shoe Stores 2 Slaughtering Plant 1 Variety Stores 3 Service Stations 50 Sewing Machine Dealer 1 Wagon Manufacturer 1 Seed and Feed Dealer 1 Wholesale Gas and Oil 8 Shoe Shops 3 Wholesale Grocers 6

Graham Woodard, President

Geo. T. Stronach, Sec'y-Treas.

—Quarter of a Century of Service—

1907-1934

Wilson Insurance and Realty Company

119 South Goldsboro Street

Wilson N. C.

Wilson has a very active Chamber of Commerce. Its office is in the lobby of the Hotel Cherry.

The office library includes directories of approximately 200 towns and cities of the United States in addition to road maps of each state. Up-to-date records are kept which make it possible for the office to be recognizd as a bureau of information.

A cordial invitation is extended to local and out-of-town people to visit the office for such information as may be desired, which will be gladly given free.

Frank M. Miller

GENERAL INSURANCE & REALTOR

City and Farm Property

Offices: Wilson, N. C., and Goldsboro, N. C.