ECC LIBRARY pee i, for 3 BS ; \ } x wat ils x wkd IN ea I ae aM i . - Facts About Wilson North Carolina Compiled and Published by the WILSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Wilson, N. C. OCTOBER 15, 1934 LESTER ROSE, Editorial Manager EDITORIAL COMMITTEE STEVE ANDERSON, Chairman Thomas Woodard Graham Woodard Dwight Fouts H. S. Hilly O. P. Dickinson John Barclay Statistics for this book were collected by the following men: T. J. Hackney John Leach Thomas Bridgers Robert Williford B. D. Kent Casper Smith Windsor Woodard R. E. Overman E. W. Edwards T. A. Guthrie The Branch Banking and Gs L. Bent Silas R. Lucas Trust Company The Largest and Strongest Bank in Eastern Carolina, With a Background of Sixty Years of Safe Banking and Printed by P. D. Gold Publishing Company, Wilson, N. C. Trust Service, Is Keeping Step with the Progress of Photographs by Holden’s Studio, Wilson, N. OC. Wilson and Carolina Engravings by Metropolitan Engraving and Electrotype Co., Richmond, Va. Jils: . C. > Home Office Wilson, N. HON. LOUIS D. WILSON The man for whom Wilson County was named, A History of Wilson and Wilson County 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 coun- ties. The new county was named for the Hon. Louis D. Wilson, long a member of the Senate from Edgecombe, and a volunteer in the Mexi- can 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 town- ships for the purpose of organizing school districts. The town from its incorporation in 1849, when it was just a cross- roads, 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 conven- ience to the farmers who had heretofore sold their tobacco in Rocky Mount and other centers, and also as a business enterprise for the own- ers. From the beginning, Wilson proved popular as a tobacco market. The growth of the town may be dated from this first tobacco sale. Dur- ing 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 At- lantic 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 influ- ence 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. ge Wilson is known far and wide as a town of beauty, particularly in its residential section. West Nash Street has been selected by many as one of the ten most outstanding places of beauty in North Carolina. In 1926, Wilson dedicated with appropriate ceremony the hand- some one-half million dollar Court House. In November, 1928, the new Post Office and United States Court House was dedicated. The educational life of Wilson has been one of steady progress under the leadership for two decades of the late Dr. Chas. L. Goon. Thoroughly modern buildings house the consolidated schools in each township of the county. The town also has Atlantic Christian College, a four-year senior grade A College, one-half of whose 300 students come from the county and town of Wilson. For over half a century, Wilson has been served by two exceeding- ly strong banks, the Branch Banking & Trust Company, and the Na- tional Bank. In 1932,.the Board of Aldermen voted to have a town manager, and this request was granted by the Legislature. Since that time the town has been governed by a manager. This new method of goy- ernment has proved very satisfactory in the conducting of the town government and in the maintenance of the town’s credit. All Wilson bonds are now quoted above par. Wilson has recently begun the development of parks and play- grounds, and there are now two parks and five playgrounds for use this summer. __ Wilson is known as a neighborly, friendly town, and its slogan might well be, ““A Good Place To Live.” | ee STARR, The Hlorist Phone 234 502-510 Maplewood Ave. “FLOWERS THAT PLEASE” Bonded Member Florist Telegraph Delivery Association. SA WILSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE CHARLES L. COON HIGH SCHOOL 5S The Town of Wilson—Its Form of Government From 1848 until 1933 the town had a Mayor-Aldermanic form of government. In 1938 the people voted for a Mayor-Aldermanic-City Manager form of government and a City Manager was accordingly in- stalled in June, 1983. 4 The town is governed by a Mayor and five Aldermen. The Mayor is the chief executive officer of the Town while the City Man- ager 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. Neces- sary 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. Power, Lights, Gas and Water The electric, gas, water plants, and distribution systems of Wilson are municipally owned. The Town of Wilson owns 75 miles of dis- tribution lines outside of its corporate limits, and furnishes lights and power to several hundred rural customers. At the present time an ex- tension program is being promoted for the purpose of extending these lines over a larger area of Wilson County. The Town of Wilson furnishes lights and power to the following near-by towns: Elm City, Black Creek, Lucama, Stantonsburg, Sara- toga, Walstonburg and Rock Ridge. ' The Utilities of the Town of Wilson, including land, building and distribution systems are valued at $1,948,812.77. The electric plant has the most improved equipment and a generator capacity of 8,750 K.W. The service rates are as follows: HOME ELECTRIC SERVICE RATE Schedule D This rate shall be available to all residence customers, except busi- ness houses, hotels, boarding and rooming houses, public buildings and apartment houses where more than one apartment igs on the same pee First 25 Kw-hrs. @ 8¢ per Kw-Hr, Next 75 se o Be ee “ Next 200 oe @ 8X0 o “ Next 300 ss eG “ MINIMUM BILL $1.00 PER MONTH WHEN LIGHTS ONLY ARE CONNECTED. (Continued on page 8) ~@G= VIEWS OF WILSON MUNICIPAL PLANTS 1. Air View Hydro-Electric Plant 2. Light and Water Plant 3. Filtered Water Reservoir i POWER, LIGHTS, GAS AND WATER (Continued) ELECTRIC RATES Commercial Electric Lighting—Schedule A First 15 Kw. Hrs. per month 9c per Kw. hr. Next 85 “ce “cc “ “ce 7.7¢ “ee “ Next 200 <“ se Sf s Gs © = Next 500 “ce “ce “ee “ 5.4¢ ““ “cc Over 800 “ce ce “cc “cc 4.5¢ “ce “cc The above rate, Schedule A shall be available to all business houses, hotels, boarding houses, rooming houses, public buildings, apartment houses, where more than one apartment is on the same meter. Net minimum monthly charge under this Schedule A Rate is $1.00 per meter. HIGH-LOW TENSION POWER Industrial Rate—Schedule B First 100 Kw. Hrs. per month 5c per Kw. hr. Next 700 “cc “ “ “ 3.6¢ “ce ris Next Next Next Next Next Over 1,700 “c 6c “cc “c 3.2c “cc “ce 3,500 10,000 20,000 20,000 56,000 “cc “cc “cc ““ “cc “ “ “cc “cc “cc “c “cc “ “cc “ae “c “ “cc ““c “cc 2.7¢ 2.3¢ 1.8¢ 1.6c He “cc “cc “c “c “a “cc 6c “c “cc “ GAS RATES For first 2,000 Cubic ft. per month $1.35 per M. For next COO) 8 & $1.15 ye For next MO): 2 SIL OW) a For next NOOO) = SB ie -90 of All over AULD) oe 80 i MINIMUM BILL $1.00 PER MONTH. WATER RATES For first 400 Cubic ft. @ $2.50 per 1000 Cu. ft. $1.00 For next ZANE EST BG és Sea SAO () For next ORO) CG ONS | g Seana, SUP; () AN OveR IO MO © GS GOT) 6. GB eB a MINIMUM BILL $1.00 PER MONTH. WATER SUPPLY Wilson’s water supply is taken from a lake at the head of Con- tentnea 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 hydrant ser- vice reach every part of the town. Sewer and water are also available In every section. The analysis of the water is as follows: CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (Parts Per Million) TNOEM GUSTO) SGT eas ae 73 Organic solids (Loss on Ignition) = Mineral Residue Total Alkalinity (as Caco3) Normal Carbonates (ag CO3) Bicarbonates (as HCO3) 8-5 1. Turbine Room (Interior) VIEWS OF WILSON MUNICIPAL PLANTS 2. Boiler Room (Interior) - 8. Air View, Light, Water and Gas Plants sees CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (Continued) Hydroxides (as OH) —_- Sulphates (as SO4) __ Chlorides (as Cl) ~~~ Nitrates (as NO3) Nitrites (as NO2) Free Chlorine (as Cl) Free Ammonia (as NH3) Albuminoid Ammonia (as Organic N) Oxygen-consuming Capacity (as 02) ____ Iron (as Fe) Colorimetrically Calculated Hardness (as CaCO2) Soap Hardness (as CaCO3) Fluorine (as F12) Dissolved Silica (As SiO2) Iron & Aluminum Oxides (as FeO3 and A1203) Calcium (as Ca) Population According to the Federal Census of 1930 Wilson had a population of 12,613, an increase of 258 percent since 1900. Tf the city limits were extended about a half mile in each direction, taking in the sub- urbs which actually connect and are part of the town, the population would be about 16,500. The population of Wilson County in 1980 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. ack or & Co. Furniture — Home Outfitters Let Us Serve You D Established in Wilson in 1896 Phone 174 Geo. W. Grady, Mer. =—=<_—_—__——_—_—~——————~ pNP RAPP, THOMAS-YELVERTON COMPANY Funeral Home And Ambulance Service “Call 58 We are never late” _—_-_~_-_-_—_>—>—>—> SSS _~_-_—_—_—_—_—_————— é OF THE ~ TOWN OF WILSON WILSON. N.C. + eae (MCN SoorEET ~ NORTH CAROLINA. GLADDING ENGINEERING COMPANY Health Department 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 bene- fits 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 Wil- son 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 mod- ern 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 im- provement 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 com- munity. There is also a steady decrease in diphtheria and the num- ber of new cases of tuberculosis each year. Welfare Work of Wilson The welfare work in Wilson, both town and county, is carried on by three separate organizations, the oldest of which is the County Board of Charity and Public Welfare. This board is appointed by the State Board, and recommends a nominee for superintendent of Public Welfare, who is elected by the State Board and the county, and is paid by the county. For the past seven years the welfare work of the town has been carried on by the Wilson Welfare Association, a private organization controlled by a board and conducted by an Executive Secretary. Both the town and county governments contribute regular sums monthly to this organization. For the past two years, the Federal Government has supplemented the appropriations of the local governments and the donations of indi- viduals to the extent of $325,000.00. This was first known as the Re- lief Fund, then it was enlarged and known as the CWA, and now it is called the ERA, Emergency Relief Administration. The County Superintendent of Public Welfare is also the administrator and director of Federal Relief. Photos for This Publication Made By HOLDEN STUDIO Duplicates may be secured at any time. res Southern Dairies Ice Cream of the South Also operating a modern milk plant manu- facturing a full line of dairy products. Drink Pasteurized Milk, It Is Safe. SOUTHERN DAIRIES, INc. i treet —— ~ 200 Railroad Stree Aiggeierd p Approved Wilson, N. C. f suuune 4844 Telephone 976 Wilson Hospital and Clinical Facilities The town of Wilson is one of the oldest medical and hospital cen- ters 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 hos- pitals. These institutions include three hospitals and one clinical lab- oratory, as follows: The Moore-Herring Hospital, established in 1913; The Carolina General Hospital, established in 1920; The Mercy Hospi- tal, established in 1313, 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 for- tunate 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 treat- ment 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 diag- nostic 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 dis- eases 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 prac- titioners 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. 1. Moore-Herring Hospital 3. Mercy Hospital (Negro) 2. Carolina General Hospital 4. Contentnea Pathological and Clinical Laboratories = Statistical Data for County and City Schools ) Both units are ) WILSON CITY UNIT ~ served by one WILSON COUNTY UNIT \ superintendent | NUMBER BUILDINGS White Colored 4 5 VALUE BUILDINGS, FUR. AND FIXTURES White Colored $544,230 $108,235 ENROLLMENT 1933-34 White * Colored 2606 2383 TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS EMPLOYED 1933-34 White Colored 62 45 The white high school is a member of the Southern Associa- tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The students who re- ceive a standard diploma may enter any college without an ex- amination. 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. NUMBER BUILDINGS White , Colored 13 23 VALUE BUILDINGS, FUR. AND FIXTURES White Colored $800,131.00 $48,592.00 ENROLLMENT 1933-34 White Colored 4471 2883 TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS EMPLOYED 1933-34 White Colored 108 50 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 col- ored school buildings erected in the County Unit. ELM CITY UNIT NUMBER BUILDINGS White 2 Colored 5 VALUE BUILDINGS FURNITURE AND FIXTURES White $158,400.00 Colored $10,300.00 ENROLLMENT 1933-34 White 909 Colored 742 Teachers in this Unit 1933-34 White 22 Colored 14 The High School Department of this Unit belongs to the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. SG. 1. Negro Grammar School 2. Negro High School + 5. Frederick Woodard Grammar School Asis 3. Winstead Grammar School 4. Margaret Hearne Grammar School Atlantic Christian College 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 con- structed, 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 stu- dents 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. Wilson County Library In 1921 the Department of Literature of the Woman’s Club estab- lished a free public library in Wilson with 600 volumes. The library has grown steadily. It now has about 7,000 volumes and 7,000 read- ers. Last year the circulation was 46,955. Since 1925 the library has been sponsored by the town and coun- ty, and is free to all the people of the town and county. The library occupies two rooms in the Wilson County Court House. Besides being a source of great pleasure to thd reading public, the library furnishes parallel reading for the public schools of the town and county. Special attention is given to the junior readers who throng the library for pleasure-reading and for help in their school work. The reference department is excellent in- its wide scope of usefulness. Thomas=- Yelverton Go. * Better Furniture” Where High Grade F urniture Is Sold At Reasonable Prices. Phone 57-58 aga Atlantic Christian College Wilson, N. C. A college for young men and One Year Business Course. women. Fine Arts. Four year courses leading to Gocd program of Physical Education. A. B. degree. Very Reasonable Expenses. Thirty-third session opens September 10th. For catalogue and information write to Pres. H. S. Hilley, Wilson, N. C. Williford Motor Company Ford Sales and Service Best Used Cars In Town Watch The Fords Go By 117-119 N. Douglas St. Tel. 98 W. M. WIGGINS & CO. Plumbing and Heating Cortractors IRON FIREMEN WILSON, N. C. PHONE 891 Wilson Churches The town of Wilson is one of the few towns in America not over- churched. 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 edu- cated 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 piaces 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 Cath- olic Church. In conjunction with the Roman Catholic Church, a gram- mar school is conducted by the Sisters. The Orthodox Jews maintain a smali synagogue in Wilson and The Salvation Army operates a Mission. The negroes of Wilson maintain separate churches, and the Meth- odist, Baptist and Presbyterian congregations are especially large, ac- tive 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: South- ern Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Primitive Baptist, Christian, Free- will Baptists and Holiness. The Methodist and the Baptist are the influential churches in Elm City and Stantonsburg. Boy Scouting The East Carolina Council of Boy Scouts has its headquarters in Wilson. The offices of the Scout Executive are located on the second floor of the Court House. Daily office hours are 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On August 1, 1934, there were in the Council 41 troops with 895 registered Scouts. The Scout Executive concentrates his work in Wil- son and Wilson County and renders office service and whatever other assistance possible in a larger area including the towns of Rocky Mount, Greenville, Kinston, New Bern, Washington, and quite a num- ber of smaller towns and communities. Camp Charles, a camp for all the Scouts of the Council, is about fifteen miles west of Wilson. It consists of 73 wooded acres, a lake, a large mess hall, a craft shop, cabins and other facilities adequate to meet the camping needs of the entire Council. It is used for over- night camping in winter and mass and troop camping in summer. Dur- ing the summer of 1934 the camp was used for the first time by a group of underprivileged girls under adequate leadership. The Council affords a well-rounded program of citizenship de- velopment and general character education for teen-age boys and for younger boys of Cub age, 9, 10 and 11. Among the regular features of Scouting in the East Carolina Coun- cil are cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and various civic clubs in the community, good turns, regular troop meetings, Scout lead- ers’ training schools and advancement in the various phases of Scouting. =O 1. Methodist 2. Catholic WILSON CHURCHES . Presbyterian 7. Primitive Baptist . Negro Baptist 8. Negro Presbyterian 3. Baptist 4. Christian 9. Kpiscopal il 10. Negro Methodist SH DARL “Wilson’s Greatest Entertainment”’ CHURCHWELL’S “The Quality Shop” Jewelers and Engravers 110 East Nash Street Flowers By Wire Anywhere Telephone No. 1094 Wilson Floral Company Flowers For All Occasions Seeds Bulbs Shrubs 6 Wilson Dining Jee . Christian Church Cabin i eye ns et . Kiwanis Craft Shop 4, Lions Club ‘Cabin ae es eae i i & é . Less-Privileged Girls Camp 307 Hill Street. Mw am Nok L. J. HERRING, Dr., DR. R. LANH, Associate Dr. L. J. Heine Implement Co. Veterinarians Fer Sale—International Trucks and the full line McCormick-Deering Farming Implements and Tractors. Diesel Engines. “We service what we sell” Res. Phone 482 Wilson, N. C. Office 469 A Most Complete Stock For The Entire Family At Farris’ Department Store “TRADE MORE FOR LESS MONEY” 109-111 S. Tarboro St. Wilson N. C. Shop with Confidence and —= Wear with Pride LEDER BROS. Newest Department Store 116 S. Tarboro St. Wilson, N. C. The Popular Hotel In Wilson New Briggs Hotel You can sleep in a clean room newly painted and papered. — EUROPEAN — 100 Rooms — 50 Baths Rates: $1.25 to $2. Special Rates To Motor Parties Cafeteria in Connection Serving The Best Foods Properly Cooked At Reasonable Prices : FREE PARKING WHEN IN WILSON STOP AT NEW BRIGGS HOTEL R. LYNDO GRIFFIN, Proprietor. RES Wilson Country Club 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 advan- tages 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 reason- able 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. ' Nash Street, The Beautiful John Muir, the white-haired lover of nature, once wrote, “show me a town that loves trees and I’ll show you a town that loves God and all His wonders.” He might have added “and a town that holds rank with any other as a beauty spot.’’ Wilson is such a town, and it is called a town because its dads haven’t yet seen fit to change its char- ter and label it officially a city. If Wilson is not a city, where is one? And if Wilson is not a beauty spot, also, where is one? Ten years ago the nation’s most famed geographical and pictorial magazine picked out one Wilson thoroughfare, Nash street, for exemplification and de- clared it more attractive and beautiful than any street elsewhere. Running from healthy, hearty, wholesome farming country on the town’s west, Nash street cuts a line, knifelike, through a beautiful resi- dential neighborhood on east into the town’s thriving, alert business section, and darting across the railroad, loses itself again in an equally healthy, hearty, wholesome country farther on, three easy miles of won- der street. If one hunts for beauty he must, of course, start beyond Pine street and journey west. Here he finds a broad, tree lined avenue, and, on both sides, behind broader lawns faced with green and gardened flow- ers, homes of many types of architecture, ranging from colonial and puritan, down through the category of chalet, Gregorian, cottage, brick and frame. But it is not the homes of Nash street that offer the greatest attrac- tion. All towns have homes but not all have trees. The high spot in Nash street beauty is its greenness and its trees, whose trunks tower heavenward in some places as their boughs touch the ground in others. On both sides Nash street is enshrouded umbrella-like and offers a cooling and inviting shade for more than a solid mile. New Haven may advertise its elms, Charleston may tell of its Magnolia grandiola, New Orleans may urge you to see its moss hung “swamp angels,” but Wilson invites a tree lover to see trees, just trees. And when it says trees, it offers an assortment on Nash street sel- dom found elsewhere. Pecans, magnolias, maples, birch, beech, walnut, umbrella, live oaks, cypress, hickory, pines, and tall ever- greens loom up and over the loveliest of crepe myrtle, of pink and sal- mon hues. Occasionally a startlingly red-barked madrone may be (Continued on page 28) p= AIR VIEW WILSON COUNTRY CLUB NASH STREET, LOOKING WEST FROM PARK AVENUE NASH STREET, THE BEAUTIFUL (Continued) seen with its great, glossy green leaves, stretching its ruddy trunk sky- ward for maybe 90 feet, and by its side, a Mimosa with its feathery dignity and simplicity that no man-made work can rival. These are but some of the Nash street giants of horticulture, but beneath their sweeping boughs one finds also floriculture, man-high ferns, dainty pink oxalis, star flowers, blushing flesh colored azalea and many other kinds of summer garden perennials. If as Keats said, “a thing of beauty is a joy forever,” then truly, Wilson should be a happy town with so much beauty always evident. Parks, Playgrounds and Resorts 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 ex- tent, and are equipped with attractive apparatus for games and recre- ation. 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 Sil- ver 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— OCD In Bottles It Had To Be Good To Get Where It Is BARNES-HARRELL COMPANY J. T. BARNES W. N. HARRELL W. D. ADAMS OI PETER PAN PARK GOLD PARK STRONWOOD PARK SILVER LAKE Wilson Wnhacco Market 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. Hach warehouse is designed to give to all tobac- co 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 Holi- . days, 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 to- bacco annually for sale in Wilson there have been erected nine large tobacco redrying plants which, when combined, furnish a redrying ca- pacity 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 stor- age 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. (Continued on page 32) SS EXPORT LEQE TOnAc COME a, Of <0 COMPAR ; COMP any. 1. E. J. O’Brien & Co. 3. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. 2. Export Leaf Tobacco Company 4. Imperial Tobacco Company 5. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Hie Pounds Sold Receipts Av. Per Lb. WILSON TOBACCO MARKET (Continued) 16,381,076 $ 3,225,561.88 a Export Leaf Tobacco Co. Two plants 20,819,160 ener roe Redrying capacity 275,000 lbs. [ 29,889,568 4155,159.64 12.16 Storage capacity 9,000 hogsheads. ery a eatieaais 50 22 E. J. O'Brien & Co, 83,244,378 10,262,539.48 30.87 Redrying capacity 100,000 lbs. : 37815278 13'624.844.66 36.03 Storage capacity 1,400 hogsheads. , ’ , , : eas : : 42,330,596 22,720,280.44 53.67 Those companies maintaining branch offices and green packing 62.204 930 13,446,382.91 21.61 plants on the Wilson market are: 42864162 12,169,100.76 28.38 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 42,342,360 12,679,644.28 29.94 American Suppliers Inc. 71,517,350 15,856,451.43 22.18 In addition to the foregoing concerns, the James I. Miller Tobacco 52,931,467 14,125,168.21 26.68 Company, Inc., and Whitehead & Anderson, Inc. have stationed on this 76,666,277 20,514,758.23 26.75 market their head offices from which they supervise the purchasing of 69,662,228 18,712,054.71 26.86 tobacco in the various tobacco belts. 76,563,264 12,609,225.08 23.00 During the marketing season in Wilson there are employed daily 84,247,626 17,202,236.39 20.42 approximately five thousand men and women, of which number some 82,820,692 16,830,792.68 20.32 two thousand are employed by the warehouses. ( 86,096,010 11,897,669.55 13.82 There are five sets of buyers operating simultaneously on the Wil- 66,362,724 5,992,660.77 9.08 son Tobacco Market. They are composed of some of the finest judges 37,709,530 4,654,830.35 13.34 of tobacco to be found anywhere. At a selling rate of three hundred 70,552,142 11,871,832.17 16.82 sixty piles of tobacco per hour, it is possible for these men to purchase - - on an average of approximately one million three hundred fifty thousand pounds per day, as this is the maximum selling rate for all tobacco offered for sale in Wilson. With seven hours as the regulation sales day, warehouse floors when filled to capacity can be cleared in three days. Since the opening of the Wilson Tobacco Market on September 19, 1890, Wilson has continually been on the upward trend, until now it stands out in the tobacco industry as the corner-stone of some huge Pounds Sold 1,508,109 2,106,904 3,067,191 NO RECORDS KEPT 3,508,710 5 3,740,422 UNTIL 1902 Sell Your Tobacco At 7,680,227 10,171,034 W 9,325,175 The Farmers arehouse 11,569,207 eae lrae Where Tobacco Brings The Top Market Price. 15,273,809 Receipts oe 22,296,077 $ 2,430,272.39 ce EU EGE AU ae tps 22,201,771 1,507,500.25 Proprietors 13,806,479 1,465,481.49 15,319,469 1,329,899.29 Bae uCuonecer ig aaa eee Highest Prices and a Square Deal Guaranteed to All 18,752,357 1,845,222.09 LL TIMES 17,071,902 1,449,813.56 YOU ARE WELCOME AT ALL 10,836,123 1,167,121.33 Phone 617 Wilson, N. O. 8,818,181 1,318,998.97 : melo ones Smith Warehouse A and 6 B22 MOST MODERN AND UP-TO-DATE WAREHOUSES IN THE WORLD Electric Fans For Comfort of Farmers and Buyers 1000 Sky Lights Not a Dark Spot Rubber Tired Trucks To Eliminate Noise and Confusion Clean, Airy, Sanitary, Rest Rooms For the Comfort and Convenience of Our Friends 1. Air View Southern Tobacco Company 3. W. T. Clark & Co. 3. 2. Interior View Tobacco Redrying Plant 4. R. P. Watson & Go. 5. Air View Wilson Tobacco Company Service . Courtesy Efficiency —34— =o hee Agriculture Wilson County is termed an Agricultural County with practically ninety per cent of its income derived directly or indirectly from agri- cultural products. A few statistical facts will give a brief outline of the agricultural conditions and the value of the farm and farm ma- chinery 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 ,991,079.00 Land alone ,111,473.00 Buildings alone ,479,606.00 Dwellings alone ,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 un- fortunate 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. D 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 agricul- tural point of view. Sedimentary clays suitable for brick making occur in consider- able 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 stand- point 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 AGRICULTURAL SCENES OF WILSON COUNTY corn. For the past several years the consumption of the two cash Seamer re 3. Corn Field 5. Dairy Barns (Continued on page 38) 2. Interior View Tobacco 4. Tobacco Field 6. Hogs on Self Feeder Sit gue Warehouse 7. Dairy Cattle —3{— AGRICULTURE (Continued) crops mentioned has been considerably lower than the supply, there- fore, it became necessary for the government to take some steps to con- trol the production of these crops. A voluntary campaign for both of these crops was put into effect throughout the bright belt for tobacco and through the cotton states. The farmers of Wilson County were very loyal toward this program, signing up about 98 per cent of their tobacco acreage and about 98 per cent of their cotton acreage. Under the Agricultural Adjustment Program, Wilson County was allotted a tobacco base of 29,330.7 acres. Taking out 30 per cent of this amount, the farmers will be allowed to plant 20,531.5 acres. They were allowed a base production of 22,444,595 pounds. With 30 per cent reduction they will be allowed to sell 15,711,216 pounds. Of the total area of 238,728 acres in Wilson County, 138,572 or about 58 per cent of the land area, are classed as forest lands. Some 54 per cent of the forest area is farm woodland, including about 3,426 acres of woodland pasture. In 1925 there were only 5,839 acres in cultivated pasture land, while in 1934 this amount has increased to 10,966 acres. Of this forest area, the principal species are loblolly pine, 75 per cent; short-leaf pine, 20 per cent; and some oak and gum. The estimated total stand is about 30,000,000 board feet of saw timber accessible by road and rail according to most recent avail- able estimates. It is hoped that under the present change of the Agricultural Pro- gram the farmers of Wilson County will become more self-sustaining from a standpoint of feed and food supplies for their own -farms by producing these supplies on the farm and by producing -a better quality of products. This will mean an increase in prices, which will improve the social and economic conditions of the farmers. Jesse S. Anderson Thomas H. Woodard Anderson, Deans & Woodard GENERAL INSURANCE = BONDS Fidelity Building Phone 652 Wilson Hardware Company “Court House in Front of Us’ Wilson’s Largest Hardware Store Sporting Goods, Paints, Building Material, Household and General Hardware. i To Better Serve You Watson Warehouses No. 1 No. 2 We wish to sincerely thank our friends and customers for their loyalty and good will during the past season, which enabled us to maintain our leadership of the Wilson Market, and we again offer you a quality of service in the sale of your tobacco that we believe cannot be found elsewhere. SALES FORCE Selby Anderson A. B. Baines W. C. Thompson Hob Anderson Henry T. Carraway Robert Creech Jesse B. Williams Watson Warehouses No. 1 No. 2 Leaders Since 1904 Wilson, N. C. The Centre Brick Warehouse ney be No.l and: Nov? 4.3. Merits the Sale of Your 1934 Tobacco Crop ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. The Centre Brick REASONS FOR OUR HIGHER PRICES for the past ten years has led the Eastern Car- 1—Our unusual ability and experience gained olina average more than $2.00 per hundred during 40 years in selling farmers’ tobacco. pounds. 2—The best warehouse force in existence. 3—The equipment and floor space necessary to AS A RESULT The Centre Brick sin sold take care of mere than 7,300 baskets of more tobacco in 1932 than any warehouse firm tobacco, over one million pounds daily. in the bright belt. Leading The Wilson Market by Selling 35% of Its Total Sales. 4—A conscientious desire as warehousemen and farmers to get you those extra dollars. Cozart-Eagles & Co. Wilson, North Carolina A Petroleum Distribution Wilson and Wilson County as well as the several adjoining coun- ties 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 Wil- son 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 con- sumers of the territory approximately 350,000 gallons of motor fuel and kerosene. Motor oil consumption will amount to nearly 8,000 gal- lons 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 petrole- um 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, Mer. eS OIL COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1902 WILSON PLANT Manufacturers of High Grade Cotton Seed Products Cotton Seed Hulls Hull Fibre Cotton Seed Oil Cotton Linters Cotton Seed Meal Hull Bran MODERN OIL MILL MODERN FEED PLANT One of North Carolina’s Largest. Manufacturers of Feeds of highest quality. MODERN COTTON GIN MODERN FERTILIZER FACTORY Operated by skilled men and kept in the best Manufactrers of QUALITY FERTILIZERS, SUPER- condition. PHOSPHATE and other FERTILIZER MATERIALS. Farmers Cotton Oil Company FACTORIES: NORFOLK, VA. WILSON, N. C. LILLINGTON, N. C. —A LEADING BRANDS OF Tobacco Fertilizers GOLDEN GEM KING’S TOBACCO SPECIAL FARMERS TOBACCO FORMULA REGAL CAROLINA CHOICE FARMERS TOBACCO SPECIAL Industries 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, automo- biles 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 manu- facturing the modern type of commercial bus bodies, their weekly out- put now being approximately 40 bodies, depending upon the size and type. The Hackney Wagon Co. was organized in 1903 and is still in op- eration, making the most modern type of wagon, the output being approximately 50 per week. Hackney Industries, Inc., was organized in April 1934. This fac- tory manufactures stee! 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 com- pany 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 66 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 cov- ering which is used for wrapping cotton. The Southern Cotton Oil Co. was organized in 1900. It manu- factures 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 cot- ton seed oil. During the busy season these three factories employ a total of ap- proximately 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 em- ploy a total of approximately 50 people with a combined weekly pay- roll 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 1981. It has a daily capacity of approximately 100 gallons. (Continued on page 46) Ves HACKNEY De Luxe SCHOOL BUS BODIES Designed and built to give SAFETY. STRENGTH, COMFORT, and APPEAR- ANCE at moderate prices. HACKNEY De Luxe School Bus Bodies are constructed with the same pains- taking care that has characterized other Hackney products for almost a century. Careful consideration of expenditures was never more essential, not only in the business world but in public expenditures as well. Expensive experiments cannot be carried on with the taxpayer’s money. PROVEN products only will be considered. Hackney De Luxe School Bus Bodies will help you work out your Transporta- tion problems. Choose a body you KNOW will give satisfactory performance along with safety and appearance. HACKNEY BROTHERS BODY Co. WILSON, N. C. —