Wilson Daily Times, 20 March 1930.
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Turner and Mattie Hinnant Stokes lost their house at 530 East Nash Street after defaulting on their mortgage early during the Great Depression.
Economics
Liquor raid nets 4.
Wilson Daily Times, 17 December 1938.
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- Charlie Lowe
- “Moon” Jones — Luther Jones.
- Ed and Esther Dupree — in the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 402 South Lodge Street, Egar Dupree, 35, bottling plant laborer; wife Bettie, 31; children Wilder, 11, Esther, 9, Mary E., 7, and Edgar Jr., 5; and lodger Cornelia Hicks, 22, tobacco factory laborer.
J.D. Reid borrows $200.
Deed Book 66, page 565, Wilson County Register of Deeds Office, Wilson.
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J.D. Reid borrowed $200 from Nancy Harriss in January 1904, guaranteeing the loan with a mortgage on a lot he owned on Green Street that bordered Short Barnes and Louis Battle. The loan was to be repaid in twelve months, but margin notes reveal the mortgage wasn’t cancelled until March 1912. Note that S.H. Vick acted as Reid’s agent.
Recommended reading, no. 24: Black Folk, The Roots of the Black Working Class.
Shout-out to Gary Redding for his daily Halifax County black history highlights!
You know I love a granular Black history, and Halifax County, N.C., Commissioner Gary Redding is pouring it in spades this Month. I’ve known Gary since he was five years old. He comes from a long line of social justice warriors, and I’m so proud of his work as an educator, lawyer, and community advocate in his home county. He is the embodiment of “servant-leader.”
Every day, Gary posts to Facebook a brief description of a Halifax County black history milestone with several attached photographs or newspaper clippings. I am struck by the vignettes themselves, but also by the similarities and differences between what happened in Halifax and Wilson Counties. Gary is building a vital archive for his community and for all of whose who believe in the power and importance of sharing our stories.
Thank you, Gary R. Redding!
Signal Boost: Seeds of Hope Wilson needs your help!
Seeds of Hope Wilson grows food, distributes food, stocks a free food pantry, distributes hygiene items, tends beehives, educates children, stocks a gardening library, shares seeds, hosts a Day of the Dead festival, and so much more from its house and garden at the heart of East Wilson. Be a hedge for our community — donate, sponsor, share.
H. Farmer leads Negro Farmers Advisory Committee.
Wilson Daily Times, 14 November 1942.
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- Howard W. Farmer of Elm City
- S.T. Shaw of Rocky Branch
- Robert Mitchell of Elm City
- Charlie Ruffin of Fountain
- Walter Moore of Walstonsburg
- James Ward Jr. of Saratoga
- Henry Armstrong of Elm City
- Ernest Jones of Bailey
- John Jones of Bailey
- Mark Sharpe of Macclesfield
- Joseph Clay of Black Creek
- C.W. Foster
Rev. Foster speaks out against Wage & Hour violations.
In the face of stiff resistance by tobacco stemming companies against paying a minimum wage — $11/week — the ever-fiery Rev. Richard A.G. Foster made a blunt statement. As these businesses wanted to “keep Negroes poor and ignorant,” and “the white South still feels that Negro labor is slave labor,” “Negroes that live in the South must turn their attention to self help.”
Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 19 November 1938.
Idell Jones appointed to 4-H specialist position.
Numbers bust in Wilson.
Chicago Defender, 26 August 1939.
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- George Peterson
- Julia Armstrong — in the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 411 East Green Street, owned and valued at $6000, Hallie Armstrong, 48, pool room operator; wife Julia, 29; and lodgers Annie M. Brown, 39, hospital nurse, Jeanett M. Lee, 24, hospital nurse, and Lawrence Peacock, 27, servant.