Pittsburgh Courier, 11 February 1939.
Economics
Where we worked: Carolina Laundry.
Wilson Daily Times, 22 November 1915.
Wilson Daily Times, 23 April 1919.
Carolina Laundry employed dozens of African-American men and women during its decades of trade at the corner of Tarboro and Kenan Streets.
Ad from Hill’s Wilson, N.C., City Directory (1928).
- Helen Branch, 1928
- Mildred Branch, 1928
- Julia Burden, 1928
- Arthur Cobb, laundryman, 1928
- Morton Crawford, 1928, laundryman, 1930
- David Curry, 1928
- James Debose, 1928
- Maggie Dupree, 1928
- Addie Edwards, 1928
- John Gilmore, 1928
- Elizabeth Hamilton, 1928
- Benjamin Melton, presser, 1928
- Harriet Myers, 1928
- John Phillips, 1928
- Cammie Richardson, 1928
- William Richardson, helper, 1928
- Maggy Rountree, 1928
- George Sutton, 1928
- Bessie Swift, 1928
- Flossie Walker, 1928
- Helen White, 1928
- Edward Williams, cleaner, 1928
From “Facts about Wilson, North Carolina,” published by Wilson Chamber of Commerce (1934).
Tax returns tell a story.
The Farmer and Mechanic (Raleigh, N.C.), 11 July 1911.
Though African-Americans made up about 40 percent of the population, tax returns reveal vast inequities in land and personal property values in Wilson County.
Start your fall gardening.
Wilson Daily Times, 7 July 1944.
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- L.L. Belle
Statement of the Lincoln Benefit Society.
Raleigh Times, 18 May 1904.
W. Lee Person was Samuel H. Vick‘s business associate as well as political ally. See more about Lincoln Benefit Society here and here and here and here.
D.C. Suggs, director, Union Savings and Loan Company.
The Savannah Tribune, 19 February 1906.
Among Daniel C. Suggs‘ many investments was Savannah’s Union Savings and Loan Company.
Spanish rice and meatless meals.
Wilson Daily Times, 21 March 1944.
Rocky Branch community named its home demonstration club for agent Jane Amos Boyd.
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- Irene Exum
- Elizabeth Hinnant
- Fletcher Pierce
Where we worked: Sam Vick’s employees.
A running tally of the men who worked in Samuel H. Vick‘s multiple enterprises, their job title, and the year for which I have found evidence of their employment:
- Johnie Best, laborer, 1917
- Jacob Bowen, farmer, 1918
- George Brown, auto garage employee, 1917
- Leon Bryant, carpenter, 1917
- Alfred Dew, common laborer, 1925
- Stacy Edwards, carpenter, 1917
- Robert Hill Sheridan, farm laborer, 1918
- Jesse Henderson, transfer driver, 1917
- Dave McPhail, auto driver, 1917
- Buck Claude Reid, carpenter, 1917
- Louis Thomas, carpenter, 1917
- Daniel L. Vick, wage employee, 1917
- William Wells, laborer, 1917; auto mechanic, Vick’s Garage, 1920, 1922
- Lawyer Whitley, transfer driver, 1917
Rocky Branch home demonstration club has monthly meeting.
In the lead-up to my February 8 talk at Wilson County Public Library, every day I’ll feature a post related to Wilson County’s Rosenwald schools. Rocky Branch home demonstration club’s members lived in Rocky Branch school district.
Wilson Daily Times, 9 April 1943.
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- Della O’Neal — in the 1950 census of Springhill township, Wilson County: farmer James O’Neal, 46; wife Della, 46, farm helper; son Rubin, 23, farm helper; daughter Ruby Barnes, 23; and grandsons Tyren W., 2, and Joe Ann Barnes, born in February.
- Lossie Shaw — in the 1940 census of Springhill township, Wilson County: farmer James R. Shaw, 51; wife Lossie, 44; and James Ray, 12, and Arlene Dixon, 11.
- Esther Barnes
