Mr. R.B. Whitley (in chair) visiting in his general store. He is president of the bank and practically owns and runs the town. He is a big landowner, owns Whitley-Davis farm and a cotton mill in Clayton. He said he cut down the trees and pulled up the stumps out of the main street, and was the first man in that town of Wendell. Wake County, North Carolina. Sourced from the Library of Congress.
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