Mr. R.B. Whitley visiting in his general store. He is president of the bank and owns and runs practically all of 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 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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