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Sellyou Anything.Everything to Build With SawMillsOver the Country They are Able to Cut You a Bill ofto Lut iou a T?mber at Short Notice, andFromAlsoTheirSupplyComplete Stock the Plant. •ated la Wltena twenty four ytam egoby Mi D. C. Williams, fa*ther of MrCash Williams, who has stood by him and mad** it one of the largestand most successful lumber andbuilder*' supply manufacturing ny-cerns In the country, with taw mills operating over the country and plants In Wilson and Rocky Mount where they supply you with rough and dressed lumber, manufactured to any dimensions that you wish. tor the smallest to the largest house 1 that can be built, this firm enjoys a scope of trade that covers this section of the countrv, and their Ions I list of satisfied « iistomera attestsi the trutli of this statement.ISome years ago they took over tho W. W. Simms Co. or this city wgives them control of the field In tlMl The Williams Lumber Co., has ; manufacturing line.Wilson is managed byMr. D c. Williams and ho* son, MrD. C. Williani-4, Jr. The one In acre mum 01 me , Mount is managed by Mr, Jonlocal cemeterjr la Mi. k (i. ......,.r I* Ingrown rapidly since it was establish-{Ilt;1as well as Wilson where much of the lines' work in ourHu. pi-n.lii.-t ..f ihlx enWrprlK... Not, a., o„,iii,,B .Ik'hh, inici'i'tonly In North CnroHna hut other of ^ WH,o„ plant and M««n (J.C. Vick and Norman H. Short at astates in the union have been sup*plied from the factory here. The industry is contributing much to thewolfnvo of Wilson. It hasof from $12,duo to 918,00 all of which is expended in Its volume of has!ness ex-yard superintendents.materiala payrollper yiHr,this eltv.ceeds $80,000 per year.is business faI*nPSI.ifd-olehhem-The growth ofii* it that Rider is eontoMplaling a change to larger quarters i al.out Jail. 1st. He has recently purchaaed the Rocky Mount Marbleworks and has established there a branch office to supply his customers in liiat section.Klder Cobb, who is the sole owner of this business, wh- born and raised in Edgecombe county Ind educated in i's schools. liis first business venture wars with his father, Mr. J. D. Cobb, who conducted a successful mercantile establishment at St. Louis and Tarboro. Klder! Cobh moved io ’Wilson Jan. 19»7 and began the manufacture of mon-, umetits in .March. 1 !♦ 0s. and has continued until this good hour.He has seventy five agents active-,1y engaged In soliciting business forThe Williams are hard wot king people, up early and late, and keep thing* hustling around them Hv this sort of effort, and close attention t« business, and knowing Co* game, they have amassed a fortune, and well do they deserve everythingthat they have acquired. Their sueeess has been due to their efforts,and they are an example or what li»» dustry, «oo,| management, and • los* attention to their business, nupled with a desire i.. render the b *t ofservice, will aeco-npllah.The firm i pro.apt in t iclr d ilv r-ies. and gua aa • satisfaction andcan supply your needs In everythingthat i requiredbuilding. They build anything *in the line ofsell everything toMr. Williams from Shelbyville, dren were small.eame to Wilson Del,, when his chH*lle taught themhow to work, and they have learnedtoyears.love it. lie IsThough advanced still a- young manthe industry in thi* and other states, active mid vlgoious as « f yore»v -asof In addition to being a very successful I* '‘till active and works la. business man Elder Cobb finds time proves the old adage, tIimI th, to serve several churches and is an in.jable Primitive Baptist mtnffcter.not hurt hall a** much i time.andworkInandHe t htiadoesa wu ling
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Wilson Daily News
Wilson, North Carolina, US
Thu, Sep 01, 1932
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