Before there was Central Market, there was the corner market.
(Top) William Peavler opened a grocery store across from D. McRae Elementary School at the corner of Millet and Bishop streets in 1920 in a building dating to 1915. It is now a residence.
(Center) John Beckelman ran his grocery store on Little Street from 1932 to 1953. He lived next door.
(Bottom) W. R. Hester ran a grocery store across Alston Avenue from Daggett Elementary School in a building dating to 1922.
There were no shopping carts, no credit card terminals, no “10 items or less” lines.