WEEKLY SURVEY
5RTH CAROLINA
VOL. XIX. NO. 9
Publication date. Saturday.
Subscription. S5.00 per year.
JULY 28, 1951
Carl Gocrch, Publisher,
Lawyers Bldg., Raleigh. N. C.
Entered as second-class matter June I. 1933. at the Postoffice at Raleigh. North Carolina, under the Act of March 3. 1879
Greensboro Moves Forward
With
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population of 8.000, four banks,
throe buggy factories, one harness factory
and four plug tobacco factories, it is well
on its way of becoming an important city.
Greensboro is a thriving and busy
city of 8.000 population.
It has four banks which, together
with building and loan associations and
investment companies, furnish ample
accommodations to the commercial
community and to those wishing to
build homes.
The banks arc as follows:
National Bank of Greensboro: Neil
Ellington, president; A. H. Alderman,
cashier. Capital and surplus, $169,-
819.
Bank of Guilford: D. F. Caldwell,
president; W. B. Bogart, cashier. Cap¬
ital and surplus, $103,500.
Piedmont Bank: A. M. Scales, presi¬
dent; J. M. Winstead, cashier. Capital
and surplus, $70,000.
Five Cent Savings Bank: Samuel
L. Trogdon. Secretary and Treasurer.
Deposits. $33,887.
Maybe an explanation would be in
order before wc proceed further, be¬
cause we know that many of our read¬
ers are wondering what all this is about.
The above information about
Greensboro is authentic and accurate.
Wc should have mentioned, however,
that it was given out in 1891 — sixty
years ago.
Last week, from Mr. Roy R. Sher¬
rill of Statesville, wc received a copy
of "Album of Greensboro" which ap¬
parently was issued in connection with
a big sale of lots in that area. The
booklet was published by the North
Carolina Steel and Iron Company, the
officers of which were as follows:
President. J. A. Odell. Greensboro.
Assistant to President. R. T. Gray.
Raleigh.
Vice-President. Julian S. Carr. Dur¬
ham.
Attorney, Thco F. Klutts, Salisbury.
Guilford County courthouse
Secretary and Treasurer. C. D. Ben-
bow.
It contains quite a number of pic¬
tures. some of which are reproduced
herewith. And it also contains a lot of
information about that area which is
interesting to study particularly after
the lapse of half a century. Here’s
some more of it:
Guilford County has no debt,
funded or otherwise, and taxation
therefore is very low.
Greensboro has an elevation of 843
feet above tidewater and the climate
is genial and healthy. During the se¬
verest winters, ice seldom forms on the
water-courses and ponds to the thick¬
ness of one and one-half inches, while
in the warmest summers the thermom¬
eter rarely registers a greater heat than
92 degrees.
The fine surrounding farming coun¬
try. and many other natural advan¬
tages. have during its entire existence
as a town, made Greensboro one of the
Corner of Elm and Market streets.
THE STATE. JULY 23. 19S1
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