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EINE OLD KENTUCKY
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FOREIGN AND HOME-MADE
WINGS, BRANDIES, BEERS AND AT ES
TRY THE BELLE OF NELSON -AND- ME BRAYER WHISKIES.
. G. NEW COLLB GREENSBORO, N. C.
MURER MANDEG
MOORS, SASH, BLINDS.
MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, &C.
All Made of Pine Ramber, Shingles, Lathis, &G. GM EMSHORO N.C
BOW MILLS AND BRANCH FACTORY AT ASNELORZ.
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C. P. VANSTORY,
WAITEMURE
PROPRIETOR OF TWO Livery, Feed and Sale Stables, ONE BRICK AND ONE FRAME. 114, 116 AND 118 SOUTH DAVIE ST., IN REAR OF BANK AND POST OFFICE, GREENSBORO, N. C. Fine Teams, Carriages, Phætons, Surrey, Buggies and Carts, ALWAYS ON HAND FOR SALE AND HIRE. J. M. STEWART, Manager. J. A. ODELL, Pres. C. H. IRELAND, Sec. & Tress.
ODELL HARDWARE .CO.,
Wholesale dealers in all kinds of
- FOREIGN and DOMESTIC HARDWARE,
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, WOOD AND
WILLOW WARE,
STOVES AND TINWARE,
Guns and Sporting Goods,
Stationery and Weighing Machinery. 323 AND 325 SOUTH ELM ST.,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
JAMESF. YATES,
MANUFACTURER OF TIN AND SHEET IRON WARE. WARE WARRANTED NOT TO LEAK. JOBBING TRADE SOLICITED. ROOFING, GUTTERING AND TOBACCO FLUES. 127 SOUTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO, N. C.
WAKEFIELD HARDWARE 00.
HAVE ADDED TO THEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF HARDWARE CARRIAGES, BUGGIES AND VEHICLES OF ALL KINDS.
THEY HAVE THE CELEBRATED RICE COIL SPRING, MADE BY T. T. HAYDOCK CARRIAGE CO., ON WHICH AN
ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE
Is Given for THREE YEARS. It will Pay You to see their stock before Buying either Vehicles, Hardware, Paints or any kind of Building Material or Agricultural Implements. 229 SOUTH ELM ST., GREENSBORO, N. C.
AMOS RAGAN, PRESIDENT.
R. E. CAUSEY, SEC'Y AND TREAS'R.
CROWN MILLS, CHAIN WRAPS, MULE SPUN HOSIERY YARNS, MOCK YARNS IN ALL COLORS. 701 EAST WASHINGTON STO GREENSBORO, N. C.
WILLIAM A. DAY,
LEAF TOBACCO BROKER. 36412 SOUTH ELM ST., AND 1067% BUCHANAN ST., GREENSBORO, N. C.
Seventeen years' experience. All grades bought on order. Wrappers, Fillers, Cutters and Colory Smokers specialties. Ample facilities for reorder- ing in quantities to suit purchasers. Personal at- tention given to buying and handling. Good ref- erence furnished if desired. Orders and corres- pondence solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed To- bacco grown in this section can't be excelled for brightness and sweetness.
F. FISHBLATE'S, 230 SOUTH ELM ST., GREENSBORO, N. C., IS HEADQUARTERS FOR
FINE CLOTHING AND HATS.
WE CARTRY THE LARGEST AFD FINEST STOCK OF Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods
IN N. C. IF YOU WANT TO BUY THE BEST GOODS FOR THE LEAST MONEY, COME AND SSE US.
Respectfully, F. FISHBLATE.
The Only Exclusive Clothier in Greensboro, N. C.
C. M. VANSTORY, Manager.
J. R. PEARCE,
BONDED AUCTIONEER.
ALL ORDERS IN MY LINE PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 120 EAST MARKET STREET,
GREENSBORO, N. C.
THE BANK OF GUILFORD, 212 SOUTH ELM ST., GREENSBORO, N. C.
CAPITA. ST .. R PAID IN 102,000; - AUTHORIZED 200,000. WHICH IS PLEDGED FOR THE REDEMPTION OF DEPOSITS MADE IN THE BANK.
D. F. CALDWELL, PRESIDENT. W. R. MURRAY, VICE-PRESIDENT. WILLIAM A. BOGART, CASHIER. DIRECTORS:
D. F. CALDWELL, W. R. MURRAY, L. M. SCOTT, W. M. HOUSTON, J. W. SCOTT, DR. W. A. LASH, D. W. C. BENBOW, T. C. WORTH, S. S. BROWN.
This Bank is fully equipped and prepared, and will be a faithful correspondent if you entrust any part of your business with it.
H. H. CARTLAND,
MERCHANT TAILOR, AND DEALER IN
FINE CLOTHS, CASSIMERES
AND FURNISHING GOODS. 106 SOUTH ELM STREET, GREENSBORO, N. C. .
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TURNER'S
ANNUAL DIRECTORY
OF THE CITY OF
GREENSBORO,
FOR THE YEARS OF
1890-991.
CONTAINING A GENERAL DIRECTORY OF THE CITIZENS OF GREENSBORO BY THE NEW CITY NUMBERS,
-TO WHICH IS ADDED A-
Business Directory,
And an Appendix of Useful Information, Also a Farmer's List.
PRICE $3.00.
E. F. TURNER & CO., Publishers, Danville, Vany -AND- 217 Elm Street, Yonkers, New York.
This Directory will be Issued Annually, or as the demand requires. SUPPORT NO OTHER FOR WE WILL ALWAYS GIVE YOU A RELIABLE AND CORRECT WORK.
WINSTON, N. C .: PRINTED AT STEWARTS' JOB OFFICE. 1890.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1890, by E. F. Turner, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. All rights reserved.
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E. G. O'Sullivan & Bro., TINNERS, Steam and Gas Fitters,
And dealers in Engine Supplies, Lead Pipe, &c. Brass and Iron Fittings for Steam, Gas and Water. Pipe, wholesale or Re- tail, cut and fitted to order. Agents for Eherman Feeder. Best Feeder known. All Work at Lowest Rates.
329 South Elm Street, GREENSBORO, N. C.
INTRODUCTORY.+ 0
It is with pleasure I present to my readers the first edition of my Greens. boro City Directory, in the full belief that, inasmuch as it is reliable and original, it will also prove acceptable. It contains the names of the peo. ple who, at this time "move and have their being" in the City of Greens. boro.
It is therefore, neither a mortuary record nor an archeological archive. It is not a perfect Directory, because such a production has never been known since Adam claimed a monoply of the census; but it is equal to all reasonable requirements, and is far superior to any work of the kind ever published for Greensboro, inasmuch as it contains all the new house num- bers recently adopted by the Council.
A Directory is a work the most prone of all to errors, from the fact that information is received from all sources, and in many cases given in a man- ner calculated to mislead, but we believe the present volume will be found en- tirely free of errors that will in any way detract from the value of the book.
Considerable difficulty has been encountered in our effort to make a thorough and complete work yet we claim that there are but few errors. Many names are spelled in half a dozen different ways, and yet retain the same phonetic sound. This fact necessitates careful search, which we trust will be made in all cases of doubt.
To the citizens who have so kindly aided us, we extend our grateful thanks, and must say that the larger majority received us cordially, and gave the information asked for cheerfully.
Our book is completed, and to the public we confidently trust it, know- ing that they will appreciate its merits and deal kindly with its faults.
Very Respectfully,
EDWARD F. TURNER,
PUBLISHER.
217 ELM ST., YONKERS, N. Y.
Property of Clifford Frazier 203 Fisher Park Cicle Greensboro. N.C.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.
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Albright J F, grocer, 32
Alderman S L, photographer, right centre lines
Armfield G Will, dry goods, left bot- tom lines
McCauley S J, wines and liquors, 83
Moore A F, shoemaker, 134
Moore W S, dry goods,
85
Bain W C, contractor, back cover
Ball W S, lawyer,
35
Bank of Guilford,
3
Bastine W E, cigar mfr,
36
Bennett Seminary,
37
New York Central & Hudson R R R, 11
New York, Ontario & Western R R, 12
New York & Northern Railway, 16
()'Connor John, grocer, 89
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley RR,
8
Odell Hardware Co, 2
Omohundro Mrs E & Co, millinery, 90
Cartland H H, mer tailor,
3
O'Sullivan & Bro, plumbers, 6
Clendennin & Albright, grocers,
43
Pearce J R, bonded auctioneer, 3
Cobb H W, leaf tob,
44
Peoples Five Cents Savings Bank, 91
14
Crown Cotton Mills,
Piedmont Bank,
Porter W C, druggist,
93
Day W A, leať tob,
4
Dike Book Co, 48
Dixon H W & Co, hardware, 49
Dudley A H, genl mdse, 136
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg R R, 3
Ross L F, horses, etc, 97
98
Field J B, coal and wood, .
52 3
Scott L M, lawyer,
Scott J W & Co, grocer, 99
Fitzsimons Geo, druggist,
53
Forbis J W, lawyer,
54
Sharp C B, lawyer, 101
Galloway Bros, grocers,
55
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, 9
102
Siler N J, jeweler,
134
Smithdeal L A, grocer, etc,
104
Smith & Weaver, Harness, etc, 103
South Greensboro Investment Co, back cover
Stiner Charles, millwright, 105
Tate Bros, druggists, 107
Tatum H B, livery stable, 106
Thornlow S W, grocer, 108
Trogdon S L, insurance, left centre lines
Vanstory C P, livery stable, 2
Vuncanon & Co, grocers, 110
Wakefield Hardware Co, bottom right lines and 4
West Shore Railroad,
Wharton E P & Co, real estate, left top lines
Wharton, Jackson & Co, ice dealers, 112
Wharton & Stratford, lime, etc, 113
White R G, photographer, 136
Wilson Miss H M, dry goods, 88
Woodroffe Thos, builder, 116
Yates Bros, real estate, right top lines
Knight J W, marble works, 58
Land W A, civil and sanitary en- gineer, 79
Logan W M, grocer, 81
Lohman H, wines and liquors, 80 Mason J E, grocer, 82
Atlantic & Danville Railway Com- pany, opp 16
Morris & Co, Racket Store,
86
Newcomb EG, wines and liquors, front cover
New Home Sewing Machine, 118
Burgess W R, machinery, back cover
Callum Drug Co,
41
Calvert Litho Co, opp
Carr O W & Co. ins, left centre line
Corl D W, blacksmith,
45 4 46
Davls & Matthews, grocers,
Portner Robert Brewing Co,
Raymond & Powell, dry goods, right top lines
Edwards Mrs M A, confectioner, 134
Edwell J S, shoemaker,
50
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Scales & Scales, lawyers, 100
Fishblate F, clothing, Fitchburg Railroad, 10
Gast Litho Co, opp 40
Gilmer & Wright, lawyers, 57 15
Gregory C H, ins and real estate,
58
Greensboro Female College,
60 and 61
Greensboro Knitting Co,
59
Greensboro North State,
63
Greensboro Patriot,
62
Greensboro Sash and Blind Co, 64
Greensboro Security and Investment Co. 65
Greensboro Water Co,
66
Guilford Lumber Co, front cover
Hardin & Taylor, livery stable,
67 68
Harris J H, harness etc,
Hendrix E'M & Co, grocers. 69 Hendrix J M & Co, dry goods, 70 Hodgin J F, grocer, 71 72
Holton C E, druggist,
73
Jeffreys N A, wines and liquors,
74
Jordan J F & Co, leaf tobacco,
King W W, carpenter and builder, 76
Kivett W S, grocer, 77
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Piedmont Air Line,
92
Rowe W W, dentist, 119
Sergeant Mfg Co, foundry, etc, 136
Shipp B, lawyer,
Grand Trunk Railway,
Hudson S E, grocer,
Yates J F, tinware mfr, 4
Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Railway. (In Connection with the Richmond & Danville System.)
Offers Unlimited Facilities & Prompt Despatch for all
SHIPMENTS
-Between the Cities of-
Wilmington and Fayetteville, N. C., -AND-
Cincinnati, Chicago, Chattanooga, Louisville, Nashville, and The Great West and North-West.
ALSO TO AND FROM
West, South-West, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, California, and the Pacific Coast.
Firstclass Passenger Equipment
And Punctual Service.
All Trains Run Solid between Wilmington and Mount Airy, passing around the base of the
Famed Pilot Mountain.
Low Excursion Rates for Tourists, To All Points.
@@-This Line runs through Eighteen (18) of the best Coun- ties in the State, embracing the Finest Pine and Hard- Wood Forests, and the best Tobacco and Cotton Lands; with the Finest Water Powers to be . found in the South.
Direct and Short Line from the City of Greensboro to Carolina Beach, Southport, and Wrightsville Sound.
J. W. FRY, W. E. KYLE,
Gen'l Manager, Gen'l Freight & Pas. Agt., Greensboro, N. C. Fayetteville, N. C.
J. R. WATSON,
C. A. NIMM
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THE WEST SHORE RAILROAD
Is one of the most popular routes for business and pleasure travel leading to and from New York city, as well as being the most substantially built and elegantly equipped double track line through central New York State. This superbly built railroad has been justly named the "Pictur- esqe Route," traversing as it does the west shore of the historic and world-famed Hudson River, skirting the foot-hills of the Catskill Moun- tains, famous in Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle," and passing through the beautiful Mohawk Valley. By this route three express trains are run daily, in each direction, betweeen New York, Albany, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and the West. Palace sleeping-cars are attached to these trains, and run through without change to the points named. Sleeping-cars, New York to Toronto without change, are run exclusively by the West Shore. The West Shore, in connection with the Fitchburg Railroad, is also the shortest live between Boston and Chicago. It is the only all rail line to the Catskill Mountains, and the only line by which drawing-room cars are run through to the heart of the Catskills. During the season of Summer travel fast Catskill Mountain express trains are scheduled. Attached to these trains are drawing-room cars, which run through without change between Philadelphia, Jersey City, New York, and Catskill Mountains. Saratoga limited express trains are also run by the West Shore during the summer season, and have draw- ing room cars attached which run through without change between Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Long Branch, Jersey City, New York, and Saratoga. Buffet smoking-cars, with revolving chairs, are a special feature af the splendid service on the West Shore. Drawing- room cars also run between Saratoga and Niagara Falls. The West Shore also runs special trains between New York and New Paltz during the summer season for the accommodation of travel to and from Lake Mobonk, Minnewaska, Shawangunk, and all points in the Wallkill Val. ley. The connection in Jersey City station with the Pennsylvania Rail- road will be appreciated by travelers to and from the South and the re sorts of central New York State, as the long transfer through New York is thereby avoided. Passengers and baggage from Brooklyn are taken direct from the foot of Fulton Street by Annex boat to Jersey City stations. Tickets via West Shore can be purchased at ticket-offices of all connecting lines, and they are sold and baggage checked through to destination from all stations of the West Shore Railroad.
C. E. LAMBERT, Gen. Pass. Agent, 5 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK.
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Fitchburg Railroad, "Noosac Tunnel Route,"
IN CONNECTION WITH
NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER,
BENNINGTON & RUTLAND AND CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD,
FORMING THE DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN
New York, Montreal,
AND THE FAMOUS
GREEN MOUNTAIN RESORTS.
THROUGH DRAWING ROOM AND SLEEPING CARS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MONTREAL, VIA. TROY, RUTLAND AND ST. ALBANS.
-It is also THE SHORTEST ROUTE between Albany, Troy and Boston, and Tourists pass through the famous HOOSAC TUNNEL which is Lighted by Electricity.
J. R. WATSON, C. A. NIMM
THE OLD RELIABLE
SHENANDOAH VALLEY
RAILROAD
PASSES THROUGH
VALLEYS OF UNSUPASSED LOVELINESS
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY, ELG.
THE ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE
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Wonderful Caverns of Luray
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NATURAL BRIDGE.
DOUBLE -:- DAILY -:- FAST -:- TRAINS ! NORTH, SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
Elegant Pullman Palace Buffet Sleepers ON ALL TRAINS BETWEEN
NEW YORK & CHATTANOOGA.
ARD ROYER, Gen'l Passenger and Freight Agent, ROANOKE. VIRATET
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Its Advantages as a Manufacturing and Com- mercial Centre.
IT IS SITUATED IN THE BEST FRUIT CLIMATE IN THE COUNTRY.
MIDDLE NORTH CAROLINA.
"Its salubrity, the variety and value of its productions, its min- eral wealth, its manufacturing facilities, mark it out as one of the most desirable abodes for man, and a future centre of great wealth and population."
Greensboro has a population of about 6,000 and is the capital of Guilford County. It is at the junction of the Richmond and Dan- ville, the North Carolina, the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, and the Notrhwestern N. C. Railroads. It is most favorably situated. The climate is genial and healthful. The elevation is 900 feet above the sea level.
Railroads extend in six different directions from Greensboro. Raleigh is 83 miles East; Richmond 189 miles by the R. & D. R. R. Washington, D. C., 319 miles via Lynchburg on the Va. Midland; Charlotte, Columbia and Charleston, on the south; Atlanta south west, and Asheville 197 miles west via Western North Carolina R. R. New York is reached in 15 hours. Several new railroads are pro- jected, and numerous feeders are being constructed, connecting important points with the lines now centering at Greensboro.
THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
Guilford county embraces about 400,000 acres of fertile land, 30 per cent of which is tilled, all well watered, and well timbered. The counties adjacent are equally good; and as the future of this territory is closely connected with the growth and importance of Greensboro, the natural wealth of these counties is a pertinent in- quiry. Immediately uorth of Greensboro, and again to the east, is the yellow tobacco belt, which grows the finest quality of to- bacco in the world. Not far south, and within easy reach for com- mercial use, are the cotton fields which extend on to South Car- olina. To the south-east are the pine forests which furnish turpentine and resin, and superior lumber for building and man- ufacturing purposes. Guilford county is best adapted to the cereals and to fruits. Wheat, oats, corn, the grasses and vegetables are satisfactorily grown. The choicest fruit and lucious grapes are
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in abundance. Several extensive nurseries flourish in this county, which ship immense quantities of trees all over the United States. Canning fruit and vegetables has become an important industry, and there is a good opening for capital in this business. The cli- mate of Guilford county is wonderfully adapted to all kinds of fruits, apples, pears, peaches, apricots, nectarines, and cherries. Garden fruit, such as figs, currants and raspberries, generously re- spond to the most indifferent care. Skill and energy would work wonders here in fruit culture. Grapes are cultivated with great success. The short distance and quick time by rail to Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York enable shippers to put fresh fruit from this section into those markets, several weeks in advance of the fruits grown there.
COAL AND IRON ORE.
Thirty miles south of Greensboro, on the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R. R., are the Deep River Coal Fields, which have not been fully explored or much developed. There is no doubt of immense deposits and superior quality of steam producing coal. North of Greensboro we find the Dan River Coal Fields, which have recent- ly been prospected and the results are satisfactory. There are in- dications of an abundant supply of good bituminous coal. The construction of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R. in Virginia will bring the Pocahontas coal fields within a short distance and place the coals of that famous region in the Greensboro market at a very low figure.
One of the most remarkable ranges of iron ore in the State crosses Guilford county in a north-east and south-west direction, about ten miles north-west of Greensboro.
The ore is granular magnetite, and is everywhere titaniferous,- chromium and manganese are uniformly present. It is similar to the New Jersey ores, and the quantity is immense and inexhaust- ible. There is a second vein running parallel about three miles to the north. The first mentioned ore-bed is six feet across-solid ore; a green, chloritic slate ore. Prof. Lesley says the largest de- posit of ochre he ever saw, is in Guilford county.
GOLD AND COPPER MINES.
North Carolina is the largest gold producing State east of the Rocky Mountains. In Guilford and adjacent counties there are 75 mines. Copper mines have been profitably worked in the same territory. The Fisher Hill Gold Mine, seven miles south of Greens- boro, yields ore that mills $30 per ton.
KAOLIN.
The largest bed of Kaolin in the State is a few miles south of Greensboro. There is here a fine opening for Potteries.
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TIMBERS.
Greensboro is within easy reach of all kinds of forest trees used in the different arts, and for all commercial purposes. The spokes hubs, handles and rims manufactured at Greensboro have given a reputation to the oak and hickory of this region for such pur- poses, equal if not surpassing, any in the world. The white hick- ory in Guilford and surrounding counties, for weight, strength, tenacity, and for susceptibility to fine polish, is pronounced by ex- perts to be superior to any in the world.
South of Greensboro are immense forests of yellow pine-hund- reds of thousands of acres-which are not yet within rail road reach. These lands can be bought at reasonable prices; and with- out great cost a railroad might be extended through this pine region.
There is no better opening anywhere for manufacturers of car- riages and wagons than at Greensboro, N. C. This place must be- come a great manufacturing centre. Cotton, tobacco, iron, coal, and all kinds of timber lie within easy reach, waiting for the grasp of capital and well directed industry.
COTTON FACTORIES.
Upwards of thirty large cotton factories are now in operation within a radius of forty miles of Greensboro The importance of this town as a railroad centre, furnishing such excellent facilties for transportation, and its proximity to such an abundance of raw material mark it as a locality destined to reach great prominence in the near future.
THE CITY.
Greensboro is a desirable place for residence. The population is orderly, thrifty, energetic, genial and hospitable. It has great natural and artificial attractions. Beautiful residences, a profusion of shrubbery and flowers, and well shaded streets and avenues greet the eye. Greensboro is appropriately called "The City of Flowers."
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