National Bank of Greenville
Public School Building
Partial view Eastern Carolina Teachers College
Postoffice at Greenville
GREENVILLE
"Our Greenville
Greenville
?North Carolina, is the County seat of Pitt County, and is locat
ed on the southern banks of the Tar River about midway be
tween Tarboro and Washington, N. C., and is at the junction of
the Atlantic Coast Line R. R. running north and south from
Weldon to Kinston, N. C., and the Norfolk Southern Railroad
running east and west from Norfolk, Va., to Raleigh, N. C. Its
population is about 7,000 today. In 1920 it had a population of
5,772.
Greenville
?has fourteen miles of well shaded, paved streets, flanked by
concrete sidewalks. The City owns and operates its own light
and water plants, second to none in the State, while six public
roads lead into Greenville, all of which have been paved with
either brick or concrete. Four of these roads are State High
ways and extend entirely through the county.
The City Government
?is composed of a Mayor and eight Aldermen, this being the
principal body, which however is augmented by a Water and
Light Commission, and a School Board, both of which consist of
a separate and distinct membership from the aldermen. The
Light and Water Department of the Town of Greenville, is
recognized by authorities as being among the best in the entire
State, and in addition to supplying all of the demands of the
Town and its citizenship, is furnishing electric power to the
Towns of Wintervilje and Bethel in Pitt County and the Town of
Robersonville in Martin County. The Police Department by
reason of authority conferred by the Board of Aldermen is under
the exclusive control of the Mayor who in addition to his other
duties, Administrative and Executive, also presides at the Police
Court and tries the cases.
The Civic bodies
of the Town consist of an active Merchants Association, a Rotary
Club, which has erected a modern club house with gymnasium
included, and so far as is known, this is the only club house any
where in the world erected and owned by Rotarians; Kiwanis
Club, Women's Club, Board of Charities, King's Daughters, and
a Country Club located about two miles from the city on the
banks of a beautiful lake. Opposite the club there is a fine golf
course furnishing excellent sport. Christian denominations are
practically all represented, and each possessing a modern edi
fice, there being nine churches alunretner.
The "pride of Greenville"
?and Eastern Carolina is the East Carolina Teachers College,
which is located here. This is a three million dollar State in
stitution, founded and maintained for the exclusive purpose of
training teachers. The College has a capacity of over nine
hundred students. In addition to the College the Town has one
of the best High School systems in the State, for both whites
and negroes. . t
Greenville has
?a number of hotels and good restaurants and cafeterias, the
Proctor, being the largest and leading hotel. The Daily' Re
flector, Greenville's only newspaper, has been serving the_com
munity for more than forty years, having been founded by the
late D. J. Whichard, and now owned and ably edited by his son
"Dave" Whichard. This journal has a wide circulation, and is
an exponent of progress, and community betterment.