Excerpt from Miller's Canton, N. C., City Directory, 1937-1938, Vol. 1: Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character Canton is located in the Western part of North Carolina in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, and in the East Central sec tion of Haywood County on Highway U, S. 19 at Junction of State Highway 284, going to Pisgah and the Pink Beds. The city is protected from extreme temperature in winter and summer by the nearby mountain peaks that rise thousands of feet in height. It enjoys a year round climate that is unexcelled any where. The difference between the mean July temperature and that of January is only degrees, while the difference between the annual mean temperature and that of July is only 17 1 degrees. Canton is also protected from the storms of the Middle Western Plains. The summer nights are cooled by the mountain breezes and the temperature frequently ranges as low as 20 degrees lower than that of midday. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.