Excerpt from Miller's Canton, N. C., City Directory, 1950-1951, Vol. 3: 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 The Town of Canton has been under the City Council form of Government since its incorporation. There is a Mayor and three mem bers of the Board of Aldermen. An efficient police force is maintained, and the town is protected from fire by a volunteer department. The Town of Canton was first known as Pigeon Ford, until 1891, when it was incorporated as Pigeon River and in 1905 the charter was amended to Town of Canton. 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.