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GREENVILLE 402 GBEEB ton and Union, and the Pittsburgh, Cin- cinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroads; 35 miles N. of Dayton. It is noted as the site of Anthony Wayne's treaty with the Indians. There are waterworks, elec- tric lights, grain elevators, 3 National banks, a public library, daily and weekly newspapers. Pop. (1910) 6,237; (1920) 7,104. GREENVILLE, a borough of Pennsyl- vania, in Mercer co. It is on the She- nango river and on the Pennsylvania, the Erie, and the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroads. Its industries include rail- road shops, bridge works, gristmills, automobile factories, foundry and ma- chine shops, steel works, etc. It is the seat of Thiel College. Pop. (1910) 5,909; (1920) 8,101. GREENVILLE, a city and county-seat of Greenville co., S. C; on the Southern and the Charleston and West Carolina railroads; 153 miles N. W. of Columbia. It is the seat of Furman University, Greenville College for Women, Chicora College, Greenville Female College, a military institute, and a business college. Its industries include the manufacture of cotton, wagons, underwear, etc. It has waterworks, electric lights, several newspapers, and 2 National banks. Pop, (1910) 15,741; (1920) 23,127. GREENVILLE, a city of Texas, the county-seat of Hunt co. It is on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Texas Midland, and the St. Louis Southwest- ern railroads. It is the center of an important agricultural region. Its in- dustries include cottonseed-oil mills, cot- ton compresses, etc. It is the seat of Burleson College, Wesley College, and Holiness University. Pop. (1910) 8,850; (1920) 12,384. GREENWICH (grin'ij), a borough of the city of London, England, on the right bank of the Thames, 6 miles S. E. of London bridge. It contains a magnifi- cent hospital for invalid seamen, built by Sir Christopher Wren (1696). The Royal Observatory, erected by Charles II., is under the charge of the Astrono- mer Royal, a position that has been filled by Flamsted, Halley, Bradley, Bliss, Maskelyne, Pond, Airy, etc. The longi- tude of all English charts and maps is reckoned from this observatory, and the captains of ships take their time, as given at 1 P. M. Pop. of borough about 96,000. GREENWICH, a borough of Connecti- cut, in a town of the name name, in Fair- field CO. It is entirely a residential place and contains many beautiful pri- vate residences. lop. borough, (1910) 3,886; (1920) 5,939. Pop. town, (1910) 16,463; (1920) 22,123. GREENWOOD, a city of Mississippi, the county-seat of Leflore co. It is on the Southern and the Yazoo and Missis- sippi Valley railroads. The city is the center of an important cotton-growing district and its industries include the manufacture of oil, cotton compresses; furniture, wagons, ice, lumber, etc. The notable buildings include a Carnegie li- brary, Elks' Home, a court house, and school buildings. Pop. (1910) 5,836; (1920) 7,793. GREENWOOD, a city of South Caro- lina, the county-seat of Greenwood co. It is on the Seaboard Air Line, the Pied- mont and Northern, the Southern, and the Charleston and West Carolina rail- roads. Its industries include the manu- facture of lumber, cottonseed-oil, cotton, spools, bobbins, etc. The city is the seat of the Brewer Normal School for negroes, the Lander Female College, and the Bailey Military Institute. Pop. (1910) 6,614; (1920) 8,703. GREER, DAVID HUMMELL, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, born at Wheeling, W. Va., in 1844. He BISHOP GREER graduated from Washington College in 1862 and studied theology at the Protes- tant Episcopal Seminary at Gambler, O. He was ordained priest in 1868, and was