The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-04-17
A NOBLE NORTH CAROLINIAN.
JULIAN S. CARR, ESQ. OF DURHAM.
A Man Upon Whom HOnOrs Have Fal-
len Thick and Fast, and One Emil
nently Worthy of them all.
Raleigh Christian Advocate.


1t seems almost work of superero-
CATION to tell the people of North Caro-
lima anything about that genial gentle
man and most estimable Methodist,
Mr.. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, n. G.
His was a noble, generous, act in giving
twenty thousand dollars additional to
Trinity College, having already given
ten or fifteen thousand dollars to the
College heretofore. In the name of
North Carolina Methodists we tender
him most profound thanks and sincere
appreciation of his large-hearted liber-
aIity. 1t is with peculiar pleasure that
we present the following sketch of him {:
Mr.. Carr was born at Chapel Hill.
n. c.. October 18th, 1915, and is
He was educated at the University of
North Carolina and has always shown
much interest in his Alma Mater
When the war broke out between the
States he went into the Confederate
army and made as good soldier as
ever carried a musket, and TO-DAY the
veterans of that war have one Of the
warmest places in his great heart.
Soon after the close of the war he
began the business, which he has built
up To such immense proportions. From
very small beginning his own brain
has planned and managed and built
up a business which, rumor says. he has
sold for three and half millions of dol
lars. Literally he has leen the archi-
tect of his own fortune. Beginning
fifteen or twenty years ago as young
man with no means, he has to-day,
perhaps, more wealth than any other
one man in the State.
He is the President of the Blackwell
Durham Tobacco Company which is
known all over the world President
of the Durham & Roxboro r. R. Co. :;
President of the Durham Electric Light
CO.; President of the First National
Bank of Durham; President of the
Board of Managers of Greensboro
Female College Vice President of the
Durham Cotton Manufacturing Co.;
Vice-President of the Greensboro
Blast Furnace Co.; Trustee of the
University of North Carolina Trus-
tee of Trinity College; director of
the Oxford Orphan Asylum men,
Der of the Board of Trustees of one of
the Colored Normal Schools of the
State has been Vice-President of the
National Tobacco Association was a
member of the Advisory Committee of
the American Exposition in London
was delegate to the Robert Raikes
Sunday School Convention in London
in 1873 !; a delegate to the Ecumen-
iCal Conference of the Methodists of
the world in London in 1881 ; a dele
gate to the Methodist Centennial in
Baltimore in 1857; has been several
times delegate to the Southern
Methodist General Conference and is
one this year. He was thought by
many to be nominated for Lieutenant
Governor of the State of North Caro-
lima few years ago, and has been and
is now prominently and most tavora-
bly, mentioned as most suitable man
for Governor. Honors have been
heaped upon him, and he has been
eminently worthy of them all.
Mr. Carr is devoted Methodist
loves his church with an ardent afec-
ton and has been most liberal to all
its Institutions and enterprises. But
his llberality has overleaped denomi
national lines, and found expressions
in many generous gifts to other church
and to individuals in need
of help. 1t would be impossible to
enumerate his many liberal benefac-
tlons. Some of them find their way
into print-many of them are never
known. His reputation for liberality
- commensurate with his extensive
business and personal acquaintance.
He is genial gentleman, "a true patriot,
a broad-hearted philanthropist, a
model man, and Conscientious Chris
tlan. I'VE are all proud of him as a
Carolinian and as a Methodist, love
him as a brother, and rejoice in his
great success. Our world has been
better and brighter by his living, and
we trust that his path may be as that
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