The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-03-31
A DAY IN DURHAM
It Still Leads the Industrial
Procession.
AN EDUCATIONAL CENTRE
IT'S PEOPLE LOVE BOOKS AND
ENJOY BEST EDUCATIONAL
ADVANTAGES.
BISHOP WARREN GAMBLERS VISIT
Re Has Recently Returned from Visit tc
Cuba. The Duke of Aka in the Low
Countries Was Not as Cruel
as WeyIer.

as Weyler.
| Durham. y. c., March 3O.-.(Edtorial
| Correspondence. IL have always had un
F.! bounded faith in Durham-in its dirt, in
| its enterprise. in its institutions and IN
| its business men. The time was that
| Durham was dependent on two or three
| men for its progress. These men are still
| its chief dependence in great enterprises,
but unless you know all about it you
would be surprised at the number of
men of comfortable fortunes III this
town. 4 few years ago the lamented w.
II. Branson came to Durham with fine
business ability and great energy, and
little capital. When he died he had
amassed what would be large estate
i'll any town or city except Durham
There are more men of gooi estate i'll
Durham than in any other town Ill til,
State of its size, SO Il leading citizen
told me this morning 1t shows that the
prosperity of this progressive town has
not been confined to the owners of the
big tobacco factories, but has Leen par
ticipated i'll by others of small means
and less advantages of making money.
Ten years ago. men said that Dur
hams growth had been wonderful, but
that 1t could not 90 forwald-it could
never be city because it was bottomed
on one industry. The Durham men OF
wealth saw that before anybody else.
and they have built here other nam
moth industries until Durham has more
varied industries than any town in the
State. Its cotton mills alone would sup
port a big town--they do support two big
towns. East Durham and West Durham
and when Col Julian s. Carr finishes
his new mill to cost 100000, Durham
will be the first cotton mill town in the
South, as it has long been the first in
the manufacture of smoking tobacco and
cigarettes There is one thing about
Durham people that has always chal-
enged admiration. They believe in their
town and show their faith by their work.
They invest their money right here, and
if / We're to name the prosperous smaller
industries in Durham of which the out
side world never learn, it would make
this article read like business direc-
tory.
Durham is a great manufacturing
Il
educational advantages and literary life
of the older towns" That is what
heard a gentleman say ten years ago.
If he were to come here to-day, associate
with the people, visit the elegant and
well filled public library and institutions
of learning, and come in touch with the
intellectual life of the place he would
never make that remark again. No city
in the State has SO good public library,
and what is BETTER the people make
use Of it, The records show that the
Durham people are a reading people, and
read what is best, and have the knowl-
edge of what is the best The public
schools here are second to none in the
South, equipped with the best equip
ment for manual training instructions,
as well as far in advance of most schools
in all lines of educational work. It's
Conservatory Of Music is rapidly coming
to be ranked with the States oldest and
best music schools. Az the head of
Dnrham's educational work, Trinity Col
lege is an institution that is the pride of
the city 1t was my pleasure yesterday
morning to visit Trinity and see the
growth in all lines. and the new buildings
which have been added in the last year.
The high school is model structure,
built on the northwest corner Of the am
pie campos. 1t is well managed and dis
ciplined. ''The opening of the high
schools is the best thing Trinity has
done," said Rev. John n. Cole. "There
are many boys in the State too old to
feel like going to the ordinary prepara-
tory schools because they are grown.
| They can come here with such advan-
tages and associations as are helpful to
them. and will serve a great need" The
/ boys in the high school have all the adj
| vantages of the gymnasium, which was
one of the places l was anxious 10 visit
1t was erected and presented to the col
| lege by Master Angler Duke, son of Mr..
u. \. Duke, and i'll equipment and in.
terror arrangement nothing is lacking to
make 1t perfect The new instructor has
arrived and | CHANGED to be present
| when he was giving lesson. The
students are becoming proficient and vii
have "a sound mind in n sound body
| The BraXton Craven Memorial Hall vii
! be by all odds the handsomest building nj
/ the campus. The design is a beautiful
combination of the Grecian and Roman
architecture, and will be one Of the bes
and handsomest auditoriums i'll til,
i South. 1t is almost completed. and vii
1 be ready for use in few weeks
Just keep your eye ON Durham. 1t is
going to stay at the head Of the pro
cession.
| Il -
One of the plcasantest hours | have
| spent in year was i'll a call with som,
| leading Methodists of Durham upon
| Bishop Warren Gambler, who is lectur
| ing on the Bible to the students OF
| Trinity. He has head full of brains
| and. as DIR. Curry said of him: He Is
| a man who is not afraid" He has JUS
returned from "A trip to Cuba where he
| has been several weeks planting mis-
sions of his church in the leading towns
Of the islands. He is a close observer
| and knows moro about the island and