Connecticut western news., 1901-10-24
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1901.
AMONG THE TAR HEELS.

Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina, a city of officially 13, 643 pop ulation and of about the size of Torring- ton, certainly not as large as Pitts6eld. Arriving in Raleigh by either the Sea- board or the Southern railway one goes from the union depot up West Martin street to the center of the city, the principal business thoroughfare being Fayetteville street, leading south from the capitol square to the city limits. The capitol square is a very pleasant park, is geographically in the center of city and surrounds the capitol building which was erected in 1888. Thr ee monuments stand in this park, the most imposing of which bears the inscrip- tions "To Our Confederate Desd"- "First at Bethel, Last at Appomatox- 1S6l-lS65." The smaller monuments are surmounted by statue of George Washington and Governor Vance.
 The state of North Carolina pensions it's ex-Confederate veterans aud the widows of deceased veterans. The amount appropriated for pensions is $20O, 00O00 this year. There are a great many ex. Confederates in Raleigh and the majors, colonels and captains are as numerous as anywhere in the South: but because you hear man ad- dressed as Captain" don't necessarily think he is of military distinction, be- cause it's great country here for titles, and have friend who Is manager of the band who is called "Captain w. for no other reason than that he is captain of the band. Even Kelly, the base ball player, is addressed all over the city as Captain Kelly.
 About the first thing that impresses the Connecticut yankee is the provision everywhere made for the cial separa- tion of the blacks and whites. The sJim Crow" car on the railroads, the section of the theatre for the darkies, and the separate institutions are made necessary by the abundance of the colored race in North Carolina. In Raleigh there are nearly as many colored school children as there are white, and of course the schools are all separate. There are four public colored schools and five private colored institu- tions of learning. There are four pub- lic white schools and six private institu- lions. among the latter being the Bap. tist Female University of North Caro- lima, and the North Carolina College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, Peace Institute and St. Mary's College
 Raleigh Is overrun with churches and how . city of less than 14,000 inhabi- tants can support them is mystery to me. If a man should shoot three times into . crowd the chances are that two of the shots would take effect on Bap- lists. There are eight Baptist churches for whites. and eight colored worshipers. Sixteen Baptist churchesl And the city with poor water supply. Among the white churches there are also one Roman Catholic, one Christian. three Episco. pal, four Methodist, and one Presby terian. In colored circles besides the Baptists there are two Christian, one Congregational, one Episcopal, six Methodist and one Presbyterian church
 In fraternal orders Raleigh is vel supplied. There are three Masonic lodges, Chapter. Council and Com. msndery-these for whites-and two colored Masonic lodges. There are four white lodges of Odd Fellows, and one colored. Among the whites there are also orders of Heptasophs Junior American Mechanics, Red Men Workmen, and the Royal Arcanum There are number of trade organiza tions besides. Banks, newspapers libraries, hospitals and clubs are also supported and yet times are going tc be hard this winter in Raleigh and throughout the state on account of { very short cotton crop. The country dis tricts are going to suffer most for the vet season has also damaged the corn crop. Tobacco will be good however and this is smoking tobacco" state Durham-in which every man, woman and child smells of nicotine-is 3( miles from Raleigh, and business is re ported good up there. Raleigh has few large stores and numberless smal shops, and if you Tanks could only SC, ham and side of pork as exposed il front of the markets in the sun. couldn't identify the ham as like any thing I had ever seen before.
 The street railway system of Raleigh is not good. The cars don't run mucl of anywhere, not even to the uniol depot, and the hotels-well, they ar, southern hotels. More than half o Raleigh is of the old south, but i slowly becoming modernized. Raleigh has four cotton mills where cottol cloth is manufactured, one cotton com
 
 besides a large shipping point fo baled cotton.
 The people. Now we are on an in teresting topic. They are all right They are hospitable and easily ap preached, nearly all of them Carolin ians, Raleigh not having the least bit O . cosmopolitan population. Her mos prominent citizens are tho we'll knowl Populist Marion Butler. Gen. R. F Hoke, Senator Simmons. Josephu Daniels, and "the states greatest orator, Governor Aycock, is resident of th governors mansion. though his hom is in Goldsboro. Editor Daniels is we'll known figure at National Demo cratic conventions and his wife is
 sister of the first American killed in tn, Spanish war, Ensign Bagley. Like al places of its size Raleigh has it's classe comprising the arIstocracy, the middl' class and it's ''no account whites" Stil all these people have a pleasant greet ing for each other and even the strange is saluted on the street with the "goo6 mawnin" or 'good evening" and con siderably by 8 salutation T hope yor are feeling we'll this evening"" Tn, colored population are excessivel, polite and if they catch your eye it il s'good mAwnin' boss, Or "captain" ane you should reply with "good morning Uncle" or Aunty, or boy, as ago dic