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The Washington herald., 1912-10-21
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Raleigh, N. c.. Oct %
Raleigh. North CarOlina's capital. was
created as such by the Legislature In
l79. the location chosen being Almost pre-
cisely in the center. Of the State. A COM
mission purchased tie site and the State
To this day owns the streets and side
walks within the original city boundary.
Not only Is Raleigh the geographical cen
ter Of North Carolina, but 1t 10 In the
middle of the largest population area De-
tween Washington and Atlanta with over
10000 people in a radius Of seventy-nve
miles.
The location is on the border-line be-
tween the coastal plane and the Piedmont
region. the country Is gently rolling and
the forests are a blend of those Of the
East and the West, with wonderful va
riety of trees; the territory being well
watered and with many varieties OF soil
Raleigh is in the heart Of the main cot
ton and tobacco section of the State. 1t
is the county seat of Wake. the only
county in the United States which holds
royal charter. The city, thus favored In
every way. has become the political. edu-
cational, social, musical, and publica-
tion center Of the State. and no other
place in the entire country has larger
school population. both resident and from
other points. The population by the CEN
sus of 1910. was 1s.2ls. and since that date
the increase has been greater than with
in any other five year period In all the
history OF the city.
Raleigh is located almost precisely mid
way between New York and Florida, and
enjoys a mean annual temperature OF 50
degrees. which is that of central Spain:
the percentage of sunshine throughout
the year averaging 81 degrees. The aver
age annual rainfall Is 30 inches. The
mean temperature in winter is ~ degrees;
spring. So; summer. a: autumn. 81.
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Many Public Buildings.

Raleigh, as the omcial center Of the
State. has the distinction of being the
site of more public buildings owned and
conducted by the State than any other
capital in the South. These State build
ings and institutions form q most i'm
portant group. and represent q value OF
s, 100000 embracing the Capitol. the Ad-
ministration Building. Agricultural De-
partment Building, Educational Building,
Governors mansion, Confederate Sol
diers Home, State prison, Central Hoe
pital for the Insane anf Epileptics State
School for the White Blind end that for
negro deaf mutes and blind. the College
Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, State
fair grounds. &c. In the Agricultural
Department Building IL Its museum, by
far, the. largest south of Washington and
the most. important agricultural museum,
In the country. illustrating field and for
est. fauna and dora. and all the natural
products. There are also very extern
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sivs sxpsriment stasioas. dairies. poultry
farms &C.. under 9tats direction.
Home 1atefprises.
Raleigh 70 the home once q to Are
insuflnce compasiss. these being the
North Carolina Home, which - the pio-
neer in North Carolina. having. been or
ganised In -. and the Atlantic. Il II
also the location Of the rating. bureau
OF the Southeastern Tariff Association
for Fire Insurance. RAleigh's factories
number sixty -four. and have . total cap
ital Of x.1o.eoa the amount paid for
wages annually being 100000. the total
value Of the output being N.50ao@
=. -
= Eduntiolal Center.
Raleigh IL easily the educational center
Of North Carolina. and in its public and
private schools. numbering twenty-eight
there are over TOO students. Of whom
half come from other points There are
the high school and eleven grammar
schools OF the public school system: the
state Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege; St. Aary's School. Peace institute.
and Meredith College. for young women;
Kings Business College. for both sexes;
the State School for Colored Deaf-mutes
and Blind. Shaw University and 81.
all for colored young men
and women. Ths Roman Catholics and
the Methodists have orphanaees and
and there are also five private
primary schools. The schools. both pub
nc and private. are q great factor in
Raleigh's Me. and the teachers. who are
% numerous. rank high in literary and
musical effort. the city having Q strong
choral society. II will be readily seen
hat Raleigh offers an advantage which
very few other cities possess-this being
hat It can give literary. Industrial. and
agricultural training both to young wom-
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City Debt L Light.
The State Fair.
Ideal Convention CITY.

Raleigh. which. AZ already shown, is in
20 many senses the center or heart of
North Carolina, has become the conven-
ton city Of the State. having provided
an auditorium which ranks among the
finest anywhere in the country. and
which has no superior in all the South.
1t seats 5000 persons, and IL the last
word in design. equipment, and convent
ence. being admirably lighted. ventilated.
and heated. 1t is literally the gift of
the city to the people Of all the State,
and certainly no place has made q finer
Offering to q Commonwealth than this
auditorium. in which many Of the most
notable speakers in the country have
been heard since its dedication in Octo-
ber Of last year.
The city also set for itself. as a fur
ther part Of its plans to become the
convention city. the providing Of ample
hotel accommodations, and four new
buildings tell the story OF its SUCCESS
the Yarborough, the Bland. the Giersch,
and the Wright.
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City Has Railway Advantages.

Raleigh has very superior railway ad-
vantages. with four lines. the Southern.
Seaboard Air Line, Norfolk. Southern &
Raleigh. Charlotte & Southern. The lat
ter road is perfecting an extremely i'm
portant connection with Charlotte. and
this particular development is one the
most important features of railway con-
struction at present in progress in this
section of the country. Assurances have
been given that both the Atlantic Coast
Line. now only thirty miles distant. and
the Norfolk & Western, only twenty miles
away, will at an early day build to Raj
eigh, which now has forty-eisht passen-
ger trains and fifty-two freight trains
daily, and which by reason of the admir-
able arrangement of the railway lines has
such facilities of travel that people from
fifty-two of the 100 counties in the State
can come here and return home in the
same day. Within the seventy-five mile
radius already referred there are no few
er than sixty-six good towns, and these
and a progressive rural section. together
with varied crops and industries. make
Raleigh a very strong trade point, Offer
Ing exceptional business opportunities.
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Raleigh Is the Capital Of the Old North State. the
Geographical Center Of North Carolina and the
Center Of the Largest Population Area Between
Washington and Atlanta-Isin in the Heart of the
Main Tobacco and Cotton Section of the State.
Possesses Unexcelled Transportation Facilities
and Delightful Climate-ls the Home Of Many
Great Institutions of Learning and City Alive
with the Hustle and Bustle of Modern Com
mercialism.
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Light Company, which operates the cleo
trical and gas plants. The upper floors
OF the buildings for the Citizens National,
and Commercial National Banks will be
devoted to Offices Of the most modern
type, of which there h a very great de-
mand. as Raleigh is becoming very promi-
nent as an office center. being regarded
As one of the most commanding points
in this section of the country.
everything making in favor Of this dis
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St. Eary's School.

81. Mary.s School IL both Q school and
. college. Al . school II has Q primary
and preparatory department. leading on
to the college: and n a college II has .
course equal to the average Southern COL
lego. and about two years behind the
very best Northern colleges. st. Nary's
gives a diploma to its academic gfadu-
atest but does not confer degrees, Al
though II has this right under its charter
St. Mary's was established seventy-one
years ago by the late Rev. Albert
Smedes, d. D.. under whose direction Il
was the leading school Of the South, and
well known to all. Il 10 conducted a.
far a. possible on the principle OF a re-
fned Christian home. special attention
being paid to all those things which
serve to build up strong Christian char
acter during the formative period
The situation Of the school In Raleigh.
which has a climate similar to that Of
Southern Spain. with its twenty five acre
grounds. and all sanitary arrangements
calculated to preserve and promote
health. gives 1t unusual natural advan-
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Building Activities.

The remarkable extent OF the building
development at Raleigh during the past
two years has attracted attention in
many sections of the country, and II has
been ascertained by careful inquiry that
no place Of anything like Raleigh's pop
ulation anywhere east Of the Mississippi
Is growing so rapidly. Last year the
new construction reached the handsome
figure of $.446,000. while this year 1t ex-
ceeds g. 10000 The variety Of the con-
struction is an important point, and
shows comprehensive growth. There are
no poor structures. but the buildings are
Of fine type in all their various classes,
including banks. stores. office buildings.
fats. churches. schools, dwellings. &C.
not to speak Of great investments by the
railways. three of these building freight
depots. and the Raleigh, Charlotte and
Southern also making very extensive
purchases of property for its tracks, &c.
The contract has been let for an addi-
ton to the post-ofice, Of granite, which
will double its size. The post-ofi1ce re-
ceipts give very fine evidence Of Raj
eigh's business. as they amount to Sl16,-
900 this year. The State Of North Caro-
lima is completing an administration
building at a cost Of $25o.00o. facing the
Capital Square, this to contain the State
Library. Supreme Court, and the great
historical collection. which far outranks
any other in the South.
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Large industries Here.

Raleigh isfa very resourceful place and
Its activities take . wide range. Il has
seven textile plants. two fertiliser plants
and cotton oil mill. and 10 the greatest
shipping point In the country for cotton
seed for planting. The Raleigh cotton
mill. making yarn. has . plant employ
Ing leo persons, its annual product amount
ing to 100000 Tho Caraleigh mill. max
Ing yarns and cloth. has 80 employees
and its annual output 10 valued a& 6p.-
co. The Pilot cotton mill has 70 en-
ployes. and its years output b valued
At $So0o0. The ,Nelrose knitting mill
manufactures cotton. underwear. and the
Martin hosiery mill makes all kinds of
hose. The CaraJeigh Phohphate and Fer
tfltser Works are OF high importance. over
LOO persons are employed. and the vaiaie Of
the annual output 10 $4,000. The city
has m important trade In structural iron
work. engines. cars ploWs. boilers. stoves,
tinware. house building materials. &c.
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Kings Business College.

When the tenth anniversary Of King 8
Business College was celebrated at
Raleigh some months ago and speeches
by Gov. Kitchin and other notables add
ed honor and dignity to the occasion.
the people Of the State generally were
impressed by the fact that North Caro-
lima had an institution second to none
In the whole country for the efncient
trainging of young men and women for
commercial pursuits. This great school.
in operation at Charlotte and Raleigh,
- regularly chartered. In accordance
with the laws OF the State. and has q
capital of $4,000. It Is favorably in
dorsed by State oficials. leading banks.
corporations. and business houses gener-
ally throughout an area covering several
States. The career Of this i?stitution may
be described ~ one Of uninterrupted
progress and prosperity. and no better
proof Of this condition can be given
than the fact that nearly 5000 Of its
graduates are now holding well paid
positions OF trust and responsibility. J.
H. King II PRECEDENT and superintendent.
The average daily attendance 10 about
20.
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en- and young men in all branches; this
being an. extremely important considera.
don for parents who are planning life.
work Tor their children
Raleigh is the printing center Of North
Carolina. for here there are published nc
fewer than forty.two newspapers and
periodicals.. the equipment being remark.
ably extensive and complete. and, In
fact. the amount Of printing done il not
equaled by that In any other place Of
the same population in the country.
City Debt Il Light.
Raleigh has a very light burden OF
debt. this amounting to $4i4o0o. the in.
terest rate being s per cent. The total
debt Of the county Is only $4,000.
The State Fair.
At Raleigh the North Carolina State
Fair has been held for fifty-two years,
and ranks among the very best In this
section Of the country and attracts great
numbers of people from all parts of the
State. Raleigh has the honor of having
the largest schools for negro blind and
deaf-mutes in the world. and the largest
Protestant Episcopal schools, both for
white girls and negro boys and girls, in
the United States.
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A. G. II. College.

The North Carolina College Of AKricul.
ture and Mechanic Arts IL an institution
where young men Of character, energy.
and ambition may fit themselves for use.
ful and honorable work in many lines
OF Industry In which training and skill
are requisite to success. It IL. intended
to train farmers. mechanics. engineers,
architects. craftsmen, machinists, cleo
tricians. miners, metallurgists, chemists.
dyers. mill workers. manufacturers, stock
raisers. fruit growers, truckers and dairy
men, by giving them not only q liberal
but also special education, with such
manual and technical training as will
qualify them for future work.
The college does not have msny rules.
It expects that its students will live
rightly for their own sakes and for the
sake Of the State that is educating them.
The fundamental law Of the college 10
this: Always and every where be q gem
tleman.
The college is beautifully located on the
extension Of Hilsboro Street. in the west
ern surburbs Of Raleigh. a mile and q
quarter from the State capitol. The site
is suitable In all respectS
The college has faculty Of forty-eight
members, eight officers and $40 students.
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MsrslitA Celleee.

Meredith CouSte, Soanded By the Bsp-
list STATE conventtan Of North Carolina.
was grantsd charter By the state
Legislature In ~. ana vas frst opened
- stneelts - esDeeasr a. IA II
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Shaw University.

Shaw University. for negro men and
women. has thirty-one teachers and IS
students. its buildings and equipments
being valued At Nn,ooo. The faculty IN
composed OF Southern white men. Stu
dents are enrolled from every Southern
State and many Northern States. the
West Indies. Canal Zone. Liberia the
Coneo Ffee States. and South Aft1ca- OF
the In colored doctors in the United
StateA THU institution has sent out about
- dncs IN
ehAw Univsrsity 10 beautifully located
N ~ c1ey. q sHA1s1gh. within Ten MIN
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sive sxpsriment stastoas. dairies. poultry
farms &C.. under 9tats directioa.
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OPPOSITION TO HIS MARRIAGE,

Miss Barrctt's father still held OFT, how
ever, and It seemed as II Platonic attach
ment would be the beginning and the end
for these two when the advice of a ply
stefan that the invalid be moved TO Italy
gave a deciding turn to affairs. For some
unknown reason-not pecuniary one-the
father obstinately refused either TO go TO
Italy with his daughter or to allow her to
60 under other care. Convinced that Miss
Barretts life was at stake, Browning
pressed his suit, and finally won ner con-
cent 10 a secret marriage. The two were
welded on September H. 1876. For week
the husband and wife did not see each
other: then they again met secretly, and
started for Paris, under the convoy OF
friends There they remained for some
length Of time, Mrs. Browning gradually
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POPULARITY IN AMERICA.

The fifteen years spent by the Brownings
in Italy were years when America knew
more about the poet and his poetry than
did his own England. This was n source
of Chagrin To Mrs. Browning. who men
toned IL whenever she wrote 10 English
friends-not that she regretted that Amer
lea knew him more her regret was that
England knew him less. And still. the cX-
PLANTATION Is not difficult. Brownings long
cXpatriation had made him UNI English in
his manner of lie. his interests and his
habits Of thought. llc was. therefore,
puzzle to his former countrymcn: they did
not like Il that he was not English. and
his originality Of expression they mistook
for "A pose. The true Briton is skeptical
of originality 70 the American. however.
from "A country where all things are new
and strange. the originality Of Browning
gives just that Zcst in tho pursuit OF his
thought that the American loves. The diff
ference between Tcnnyson and Browning
Is that Tennyson lulls YOU with the perfect
expression OF the expected, the usual yes.
even the obvious: Browning Is a succession
OF surprises: Tennyson's poetry is like
beautifully kept country OF lawns and
parks; Browning's is rugged land OF
iih Natltyo' b''b' sun idnN'
and headlong torrents.
1t is because OF these surprises In Brown
ing's poetry, and the few paths that may
really lie hard to follow. that he has got
rather bad namo for himself as diff
cult poet" and for any poor. harmless
mortal TO mention the name of Browning
Is to have himself set down at once as a
literary snob II those who are writing or
talking Of Browning IN connection with the
centenary would try 70 help persons TO see
how really simple and easy to understand
LIS poetry Is 1t would be the means Of
introducing hundreds. perhaps thousands.
to new pleasures OF feeling and thought.
do not intend to append an introduction to
Browning. or even to outline him in primer
fashion. but I cannot desist from a word or
tNo that might serve TO throw beam OF
LRht.
Browning, as ! said at the outset. Is
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Portuguese" AS the story goes, Mrs.
Browning came TO her husband one morn
ing and slipped packet OF manuscript
into his hands. begging him not TO read
until she had left the room. AS she was
always modest 10 the ponS OF shrinking
when her own work was concerned, Brown
ing knew from her request that II was a
manuscript OF some new poem or poems
Of her own. and was In no whit fooled by
the title, which sought to imply that the
sonnets were only TRANSACTIONS from a for
cign language AS he read, wonde" at the
boauty of the verse and emotion at the
revelation Of the depth Of the love his wife
bore him struggled within him At last,
however. the artist became the master.
and. rushing to his wife. he told her that
such trsnscendent poetry should not, must
not. he kept from the world. But II WAS
only after LONG persuasion. and then re-
luctantly. that Mrs Browning consented
that ether eyes than his should see the
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poetic records OF her lovc-for that Is what
the sonnets were. the tenderest OF records
crystallizations Of moods too subtle even
for love letters. But she gave way at last
to the eternal enrichment OF our literature,
although she would consent at first only to
the printing OF few copies for private
circulation. A single copy of this private
issue sold recently for several hundred dol
lars.
But the value OF Mrs. Brownng's SON
nets can never he estimated In dollars and
cents; any such estimate is purely fcti-
tious, dependent upon the proportion Of
moneyed collectors To the supply of books.
The unique value Of these sonnets lies In
their FEARLESS and perfect expression Of a
high-minded love. analyzed without either
morbidness or hystera In their revelation
of the inner life Of the invalid, who felt
that she must put aside the great iov that
had come to ner, many Of them WOULD be
pathetic In the extreme were 1t not for the
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gaining in strength until she was able to
journey by easy stages to Italy. At first
they settled at Pisa but eventually took
up their abode in Florence. occupying a
part Of an old palace. Casa Guid one OF
Mrs. Browning's best known poems bears
the title Casa Guidi Windows" and
within the walls Of the white palace. or
on its terraces, much OF the best poetry OF
this gifted pair was composed. Except for
short Journeys into France. and occasion
ally into England. the Brownings lived In
Italy until Mrs. Browning's death, in 1861.
Mr.. Barrett never forgave the secret we'd
ding Of his daughter. though It brought TO
her health and happiness. and to him some
fame.
Although the life Of the Brownings is
associated with Florence. yet II was not in
Florence, but In Pisa. that Mrs. Browning
permitted her husband 10 know Of the OK
istence OF those matchess poems of hers
that go under the title "Sonnets from the
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PROFOUND LOVE OF HUMANITY

It is his profound love of whateyer y
human that makes Browning great INV
who came into personal contact win I'LL"
smoke OF his magnetism. Some one even
said that he mad an electric hand hs
was famous as conversationa.ist' All"
during his last years in England was !"
constant demand at dinner parties
Browning died In Venice. at the nome u
his sor. in December 1889. The VeneiianS
.rected a memorial to the Englishman VINO
had spent so many years In their country
but the true lover of Browning hnds Tue
best memorial of the poet in the last versus
that ne wrote-the "Epogue' TO the
volume called "Asolando'':
At tho midnight, in tho silence of the sleep
WHEN You SGT your fancies free, -.
,cnn ia ~ pass to whereby death fo''
think imprisoned
ov no lies Who once loved YOU,
Iuy me-
Nh a, MONDAY In the hustle Of mans work
,roo, ,he unseen with cneerl
Bd him forward breast and BACK az fn's'
Should be- Al. an.
fare ever, there as hers!' sn.'As.
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happy ending with marriage For instance
this:
Mos, gracious singer Of high poems
and canst thou think and bear
To let thy music drop here una"af
In folds OF golden music at my DOOR
NV cricket chirps against tins manio,ih
Hush. call no echo Up In further PROOF
or desolation there's "A voice within
That weeps, n. thou must sing. alone ai"ot.
in the next sonnet TO this we see why
Miss Barrett never showed these poems to
her lover. however much OF her love she
might have been willing to hint at. and
then to reveal in her letters; the poems
laid her very heart bare and rang with
too poignant cry.
Go from me Yet feel that | shall stand
Hcnceforwarl in thy shadow. Ncv'rmore
Alone upon the threshold OF ny door
or individual life. shall command
The uses OF my soul. nor lit my hand
~ercnrly In the sunshine ss before.
Without the sense o. that which ! forbore
Thy touch upon no PAIN. me widest ianl
with pulses that beat dDuhl'. What 10.
And what dream includes thee. as the wine
Must taste of It's own grapes Md When sue
God Tor my self he hears that name 81 'hla".
And sees within my eyes ;Er tears = Two.
She had doubted even whether Il would
be possible for any one 10 love her. for
she says i'm a late sonnet Of the series:
Alas: have gr.c,ed 80, am tard to love,
! and then pleads
Yet love me wilt thou open thine heat Wide
! And lod within the wet wings OF thy dove.
There are those who have felt that the
feeling behind these sonnets was so sacred,
the expressions So intimate, that 10 let the
| public read them VIZ" 20 Yulgarze them
| and cheaper them. But no one who has
| had occasion 10 attempt to deal at all
with literary criticism as serious and
Christening subject can agree to that view.
4 SO high and pure IL the poetry OF these
sonncts that ones mind is rumbled before
them. and in their sincerity they provide a
tombstone by which We can discard poetry
that Is spurious and mcrctriCiOus.
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g, L. A. Hutchlson, Ph. ID.