RALEIGH 



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RALEIGH 



situated a little northeast of the geographical 

 center of the Vilmington is 135 miles 



southeast; Richmond, Va.. is 158 miles north- 

 east, and Atlanta. Ga.. is 420 miles south v. 

 The railroads entering the city are the South- 

 ern, the Seaboard Air Line and the Norfolk 

 Southern. The site of Raleigh, originally 

 known as Wake Courtli hosen for the 



J 2, and in the same year it was 

 founded and named in honor of Sir Walter 

 Raleiu-h. the Kimlish explorer. In 1794 the leg- 

 islature met here for the first time. It was in- 

 corporated in 1795 and again in 1803, and in 

 1899 the city charter was granted. Since 1912 

 the city has been governed on the commission 

 plan, and its public property and highways are 

 owned by the state. The population increased 

 from 19218 in 1910 to 20,127 (Federal esti- 

 mate) in 1916; about thirty-three per cent of 

 the inhabitants are negroes. By extending the 

 city limits in 1907, the area was almost dou- 

 bled; it now covers four square miles. 



Union Square, an open space covering four 

 B, occupies the center of the city, and from 

 it radiate four streets (100 feet wide) which 

 divide the city into four sections. This square 

 contains the massive granite Capitol, and the 

 number of magnificent oak trees surrounding 

 it has given Raleigh the local name of The 

 City oj Oaks. A number of the state institu- 

 tions are located in the city the administra- 

 tion building, governor's mansion, insane asy- 

 lum, penitentiary, institutions for the blind 

 and deaf and dumb, the supreme court, college 

 of agriculture and mechanic arts, the state li- 

 brary and the experimental farm. Besides 

 these, the city has a $500,000 Federal building, 

 the county courthouse, the Municipal Audito- 

 rium, with a seating capacity of 5,000, Raney 

 Library, Methodist and Roman Catholic or- 

 phanages, and Rex, Saint Agnes and Leonard 

 hospitals. 



Raleigh offers exceptional educational ad- 

 vantages, having, besides the public schools 

 and state institutions of learning, Saint Mary's, 

 Peace and Meredith colleges for women; Shaw 

 University (Baptist); Raleigh Male Academy; 

 and Saint Augustine's School for boys and 

 jrirls (Protestant Episcopal). Raleigh was the 

 birthplace of Andrew Johnson, seventeenth 

 President of the United States, and his home, 

 which has been removed to Pullen Park, is an 

 interesting feature of the city. There are Con- 

 federate and National cemeteries here. Cotton 

 and leaf tobacco are the principal articles of 

 trade, and the making of cotton and of tobacco 



products are the leading industries of the city. 

 There are also manufactures of agricultural im- 

 plements, structural iron, phosphate and house- 

 building material. A.T.B. 



RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (about 1552-1618), 

 navigator and historian, a gallant court it T so 

 familiar as a type of the elegant and clever 

 gentleman that we almost forget he lived three 

 hundred years ago. Tall, handsome and eager 



SIR WALTER RALEIGH 

 Reproduced from an old painting. 



to please, he once spread his richly-embroidered 

 cloak so that Queen Elizabeth need not step 

 in the mud. She liked him. very much for that 

 splendid act of courtesy, and in time he be- 

 came one of her favorite courtiers. 



When a -young boy, Raleigh attended Ox- 

 ford University but left before graduating to 

 join a band of gentlemen volunteers on their 

 way to France to help the Huguenots (see 

 HUGUENOTS). When he returned to England 

 he found his half-brother, Sir Humphrey Gil- 

 bert, about to embark on a voyage of discov- 

 ery and privateering to America. He joined 

 the party, which was forced to return without 

 success. He then became a captain in the 



