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Page Two THE CAROLINA UNION PARMER [Thursday, November 14, 1912. Points of Interest in Raleigh, N. C. WORTH BAGLEY STATUTE. CONDENSED FACTS ABOUT RALEIGH. Raleigh, purchased by the State, was made the capital in 1792. Area, four square miles. Elevation above sea level, 363 feet. Population by last census, 19,218; increase in ten years, 40 per cent. Assessed value of real estate, $12,000,000; increase in three years 33 1-3 per cent. Number factories, 65; operatives, 1,400; annual wages, $600,000; cap ital, $2,500,000; value annual pro ducts, $2,500,000; increase in ten years, 119 per cent. Three National, two State, two Savings banks; total deposits, $8,- | 000,000. THE STATE CAPITOL. Points of Interest at Raleigh, Raleigh offers many attractions to visitors. There are numerous public buildings, including those of eleven State departments and institu tions, representing over $3,000,000 in buildings alone. Among the points of interest are: The Capitol, with its statues and monuments. Gover nor’s Mansion. State Museum and Hall of His tory. State Agricultural Department. Supreme Court, library, and portrait gallery. State Li- rary and Hall of Fame. Confederate Soldiers Home. Central Hospital for Insane and Epilep tics. State’s Prison. State School for the White Blind. State School for Negro Deaf-Mutes and Blind. State Agricultural College. State Experi ment Farm. State Poultry Farm. Methodist and Roman Catholic orphanages. Christ Church Rectory, formerly the State Bank of North Caro lina. Raney Library. Pullen Park, its Zoo and the house in which President Andrew Johnson was born. House in which William Gaston wrote the State song, “The Old North State.” Munici pal Building and Auditorium. Rex, Leonard, and St. Agnes’ hospitals. National, Confederate, Old or City, and Oakwood cemeteries. St. Mary’s School, Peace Institute and Meredith College; all for young women. Country Club. Woman’s Club. Capital Club. Elks Club: Electric Park. Electric powc’’ nlant and sub-station. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. Post-office receipts in 1911, $126,- 000. Miles street railway, 14. Amount building constructions in 1911, $1,446,000. Four railways: Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Nor folk Southern, Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern. Electric power from three rivers and auxiliary steam plant, total 52,- 000 horse-power; electric power cen ter of eastern North Carolina. Larg est population center between Wash ington and Atlanta; 800,000 people and 66 good towns in radius of sev enty-five miles. People from half the counties can come here, attend to business, and return home the same day. NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
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