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Excerpt from Hill Directory Co. 'S (Incorporated) Raleigh, N. C., City Directory, 1921-22, Vol. 11: Embracing an Alphabetical List of Business Houses and Private Citizens, a Directory of the City, County, State and National Governments, Fire Alarm Boxes, Churches, Public and Private Schools, Secret and Benevolent Institutions There is a number of large and influential churches in Raleigh as follows: 17 Baptist, 2 Catholic, 4 Christian; 6 Episcopal, 8 Meth odist, 2 Presbyterian, 1 Congregational, 1 Lutheran, 1 non-sec tarian, 1 Undenominational and its Y. M. C. A., costing equipped with gymnasium, swimming pool, library, bowling alleys and many departments of interest to its members is a possession of which Raleigh is justly proud. Six hundred and seventy-five young men belong to the Association which tends to the moral, social and athletic development of the young people. There are three hospitals: Rex and Mary Elizabeth for white people and St. Agnes for negroes. There are two theatres and four movies, two orphanages, 49 wholesale houses, dealing chiefly in groceries, drugs and chemicals, furniture and sheet metal ware, farm implements, etc., in Raleigh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.