'Here,' he said, 'is where the town hall will stand.

In this lot will be the opera house.

Over here we are going to have a beautiful park.

And on this corner we are going to erect a tall granite office building.' "'But,' said the banker, coldly, 'we lend money only on the basis of population.' "'That's all right,' returned the promoter.

'Measured by any known standard except an actual _count_, we have a population of two hundred thousand.'" I shall not attempt to point this tale more than to recommend it to the attention of the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in every city in the United States.
* * * * * Raleigh is situated within seven miles of the exact center of North Carolina.