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GEO. W. WATTS DURHAM, N. C.
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GEO. W. WATTS | JR. Watts was bom at Cumberland, Md., August 18, 1851. He was prepared for college at a private school near Baltimore and graduated from the University of Virgmia in 1871. He immediately accepted a posi- tion with his father, a tobacconist of the firm G. S. Watts ; Company. Here Mr. Watts became thoroughly acquainted with every detail of the tobacco business, which was to be such an important factor in his success. He remained with this firm for several years and thoroughly mastered the principles of suc- cessful business enterprise. In 1 878 he became a stockholder in the great tobacco firm of W. Duke, Sons Co. at Durham, N. C. By diligent effort and unceasing energy Mr. Watts rose rapidly, being made Secretary and Treasurer of the firm in 1885. This was a position of great responsibility in the largest firm of its kind then existing. Throughout his entire career he showed himself an energetic and masterful business man as well as a Christian gentleman of highest integrity. He later became a managing director in the great American Tobacco Com- pany, in which capacity he is still actively engaged. In addition to these interests he is influentially connected with many other business enterprises, (among them being banks, cotton mills, and railroads), either as president or director. He is now at the very zenith of a great business career and has ever proven himself worthy of the trusts committed to his care. Great as have been his achievements, Mr. Watts has shown himself to be greater still in his recognition of the great advantage wealth gives when used properly. He has so dispensed large sums of money to institutions in North Carolina and Virginia, that his generosity has benefited a larger number of individuals, perhaps, than any other benefactor today. The name of Watts is perpetuated on such campuses as Davidson College, Elizabeth College, and Union Theological Seminary by handsome and modernly equipped build- ings which are indispensable to the wide usefulness of these several institu- tions. Besides, he gave a magnificent Hospital to his home city and has always been on the alert to bestow the blessings of his means on needy humanity. Such has been Mr. Watts ' successful career and such his broad and generous appreciation of his unlimited opportunities for doing good. North Carolina may justly feel proud to call him her citizen. 9
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