The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-15
HENDERSON, N. c., AUGUST

thought such matters ought not to be
published only when they must be.
Mr.. State Chronicle Daniels Welded
to no man inhis dislike for such sin
stallments of nast;ness'' as the reports
of the Grissom case, and his regret
was that sometimes they must be
printed. Blu, truth and justice and
right had higher claims on the press
than mere verbal propiety had When
he declared that in tn. reports of this
case alone the peoplesh had got the eyi-
dence that compelled them, as one
man, to demand the removal of Girls
som, he was roundly applauded.
Mr.. ALamanee Cleaner Kernodle
wouldn't admit that he didn't read
such news, but did declare that he
never prostituted his columns to un-
clean matter in any cause.
The Relation of the State Press to
immigration was next discussed. Mr..
Eldridge did not think there was much
good in special industrial editions.
His had failed to bring forth fruit.
He, in fact, had never seen a North
Carolina paper before he came to the
State.
Mr.. Christian OF course the papers
bring no immigrants unless they are
read abroad They won't be read
| unless they are worth reading. Print
good things about the State and keep
at it. In due time we shall reap.
! Somebody had found negro prob
lem. 1t was not a negro problem it
was a white problem. The white man,
not the negro, has been the slave since
the war. Both are citizens, both have
equal privileges before the law. Let
both look out for number one. Let
the negro go if he won't work. There
, is too much land. 1t begets idleness
. and loose habits of cultivation cut it
up, work it. Two white men and a
negro rode to town on a load OF
! peaches. Two of them ought to have
staid at home at work. Invite immi-
grants of Drawn. industry and strong
h0me instincts. He would rather they
didn't have surplus dollar. Let
them bemen who had wives and chill
dren and loved their wives and chill
dren. The love Of home is the true
basis of prosperity in State. The
power of love! Patriotism! God
Almighty may pluck the light from
the pulsing heart of a star and bury i,
in the dark sepulchre of the silen,
heavens, but God cannot pluck love
from the heart of a man without sell
destruction, for God is love; and
changing the words, greater love thar
no man than this, that he lay dowr
his Life for his country. TO quote
from Swinburne's EreekteuS::
Who loves home
Loves all we'll and we'll of all is loved
And this love lasts forever.
1t was the gem speech Of the whole
4. Convention. Others were good, bu
space and time are limited.
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Everybody'was met at the gates ane
welcomed. Every heart and home ii
Lenoir was wide open. Every edito
was embarrassed by the very profusiol
Of hospitality and wanted to vote tt
/ hold their meetings here forever here
after. 1t is lovely town. Away VI
in the air. Its streets are clean ane
cool and shady. The outlying land
scapes in any direction are lovely
The health is-well, you can't hell
being we'll. No town in the State o
its size can boast of SO good library
SO cultured a citizenship, such accom-
plished young ladies, SO beautiful al
art display and SO hospitable and pro
gressive a people. 1t has one of tn
six best weeklies in the State, churclie
of all the leading denominations, nj
bar rooms, a building and loan asso
citation, furniture factory on the way
will open September 18th one of til
most attractive female colleges in tn
South, is holding on with a grip c
vengeance to its Democratic postmas
ter, and has the oldest and grandes
system of water-works and electri
lights in the known world. The onl
objection the editors had to Lenoi
was, that on this particular occasio
the water-works were little profus
in their operation and kept their elee
! trio light from showing them the seer
cry to advantage and the only objet
ton Lenoir had to the editors wa:
:. that they brought such scarcity {
unmarried men. And We all wei
away thinking of our lovely town ho
E tess as one whom the angels name
! Lenoir. w. F. NJ.
If there is one habit more abonin:
=, BILE than another, habit which make
e unloving wives, careless mothers an
r slovenly housekeepers; habit whie
e is foe to neatness, to physical indu
p. try and to mental activity; hab
which, if anything could, would excu
: man for the too free use Of intox
:. cants, in order that his own brea'