The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-10-06
The v, n>pre That How rs Over North Carolina.

the case had abused his privilege IN
using the following language in ad-
DRESSING the jury:
The defendant was such a ScOundrel
that he was compelled to move his tria.
from Jones county. where he was
known" And again: The bold. brazen
faced rascal had the impudence to write
me a note yesterday. begging me not
20 prosecute and threatening me that
| did he would get the Legislature
O lmpeach me" Seventy fifth North
Carolina Reports, 3O6.
he Was a1aln convicted and appeal
nd to the Supreme Court and was al
oNeG a new trial on the ground of the
'allance between tne bill of Indictment
nd the evidencc-eXpreSse by the Su-
creme Court as follows:
On the trial of an indictment for for
cry charging the defendant for hav-
ng forged an order for $rU.J.. Evidence
Let the dnfend&nt had for I'd an order
or any other amount (tht two orders
= evidence in this case being for So
md $o0.2.. respectively is not admis-
'ibe.' Seventy eighth North Caroline;
,enortS, :62.
'NITIfS OWN RACE ABOMINATEs
HIM.
Smith has ben indicted for skinninf
1rpie in various ways. Some time
| asst year Congressman Geo. II. White,
| Oiored, had some newspaper cOntro-
versy with Smith After accusing Smith
i Of erasins his (Smith's) name off of a
| note on which he was cO-endorser with.
! White, the latter said, among othe,
| things:
| In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, permit me
/ 20 say that ! may not be the social
| eQual of a man who has been convicted
| nd sentenced to the penitentiary foI
/ .D.3ery I may not be the social equal
IF fellow who has cast off his lawful
| Aife and innocent children. who are
now struggling for existence In another
| State, While the father and the hus-
band is trying to buy his way into the
society of decent people. I do not wish
! to be the social equal Of a man who
! has been indicted for forgery and come
| INTO court while | was a solicitor and
| begged me to allow him to put in a
plea of nolle condendere. and let him off
| by paying the cost to escape the peni-
| Tertiary again.
! But, why need I go further? The
dockets of Craven county will tell the
rest
God forbid that should ever be the
! social equal of a man who lives by
Skinning the poor, gullible unsuspectins
/ people of the community where he
lives
Congressman White is not the only
! negro that has roasted Smith. Every
body in this town knows Of his mean
ness.
This is the man that will 90 to the
Legislature from this county.
! A STURDY BAND OF DEMOCRATS
( The Democrats of Craven county are
active men. They are on the alert tc
see that their rights are respected
Truly, it can be said that they fight
every inch. 1t is a plucky set They
are we'll posted on the misdeeds of the
| crowd that now governs them. And if
it ever comes to a conflict to a finish
| will come out viCtors. They are out
numbered. but they will still have cour-
| age and determination.
! Where this reign Of incompetence and
| insolence goes on the middle class OF
whites are the ones that suffer at the
| hands of insulting negroes And, too.
| it can be said, as rule that it is not
| the Wen grown negroes that are guilty
Of gross impotence 1t is the negro
| youth that give the trouble. There
are several cases where white girls
have been showed from the sidewalks
one case that took place just the day
before / came here is hard to believe
but the facts arr known To be genuine
a young lady Of good family met on
the sidewalk three negro boys. She
was forced 10 the fence and then she
was struck by on~ OF thu negroes as
they passed. Being thus in-ulted she
turned and made some remarks. where
urGn tho rrr-0 turned around a-1