The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-12-13
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
BAPTIST AND METHODIST MEETINGS DUR
ING THE PAST WEEK.
Had the Pleasure of Enter
tanning the Baptist Convention
While the Hethodist Conference
Met in New Bern-Newiy Chartered
Industries for Iooo-Numerou News
Notes of Interest
(From Our Regular Correspondent.
RALEIGH, y. C.. December 10. 1900.

| tory of the convention. There were $50
accredited delegates present at the open
| ing session, and each delegate seemed to
be accompanied by two or more mem
bers OF his family The B. Y. P. t.,
| whose meetings by one day ante-dated
the Convention proper. were largely at
tended, and on Friday there We're prob
| ably over thousand visiting Baptists
here-distributed all over Raleigh, in the
| homes OF Raleigh families whose guests
| they have been.
| For the tenth time Rev Dr. r. H.
| Marsh of Oxford, was elected President.
| The other officers elected We're: Vice
| Presidents-C. S. Vann, Edenton: T. NJ.
Honeycutt. Sparta; DR.. A. f. Covinston,
| Wadesboro. Secretary-N. b. Brough-
| ton. Raleigh. Assistant Secretary-H.
c. Moore, New Bern. Treasurer-Walte
| Durham, Raleigh. Auditor-J. B. Mar
tin, Raleigh. Trustees-W. c. Tyree,
| Durham; c. NJ. Cooke, Louisburg; Liv-
| ingston Johnson, Greensboro; T. H
| Briggs, Raleigh; L. r. Mills, Wake
| Forest
The Baptist Young Peoples Union
elected the following officers for the en-
| suing year: President-.Joe F. Watson,
OF Charlotte. vice-Presidents-G l..
| Greaves. W. n. johnson, W. f. Wilkins.
| W. A. Dunn. f. l.. Edmundson. Secre-
tary and treasurer-Baxter Durham.
| Corresponding Secretary-J. W. Bailey.
Executive Committee-R. n. Simms, \. A.
| Butler j. D. Boushall. w. r. Cullom.
Rev. Livingstone Johnson, of Green's
boro, was elected Corresponding Secre-
| tary by the Baptist Convention to sIlc-
coed Rev. j. f. White, He will begin
| his duties January LIST. The Convention
| endorsed the ReformatOry for young
| criminals proposition. and that looking
to shorter hours for factory operatives
| and less employment of child labor"
The Baptists of North Carolina will
raise 100000 for educational purposes
| next year, aid the Woman's Missionary
| Societies pledged themselves to raise
81 900 during the first year OF the
New Century,
RAILROAD TAXATION CASE.
The railroad companies last week con
cluded their side of the testimony in the
| increased assessment case, which hearing
| has been in progress off and on for nearly
year, and now the Incorporation Com
| mission (defendant) will have its inning.
| and attempt to justify the SIC. 0O0.0 600
additional levy. The next sitting of
Master Shepherd will be on the 18th
instant in Raleigh. The counsel for the
railroad companies claim that they have
proved that private property is not as
| sessed at more than twO-thirds to three
| fOnrths actual value, and therefore prop
| erty OF corporations should be assessed
| accordingly
If that is all so, then the assessment of
ALL taxable property in North Carolina
| at it's true value would increase the reve-
| nues of the State from % to 33 per cent,
| and our Legislative Solons (who will so
| be called upon to do some lively hustling
| to increase receipts) will probably treas
| ure this little suggestion up i'll their
| thinkers for a few weeks. 1t may come
| in handy, later on. -
MINOR MENTION.
| The criminal libel case against George
| Butler and other Sampson county Popu-
| lists, which was expected to develop into
| a sensational trial at Duplin court, last
| Friday. came to sudden and unexpected
ending by the quashing of the indict-
ments-the result of an agreement be-
| tween counsel, it is said.
Letters received here from some few
Congressman at Washington state that
| the Crumpacker bill, apparently designed
| to cut down this and other Southern
| States representation on account Of tho
| new suffrage amendments, is merely
| scarecrOw; that President Mckinley is
opposed to it and all such attacks on
| the SOuth-as stated two weeks ago in
| these letters-and that in pursuance OF
| the plan to encourage the building up of
a white Republican party in North Caro-
| lima and some other Southern States, the
| Republicans in Congress will keep hands
| Off
Relatives of Richmond Pearson Hobson
| (the naval hero) in this State on Satur-
| do cd hot
| guished grandson of North Carolina
was in critical condition. He has been
| i'll in a New York hospital some time,
| and Congressman Richmond Pearson ar
rived at his bedside yesterday.
| A syndicate, represented by S. W. 1slar,
has Just closed a deal with the State
| Board of Education for the purchase OF
about 200, 900 acres OF swamp land in
OnslOw and Jones counties; cOnsidera-
! ton. $4,000.
| The newspaper men OF the State will
welcome Mr.. W. F. Marshall back into
harness again, the announcement being
made that he returns to the editorial
chair of one of the best of our country
weeklies." the Gastonia Gazette, which
| under his former management was as
bright and able as the best.
The North Carolina Conference was not
slow in endorsing" Messrs Kilgo, Odell
and Duke. The delegates We're hardly
seated at New Bern when they arose
again and, by standing vote unani-
mously adopted a resolution introduced
by DR.. Yates to that effect. and pledgIng
the trio of defendants in the recent libel
suit their continued confidence and sup
port" Nor did the preachers neglect
your "Uncle WASH Duke and his son
Buck, but properly thanked those
most generous beneficiaries OF our col
lege." also. r.
The latest textile mill to be chartered is
the Washington Beaufort county, knit
ting mills. 80
There are now $50 students at the
Agricultural and Mechanical College here,
and if there had been dormitory room for
100 more they would have been here this
session.
| At Wake Forest College. President
| TAYLOR states there are 2S9 students,
representing 70 North Carolina counties
and seven States besides North Carolina
Trinity, Davidson and the University all
have a largely increased number OF stu
dents. There seems to be general eJu-
cational awakening all over North Caro-
lima. and | say God be praised for that,
1t has long been needed.
The State Board OF Agriculture last
week ordered the establishment OF fish
hatchery at Avoca, and appropriated
$4,000 for that purpose. Years age
there was a very successful hatchery at
that point. Messrs Capehart, Cunning
ham and Coffield We're deputed to superin
tend the construction OF the new hatch
cry.
The board of directors of the Raleigh
Hospital for the Insane met last week.
and We're delighted with the splendid
work accomplished by Dr. Geo. l.. Kirby,
the superintendent. His report, now in
press, will show that there are now 40
patients at this institution; the average
humber under treatment during the past
year was 435: number OF new admissions
during the year was 1872. and OF these
| y 70 ho