The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-25
(From Our Regular Correspondent

(From Our Regular Correspondent
RALEIGH, n. e., October %, 1900.
This is fair week, annually the gay
est of the year in Raleigh, and Judging by
all the ndca tons up to this hour-the
morning of the second day OF the fair
the event promises TO surpass any OF like
character in many years.
The attractions are unusually numer-
Gus and meritOrious. The exhibits OF the
fair proper (all of which are now in place.
are beautifully and artictically displayed
in floral hail. and other buildings set
apart for the purpose and are such as to
make every North Carolinian proud OF
the handiwOrk and skill and thrift and
brain and Drawn and capital and energy
of our splendid people.
From the handicapped LAND of the
sky which boasts OF ''BiltmOre' and
the generous soil and streams and gem
studded mountains, to the wave-tOssed
shores of Currituck and her sisters, SO
richly blessed in their natural wealth OF
soil and sea-fOOd-these exhibits have
come. And as they came, from the West
and from the East, they We're joined by
the manufactured and natural products
and animal life of the great Piedmont and
Central Carolina sectiOnS-all combining.
as | gaze upon them to-day at our great
State fair to present a picture, an eX-
quisite object lesson, of how good the
great and gracious God of us all has been
to His children in North Carolina this
year, and how advantageOusly we have
utilized for our own comfort and cOnven-
fence the means He has SO generously
placed at our command.
Aye. this has been a prosperous, God
blessed year of plenty with our people
no visitor at this fair, behOlding such
evidence as is set before his eyes on every
| hand, can doubt it for an instant; indeed
| there are seeming y none disposed to do
| SO, for apparently all have participated
| in it.
Look at the well-dressed and gay
| hearted throng of people, Listen to their
musical laughter of contentment See
| the bloom OF health in their faces! OBJ
| serve the light. non-rheumatic elasticity
| OF their step. Feel your own pulse. my
friend Chow temperately and BEAUTIFULLY
it doth keep time) and thank God!
For we owe it all to no political party
or politician or particular ''pOlicy.' And
| | believe we are all thankful-and in the
right direction.
Another word: If any of you have not
arranged to. come to this great fair, delay
or hesitate no longer. Take the first
train for Raleigh Every day of the week
is a big day this fair week and at night
the grounds are ablaze with electric
| glory. Do you good. beyond doubt, to
| come; you can't afford to miss SO good a
thing.
| OTHER KINDS OF ATTRACTIONS.
| AS to the shows" and fakirs along the
unprecedentedly large and catchy Mid
| way there no end-tO the visitor who
| attempts to take them all in within a
| single day and night-to the attractions
| They are of higher class than usual,
| and care has been taken by Secretary
| POgue to guard as much as possible
| against humbugs and the ''crOOked'
sort. TO those who include this feature
of the fair (and with large percentage
it is the chief object of Joy and delight)
i'll their calculations, the present one will
| furnish more amusement than they were
| ever up against before.
! Then there's lots of fun for the crack
| shOts-and Others not SO handy with the
rifle. The julius Lewis Hardware Com
| pany. of this city, are furnishing glass
| balls and dummy pigeons galore, and
you are invited to ''shoot the life out OF
EN- with Peters cartridges and smoke
less powder. Handsome medals are
| given to the best marksmen And then
but this is the stopping place. Only
| come and enjoy yourself! I'll modify
| that: Only come; you will be compelled
| to have a good time, if you're living
| Capt. Nick West will write you a policy
of insurance on that risk. if you like your
| gun and dOg-and the ducks, of course.
| THE COTTON MILL LOCKOUT
| The trouble between the cotton mill
owners and their operatives in Alamance
| county. which, by reason of the clock
| out, has now resulted in the enforced
| idleness of some two or three thousands
of working men and women, is causing
much comment and no little speculation
over the probable result
| The operatives who declined to re-
nounce their recently organized unions
| (and it is said none of them have done SO
up to date) have been compelled to cease
| work in the mills and to vacate the
dwellings, used by them (the latter being
the property of the mill companies), and
| am told that many will have to resort
to tents in which to live and. sleep; some,
it is stated, already are doing so. This
mode of life would seem to work a great
| hardship when cold weather sets in. and
1t Is to be hoped some means of settling
| the trouble will soon be reached. The
two newspapers at Graham and people
| from Alamance now visiting Raleigh state
that the sympathy of the local public is
now with the operatives; that their right
to form organizations for their own bene-
fit and protection is one that ought not
to be denied them. The organized mill
owners do not accede this. and therein
| rests the whole trouble
| sENATORsHIP THE ABSORBING SUBJECT
The advance guard of fair visitors are
all talking about the Senatorshp and
the primary. For, although they take
time to admire and discuss the exhibits,
| that does not prevent the discussion OF
the other subject, which is unquestion-
ably the absorbing one at present from