The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-04-05
(From Our Regular Correspondents

(From Our Regular Correspondent
RALEIGH, y. C.. April ), 1900.
Well, gentlemen. you can begin to pack
your grips and purchase your tickets for
Raleigh (''free passes have played out, [
believe) the State convention meets next
week-and we are expecting you, all OF
you.
Chances are that over one thousand
delegates and alternates will be here, to
say nothing OF the visiting statesmen,
and on Wednesday there is going to be
the greatest Democratic love feast held in
this State in many years. Many of the
old-time ''shouters'' will be present to
enlven the occasion, and after the ticket
is formally born the convention will form
itself into a sort of White Brotherhood
Notification meeting.
What could be more natural or more
approprata-these delegates (represent-
ing 80 per cent. OF the white peOple)
graphing their racial bonds and political
ties and personal friendships together
with hooks OF steel" and pledging their
lives and their fortunes to the one great
cause OF White Supremacy, to be obtain
ed through the triumphant adoption OF
the proposed Constitutional amendment!
not to satisfy US. 1t ought to be 1OO,-
| 900, for every white man in North Caro-
| lima should accept it as a sacred duty and
| vote for it.
THE STATE PRIMARY FOR SENATOR.
1t seems altogether probable that the
| State primary Ito settle the question OF
who shall the the Democratic successor
to Marion Butler) will be ordered by the
| 70, r ,
| OmmendatiOn OF the Democratic State
| Committee at its last meeting.
! 1t will be set for November. OF course,
on the day Congressman and Presidential
electors are to be voted for.
| This is believed, by most OF the party
leaders and the masses alike. to be by lar
| the best and most satisfactory method OF
| settling the matter-becauSe it Will be IN
the interest of neither candidate, and will
eifectualiy eliminate the Senatorial con-
| trOversy from the State campaign, and
will therefore not be allowed to interfere
| with the success of the amendment as it
| otherwise would.
| There will then be no squabble in the
| counties over the selection OF candidates
for the Legislature because this or that
| Legislative aspirant favors this or that
candidate for the Senate. Many OF the
contests for county and Legislative nOmi-
nation will be at their height just before
and pending the August election, and the
State convention will have acted wisely,
for this if there We're no other reasons, in
transferring the Senatorial fight from the
county nominating conventions this sum-
mer to a State primary in the fall-after
| the amendment has been voted on.
But. aside from these reasons, the peO-
pie are now demanding to have a direct
voice in the selection OF their United
| State Senators, and last week the Demo-
Gratis of Georgia ordered a State primary
| to select the successor to Senator Bacon,
the latter approving of the plan.
In South Carolina and dozen or score
| of other States the primary plan has
been in vogue for years, and it is signif-
cant of its success that the people will
not tolerate or listen to change OF the
system. The time has evidently come
when North Carolina demands it also.
AYCoCK TO ADDRESS ODD FELLOWS.
On April Doth the Odd Fellows all over
the country will celebrate the eighty
first anniversary of American Odd Eel
lowship.
In Raleigh there are three prosperous
| lodges of this order with an active men,
bership OF about 800, and these are now
taking steps to properly celebrate this
anniversary event publicly.
Hon. Charles B. Aycock, who is a MEM
Der of the order, will deliver an address
on the occasion. Other speeches will be
made and an interesting musical pro-
gram is being arranged. Visiting Odd
Fellows in Raleigh on this occasion will
most enjoyable time.
MAJOR HALE FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
| have heard Il great many party men
allude to the candidacy of Major E. j
Hale. the able editor of the Fayetteville
Observer. for delegate-at-large to the ma
tiOnal convention and without exception
he has been endorsed.
-Four years ago he was conspicuous al
Chicago in bringing about the nOmina
ton of Mr.. Bryan. and, without going
into details here. it may be correctly
stated that he is the logical candidate
of his selection by the State convention
! next week.
EIGHT MILLIONS IN NEW COTTON MILLS.
The cotton manufacturing business
continues TO grow at phenomenal rate
in both North and South Carolina UI
to this year North Carolina has led Soutl
| OdiOlllld anu every OCnef state III new
mills for about five years But since
January LIST to date this year South
Carolina has incorporated more new
mills than North Carolina, although oul
own State has broken its record in the
same time. Over 5000, 900 have beer
invested in South Carolina and 81 new
mills incorporated during the first three
months of the year. In North Carolina
% mills have been incorporated with q
capital OF about $3OOO.OOO $1,000
600 in the two CarOlinas in three months
in cotton manufacturing alone, 1t is a
great and unprecedented record of which
we should all be proud.
The North Carolina mill companies
created since my last letter are: 4 new
(and as yet unnamedD mill at Laurin
burg. q third one there with an initial
capital stock of S13O. 900 and T. C.
McEachern president
NUMEROUS NEWS NOTES
Secretary Bruner. OF the State Board
OF Agriculture, left Raleigh last week fol
Paris France. where he goes to arrange
'. the North Carolina exhibit at the forth
coming Paris Exposition
Treasurer Worth states that the State
debt on April LIST was sol no.
The death OF Judge Dossey Battle. OF