The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGAIN IN SESSION.
After .'ReceSs" of Fifteen Months
the Legislature Assemblies Again at
Raleigh - summer Visitors Who
Bring Money to Invest it in This
Stakeholder Matters of Interest
Late News Notes.
(FuOm Our Regular Correspondent


tFuOm Our Regular Correspondent
RALEIGH y. c.. June II. 1900.
| At the time this letter is dated the Gen
eral Assembly of North Carolina is about
to re-assemble in adjourned session, ac
cordng to agreement when the recess
was taken in March, 1899 fifteen months
| ago.
For several days the law makers have
been arriving here, and to-day the rear
guard are expected to come in numbers
sufficient to more than furnish the neces-
sarv quorum in each branch of the LegiS-
| lature | have noted. SO far. however.
the absence OF Republican faces. and the
physiognomy OF fusion Pops has not
| beamed upon me to an overwhelming eN
| tent.
II they had their way there would be
no extra session. you can rely upon it.
| They know too well what it will mean
and accomplish towards dsproving and
dispelling the falsehoOdS and fears they
| have spread and con uled up in the minds
Of some OF tn" illtcrate and ignorant
white voters They know and too SEN
sbly feel that this body of Democratic
patriots will remove every valid objec
| ton. however remote, that any white
man can honestly entertain to the adOp-
ton of the Constitutional amendments;
and they know that then the few who
may now feel some lingering fear OF its
effects having the last obstacle OF doubt
or objection removed will fall in line and
| aid the balance of their honest and sell
respecting brethren to create White Rule
in North Carolina thereafter and make
negro domination in politics an impOs-
sibilty for all time to come.
HOW 300 900 CAME TO NORTH CAROLINA.
On the train the other day | was talk
ing with gentleman who was returning
from MOrehead where he had attended
the brilliant opening OF the season at the
"Atlantic' He remarked upon the bene-
fit and advantages such popular resorts
are to "a State in attracting outsiders
within our borders. He said:
cit is Il fact. not generally recognized,
that the Atlantic (and perhaps other re-
: sorts) is materially assisting in the
development of our resources and helping
: to build up the State industrially. Many
of the visitors there each season OF late
years are wealthy men-capitalists and
: investors. who are always on the lookout
: for good investments. Quite number
have already after coming here for pleas
; ure, seen for the first time and recognized
, the splendid advantages OF our State in
} a number of respects.
Il personally know of three such visi-
S tors who remained to investigate and as
i. result have lately put over 500, 600 of
their money in industrial enterprises i'll
North Carolina And these gentlemen
a told me that they probably would never
: have come within our gates had they not
been attracted by the Atlantic Hotel at
e MOrehead'
, This is a new way OF putting It. but a
/ very important additional argument for
t patronizing our home resorts and trying
Y to induce as many outsiders to do so as
possible.
AlENT TWO UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS.
! Ii all elections or appointments to posi-
4 tons OF trust We're met with such univer-
:. sal approval as the selection of Drs.
Eenable and Nann to preside over the
= University OF North Carolina and the
=. Baptist Female University, Of Raleigh,
- respectively, we would all be happier
y y than we some times are Dr. Venable has
y been identified with the institution over
:, which he is now called to preside too
- long to need an introduction to North
- ticularly pleased at his election.
y DR.. r. I. Vann, at present OF Scotland
u, Neck Baptist church, is not only talented
4 and well qualified for the new office, but
his Is most remarkable personality
+ otherwise. He has neither hands MOI
a. arms (bOth being severed from his body
+ by accident in early life), and yet thu
= portion of the limbs left (vulgarly called
# stumps,' although | know no better
- word to use) have been educated to per
form many offices for him which on,
~ would think impossible. For instance
! he is one of the best shots with gun il
the State, and annually takes mucl
delight in hunting birds. His friends her,
declare he Will make a great success a!
" president of the ''B. F. e.
# TEACHERS CONVENTION THIS WEEK.
e To-day (Tuesday) the annual conven
h ton OF the North Carolina Teachers As
ISOLATION begins and continues until mex
Monday-and Secretary Mebane told me
O yesterday that he expected this to be tn,
most successful Assembly, for wears.
The convention will be held at More
head. where most of the annual gather
ings of this Association have been held
n and hundreds of teachers and friends O
: education are jOurneying thence as
v write
The Atlantic Hotel management agai1
gives the teachers and their friends tn.
low rate Of Copper day and many take
= advantage of this fact to spend a weel
L or two at this elegant and famous re
e sort. The educators are this year deco
r rated with Il neat button, bearing the
t inscription IN. c. Teachers Assembly
e June 12th-1 TITAN Educational Time. :
~ Superintendent of instruction and Sec
4 rotary Mebane procured these and dis
- tributed them during the last few DAYS
y These peOpenev Jared better than they
4 will this time at the Atlantic.
THIEVING NEGRO POsTMAsTERs.
During the term of the United States
j. Court here last week. three negro post
= masters (Of Whites district) We're sen.
1 fenced to prison for theft of government
n money-and all three of them got of
: with about a year in jail and fine each
not one going to the penitentiary