The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-22

miles,, and the surveyors are now at
work and will reach Raleigh in a few
days. Here connection will be made with
the Southern and the Seaboard systems
Now. instead of a measley little com
pany of rural investors. as supposed. it
turns out that the Vanderbilt System is
behind this road. The Eastern end OF it
is to be connected with the Norfolk &
Southern Zone of the Vanderbilt divisions)
and SO it is to be extended East from
Fremont to Greenvilie. down Tar River
to Little Washington, thence to Pantego
(where it will connect with the n. 4 S.).
But it will not stop there, it is said as a
deep-water terminus can be secured by
extending it to Englehard. through Hyde
county. All this | am assured 10 to be
done without delay. and we are thus to
be given the advantages of another big
competing railroad system to the East.
Philadelphia and New York especially.
via connections at Norfolk etc.
In this connection the new survey, Just
completed. OF ship canal for the inland
water route through the North Carolina
sounds from Norfolk to Beaufort,
! through Croatan, Pamlico and Albemarle
sounds and Scuppernong River) may
eventually figure. 1t is good news all
round. 'Rah for us,
| WORLD GROWING BETTER-EvIDENCE OF 1T
The Methodist orphanage OF this city,
the first building OF which was completed
Saturday, will be formally dedicated No
vember 29th, Thanksgiving Day Bishop
Morrison will deliver the address Other
buildings (cottages) will be added as
means permit The Catholic church also
has an orphanage in operation near
Raleigh, which receives pupils regardless
OF faith
4 few years ago there were only two or
three institutions of the kind in North
Carolina. Now can single out at least
eight orphanages for white children, and
| think there are three for negro children
in this State. 1t is a great and noble
work and its enlarged sphere of useful
ness is one OF the most convincing OF the
arguments of the optomists who claim
that 1.-The world is growing better year
by year" believe that.
MINOR MENTION
Have you spoken to your Senator and
Representative-elect about that Reforma-
| tory for youthful criminals? Everybody
i in this section of the moral vineyard has
come out TOR it, heart and soul.
Raleigh is to have an auditorium at
last, to seat 5000 to $500 people. The
subscribers to the stock of the company
formed recently have now selected q
definite site and will at once purchase the
property, at a cost OF $4,000 for the
land. A suitable building, to cost 800
600, will be erected thereon, and by the
time the next State convention assem-
bles a hall large enough for all purposes
will be available here. 1t is a matter OF
cOngratulatiOn for people all over the
State.
The Presbyterian Synod held its S7th
annual session here last week in the capa-
cious and elegant new Presbyterian
church OF this city. Rev. W. d. Morton,
of Rocky Mount, was elected moderator,
Rev. +. H. johnson. OF Tarboro. record
ing secretary, and Elder j. Nj. Mclver, OF
Gull, reading clerk. There was a large
most successful of its kind in the history
of the Synod. The next noteworthy
gathering in Raleigh will be the Baptist
State convention, to assemble on Decem-
Der 9Th. Next year the Synod will meet
in Charlotte.
The railroad property assessment mat
ter. out of which grew the investigation
which has been under way for months,
still drags along before General Master
Shepherd. The hearing at Wilmington
during the past week developed the fact
that much property in North Carolina,
that of companies and corporations as
well as of private citizens, is and has
been for many years assessed much be-
low it's real value. One mill at Fayette-
vile, for instance, is assessed at only 25
per cent. OF its cost, and Intentionally so,
by agreement; cotton mills there and
elsewhere at 80 per cent, other property
at two-thirds value, etc. This has been
the claim of the railroad people in resist
ing the additional ten millions placed on
though they will prove their case in
court. The hearing will be resumed on
November 25th. at Raleigh.
Secretary OF State Grimes has appoint
ed G. W. Norwood, of Wake county, his
chief clerk, and AuditorDixon has named
H. Il. Hudson, associate editor OF the
Shelby Aurora, as his chief clerk Treas
urer Lacy has not announced any of his
appointments yet and it does not seem
to be definitely settled who Governor
Aycock's executive clerk will be- Mr. P
NJ. Pearsall will be his private secretary.
1t is learned that there have been hun
dreds OF applicants for the dozen or so
clerkships at the disposal OF the new Off
GERS in the Capitol building.
The State board of canvassers are in
session here today, and the first meet
ing (under the fool fusion law, incorpor-
ated in the Democratic act of the last
Legislature) of the electors will be held
December 9Th. A month later the Federal
law requires them to meet and cast the
vote OF the State for President, and this
first meeting foolishness cost the State
nearly $4OO in 1896, and will now re-
peat the dose.
On Wednesday of this week the more
or less celebrated case of the Rev. T. j.
Gattis CORNER Methodist colporter)
against Dr. j. C. kilgo (president OF
Trinity College,, and Messrs. B. n. Duke
and W. r. Odell, comes up at Granville
court, in Oxford. The plaintiff asks for
100000 damages. on the allegation
that he was ''ruined in business" on ac-
count OF his participation in the Clark
Kilgo controversy and the ora. delivery
and circulation in print OF the speech OF
Dr. kilgo severely criticising Gattis.
Duke and Odell are made parties defend
ant because they, as trustees of Trinity,
compiled and circulated the pamphlet
containing the speech. LLEWXAM.
The Henderson GOLD LEAF may be
noisy but it doesn't make itself
noisome making charges in "gen-
eral way" or any other which it