The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-07-26

of Woodworking white men allying them
selves against their best interests ana
their own future industrial as we'll as
political freedom and salvatiOn-lolning
hands with the negroes and the white
skin office holding crowd, who are out
for the money there is in it for them per-
sOnally. against the amendmant-t the
very class of men who, of all men in the
world, ought to most heartily desire and
vote for White Supremacy. and whom II
will certainly benefit more than any other
class,
1t makes me shudder to think OF the
deplorable condition the poorer class
of whites will find themselves III (and
their dependent wives and daughters) II
the amendment should fail, after the
great mob and horde of negroes-negtO
politicians and the worst element of
blacks-frOm Virginia and South Carolina
and other States where they are disfran-
chised, begin to flock to this State-the
once fair Old North State, the only State
in the South or the Union whose own
people will voluntarily, and with their
eyes wide open, have NEGROlZED it.
and at the same time damned it's future
forever, God pity the poor white man
then!
But do not for moment believe such
a catastrophe is imminent. Surely we
have not been so bad as to deserve the
visitation of such curse, and it will not
fall upon us! And the chief reason for
saying SO is my belief that the farmers
and white workingmen OF the towns and
cities will make it impossible by their
votes next Thursday.
MINOR MENTION.
Representative Reinhardt, of Lincoln
county, one OF the only two Democrats
in the Legislature who voted against the
bill to submit the amendment to the
people, now announces that he favors
and will support the amendment. The
other legislator CDR. Mcneil, of Bruins
wick, who was re-nOminated by a small
majority by 4 convention that endorsed
the amendment. has been taken off the
ticket by the county committee. The So
called ''Democrat' who is not white
enough to advocate and vote for the
amendment Especially when a candidate
OF the party for office, and the Legislature
at that,) has no business in the Demo-
cratic party That's straight goods.
Wednesday of this week is the date
which was set for the General Assembly
to re-convene There will be no session,
however, as there has been no cause in
the interim to demand one. So the CHIEF
clerks and few members only will be
here, and formally adjourn the Legisla-
ture of 1899 sine die.
Rev j. w. Scott, of Gainesville, Ala,
has been elected president of the States
vile Female College, succeeding DR.. J. b.
Burwell, recently resigned
The railroad companies and the West
ern Union Telegraph Company have filed
exceptions to the new assessment OF their
property by the Corporation Commits
sion. The new assessment Is practically
the same as that Of last year, when an
increase of ten million ($1O 900 ,OOO) dol
lars was made in the valuation OF rail
road property, and against the collection
of the taxes on which increase the roads
are now fighting having cases in the
United States Court still unsettled. Judge
Simonton has issued another Injunction
Ito be heard September 4th) temporarily,
and ordered that the railroads pay taxes
according to the assessment of 1893 until
cases are settled.
ADAMS COMES DOWN.
AS | conclude this letter it looks as
though the efforts of Butler, Holton and
the revenue gang here land MAJ or John
W. Graham, the counsel OF the Rep-POps)
to take down either Adams or Thompson
will succeed. Thompson clicked like a
steer at first remembering his solemn
promises to the delegates to the Populist
convention, but the ''machine' is all
powerful with the "Fusionists
Thompson has beat Holton and Co.,
and will remain as the head of the ticket,
Adams coming down. Dockery, Walser,
Reynolds, Bowman, Hendricks and
Alexander are said to be the other Re
publicans left on the " Fusion" ticket, now
in the hands OF the printers.
LLEWXAM