The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-08-23

the State with capitalists and intending
investors. That these editorials have
been based upon false and hear-say prem
iSes and rumors we all know. But that
detractS little cor nothing from their
ability to injure Us among those who
| know no better
But we can ourselves disprove the
charges and offset any bad effects by our
conduct in the future-and we must take
care to do that.
Within five months the newly elected
General Assembly will convene. 1t will
be composed OF fine body OF patriotic
| and sensible men who love their State
| nen largely selected for their fitness and
| ability They will have to face Il most
| important crisis in our history. \ num-
Der OF extremely important questions will
| be presented to them, and il decided Wise
" and discreetly a great tidal wave of in
| dustrial prosperity will set in, such as
North Carolnians have never enjoyed or
witnessed before. An opposition policy
will just as certainly produce contrary
result.
| Talking with one OF the best men i'll the
State tO-day-a strong Democrat and a
| man OF influence i'll every relation OF lie,
| church. State and industry-he said,
among other things, to me:
| We must, the Legislature must,
through its disposition of these questions,
| dsabuse prospective investors from with
out our State OF two erroneous impress
sions which have largely taken hold of
| Northern and Western people, the one
| following close on the heels of the other
| viz: That we are not a set OF Wild-eyed,
Populstic cranks down in the State OF
Marion Butler, who hate a man because
he is rich or has been able to accumulate
wealth by his industry and wisdom, and
disposed to throw him down and take
| his wealth from him and divide it out pro
rata among Us all; that we are not the
enemies OF capitalists or corporations and
disposed to deal justice to them by the
| half measure and to enact or keep upon
the statute books laws which impose
hardshps upon all such, while we feed
| others with another spoon.
Equal and exact Justice to all. and
| special privileges to none, should and |
doubt not will be our motto hereafter;
| individuals. firms, companies and cor
porations, all. should be governed by the
same laws, without opposing or favoring
either
I'VE must do this, | say and then let
outsiders be informed of it and guarantee
them fair treatment-no more, no less
under our laws, and foreign capital will
not shun us to seek investment elsewhere
and leave us in Il few years i'll a financial
and industrial mOribOund condition,
while our sister Southern States blossom
as the rose with prosperity and progress.
II happen to know OF more than $780,
coo which would have been invested III
North Carolina several years ago had it
not been for the transfer OF the rcins OF
State government into the hands of the
Populistic fusion crowd, with leaders
| who largely We're bent on making wal
on capital and corporations indiscrimi
nately, solely for demagogic reasons
Probably millions have been diverted else
| where for the self-same reason. We must
get out OF that now. We must renOunce
disclaim, throw overheard any and al
such would-be leaders who for selfish
purposes, desire to do aught to commit
the politically newly born and freed granC
old State longer to any such suicida
policy Away with them. Let then
stand from under. For Il new life of in
dustrial and political freedom is march
ing to the front and is bound to crusl
under its victorious chariot all sucl
human impediments and would-be lead
erS. to their own undoin9. The dema
gogue, in my opinion, will have less show
i'll North Carolina hereafter than at any
period of our hiStOry-and it is the most
encouraging fact | see in the bright future
upon which the sun OF political and in
dustrial freedom and prosperity is now
rising SO brightly and encOuragingly
Let our legislators, as the duly selected
representatives OF their State, bear il
mind these words:
"'TO thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day
Thou cans't not then be false to any man
MINOR MENTION.
| Northern capitalists offer to build two
new manufacturing establishments il
Raleigh, il local people will take % pei
cent. OF the stOck-one company to builC
q silk mill and the other a brewery
Chairman Armistead Jones, of Raleigh
has returned from Morehead where thu
State Board of Internal improvement,
held Il meeting last Friday and reelected
the old directors of the Atlantic and NOrtl
Carolina Railroad, and selected J. f
Robinson. of Goldsboro, as State proxy
vice II. =. Dortch. resigned. President
Bryan will be reelected by the directors
next month. The road is in better con
dition physically and financially, than il
many years.
The work OF changing the gulage of the
Carolina and North Western Railway
formerly Chester 4 Lenoir) from mar
row to a standard broad guage. between
Hickory and Newton. begins actively thi.
week.
The nomination of Moody over Pearson
by the Republicans of the Ninth Congress
slonal district was a surprise to many
Democrats say they can defeat Moody a:
easily as they could have whipped Pear
son; that the advantage they would have
had over Pearson on account of the thief
OF Crawford's seat is offset by the fac
that Moody will not have the money
Pearson would have used to cOrrup1
voters, etc. Put it down Congressman
Crawford" again.
The negro White is making an effort to
secure another nomination in the SecOnC
district, but the white Republican leader:
here in Raleigh say he stands no chance
and that white man will be put up t,
run against Claude kitchin. Major. OH
W. Graham is being persistently men
toned as the Republican-Populist nomi
nee in the Fifth district The Democrats
nominated him some twelve years ago
when Orange was a part of this Fourth
district. and John Nichols, of Raleigh
Rep), beat him. as an Independent can
didate who secured the labor vote
The cry against Graham then was hi
"aristocracy. Indications continue t.
point to the denomination of Congress
man Atwater in this (the Paleigh) dis