The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-07-12
(From Our Regular Correspondent. }
RALEIGH. y. {. July 10. 1906

voters as Indicated IN this correspond
| ence week or two ago
And the first arrest Was made at
Winston last Friday Uieut. -Gov. Rey-
| nolds hOme), at the instance of declaimer
| Spence Blackburn. Assistant United
States District Attorney.
The best lawyers here state that the
| registrars have a perfect right. under the
new election law. to be eXacting in their
requirements for Il full and legal identifi-
cation OF the man demanding to register.
100 many negroes, without local habi-
tatiOn and name that sticks" from
one State to another, have been voting
illegally in North Carolina, and the Dem
ocrats have the law and the grit to stop
this sort OF business. No harm will come
to this registrar nor to any other who
does his full duty in this matter
But it should again be remembered that
1t is the desperate and devilish white
Office-hOlding leaders" who are insti-
eating the negroes to take this step-that
OF swearing out warrants against white
registrars. And they are the fellows
chiefly to be held responsible, if trouble
comes.
NEGROES ARE ALL REGISTERING
An examination of the registration
books OF this city and reports from
number OF other points, show that the
negroes will all vote this year-all of
them who are legally entitled to do So
Some OF the eX-cOnvicts and South Caro-
lima importations of 1898, who got their
names on the registration books of that
year, by the aid OF the fusion registrars,
will not vote, however; nor will a num-
Der OF negro boys from II to 20 years
WI no fISi IN,
But the great bulk of the 12O. 900 negro
| voters of the State will vote three weeks
hence and they are registering in a
hurry-much more active and anxious
to do SO than the whites appear to be SO
far. OF course all OF them will vote
against the amendment-the very best of
| reasons why every self-respectng white
man should vote for it.
They not only are applying promptly
| to register, but they go to the registrar
well schooled and unusually glib and
ready to ''answer'' every question put to
them under the provisions of the new
| election law. This fully shows that they
have been taught by the white fusionists
and local negro bosses before going to
the voting precinct to register. 1t is
stated that their ''lessOns' are taught
them, here in Raleigh, at the negro
lodges and other secret orders (of
which there are scores of them here), and
even at the churches and Sunday schools.
1T IS DIsTINCTIvELY \ RACE ISSUE
And in settling it no white man ought
to vote against his own race. No negro
will do it, not one in ten thousand
and surely the Anglo-Saxon race should
be as careful and wary of their own well
fare as the Ethiopian
White men, here is a mass of over 1OO.-
600 black votes solidly against you. be-
fore a white vote is cast. We have got
to overcome that heavy vote before there
is even q possible chance for us to carry
the amendment and defeat the plans of
the negroes and a few office holding
whites to saddle negro rule on us for an
indefinite period, if not FOR all time.
But there are (taking the State as a
Whole) two white men to every negro,
| and it would be an everlasting disgrace,
as well as an intOlerable burden and
shame, to fail to adopt White Supremacy.
The negro has been lying low all dur
ing this campaign (by order of his bosses,
the white and negro Office hOlders) but
| now that registration time has arrived,
they necessarily come from under cover
| and show us what they intend to do.
shreWd game has been played by the
fusion leaders to fool the white people.
but the game is now up, and it is seen
that all this tommy-rot about white men
settling this race issue has been a deep
| laid scheme OF the enemies of the white
| men (Of the white men and white wo-
men and white children) of our State to
fasten negro domination upon us
Be not deceived Every white mans
70 i.,n nd Il
badly, than for many years. ITO your
| tents, O, Israeli.
WHITE MEN MUST REGISTER FASTER.
Let no man suppose that because his
name is on the old registration books
| that he can vote on August 2nd without
| registering anew. EVERY VOTER must
| register anew, on the new books by sun
| set OF Saturday, July Dist. or else he can
| not vote this year.
DON'T DELAY THIS IMPORTANT
MATTER ANOTHER DAY. Go now to
| the residence OF your registrar or have
| him come to you. and register. This can
| be done on any day except Sunday; but
on Saturdays the registrar is to be found
| at the voting place between 9 a. m. and
sunset-and there are only two more
such Saturdays, remember.
Up to this time the white men are not
registering as promptly as the negroes
| simply because many think. We'll any
| day will do Any day will NOT do.
! You may be taken i'll. be Summoned
| away, or a dozen reasons may prevent If
you delay another day. Let me beg OF
| YOU nut it off no longer.
| MINOR MENTION.
| The bronze statue of the late Zebulon
! Baird Vance has arrived in Raleigh
earlier than was anticipated. and is now
stored away in the State arsenal build
ing, where it will remain till August 22nd.
when the unwilling exercises take place
| in the Capitol Park here. 1t is a splendid
counterpart of 1.-THE great Commoner.
Cotton is bringing ten cents in New
| York at last and the recent destructive
floods and heavy rains in the more
Southern cOtton-grOwing States lead to
the belief that high price will be main
| tanned throughout the next season. At
any rate farmers will be wise not to bar
gain away any OF their growing crops for
less than q stiff figure delivered in what
ever month may be offered. On the other
| hand. however. the trouble i'll China,
which threatens to grow worse, will
have bad effect on the expectation OF
cotton goods made by our Southern
mills. number OF which have OF late
years built up quite large export trade
and chiefly to China.
Active preparations are now being
made for the great State Fair. three
months hence There will be a number
of new features, and the biggest Mid
way show ever on the grounds.
Lumberton has organized a new cotton
mill company. with a capital stock OF not
less than $4,000 with privilege to in
crease to 100000; Z. D. Caldwell. presi
dent. About 100000 will constitut.
the initial capital, and $4,000 OF thai
amount is said to be in sight Fayette
Vile is to have frst-class bleachery. il
appears, if the plans maturing with loca
and Northern capitalists are carried on
successfully.
Josephus Daniels was selected Nationa