The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-15
(From Our Regular C"rre'pondrnt.)
RALEIGH. y. e., March l3. 1900.


is not clearly UNDERSTOOD lest the fate of
GOV Goehel. of Kentucky. Overtake GER
tain North Carolina Democratic leaders.
In other words he threatened assasSi-
| nation Of the men who are conspicuous
in the attempt to overthrow negro dOml-
nation and make negro rule impossible
| hereafter in this State
1t is believed by the Democratic man
| ayers here that Blackburn's threat
amounts to more than a mere ''wOrdy
noise" that he (being close to Chairman
| Holton and Senator PritcharD was in
| spired and that it is the intention of the
| Republican leaders. and particularly the
| revenue gang in the Western and Central
counties. to create trouble. 1t is also
| alleged that their white leaders are or
! ganiZing the negro into secret clubs. with
| that object i'll view.
| These white leaders are warned by Mr..
Simmons that the responsibility will be-
| fixed if trouble comes through their
| precipitation. and that they need not
think that the negroes will be the only
| ones to blame. nor the only ones to be
| punished for engaging in such a con
| spiracv against fair and peaceable cam
| paign and election.
| STATE OFFICES TO BE FILLED.
| As there are several officials to be
elected by the people for the first time
| this year the following complete list of
the offices to be filled and for which can
| ddates are to be nominated at the State
| convention on April 18th, is printed by
| request:
| Governor Lieutenant Governor Secre-
| tary of State. State Treasurer. State
! Auditor. Attorney General. Superintend-
ent OF Public instruction. Commissioner
of Agriculture. Commissioner of Labor,
| Corporation (orrailroad) Commissioners,
| two OF the last named.
| The Commissioner of Insurance will
not be elected by the people, as some sup
pose he being appointed by the Governor,
as the Adjutant General and some other
officials are
The new elective officers are Commits
| sioner OF Agriculture. Labor Commits
sioner and the two Corporation Commits
| sloners. These are all very desirable
| positions. with nice salaries attached,
| but. strange to say. only one candidate
| for either of the positions has publicly
| announced himself as yet. The successor
OF DR.. Abbott. Republican Corporation
| Commissioner is one of the officials to be
nominated. No names have yet been sug-
| gested, however,
THE TREASURERSHIP.
The workingnen hereabouts are begin
ming to be active III their advocacy OF
b. K. Lacy for State Treasurer.
Mr.. Lacy is a practical locomotive
engineer. which trade he actively followed
for many years. and at present is the
| Commissioner of Labor. Mr.. Lacy $
friends here claim that he will lead. if not
| be nominated, on the first ballot. The
| friends OF Messrs. London. Burgwyn and
| BOllShall are also Silngune of the success
| of their favOriteS.
Col. BurgWyn will receive Il handsome
vote in Wake county. if our cOuntymrn
who are now candidates for State Treas
urer also. should drop out OF the race
Col. Burgwyn has a large circle of per
| sOnal friends in Raleigh who would be
glad OF the opportunity to support him
At the meeting of precinct chairmen OF
Wake county held here last Saturday, it
| WAS ascertained that the vote of Wake
will be very equally divided between Gun
| ningham and Aycock for Governor
Wake is entitled to 30 votes this year.
AFTER THE FERTILIZER TRUST.
The State Board OF Agriculture OF
which Hon. John S. Cunningham. OF
| Person, is chairman, has been i'll session
| here during the past week. and trans
| acted a large amount of business of spe
| cial interest to the farmers OF the State
Although the presiding officer of the
Board, Col. Cunningham took an active
| part i'll the discussions and deliberations
/ OF the meetings, as is the custom with
| him, and as heretofore exhibited by that
activity the deep concern he feels in the
welfare and prosperity of the farming
,1,, : Il,
! reSentatlve
The most important subject brought
| before the meeting was the complaint Oi
| the Increase i'll price OF fertilizers.
| Among those most active in denOunc-
ing the present high prices was Hon
}. Bryan Grimes. of Pitt. one of the lead
| ing members of the Board
He scored also. the old fusion Board
OF Agriculture and Agricultural Depart
| partment officials. for their leniency to
| those who evaded the tax on fertilizers.
ii" produced a lot OF interesting and
| valuable information and figures giving
prices of the raw material used in the
manufactures of fertilizers. and declared
that these figures proved cOnclusively
that the existing high prices of the manu-
| featured fertilizers are unwarranted and
| unjust. The evasion of the tax was also
commented on and denounced by Mr..
Grimes. Hedeclared that there is a good
| deal of work which some one ought to do
just now
Mr.. Grimes and Others stated the mat
| ter OF prices and evasion OF the law by
| fertilizer manufacturers Ought to be
thoroughly investigated and vigorous
action taken to better protect the
| farmers.
To this end the following committee
was appointed to prosecute the investi-
| CATION: Commissioner Patterson. Chair
man Cunningham. Mr. J Bryan Grimes.
State Chemist kilgore and Major W. A.
| Graham.
| NUMEROUS NEWS NOTES.
| Congressman Bellamy. of the Sixth
district. has appointed Thomas D. Os-
| borne son of Hon. Frank l. Osborne OF
| Charlotte, to a cadetShip in the military
| academy at West Point
The State Board OF Agriculture has
| decided to request the Legislature to re-
| store the old tonnage tax on fertilizers GO
cents). it now being 20 cents The re-
duction. it is said. has resulted in an in
crease in price and consequent loss to
j the farmers. while the Department re-
ceives less revenue than formerly.
| In some OF the Eastern counties farm
labor is demanding higher wages (as
much as SO per month"; on account OF
its scarcity, caused by activity III saw
| mill circles Some OF the farmers are say
ing that this and higher fertilizer prices