The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-08
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
NOW LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS AND
RETURN TO THE EVEN TENOR
or OUR WAYS,

Democrats Should Blot Out All In
pleasant 1emories Among Them
seIves-Reformatory for Young De-
generates-The Price of Cotton
Farmers Again Advised to be Firm
ia the Demand for Ten Cents-Busi-
ness Growth of State-Mill Opera.
tors Strike Aided-Monument to
DR.. WiIey-1inor Mention-Numer-
Gus News Notes.
CFrom Our Regular Correspondent
RALEIGH. y. C.. November ). 1900.
Well. the campaign is ended and with
the setting OF tomorrow 5 sun the cleo
ton will be overland Bryan or Nc
kinlev will be President for the next four
wears and Simmons or Carr our next
Senator.
This has probably been the most event
iul wear politically in the history OF our
State and | believe all our people will
now welcome the surcease OF political
strife that is to follow. for eighteen
| months at least.
Let us all return to the even tenor of
our way and look more industriOusly
and intentlv to the building up of our
State and respective communities, NOR
ally. Internationally. industrially and re-
| ligiously. And let Democrats especially
harbOr no i'll feeling toward each other
on account of the warm Senatorial con
troveray between ourselves; permit not
one OF the unkind expressions, which
should never have been uttered, to be re
membered; let us be brethren still, not
| forgetting that each has need Of the
other aud that the party OF good govern
ment has need of US all.
REFORNATORY FOR YOUNG DEGESEKATEs.
The Legislature (Which meets two
months hence) will be the next thing to
| claim general attention. 1t will be a
| most important session. for Il number OF
| questions OF great importance will come
| before it for settlement.
One of the most important OF these
will be the demand for the establishment
| OF State Reformatory for young de-
generates-an institution for which this
| writer has been working, and using every
| legitimate avenue at his command to
| secure. for IL number of wears Public
| sentiment now seems to be ripe to force
| the matter upon theattention and favor
able consideration OF our law makers.
| The adoption of {. resolution i'll its favor
| by the State Press Association at its last
| meeting and the enlistment OF the sup
| port of the weekly press OF the State prac-
| tically assured the accomplishment OF
| the end SO many newspaper men are
striving fOr--fOr no class OF people mot
| even the pastors OF churches who are all
! now heartily fayoring the movement
is so competent to Judge OF its desirable
| ity, not to say necessity, and | trust
every 'country@ newspaper in North
| Carolina (the moulders of thought and
public sentiment i'll their respective com
munities) will do their part in helping
! this righteous cause along.
If YOU and your readers could talk
| with Mayor Powell and the trial magis-
trates of this city, and those OF the other
| large towns your heart would scken at
the tale of juvenile depravity that would
| be uniolded and YOU would not be con-
| scentiously content until YOU see the Re
| fOrmatOry authorized by legislative en-
actment and put in active operation.
| GROWTH OF SOUTHERN AND NORTH CARO-
LIMA BUSINESS.
| 1t certainly should be gratifying to
| every true North CarOlinian to observe
| the rapid strides which the South and
North Carolina especially is making in
| the business and Industrial world. My
attention has just been attracted to a
noteworthy illustration of this pleasing
| fact, viz. the beginning of business in this
| State 10y the South Atlantic Life Insur-
| ance Company u Virgina-NorthC Carolina
| Company. the only life insurance com
! pany in this section, and duly incorpor-
ated in North Carolina.
| Tho ntficarc md directors and stock
! holders are nearly or quite all North Car
| Dina, South Carolina and Virginia bust
ness men who have achieved fortune and
business fame by their ability and success
| in the business WOrld-Sllch men rs
Beverly b. Munford, the president, and
| Julian s. Carr. Nirginlus Newton and H.
I l.. Foreman, the vlce-presldents. Among
| the directorate we find the names OF
Charles ". Worth. of Wilmington, $. I
Morgan, J. W. Perry. y. Beaman and W
B. Chisholm. known all over the three
| States mentioned for their business sagac-
| ity and integrity
Messrs Charles s. Aston and r. s.
Plummer have been appointed special
agents for this company in North Caro-
lima, and local agents will be appointed
in all the principal towns and villages
| The company is only six months old, but
in that little time it has done a very
large business. One man alone, Mr.. b. +.
Johnson. the head OF the Richmond pub
| fishing house bearing his name, has
| taken out a policy OF S1OO,O 900 in this
| company.
Seems to me the South Atlantic Com
pany, with it's splendid inducements and
sound financial condition. should not
have any trouble in inducing our people
| to insure III our own home company, anC
thus keep their money at home. Mr.
Robert l.. Foreman. of Richmond (Whert
the home office of the company islocated)
the Bird vice-president and general man
ager. tells me that his company has {
| bright promise OF a good business il
| North Carolina. a fact that am sure We
all hope will prove as successful as he
anticipates ''Patronize home industries
especially when we can do as well Of
better for ourselves by doing so-is /;
mighty good rule to follow
THE PRICE OF COTTON
Several weeks ago. acting upon thu
Judgment and advice of men who knew
what they We're talking about, as we'll a.
my own. it was advised in these letters
that no farmer should sell his cotton fol
less than ten cents. Lately the price ha.
| declined and the spectators are making
every effort to keep the price down. The
Northern papers are publishing account.
from Southern correspondents to the