The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-22

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THURSDAY, MARCH 1900.
IT is coming the furniture factory.
Ir looks more and more like it is
going to be Gov Aycock. Well, we
couldn't have better man.
MACHINERY has been bought for the
knitting mill Now lets buy ma
chincry for furniture factory next
AND now the talk is of third cot
ton mill in Henderson larger than
either of the other ones. Let them
cOmc-the more the better.
The Elizabeth City EcOnomt$t speaks
OF Butler as the Simian, whom
the Deity in mercy has written the
word beware" all over his frightful
phiz.
WAIT for the new passenger depot
building. The fact that we have
already waited long and patiently need
not discourage Us. 1t will come after
awhile.
The withdrawal of Messrs. Justice
and Cunningham from the Gubcr
Material race sirnplitics matters. This
doubles means AlcOck- ; nomination
on the first ballot if not by acciama
ton.
TO be or not to be that's the qucs
ton. In other words is Henderson
to become an important manufact III
ing center or not? That depends very
much upon our own people whatever
they wish to make it.
EDITOR John Il. Britt, of the Oxford
Public Lutyer, is recommended for
Commissioner of Labor and Printing.
Certainly no stauncher or more worthy
and deserving Democrat could be
placed upon the ticket.
Work for the upbuilding of Your
town and aid and encourage every
laudablc enterprise that Ina, the pos
sibility of success in it. Get to-
gethcr on any question of municipal
good and Won will soon shut the
mouth of the carping and malicious
critic.
AYCOCK and Cunningham would
make strong team a ticket that
would be invincibIe but the licutcn
ant govcrnorship should 90 tn the
West. We honor Cot. Cunningham
and would delight in seeing him hon
orrd by the State, but some other
time or in some othc. way.
Mr.. G. i. Sapp retre> from the
editorial staff of the NcwS ami o.
scrrcr to take a position on the Norfolk
Irgininn- Pilot made vacant by the
death of Col. VIM C. Elan \ bright
young man and facile and fOrceful
writer our esteemed Nirginiau con-
temporary is to be congratulated upon
securing his services.
ENGLAND and the South African re-
publics are at war; the United States
and the Philippine Islanders are fight
ing; France is snarling and showing
her teeth at England; and Russia and
Japan are threatening to fly at each
others throat. Another Peace ~
Conference or two and the nations of
the world would probably 90 to war
one with another
lr Is manufactures that build up
and make FOR the life and prosperity
of a town-Somcthing to give employ
mrnt TO surplus labor and make the
population Of the town more self-sus-
tanning. the bringing in of money
from the outside and paving OF ii out
to skilled workmen and for the raw
material. These are some OF the bless
ings that flow from manufactures
Let us have more of them.
lr was only a little while ago that
some of the papers were congratulate
ing the State upon the return of Rev
d. y. Long who had for several years
been president of an educational in
stitution out in Ohio-at Antioch.
According to what is said OF him in
our Raleigh correspondence we are
inclined to think the State would
have been quite as we'll of had the
gentleman remained where he was.
The outlook for the nomination of
Col. j. Bryan Grimes as Secretary of
State is very encouraging. At this
time he appears to be in the lead and
his candidacy is gaining strength
daily. Not only is he popular be-
cause of his own personal worth and
merit but people all over North Caro-
lima who have never seen him love
him for the name he bears. There
are thousands of old soldiers who
would count it one of the highest
privileges and pleasures of their life
to cast vote for the son Of the brave
and gallant Confederate leader Gen.
Bryan Grimes.