The gold leaf., 1900-09-20
CFrOm Our Regular Correspondent }


can begin our journalistic family
talk this week with nothing more in
teresting than little unfamiliar
State history, which has unusual in
terest because of an event which has
just occurred here.
Yesterday the beautiful new Pres
byterian church Occupying the old
site on the Southwest corner of
Morgan and Salisbury streets, across
from the capitol building) was form
ally dedicated-and thereby hangs
this tale:
This church is on historic ground.
Before 1918 the congregation held
service in the capitol building. but in
1918 handsome brick building was
erected, and remained in use up to
three years ago.
Before the building of the church
the pastoral arrangement in Raleigh
was a novel one. The town took
much interest in its academy, and
from about 1903 to 1916, it's principal
was called the s.Principal of the Acad-
emy and Pastor of the City" The
incumbents were all PRESBYTERIAN
ministers, except one Huguenot min
lister who filled the position for only a
| few months.
In 1S35-the first capitol building
having been consumed by fire and
the present building not being COM
| pleted-the State convention met in
this city. In return for past favors.
the Presbyterian church was loaned
for the sittings of the convention.
WHEN CATHOLICS COULD NOT HOLD
| OFFICE.
| 1t was in this building that William
Castor made his memorable speech
which resulted in a change of the
Constitution regarding Roman Catho-
lies. Under the Halifax Constitution
of 1776, Section 32 was supposed to
exclude Roman Catholics from hold.
ing civil offices in North Carolina
This section was SO amended in the
convention of 1885 as to be unob.
jectionable to Mr.. CASTOR (who was 8
member of the Catholic church) and
to that element in the State. 1t is
said that the Pope wrote Judge
CASTOR an autograph letter, thanking
him for his successful effort in the
matter.
The Supreme Court of the State
was also rendered the use of the Sun
day-school building, which was &C
cepted and the building so occupied
COTTON GROWERS STRICTLY IN 1T.
The ''ten-cent cotton.n which
advised our farmers two weeks age
to hold out for, is already Gin sight
"a little ahead of time-and it now
looks like the staple will go beyond
these figures soon, to remain for the
balance Of the fiscal year; maybe tt
II or - cents.
The bound which cotton took las
Monday was due largely to the new:
from Texas giving the particulars O
the great damage wrought to the crol
of that State by the winds and rain:
which also almost wiped the city O
Galveston off the map and destroyed
thousands of lives there and elsewhere
in Texas.
The continued combinations of The
predicted short crop in North Caro-
lima and nearly every Southern State
will be sure to maintain the present
price and cause an advance later on
In short the cotton growers of NORTH
Carolina are ''strictly in it" this year
if they will only keep stiff upper
lip and not sacrifice their holding!
early in the season, and those who
have cotton and care to hold it will
receive as much or more for the two
thirds crop than they would hav,
secured for big full crop-a result
like unto that they can bring to pas
any year in the future by concert
ed action in reducing acreage 25 pc
cent. and planting only about three
fourths as much as they have beer
growing.
| MINOR MENTION.
State Convention Daughters of tn
Confederacy will meet at Raleigh DC
tober 10th and 11th