The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-03-08

tainly a great many Democrats III North
Carolina favor it. and it is our houndpn
duty to ascertain If majority do and
if so then it should be ordered
Not to do SO under such conditions
would be disastrous to the party. and
would endanger the success OF not only
the State ticket but the amendment as
we'll greatly fear it would. and. there
fore | hope the editors Of all the county
papers will at once take up this matter
and fully acQualnt their readers on the
subject BY doing so they Will perform
a valuable party service"
do not know how it is inyour county.
but in Raleigh and Wake county and at
other points where am Informed. it is
| very plain that nearly all the "layman in
the party-that is. the rank and file of
the DemocratS-not only favor the pro-
posed Senatorial primary but demand it
as their right. and in very determined
language. There are a few politicians
who oppose it, but they are numerically
III Il small minority.
1t has been understood here very
generally for some time that this primary
would be held and the circulation of a
report that it might be defeated i'll the
Stat" convention has caused Indignation
MASSES.
1t is to be hoped that the will OF the
| majority will be carried out i'll this mat
| ter, whatever it may be.
| FIFTEEN NEW COTTON MILLS THIS YEAR.
The records OF the Secretary of State
| diScOSeS the interesting Information that
| during the months OF January and Feb
| rllary charters We're granted to fifteen
new cotton mill companies i'll this State,
| with an aggregate capital OF several NIL
| lion dollars. These do not include several
companies formed this year so far and
| not yet chartered. nor the large sums eX-
| pended in charging and improving old
mills
During the same period South Carolina
| chartered nineteen new mills. with an ag-
gregate capital of three million dollars.
The year 1900 will break all previous
records in cotton manufacturing in the
Caroinas and the South. rapid as has
been its growth OF late years
NUMEROUS NEWS NOTES.
The famous wilkes county bond case"
was argued in the United States Supreme
Court at Washington during the last
few days. Capt Charles Price, of Sails
| bury, Judge Avery. of MOrgantOu. Hon.
j. +. Shepherd, OF Raleigh, and Judge
| Dillon, OF New York. We're the counsel
who represented, pro and con the con-
tention OF the parties to the suit. 1t is
not known when the decision of the court
| will be announced.
| Mrs General Pickett is sending to the
public schools of North Carolina each a
copy of that valuable and popular book
''Pickett and his Men, which truthfully
| ,<>fN
| soldiers in the Confederate service under
her distinguished and lamented husband.
These books are furnished to the schools
free on the order of Gen. Julian 5. Carr
who pays for them all. Gen Carr (whO
has done SO much good work for his
State of this character) is determined
that the school children of our State shall
be informed of the heroism of therfa theirs
and educated to revere their memory.
| Prominent POpulists continue to come
out in favor of the amendment, in oppo-
| SitiOn to Buffers advice. 1t is predicted
that there will be a lively fight over this
matter in the Populst State convention
here next month.
Another OF the negro Congressman
Whites pOstmasters (all negroes) has
come to grief making five that have been
arrested. as | now recall. for embezZling
United States funds. This time it is c.
W. Battle, the negro postmaster at Bat
tleboro, charged with stealing 300 OF
postoftice money. At this writing he is
in Jail at Halifax
Capt. Tom Mason was here few days
ago and consulted with a number OF
prominent Democrats. He announces
that he will not be a candidate for
Governor. 1t is understood that he will
stand for the Congressional nomination
in his district. to succeed the negro White
whose days are numbered.
The date of the next State fair has been
set for October 22nd to 9th President
McNamee and Secretary Pogue say they
intend to making the coming fair a big
and attractive success There will be d
large midway" with all kinds of shows
of merit.
Raleigh had big fire last Wednesday
and among the buildings burned was the
tobacco warehouse in which the Populis1
party of North Carolina. as a State or
ganiZation. had its birth
Democratic clubs will now begin to or
game all over the State. They will be
known this year as White Supremacy
Clubs" LLEWNAM