The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-11-15
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THE WESTERN SENATORSHIP

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THE WESTERN sENATORsHIP
The Western Senatorship is already be-
coming question OF burning" interest
with some political spectators. who
will be Pritchard's SUCCESSOR they ask
Ave, Who? Let the question bidc n
wee; let the Italian warning. maggiore
frettd nninore alto, give us pause just here
Plenty OF time, Observation-Disclosures full
OF it. Help yourself to another aaao
d0mini or two while you catch Your
breath.
In the name Of peace-o good
vill-to-men, how can you contemplate
another Senatorial struggle i'll such cold
blood at this time-and another ''pri-
| mary staring you in the face! Let's ad
dress ourselves to Kidding the party OF the
| latter character assassin first-before the
| word ''Senatorship" is introduced again.
Yes, let's do that
! NO MORE STATE PRIMARIES.
| Good bye to the primary eysteml''
| The Democrats of North Carolina arefully
Disguised with the primary that
| South Carolina importation, which has
grown to be such a disgraceful affair in
it's native State that (as shown by lead
ing South Carolina papers) gentlemen OF
sensbility and refined feelings can rarely
be persuaded to offer themselves for
Office, and here it will soon be dispensed
with altogether.
| The experience which our people have
had during the last few weeks has been
more than enough to satisfy the great
majority OF us that we want no more OF
it in ours Away with it! Let us bid a
| 20, 70 10
primary experiment May its mean,
| lying face never show itself again among
the Democrats of North Carolina.
'Legalize' it? Never. | don't believe
| one Democratic legislator in ten will Ell
terrain the suggestion next January.
MINOR MENTION.
| Tomorrow week. November Goth, the
| Democratic State Committee will hold an
important meeting in Raleigh, at $50
p. m. Chairman Simmons has issued the
call, the date being the same as that on
which seven members of the committee
will canvass the primary vote for Sena-
| tor Questions Of Importance will be
| considered.
Many OF the Alamance county mill
| operatives moved out of the dwelling
| houses. occupied by them and owned by
| the mill companies. during the past week,
and Others are beingforced to do SO daily
| by the legal authorities. under lnStruc-
tiOns from the owners. | am told. The
! time set by the mill companies expired
| last Friday, the day the cold snap ar
| rived. 4 settlement OF differences seems
to be as far off as ever.
4 special agent OF the Department OF
Labor at Washington. who is deputed to
take statistics of the manufacturing in
tereSts of North Carolina, is now at work
in the State The cotton manufacturing
towns are claiming his attention at pres
| ent
1t is reported that Senator Pritchard
will secure the appointment OF Mckinley
electOr Augustus II. Price, of Salisbury.
to be Assistant District Attorney to suc-
coed Congressman-elect Spencer Black
burn in the Western district
The MOravian Home church, fitting!y
celebrated the Tooth anniversary or it's
conservation at Salem during Friday,
Saturday and Sunday last.
The Levi cotton mills, OF Rutherford
ton. doubles it. capital stock, increasing
from $4,000 to 100000 The new
Neuse spinning mill near Raleigh, and the
new Melrose hosiery mill of this city, will
soon begin operations. The Willard
hosiery mill here is also building new
plant, and Fayetteville is to have another
silk mill, in all probability.
| The regular annual meeting OF the
stockholders OF four of the divisions of
the Seaboard Air Line Railway, set for
last Thursday at Raleigh, has been de-
| ferred to December 9th, a quorum not
being present on the Sth instant Coun-
sci for Ryan was here, however, and it
seems the opposition to President John
Shelton Williams plans has not entirely
| been overcome.
| The New Bern fair is the next thing on
deck. If Senator Simmons is physically
able to do So he will formally open it.
For several days he has been confined to
his home in this city by painful attack
| OF rheumatism.
Evangelist George r. Stuart, formerly
associated with Sam Jones, is conducting
a revival here this week. He is great
| ''revivalist."
Seven weeks more OF Russell and fusion
ofticials-then AycOck and Turner and
Lacy and Grimes and Dixon and Gilmer,
ct al. will move in, and the interment of
| Populism and FUSION will formally take
place. My! but what a pesky peck O
trouble these fellows have been
"They' are saying today that of course
little duck legs Claude Bernard will
~ tiilS tiip NHtppI UHOuSHt, llldy IL lOC
miss frey as he should have gone before
And then some are adding that Marion
Butler will succeed him-a climb of the
law who has had his license to practice
two years! Don't believe the latter sug-
gestion is worth a cent. But you can
run along, Claude you're a good
Splinter, anyway, if a bad lawyer and
bOmbastic ass otherwise-and We'll sur
vive any successor that comes along.
| AttOrney-General Walser is to be ap-
pointed Supreme Court Reporter to sue
coed Judge r. p. Buxton, who died last
week at Fayetteville. Walser's successor
! as Attorney-General will have less than
| two months to serve, and it is stated
that Raleigh lawyer may therefore be
appointed-Loge Harris, for instance,
whose ''pickings' from Russell's admin
| istratiOn have amounted to moro than
| the Ga In Of RuSsall bincolf