The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-06-06
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
LATEST ADVIcES SHOW MILLIONS LOST BY
RECENT FLOOD.

New Trial In Oattis-KilEo Case Granted
by supreme Court-The Industrial
Growth of North Carolina-A. & NJ.
College-Faith Curists Refused Char
ter for "College"-News Notes.
(From Our Regular Correspondent
RALEIGH, n G., June 3, 1901.
The belated information (due to the
cutting off of communication concerning
the amount of damage and destruction
wrought by the floods and storms during
the past two weeks in our State tell n
story of disaster that is simply appalling,
80 much greater was the fearful havoc
than any of US even imagined.
The information now at hand tells us
that in the one county of Mitchell alone
the loss exceeds q million dollars, $780,
600 OF it falling upon the people OF the
little town Of Bakersville Over 500
houses were washed away and practically
destroyed. Great suffering is the natural
result, and OF necessity an appeal has
been made to the outside public. 1t
should be literally responded tO-fOr
these sufferers are our own people and
the outstretched hand OF relief should be
as prompt as helpful.
l cannot undertake to itemize within
the limits of this letter the hundreds of
localities that have suffered Suffice it to
say that it makes ones heart sick to
read the awful stories that are coming to
hand. Let's do all we can to aid the I'M
fortunate victims to their feet again.
And let the sufferers themselves pluck up
courage and take heart anew-rememb
ing that God always helps those who try
themselves, and that he despises quit
ter
NEW TRIAL IN GATTIs-KILGO CASE.
An appeal of general interest to people
all over the State has just been decided
by the Supreme Court, whereby DR.. j. G..
kilgO, president of Trinity College, and
Messrs b. n. Duke, of Durham, and W.
r. Odell, of Concord, the defendants in
the libel suit for damages brought by
Rev. Mr.. Gattis, of Durham, at Granville
Superior Court last fall, got new trial.
The Granville jury awarded Gattis
damages in the sum of SIC, 900, after one
of the hottest of legal contests. because
of the publication by the trustees of that
college (of which board Duke and Odell
were and are members) of the speech of
DR.. kilgo in refutation of charges
brought against him by Gattis and Judge
Walter Clark, and which publication the
plaintiff claimed contained libelous state
ments concerning the plaintiff, Gattis.
Governor Aycock, who was one of the
attorneys for the defendants in the lower
court, stated after the trial that the Su-
preme Court would award a new trial,
and lawyers here generally agreed to
statement. The opinion of the court was
,,iy TNbn 1.-,n h.o {>I no
tried again-iust when cannot be stated
now.
| There has been no case in court in a
generation that caused SO much talk
| and which stirred up more feeling 1t set
| the Methodist ministry by the ears, and
| when the case was called at Oxford the
| personnel of those present in the court
| room made the temple of justice ''1Ook
| like q Methodist conference in session"
| INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF NORTH CARO-.
| LIMA.
Last Friday a dispatch was received
from Washington concerning the growth
| of industries in North Carolina, as com
puted by the director of the new census
and some of the daily papers published
under big headlines the astonishing state
ment that the "value OF the manufactured
products of North Carolina now amount
to over $4,000, OOO," and thought that
was big thing! The Director of the
Census had said so. Nine Millions in
deed! Why, the value of the manufac
| tured product of $50 textile mills in
| North Carolina alone is worth fully fifty
million-and more. The raw product it
self-the 100000 bales of cotton (of the
| 5000 grown in the State) consumed
by these mills-is worth SIG, 600, 900 be
fore q pound OF it touches a spindlel
| 1t is safe to say that the manufactured
products of the cotton mills, tobacco fac
tories-about IL, 900. 900 pounds manu-
featured at Winston (chewing) and near
ly as much Smoking and cigarettes) al
Durham-furniture factories, cotton seeG
oil mills, ETC., etc., foot up total of ove1
1926, 900, OOOeach year. And vet we are
gravely informed by the Census Burea,
that our manufactured product amounts
| to So, 100000 and some of our lead
ing daily papers print such rot as news
under big five-decker head! 1.-THE state
ment has since been made that North
Dakota and not North Carolina was the
State referred to in the report given ou1
as above stated.-EDITOR.
OUR SPLENDID A. & NJ. COLLEGE.
During the past week the annual com
mencement exercises of the Agricultural
and Mechanical College was held here
and twenty-three young men formed tn
graduating class. Five of them delivered
oratiOns, which in matter and manner o
delivery would have done credit to mucl
older heads, and reflected the highes
credit upon this splendid institution ant
its able president, DR.. Geo. r. Winston
and his able corps OF assistants. Gov
Aycock delivered the diplomas to tn
graduates.
This college is coming to be locke,
upon as the most useful educational in
stitutiOn in North Carolina, and yer,
properly so-a college where the youn,
manhood OF our State is taught to do a
well as to think. where the students ar
taught that skilled labor with the hand
and muscles is as honorable as who'll
necessary to the upbuilding of our Stat
and the development of the best energie
and resources of the rising generation
1t is a great work DR.. Winston and hi
but for the State, and the parents G
North Carolina ought to send the ''pic
of their flock to this college if they hop
to equip their boys properly for the bat
tie of life in the future The young me
who graduate here in skilled mechanics
labor and agriculture find no difficulty i
at once putting their knowledge to prat
teal use-they are sought after, an
several Of them have recently received a
many as four or five offers each to tax
charge Of stock and dairy farms, and i
manufacturing plants where their me
chanical education makes them desirable
The textile school building will soon b
built, and our cotton mills will not niue
longer be required to send North for ST
perintendents and overseers. etc
VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Many stock raisers and farmers ger
orally will be glad to learn that we are t
have a State Veterinary Surgeon. TIL
new Board of Visitors of the A. & NJ
College will tomorrow (Tuesday) hold
joint meeting with the State Board {
Agriculture (the college from June Is
being under the management of the Dt
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