The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-10-24
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
A GREAT WEEK FOR NORTH CAROllNIANS
IN RALEIGH.
The State Fair This Year Promises to
be the Greatest In Years-Meetings
to be Held During Fair Week-No
New Rural Delivery Routes Till
January Division of Confederate
Pension Money-Other Matters.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

Pensfeu Money-Other Matters.
From Our Regular Correspondent:
RALEIGH. N. G.. Oct. 21, 1901.
My!but this is going to be great week
for North Carolinians in Raleigh-and q
big percentage of them will participate in
the festivities of the occasion.
Our old friend, the State Fair, is with
US again in all its pristine glory, with
not few new frills and furbelows added.
calculated to edify, amuse and benefit
every visitor who comes this way during
the ensuing week. In short ladies and
gentlemen, this is the greatest OF the
great State Fairs, not even excepting the
last one, which was a record and
tens of thousands OF our people-"our
folks" and there are none other like 'em
and none quite SO good, God bless them
are either here, on the way, or getting
ready to come to the Great Twentieth
Century State Fair. What a great re-
| union of old friends there'll be! And this
social commingling Of those dear to each
other, though separated the other fifty
one W eeks OF the year, is one of the most
| enjoyable features OF every State Fair.
| Be even more SO this time.
President W. r. Cox, Secretary Joseph
E. Pogue and Treasurer C. b. benson are
| the lions OF the day, and cannot be too
| highly praised for the magnificent work
| accomplished.
| A splendid program has been provided
! for Friday, and this year that day will be
one of the greatest days OF the Fair. Mag
| nifcent racing program and all the lea
| lures shown during the preceding days OF
the week are fixed for Friday. Come!
MEETINGS DURING FAIR WEEK.
President Cunningham announces that
the meeting of the North Carolina Tobacco
| Growers Association, called to meet
October 22nd, has been postponed. Pres
ident Graham, of the Cotton Growers
Protective Association, announces that a
meeting of that Association will be held
on that date at 8 p. m. in this city. On
Thursday afternoon, October 23rd, the
twenty second annual meeting OF the
North Carolina Horticultural Society will
be held. On Tuesday night the second
meeting of the State Literary and His
torical Association will be held, a very
interesting program having been ar
ranged. The customary meetings con
nected with the Fair Association will be
held as usual.
NO RURAL DELIVERY ROUTES TILL JAN
UARY.
1t had been expected that October
, would witness the Inauguration of the
free rural mail delivery service over thu
, new routes secured by the CongressmeI
from this and several other districts il
this State, carriers having been appointed
and bonded in a number OF instances
But Congressman Pou, OF the Fourth
: District, has just received letter from
Superintendent Machen of the free rura
: delivery service stating that no new
routes can be put in operation befor
January 1, 1902. Well get 'em then, o
. soon thereafter. In the meantime Their
should be hustle to secure large mum
| Der of additional routes.
, The $196, 1894 of pension money whicl
| the State of North Carolina will pa.
under the new act will be divided as fol
=, lows between the several classes OF Con
1 federate pensioners: ~First-classs, 1852
s | second-class, $50, number 275, amour
$780,; third-class, $40, number $50
: amount $21, 400; fourth-class an
q widows, $40, amount 1854, 900; gram
total, $196, 1874.
OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST.
81 1t is understood that the Nationa
+ Farmers Congress will hold its next al
nual meeting in Raleigh, Vice Presiden
Benehan Cameron having extended tn
invitation at the meeting held at SiOu
Falls, S. D., last week.
. The last OF the North Carolina claim
: against the United States on account {
+ expenditures incurred by citizens of thi
d State during the Spanish war were pal
+ during the past week, amounting t.
= 1874, making total of claims paid {
Il $780, O5. Only $500 worth OF claim
was rejected.
v The striking of the name OF job
J. Brown from the list OF great men, to b
studied by the pupils of the Ashevill
graded schools is generally approved
Prof. Tighe was forced to take this actiO
" by public sentiment.
= The war-horse "Choctaw" presented
y General Fitzhugh Lee by Colonel Beneha
Cameron, and used by the former as hi
charger during the Spanish-America
war; has just been returned to Colone
Cameron, as General Lee now has no or
portunity to use him, with gracefr
note OF thanks and compliments for th
noble animal "Choctaw" is in Raleig
this week.
From the accounts that reach her
President Cohoon and Secretary Aydlet
, have worked up great fair for the Albt
8 marie section, to be pulled off at Elize
d beth City this Weekend to 25th, bot
# inclusive. But what else could he e1
4 pected, with such team?
Governor Aycock will, beginning Nov
ember 1st, deliver number of addresse
on education in some of the Easter
counties. So far he has made four ar
o pointments for Hyde, county.
E The first of the new vestibulefron
; street-cars, which the new law requires t
8 be operated from November 18th to Apr
/. 1st, made its appearance on the Raleig
. company's lines last week. Every street
car line in North Carolina must provid
these fronts for the protection OF motor
men from severely cold and inclemen
. weather.
e The proposition to erect statue t
= Sir Walter Raleigh in this city will be>dis
cussed by General Julian S. Carr, it
author, and Others at the meeting of til
State Literary and Historical Association
here this week
n Senator Wards mandamus case t
y compel the Corporation Commission t
tax railroad property anew, appealed +
e the Supreme Court, has been placed a
n the end of the docket, at the request {
d Attorney General Gilmer, and will not b
y heard till about December 10TH
TheCorporationC Commission will begi
d the inspection OF railroads next week.
y The Virginia-North Carolina Photo
5, graphers Association meets in Raleig
d October 29th-31st.
= The appeal of the Greensboro golC
brick swindlers will be heard by tn
Supreme Court this week A vel
| grooped Chicago attorney will be here t
argue thecase in behalf of the imprisone