The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-09-05
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
SUPPRESSION or LYNCH LAW A BURNING
QUESTION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Opposed to the GoverHor-Out side
Interference-OurG Great Educational
Growth-Purest Auglo-Saxon Blood
in North OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Matters
of Interest.
ON Our Regular respondent.
RALEIGH. \. C. Sent 2 10

this summary method OF avenging rs
saults upon the virtue Of white woman
hood has become a burning question in
North Carolina.
The horrible and unprecedented record
Of assaults in this State during the last
few weeks. and the position which Gov
ernor Aycock has taken looking to the
prosecution OF the fynchefs, especially in
the Arson county case, has forced the
question to the front, and caused con
siderable feeling to be worked mp in some.
OF the communities affected.
OPPOSED TO PIE GOVERNOR.
There is not lacking reputable and more
or less influential citizens who take the
position that the Governor should not
seek to send to the penitentiary at least
some OF the honest and good citizens
who have taken part in lynchings, under.
great provOcatiOn and while labOring
under the natural Indignation and excite
ment some OF these most aggravated aud
iphuman crimes have provoked. And
some Of th0-neWspap are saying us
much, also The WadesbOrO Messenger
and Intelligencer, for instance. says:
a person who has not lived in a neigh
fOrhood where some good woman has
been despoiled; and perhaps murdered
by q black monster, lis not in Il position
to criticise the summary action OF those
who knew and loved the victim, in rid
ding the earth OF the vile beast who as
saulted her. The writer can testify from
experience that the nearer one is to the
scene Of q crime OF this sort the less dis
position does he feel to leave to the slow
| process OF the courts its ayengino, and he
can easily conceive how impossible it
would be for the neighbors and friends OF
the injured woman to restrain them-
selves. The negro at McFarlan was exc
cnted by as good men ats there are in
North Carolina, and nothing is to be
| gainedbY inquisitorial proceedings by the
courts with Il view OF their punishment
In Alabama last week a white farmer.
OF standing in his community, was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life, upon
being convicted as participant in the
| lynching OF negro. The negro was not
| guilty OF rape, however, but had murder
| ed Il white man.
1t is reported here that delegation Of
Arson county people is coming to Raj
eigh to consult the Governor and ask
| him not to offer reward for the arrest
of the participants in the lynching OF the
negro, Luke Hough, whose criminal as
sault and attempted murder OF Miss
Keith was one OF the most horrible and
revolving OF crimes. One or two have al
| ready had q conference with him.
OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE.
In the meantime, however, an alleged
..reWard" $500 for the apprehension
and~tOnyiction of each person') has been
offered by Outsiders-a so-called Ma
| tiOnal Council OF the World with head
quarters at Seattle, Wash, in this Arson
county case. SO, il there were 400 OF the
| lynching party, this Council would be
called on to pay 100000 in this one
case; provided conviction was secured.
Nothing is known here of the financial
responsibility OF this society. except that
it is probably on a par with several
Others composed OF theoretical Missionaries
| with more tongue than practical sense or
pecuniary foundation-and none Of its
advertised cash is likely to really and
actually ever find its way to North Caro-
| lima. and for more reasons than one.
| Governor Aycock received notice OF the
reward last Friday, but was not
favorably impressed thereby He says
| this State is able to look after the eXecu-
ton OF its own laws, and that he does
not approve of such meddling by out
| siders.
At last accounts Thomas Rogers, the
young white man accused of rape upon Il
young girl near Wilton, Granville county,
was still at laroe-having been rescued
| byfriends and taken from an officer while
on the way to Jail. He and his friends
claimed at the preliminary examination
that he had been unduly intimate with
the girl for three months but the magis-
trates ordered him to jailwithout bail on
the girls testimony. Hisrescue by friends
followed that night.
OUR EDUCATIONAL GROWTH.
The next week or two will be marked
by the opening OF most of our colleges
and schools for the session OF 1901-'02
and tits source of cOngraulati0n that
| we have such excellent educational facili-
ties now in North Carolina, never before
equallcd. Talking today with a widely
known and prominent characterization one
| OF the best educated men in the State and
long connected with several institutions
| OF learning. and therefore q competent
judge-he said:
Il have two promising young fellows
and two of the brightest and sweetest of
girls completing their education. This
year [ send my boys to Trinity and my
| girls to the State Normal aud Industrial.
and | am glad to know they are the
selection OF my children as well as my
own choice-no better in the South.
n few years ago one would not have
are now offered boys at Trinity to be
available at such low cost to them or
| their parents-for a college education
land the best to be had, too) has been
placed at the disposal OF any boy OF the
| right metal. through the munificent gifts
! that have enabled this college to offer 50
much for so little And when my bows
get through there they will be finished
and prepared for life.
Same thing is true in a sense. OF the
State Normal. My girls may never be
compelled to- earn a living by their own
labors. But they prefer to equip them
selves for the emergency ii it should come,
and do it while receiving an education
there. | am proud that one doesn't have
| to go outside OF North Carolina now to
get the best in education. It has not al
ways been So
PUREsT ANGLo-SAXoN BLOOD IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
The Census Bureau figures promulgated
last Friday show that North Carolina
still contains the largest percentage of
pure Anglo-Saxon blood-the most
s'American' Of all the States. Out of a
population OF 1 1913, $40 there are only
4,492 foreigh-born people, making a per
centage Of only one-fifth Of one per cent.
I'VE have with Us, however. $50. 2O7
''colored' people, of whom u are Chinese.
5,IS1 Indians, and GA 400 negroes and
mulattoeS. The negroes constitute
exactly one-third OF the population.
There are 1886 more females than
males, altogether. but the negro women
make up the female majority, there being
101 more white males than white ie-
males Il ,093 more negro women than
negro men. In Raleigh, however, there
are more white women and nearly 700
more negro women, making nearly /. 600
majority for the females We can. there
fore, supply some OF your eligible young
men with a few mighty good wives-and
pretty as peaches. all of EN-
VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Insurance Commissioner Young on
Saturday sent out notices to the county