The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-10-03
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
NORTH CAROLINA COTTON FARMERS AS
sOClAIIONo ORGANIZED.
Tobacco Growers C0nvention-Rall-
road Taxation and Judge iRobinson
Sentenced Lawyer Battle to the
Roads-Fine State Fair. in Prospect
An Error on Our part-Varfous
Other Matters of General Interest,
From Our Regular Correspondent.

RALEIGH, n. g., Sept. 30, 1901.
The North Carolina Cotton Farmers
Association" was formally organized in
of EdgecOmbe President; Hector Mclean,
OF Scotland, Vice President; T. B. Parker,
Of Orange, Secretary and Treasurer; and
an important meeting was held at once
by the new organiza ton. twenty coun-
ties being represented by delegates.
The object was to protect cotton grow
ers in the sale OF cotton seed against the
new trust which has bought up practi-
cally all the cotton seed oil mills in the
two Carolinas and many else where in the
South, SO as to prevent the lowering OF
the price OF the seed etc. Resolutions
were adopted designed to warn and Sc
cure the cooperation of all cotton farm
ers. The resolutions stipulate that no
farmer should sell his cotton seed for less
than twenty-five cents per bushei this
year (the crop being short, with an APP
parent increased demand for seed for
feeding, fertiliZing, etc.). or should be ex-
changed for cotton seed meal at the rate
of ,353h pounds of meal for each ton OF
seed.
A number of excellent speeches were
made and a committee appointed to issue
an address to the farmers of the State on
their opportunity and duty in the prem
Uses. This committee consists OF Gen.
VIM r. Cox. President OF the State Fair;
Hon. S. l.. Patterson, Commissioner OF
Agriculture; eX-COngressman }. W. At
water Three sessions of the Association
were held, extending over two days, and
the lveliest interest was manifested.
Another meeting will be held Wednes-
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and a large attendance is anticipated
TOBACCO GROWERS CONVENTION.
Col. John S. Cunningham, President of
the North Carolina Tobacco Growers AS
sociation and who is himself the largest
tobacco grower in the country, particu-
larry requests that as large number Of
tobacco growers as can practically do SO
shall attend the convention OF the AssOcia-
ton to be held in Raleigh on Wednesday
of Fair Week, October 23rd. 1t will be
an important meeting and matters will
be brought before it for discussion and
action in which every tobacco farmer in
North Carolina is directly and pecuniarily
interested. There should be a large at
tendance, for the growers must be espec-
tally active in looking after their interests
at this particular time.
RAILROAD TAXATION AND JUDGE ROBINSON.
In rendering his decision in the case of
the Ward application for a mandamus
against the Corporation Commission,
Judge Robinson in refusing the applca-
ton decided, as was predicted by law
yers, State officials and pretty much
| everybody else hereabouts-he refused to
issue a mandamus to compel State Off
Gals to violate a compact. Senator
Wards appeal to the Supreme Court is
expected to go the same way.
JudgeW S. OBJ. Robinson, who is now
| holding term OF court in this city,
| delivers some unique charges to his grand
| iuries At this court he referred to the
| Flagler-kenan marriage and denounced
| Flagler the Florida Legislature and the
| rector who performed the marriage cere-
| mony for the divorced millionaire. He
also declared that if he encountered a
| beast assaulting a woman he would
shoot him as he would snake or wild
animal-but after the law lays it's hand
on such monsters the hand of lynchers
must not be raised against them, he
| added. He also sentenced q well-todO
citizen to thirty days on the roads for
| horse-whipping an idiotic tramp who re-
| fused to leave the formers place of bust
| ness, but later changed it to q fine OF 500
| on the appeal of many friends.
| SENTENCED LAWYER BATTLE TO THE
| ROADS.
| Still another. case, and this the most
sensational of all, Judge Robinson figured
in last Thursday: Mr.. Ed S. Battle, a
young lawyer OF Wilmington, but a
native OF Raleigh, attacked the Mayor OF
Raleigh, Hon. A. NJ Powell, insulting
him and calling him malicious and
willful liar being accompanied by a
young lawyer of Raleigh named Robert
L. Gray, and another young man. who
are said to have enticed the Mayor out Of
his home by a fake telephone message
and all three evidently laying" for his
| Honor two blocks from his home. An
| ARRAY ensued in which the Mayor was
| knocked down and struck several blows
in the face. There was strong appear
ance of a conspiracy. The grievance Of
young Battle grew out of a decision Of
| the Mayors in which Battle figured as
| the defendant in a disorderly conduct
| case. Judge Robinson sentenced Battle
| to sixty days on the roads and refused tC
| change the sentence, as he regarded the
o1ense and its cause to smack strongly
| of anarchy and violence tC
| legally constituted authority All the
yOungmen are said to have been more OF
less drunk, and the fake phone message
| to the Mayor was sent by Gray over a
saloon keepers phone. But the fact that
two OF them are young lawyers, who, al
| least, ought to be familiar with and re
| SpectOrS of the law, made the Offense ever