The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-06-27

Lewis Council the negro convicted on
rape and sentenced to be executed At
Fayetteville today (Monday), has been
respited until July 18th. Meantime, his
lawyers will make another effort To
secure a Communication of sentence.
The annual conference of the Southern
College Y. NJ. c. A. is in session at Ashe-
vile this week.
The State Board of Public School EX-
amners is called to meet at Chapel Hill
next Saturday. June Doth. when the
work for the next school year will be
mapped out. Supt. TOon says the old
plan will be followed in the examination
of teachers applying for certificates.
The North Carolina druggists at their
annual meeting at Winston-Salem ad-
journed to meet at MOrehead next year
on June Dist E. W. O'HanlOn was
elected president and A. j. Cook secre-
tary. OF the applicants for license 26 OF
the 33 passed
The Bankers Association which met
in Asheville last Friday. was well attend
ed, nearly one hundred members being
present. The following officers for the
ensuing year We're elected: President ).
F. BrutOn; ce-Presidents, Il. W. Mont
castle, NJ. p. Pegram, c. \. Evans; Secre-
tary and Treasurer, j. NJ. Miller, Jr.
The State Truckers Association, which
met at Wilmington, elected W. L. Hill, OF
Warsaw, president; j. S. Westbrook, OF
Faison vice president; |. H. Strange, OF
Fayetteville, secretary and treasurer.
Charlotte and TarborO come into the
Virginia Carolina baseball league this
| week, having bought the Portsmouth
and Newport News franchises respective
| ly. and the clubs from these towns being
| bodily transferred to them. The league
is now composed of four North Carolina
and two Virginia teams, viz: Raleigh,
| Wilmington, CharlOttt, Tarboro, Rich
mond and Norfolk A new seasons be-
gins this week, the clubs all starting even.
Baleigh was never SO "crazy on the
baseball subject as this year-the girls as
we'll as the boys land under the head OF
"boys" is to be included the entire male
population from Gov. Aycock DOWN.
the ''rooters' and the ''rooterines' and
''rooterettes Wilmington wins the
first series, with Norfolk and Charlotte
tied for second place, and Raleigh, Tar
boro and Richmond following in the
order named.
The contract for the textile school
building at the A. & NJ. College was let
Saturday and will be erected without
further delay, and be completed in time
for the next session OF the College, The
machinery necessary to equip it has
already been donated by Northern ma
chinery builders, through the efforts OF
North Carolina mill men. 1t will be a
valuable and extremely useful addition
to this institution.
Governor Aycock and party were ten
dered a magnificent reception at Char
lotte, where the Governor addressed the
Manufacturers Club Saturday. The
party returned to Raleigh yesterday.
Editor H. A. London. OF the PittsbOro
Record who has just returned from the
National Editorial Associations meet
ing at Buffalo, N. Y, is said to have made
the hit of the day at the banquet
delivering an eloquent speech that re-
flected credit upon his State and called
forth great applause and ELUSIVE con-
gratulations from those present. We
may well believe the report (Which pre-
coded his return home) for Ma or London
is an attractive and captivating speaker
true to the South and his native State
always.
A cotton seed oil mill trust, with the
modest initial capital of 800, 900, 900
is forming this week, and our cotton
growers may look for a drop in the price
OF cotton seed next seasOn-unless this
trust is unlike the others in it's plans OF
| procedure, and that's not likely.
| LLEWNAM.