The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-02-13
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
NOTES OF INTEREST RECORDED BY OUR
REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.
The Organization of North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League - Corporation
Commissioners Report-Past Year
Prosperous One for Corporations
Various Matters of Interest.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

RALEIGH. n. C., Feb. 10, 'O2.
The organization here of a North Car
DINA Anti-Saloon League last Friday
marked distinct step toward the re-
viyal of temperance work in this State,
which has been allowed to remain in
state of inocuous disuetude OF late.
Old John Barley is unquestionably the
most dangerous and merciless foe Of good
morals and Christian civilization that the
people of this country have to contend
with-and the hardest of all to conquer
and subdue Indeed it would seem that
no adequate remedy has yet been devised
to suppress the traffic and incorporate
indulgence in Intoxicating liquors. PRO
hibition does not prohibit, is an old as
sertion, more or less true; but it dimin-
ishes intemperance and drunkenness and
human ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS no question
about that. However. with many peO-
pie, and especially the politicians and
municipal authorities. the point is made
that the dimunitiOn involved is not inn
peterborough to offset the loss Of"reve-
nue. raised for the towns and schools by
the sale of saloon licenses. And there the
debate opens and the fun" begins.
The advocates of Prohibition and
active Christian people (whether in the
church or not will tell you that it is a
mighty low standard of morals or
religion that will put a monetary price
on wrecked homes. destitute and naked
and worse than widowed wives and
orphaned children and damned souls.
But it is done, all the same, every day,
and right here in North Carolina. Why?
Oh. because prohibition does not pro-
hibit that being so, we cant
afford to shorten our school terms in
order to cut short the liquor supply OF q
few vagahOnds.
That is the sentiment and the ''argu-
ment' the anti-saloOn league must face
and meet and answer before they can
close many of the saloons. And they will
find many processing Christians and
church members in the opposing
crowd. too.
CORPORATION COMMISSIONERS REPORT.
The annual report of the Corporation
| Commission, Just issued, states that the
| past year was a fairly prosperous one for
| the corporations. that the railroad mile
| age in North Carolina now is 3651 miles.
| of which 2,1S0 are operated Ivy the three
| great systems-SOuthern Il .227). Attain
| tic Coast Line (94S), Seaboard Air Line
! (614)-the miscellaneous roads operating
| S62 miles: wages OF engineers are 81 wen
at from $3.50 to 50 43 per day, con-
ductors from Sd to S2.75 total number
| of railroad employees in North Carolina.
12.O2S. Much Other valuable facts and
data covering railroads are given.
| There are ten telegraph companies
doing business in this State, operating
| 1850 miles of wire. over IA. 900 OF
which is controlled by the Western Union
Company. There are 20 Incorporated
| telephone companies, with l 900 phones
| and S,196 miles OF wire in operation.
with total capital stock of 81 .5S4.912.
and an assessed valuation of $3.50. 357.
The five street car companies of Raleigh.
| Charlotte, Wilmington. Asheville and
| more at Greensboro and Durham) have
a total capital stock of 81 ,492 900, a
funded debt of 81 .O59, 900, and last year
hauled 4.636,1S5 passengers Sixteen
electric light companies reported are
assessed at $2S7.195. Eleven water
works companies own plants assessed at
! STAT ,S75. The number of State banks is
[ given at 81, private banks II, savings
banks A.
VARIOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST.
Secretary of the Navy Long will visit
Salem during the Easter celebration there
by the Moravians. He will accompany
Judge-Advocate S. G. Lemly, who figured
in the Schley inquiry and who is a native
of Salem.
The 7O-year old student at the A. &
NJ. College here, who has been studying
dairying, is critically i'll with pneumonia.
OF 33 applicants for license to practice
law the Supreme Court has refused 10
and licensed 14-and the chances are that
80 per cent. of those licensed will not be
able to earn a respectable livelihood at
the business. The "professons." espe-
cialy the legal one, has been sadly over
done in North Carolina for number of
years.
| The Southern Railway good roads
train machinery and crew are at work
here this week, and large attendance
upon the good roads convention is look
ed for
| Admiral and Mrs Schey spent twenty
minutes in Asheville last Friday, and the
people of the Land of the Sky" paid him
much honor.
| And now even the New York clears
are willing to admit that cotton must go
| up in price 1T should bring nine cents.
to draw out the reserve supply. and may
fetch ten cents" they say.
1t appears that North Carolina is to in
dulge in six-team baseball league again
the coming seasOn-Raleigh, Charlotte,
| Wilmington and New Bern, and two
other towns will be lin it..
| Mr.. f. J. Justice states that he will not
he a candidate for Congress in the Tenth
District