The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
GORMAN NEWS BUREAU.


RALEIGH, n. C., Sept. I, 1903.
The astonishing utterances of the new
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle church
of Raleigh, touching on the negro ques-
ton, delivered from the pulpit of that
church at d largely attended prayer
meeting service last Thursday night,
found their way into print Saturday,
and caused a sensation. In the course of
his remarks he declared that the white
people ''have whole lot to answer for
the way they treat the negro race" that
Il don't wonder that they steal when
paid such small wages that Il believe
the time will come when there will be an
streets and torches be put to our
homes
This man, Rev. J. C. Massee, recently
came here from Ohio, and although he is
Georgian by birth and resided in Ohio
only few years, he seems to have been
pretty effectively inoculated with the
negrophobia ideas which so largely OBJ
tain in that State of mixed marriages
and miscegenation. His words have so
offended the people here that his days of
usefulness in this community are appar-
entity passed His unjust words of both
races are condemned by all and he has
been severely denounced by the local
daily papers and by citizens on the
streets.
II all the Superior Court judges were
like Judge PEBBLES there would be less
lying on the witness stand. Among the
new arrivals at the States prison is a
negro from Harnett county. He was
convicted CT stealing S. and sentenced to
one year Of Imprisonment. Then the
Judge had him tried for perjury and gave
him five years for lying while testifying
in court. A negro in Wake court was
served in like manner recently by the
same Judge.
The battle over the liquor question
whether the dispensary shall take the
place of the saloon in Raleigh-opens in
Evangelist George Stewart speaks here.
The issue is in doubt at present.
Fifty-eight new lawyers received license
to practice Saturday, out Of class of
80 applicants, % being refused. This
makes ninety three new lawyers licensed
this year.
The theatrical season has opened.
Next Friday and Saturday George ODER,
the noted commedian, appears at the
Academy of Music in the Broadhurst
comedies. On Sept. 10th 'Rudolph and
Adolph'' will be enjoyed at the Academy
by all fun lovers. ''Sister Mary and
Human Hearts will follow.
Senator Simmons, DR.. Winston and
others are speakers at the Good Roads
Congress at LakevieW today.
On account of the large increased val
uation placed upon property by the tax
assessors of Raleigh the tax rate this
year will be considerably reduced, so far
as municipal taxation is concerned-a
good example for other towns to
follow
The rejection by the Governor and
Council OF State OF the proposition OF
Messrs. ". w. Mills and H. l.. Finlayson,
representing themselves and Others. to
lease the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail
road (twO-thirds of the stock of which
is owned by the State) for term OF fifty
years, is very generally approved. The
road has recently been improved by the
application of profits of it's operation in
that direction. is now in much better
condition and will soon begin paying
dividends, it is stated by it's officials
This week and last week mark the
opening of the various colleges of the
State and the attendance at every one of
them will be larger than ever before.
some of them being filled to the utter
| most with students. Wake Forest and
Davidson opened last week and this
week Trinity College (the wealthiest and
best equipped of all our higher educa-
tional institutions begins the first term
OF the new scholastic year on Wednes-
day. The matriculation of new students
is set for Friday. The parents and
guardians of North Carolina young men
are approaching more than they have
before the thorough and magnificent
| work of this splendidly endowed and
perfectly equipped college, unsurpassed
in the South, and fewer of our young
men than ever are now going to similar
institutions in other States. North Car
DINA is certainly enjoying a great educa-
tional awakening, and the colleges as
well as the common schools, are very
sensibly feeling the effects of it.
| am told, however, that large pro-
portion of the white people in the East
ern counties, particularly among the
farming classes, are greatly displeased
with the education of the negro ''at the
cost of the whites, especially when taxes
are so high and the demands of the I'M
cared for and suffering white INDECENT in
sane (many OF whom are confined in the
county jails) cannot be met and relieved
Some of the farmers also claim that the
negro schools are robbing the farms of
laborers and overrunning the towns
with ''digniied, partly-educated negro
lOafers and criminals, whose 'bOok
larnin' has caused them to refuse to do
manual labor Of any kind
The encampment OF old Confederate
soldiers here during Fair week. promises
to be quite a feature that will add to
making the third week in October this
year famous
The State Fair management is making
great Roadway. Among the many at
fractions being enjoyed is that of an
@ronaut who has himself shot up into
the air in a big bomb which explodes in
mid air, he coming down in parachute
that is released by the explosion
Col. Noble Martin and Grand Secretary
Drewry and the others of the great Ma
sonic Fair management are succeeding
finely in the preparationfor that 2-weeks'
event, Oct. 12th-24th. You never saw
anything like it and you will greatly en-
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