The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-07-16
NORTH CAROLINA'S GLORY.
1t Lies in Her People. With Their
Roots in Sturdy, Self-ReIiant An
cestry, and Not Alone Ia Her Hills
and Plains, Her Forests and funerals


kinstOn Free Press.
North Carolina is q people with
their roots in a sturdy and self reli-
ant ancestry, an ancestry little iso-
lated, perhaps from the life of the
world, but isolated from the vices
which have Slapped the strength of
races and of nations ere this; a peo-
pie that have ever placed the moral
above the intellectual and the spirit
ual above the material, which is the
point which renders them unintelli-
gible to Mr.. Page, who has declared
that the Saxon race of the South are
"a hundred years behind their breth-
ren in every part OF the world. in
England, in Australia and in the
Northern and Western States;'' a
people who practice the simple and
homely virtues of honesty and fru-
gality and temperance; who love
their own homes and fresides; who
will fight to the last gasp for their
liberties, who despise the braggart
and the toady as much as they do Il
traitor to ones own; a people that
suffered sOrely in a quarrel not OF
their making, because once enlisted
they gave their all, but who have
risen from the dust of defeat and the
CRIME of poverty until they are fore
most in the new life of the new South;
a people whom adversely could not
tame and whom prosperity cannot
corrupt; il people who fear God and
keep His cOmmandments-this is
North Observation-Disclosures News.
And may it continue to be North
Carolina.
AS the years go by more and more
inviting will be our fertile fields. and
our broad acres, our magnificent
water power and our boundless min
eral and forest wealth appear to the
people of other States and of other
/ lands. We will welcome all who are
attracted to us, and who will Join
hands with us in the development OF
our resources.
To this end we propose to strain a
point and put up liberal sum for
the purpose of placing our State in a
favorable light in the eyes of the
world as represented by the great
st. Louis Exposition We want to
60 to that exposition and show peo-
pie Just what we have and Just what
we can do. We want to show our
material res Ources which cannot be
surpassed in variety and value when
taken in connection with the condi-
tions of life afforded our people. But
beyond that, we want to show our
immaterial resources; the growth
among our people of the education
al idea, the true worth of the work
done in our educational institutions
from the colleges and university
down to the log school house; the
growth OF morality and reform in
our midst; the strength and influence
of our churches; and in fact all those
influences and hOmely virtues that
make our State a desirable place o.
residence
But however much immigration
our State may attract, and however
diverse may be the elements tina,
may in time find themselves within
: our boundaries, our State, composed
of such people as the News SO accu
rately describes will find no difficulty
in assimilating all the elements.
1t is fact that we are more pure
. ly Anglo-SaXon than almost an,
: other State-certainly more so thar
. are our Northern neighbors. 1t is ;
a fact that we are proud of ever
t though we have not made certain
|. advances
: While an influx of other Teutoni
s and of Latin races may change GU
o civilization to certain extent i
$ the future, the fact remains tina
q North Carolina OF the present and {
, the past will form the background {
THAT civilization.