The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-22
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
Thinus Seen and Heard at the
State Capital.
GoRMAN NEWS BUREAU, |
RALEIGH, \. e., Sept. 10, 1904. !

GoRMAS NEWS BUREAU,l
RALEIGH, \. e., Sept. 10, 1904.
An interesting proposition that is now
advanced, and which will be a leading
subject OF discussion for the next three
months, is:
Who will be elected Speaker of the
House of Representatives?
At present there seems to be wide
spread and growing sentiment favOring
the election of Person county's distnl-
guished son. Col John S. Cunningham,
who has been unanimously nominated
by the Person county Democrats to rep
resent them in the next House. Colonel
Cunningham is one of the most popular
and able men in the State, an inexperienced
legislator and parlimentarian, the larg-
est tobacco farmer in the South, a repre-
sentative business man-and he would
made a good presiding officer, if he &C
cedes to the wishes OF his friends and adj
mirers and becomes a candidate and is
elected to this important and honorable
office
The names of two other able gentle
men are also being mentioned, Messrs.
Guion, of Craven, and Graham, Of Gran
vile, but | am not authoritatively in
formed whether they will actively enter
a contest for the place.
The Raleigh Evening Times appeared
Saturday evening in enlarged form, in a
new dress and under new management.
Saturdays paper was a 12-page beauty,
filled with live Geographic and local and
general news, editorials and attractive
advertisements, and the regular daily
edition will hereafter consist of six seven
column pages, AZ columns.
The owner OF the paper, Hon. John C..
Drewry, who is not only one of the most
successful business men in the State, but
a particularly able and entertaining
writer, is now, for the first time, devot-
ing portion OF his time to the general
management of the papers business, and
will also contribute to it's editorial col
umns
Maxwell German has been made the
managing editor of the Times, and in
addition to his other duties as such will
have direct charge of the local, telegraph
and general news columns, with cOmpe-
tent assistance.
Mr.. Caddell remains as an editorial
writer, but will spend much of his time
| in travelling in the interest of the outside
purpose and determination of the man.
agement to build up large State circu-
| latiOn.
Mr.. L. A. Womble is the active business
| manager in charge of the advertising
| and circulation departments, in which
| he has had long and successful expert
| ence
Three editions of the Times are now
| printed each afternoon, catching all the
! out going mails, and thus reaching a
| large section of the State the same even
ing it is printed, and giving its State
subscribers tOday's news today, includ-
| ing fine telegraph service.
The new building, just erected express
| ly for the purpose in the very heart OF
| the business district of the city, and
equipped with a new $1,000 perfecting
| power press, Mergenthaler typesetting
machines and all other modern improve
ments Gncluding the handsomest edi-
| torial rooms and business office in the
| State) is one of the best equipped news
| paper plants in the Southland the Raj
eigh Evening Times has a great and
useful future before it.
Governor Aycock is now in the State
| of Maine, in response to an invitation
extended by the State authorities, de-
| livering a number of addresses-largely
of an educational nature. The New
| England yankees" $50 many of whom
are densely ignorant of the true South
and unacquainted with the real character
| OF Southern men Of the better and repre-
| sentative class will receive a better i'm
preston of our people through their in
tercourse with Governor Aycock and re-
wise their estimate of this section of our
| common country.
| DR.. Baker, of TarbOrO, who was
charged with the murder of DR.. Bass, of
| that place and whose case went to the
jury Saturday evening, was acquitted,
the jury returning its verdict yesterday
| Sunday afternoon.
| United States Senator Simmons. in
speaking OF the conference he is to have
with Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island
possibilities of improvement of that har-
with moderate appropriation to make
Beaufort the third best harbor on the
Atlantic coast, only New York and Nor
folk surprising it. He says moderate
appropriation will provide a % foot
channel and an adequate amount will
give at least 35 feet draft. He says
Beaufort can easily be the greatest har
Dor south of Hatteras on the Atlantic
coast.
A New York dispatch says that the
Consolidated Liquid Air Company has
gone broke. The company is the sue
cessor Of the Tripler Liquid Air Company
whose affairs were the subject of much
| nOtoriety about three years ago.
An application for a receiver for the
Consolidated Company was made after
a stenOgrapher for the concern got judg
ment on claim for back salary. Among
the incOrpOratOrs We're former United
States Senator Pettigrew and former
Senator Marion Butler, the latter having
been chiefly instrumental in bringing
about the consolidation of the companies
When the company began business il
was announced that at last the idea
motive power, the ideal cooling anC
heating power, had been found.
The trustees of the fund raised for 6
bust Of Issac Erwin Avery, late city edi
tor of the Charlotte Observer, have
awarded the contract to Professor Car
Bentheim. This was done after a consul
tation with friends and relatives, who
were satisfied with the arrangement
made with Professor Bentheim. Prof
Bentheim has done some notable work
having made busts for Carnegie, Vance
Ransom and DR.. Tompkins, father O
Mr.. d A. Tompkins. LLEWXAM.
THE way Mr.. Rowland talks about
developing the country along the
line of the Atlantic & North CarOlins
Railroad is sight. We hope his
money is as plentiful as his inten
tions are large.-Thomasville Charity
and Children.
Mems and Boys Summer suits re.
duced to half price to get rid of them
Must make room for fall stock.
SAMUEL WATKINS.
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