The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-01
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
Things Seen and Heard at n,
State Capital.
GORMAN NEWS r.,

RALEIGH, ~ L.. Aug. -. 1901
His Excellency, Governor A,coct -
leave in about two weeks for hi. tn, vi
the State of Maine, where he will NAL
number of speeches.
After spending about two Weeks
Maine he will go to New Hampshirs
a few days, the guest of grutlam.
whom he met while the latter WAS
visits to North Carolina. He Looks ~
ward to his outing in New England W.
great pleasure There is no duuhr VT
his oratory will at once deligh, and NO
fit the people of Maine He will ,aS
about education. which. above all 9TH.
is the theme he loves.
The new physical director and atbl.,;
coach. DIR. Willis s. klenholz, If Gal.'
burg. ILL.,, has arrived at the 4 An
College, and is going to make an earl,
start in physical culture ana atbIs,
training with the cadets
DR.. klenhOlz comes with high t.s,
mOnials, not only as to his proficiency
gymnastic and athletic work. out al.
as to his fine gentlemanly qualities AM
scholarship. He is an accomplished Il
ologist both in botany and zoology AIS
a very proficient German scholar.
DIR. kienhOlz is married His famI,
will come with him, and reside at II.
college in West Raleigh.
State Auditor Dixon tells me that n.
county examining boards of all the eouD.
ties except six Wake. Chatham. Durham
Granville, Burke and Buncombel har.
sent in their new lists to the State boar
of which he is chairman, and that th
work of passing upon and making IN
the new list of Confederate pensionen
will begin at once.
DIR. Dixon added that he expected Then
would be falling off in the number q
pensioners, but to his great surprise be-
finds that there are hundreds of new a.
plications. He made a guess today tina,
there were perhaps as many as 2.0m
new applications. Il am very much sur.
prised at this and regret it, too. was
exceedingly anxious to increase the pen.
sion allowances this year and We NAV
squeeze through with the same amount.
as were provided last year. The board.
of pensions in the counties evidently put
on q number of men who ought not 10
be on the lists. but the old soldiers hang
around and entreat the boards to grant
their claim, and the tender-h hearted old
soldiers who compose the board give
way to this sort of appeal. | am SUR
that lot of the pensioners ought not to
be on the rolls"
The friends of State Auditor Dixon are
greatly pleased to mark the manifest i'm
prOvement in his health during the last
week The doctor is again looking hi
old self again-handsOme, genial and
happy-and he is rapidly being restored
/ hnnlfh "A |,
affords this writer genuine pleasure to
note the fact
Out near the A. < NJ. College work has
begun on the new agricultural building
and it is going to be fine, bangup
structure, admirably suited to its pur,
poses.
1t will face the main entrance gates to
the State Fair grounds and will he CON
pleted in eight months, or about May
LIST.
1t will have front OF 1OS feet with a
basement and three stories. 1t will b.
one of the best buildings of the kind in
the country and excel anything in the
South. The Governor feels great deal
of pride in the building and SO does the
board of agriculture, which will pay for
it. When this administration began
there were only Is agricultural students
at the A. 4 NJ. College, while now therc
are ITO, and there will be many NOR
In 1901 the work was done in x2Ot
building and now it is done in IA xG.00i
one.
The forty six tn year Of Trinity College
will begin Wednesday, September 18th.
The correspondence in the Office during
the summer has been henvier than dur
ing any previous summer. The prospects
for attendance during the coming year
are exceedingly gratifying. Everything
Is being set in order for what promises
to be the largest opening for the past
several years.
Secretary of State j. Bryan Grimes,
who has recently returned from a visit
to the Eastern part of the State, brings
back some interesting relics.
From Bath, the Oldest town in North
Carolina, he brings an old lock that is
said to have been made over 200 years
ago, and which bears a royal arms oil
Great Britain, and which came from one
Of the historic buildings there; a square
and thin brick, English made, which
form part of the floor of the old church;
door-knocker from the government
house and photographs OF the exterior
and the interior of the quaint church;
which was unfortunately remOdelled
about 1913. He also contributes part
of a wine bottle of strange make. from
the house of Teach, otherwise Black
Beard, the cruel and dreaded pirate.
Mr.. W. j. Peele. of Raleigh. contributes
to the Hall of History a brick from
Teach's house, in the center OF the briek
being a perfect impression OF the foot "l
q wild turkey.
Some weeks ago the Evening IIm's
printed q telegram from Washington an
nouncing a raise in the pay OF certain
rural free delivery mail carriers.
Postmaster Bailey has received notlcr
from the department at Washington that
the pay of 1913 rural free delivery carriers
in this State has been raised to $l2"
year. In other words all carriers ap
pointed prior to July LIST, 1904, will get
1920, regardless of the length OF thei,
routes. There are now about $40 rural
carriers in North Carolina, and the pay
Of these 1893 who are to receive S12on now
ranges from $64S to 1920. POSTMASTER
Bailey yesterday drew draft for 81
900 for carriers pay. LLEWNAM