The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-08-04
OUR RALEIGH LET1Fl'
Things Seen AID Heard Al A.
State Capital.
GoRMAN News RrPr,
Par rrru n ut Z


RALEIGH. \. c.. Ang ! Ia -
am informed. through a conrar..''
with several prominent public Man. 'alIe
have just returned from Wasb;nnNa
that if President Roosevelt ;5s
carried out the Republican camna;a
in the doubtful Northern STAG s,
make the proposition to Reduce n, w S
resentatiOn of the Southern st. r. =
Congress a leading issue.
The State of Illinois (which Mr. =,
land carried the second time bs c"
elected) is one of the states in whit M
campaign is to be conducted nn i % IS
line. Senator Hopkins of Illinois at,a nS
long conference with MIR. RoosavaI.
Saturday, gave out a radical interr.s : q 8
to that effect.
The Republican spellbinders eNns.,
work on tie feelings of the mass. s
telling :hcnt that in North Carolina :. Z.
the other s,oul..ttl States that ~ S.
adopted suffrage laws which largely r'G a s.
franchise the negroes, the white man s.
the South is given a double impor,a, S
and authority in public affairs over :,
white man in the North and West
But the argument may not work 8
well as the Republican managers hona
will. A business man of Importance .,
large interests in Chicago. who is in h, 8
eigh today, made this statement Ia n
Il have always been n RepuhTeq s
but will not endorse an attack on i
new suffrage laws Of the South. Ne n. s
better acquainted with the conditio.
which obtain in the South than We w..
a few years ago, and | appreciate H.
gravity OF the negro question down h.,
and the Importance and necessity n
putting a check rein on the negro in ii.
matter of politics. believe any Mort 6
ern state would have done Just as ",
people have done unker like condition,
1--WE have had n good deal of trout.
with negroes in the State of Illinois AM
other Western and Northern states 4 !
late years There have been numerop.
cases in which white women in IN,
states have fallen victims of the beast,
and brutal lusts of whatyou term 'gori
la negroes, and the peril of which ym
have complained and are trying to guar
against for SO long has been brought I,
our very doors. Even as | speak thps
words hordes of negroes are being in
ported into Chicago by the beef packer
to take the places of white workingmpp
who are out on strike. There is grow
ing prejudice against the negroes in th+
Northern and Western states. and. in mr.
opinion, the Republican party will moi
make any votes this year by forcing al
negro issue to the front. either in Hines
or any other doubtful state.
STATE CONVENTION OF FARMERS.
During the present week Il State Con
ventiOn OF farmers will be held in Ral
eigh-out at the 4. L NJ College Ii vii
be in session three days, and large AT
tendance of progressive and representa-
tive farmers is expected.
One of the most important questions
which the convention will consider is tle
adoption of a concerted plan of actionh
reference to the sale of this year = cotton
crop.
A large acreage has been planted il
cotton this year, and it is very impor-
tant to cotton growers that they shal
unite upon some systematic plan of mar
keting the crop, in order to realize far
price for it. OF course it is hardly el.
pedient Or to be expected that the higa
prices obtained during the last few
months of last season will be realized On
this years crop, but it is hoped to kep
the price up around the ten-cents notch
although September and Octobe.
futures" are today quoted at n Fraction
less than ten cents.
The rushing OF cotton on the markel
and the consequent 'glut ought to b
guarded against, and the only way il
which it can be done is by unity Of a.
ton on the part of the cotton grower,
through an agreement and arrangemeGr
such as this convention will undertak'
to provide. Leading intelligent farmer,
have often told me that the farmers ar
the most difficult class of people in tn.
country to organize effectively fG
their own protection and welfare. especi
ally those of the South. This is probable
true, but it ought not to be SO.
A prominent Texan, Judge Eugel'
Williams of Waco. arrives today ans
will address the farmers convention %
the subject. He will present the plan q
warehOusing cotton and show the prar
teal advantages of that plan III secuF
ing good prices to the growers. Their
will be delivered also several addresse'
by leading farmers on practical subjects
among them being that of farm labor
rural schools, stock raising. fruit grow
ing, poultry culture, dairying. etc.
BY the way: Commissioner of Agricul
ture Patterson says that farmers VIII
buy oats should be careful: that if th'
oats come from Texas there is danger ID
the boil weevil being brought here II
them.
The Corporation Commission an
nOunces that the new assessment OF raj
road and other corporation property u
this State shows a total increase I"
$685., $50 over the assessment OF las
year. The total assessment last veal
was $73, 7S4 ,GS4; this year, s1i,3I.
522. The railroad property alone :
assessed at 500, 4S3 ,073, and the tota
mileage is 3,S03 miles (exclusire O
sidings,) the street railways are assessed
at 81 ,oG4 100. Telegraph companle,
1927 ,924. Telephone companies 1923
7O2.
The SeabOard Air Line. whose prop
erty is assessed at the same figures al
last year ($12, SOC, OOOl is the only com
pany that has filed exceptions with ti'
Commission.
A big Parker and Glenn club has bt+l
organized here and the campaign wa'
opened Friday night, when Elector >pTu
ill and Congressman Pou spoke 10 ihF
club, over 900 people being present
The Republicans Of this Congrcs-loiia.
district will meet here "Wednesday auG
formally put up one ". e. Pearson. "
Chatham county against Congre-sIna"
+. W. Pou. OF course it will be lneIF
matter Of form, as he will have H''
chance in the world of being elected.
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