The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
THE HENDERSON THURSDAY DECEMBER o. 1904
RALEIGH LETTER.

RALEIGH, n. u, Dec. ~.
There never was time when the
assembling of the General Assembly
was so near at hand that one heard
so little about the selection OF the
next speaker.
Although that important office is
to he filed in about three weeks, and
has been usually sought by many OF
| the leading legislatOrs-elect, no one
can tell today who the next speaker
will be.
The organization during the past
week of the Southern Press Associa-
ton at Atlanta, the meeting being
participated in by several North
| Carolina newspaper men, is IN i'm
portant development in improving
telegraph news service OF the evening
newspapers Of the South. Mr.. John
c. Drewrv, president of the Raleigh
Evening Times, was elected chairman
| of the executive committee and the
active chairman of the board of di-
| rectOrs.
The strenuous call for more immi-
grants for North Carolina is growing
In volume in certain quarters If we
are to Judge blythe language of some
OF the appeals along this line printed
in some of the newspapers, anything
that wears pants will be welcome.
We beg to enter protest. There
are immigrants who land in this
country from some of the countries
of the old world who do North Caro-
lima IL great service by locating in
other States than this We do not
need nor want the riffraff of Castle
Garden dumped upon our shores.
There is not room in the most hon.
ogenOus State in the Union for for
eign anarchists and socialists" the
very breath of whom is poisonous to
our well-being and prosperity. But
we do need and we will welcome de-
sirable classes OF immigrants, be they
Americans or foreigners and no
otherkind. Its therefore absolutely
necessary that care and discrimina-
ton should be exercised by the man
ayers OF any concerted effort to in
duce outsiders to come among us
and we wish to emphasize and accen-
tuate the fact as forcibly as we can.
The temple committee of the Ma
sons. having in charge the erection
OF the Masonic Temple in Raleigh,
met last evening in the office of
Grand Secretary Drewry. Already
the committee has possession of the
former Mann store on West Hargett
street. Last night the arrangements
were fixed, propositions submitted
and accepted which will place in it's
hands the property of the Raleigh
Savings Bank, Oh the corner, the site,
for the temple. Under the agreement
the present occupants have six
months in which to give possession,
but it is hoped that by early spring
they will have secured other places
for temporary abode SO that work
may begin. If not, then at the end
OF six months it will begin. The
committee spends in securing the site
$4,000. 1t has 500, 900 available
and desires to add $4,000 to this,
that details of the magnificent
building planned may be perfected,
and it is greatly encouraged at the
bright prospect. 1t is stated that
the money in the committees hands
has Increased by judicious invest
ment, and that now every dolirsub
scribed has increased to more than a
dollar. There were present at the
meeting Grand Master w. S. Liddell.
OF Charlotte; Messrs. John W. Cot
ten. of Tarboro, Past Grand Master;
a. j. Harris. of Henderson: S. II.
Smith, OF Charlotte, and Grand Sec
rotary John c. Drewry, of Raleigh
The Secretary of State today grant
ed papers of incorporation to the
Bank of Southport. The authorized
capital OF the institution is $4,000,
OF which $1,000 is paid in. The in
corporators are d. J. Watson, II. w.
LoOd, r. c. Viton and others.
The trustees OF Rex hospital have
elected as superintendent to succeed
Mrs. Lawrence, deceased. Miss Nora
Phillips, of Washington, D. c., who
hasearned a high place in her profess
sion by years of capable work and by
the high sense of duty that distin-
gulshes her personality. Miss Phil
lips comes of old North Carolina
stock, being IL daughter of DR.. Sam.
r: Phillips, a sister of DR.. Charles
Phillips, Il niece of the famous Mrs.
Cornelia Phillips Spencer. Her selec-
ton as superintendent will meet with
general and hearty approval. The
new superintendent is a native of
Raleigh and removed to WASHINGTON
when her father was made solicitor