The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-10-06
OUR RALEIGH LETTER
Things Seen and Heard at the
State Capital.
GoRMAN NEWS BUREAU, |
RALEIGH. N e. Oct & 1904 {

GORMAN NEWS BUREAU,
RALEIGH, N. e., Oct. 3, 1904. I
DR.. Thomas D. Hogg, one of the oldest
and most respected citizen of this city,
and one of the wealthiest men in the
State, was instantly killed Friday.
He was knocked down by a shifting
engine, about O'Clock, in the yards oi
the Seaboard Air Line, near the John
ston street station, and, falling across
the track, the locomotive passed over
him, cutting the body in two pieces.
From all that can be learned, DR..
Hogg's death is due to his own careless
ness-or, perhaps it would be more cor
rect to say his responsibility.
The leasing of the North Carolina road
has been followed with some most annoy
ing after pains, which some gentlemen con
tinually express It's really trying upon
their nervous systems, and nothing but
time will put them to rights. II, how
ever, patience can only have it's perfect
work, all will come right in the end.
A New Republican Paper.
The Republican Journal makes it's first
appearance today. The paper is a seven.
column weekly, and will be edited by Mr.
Claudius Dockey, of this city.
Mr.: Dockery is a man OF good ability
and his conduct OF the editorial columns
insures interesting reading. The paper
is committed by its editor, to the moral
and material upbuilding OF the State.
With that OF its mission, we welcome it
as an exchange, and as a factor for the
betterment of our Commonwealth.
| Editor Mcneil, of the Corthage Blade
will get the 81, 800 Judgment given hin
by a jury in the lower court-ail that is
left OF it after his attorneys are paid
The press of North Carolina will have nc
| words OF cOngratulation to offer!!Mr. Nc
Neil, for collecting damages for iniurie,
sustained while riding on an out-of-day
Tree pass" after he had signed away
the right to do so-whether he could be
held to his contract by law or not
Rev. Livingston johnson gives out tht
following encouraging report OF the con
ditiOn OF the State:
| This Is the fourth year that | have
been secretary Cf our convention, anG
during this time have been practically
all over the State. | am glad to say
that believe the State ia in better con
dition today, materially, than | have
known it. The corn crop in the West
is immense. Along the Yadkin valley
for miles and miles, there is a great sea
OF waving corn, the finest | have eve,
seen grow in that valley. No freshets
| have swept over it and the harvestp rom.
Uses to be bountiful.
In Piedmont North Carolina the wheat
crop is the finest they have had in wears.
and the price is more than the farmers
could have expected when they sowed
their crops. In a trip from MooresyiIIe
to Salisbury through the country, a dis
lance OF twenty miles we passed
through the finest wheat-growing sec
ton have yet seen in the State. Plan
tation Joined plantation until it gave
the appearance OF vast prairie waving
The tobacco crop in most sections is
good, and the farmers are in better
spirits-very much better-than last
year on account OF the advance in price
The cotton will, perhaps, be short ia
most sections, at least the crop will be
smaller than at one time was expected
This II generally the case during a wet
year. The weed II SO Iuxuriant as to
raise the expectations OF the farmers. but
the fruit IL never in proportion to the
weed a wet year.
| The farmers In eastern, middle and
western parts Of the State are in good
spirits have not heard ''hard times''
this year. LLEWXAM.