The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-08-29
Gov. Glenn: Address in the Negro
Building.

The following press notice was
sent out from the Negro Building,
jamestown Exposition, respecting
: the visit Of Governor Glenn, and the
/ address which he delivered on the
| occasion:
august, 10th, Governor Glenn OF
North Carolina delivered an address
in the Negro Building which evoked
great feeling on the part of the mum
! bers gathered in the building. Gov
/ ernor Glenn narrated in feeling way
the debt OF gratitude he owed to the
cOlored people, relating an incident
| Of the civil war which proved the
negrO's devotion and fidelity to trust.
The incident was the faithfulness
with which the servant OF a Coined
crate officer buried the body OF his
fallen master and then tramped 800
miles to the old homestead, carrying
all the cash and valuables Ofhls dead
master; and how the same body ser
want afterward assisted in the rear
ing OF the children. That officer,
the Governor said, was my father
The Governor then asked how he
could indulge any other than feelings
Of Kindness for race that had pro-
duced such "a character As Gov
ernor OF North Carolina he had en-
deavOred i'll every proper way TO
show his interest in the negro race,
and no one reioiced more than he in
the evidences OF their real and sub
stantail growth. The Governor said
that in North Carolina the negro, as
the white man, was given the full
protection of the law. Ii he was in
dustriOus, we'll behaved ,laW-abiding,
he found no better friends, nor did
he receive any greater encourage
ment from any source than from
the white people OF the State. No
negro possessing such a character
had any complaint to make against
the government Of North Carolina
or against it's white population.
North Carolina was the only State
in the Union that made an apprOpri-
alton to assist the negro in showing
his progress at this Exposition. III
| this it was thought to give encourage
ment to the progressive element OF
the race and stimulate Others to
habits OF industry and thrift. The
State appropriated $4,000 for this
| purpose, and he felt sure that it had
been wisely spent The Governor
said that the race problem was being
solved in North Carolina along the
lines indicated, and that lie could
call on Commissioners Williamson
and Hunter to prove any statement
| he had made.
NO speech yet made at the EXPOSE
ton has received such enthusiastic
| and unanimous cOmmendatiOn. 1t
has placed the chief executive of the
| Old North State far in the lead OF
the Governors of any of the States,
and it writes North Carolina name
| high up in the galaxy of States.
Commissioner Williamson and
Secretary {. n. Hunter have spoken
to large audiences in all the leading
cOlored churches of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, and on every occasion
they have glorifed their State i'll
terms which many thought extra "a
| CANT. The speech of Governor Glenn
and the presence of the eminent North
Carolinians who accompanied him
attest their deep interest in the well
fare of the negro, and fully sustains
the eloquent euloginms passed upon
the State By its energetic and patri-
otto commissioners, Messrs. J. H.
Williamson and c. n Hunter
Long live Governor Glenn, and
long live the spirit to which he is
furnishing such a magnificent lead"