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;ted.cey'sulf.ilanreman seed a , of irdcro legetsKeysiliuncan I lie lorseLTllO-orii ?rSUIl, l llie :s a ends I tocnryanti*nh-THK FRIEND lt;’F THE COLOREDPEOPLE.Sksatuk Van* k was the friend of the colored people. He did much for the cause of public education among them and his memory will long be cherished by the intelligent and appreciative portion of that race. Cine of the first persons to express regrets lous at Senator Vance’s death was one of our colored citi/eits Julius Speed, who spoke in warm terms of the goodness and greatness of the deceased statesman and what he did for the colored people of the State, declaring that as Governor he did more for the education of the colored race than any man who has occupied that high office. Another colored man. Rev. Garland II. White, late of Halifax county, but now living in Washington City, pays a tribute to Senator Vance's memory in an article written to the JVews-Ofi* server C/trof/ii lr, and published on the first page of the Gouj I.kai this week. And it is a fact worthy of mention that the first contribution received by the Vance Monumental Association recently organized in Raleigh, was from a colored man. Tbe correspondent of the Wilmington Messenger says that Gov. Carr received on Friday $5.00 from Isaac II. Smith, colored, • I New Herne, as his contribution to the Vance monument.
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The Gold Leaf
Henderson, North Carolina, US
Thu, May 10, 1894
Page 2
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William K.
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