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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
GROVER CLEVELAND.
HE WAS RIGHT THOUGH DE-
FEATED.
Public Office is Public Trust"
Suitable Epitaph for the Gtave-stone Of
His Administration.
[Phila. Record. i

When President Cleveland shall go
out Of office in March next he will
leave behind him a record that will
establish his reputation as a patriot
with an eye single to the public inter
est, and as a statesman of undaunted
courage and OF marked capacity in the
mastery Of public affairs.
Under his lead much has been done
to restore to the Government the vast
grants of public lands to railroad cor
pOratOns in fraud of their owners
the people of the United States.
He has put a check to vicious pen
sion legislation in the interest ofagentS
and undescrving claimants.
He has given the country safe and
prudent management of its finances.
He has broken UP the Naval Ring
that kept the country supplied with
hulks, and has given us respectable
naval establishment instead, for which
we have paid no more than our mon
ey's worth.
His administration has been free
from any form of tolerated or covered
up dishonesty, speculation or fraud.
He has boldly sought to relieve the
country from overtaxation by pro-
posing such remissions as would give
the greatest relief to taxpayers and
the greatest assistance to depressed
Industries.
He has acted steadily upon his no.
Die motto that 'public office is pub
lie trust )" and, that is the inscription
which must be put upon the grave
stone of his administration.
He might have obtained political
and personal favor of powerful Corpo-
rations by neglecting the rights of set
tiers upon the public domain; he
might have courted immediate popu-
larty by winking at the pension raids
on the Treasury he might have need
lessly emptied the surplus money of
the people into the pockets of the
bondholders he might have perpetu-
| ated the system OF the Robesons and
the Reaches in naval expenditures ;
he might have put rascals into Office
on political solicitation, and kept them
in Office for political advantage; and
he might have listened to the voice OF
expediency and followed the lead of
those SNUG and safe counselors in his
own party who straddle the tariff queS-
ton, and who are ''for protection" in
one spot and ''for revenue" in another.
But President Cleveland has not
done any Of these things. He has
been true to his pledges. He has the
courage of his convictions.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
Where Successful Men Come From.

1t is a noteworthy fact that many
of the most prosperous business men
were brought up on the farm. There
is something about farm life which de-
velopes the qualities of honesty, econ
omy, perseverance and observation.
The farm boy, trained to simple wants
and simple ways, and who learns what
a dollar is worth by actually earning
it, has a solid foundation on which
business education can build an endur-
ing structure. AS soon as he can tod
die along he is taught to pick berries
and help about the house, and year
or two afterwards he makes himself
generally useful, and he does hun
dred odd chores. Each other mem
Der of the family is a special commit
tee to point out the mischief of idle
ness.
The district school is mile or more
away, and to it he must walk-always
walk-through dust, mud or snow
drifts. Though his schooling be rude,
it is solid, as far as it goes. Though
learning be slow, the school masters
ferrule is swift and the boy is taught
to take the consequences of his own
acts like man. Whatever It's faults,
the country school is prompt to dis
courage shrinking, idleness, and most
forms of unmanliness, and to enCour-
age punctuality, steadiness and self
reliance.
Everything tends to make the coun-
try boy practical. Out-ot-door life
and continual exercise give him good
health, sound constitution and free
dom from nervous troubles which stand
him in good stead if he enters into the
rush, turbulence and fever of business
life in a city.
1t may be that the nearest saloon is
five or ten miles away from the Coun-
! try boys home. But if it be nearer,
he does not care to be seen in its vi.
cinity. His teaching and the senti-
ments of his neighbors are such as tc
inculcate sobriety as we'll as thrift and
steadiness.
So farm life tends to develop -four
of the qualities found in successful
business man-honesty, economy, in,
dustry and observation. Only two
qualities more are needed TO insure
success. These are good judgmen
and adoption to circumstances. With
this combination, knowledge of busi
ness methods is quickly obtained wher
opportunity comes, and business sue
cess is apt to follow.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
"Carolina, Heaven Bless Her.
News of OxfOrd.l

Fowle has won most glorious vic
tory and Mr.. DoCkery and his horde
of women slanderers will be relegated
10 that obscurity from whence they
came, for while, to SANDER ladies
and disgrace the State.
Whatever evils may come upon US
from the awful defeat in the National
election it is in part CounteraCted by
the splendid success with which our
State ticket has been rewarded. We
are in safe bands and for that God be
praised. We had hoped that on the
2oth instant, the day of National
Thanksgiving, we might all as one
people return thanks to the "Giver OF
every good and perfect gift' for the
continuance of that peace ana prosper
ity which has been with us while
Cleveland was at the helm. 1t is 9th
erwise decreed. But tor Democratic
supremacy in North Carolina, we can
all give praise for a continuance OF
honest home rule.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
Down on Hill.
TSaratoga New York; Eagle. ]

lhodidtpSd A-NC" YIN L"SIt.1
Notwithstanding the fact that David
B. Hill leads the national ticket in
this State about $4,000 votes, Grover
Cleveland is far more likely to be the
Democratic candidate for President in
1892.
Hll's victory does not change the
fact that he is a corruptionist, a ser
vile tool of the rum power, and the
friend of debauChed ballot.
Cleveland's defeat does not dimin-
ish his high reputation for courage,
honesty and craftsmanship.
Hill is Presidential impossibllity-
Cleveland remains a Presidential
quality. The events of the next -four
years will justify this early prognosti-
cation.
Cleveland is defeated with honor;
Hll elected with disgrace. Which i:
the more TO be envied?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
HENDERSON, N. c., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1883.
DEMOCRATS GOING ON RE-
PUBLICANS' BONDS.

Don't draw the color line at the
polls and then sign the bonds of
those who are elected over you by
the colored votes.-Nczo Be1ne /0ur-
nal
We have not been able to see the
propriety or wisdom of Democrats
lending their name and money to
help retain in official position Repub-
liCans. II is not creditable to their
intelligence and consistency. In
North Carolina Radicals have held
office because there were Democrats Of
means who went on their bonds. Is
this treating their brother Democrats
right? I? Is this treating the whole
community with justice and neigh
borly sympathy? Men whose pres
enCe was an annoyance if not an
affliction to communities have been
kept in office through the financial aid
OF Democrats. This is no right
Wilmington Star.
1t appears to US to be worse for a
Democrat to go on a Republican 5
bond than it is to vote for him. With
his money he wieldS a greater power
than with his Vote We have never
been able to see any consistency in
working and voting against a Repub-
liCan, thereby irving TO keen him ont
Of office, and then signing his bond
after he is elected in order that he
may fill it. But for the fact that
Democrats enabled them to give their
bonds, many incompetent persons,
elected by the votes Of the negroes
whose only standard Of qualification
is the fact that the individual voted
for is " de nominee O. de Publikin
party" would never be able to inAiCt
themselves upon community.
But the GOLD LEAF trusts the his
tory OF the past will not be repeated
with regard to the office Of Register Of
Deeds of Vance county. One of the
most important and responsible offices
in the county, that ought to be filled
by more competent person than the
one who has just been elected.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
The Difference.
TDanvillG Breeze. i

The difference between dog and a
tree IS that one barks and bites and
the other barkS and leaves.
The difference between a monastery
and nunnery is that one has monks
ard the other has nun.
The difference between real pain
and champagne is that one means a
headache to-day and the other means
a headache tomorrow.
The difference between Mercury and
good medicine is that the medicine
bears healing in its wings and Mercu-
ry bears wings on its heels.
The difference between a drayman
and popular actor is that the one
hauls stuff and the other stuf5 halls.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
Cleveland Took the Right Stand.
PHILADELPHIA Record. Democratic

Philadelphia Record, Democratic
There is a great deal of "bosh'
creeping into the halfway Democratic
newspapers going to show that if Pres
ident Cleveland had not written his
Tariff Reform Message he might have
been re- e-elected President. 1t is sur
missed that he might have crept through
the protective fence if he had not tried
to go over it. But the day for such
evasion and trickery is past. Mr.
Cleveland zO0uM haze fWed 700rse il
he had rrazoleA upon his belly than he
Ald Stan1Ing erect nb6n his tert.
The Record is free, to say it would
not have supported Mr.. Cleveland if
he had not spoken clearly in favor of
Tariff Reform. 1t is prepared to take
free raw materials and cheaper neces-
saries of living at the hand of either
party, and will give as hearty support
to Harrison as it has given to Cleve-
land, and as it gave to Arthur, in case
he shall have the courage and states
manlke forecast to ask for such tax
reduction as will at one stroke reduce
revenue and confer the desired advan-
tages upon industrial effort.
There are long headed men in the
Republican party who will understand
that an election won by scratch puts
the victors upon serious consideration
of the proper means to hold their pre-
carious advantage. Tax reduction
must come.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
READ THIS.
AFEW THINGS WORTHCONSID-
ERING.
Patronizing Home Enterprises the Key
20 Local Prosperity.
lAtlanta constitutional

The Richmond State falls into line
with the Constitution in its appeal to
Southern people to patronize home
industries.
Cur contemporary does not hest
tate to say that the practice is too
prevalent in Richmond Of sending to
distant cities for articles which are
made at home. Richmond people,
when they want household furniture,
dress goods, and various things of use
and ornament, send off to New York
to purchase them, notwithstanding the
! fact that all this merchandise can be
obtained at the same prices at home.
To some extent our merchants and
manufacturers are to blame for this
state of affairs. Many of them do not
let the public know what they have,
the quality Of their goods and their
price. In word, they do not adver-
tise judiciouslv. But customers are
somewhat to blame themselves. Our
contemporary says Of the Richmond
people,:
"Another large class of Richmond
buyers is that which buys dry goods
and notions by mail. This class af-
fords the big New York house its ex-
treme felicity. 1t buys goods in val
ue from cents to $50, and IS caught
Eby the broadside advertisements in
the Cot},op, ,loDerc r;,,i,cr ,,r;cac o,1
closing with the alluring catch
phrases, sOrders by mail a speciality
This is favorite method, by means of
which New York dealers unload a
great quantity of out-of-date or shop
worn goods.
"We take this opportunity to in
form the guIleless lady purchasers Of
Richmond that the big New York
houses ought not to delude them by
any such phrase as 1--WE buy in large
quantities and can afford to sell
cheaper Can the New York estab
lishment, whose house rent is $4,000
a year, sell for less than the Rich
mond merchant, whose rent is $1,000
a year? Ard again: The New York
merchant, if he has any sense, will
know six months before hand just
what style of goods a manufacturer
will turn out the next year. That
style may be very different from the
prevailing style, and any goods on
his shelves when the new style ar
rives will be a loss. Hence, his only
hope is to offer promptly by mail. "
This applies to Atlanta and other
Southern cities. Many ladies and
gentlemen in Atlanta make.it point
to order their wearing apparel from
New York. They buy almost every
thing there, from a stove to a suit Of
parlor furniture. Yet if they but
knew it, they could buy identically
the same things here and save money.
Atlanta manufacturers and merchants
can afford to undersell their northern
competitors, because they pay less
here for rent, labor, and in the shape
of taxes and other expenses.
1t is useless to urge the patronage
of our local dealers from Consldera-
tions of patriotism and friendship, but
the appeal ought to have some effect
when people can be made to see that
they can save money, keep it here at
home and make this entire region
prosperous. This is the way to put it.
We can keep the South poor by send
ing our money North; we can make
her rich by simply keeping our money
here and trading with each other.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
THE VOICE OF THE RIVER.
Written for the GOLD LEAF

| stood on the bank OF river
A river Of restless, dark wave;
Whose murGI ring, murm ring, seemed
counting
The distance from life to the grave.
Each wave as it danced and it rippled
Seemed telling the story to me
Of Life and its tickleness, falSeneSS,
OF Sin, and its low mockery.
OF Satan his sins and his triumphS;
OF He'll and its torturing fire;
Of all that is base and unhOly
OF all that is wicked and dire.
And gurgling and reeling and foaming
lhe waters a message bore me:
TO deafen my ear to the World Voice
To alone with my soul be free
Be free from the poisons and vices
OF the dark river of Life:
Be free from the wrath and upbraidingS
OF the black waters of strife.
I turned from the stream in sorrow
And my mind was troubled and sore
Fen now through my heart is ringing
The message the dark waters bore.
j. a. PARKER.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
All go Together.
Greensboro North State, Republican,

Greensboro North State, Republican,
Now let us 60 to work Republicans,
Democrats and Pr9hibitionists, to
build up North Carolina. We have
resources here if we will but develop
and utilize them. Let us cease talk
ing about Northern sectionalism and
the hardships of The South. 4 coun-
try is likely to be what the people who
live in it make it. Quit muttering
and grumbling. Look cheerful and
feel cheerful. Put your heads and
hands to the work and all will come
right. Under the benign influences of
a National Republican administration
We can grow and prosper. Our
climate, minerals, woods, waters and
natural advantages, will invite capital
and muscle. Let US join in the invi-
tation,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
The Gold Leaf Agrees.
TReidSYille WecklXl

One OF the brightest contemporaries
that adorns our sanctum is the Hen
dersonville Times. Like the gentle
zephyr which comes from its noun
tain home. it always makes us feel
fresher and more invigorated after a
short communion with it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
We Should be Thankful.
IDanyille Times. /

Four years of such an administra
ton as we have had, since the inaugu-
ration OF Cleleland, is big thing for
the country, and the cleaning out
which he has given the government
will be vastly beneficial. So, We
ought to be exceedingly thankful for
what We have had, if We never get
ANYTHING more,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

A true friend is he who "holds the
mirror up to nature" and discovers
such blemishes as can be corrected in
him he loves, Faults left to grow un-
molesteoly assume ungovernable pro-
portions, and like the rank weeds will
take entire possession Of the soil that
nurtuTes them.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
Gov. Scales Thanksgiving Proclama.
ton.
NORTH CAROLINA, }
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. {

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
God is recognized in the Constitu-
ton of our State, and should ever be
honored as the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe in the hearts of our people.
To Him we are indebted for our Coun-
try and her institutions, for civil and
religious liberty, for our holy religion
and its adoption to mans wants and
happiness, together with the number
less mercies and blessings which have
crowned our daily lives. I, therefore,
Alfred NJ. Scales, Governor of North
Carolina, in view of our dependence
and Gods goodness, do hereby appoint
Thursday, November 29th, 1888, as a
day Of Thanksgiving and praise, and
| earnestly request the people of the
State devoutly to assemble themselves
together to engage in His worship, to
praise His holy name and invoke for
US the perpetuity of our institutions
and the continuation of His blessings !;
and while IN discharge of these sacred
duties, let us also contribute of our
substance to the poor and needy and
the widow and orphan, and especially
would | invoke the generosity and
prayers Of the people for the Orphan
Asylum at Oxford, where SO many
orphans are in training tor life.
Done at our city of Raleigh, this
the 18th day of November, 1888, and
in the one hundred and thirteenth
year of our American independence,
ALFRED NJ. SCALES.
By the Governor:
C. II. ArmfeM, Private Secretary.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
w. COGHILL,
For Sale,

1000 acres as good tobacco land an in
the state; produces all other crops an
well, Plenty OF timber tn pay for the
whole; easily divided will sell 200, 500
or $50 acres, or the whole At remarkaz
bly, low price. 1900 bear ing grape
vines. Five miles Of railroad school,
postoffice, church and store at the place.
Terms satisfactory. For further infor,
naiion, apply to
WILLIAM A. TR01TER,
Rural Bower p. o.. 3reenville Co Va.
august 3O-31.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

1t has been we'll said that character
is very much like cloth in one respect.
If white it can be dyed black; but
once blackened it can not be dyed
white.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

It is often remarked that every
mans heart is a yard in which
are entombed the dead heroes of his
ideals.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

Scour your tin vessels and make
them look almost new by rubbing soda
on with moistened paper and polish
ing with dry paper.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

That the proceeds of a policy of Life In
~u"uCr Will often aid an executor OF ad-
HinI~tI; tor in the settlement of an estate
4 prevent All untaVOlable sale of prop
cIty to discharge the debts of the deceased
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

That forced sales of property by executors
or administrators do not always bring the
best results, and that any arrangement
which will prevent such sales until the
property Can be sold for its value is very
desirable.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

Very warm stockings may be knit
out of yarn spun from rabbits fur
mixed with cotton, though they may
not be as durable as the wooden article.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

1hnt policy Of life insurance affords
ready money available for the wants of Il
family III the event of the death of the pol
scy-hoidcr, and that the money collected
from the policy is often the only funds at
he Immediate command of the family.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22
%:

That the proceeds of a policy of Life In
surance can he used to pay liens against
property which may exist in the event of
he death OF the owner.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

That policies in favor of a wife or wife
and children are protected by a special
statue Of the State against the claims of
creditors or representatives of the husband
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

That pelicy of Life Insurance made
payable to a wife can ke collected bv the
wife without the intervention of an execu-
tor or administrator.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-11-22

10: o.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-09
AN EDITOR IN TROUBLE.
He Is Charged With Attempting to
Levy Blackmaii.

PORTLAND, Ore, August S. Special Tele-
gram to The BEE The sensation of the
hour is the arrest of John ID. Wilcox, pro-
prictor of the Daily News, on a charge of at
tempted blackmail upon Mrs. DIR. +. NJ
Murray. Early in July rather pretty young
woman named Mary Schncller died suddenly
in the Doctors Office. At the inquest it was
developed that she was the victim of an
abortion combined with hcmorrhage, but no
one was charged with the crime. Mrs
Schneller's father asked for complaint
against DR.. MURRAY, but United States Dis
trict Attorney McGinn refused to issue it.,
alleging that there was not sufficient evi-
dence against her to justify such an action.
Thereupon the News violently attacked DR..
Murray, charging her with being an abor-
ZIONIST and murderer, and accused Mr. Nc
CHM of standing in with and protecting
her There the matter apparently dropped
for while. Nearly three weeks ago DR.,
Murray began receiving visits from a smooth
faced, rather corpulent, good looking young
man, who said his name was c. III. Mclsaac,
and that he represented Mr.. Wilcox, of the
News. He said that Mr.. Wilcox wanted
81, 800 for the retraction OF the previous arti-
Gle and for the suppression of many damag-
ing facts which private detective had un-
earthed. DR. Murray led Mc1saac on, giving
him the impression that she was ANXIOUS to
pay the money. Every time McIsaac called
she had witnesses stationed behind screen
in the corner of her Office and they heard
every word he said On the occasion Of his
last visit one of them accidentally jostled the
screen and Mclsaac at once recognized that
he was trapped. At the preliminary exam
ination he confessed the whole scheme, i'm
plcating Wilcox. Mclsaac was held to an
swer and Wilcox will have Il trial at the
September term. Mclsaac halls from De
trnt
Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-09
PACKING AND CROPS.
A Decline IN the Formcr-kansas'
Promising Corn CrOp.

CINCINNATI, o., August S.-[Special Tele-
gram to The BEE. l-Returns and estimates
of the western packing for the past week
show total of 100, 900 hogs, the same rs last
week, and 10000 less than for the CORES
pondlng week last year. The total packing
from March 1, is 3, $500 against 3740, 600
year ago; decrease 100000. There appears
to be also n more or less decline in the aver
age quality of the hog market Prices of
hogs have tended downward most of the
week in sympathy with lower prices on pro-
ducts and the asccndancy of the speculative
bear interest. Towards the close values were
steadier. IL is understood that the larger
packers and operators mt Chicago are holding
comparatively small stocks Of provisions and
are therefore Interested at this iuncture for
lower prices for the product. Kansas still
furnishes promises of u geod crop of corn. 1t
maintains its favorable position in other por-
tions of the country. Oats show the effect of
storms and overgrowth of straw, reducing
the quality. The general result will fall but
little short Of previous calculations. Winter
wheat shows no essential change IN esti-
mates. Spring wheat has been further mod
erutely deterorated in condition the past
week. and it appears to be in order to aban-
don calculations that the result will show Il
larger production than last year.