The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-04-25
S is proved by results already attained.

are now the homes. of the Bright Col
den Tobacco of the World.
Tobacco! Oh thou mighty dispeller
of care, and gracious dispenser of pleas
ant reveries and brightest hopes. Thou
Son of the American wilderness. thou
hast demeaned thyself SO well since
Walter Raleigh first made known thy
virtues. that thou hast now become the
Adopted Son of all the nations ofearth.
Amid thy smoke gently curling upward,
all weary men On land or sea may lose
their troubles for awhile at least. and
live over again in happy retrospect. the
: precious hours that lie buried deep.
beneath Times rolling tide.
Durham possesses treasure. the
like of which neither Henderson nor any
other town in North Carolina can
claim OH so grand scale as yet; a treas
ure so valuable that she cannot and l
am sure. would not, if she could. pre-
vent other people and sections from prof
iting by its marvellous wealth and gen.
erous flow-that treasure is a genuine
PhilanthrOpist-
Zone whose heart is warm.
Whose hands ARE pure, whose doctrine and
whose life
Coincident, exhibit lucid proof
That he is honest and loves his fellow
! man.
One who in his charitable acts, fulfils
the letter and spirit of the Hindoo
poem.
Who gives ard hides the giving hand,
| Nor counts On favor fame. Or praise,
Shall find his smallest gift, outweighs
The burden of the sea and land.
A philanthropist, who has done more
to drive hunger and rags from the
homes of the poor, and to fill them with
comfort and gladness; who has done
more to advance the cause Of religion
and education in North Carolina than
any man within her borders; a philan-
thropist. who has ever been unconscious
of self, in the thousands of kind deeds
he has performed, but many of whose
generous acts are nevertheless known,
and he may some day realize the truth
of the Chinese Proverb:
! There is way to get the Kingdom
Get the People, and the Kingdom is gained
| There is a way to get the People;
Get their Hearts and the People are gained /;
| For they turn to a PhilanthrOpist as easily
AS water flows downward"
may not call his name in this pres
ence, but 1 will say that his heart is as
big as palace Carr.
We have heard much recently of a
New South. We all remember the ell
oquent and Immediately famous grafton
delivered by that mirror Of Southern
chivalry, Hon. Henry w. Grady, of
Atlanta, in the city of New York in
1887; his subject was The New
South" We all thank and will ever
honor him for his grand delineation of
Southern character and his matchless
defense of Southern principles and
deeds on that occasion, but it will also
be remembered. that Mr.. Grady in
using the term New South antici-
pated that many would think he meant
to repudiate the Old South, the princi-
plies she loved and bled for, and the
memories that encircle her, like a halo
Of glory, broad as the Universe and as
lasting as Eternity.
Mr.. Grady meant no such thing, but
in using the term, he felt the necessity
of devoting at least half of his time to
defining his true position.
Many writer's and orators have since
declared that there is no New South -
that it's the same Old South. that
startled a world with her valor, and
wrote the manhood of her men, and the
heroism and purity of her women across
all the centuries. l think NEITHER ap-
pellation, New South nor Old South
is strictly speaking the proper one.
Let us rather call her the Progressive
South" and by the force of the term,
it will be manifest, that we mean to
repudiate nothing; that clinging to
the crown of glory that already glitters
upon her brow, the South will pause
for a moment to drink deep at the
Fount of Progress spring forward in
the race, and ere long, throw about
her neck, the imperial jewels of Pros
perity and Wealth.
Indeed, she has already sprung for
; Ward in the race for the golden prize
She is even now imbued with the same
spirit that elevated Alexandria, Baby
; Ion, Balbec, Corinth, Ephesus and Pal
myra to the summit of human great
ness the same spirit that emptied the
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market places. and adorned their groves
and public squares with splendid tenn.
pies, gorgeous palaces, and colossal
theatres, and erected statues and col
umns. which until annihilated by Time
will remain the wonder and admiration
of the world.
| Oh! thou divine spirit of Progress
the great Heart of the South is throb-
bling with the new life thou hast in
stilled. Durham and Henderson are
children Of the Progressive South-chil-
dren of whom she may we'll be proud,
and though they have run far ahead OF
| their Mother, they illustrate in their
success the possibilities within her
reach, should she once become ami
mated by the same fiery ardor that i'm
pels them onward.
Notwithstanding their inherent vigOr
and indomitable energy, what could
Durham or Henderson have done with
out the Press?
| The Press-that tells their excellen-
cies to the listening Nations; the Press
that incites them to renewed en-
deavor; the Press-that encourages
them in defeat, and congratulates them
in the moment of triumph; how much
they both owe to their excellent home
papers. The Press-from the ice noun