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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
IF. NJ. [. in The Press. ]

Twas in 'G1. A soldier lay
In his tent on the blood stained sod
He thought of a home that was far away,
OF the comrades whose souls had been sent
TO the he Judgment seat of their God.
Queen Nab had closed the soldiers eyes
And folded him to her breast;
A ghOstly moon keeps her watch In the
skies.
On the bosom Of sleep the dreamer lies
And his weary head finds rest.
Shadowy figures before him stand
The nearest and dearest in life;
They are calling him home to prosperous
Where the Blue and Gray march hand in
And smile DER the days of their strife.
They are calling him home to land where
the sun
Sheds its light in one golden flood;
They are calling him home for the war Is
done
The children have lost and the father has
At the cost of the brethren's blood.
Through the mazes of dreamland the SOL
dier is led
To mound in a sOrrowful place;
Its ground has been fed by the dust Of the
dead,
Who gallantly fought and who gallantly
bled,
And who died staring death in the face
Bring flowers to these graves! 'Tis Me-
mortal Day;
Bring flowers i'' cries voice from the
skies.
"ln the gloom of the tomb rest the Blue
and the Gray;
Let us weep, let us pray DER their sane
| titled clay.
All is peace in the Garden of Sighs -
| Sleep had flown. The soldier lay
| In his tent on the blood stained sod;
| He prayed for the dawn of Memorial Day
And his prayer was heard by God.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
HENDERSON, N c., THURSDAY, MAY 22 1890.

that we may now rest for a time and
allow our religious duties to be neg
lected. As matter of fact, we should
be encouraged to work the harder.
Converts are to be gathered into the
churches and trained, and neglect on
our part now means serious injury to
them.
Cd So that of supporting the work
of the Lord can be done only in the
presence of great assembly and under
favorable auspices. Let us remember
that we may work anywhere and at
any time.
To that of breaking the good reso-
lutions made. Mr.. Jones called for
vows (a) of reconsecration of ourselves
and our substance to the work of the
Lord; (b) of total abstinence from
everything forbidden by our church
rules, specifying particularly the vari.
Gus worldly amusements Of the day !;
(e) of persistent and continuous oppo-
sition to the liquor traffic, and () of
purpose to live better in the future
than in the past.
These vows were taken before God,
angels and men, and the evangelist
warned earnestly against the taking
of them unless with full purpose to OBJ
serve. Those of us who took them
did so advisedly, and we are row
pledged as solemnly as if by an oath
to keep them. Mr.. Mem. read from
Ecclesiastes v. 1:6, Numbers xxx, 2,
Deuteronomy XIII, 2-13, and Levitt
Gus v. 4, to show how binding these
obligations were and what fearful
thing it would be to violate them. He
also referred to Joshua's sparing the
people he had been commanded to de-
stroy, because he had been betrayed
into making vow to spare them, and
to Jeptha's sacrificing his daughter
rather than break the rash VOW he had
made. These were Jews who had re-
ceived the Law from God, and their
conduct shows how they understood
VOWS. Annanias and Sapphira lied to
the Holy Ghost, and God put the seal
OF His displeasure upon them in the
manner of their death. Better that
we should never have participated in
the meeting than that we should for
get and break these solemn pledges.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
Mrs. Davis Letter.
REAIJyOIR HOUSE. April 2


To the Honorable CITY Council ami
Board Of 4kaermen Of Rfehmond::
GENTLEMEN:-I have received your
resolutions and thank you for the
handsome dress in which you have en-
bodied them, and most sincerely for
the noble tribute you have paid to my
husband.
These are more gratifying because
some of your members were our neigh
bors when we hoped everything and
feared nothing, and the reverses and
disappointments we sustained drew us
closer together.
Believe me, the affection you express
for him who served you gladly while
he could land loved your State and city
sincerely while his life lasted, brings
such comfort as is now possible to me
and mine.
note your resolutions as to the dis
posal Of the revered remains. My
friends, do not press me for an answer
now. l cannot decide the question yet,
but can only Say l will do what seems
to our family and friends the best when
we come to determine the final place
of interEent.
One of my dead rests with you, and
most tenderly have you cared tor and
tended the little grave, and the crate.
full memory is ever present with me.
Please accept singly and collectively
for yourselves and the beloved city you
represent the best wishes and sincere
thanks of yours faithfully,
V. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

The actual time for the wedding has
not been set, but it is understood that
the date will be in the near future. 1t
is vaguely limited that there is no
very remote connection between the
European trip and the wedding trous-
seau. Whether or not Miss Davis
friends have been apprised of the COM
ing wedding is not known, but it is
believed that some of them at least are
still in blissful ignorance of the affair.
Among the few friends Of Mr.. Wilkin-
son here who know that the wedding
is an assured fact there is the greatest
surprise. That the representative chill
dren of the North and South should
thus come together is to them, like the
reputcd love of God, "surpassing all
understanding"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
Progress in North Carolina
Washington Post. ]

The Old North State, long famous
for her tar, pitch and turpentine, now
fills every blank in the census reports.
The development of its mineral, agri-
cultural and manufacturing resources
approximates the phenomenal. The
entire commonwealth from mountain
to sea seems to be throbbing with new
life and new blood.
North Cardinals resources make
long catalogue, from gold clear down
to water power, and they seem to be
inexhaustible, while the indications of
substantial and unmistakable progress
are everyw here apparent. Immense
enterprises are already under way, and
others are in contemplation, involving
the outlay of millions of dollars, and
there is no lack Of capital or confidence.
At a recent meeting of the business
men of Raleigh one of the speakers
said: cit is in our power-it is posi-
ble-to make Weldon or Fayetteville
a Lowell create Pittsburg at Green's
boro, an Evansville at Raleigh, a Rut-
land at Charlotte. No: only is it posi-
bic, it is inevitable
| This is not to be taken as a fanciful
picture or the idle dream of an enthu-
siast, when we come to consider the
marvellous progress SO strikingly mani
fest here and in other Southern States ;
and as an exponent of the Gate City,
between the glorious Southland and
the powerful and progressive North
and Northwest. The Post felicitates
its neighbors of North Carolina, and
wishes them Godspeed in the great
work Of industrial redemption and
prosperity.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
June.

Frederic Arthur Bridgman, the Ori-
entalist painter, is characterized by
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer,, in
Frank LesHe's Popular Monthly for
June, as typical American artist, be-
cause in art, "just now, it is the cos
mopolite who is typical, the thorough
paced American who is exceptional. y
Some excellent engravings and fac
SMILES of Mr.. Bridgman's pictures are
given. Another notable attraction OF
this number is profusely illustrated
article on that I" mile of history" the
Bowery, of New York city, by Felix
Oldboy,the we'll known local historian,
who. seems to have inherited Irving
charm of style and fund of Gotham
lore. Other interesting illustrated
articles are: "The Life of a Longshore
man," DR.. Guernsey's concluding
paper on "Frederick the Great, -
Women Wearers of Mems Clothes, y
ga Mysterious and Dreaded Saurian, y
rhe ella Monster), 's The Last of the
Mohicans, and Travelling by Air"
The short stories, poems, literary and
other miscellany, supplied in the abun-
dance which is characteristic of this
magazine, make up an uncommonly
rich number.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
Daily except Sunday. Daily.
except Monday.

Additional train leaves Oxford daily ex-
cept Sunday IL 90 m, arrive Henderson
u 05 pm., returning leave Henderson 10
p m, daily except Sunday, arrive Oxford
) Is 5pm.
No. 80, leaving Goldsboro % p III and
Raleigh As p m daily make connection
at Durham with No 10. leaving at 90 p IN
daily. except Sunday for Oxford, Hender-
son and all points on o. & H., o. & &. and
K. & NJ. roads.
Passenger coaches run through between
West Point and Raleigh, via keysville, on
Nos. "a and 102, and So and 103.
Nos. 81 and 53 connect at Richmond from
and to West Point and Baltimore daily eX-
eept Sunday.
Nos. so and 81 connect at Goldsboro with
trains to and from Morehead City and Will
mingtOn and at Selma to and from Fayette-
Vile.
No. - connects at Greensboro for Fay
etteyille.
No SO connects at Selma for Wilson, n C..
Nos. so and 81 make close connection at
University Station with trains to and from
Chapel Hill, except Sundays.
SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE.
On trains 50 and 81, Pullman Buff
fet Sleeper between Atlanta and New
York, Danville and Augusta and Green's
boro, via Asheville to MOrristown, Tenn.
On 81 and So, Pullman Buffet Sleeper
between Washington and New Orleans via
Montgomery. and between Washington
and Birmingham. Richmond and Green's
soro, Raleigh and Greensboro and between
Washington and Augusta, and Pullman
Buffet Sleepers between Washington and
ASheville and Hot Springs.
Through tickets on sale at principal
stations to all points.
For rates, local and through time tables,
apply to any agent of the company, or to
SOL HAAS, JAS. l.. TAYLOR,
Traffic Manager. Gem. Pass. Agent.
W. 4. TURK,
Div. Pass. Agent,
Raleigh, n. &.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
A PICTURESQUE REPORTER.
THE "CHARLOTTE CHRONICLE''
HASONE.
Editor Haydn, who Reported the Sam
Jones Meeting, Shares the HOnOrs
With the Evangelist.
Stanford ExproSs.l

tSanford Expross.l
1t appears to us that the editor of
the Charlotte Chronicle is very clever
reporter. His reports Of the Sam
Jones meetings in Charlotte this week
are striking, vivid and picturesque.
We have never before gotten SO clear
a view of Sam Jones and the congre-
cations who hear him. We append
below a description of the country
darkies who gathered under the great
tabernacle to hear Jones. 1t is so true
and lifeline, SO intensely amusing. 1t
is true to the negro in the meeting
house. Haydn fairly rivals Jones in
their respective departments.
"At the afternoon meeting the vast
tabernacle was literally swarming with
seven or eight thousand colored people.
The tint of "sea of faces" was several
shades darker than usual. 1t looked
like a monumental ink bottle had
turned over in the tabernacle. There
was the old white haired darkey preach
er, one of whose "amens" came out
louder than all of those of the white
preachers. Next to him an old elder
who, when Mr.. Jones was giving the
other side Hail Columbia, would yell,
swade into EN-" but when the evan
gelist turned around to his side, he
wasn't so anxious for him to wade but
preferred Mr.. Jones to roll down his
trousers.
There was every style of niger in
creation there. The tony, aristocrrtic
niger in the stylish last years dress
of the lady she cooked for, the poor
darkey in patches and meal bags and
coffee sacks. There was the "hy in the
bowl-of-milk" sort, black head stick
ing out Of white dress, there was the
"colored lady" with kind of red-bird
effect-black all over with red wings
or again darkey with some ribbons
and trimmings, that reminded one Of
a blue bottle fly. There were darkies
that looked like they had applied gly-
cerine soap before coming out, and
other old colored sisters that you could
tell had rubbed on the last piece Of tina,
bar OF soap left from yesterday:
clothes washing; and there was ruling
majority that bore every evidence o
no soap at all.
They packed the seats and crowded
the aisles. A few lonesome white
folks we're scattered around on the
high seats, but the great mass OF ebony
sat and sweated-and when Mr.. Jone:
made it hot for them he said "no
wonder you sweat" From all over
the house one could hear the "amens'
and "you are right" and "that's SC
boss" When they laughed there were
1000 rows of worries glittering anc
making twilight on the tabernacle,
and nobody but Southerner and
those who heard it, can take in the
long continued negro laugh, like
slowly dying out locust song"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
AFTER MAY DAYS.
The Adventures of a BOttle-FrOm
Mid-Ocean to Land, &C.
Wilmington Messenger. ]

Wilmington Messenger
Last summer when the North Carolina
teachers were on their excursion to
Europe, some of the party wrote the
following note, corked it in bottle
and threw it overheard in mid-ocean g:
"MID- OCEAN, August 70, 1889,
Steamer State of Indiana, from New
York to Liverpool.-We are jolly set
of North Carolina girls, off on sum
mer trip. A happier set than is on
this boat has never been found. We
have had a gay time SO far and intend
to keep it up. We all are in the
angels Retreat We have chain
gang in connection with our retreat.
The finder OF this will please COM
municate with Miss JEANNE Allen, 400
South Third street, or Miss Helen
Fowle, of Raleigh.
Miss Jennie Allen, Miss Helen
Fowle, Miss Sue Cumming, Miss Anna
Mebane, Miss Mary Grimes, Miss
Emma Chadbourn, Miss Jessie Kenan,
Miss Bella Skinner
The "jolly set barely hoped ever to
hear of this missive, which they threw
in the ocean on the night of the 10th
of August last year, but oddly enough
Miss Allen, Of that city, received a
letter yesterday from gentleman in
forming him that while walking on
Virginia Beach..near Norfolk, Va, on
Wednesday evening last, he picked up
the bottle. He was about to toss il
into the surf but young lady with
whom he Vas walking called his atten-
ton to the note inside.
The finding of the note is pleasant
reminder of that jolly trip over the sea
and and the young ladies will all be
delighted upon learning the circum
stances.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
A FRENCH sTATESMAN'S TRIBUTE
What the Americans Did That the French

What the Americans Did That tho French
Neglected.
1t is not merely to the absence Of any
powerful rival, or to the boundless
space open to their population, that the
United States of America have owed
their singular success. The rapidity and
the serenity Of their rise to greatness are
not the results Of such fortunate acci-
dents alone, but are to be attributed in
great degree to moral causes. They rose
into existence as state under the ban
ner of right and justice, and their revo-
luton began as an act of defense. They
claimed guarantees and asserted liberties
which were inscribed in their charters,
and which the English parliament itself,
though it now refused them to its sub
jects, had formerly triumphantly af-
firmed and asserted In the mother coun-
try with far greater violence and dis
order than were occasioned by American
resistance. Strictly speaking, the Ameri-
cans did not attempt a revolution. Each
of the colonies already enjoyed a free
when it became state found little change
desirable in the organization Of power
and of laws affecting the daily affairs Of
life.
There was not greater perturbation in
social than in political order. Neither
did mems minds undergo a great revo-
luton; the moral gravity and the practi-
cal good sense of the old Puritans sur
| vived in most of the admirers of the
French philosophers in America. The
mass of the population remained pro-
foundly Christian, as warmly attached
to its creed as to its liberty. The ideas
and passions which convulse society un-
der the name Of democracy ferment in
the United States, but have there been
controlled and purified by Christianity,
by the excellent political traditions and
the strong habit of obedience to law
which, in the midst of liberty, govern
the population. They moderate its ac
tions, and often save it, unknown to It
self, from its own intemperance. 1t ii
to these tutelary principles, which pre-
sided over the origin Of the American
Revolution, that it owes its success. May
heaven grant that in the formidable
struggle which they have now to sustain
on every side, they may continue t
guide this powerful people, and may b
always at hand to warn them in time d
.>e sDysses wnicn lie so s.ce= :hei- nath
| -Gujzot, wiring x :e.n.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
The Farmers Alliance.
Confederate Veteran. !

We have watched with peculiar in
terest the progress of the Farmers AL
lance for more than a year past. The
wisdom that this organization has man
ifested in dealing with all questions
properly coming before it is certainly
Of the most gratifying character to its
friends. That spirit of selishness and
readiness to antagonize other interests
that are necessary to make country
prosperous commercially has not ap-
peared in the councils and organic
regulations of the Alliance. One of
the wisest steps made by the Alliance
is its resolution not to form an inde
pendent political party. 1t has not
fallen into that grave error OF indls-
criminalely denouncing as corrupt po-
litical parties and all politicians as
demagogues.
The organization represents all H.
terest primary in Importance to every
other in the country. The American
farmer can justly claim special consid-
erations from our legislative bodies.
But that he has been getting for years
past these due considerations, is un-
questionably not true. Discrimlna-
tions against the farmers interests has
particularly characterized national leg
islation. The theory of a high pro-
tective tariff has been disastrously ef-
fective to the farmers interests. They
have never felt it more seriously and
forcible than just at the present time.
1t is hardly within the scope of our
work to argue this question in the alb
stract, but it is astounding that any
one can be SO stupid as to be unable
to discover the paralyzing effect upon
farming interests of high protective
tariff. In no possible way can it ben
eft the farmer as class.
But the Alliance is more peculiarly
Southern than Northern. As an Or
ganization, it organized i'll the South.
Its principles are enunciated in the
National Democrat Platform. Farm
ers cannot consistently ally themselves
with any other existing political party.
They have shown wisdom and fore
thought in resolving to cooperate with
that party. If the organization grows
to any influential extent in the "close
States of the North, it predetermines
the result Of the next Presidential cam
paigu with almost positive certainty in
favor Of the Democratic party. 1t is
reasonable to conclude that the farmer
vote was material factor in determin-
ing the result of the several State cleo
tions last fall
The Republican party is going to
be hard taxed to keep the Northwest
ern farmer in line on the tariff ques-
ton, and if the "bloody Shirt does
not do its wonted work, that party will
find itself as the "outs' when the re-
turns of the next Presidential campaign
are footed up.
This is our view of the Alliance, and
its probable bearing upon the next
Presidential campaign. We are in
full sympathy with the Farmers Al
lance. We have as good reasons as
any person who ever wrote line cal
culated to further the interests of the
organization.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
FRUIT TREE SCHEME.

A good many people about town
have lately received notice from the
Alabama Nursery Company, of Hunts
Vile, Ala, to this effect ssYour order,
given through our agent, amounting to
s., has been received, and shall
have our careful attention. 1t will be
carefully filled with frst-class stock
and delivered at the proper time dur
ing the coming season. The order as
sent to US is for cash on delivery, and
according to the terms on our regular
order blank if this is not as you un-
derstand it, please advise us at once SO
that any mistake may be corrected.
Soliciting your further orders, we are,
&C."
The people receiving these notices,
know nothing about them, never having
seen or heard of the agent. The Alaba-
ma nursery will have a good many
mistakes" to correct.-Charlotte
Euening Meas.
Just as we expected. This is the
same concern that was offering news
papers s1.oo to publish an advertise
ment measuring an inch and quarter,
two months, short time ago and the
GOLD LEAF took occasion to give them
benefit Of little gratuitous publicity
at the time. We are prepared to be-
lieve such a cheeky concern a fraud,
and publish this to warn our readers
of the methods of doing business en-
ployed by the Alabama Nursery Com
pany.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

Some evidence of the number of
visitors in Asheville during March may
be found in the tact that 16,5oo tele-
graphic messages were handled in the
Western Union Office there during the
month. Only 5000 were handled
during the corresponding month last
year.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

There is no reason why every gallon
of molasses used in Wilson county
should not be made in the county.
Our people can make as good cane as
is raised anywhere and We never ate
better syrup than they make. While
this is true it is the height of folly for
any farmer to buy gallon of molas-
ses.-Wilson Advane<.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing TO the taste. and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn eiiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevcrs and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable TO the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale 4. SOC
and 81 bottles by ell leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA F1C SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. KY NEW YORK. nv
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

AsHEvILLE it seems is to become
celebrated as the City of Magnificent
Hotels. A short while ago we men
toned the fact that a $4,000 hotel
to be called the kenilworth Inn, is
soon to be built, and now comes the
announcement that John H. Inman,
President of the Richmond & DAN
vile Railroad, will recommend to the
directors of that road to build hotel
in that city to cost S25o,ooo.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

We are reliably informed that it is
expected to have the Lynchburg &
Durham railroad completed to this
place and in running order by the 4th
of July. There is also talk Of big
celebration on this occasion.-Durham
.SuH
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

Mr.. Alfred Wilkinson, of Syracuse,
New York, the Fortunate Gentle
man Who Will Claim Her Hand in
Marriage.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-22

CoURTs:-Eance. Franklin, Warren. Gran.
vlile, United States Court at Raleigh aud
supreme Court OF North Carolina
REFERENCEs:-Chief Justice W. N H.
Smith, Hon. Augustus S. Mcrrimon Gov.
Dahlel H. Fowle, Hon. r. &. Fuller Hon T
N. Argo. Dr: w. T. Cheatham, DIR. j. Ii
tucker, Mr.. NJ. Dorsey, II. II. BurwelI, ESQ.
Hon. James Edwin Moore, Ex solicitor Gen
OF U. s. Samuel +. Phillips
Omce hours "A m. to 5 D. m mch a r