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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08

Resulting, After Four Years Suffering. in a
Terrible Death.

MOBILE, Ala, September 30.-Death
released from his sufferings to-day
John King, whose medical history of
the past four years will become one of
the noted book cases of the profess
sion.
Four years ago John King was one of
the handsomest, most atletic and most
promising men on the Mobile police
force, twenty-seven years of age, full
six feet in height, intelligent, active,
alert and courageous.
February 10, 1887, King, while in the
line of his duty, arrested a negro named
Richard Richards, yho resisted and
savagely bit the thumb of the police
mans lett hand, but was brought in
and locked up. The next day King
was very ill from his wound. The arm
swelled, then in time the illness spread
through the system, affecting the left
side of the body chiefly, finally settling
in the left foot and leg.
He was confined to his bed from this
cause for six months. When he came
from his sick room, it was with a con-
stitution entirely scattered, instead of
the stalwart young man who was
known as Policeman King. He was in
looks and in gait an aged man.
He was, his doctors said, the victim
of blood poisoning. Richards, his as
sailant, was described as a "blue-
gummed" negro, and such are popu-
larly believed to have poison in their
bite. King never recovered the injury.
His lameness became more pronounced,
and he came hopeless and helpless
invalid, failing perceptibly until death
released him. The most skillful physi-
clans of Mobile and of New Orleans
have been battling with the singular
malady, which, in the end, baffied
them.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08

What Shakespeare Might Have Said.
To take or not to take: that is the
question.
Whether tits better for man to suffer
The pangs and torments of indigestion,
Or something take, and, in its taking,
end them.
Shakespeare didn't say that, but
very likely be would have said some
thing similar, if be were living in this
18th century, when so many suffer un-
told agonies from indigestion. Of
course he would have gone on to say
that a man must be fool not to take
the "something" which would put an
end to the ''pangs and torments"
spoken of, if be could get it. Now it is
a fact that weakened, impoverished
blood brings on indigestion, which is
the cause of dyspepsia, constipation-a
poisoned condition OF the whole sys-
tem-and it is a fact, also, that DR.:
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will
50 purify the blood and enrich it that
all the weakened organs are revltai-
lied and strengthened. 1t is guaran-
teed to do this. If it doesn't, your
money will be returned to you.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
They Were Simple Mountaineers.

Mrs. Brownstone lat seaside:) II
wonder why that fisherman does not
go out to-day?"
Miss Brownstone: Because he can't
catch anything but mackerel to-day,
and he doesn't want them"
did you ask him?"
II asked him why be didn't 60 out,
and he said he didn't like that mack
erel sky"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
LABORERS ALL.
Famous Americans Who Once Lived by
Daily Toll.
rW. H. F., in Boston Globe. ]

w. II. r., III bOSlOu 1loue.J
I have no Labor day sermon to
preach, but I have collected for you
and your readers a few simple facts,
which I know you will be glad to
print as sentimental offering to Labor
day, and which suggests to me the
text, call are Laborers in the Vine
yard.l'
Washington was once land sur
veyor.
hamilton, merchants clerk.
Webster, farmers boy.
Grant, a farmer.
Andrew Johnson, tailor.
Lincoln, rail splitter.
Fillmore, a wool carder.
Franklin, printer.
Garfield, a towboy on the canal.
Roger Sherman, a shoemaker.
Gen. Putnam, farmer.
Gen. Henry Knox, bookseller:
Gen. John Sullivan, a farmer.
Paul Revere, silversmith.
Horace Greeley, compositor.
Com. Vanderbilt, ferryman.
James Lick, piano maker.
Tom Paine, staymaker.
Theodore Parker, farm hand.
Bayard Taylor, a printer.
n. Y. Powderly, switch tender.
Henry Wilson, a shoemaker.
Gen. Banks, mill boy.
Gov. Briggs, a halter.
Stephen A. Douglass, cabinet
maker.
Jay Gould, land surveyor.
Henry Clay, mill boy.
G. P. Huntington. pedler.
George w. Childs, clerk in book
store.
Oliver Ames, a practical mechanic.
Vice President Morton. clerk in a
country store.
Joseph E. Mcdonald, saddler.
Patrick A. Collins, an upholsterer.
Leopold Morse, pedler.
Frank Jones, pedler.
Gen. B. F. Butler, a chore boy on i
farm.
William Dean Howells, a printer.
Mark Twain, a cabin boy Of a steam
boat.
Hugh O'Brien, printer.
Secretary Foster, a country clerk.
Senator German, a Senate page.
Robert Collier, a blacksmith.
Elihu Burritt, a blacksmith.
John G. Whittier. a shoemaker.
Walt Whitman, printer.
Thomas A. Edison, newsboy.
Henry B. Lowering, a shoems 1er.
George NJ. Stearns, a chore boy on a
farm.
Hannibal Hamlin, a printer.
Schuyler Colfax, clerk in store.
3. p. Hutchinson, shoemaker.
Dwight L. Moody, farm hand.
Senator Plumb, compositor.
John Sherman, a river boatman.
VIM. D. Kelly, ajeweller's appren-
tice.
Thomas Starr King, a clerk in a
store.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
Leaf by leaf the roses fall;
One by one our dear ones die.
o, to keep them with US still
Loving hearts send up ihe cry

VIE anu llIOIHeI, . nOW Qeaf,
Fading like mist away.
Father, let us keep them here.
Tearfully to God we pray.
Many wife and mother, who seems
doomed to die because she suffers from
diseases peculiar to women, which saps
her life away like vampire, and battles
abe skill of the family physician, can
be saved by employing the proper rem-
edy. This remedy is DR.. Pierce's Fav-
orite Prescription, the greatest boon
ever conferred by man on weak, suf-
fering, despairing women. 1t is a spe-
cific for all phases Of female weakness,
no matter what their name
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08

Professor Gauthler, of Paris, states
that certain vital processes of the body
develop putrefying substances in the
tissues, which, if not speedily elimina-
ted, produce disease. Ayers Sarsapa-
riIla effects the removal Of these sub
stances, and thereby preserves health.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
Herman's Sayings.

A man is wonderful creature,
though bis origin is of earth, and bis
end is also but dust, yet while existing
we find in many an iron heart.
1t is a fact that medicine cures the
doctor more frequently than it cures
The patient.
Modern love is not blind !: it fiadsi '
WY always to r:ch.e pie.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08

is to our common interest to restore
the unity of the Democratic party and
not seek further to divide it. This will
depend upon the attitude Of the city
press. That has lost nearly all influence
with the people outside of towns and
cities. 1t can only foster prejudice in
the minds of the urban population. Is
that natural result of candor and
fairness? What interest is or can be
promoted by such course?
My position in the Alliance is very
modest one-only private member. l
know, however, that many thousands
of people have been practically bene-
flied by it, which they will not forget.
so HAVE WE, WHEN WE HAVE BOTH
SIDES.
For education and interest I am con-
servative, but I have an abiding faith
in the good sense and capacity Of the
people for self-government, and, there
fore, am and always have been DEM
ocrat. I feel it to De my duty to pro-
test against the policy you are pursuing.
and to appeal for more fairness and
more confidence in the people, If the
people cannot be trusted at all, then
the Democratic party; and our republi'
can government itself, are based upon
a false theory and are humbugs.
CERTAINLY, AND THE TRUH WILL PRE-
VAIL.
For twenty-five years I have lived
among the plain farmers. I know
them. They are neither Communists
nor fools. They have strong sense of
justice and are too conservative for
their own good. Ihave seen sometimes
their lien accounts and wondered TO
myself that they were not in arms. 1
have seen their desperate struggles
against adverse business conditions
their gloom every winter and the re-
newed hope and courage of the return
ing spring. I fought with them dur
ing the war and in 1915. Their patriot
ism, their fortitude, their patience,
forbearance and hope should appeal for
sympathy in their effort to find way
to rid themselves by law of their op-
preston.
It is not safe to bully them. They
are too easyly persuaded by kindness
and fair argument, but don't undertake
to drive them out of the temple, because
their eyes have been opened to their
wrongs. Tho who tried that before got
put out themselves. The "oates plan'
is not pure patriotism. 1t is, II am
holier than thou and / shall control"
Unity, harmony and progress can only
be maintained by candor; by mutual
forbearance and kindness. When you
ask Col. Talbert to say whether he
would stand by the Democratic party
if bis views did not prevail, he said,
he would; but when he meas
ured you by the Same standard you vir-
tually say, II am the party, the master
of this Temple. Get out" You declare
in advance there shall be two parties.
How often and how eloouently have
we been warned in your columns
against such a calamity? But rather
than trust the people and let "free, pa
tient and fraternal discussion" evolve
the truth ss it would, you close the
door against it. This is all wrong, and
is inconsistent with your course last
year, when you stood by the Demo-
cratic Convention. If it were right as
to the State, why not as to the National
Democracy? u. J. E. TINDAL.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-08
OF THE ALLIANCE PLAN.

Any Alliance Man can Vote According to
his Convictions. but Macune, Stokes
and Talbert Say that when the
Alliance Msjority has Decided
on Policy every Meu,-
Der Of the Alliance is
Bound to Support
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04

We had call to-day from Mr.. O.
NORMAN, special agent of the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life Association. of
New York. This is a strong and re-
llablo company. prompt always in the
settlement of all claims. The late Gov.
Fowlc was insured for $4,000 i'm it
and the money will be paid over as
soon as guardian is appointed.
County Treasurer f. A. Powell had
the misfortune to lose a valuable mare
by accident yesterday. Driving her to
wagon one OF the cuffs which held
the shafts to the axle broke, causing it
to drop down and strike her on the
heels. At this she became frightened
and ran carrying the shafts with her.
In this condition she cut herself so
badly about the hind legs that the sin
ews and leaders were completely sew
cred, thus injuring her to such extent
that she had to be killed.
We had a pleasant call to-day from
DIR. J. {. Brown, of Monroe, who has
recently been elected superintendent
OF the excursion department of the
Southern Interstate Exposition. He
is making tour Of the Seaboard Air
Line towns in behalfof his work, and
feeling a special interestin this section of
the country the GOLD LEAF hopes he
may meet the success he deserves.
The Doctor is an intelligent gentleman,
earnest and enthusiastic, but practical
and conservative, and if he cannot i'm
press the people favorably in behalf
Of his plans and purposes no one can.
One of the best and most complete
arrangements for keeping meats fresh
that we have seen, is refrigerator
Mr.. w. w. Reavis has had built for
his meat market. 1t was constructed
under the supervision of Mr.. Hart
maier, his expert butcher. who always
boasts Of having the best in his line or
nothing. The meats are preserved by
cold dry air the ice being put in a sep
arate compartment. This sort Of an
arrangement is better in every way
than to put the meat i'll the box with the
ice as is usually done. Mr.. Hartmaier
says he is determined to give his GUS
toners a first-class article of meat in
summer as well as winter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Transient advertisements to be published
one month and under, must be paid for in
advance. All advertising for shorter time
than three months is considered transient
advertising. Accounts rendered quarterly
for all advertisements published for a longer
period of time.
Local advertisements, to appear among
reading matter under heading Of Business
Notices will tie charged 10 cents per line for
first insertion, and 5 cents per line tor each
insertion thereafter.
Legal advertisements. such as administra-
tors and executors notices. commissioners
and trustees sales, summons to non resi-
dents. &c, will be charged for at legal rates
except when they exceed certain limit of
space In which case we reserve the right to
fix our own price. All such business must
re PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. The charge
is very small and we cannot afford to take
risks or wait the pleasure Of persons to pay.
Obituary notices, resolutions of respect,
etc, will be charged for at the rate of one
ent a word and the cash must accompany
the manuscript. In cases where friends and
patrons Of the paper are concerned, no
charge will be made for the first ten lines
about IS wOrds-or articles not exceeding
that in length.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
The Key to Business Success.


Shrewd business men appreciate the
value of printers ink, says the Atlanta
Constitution.
When a man has a good article to
sell, and knows that large number of
people want it, he cannot invest money
better than in advertising in papers
that reach the people whose custom he
wants.
About two years ago lady in New
York made a new cosmetic of real
merit. She had no funds of her own,
but she borrowed $500 and spent it in
,judicious advertising. Her business
grew rapidly, and she is now making
$500 week above all expenses.
What this lady has done in a small
way business men are doing on large
scale everywhere by following the same
methods.
AS a rule, it is safe to say that ad-
vertising is the key to success. People
do not hunt up an unknown man, in
an unknown place, to buy an unknown
thing. If a man has an article of gen.
uine worth that is generally needed,
he may 60 ahead with absolute con-
fidence and advertise it. All that he
has to do is to make the advertisement
attractive and place it where people
within his radius of trade will see it.
Under these conditions, if advertising
fails to insure success the times must
be exceptionally hard, and the depres-
sian must be too great to overcome by
ordinary methods.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
Personal.

Capt. W. b. Shaw, who was here
attending court, after spending a few
days in town since it's adjournment,
has returned to his home in the eastern
part Of the State. He will straighten
up his business interests down there
and return with his family in August
and make Henderson his home. Our
town will be fortunate in securing such
acquisitions to its citizenship. Capt.
Shaw is one of the ablest lawyers of
his section, a strong man intellectu-
ally, well grounded in the science OF
the law, and pleasing and forceful
advocate. \ speech made by him in
the case Of kivett VS.. Cheatham, was
pronounced by competent judges one
of the best that has been delivered be-
fore jury in this court house.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
The Popularity of Sulphide Calcium
Mineral Water,

1t is astonishing some times what a
little thing will amount to. This was
aptly illustrated at the mineral water
and confectionery store of the Sulphide
Calcium Mineral Springs Company
last Friday. Mr.. Charles Aston, the
very polite and accommodating mana
ger, has fitted up place where he
keeps quantity of Sulphide Calcium
Mineral Water on ice, charging the
small price Of one cent glass for it.
In one end of the water tank is hol-
low space to the front of which is
cigar box with hole cut in it to drop
the money into-a sort of nickel-in-the-
slot affair. Friday Mr.. Aston decided
to make raid on this bank and see
what it contained. Imagine his sur
prise when there poured out on the
floor half bushel-more or less-of
coins ranging from one cent to a quar-
ter. The scoop belonging to $50 lbs
pair of scales was brought into use and
that being filled smaller one was
made to 40 similar service before the
debris could be cleared away and the
floor put in such condition that the
routine business of the establishment
could be proceeded with. When it is
stated that this is the result of not
quite one months sales Of the water in
this small way it may be seen in what
high estimate Sulphide Calcium Min
eral Water is held.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
Steam Engine For Sale.
A COmeDlete Machine ,

The triumphs of inventive genius
are apparently without limit. Some
new device or machine is constantly
being evolved from the mind of man
by which certain specific classes of
work are not only simplified and facil-
itated beyond what it is possible to do
by hand, but they are more perfectly
and satisfactorily done in every way.
The Perfection Tobacco Caser, for use
in plug factories is one of these. We
had the pleasure Of seeing one of the
machines in operation at Col. Bur-
gwyn's factory yesterday. It had but
recently been put in position, Mr.. E. X.
Carter, Of Danville, Va. superintend-
ing the work. We have never seen a
more complete thing of the kind. It
sprays with perfect uniformity the
thinest and thickest fluids in any de-
sired quantity, distributing on both sides
Of the leaf at one operation. This can
not be done in hand casing. Another
thing in it's favor is that it separates
the dirt and trash from the tobacco.
Possessing already one of the largest
and best equipped tobacco factories in
the State, in this last addition to it's
machinery Col. Burgwyn has put him
self in alignment with the leading man
ufacturers ofthe country, and if the fame
of his celebrated brands of chewing
and smoking tobaccos, and the reputa-
ton of Henderson are not carried to
remotest parts and made as familiar
household words, it will not be because
of a lack of honest and earnest effort
along that line.
Col. Burgwyn has been fortunate in
The selection of his able corps of as
sistants. Mr.. Charles G.. Butler, his
efficient manager, is eminently the
right man in the right place, while Mr..
VIM. II. Hardgrove, his popular and
highly successful travelling representa-
tive, is Zone of the finest on the
road. His work tells in the more than
three hundred thousand pounds of their
goods he has put upon the market al
ready-and the factory has not been in
operation year yet.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Cestoria.
Election on the Graded School
Question:

The following is the order of the
Board of Town Commissioners for an
election to be held July 18th, to ascer-
tain whether or not Henderson shall
have the graded school:
BY the Mayor and Board of Commits
sioners of Henderson. be it Resolved
Section |. That an election be held in
the respective wards of the town of Hen
derson on Monday, the 18th of July, 1891
as provided in an act OF the General As
sembly of North Carolina, entitled "An
Act to established Graded School in
the Town OF Henderson," of the private
laws of 1891, for the purpose of ascertain
ing whether an annual assessment shall
be levied therein for the support of a
graded school for the white children. and
a graded school for the colored children
Adopted May 25th, A. D., 1891.
Sec 2. Resolved that A. w. Schaum,
J. NJ. Barnes, ]. E. Young. and E. Powell
be appointed Registrars of the voters in
the first, second, third, and forth wards
of said town respectively, in said election
to be held on the 18th OF July, 1891.
Sec ?. That S. H. Allen, and James
Smith be appointed Judges of Election
in first ward, that &. A. Barnes and
Charles Henderson be Sc appointed in
the second ward. that L. r. Gooch and
Carter B. Burwell be so appointed in the
third ward, and that Silas Powell and
Sandy Mills be appointed in the fourth
ward.
Sec 8. That the Clerk have the above
resolutions printed and posted. Adopted
May 25th. 1891.
Town OF HENDERSON, \. c..
Clerks Office, May 25th, 1891.
|, J. H. B-idgers, Clerk of the Town OF
Henderson, do hereby certify that the
above resolutions, are correct copy, as
appears upon the record in this office.
! Witness my hand at office in Hender-
derson. n c., this the 26th day OF May,
1891. J. H. BRIDGERs,
Clerk of the Town of Henderson.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
A Wonder Worker.

Mr. Frank Huffman. young man of
Burlington, Ohio, states that lie had been
under the care oft prominent physicians
and used their treatment until he was not
able to get around. They pronounced his
case to be Consumption and incurable. He
was persuaded to try DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds
and at that timo was not able to walk
across the street without resting. He found
before he had used half of a dollar bottle,
that he was much better; he continued to
use it and is to-day enjoying good health.
If you have any Throat, Lung or Chest
Trouble try it. We guarantee satisfaction.
Trial bottles free at W. T. Cheathams Drug
store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
The First SteD

Perhaps you are run down, can't eat,
can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything
to your satisfaction, and you wonder what
ails you. You should heed the warning,
you are taking the first step into Nervous
Prostitution. You need Nerve Tonic and
in Electric Bitters you will find the exact
remedy for restoring you nervous system to
its normal, healthy condition. Surprising
results follow the use of this great Nerve
Tonic and Alternative. Your appetite re-
turns, good digestion is restsred, and the
Liver and Kidneys resume healthy action,
Try bottle. Price Soc at w. T. Cheat
hams Drug Store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
A Little Girls Experience in a
Lighthouse.

Mr.. and Mrs Loren Prescott are keepers
of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach,
Mich, and are blessed with little daugh-
ter, four years old. Last April she was
taken down with measles, followed with a
dreadful cough and turning into fever.
Doctors at home and at Detroit treated her.
but in vain. She grew worse rapidly, until
she was mere handful of bones" Then
she tried DR.. Kings New Discovery and
after the use of two and half bottles was
completely cured. They say DR.. Kings
New Discovery is worth its weight in gold,
yet you may get a trial bottle free at W. T.
Cheatham's drugstore.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-06-04
Catarrh Can't Be Cured

With local applications, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is
blood or constitutional disease, and in
order to cure it you have to take internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
is no quack medicine. 1t was prescribed
by one of the best physicians in this country
for years. and is regular prescription. 1t
is composed of the best tonics known, conf
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The per-
fet combination OF the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
FL. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, @.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.