The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-11-10

S. D. Young lett on Thursday for
BERTHE county.
II. P. Buell.. of Warenton, spent
Sunday and Monday here.
w. D. Burwell and Ben Barnes re-
turned from Washington City Sunday.
Week of Prayer services will begin
at the rooms of the Y. NJ. G.. A. next
Sunday.
The grand annual Welcome Week
ct Wilmington will be inaugurated on
the Goth inst.
The true servants of Democracy.
who have labored without ceasing for
the good of the country can now rejoice
and rest in the sweet consciousness of
duty well performed. The victory is
ours.
The election is over and now let US
all address ourselves to our individual
businesses and do all we can to help
ourselves to a better and more pros
porous condition and the Democratic
party will do the rest when they get
into power i'll the national government.
The Messenger was pleased to meet
the newly elected general secretary OF
the Y Dung Mems Christian Association
Mr.. Thomas G. Digs, Of Henderson
=. c., who has arrived in the city.
He will be glad to meet the members
and friends of the Association at the
building on Front Wilmington
Messenger.
A man should never be ashamed to
Own he has been in the wrong, which
is but saying.in other words that he is
wiser to-day than he was yesterday. The
country is fuller of wise men now than
it was this time last week, and while
the price Of wisdom has come high to
some, let us hope that all's we'll that
e Ids we'll.
Who said there would be force and
olence and bribery at the last cleo
ton? Well, he was ''prophet with
at honor Or respect Or truthfulness
hoover he was. There was nothing
o the kind as far as heard from-and
the returns appear to be all in. We
expected nothing else, but some people
d ,sired it no doubt.
Hicks was defeated but the fact that
h. will not be our next reprepresenta-
tive in the Legislature is due to nc
t; ult of his or his friends. He made a
gallant fight and went down with his
colors proudly flying. They trailed
not in the dust and even in defeat we
honor and admire him. The GOLD
LEAF proposes three cheers for T. 7.
Hicks.
The trouble on election day which
some Of the Third party people pre-
dicted didn't come off, whereat they
were evidently much disappointed
North carolina people, and especially
those Of Vance county, are not built
that way. They may have their diff
terences, as citizens Of free country
nave right to do, but they do not
rc sort to force and violence to settle
them.
All honor to the noble and earnest
men who did their patriotic duty on
election day. The result shows how
they worked and what side they were
Oil. We wish we could publicly give
the names of all the men, young and
old, we have in our minds eye. but
perhaps modesty and delicacy on their
part would forbid it. They did their
duty as they conceived it to be and
doing this they have the satisfaction
and consolation Of having been engaged
IN good cause and herein lies their
rev ard.
There was general suspension Of
business on election day. All the
stores with two Or three exceptions
closed up and proprietors and clerks
gave the day over to what they con-
ce,ved to be for the good of the county,
the State and the country at large.
Smooth faced young men who were not
old enough to vote themselves worked
like Trojans and accomplished more
than their individual votes would have
amounted to. All honor to them.
They are made of the right kind of
stuff.
Dave Loughlin got home Friday
night from his summer season with the
great Forepaugh show, having finished
his engagement at Roanoke, Va. He
brought with him pair of fine horses
be onging to himself and Will Wallette
hi: brother-in-law. These are the
an mails they rode in their performan-
ces as bareback and hurdle riders and
il needless to say they are ''daisies -
Nj. Loughlin has been in excellent
health and returns in fine form. Mr..
W"llette has been home a couple of
weeks having slightly injured his leg
aglin which was hurt by his horse
fal ing on him some months ago, but is