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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
DUELS INNORTHCAROLINA

The New York ITorN in an article
Of some length reviewing famous duels
which have been fought in America
says of North Carolina:
North Carolina has been the scene
Of many famous duels, and it has al
ways been regarded as a perfectly safe
place to fight SO far as the law is con
Cerned.
Among the duels that have been
fought in that State only few of the
most prominent ones can be mentioned
here.
John Stanley fought with Rich
ard Dobbs Spaight, Sr., behind the
Masonic Hall in NewBern, on Sunday
afternoon September 5, 1902. At the
second fire a bullet pierced the coat
collar of Stanly; at the fourth, Spaight
received wound in the right side, of
which he died in twenty-three hours
The challenge was sent and accepted
and the duel fought on the same day,
500 people witnessing it.
| In 1872, on the Virginia line,
| Thomas J. Stanley was killed at the
! first fire by Louis D. Henry. This
duel arose from dispute in regard to
the question who was the partner of a
certain lady in a dance at a party
given by Judge Castor.
Jarvis Clifton and Prentice Law
fought at Crosses, on the line be-
tween Gates county, North Carolina,
and Southampton county, in Virginia
in 1906 or 1903. Law was a North.
ern man by birth while Clifton
was a native of Berthe county. They
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
HENDERSON, N. c., THURSDAY, JUNE 2 1892.

fought over Mrs Blanchard. Law
struck his antagonist, and in pulling
the clothing from the wound the ball
came with it. Clifton afterwards
married Mrs. Blanchard and she died
! in a year.
In 1872 Lieutendant Samuel H.
Bryrnt, United States Army, was killed
in duel in North Carolina. In 1914
William E. Boudinot, fought two du-
els with Montgomery Hunt, within a
few days OF each other. The first was
on the Island Of Java where neither
was hurt; the second was at Singapore
| where Hunt was wounded in the thigh
at the second fire. They afterwards
became warm friends. Hunt was a
naval officer and was lost at sea
Boudinot was really the inventor of the
present signal service system, and died
near Pittsboro, N. c., in the spring o
1850.
The halfway house, where the Dis.
NAL Swamp Canal crosses the North
Carolina line into Virginia, has been
the scene of two duels, The first took
place on the Virginia line during the
autumn of 1S47, when H. F. Harris fel
in duel with Edward c. Yellowly
The second was on June IL, 1868
when Robert w. Hughes of the Rich
mond State Journal fought William E
Cameron of the Richmond Hder viii
pistols, and wounded him in the
breast at the first fire.
Maurice, son of Judge Alfred Moore
of the United States Supreme Court
fought with Benjaman Smith, after
wards Governor of North Carolina
in 1900 or 1901, on the South Caroline
line with pistols, because of an alleged
insult to Moore's father. Smith wa:
badly wounded in the side. Smith wa
engaged in other duels.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
4 Good Advertiser Gone.

In the death of p. T. Barnum tho ad-
vertising world lost Il stanch friend
and advocate. The great Snowman never
lost an opportunity to preach the posi-
bilities of printers ink. Although not
typical alvertiser-his field lying out
side of ordinary paths-he was an enter
prising and energetic one, and he has
always been quoted-as he deserved to
be-as one of the shining examples of
success attained through judicious ad-
vertising.-Printers' Ink.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
A Panacca for Bad Business.

Quoth an Albany merchant to a re-
porter for The Press: "When l hear
merchants complain about bad business
make up my mind that they do not ad-
vertise. Some people have an idea that
hang out n sign. after which crowds will
flock in. often think that such people
have an idea that Barnum could fill his
immense canvas Just rs well by putting
out a four by six dOIger."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
a Premium on SkillfuIness.

Advertising space in a newspaper costs
money. Just in proportion as the inf1u
ence it exerts is great and widespread,
the cost is augmented When this fact
is considered, the Importance of express
ing ones self tersely, and having the ad-
vertisement set conspicuously, becomes
apparent He that succeeds best in his
efforts in this direction must use the
facilities at hand to the best advantage
ard most economically. The bunglers
in advertising pay great sums toward
the support OF newspapers and fail Of ac-
qniliDg success. Those who are skillful
often reap great results from compara-
lively small expenditures. - Yonkers
Statesman.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
BREADAND BACON.

A correspondent of the Milton
Enterprise writes as follows:
1t is doubtless true that something
more of legislation in the interest of
the farmer is needed, but no legislation
can help his cause SO effectually as he
can help it himself; and he can do it,
and will sooner or later have to do it,
by planting less ofthe so-called money
crops, which really seems to be debt
making crops and more bread and
bacon. Give me plenty of bread and
bacon and shall not need much to-
bacco and cotton. | may not handle
very much money, but what l do
handle will be mine | had rather
make only one hundred dollars and
be able to lay it aside in the old "blue
Chist,' than make five hundred and
then have to pay it all out for pro-
visions done and eat up, and may be
have to sell mule to finish paying
up. There is not much fun in hand
ling other peoples money for nothing.
Let the smoke-house and corn crib
be in the edge of the yard instead of
in the West and North; let US live at
home and we shall be independent.
So long as the farmer has to begin
right after Christmas to go to town
after his bread, bacon and hay, SO
long will he see hard times.
Again, he must cultivate fewer but
richer acres. 1t is a fact that one
acre ought to produce as much as two,
of the average farm. 1t costs but
little, if any more, to work an acre
of land in high state of cultivation
, than it does to work poor one; and
the work is great deal more pleasant
because you know the rich acre will
respond to your labor so mnch more
bountifully. | never did like to try
to get anything out of a stingy man,
, nor is there any pleasure in trying to get
work out Of an old horse that is SO
poor and weak that he CAN hardly
travel, and 1t is just as unpleasant and
dlscouraging to try to get good crop
. from poor piece of land. | have
seen corn trying to grow on land that
. was SO poor that the laborer must have
felt while working it, that he was
{: working for nothing and boarding
himself" Now working such land as
| that won't do, it is a waste of time and
labor. And yet thousands and thou
sands of just such acres are cultivated
every year. 1t requires whole planta-
ton OF such acres to make a little.
Why not enrich few acres, and Culti-
vate the crops on them we'll, when
twice as large yield will turn out
| know what it is to drive the wagon
over whole field and gather up a
few nubblns, and | know what it is
to drive in where the ears are thick
and heavy.
Yes, in my opinion, the way to be
prosperous and independent, is to re.
verse the present order and have the
bread and bacon crops the larger, and
the money crops the smaller, and tc
cultivate fewer but richer acres.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Successful Advertising.

The important effect of advertising is
one Of {: direct nature. 1t conveys the
impression that the party is anxious for
business One who is anxious for bust
ness is unavoidably supposed to be an
industrious, attentive, civil person who
keeps the best of articles at the cheapest
rate, does everything i'll the neatest and
most tradesmanlike manner, and in gen.
eral uses every eSpedient to crafty and
attach customers. People like to pur-
chase under those circumstances, and the
system Of advertising assuring them that
such circumstances exist at this particu-
lar shop, they select it accordingly.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
During the Dull Season,

A prominent business man who adver-
tised very little during the late spring
season recently gave large order to
The Times to continue during the dull
season, "because," as he said, "my expe-
rience is that advertising and success in
trade are inseparable." He had plenty
of trade during the business season; but
the time has now come when he must
stimulate and create trade, and he turns
to the widely read newspaper as the
only agency through which it can be
done.-Philadelp Times.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
First Sow, Then Reap.

Too little advertising is like sowing
too little seed. \ farmer in planting
corn puts a iiuinher Of grains into each
hill and is :::,ti fed if one good healthy
stalk comes from each planting. It's the
constant advertiser that is bound to at
tract attention. It's the succession Of
bright. catchy advertisements that refuse
to he ignored. That the proper time
must be allowed for the fruit to grow,
ripen and be gathered is as true as that
wheat cannot be prepared the day after
it is ssOwn.-EXchange
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Where MOdeSty Is Out of Place

Apropos of the Hon. Thomas B. Reed's
remarks on advertising made at the din.
ner of the Federal club, the New York
Sun says: 'Modesty is out of place in
an advertiser. His business is to recon.
mend his goods and to put his advertise.
ment of them in the most alluring and
convincing form that occurs to him. II
he habitually exaggerates his customers
will find him out in time and will cease
to be attracted by his advertisements
but habitual understatement is not re.
uuired of him."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Physicians May Advertise

We believe the time is fast coming
when all progressive physicians will feel
at liberty to ADVERT se as freely as men
engaged in other bu.iness, and there is
no reason why they should not do SO,
except the restrictions laid down in an
ancient code that lot one doctor in ten
has ever read, !,E: Of which the average
physician stands i'll mortal terror
Covert Medical News
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Brains VIII Tell.

Almost all advertising pays that asso-
ci;ites a man $ n;slile with his business in
the public mind. but the percentage of
profit is notably governed by the expert
ness exhibited. The more thought be-
Slowed upon this Indispensable auxiliary
of trade TIE surer is the success of the
thinker IL all human history printers
ink has never been more potently pro-
ductive Of patronage than it is today
Troy Press.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Advertise Wisely.

In this age Of keen competition man
must advertise and advertise wisely. He
must give the same attention TO his ad-
vertising as he does to his stock and
store. An advertisement forms an i'm.
preston on the mind of the reader, and
it means great deal TO the advertiser
that that impression be favorable one,
and that it he fully sustained in the es.
tablishment.-EX change.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Advertising is King.

Before the war Cotton was king: dur
ing the val the CRY WAS raised that Corn
was king: but of all the trades of all the
earth excluding such uncivilized sec
tions as know no printing press, and
therefore go naked and deal in ivory
tusss) Advertising is king. More money
is spent annually in advertising than is
invested in the cotton crop or the corn
crop.-Artenas Ward.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
See advertisement of Ober's Spec

See advertisement of Ober's Special
Tobacco Compound, one of the old
reliable standbys. Planters know what
this is without going into details as to
its merits and the satisfactory results
that always follow its use. D. Y.
Cooper has a large supply on hand
and for sale. Call early and supply
yourself.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
How. to Draw Trade

This age is too bustlins and competi-
ton is too great for the merchant to al
low himself any longer the luxury of
waiting supinely behind his counter for
trade He must show in advance Of pur-
chases just what he has to sell and how
he -nds to sell it. and persistent
publication of his wares is the means by
which such showing can be made.-York
Pa.) Gazette.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Gone Out of business.

The merchant who believed that it
didn't pay to advertise has gone out of
business He was never heard from dur
ing his trade career, and the world would
never have noted the fact that he had
SMUT up his store had it not been for
notice inserted in the papers headed
.'Sheriff's Sale e"-Chicago Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Merely an Introduction.

An advertisement is but an introduc
ton. The goods once brought to notice
must take care of themselves. Just in
the same manner a social introduction is
valuable, but not conclusive if the indi-
yidual turns out To be worthless.
Tn
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
General Agents Wanted.

Masons to travel, appoint and train
agents for largest, strongest, cheapest,
Masonic life association. Assets nearly
100000. State law complied with.
Permanent, profitable, pleasant work.
Address Fred II. Brown, 7O1 Phoenix
Insurance Building, Chicago.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02

The advertisement, to become an eff
cient drummer up of new business, must
be characterized by the freshness and
impressiveness of personal interview
Nashville Banner.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
The Blind Don't Read

Very large type is not necessary in ad-
vertising-biind folks don't read newspa-
pers. Quitting advertising in dull times
is like tearing out dam because the
water is low. Either plan will prevent
good times from ever coming.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Ealnc of iii. Local Ranec.

Successful advertisers supplement their
city advertising Dy using the local coun-
try week.-Mrs.. City paiers are generally
valuable. bat thy do no. supply the Ell
tire needs of advertisers. 70 advertise
thoroughly and successfully the country
weeklies I.ust be used as well.-Beals.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Quality Of Circulation.

Advertisers should consider the kind
OF quality as well as the size of the cir
culation Of the paper they propose to
use. Nobody ever saw an advertisement
OF Ben Hur" i'll The Police Gazette. A
merchant who wishes to reach the fam
lily circle is throwing good money away
to advertise in a ''street publication" "a
sheet that is bought for its cheap sensa-
tons, which is read in a hurry and the
paper then thrown aside. It goes with
out saying that Il journal which enters
the homes, which is read by every men,
bcr of the family, is infinitely more valu-
able as an advertising medium than one
Of double or triple its circulation, when
the vast bulk Of this circulation is in the
saloons, the restaurants and the Offices
to be scanned, not read and then thrown
into the waste basket.-Cleveland World.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
Intelligence aud Cleanliness.

Frank Sidlali. t,... Philadelphia soap
tising entirely II :. T<paper'. The man
who does not r,.,t :, newspaper does not
use SOAP
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
The Three GraceS.

Style. symmetry and beauty in an ad-
vertisement always attract attention.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
SOloinOn's Wisdom.

To Advertisers: There is that scatter
eth and yet increaseth, and there is that
withholdeth more than is meet; but it
ten leth to povcrty-SolomOn
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02

Just received a lot of nice tinware at
II. Thomason's cheaper than ever, with
many other things. You can save money
by calling on him
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02

Another car load of fine hay has lust
been received BY H. Thomason. Nice.
clean and sweet.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02

4 nice lot OF corn and corn chops for
feed, just received at Fl. ThomasOn's.
Also feed oats. &C.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
4 Natural SU.r,it.iOf;.

A large aiv.-G.. t-'..cil. once. and then
discontinued. ci,-.i :!pr Impression that
the man has i:ZZ:s-i
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02

Another lot Of nice and sweet No.
Timothy Hay just received at
r. THOMAsoS'9
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
THE MAID O. THE MIST.

Are you watching the ships sailing south
ward,
O. beautiful maid O. the mist?
Do you wave your white hand
When they re nearing the land
Are the tips of your white fingers kissed.
To the captains and sailors who shout Ger
the foam.
For JOY of the lights in the harbor at home?
Are you watching the ships sailing south
o, beautiful maid O. the mist?
When the waves on the bars
Make their moan to the stars
Do you keep with the night winds a
tryst?
The watch-fres are dead on the desolate
strand,
And darkness has hidden thy beckoning
You are watching the ships sailing south
ward,
O. maid O. the mist But know
That the pitiful waves
Never tell of the graves,
FathOmS and fathOnis below;
And the winds that blow inland DER sea
and Ger sound
In mercy have stihed the cries Of the
drowned
Here is true poetic Imagination, giving
life and voice to nature. If it were not
violating confidence, l might say that an
! other poem of this kind, which has not
better than the above, and will compare
| we'll with anything ever inspired by the
ocean.
Most of Mr.. StanJon'S poems have touch
of sadness in them. Their tone is we'll
illustrated by this verse:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
The t.ai..!iw0rti.

The ta..u wiz, trl,- :, advertise
VIII, ,,Ti-,'9r' taa .-,It-is.,"nt
One :.-ssr.i :.IG,-' ,t-sr;.. n,r ir.l.n II turn.
kni i'.,.: nn. No~ri. l-r~i-.cI,i
Hcuuctt
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02

Ji:st what to put into and what to
leave out Of advertisements often puz-
ZIeS those who have their composition in
land y notice often errs on the side of
s:,;ng tDo much. y person Of average
experience. nn the other hand, frequently
iIHnifcsts the tendency of being too
brief. He assumes that the public will
tIll.. tor granted certain groundwork of
knowledge that makes it unnecessary
for nina to be very specific. Whoever
succeeds in avoiding both of these ex-
treincs. and combines with other neces-
say qualifications the ability to say just
III right thing i'll the right quantity, be-
comes I. successful advertisement writer.
Sr3!I"times advertisements are made eff
ftc;iyr, however. by their frankness and
manifest sincerity, all other questions
ult nf the colnt. Again the very quaint
ness OF expression, WHICH crops out OF
the writing Of a beginner at the busi-
ness, give.; Il charm t3 the composition
which alone causes it to be read.-Ex-
change.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
You are watching the ships sailing SOU
THE AFTER TINE.


There cometh time for laughter.
And Joy for the days and years;
But ever there cometh after
A time and place for tears.
We weary of revel and riot,
And sick of the worldly strife,
God sendeth the peace, the quiet
That quicken the founts of life.
Here again you see the poetic kinship
this time with Longfellow in the lines
see the lights of the village
Clean through the rain and the mist,
And a feeling of sadness comes Ger me +,
That my soul cannot resist.
A feeling of sadness and longing
That is not akin to pain,
And resembles sorrow only
AS the mist resembles the rain.
In the following verses there Is some-
thing that reminds US Of Poe's Annabel
Lee"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
How to Pronounce "Advervisement mt.

How shall we pronounce the word ad-
vertisement? One hears il pronounced
advertisement and advertisement by per-
sons whose uniform correctness of speech
cannot ID. brought into question. The
dictionaries give it bot. ways-generally
with the preference t. the first form.
Stormonth, who is esteemed by some as
high authority On pronunciation, gives
only advertisement. There is an obvious
need for uniformity. One dislikes to
speak the word with the accent on the
second syllable Just after some friend
has uttered it with the accent on the
1h;r1. liz consequence. he is perhaps
:...',yrn into the use of that odious abbre-
Walton, lad" There is 10 right or wrong
il tie matter. Chauncey NJ. Depew says
advertisement: Charles A. Dana says ad-
vrrti$enient ANY number Of eminent
authorities could be quoted in defense of
either. The word is in such common use
hat there Ought to be an accepted pro-
ranciat,on. the writer prefers adver-
iis2nlcnt. instead of the jump back to
the aiti-i2elli:lt. because this style of ac-
cynt is uniform with advertiser" "ad-
veTtising' and other derivatives from
this root.--PliEtcl, Ink.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-06-02
HER BECTIFCL HANDS,

=
Gods roses are sweet and His lilies are
fair
As they bend meath the dew. from above
They are splendid and fair-but they can
not compare
With the beautiful hands of my love.
No Jewels adorn them-no glittering bands
They are just as God made them these
sweet, sweet hands
And not for earth's gems, OF its bright
diademS
Or the pearls from the depths of the sea,
Or the queens of the lands with their
beautiful hands
Should these dear hands be taken from
me.
What:exquisite blisses await their COM
mandS.
They were made for my kisses, these dear,
sweet hands.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-11-07
P-RoCLAhar,.
By tho Board OF County Co.
siOners OF EikO County, N.,.

Notice is hereby Slvent hst on ru..J
9th Cay Of November, A d, 1892, rat IA. i
election precincts, .hsrea,icr nan.d /
County OF EihoS 8 ate Of NeY.d,, ~
Election WILDE held for the oNoufny I
State and County officers which .I,.sJ
not DO openeS later thsn 8 O'Clock
shall continue open until o'.loei j
said day.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-11-07
Elko, NeU., Oct. "a, 1892

A great tnauy persons seem TO be
uncertain as to whether, in voting
for Presidential electors, n cross
should be placed opposite the name
Of each, or tf one cross includes tho
three electors for any one Presiden.
tial candidate. The law plainly says
a cross, or X, must be placed after the
name of each person to be voted for,
aud, therefore, 1t is necessary to vote
for three eloctdse.-[Reno Journal
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-11-07
How TO Tell the Doy OF Your Birth.

To the number OF years you haye
lived add the number OF leap years
that have occurred. Divide this sum
by z and the remainder is the number
of days before the one in the present
year. Example: What day was May
IL, 1851? This year it came on We'd
nesday. The number Of years to the
present, Al, plus tho number OF leap
years, IL, equals so. Dividing by Z
the remainder is 3. Three days be-
fore Wednesday is Sunday, the an
swer.