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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

! co 10 snow that the Democrat
ic party is opposed to trusts; and
it is further alleged that man who is
a member of a trust would not be pop
ular with the Farmers Alliance. 1t
is known that these are the same
charges that were made against Gov
ernor Holt in 1883, by the enemies
of the Democracy, when he was can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, and
triumphantly elected by the people
of the State-a large number of whom
were then and are now members of
the Farmers Alliance. This same
charge was answered then, and, as
indicated, Gov. Holt was vindicated
by the votes of the very voters whom
our contemporary would now excite
against him. And in this immediate
connection we ask all fair minded
Democrats if it is just to attempt to
destroy the public reputation of Dem
ocrats by repeating against them
charges first preferred by Republicans,
and which have been repudiated by
Democrats at the polls as false
But for the benefit of the parties
who are proving such industrious
agents in circulating this special edi
| ton Of our contemporary, we will
state that Gov Holt is not member
of trust, nor is he a stockholder in,
or member of the Cone Export and
Commission Company, which, is al
legged to be a plaid trust, nor has he
any contract with it or any trust.
Our contemporary is again unforlu-
nate in the sources Of lis information,
and indiscreetly indulges in assertions
which even the recent political histo-
ry of the State proves TO be utterly at
variance With the facts. 1t would
have Gov. Holt defeated for the nomi
nation because those who are now sup
porting him are the men who energet-
ically exerted themselves to defeat Gov.
Jarvis, when he was candidate, while
filling out an unexpired term. BY
the exercise Of ordinary care our con-
Temporary could have avoided this
mistake and saved US the unpleasant
duty of refreshing its recollections by
the reminder that Gov. Holt was an
ardent supporter of Gov. Jarvis in that
memorable contest, but that the gen
tleman who is the candidate of our
esteemed, Morganton Herald, and
, against whom we have nothing to say,
was himself at that time a candidate
for Lieut.. Governor on the ticket
: against Gov. Jarvis.
; Our contemporary processes, in ad-
vocating the claims of Col. Carr, to
present a man who can command the
support of the Faamers' Alliance, and
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
est point for shipment .

Because We no longer send me-
chandise across the continent, or from,
the coas: 10 the far interior Of our
Country, over our wagon roads, We
have come tu consider that our public
highways do not figure IN transporta-
ton to anything like the extent tha,
our great railway systems are con
cerned, but it is readily capable of dem
onstration that our one. two, three
and five miles of country road, here
and there, by which our great railroad
systems are fed, are Of even greater
importance than the great railroads
themselves. We are accustomed to
contemplate the steady reduction in
the cost of railroad freights during the
last twenty years with good deal OF
satisfaction, and TO r-st with the as
surance that it is very much cheaper
to transport merchandise nowadays
I than it was a quarter of a century ago,
but, at the same time, we lose sight o,
the fact that while there has been a
saving in carriage by rail, its costs
practically az much to land merchan-
disc at the railway stations to day As it
did fifty years ago. The farmer who
owns his team and hauls his corn or
his potatoes or any other product to
the railway station ten miles away, is
apt to think it is not costing him any
thing to haul his goods, but if he will
enquire into it, he will probably find
out, much to his astonishment, that i,
is actually costing him more to haul
his stuff five or ten miles with horses
over bad country roads than to carry
them hundreds of miles by railroad
Doubtless it would he difficult fol
many farmers to comprehend this, bui
nevertheless it is true, and an improve
ment on the country roads would
speedily demonstrate what opportu-
nifty there is for economy in that mat
ter.
We trust that in the months inter
vening between now and the opening
of the exposition some plan may bt
devised by which there shall be pro
vided an instructive and adequate dis
play illustrative of the science Of roat
making. Certainly nothing could b'
more interesting or profitable.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
FAITH IN THE PEOPLE.
[LenOir Topic. |

The 7gbie has faith. 1t is bigger
than a grain of mustard seed too. 1t
has an abiding faith and confidence
in the solid good sense and sanity of
the plain people of North Carolina
and it firmly believes in the final perse-
verance and success of the Democratic
saints " in and out" of the Alliance.
The truth results from discussion.
Every heated argument and every en-
thusiastic, warm debate does not mean
that the participants are at daggers'
points. Good will come from the
agitation and from the analysis of our
doctrines that have been going on.
When the time comes for summing up,
the sensible Democrats of North Caro-
lima will arrive at a just conclusion
that will satisfy all parties and will
promulgate a platform of principles
upon which all reasonable men in the
party can stand. We believe this.
And we believe it because we believe
that the Democrats of North Carolina
are not crazy. They are not looms.
They surely will want to give broad,
liberal platform, upon which as many
as possible of the members ofthe party
can stand. They are certainly not
fools enough to want to adopt a mar
row, contracted platform calculated to
drive away from the party any of its
friends. What is the matter with the
platform of 1890, upon which we all
stood and won great victory? There
are planks in that platform that do not
strike some of us favorably, but it has
been accepted, it has been tried and
we are willing to be tried by it again.
Conservatism and Cancellation will
make North Carolina Democratic. An
attempt to strangle any faction in the
party will result in kicking the fat in
the fire and bringing on the State a
great disaster.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
NORTH CAROLINA EDITORS
[Charlotte Observer

In that good citizenship, the sup
port of good government and the advo-
cacy of which principle are always COM
mendable, the Democratic press of
North Carolina may take credit to
itself. 1t may also be added in its
behalf that those who have in hand
and head its guidance and control are
as unselfsh as it is in the nature OF
men to be-for, perhaps, no vocation
furnishes SO few office seekers and Of
flee holders as journalism. The edi-
tors personal and direct interest in
the success of either party is very
slight.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
WORLD 5 COLUMBIAN

In providing for the drainage OF
dirt road we should first consider the
material of which the roadway is COM
posed. If heavy, vicious clay pre-
dominates, the ordinary side bitches
should be of good depth, and will
even then, in many cases, be made
quate for thorough drainage without
the addition of centre drain running
midway between, and parallel with
side-dtches. The centre drain should
of course be filled with loose irregular
boulders, cobblestones, broken bricks,
or similar filling, covering line Of
tiles or fascines at the bottom, and
should be connected with the side
bitches by cross-drains carrying the
water outward from the centre-drain
at proper intervals along the length Of
the roadway. Centre drains, though
often greatly needed for the improve
ment of country roads, are not in
common use. They add somewhat
to the cost of the roadway, but, in
most grasses, considerably more to its
value, and should be employed in all
situations where sand or gravel can
not be had to relieve the heaviness
and waterholding properties Of the
clay. If gravel, sand or other porous
material can be conveniently or cheaply
obtained, the centre and cross drains
may often be dispensed with by mix
ing the gravel or sand in plentiful
quantities with the clay roadway, SO
as to insure as nearly as possible a
porous and self-draining surface layer,
which should not be less than ten
inches in depth, and should be laid
on the rounded or sloped sub soil so
as to insure easy drainage into the
side bitches.
In locations where the prevailing
material is of a loose, sandy nature,
the difficulties Of drainage are more
easily overcome, and side bitches, il
found necessary at all, may be made
of moderate depth and lett open, with
out incurring risks and dangers OF
travel that prevail where the deeper
open ditchs are used for draining heavier
soils. But, on the other hand, the
light and shifting nature of sandy
road material destroys its value as {
surface layer for an earth roadway
and its deficiency in this respect i
most easily remcdied by the addition
of stronger and more tenacious sub
stance, such as stiff clay. Whel
mixed with sand in proper proportion
(which in each case depend upon tn
nature of the clay and sand used, ant
which can best be determined by ex
perimenD, this composition afford
many advantages which make
superior to roadway composed {
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
Refreshing Retreats.

Summer days are fast approaching and
now is the time that excursionists, pleas
ure seekers and sportmen should figure out
route for their summer vacation. In do
ing SO, the delightfully."- cool summer and
fishing resorts located along the Wisconsin
C&ntral Lines come vividly to view, among
which are Fox Lake, H., Lake Villa. Ill,
Mukwonago, Waukesha. Cedar Lake.
Neenah. Waupaca, Fifeld, Butternut and
Ashland, Wis. Wisconsin has within the
last five years become the centre of attrac-
ton for more pleasure seekers, hunters and
fishermen than any other State in the
Jnoin, and each visit increases the desire
to again see the charming landscapes,
breathe the the balsam fragrance that is Il
part of the invigorating atmosphere, wan
der through the colonnades of stately pines
and hook the speckled beauties with a
hand made fly. For pamphlets containing
valuable information, etc, apply to Jas. c.
Pond, General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Chicago. Ill.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
THE &O.'s NEW THROUGH
LINE.
Preparing for the Immense Traf-
ac Incident to the Words
Fair.

The management OF the Baltimore ano
Ohio Railroad ia preparing for an i'm
mense business in 1893 while the World =
Fair is open in Chicago. The terminals
at Chicago are capable of accOmmodat-
ing q much heavier traffic than il now
being done, and important changes arr
being arranged for the handling OF very
heavy freight and passenger business tc
the West from New York, Philadelphia.
and Baltimore New equipments for
increased passenger business and an ex
teusive stock of freight cars have beel.
ordered The various roads of the sys-
tenn will be improved by Strengthened
lines, reduced grades, extra side tracks
aud interlocking switches. The new
line between Chicago Junction and Ak
ron has shortened the distance betweeI:
Chicago and tide water twenty-five
cago fifty-eight miles.
The distance between Chicago and
Pittsburgh and Chicago and Cleveland
! by the construction Of the Akron line
and the acquisition OF the Pittsburgh,
| and Western line and the Valley Rail
road OF Ohio, is about the sam. as via.
| the Lake Shore from Cleveland to Chica-
go, and the Pennsylvania from Pitts
| burgh to Chicago The alignment is t.
be changed and the grades reduced to {,
maximum of twetlty-six feet. 1t is ex-
pected that within twelve months the
old Baltimore and Ohio through line be
tween Chicago and the Atlantic Ocean
will have passed away and the new line
via. Pittsburgh, be established, with lie
greater grades or curvature than Oh any
Of the trunk lines.
Work has already begun on the Pitts
burgh to meet improvements maxim;
west OF Pittsburgh. These improve
merits will consist of additional secont
and third tracks, a general correction o
the alignment, and completion OF tn
double track on the Metropolita
Branch. 1t is expected that the nc'
through line will be ready sirnultan'
ously with the completion OF the BE-!
Line through the City of Baltimor'
which is intended to unite the Washing
ton Branch with the Philadelphia Divis
ION and do away with the present lin
via Locust Point. Forty new and pow
erful locomotive engine. were added t.
the equipment during the last tw'
months, and Others are in process {
construction. The permanent imprOv.
ments now under way and in contempla
ton involve the expenditure OF some fiv
million doilars.-BaItimoreA Ameriean.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
LIFE'S MISSION.

Live for something, be not idle,
Look about thee for employ
Sit not down to useless dreaming,
Labor is the sweetest Joy.
Folded hands are ever weary,
Selfish hearts are never gay;
Life for thee hath many duties
Active be then while you may
Scatter blessings in thy pathway;
Gentle words and cheering smiles
Better are than gold and filver.
With their grief dispelling wiles.
AS the pleasant sunshine falleth
Ever on the grateful earth.
SO let sympathy and Kindness
GLADDEN. every darkened heart.
Hearts there are oppressed and weary
Drop the tear of sympathy;
Whisper words of hope and comfort
Give and thy reward shall be
Joy unto thy soul returning,
From the sacred fountain head
Freely as thou freely givest.
Shall the grateful light be shed.
W W. Partridge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon healthy condition of all
the vital organs. If the liver be inactive,
You have bilious look, if your stomach is
disordered You have dyspeptic look and
if your kidneys be affected you have a
pinched look. Secure good health and you
will have good looks. Electric Bitters is
the great Alternative end tonic, acts directly
on these vital organs. Cures pimples,
blotches, boils and gives good complex
ion. Sold at W. T. Chsatham's drug store.
son per bottle
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

Interest in the matter of improving
the country roads is growing in North
Carolina. The State Agricultural De-
partment is endeavoring to educate
the people on this subject, and the
State geolosist is making investiga-
tons to find out the best kind Of stone
to use in matchmaking. The press
IS holding up It's end, and is doing
good work.-Oxford Dar.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

CONGRESSMAN Moses, of Georgia,
who is a prominent Allianceman.
says: e | warn the people against this
Peoples party. 1t is pregnant with
unseen dangers. Beware of ex-Re-
publicans and missionaries from oul
enemies who are persuading US to pull
down the walls of Democracy"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
HENDERSON, n. c.. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1892.

either sand or clay when used alone.
The sand serves to quicken the drain
age and to destroy the sticky. tenacious
qualities of the clay, while the clay
supplies the quality of cohesion in the
substance Of the road surface, counter
acting the shifting qualities Of the sand,
and making the roadway more easily
packed and rolled, and more likely to
retain its proper grade and slope.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

Farmers are informed that the old re
liable, time-tried Special Tobacco Com
pound, manufactured by g. Ober & Sons
is on hand and for sale by D. Y. Cooper
again this season. There is no better
tobacco fertilizer made as those know
who have used it. Call early and supply
yourself. apr14
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
ROAD MAKING,
PRACTICALLY ILLUSTRAT.
ED ATTHE WORLD'SF

The Columbian Exposition Should
Deal With the Matter and Demon
strate the Best Methods Of Road
Making.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
A BeauOf1S90
When grandpa went a-woOing.
He wore 4 satin vest,

4 lTdIl OF TUIlUIIlS TUStS
Embroidered on the breast.
The pattern of his trousers,
His linen, white and fine,
Were all the latest fashion
In eighteen twenty-nine.
Grandpa was fine looking young fe low
then, so the old ladies say, and he is a
fne-looking old gentleman now. For the
past score of years he has been a firm
believer in the merits of DR.. Pierce S
Golden Medical Discovery. lit renewed
my youth" he frequently says. 1t is the
only blood-puriier and liver invigorated
guaranteed to benefit of cure. or money
promptly arnt1ns ~ cures liver a1sease
and all diseases of the blood For finger
ing coughs and.consumption(w which is lung.
scrofula in its early stages) it is an un.
paralleled remedy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
Estate ChrOnicle.I

HE POLITICAL
activity which ap-
pears to have pre-
vailed in Morgan
ton last week may
not conduce to
beneficial results
unless the lines on
which it seems to
be conducted are
materially changed
Recurring again
to the tone OF
some of the edito-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
DIRT ROADS,
HOW TO MAKE AND MAIN.
TAIN THEM.
A Timely Paper on the Subject Of
Road Making---A Matter in
Which all the People are In
terested.

HEN WE speak
of dirt roads we
mean those roads
which are formed
of the natural soil
found in the line
OF the roadway
They are SO COM
mon as to be al
most our only
roads outside of
town and city
limits, and will
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

A young lady of jefferson, West Virginia,
declares that she was all run down before
taking Ayers Sarsaparilla but that now
she is gaining strength every day. Ayers
Sarsapariila is certainly wonderful effec-
tive tonic for the feeble and delicate
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

Use Raleigh Standard Fertilizer. No;I .
ing superior to It for the p, OductiOn OF fin .
yellow tobacco. Sold in Henderson by
apr14 d. Y. COOPER
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05

Clean piano keys with soft rag
dipped in alcohol.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
Baltimore Manufacturers Record |

N.VlEW Or .HE
very widespread
interest that is be.
ing manifested in
all matters pertain
ing to the improve.
ment of our public
highways, and in
view, also, Of the
vital importance OF
this subject to all
commercial and in.
dustrial interests, il
would seem that
some special pro-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
JUSTICE ONLY,
THAT is WHAT EVERY MAN
SHOULD HAVE.

And This Applies in Politics as Well
as Other Matters of Every Day
Life.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-05-05
ONE FACT
IS WORTH A THOUSAND
THEORIES.
VOL. XII.

The Twenty-Year Ton
tine policies of the Equi
table Life Assurance So
ciety maturing in 1891
return the policy hold
er all premiums paid,
and the following rates
of interest on the pre-
miums which have been
paid during the twenty
years, in addition to the
assurance of his life du-
ring the entire period.
2C~Year EndoWnents.
ACE Arcturn i'll cash OF all premiums
-A>'i with interest ut the rate OF
35 s rs per cent.
As & 81 per cent.
So S per cent.
LIFE RATE.
Tontine period terni-
mating at the end
of 20 years.
ACE y return i'll cash OF all premiums
Nbl with interest at the rate of
35 2 81 per cent.
As , 1-2 per cent.
So 5 l-2 per cent.
The return on the 9th
er kinds of policies is in
proportion, depending
upon the kind of policy
and the premiums paid
There is no assurance
extant in any company
which compares with
this. The Equitable is
the strongest company
in the World and trans
acts the largest amount
of business.
Assets, $125, 600, 1000.
Surplus, 25,000,000.
Further information will be
promptly furnished on applica-
ton to
J. R. YOUNG, Agent,
Henderson, \. c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-23
IT'S AGAINST Jersey CITTS INTEREST.


SO THE ALDERMEN SAY OF THE NEW ScitNH
Of TIE STREET NND WATER BOARD
Tho subject of a supply o. pure water was ir'eiy
1cltqtcd In Je~scy Guy last night. TIE Eoaid ol
Trade held public mcctls to consider the matter
and adopted rc,olut on requesting the street ""u
Water Comui iioncrs 10 amend their specifications so
a, to permit competition. As the case stones all
companies save one arc shut ont practically creating
q monopIly unless the city decides To extend It's
present plant. In the Eolrd OF Aldermen Max
salmgcr introduced preamble ana resolutions dc
nouuDug d scheme ind r,cd by the street ana wafer
Commi~- loncrs q, huge steal, concc ccit"d In the
interest, of . pli;icular company and deMirng all
other compane, from competition. President NIel
objected to the resolutions improper, but Alderman
Salng,r insisted that they should be put 10 vote. They
were let. An'rmin McEntcc then offered res )lu-
lions pronOuucrg the scheme dangerous ana against
IN" city, Interest but impucning no ones hnlc'tN
Tir resolutions also declared that the CITY would cA-
tend ITS present plant and not put Itself in the hands
OF corporation. They were adopted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-23
4 SUIJCVNIN'S FiTAL NEGLIGENCE. Z.
FOUR MEN KILLED AND THREE FATALLY IN.
JURED IN COLLISION CAUSED By A
M-PLACED SWITCH.


Omaha Neb. Nov 22-A dispatch 10 The Bee" from
Grand Island Neb says: Not in several years has
moro serious and distressing accident occurred on The
T-nio, Pacific road than that which took place this
mornnr ~ q 80 O'Clock M Aida Siding, eight miles
-., NJ Grand Island when express train No s. goine
ot = rate Of or,y-fvc mile Eour crashed into IN
,xtra freight train standing on the switch The
nas,oncor train was nearly hour ard nall
late and striking the grade west Of Mda Engineer
Mcdonald tried to make mp some OF the time lhe
freight engine had been doing considerable switching
on ,he siding and comparatively deah az the head
a, tho siding The morning foggy. and unmindhi
Of danger and resting I'm the thought that me
switch was properly placed. the engineer ana hreah
ofrhe extra freight train waited for the passenger an
,o r,sh Nv But the switch had not been closed and
the Messenger train brought death to four men and
fatally wounded three others through the criminal
negligence Of the ,vitchtcntcr.
The men killed were: !. W. Keller. conductor 81
,, freight tran Grand Island. leaves wife and two
children: rarncy Mcdonald. engineer Of the passenger
troip Norih Platte leaves wife. but no children;
Cus" Barrett engineer 81 the freight train, North
p,,t,e leaves wife aud i'rce children Ira Owens.
fireman Of the freight train, North Platte. leaves
wife and five children
1h. injured are William Costello, fireman of The
passenger train, Grand Island. single. frightfuly
scalded both ankles fractured injuries will probably
prove fatal: william sutherland brakeman on Tie
freight tran Grand Island, sipge, caught In wreck
and feet broken \. VI. Lyons, mail agent kearney,
head wounds and leg fractured.
No passengers were mi iurcd Both engines
total wreck. while the mail and baggage cars are
badly damaged. Inside OF half an hour relief train
from Grand Island was on scene, with physicians
TO look after the wounded. ana all passengers and
baggage were transferred from the wreck 70 the
relief train, which reached Omaha this afternoon at
o'clock.