The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-11-30
There's a Moral in This.
TLeakSvillG Gazette. /

There are some ftteS worse than
death in its most revolving form. To
a sensitive man life would be no longer
precious after the stain of suspicion
had fallen upon it. To any one pos
gentleman, disgrace and a ruined rep
utation is the greatest disaster that can
bcfall a human being. And yet it
sometimes happens that the sin of Gu
pidity tastens its grip upon a man
whose family connections are the most
refined, whose character for long years
has been above suspicion, whose posi-
tion in society is the most exalted, and
robs him of all that life holds dear.
Only q few days ago Francis H. Weeks,
a prominent and trusted lawyer Of New
Y ork, was sent to the penitentiary for
ten years for embezzlement. The cul-
prit was a scion Of worthy family,
his friends belonged to the leading and
most influential circles, he had attained
a position Of eminence in his profess
sion, and frequently was the custodian
Of millions Of dollars belonging to his
clients. He had noble wife, pala-
tial residence, and was envied as a
fortunate and prosperous man by thous-
anGs who knew him. But notwith-
standing ali this, disgrace has blighted
his life forever. He has been arraigned
for dishonesty and plead guilty to the
| charge; coarse pictures have appeared
in the great dailies Of his city, repre-
senting him at the bar Of justice, in
jail, on the way to the penitentiary
and clothed in the stripes of a convict.
| The grave would be paradise in pref
erence to such fate (! And yet every
man, especially the young, should re-
member that the only royal road to
success i'll business, and to honor in
old age, is to be honest and truthful in
all things, and do that which is right
If you can't be honest from principle.
be honest from policy. It's best.
The coming of the Waldenses may
prove to be but the first step in a very
important movement to North Caro-
lima. Our State presents many attrac-
tive features for immigrants its high
| lands; its unsubdued forests; its
salubrity and its temperate climate
when combined with its proximity tC
the great cities of the North and the
ocean, render it very desirable
location for colonies. Now that the
arabic lands of the extreme West have
been occupied, and the fierce storms
that devastate the Western country
measurably arrests the tide of i'm.
migration in that direction, we may
expect to see a stream of settlers come
to our more alluring region.
Indeed the Milwaukee ./on,Na.
notes that there is quite an exodus o.
German settlers from the States Of the
far West to more congenial quarters
Some have settled in Maryland and
doubtless will find that a desirable
location. Others will push further on
just as the original immigrants came
from Pennsylvania and spread Out
over the Western section. They viii
come, and North Carolina will gladly
receive them. We have what they
want, and sooner or later they will
find it.
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! tendency to liver and bowel complaints.