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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
BUSINESS IN FARMING,
[Richmond Progressive South. !

lHichmOnd Progressive South
Those who would achieve something
beyond a mere existence through
agriculture must systematic the work.
They must know the cost of production
of their several crops, and when the
selling price does not afford salts
factory margin, such products should
be dropped and others substituted that
would pay. Farming is a peculiar
avocation. 1t is generally charged
with being Improbable as a business,
yet thousands manage to make living
without incurring debts beyond their
ability to pay. One man will cultivate
field of corn and claim to realize
good profit, while another says he can
buy corn cheaper than he can produce
it. We have known men who thought
twenty-five bushels of corn to the acre
raised at loss; Others who believed
that a yield of only fifteen bushels
could be made with profit. Each class
being sincere in the belief, shows that
something is wrong. The same is true
with other crops. Now the probability
is that these statements are mere
surmises, because very few farmers
have even an approximately correct
idea OF the cost of production. In
1880 we raised crop of corn that
averaged eight and one-half barrels
(421a bushels) to the acre. The cost
delivered III the barn, including pull
ing blade fodder, was less than one
dollar barrel, exclusive of rent. No
fertilizer was used on the corn, but
light dressing Of bone (2oo pounds to
the acre) had been applied to the pre-
ceding crop Of wheat. AS the corn
sold brought an average of four dollars
per barrel, the profit is apparent.
Thorough cultivation with improved
appliances would probably reduce the
cost for the same yield. By reducing
the average it is possible to increase
the yield per acre of any crop. By
keeping a rough account the farmer is
enabled to know just what he can
raise and whether or not it pays.
Another important matter is that of
capital. Too many are imbued with
the idea that team, plow and muscle
are the only requisites to commence
farming outside of the land. But this
is serious mistake. To farm success
fully in competition with present day
methods The man must work with his
head as we'll as his hands, and must
invest his means judiciously. The
man who attempts to farm extensively
on limited capital is almost certain to
arrive at unsatisfactory results. There
is a fascination in cultivating large
areas that it is hard to tear loose from
but it is the salvation of the Southern
farmers to throw off the shackles it is
comparatively easy for the young man
to do SO. 1t is not how many acres
are cultivated, but how much profit is
realized that make: the successful
farmer. BY studious application and
judicious management of labor and
money it is possible to obtain a good
living from small farm and increases
its productiveness and value from yeal
to year. 1t is the neglect of this prin
ciple that has furnished the South with
SO many worn out and abandoned
farms, which in return have placed
their owners in the unenviahle position
of being land poor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
A Chance for the Poets.

What theme for the poets in the
wreck of the old Kearsarge How it
calls up memories the great past ! How
it appeals to the national pride! The
the rerf-lhe gallant old shin
s;rainiH5-aer ,imbers parting ncr
hold fIlins-she careens-a shlver-a
mighty plunge-a mad swirl of rush
ing waters, and naught is left of the
old Kea,sarse bu: the splendid record
of her mighty deeds The poets will
think of more than this, of course, and
something very much better, but here
is suggestion that may help them:
aghast
ashore,
at last
no more
the mast
of yOre,
avaSt
the reef of ROncadOr.
The way being made SO easy, it will
not be hard to do. 1t is astonishing
how smoothly these things 60 when
you have a good start Wheeling
IntelAgeneer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12

erect or bent PROSTATE along and
adown these mysterious vistas like
goblin priests or spirits of white robed
Carmelite nuns celebrating a vesper
service in this weired minister of
exquisite workmanship. The lake
with its starry reflections was like a
teselated floor of black marble; the
grained arches bore the fairy like
tracery of the silver moss over thick
canopy of dark green leaves.
No sound came from the marshes,
no whisper from the moticnless trees,
no song from the drowsy birds, no
ripple from the waveless water. Silence
was supreme for moments, until the
ear caught far off monotone one like
the note of a bass pedal of mighty
organ at a great distance, and rec
ognized the roar OF the oceans surf
breaking on the first of chain of
rocky reefs which eliminate in the
thunders and terrors of storm tossed
and wreck-strewn Hatteras.
1t was fitting music for this unique
temple of nature. The softer disapason
of singing birds and whispering leaves,
OF noisy brooks and rustling reeds
would have been out of place in this
vast shadowed amphitheatre where
some Gree or kind of the Gnomes
might have assembled their followers
and celebrated their sinister orgies.
Or, where the spirits of the usepulchered
dead who have been wrecked off the
treacherous coast since earth's seismic
throes gave birth to the hidden sand
dunes and monster boulders; might
hold a nightly carnival.
| suddenly realized that | did not
blame the negroes SO much to be as
willing as l was at that hour of the
evening to run away from the Lake of
the Dismal Swamp.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12

cause of the enterprise of Governor
Carr III advocating ensilage feeding
there. Edgecombe now makes most,
if not all, of its butter supply, and of
a gilt edge standard.
Northern farmers are rapidly calling
tor our seed potatoes and COW peas,
and 1t behooves our growers to bestir
themselves to meet the demand and
at the same time improve their land
in doing it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
The Old Friend

And the best friend, that never
fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, (the Red Z)-that5 what
you hear at the mention Of this
excellent Liver medicine, and
people should not be persuaded
that anything else will do.
1t is the King Of Liver Medi-
cincs; IS better than pills, and
takes the place Of Qmnine and
CaIolncI. 1t acts directly on the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and
gives new life to the whole svs-
TEN. This is the medicine vou
want. Sold by all DRUGGISTS in
Liquid, or in Powder to H. taken
dry or male into i ten.
es-E.E FRY :okCKt..f. &
Has the StnIrf: in red nH .:sspacr.
j. ii. ZEiiLI-, u 80, /. il:.ss =. - Ia,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
A Plain Statement.

Regulator cured me OF liver complaint
and pa lpa tation OF the heart. used many
other remedies but with no relief until
began taking Simmons Liver Regulator.
VIM. Schultz. Your druggist sells 1t in
powder or liquid. The powder to be taken
dry or made into a tea.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
HENDERSON, N. G., THURSDAY APRIL II, 1894.

around me, but | heard only one voice.
That sounded miles away, as it said /;
Here is an F. company man who
was hit this morning, and he must
have got it hard, or he would have
Crawled back to US -
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
BRIEF HISTORY OF ITS EARLY
DAYS.

Lake Drummond and the Locality
Made Famous by Tom Moore's
Beautiful Poem---An Interest,"
ing Description Of This Weird,
and Picturesque Region of
Which Little is Known to the
Outside World.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12

Tried and true is the verdict of people
who take Hoods Sarsaparilla. The good
effects of this medicine are soon felt in
nerve strength restored, appetite created
and health given.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12

Art is the education and refinement
Of all the five material senses.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12

Hoods pills do not weaken, but aid
digestion and tone the stomach. Try
them.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12

California has many women farmers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
PEASAND POTATOES,
MONEY IN RAISING THESE
CROPS FOR SEED.

Two Promising Lines Of Effort for
Southern Farmers--North Caro-
lima Grown Potatoes Shipped to
Michigan for Planting--Wide-
spread Interest Among North
ern Agriculturists in the Field
or Cow-pea for a Green Manure
Their Great Value as an I'm
proven Of the Soil, &c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-04-12
Newspaper and Party.

Talk up your town.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-05
THREATENS THE MAYOR.
A State Detective Gets Ugly and Tries
to Shoot NayOr sloan

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 30.-Today q
sensational attack was made upon
Mayor w. McB. Sloan of this city,
which Is curiously connected with the
liquor riots. Last night young man
named Power was arrested for disor-
derly conduct in disrcputable locali-
ty of the city. This morning the may
or imposed upon him fine of 50.
Power, when arrested, had Il Colts
pistol, which he said man named
Ncwcomb had loaned him. Ncwcomb
Is Texan claiming to be a PinkcrtOn
detective, and has papers which pur-
port that he is in the service of the
State.
This afternoon Ncwcomb, armed to
the teeth, called at Mayor Sloan's re-
sldcnce and presented note from At
tOrncy General Buchanan, stating that
the pistO taken from Power belonged
to the State and requesting it's return
to Newcomb. Sloan promptly gave
him an order for it. Then Ncwcomb
commenced to abuse the mayor in a
foul manner and swore that if he would
come out into the street he would show
him what he would do. Newcomb pro-
cceded to the office OF the CITY clerk,
Walker, in the city hall building, and
denounced that official. Coming down
the steps he saw Mayor Sloan at a dis
tancc, and, putting his hand to his
pocket, declared that he would shoot
him.
Two policemen promptly seized New
comb, handculfcd him and hustled him
OF to the guardhousc. Tonight At
t0rney General Buchanan called on
Mayor Sloan and, explaining that New
comb was needed to testify before tho
Florence county grand jury which will
be discharged tomorrow, asked his re-
lease. The mayor refused on the
ground that he had no right to do so,
and Buchanan said that he would re-
sort to legal process. Ncwcomb claims
himself that he had been engaged by
tho government in ferrcting out the
looting of the Florence county dispen-
sary, which occurred the night after
the Darlington riot. 1t is said that
his friend Power had been working
with him.
Power was tried today in his absence
at Florence on the charge OF making an
aggravated assault upon a man named
Fladgcr, his cousin. Power is man
of good family connections. Ncwcomb
viii doubtless be- fined in the mayor's
court tomorrow morning and immedia-
tcly afterwards arrested on the charge
of assault with intent to kill and re-
manded to higher court.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-05

Geneva, Ala, close to the Florida
line, is agitated over q s0ciacial scnsa-
tion. Ed Cowart, u prominent young
man, and Miss Lizzie Lunwood, IA pop
ular belle, were to have welded. All
arrangements were made; the preacher
and the guests had all arrived; the
wedding supper was spread, but the
bridegroom was missing. a delega-
tion was sent after him, but he declined
to come, saying he had changed his
mind. The bridal party was notified
accordingly. The assembled gentle
mon provided themselves with masks,
again called upon the bridegroom. car
ricd him into tho woods, bucklea him
across a log and lashod him unmerci-
fully, the blood being made to flow
from his back. They threaten to serve
the next firt even worse.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-05

AN UNRECONSTRUCTED REBEL.-At
the reunion of the Confederate cavalry
veterans in Richmond last week, Gen.
Thomas l.. Rosscr was one of the
SPEAKERS, and among other things he
spoke as follows:
Comrades, when you marched out
in 81 you were buoycd by hope of the
future. Now you have only the mem
ory of the lost. The great principles
which we fought for have been de-
fcated, but they are not dead We
are now only an ambulance corps. But
we are here today to do honor to the
men who fell, for we love their mem
ory as we love our Goa. The men who
overran us remin nd me OF the locusts
which arc now intestIng portions of
this State. They cou d not whip us,
but they devourcd cur substance. The
army that devoured us was an army OF
substitutes. We killed all the substi-
tutcs and the men whom they reprcs-
ented stopped at homo and made
money, and now draw pensions. de-
spise the man who gives the United
States money to pensiOncr. This cOun-
try can't stand when it makes one citi-
zen support another. shall mover vote
for Congressman who is in favor OF
government pensions. | will say to
Massachusetts, you pay your pensioners
rs Virginia pays hers."
General Rosscr then went on to say
that the G.. a. II. was banded together
to get pensions, and IL he had been at
Birmingham he would have voted
against the proposition to invite them
to Atlantas He did not want them to
come to Richmond.
"Some time ago." he continued,
1--WE unveiled q monument to the
greatest general who ever lived today
we unveil q monument to the greatest
paivate soldiers who ever lived, and in
time we will unveil monument to
the President of the Confederate
States. But we are mocked at the
North, and will live to SEQ the Yankee
army march again throught the South
and pull down our monuments. ! don't
know what sort of stuff the rising gen
Grafton alo made Of, but il you and |
arc living, there will be bloodshed
when that la done" "
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-05
RUSSIAN INTOLERANCE,
An Interesting Incident i'm Diploma
tic ColOrs-Russia Denies Admis-
sion 10 u Citizen of the United States.

tic ColOrs-Russia Denies Admis-
sion 10 Citizen ofthe United States.
Congressman Rayner, of Maryland,
a member of the foreign affairs com
mite, has introduced in the House q
resolution which will probably lead to
an interesting diplomatic controversy
with Russia.
Rabbi Krauskopf, we'll known He
brew philanthropist of Philadelphia,
has been denied the privilege of enter
ing Russia, and the resolutions calls
upon Secretary Gresham to insist that
Russia shall keep faith with the
United States under the terms of the
treaty of 1884, which says that "thc
inhabitants of their respective states
shall mutually have liberty to enter
the ports, places and rivers of the ter
ritories of each party wherever foreign
commerce is permitted" and that if
the Cars government refuses to res
pect the conditions that steps be taken
to abrogate the treaty.
1t is quito probable that the purpose
of Rabbi Krauskopfs Visit had an i'm
portant bearing on Russias action in
the case. He desires to observe the
condition of Russian Jews and to
petition the Car to permit him to
Jewish settlement by colonizing the
excess of population in the sparscly
settled interior parts of the empire.
The means for accomplishing this, he
believes. will be subscribed by his CO
religionistS here and abroad.
Rabbi Krauskopf's application for
safe conduct through the empire was
laid before Prince Cantacauzenc, the
Russian minister, some weeks ago.
The prince listened in silence and then
announced his deep regret that he
must decline to take any official cogni
zance of the matter. Then through
his friends in congress DR.. Krauskopi
brought his plan to the attention OF
Secretary Gresham and President
Cleveland, who won't so far as to for.
ward an official communication upon
the subject from the state department
to Andrew ID. White, United States
minister to Russia. This communica
tion was in the nature of "feeler ,
put forth to ascertain, if possible, in
what spirit DR.. KrauskOpfs proposed
visit to Russia would be received on the
part OF that government. 1t was un.
derstoOd that he was to go fully equip
ped with passports and with the mos,
potent CREDENTIALS Of his American citi
zonship. 1t was also made plain that
the rabbits mission was purely peaceful
and philanthropic. This reply OF tn,
, Russian government has been trans
mitted through Minister White:
Russian government deeply regrets
the impossibility Of acccding to the
I, request of the reverned Jewish divine. ;
Rabbi Krauskopf has been barred
solely on account Of his religious faith
and Congressman Rayner will raise
the point whether a citizen of this
country, no matter what his religion
may be, con be denied safe conduct
under the terms of the treaty. Thi.
country imposes no such restriction.
upon Russian visitors.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-05

has the say 80 whether an amendment
shall be adopted or not and manages
as exclusively this end of the line as
Harris does the parliamentary strate-
gic part OF the program.
Chandler is his own element. He is
now compeer and no confrer. He is a
free lance. He reminds one of the bug
who wanted to be rhinocerous and
wear an ivory tooth pick on his nose
but unable to crafty this ambition he
is willing to remain a humble bee or a
June bug and buzz and but his head
against the wall. He Is a CAD fly on
the Democratic neck and wasp With
in his own party. He loves to tear
Democratic shams to tatters and fling
their unsightly rags to the breeze. He
is quick to appreciate humor and If
the laugh is on the other side he brings
both wit and satire to his aid. He has
no respect for facts or figures, sarcasm
and wit are his handmaidens and shis
humor is the only thing which makes
his speeches palatable.
Senator Hoar Is cherubic old soul,
yet hiding behind his smiling counten-
ance is the gall and wormwood of q
century. There is something like the
Shylock about the Massachusetts, Sem
ator. He is thoroughly implacable and
80 hSNOt "hVhuta" LIS ldlCo UcCduSS
his victor WINGED. His words are rasp-
ing and even his voice is irritating.
He does not argue half as much as he
taunts the Democratic foes.
German, of course, is one of the pic
ture cards of the Senate. Whatever
he docs Is attractive. just as q juggler
Is attractive. He remains silent and
quiet during the first part of any fight
yet when he comes out of his hole he
foreshadows the end as clearly as the
ground hog foreshadows summer. He
can scent the roundup of battle farth-
er than any man who Is on the trail,
and when once he joins the forces, it
does not take him long to forge to the
front. OF course there are q number
of others who speak in desultory sort
of way, but these are the men who
are really at the head of their forces.
The present fight is great show if
one only knows how to appreciate it
and it makes no difference which OK is
gored. The tariff bill is certain and
the country may turn from anxiety Of
it's fate to the amusing features of the
fight.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-05
WHY WE WANT TINIdIGIsANTS.
Sensible Reasons for Inviting the
Right Kind ofPeoplc to South Caro-
lima,

Sensible Reasons for Inviting the
Right Kind of People to South Caro-
lima.
The State. 3lst ut.
The News and Courier inquiries if
citizens of Northern States ARE so
convinced by experience that they
could do better in thinly settled
State than where they are, why, in tho
name OF sense, we should want to i'm
port several millions of them to put
our States in the same condition as the
States they are leaving ?" If dense
population means prosperity and the
development of q region, why, it asks,
should these people want to come to
our thinly settled States?
Unfortunately, there is not yet evil
dence that Northern farmers, in great
numbers wish to come to the South.
We want to put them in that mind,
and we know that it is to their inter-
est to come and that it is the object
OF the immigration convention. But
farmers in the middle and central
Western States do seek homes in more
thinly settled States for good reasons.
The thickening of population around
them has increased the value of lands
so much that to increase their farming
area is becoming more and more cost
ly. 1t does not pay to raise crops on
$l00-an-acre land when they can be pro-
duced as we'll on $5-an-acre land-the
investment required is too large, and
the owner of cheap land has @ great
advantage over them in competition.
Tor this reason there has been con-
stant movement westward. A farmer
could once sell his land in Pennsylva-
MIA for enough to buy twice as much in
the West and still have a comfortable
capital in cash. The West has now
filed to such a degree that cheap
lands al no longer plentiful, and the
farmer i, naturally looking to the
South, attracted by our cheap and fer
tile soil and mild climate, and yet
doubtful of the venture for other rea-
sons. The time is opportune to remove
his doubts and bring him here.
Why do we want him here? Because
his coming will make our lands more
valuable, further diversity our indus
tries, AWAKEN our yet dormant resour-
ces, teach by example botter and more
economic methods than the haphazard
ones which are our Inheritance from
the slave system, create villages, en-
| large tows and cities, multiply schools,
| increase the circulation of newspapers,
| add to the wealth of the State. Be-
cause he would help to relieve us OF
our. political slavery to the ghost of
black rule, create feeling Of politi-
cal security which would enable us to
vote as we believe and hold public SER
wants to their proper accountability,
and in other ways make us as free in
political action as the people Of the
| North.
We want men OF some little means,
of course; men who can build com
Portable homes and live creditably, and
this sort, we assume, will be the only
kind specially invited, or who can
come as independent land owners.