The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-05-10
Letter From RingwOod.

RINGWOOD, n. c., May 7, 1894.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF The long
looked for and much needed rain has
at last come and tobacco growers can
now set the plants, as they say many
were growing too old and hard, to be
best set, for good crop.
| saw DR.. Conrad S. Boyd, Of Hen
derson, at Essex, ten miles north of
this place, Saturday. Bbesides being
one of the leading dental surgeons of
the State and a most genial, clever
gentleman, he owns tract of land near
Essex, in Warren and Halifax coun-
ties, which has rich veins Of gold on it,,
and is being worked successfully in a
small way. 1t is near the Sturges and
Ports mines and some remarkably
large pieces of the yellow metal have
been found on it. But recently col
ored man found one piece worth $1,000,
while in all the washinos they find
enough to know that by proper inves-
tigation by the late and improved
methods probably a rich harvest of
gold could be procured. The Doctor
was down on tour of inspection and
it is confidently anticipated that he has
a bonanza that only needs developing.
The tribute paid Senator Vance by
Judge Walter Clark, in the North Car
DINA Teacher, is thing of beauty
gem of rarest ray serene.' OF all
the beautiful sentiments and cOmpli-
ments paid the departed statesman, l
have seen none that expressed more in
so few words, and it should be pre-
served and handed down to future gen.
eratlons-as a just, merited, eloquent
and touching tribute of a true heart
and great mind to an able, honored
and hallowed friend, and fellow Caro-
linian.
The compliment paid Mr.. Henry
Blount by Mr.. Walter r. Henry was a
rich and no doubt merited tribute of
one genius to another, for
"Great souls by instinct to each other turn.
Demand alliance and in friendship burn. -
Some one has said, and agree with
the sentiment: "Don't be a hypo-
critical professor of religion. Be a
man. If you will not be a straight out
Christian, be man enough to be a
straight out sinner
was in an adjacent county some
time since and heard a mana church
member-remark, that he had been
selling liquor and running a bar, but
he didn't think it was right, and as
there aoas no fruit IN his orchard this
year and he could make no more
brandy he believed he would quit and
close his bar, and if it was wrong and a
sin to do such things he would be on
the safe side. Now how selfish and
miserably deceived such natures are
because he could not gain money-not
from principle-he would quit, and the
world would think him right. Such
mercenary considerations will be but a
poor apology when men are judged by
the just and all-seeing Judge. Such
motives to do good are simply foolish
and absurd.
We have met such people, says one,
and so have we, Mr.. Editor, who are
always emphasizing the supposed differ
ences that exist between them and
other people. They do it by sneers,
hauteaur, contempt and supercilious-
ness. We have always found upon a
little investigation that their stock of
real merit was so small as to make
offensive obtrusion of it necessary to
give it recognition. 1t is generally the
smallest and most brainless people that
sheer but those who are outside OF
lunatic asylums are generally insig-
niticant enough to be harmless.
G.. E. NJ.