The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
FREAK LEGISLATION.


Fol legislators and freak legislation
are confined 10 no particular State. a
glance a the newspapers viii convince
one that no patent right IS held on
this sort of thing by any prescribed To-
cality. Indeed, one is alm)s; inclined
to the belief that wave OF insanity Is
sweeping over the Country, after rad
ing alb u; some OF The qIcer bills that
have been introduced before certain Of
our legislatures But il is we'll to re :
mark tina, tnere has usually been found
a sensible and Conservative element in
the maj)rlty 10 whom credit is due
tina! Ihese measure, have not been en-
AGED into Law. Here are only a few
samples:
A bill in Missouri to fine railroad
employees s25 if caught flirting with
women passengers.
A bill in Minnesota requiring sa-
loon keepers t" display a red sign,
with the word changer" on il.
A bill in New York to prevent a
newspaper publishing The picture ofany
one without written consent.
A bill in Kansas which makes war
on the bloomer costume, and an
other whose object is to abolish cor
sets.
y bill in another state making it H.
legal to use the French language on
menus and requiring everything to be
printed in English.
A bill in Illinois 10 prohibit bicy Gle
riding on Sunday, and another 10 make
the theft of 81 worth Of property pun
ishable 10y from 10 10 years in the
pcniten tlary.
The disposition of tie Eastern Dis
trict jud geship removes a bone of con-
tenton from North Carolina Republic
can office seekers among the legal fra
ternity. But the scenes only shift and
the scramble will 60 on just the same
for "something else"-no matter what
81 ii has a string with piecounter
attachment.
The tragic death Of Mr.. S. +. PEN
der, son of Gen. William Dorsey Pen
der, calls to mind III. brilliant genius
and faithful ser,i rs Of that gallant
Confederate officer, which prompts the
Wilmington Messenger to say this:
Let US repeat here what we have
said more than onCe-that the people
of Edsecombe and the east (the State
refusing to do iO ought 10 erect a
monument to the memory of Major
General William D. Fender, in the
capitol square at Raleigh. Upon it
should be recorded General Lees lrib-
ute to him when announcing his death
from a wound received in battle. The
great captain OF this country never
SAID 50 much OF any other soldier who
was killed with the one exception Of
General +. J. Jackson, "Stonewall. "
Cure for Lamo Back.
My daughter when recovering from an
attack of fever, was a great sufferer from
pain in the back and hips" writes Louden
Grover, Of Sardis, Ky. AFTER using quite
a number of remedies without any benefit
she tried one bottle of Chamberlains S Pain
Balm and it has given entire relief"
Chamberlains Pain Balm is also a certain
cure for rheumatism. Sold by NJ. Dorsey
MUST THEY DIE FIRST?
In the nature of things, things are
to be regretted.
regret that Josiah Turner did not
print, as he one time thought he would
"His Personal Recollectons.
Had such book gone to press,
Gained and mellowed by the better
and broader light of later days, it
would, | take it, have thrown the au-
thentici;y of some almost forgotten
history upon the story of North Caro-
lima.
Joe Turner would have told of the
sorrow and the sadness which burglars,
thieves and anarchists caused him be
cause he told the truth. In those days
it was gunpowder, but they, the sneaks,
used it no less than they use dynamite
today.
But that old man lived longer than
an ordinary human life to see full fru
ton of his work, and he has not yet
gazed upon the Popular Vindication
which by the Eternal gods are his
But then l will not say. | have be-
fore written and have before been re-
minded that justice somehow comes
like a rich relation, but seldom; bu,
pun iCIdilsC, NOliieS Olttu ana SID Us
with you. With the lungs and liver
hammered out of him, Joe Turner,
honest, sturdy, able, remained, with
Decency, and doubt not that when
he dies the people of North Carolina
will erect monument to his memory
But isn't 1t sorry thing to have it
brought home to you that you mus,
die before you are rewarded?
Did it ever occur TO you that the
money which a marble shaft does cost
might have helped the living body,
and been more in use than the weep
ing Of the tears which follow the life
less remains
Do not wait for men to die before
you extol their virtues. Would not
the living man rather hear a kind word
said of hlmo What IS the use 10 EN-
balm CORPSE ANYHOW I1iy hy0ti,y' {