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The Womau's Christian Temperance
In.on will meet in the Methodist Epis-
u9pal church Monday, Sept. 9th, at 4
O'Clock
Tn, weather begins to remind one
u. lire and thicker clothing. Consult
our advertising columns when YOU
want 10 buy the latter,
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der. has been visiting her hus band at
Mr. George II. Adams, has returned
home
III t'"' "''ei ''se'i'e"' III '.'e ,'oi'n
I-,'f ' Tu want inc pcUPie " Nno"
81 Tie trading public read this paper
every week.
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last week aud r;ves -, Glowing account
of the crtrrt5irn,ent accorded the
North C,r,1ir, r;s;toro h, IN. citiyars
o,,bat hr.toric ola town
DAVIS y Rose announce the ARRIVAL
g' their new goods. They have a splen-
NINA. in,, N ~ $500 a,a 49,
hat. AL ,1 ,-'I;na IN IS
With ,,,rr I,n .aII - Io,,ost ,,.;,os
80 '0"0' p
Nj. j. W. Daniel was in New York
last week consulting with the hardware
trade and buyinr new goods to replen-
ISL his VOL kent stock When !,
''.eS /" anything III his line he says
w.. b "lH II al Daniel \ Cos II 1t 5 IN
Mr.. Paul Clarv who visited the fam
IS of Mr.. Is. Whitfield in New Haven
Conn. during his trip North. saws the,
are comfortably situated and doing wei
n Their new home. An the bows hav,
f anu "''o7. 'het ~
productive, happy household.
Attention Is called to the cOmmunl
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
Electric BitterS.

Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for
any season, but perhaps more generally
needed, when the languid, exhausted feel
ing prevails, when the liver is torpid and
sluggish and the need of a tonic and alter
alive is felt. A prompt use ofthls medicine
has often avei ed long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing the
system from the malarial poison. Head
ache, Indigestion, Consti patton, Dizziness
WELD to Electric Bitters. SOC. and S1.0O
per bottle, at Melville Dorsev's Drug Store
Real bargains in Shoes and Hats at
II. THOMASONS
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Dress Making.

| wish to announce that | have sue
ceeded Mrs. A. r. Workman in the Dress
Making business at the same stand,
Main street, and will be pleased to serve
all of our old customers and as many
new ones as possible.
Respectfully,
Miss LULA HOWARD.
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AGENTS WANTED.

''Ehe Confederate soldier In the
Civil War; just published, contains 800
pages 12xl6 inches, and over l 100 large
Battle Scenes. Portraits, Maps. etc. The
greatest and largest War Book ever pub
lished. and the only one that does justice
to the Confederate soldier and the cause
he fought for. Complete in one volume
Agents wanted everywhere to sell this
book on our new and easy plan. Many Of
the lady and gentlemen agents who are at
work are making from 500 to 5000 per
month. Veterans. Sons and Daughters of
Veterans, and others interested are re-
quested to send for a beautiful illustrated
descriptive circular (free) and terms to
agents. Address CoURIER-JOURNAL JOB
PRINTING Co., Louisville XIV. dec |.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
Real Estate Agent.

Having gone into the Real Estate bust
ness take this method of soliciting the
patronage of all who have real estate
either to rent or sell. All business in
trusted to me will have my prompt and
personal attention. Rents collected will
be paid weekly or monthly as requested.
16 septic |. T.. ROWLAND.
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School For Girls and Little Boys.

Mrs. Amerson's School will COM
mence Monday, Aug. 80, 1897. No
reduction for absence except in cases
of protracted illness.
For particulars address.
MRS. f. D. ANDERSON.
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MISS EMMA HOODS
PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS,

Henderson, n. c., opens Sept. 13, '97.
Boys under ten years old admitted.
Present address,
3O1 c. St., n. w.,
Washington, d. c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

The advertisement you intend to put
in the paper at some future time is not
bringing you any business now.
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NO CURE-NO PAY.

This is the way all druggists sell
Groves 'Tasteless Chill Tonic for
Chills and Fevers and all forms of Ma
lara. 1t is simply Iron and Quinine in a
tasteless form. Children love it. Adults
prefer it to bitter nauseating tones. Price
80 cents. l6Septlc
Don't fail to see the beautiful line Of
Laces before purchasing elsewhere at
H. THOMASON'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
PLASTERING AND WHITEWASHISG.

II you want good Plastering and
Whitewashing done ut a cheap rate, you
will do we'll to see
JAMES BRYANT,
July S-2i. Henderson, y. I.
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Two Good Things.

at" for Grip and Colds; No. 10 for
Dyspepsia, Indigestion and Weak Stom-
ach 25 cents each; at all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
Book for Old Soldiers.

Attention is called the advertise
ment of the Courier-JomndI Job Print
ing Co., Louisville, Ky, who want
agents for new work just published
entitled The Confederate Soldier in
the Civil War" A splendid publica-
ton, containing 500 pages l2xlG
inches, and over LOO large battle
scenes, portraits, maps, etc. Capt.
w. b Shaw has the agency here, and
will take pleasure in showing the work
to persons interested. 1t is the great
est and largest war book ever published
and must be seen to be appreciated.
The only work that does justice to the
Confederate soldier and the cause he
fought for.
Every Confederate veteran and the
son of a veteran ought to have copy
of this great work.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take Laxative BrOmO Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money If
it fails to cure. 2JctS. 1jSeptlc.
Annual and Red Glover Seed at
DORSEY S Drug STORE.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
lust what a horse needs when in bad
condition Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
For Ga la hu NJ Dorsey
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

Keep them out-all those germs, the
seeds of disease that are trying day and
night to get foOthold in your system.
You can't do it, unless your liver is active.
The very best medicine for the liver and
the blood. is DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. Take it when you're getting
thin, or have pimples or eruptions. when
you've no appetite and feel run down''
(these are warning signals)-and you IL
save yourself from serious illness.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
Tetter Salt-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and smarting, Incl.
dent to these diseases, is instantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles and
favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

Hardee will treat you kindly, and his
prices are so fascinating, you will pur
chase, thereby saving money for the fam
ily.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
Three Monster Locomotives.

The following from the Washington
Post will be read with interest:
The largest locomotives in the world
have just been completed at the Bald
win shops for the Southern Railway
Company. They are twice as strong
as the engines which haul the Empire
State Express of the New York Cen
trail road, at the rate of mile minute
between New York and Buffalo, aud
three times as strong as the famous
locomotives which pull the fast rum
ming trains in England.
These monster engines will draw 33
loaded Pullman cars, weighing forty
two tons each, at sixty miles an hour.
They have six driving wheels, each six
feet in diameter, boilers over five feet
in diameter, fire boxes teen feet long,
and with their tenders weigh III tons.
The tenders have capacity Of 4,5OO
gallons of water and eight tons Of
coal. Each engine will do as much
work of four ordinary passenger loco
motives
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
J. j. Thomas & Co..
Cotton Sellers, &c.,
Raleigh, n. c.
FOR RENT.
Leaf Tobacco Prize Factory
and Sales Warehouse.

The we'll known Watkins leaf tobacco
prize factory situate on Main street oppo-
site Harris warehouse is offered for rent. A
splendid building for the purpose design d
l0xlOO feet, stories high.
Also the sales Warehouse lately occu :
pied by Butler. jenkins, Il TO. Large and
commOdious builing, conveniently To-
Gated.
For terms and further particulars apply
to Edward Hines, Henderson. or address.
ID. NJ. HINES, Receiver.
Milton, y. T..
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10 Build Church at the County
Home

n lew weeks ago the Rev. \. II.
shaw, accompanied by Rev. L. 81.
johnson, preached at the Home for the
aged and Infrm; and immediately
aiter the service Mr.. Shaw called at
tentlon to the necessity of a chapel at
The Home, saying that the ministers in
town were willing TO preach without
compensation if house of Worship be
erected. 1t was soon ascertained that
the people at the Home and in the
community were exceedingly anxious
to have such house.
by public vote the ladies present
were appointed committee to raise
funds IN the community; the pastors in
Town committee to apply to the
board OF County Commissioners for an
appropriations; two gentlemen in each
OF the town churches a committee to
solicit contributions for the purpose Of
erecting chapel.
subsequently the Board of Trustees
In the Methodist Episcopal church gen.
erously donated small building which
VIII soon be transferred to the Home.
Expense will be incurred in moving
this building, refitting and, perhaps,
enlargng it. A few days ago Revs.
Dr. Huffman and Mr.. Shaw were as
sured by prominent member Of the
Board of Commissioners that the APP
pllcatlon for $500 would be granted
at the next meeting. This amount
Will be supplemented by private con-
tribution. Vance county is still march
ing in the front.
Health means perfect condition of the
whole system. Pure blood is essential
to perfect health. Hoods Sarsaparilla
makes pure blood and thus gives health
and happiness.
Hoods Pills are the favorite family ca
thartic and liver medicine Price 25c.
WANTED.
Good man to make a thorough can
vass OF Vance county for the Life of
Vance" A book that everybody wants
and good seller. For particulars ap-
ply to GEORGE MANNING
Henderson, y. G..
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

"My boy came home from school one
day with his hand badly lacerated and
bleeding and suffering great pain says
Mr.. f. J. SchalI, with Meyer Bros Drug
Co.. St. Louis, Mo. 81 dressed the wound,
and applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm, free
ly. All pain ceased and in a remarkably
short time it healed without leaving scar.
For wounds, sprains, swelings and rheu-
matism, know of no medicine or prescrip-
ton equal to it. l consider it household
necessity" The % and so cent size for
sale bv NJ. Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
A Great Remedy.

Among the many excellent medici-
nal remedies advertised ia this paper
perhaps none stand more deservedIy
high than Larrabee's Rheumatic Lini-
ment, the magical pain extractor,
manufactured by the we'll known Win
kelmann & Brown Drug Co., of Balti-
more. Md.
For nearly three-score years and ten
this famous old household friend has
been curing pains and aches, and has
never disappointed the user. 1t cures
rheumatiom, neuralgia, lumbago, tooth
ache. backache, catarrh, and all kinds
of pains and aches. At all druggists
o5c
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
A North Carolina kIOndike.

The Wilmington Messenger says this
of the recent sale of the Hamme gold
mine property, situate not far from
Henderson, on the county road leading
to Oxford:
Our esteemed townsman, Capt. B.
+. Hamme, has returned from Gran
vile county, where he went to close
an important deal involving the gold
discoveries on the Hamme estate a
couple of years ago. There are sew
eral rich gold bearing veins on the es-
tate. a Northern company has Sc
cured a six months option on the
mineral interests only, paying $4,000
in cash and STIMULATING to pay $4,000
if their expectations are realized.
The property is on Tabs creek, four
miles from Oxford, and couple OF
shafts have been cut down on the
veins. One of the shafts has been
sunk to a depth of $50 feet and gal
leries have been run out on the veins
which are found to be continuous and
| from eight to twelve inches wide. The
ore taken out averages an assay OF SlO
| per ton. and as long as the vein holds
out in gold bearing ore, the company
| proposes to 90 down on it. They have
an extensive plant and will put in re-
duction and smelling works and will
connect series of mines which the
company proposes to sink on the pre-
cious lands. SO far the company is
highly pleased with the prospects.
According to Il celebrated anatomist
| there are upwards of 5,0OO.OO0 glands
| in the human stomach. These glands
pour out the digestive juices which dis
| solve or digest the food. Indigestion
is want OF juice, weakness of glands
need of help to restore the health of
these organs. The best and most natur-
al help is that given by Shaker Digestive
Cordial. Natural, because it supplies the
materials needed by the glands to pre-
pare the digestive juices. because it
strengthens and invigorates the glands
and the stomach. until they are able to
do their work alone. Shaker Digestive
Cordial cures indigestion certainly and
permanently. 1t does so by natural
means and therein lies the secret OF its
wonderful and UNMARRIED success.
At druggists, price 10 cents to 500
per bottle.
The best gift parent can bestow
upon his son or daughter is an educa-
ton. Riches without an education will
take wings. Put fortune in their
heads, and their pockets will be filed"
Ayers SarSaparilla is not a secret prep
pration Any physician may have the for
mula on application. The secret of its
success as medicine lies in its eXtraordi-
nary power to cleanse the blood of impu-
rites and cure the most deep-seated cases
Of blood-diseaSe.
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School Days Again..

The following from the Winston
Journal is timely and we commend it
to the thoughtful consideration of pa
rents in Henderson:
Parents should be vigilant lust at
this particular time as to the regu-
larity of attendance at school of their
boys and girls. At the beginning of
the session it is vastly important that
all of the children are kept at school.
Irregular attendance or an absence of
week or two creates indifference in
their studies which is hard to re-estab-
llsh. 1t also disturbs and disarranges
classification, making laborious efforts
for both teachers and pupils to regain
the ground lost. In fact, however dill
igently those efforts are, the loss can
not be thoroughly overcome.
i.ittletOn Female college is making a
speciality of business Course Any
young lady desiring this work exclu-
Sively, or in connection with literary
studies should write at once for partic-
ulars to Rev. }. NJ. Rhodes, Littleton,
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Wanted.

Old gold and silver wanted. We will
take old gold and silver for any goods or
repairs in our line and allow the market
price. HIGHT ~,
jewelers. and Opticians.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
BuCkIen'S ArniCa SaIVe.

The best salve In the world for cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptons, and posi-
lively cures Piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Melville Dorsey druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

RamOn's Pepsin Chill Tonic. Tasteless
and guaranteed. soc.
Program of the Woman's Literary
Club for 1897 and 1898.
OCT. 9TH.
Troilu. and Cressida Acknowledgements
OCT. 18TH.
Dramatic Poetry among the ancient
Greeks-AeScylus SophOoles and Euri-
pides, Writers of Tragedy.
Comedy.
Timon Of Acknowledgements.
NOV. 18TH.
Paper on the City Of Rome.
Terrence, imitator and translator OF the
creek Menander.
Reading-From the Boat House on the
Styx."
Coriolanus- Shakespeare.
DEC. 14TH.
Agustan Age-Virgil. Horace and Ovid i.
Dramatic writers.
Julius CeSar-Shakespeare.
JAN. 18th.
DemOstheneS and Cicero as compared
| by Plutarch.
JAN. 18th.
| The Winters Tale-Shakespeare
| FEB. sTH.
T. Heyse-The Children Of the World.
FEB. 22ND.
Anthony and Cleopatra-Shakespear
MARCH 9TH.
| Tolstoi-Anna Karenina.
MARCH 22SD.
Merchant OF Venice-Shakespeare.
APRIL 18th.
II . Sienkie wicz-Quo Vadis.
APRIL 10TH.
Othello-Shakespeare.
P. Loti-An Iceland Fisherman.
NAY nth.
Cymbeline-Shakesp
MAY 3lsT.
Mrs. steele-On the Face Of the Waters
CASTORIA~
For Infants and Children.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

Those who suffer from impaired diges-
ton and weak stOmachs. and on account
of this have a peculiar dread of chills and
fever, will be glad to learn that a cure
for chills and fever is now manufactured
and universally sold which does not iniure
the stomach but actually benefits it. 1t is
Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic. Tasteless
and guaranteed. SOC.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

Advertising is very much like riding
a bicycle. If you don't keep moving
the wheel you will fall off, and if you
don't persist in advertising your trade
will fall off'.-Erchanqe.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23
A Good Man and a Good House.

"Uncle Dick' Henderson, the hust-
ling tobacco drummer Boyd & Rogers
warehouse, Warrenton, gave us call
Monday. He tells us business is good
and the outlook encouraging. His
house (Which is a good one, by the way,
or ''Uncle Dickn wouldn't be with i'll
is selling lots of tobacco at good prices.
And they are reaching out for more,
as Will be seen by Mr.. Nenderson's
card published elsewhere,
Fresh Turnp Seed-all vareties-at
DORsEY's DRUG STORE
We are Offering special bargains in
Clothing and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Look through our stock.
BARNES CLOTHING STORE.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-09-23

Gents furnishing goods in all styles and
prices to suit the times at HARDEES.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-17
BRIGHT BITS.

-She-"Your friend owen seems to have
run into debt pretty deep" He-"Run
into debt? He scorehed. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
An Important xception-Indolent
Ivors (reading the paper)-"Dey sell near
ly everything on de instalment plan desc
days" Dry Dugan-" Except beer. -
Puck.
Another st-She-'Now- listen
here-the average woman has vocabula-
ry of only 5000 words!' He-"Yes; but re-
member-she uses them all every day. =
Detroit Free Press.
-statistical--"Before a man is thirty he
falls in love with every pretty girl he
looks at" "Yes?" "And after he is
thirty he falls in love with every pretty
girl who looks at him. Chicago Record.
Barclay Wyckoff-"So your uncle was
lightweight years old when he died. Did
he retain full possession of his faculties?"
Pelham Enthusiastically couldn't
say. The will hasn't Qen read yeti
Tit-Bits.
Lack of Coordination-"John, you
ought to buy a whole barrel Of flour Its
getting higher every day" II know it is,
Maria, and l have been surprised that 1t
doesn't have a more buoyant effect on
your biscuits. Chicago Tribune.
-Positive-"We have parted forever"
said the young man sadly. "She is new
er going to even write to me again" Are
you sure of that?' asked his sympathetic
friend. Yes. She told me so in each of
her last three letters. '-Washington Star.
When the Queen was about to sail for
Alaska from Seattle few days ago a
man rushed down to the purser and ex-
claimed excitedly: Look here! I paid for
a stateroom for myself and wife, and
when I got there l found an old COW stick
ing her head through the window. II am
very sorry, SIR said the purser; 1--WE are
very crowded. but 1 win do the best 1 can
for you. joint" Cunning to deck-hand)
"go up on deck and turn that cow
round!-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-17
Mlxed Those Answers Un.

Whenever n new soldier appeared in the
guards Of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
says Harper's Round Table, it was the
habit of the king to ask him the three
following questions: How old are you2
How long have you been in my service?
Are you satisfied with your pay and treat
ment?' 1t once happened that a young
French soldier. who had served in his own
country expressed a wish to JOIN the Prus-
sian army, and because Of his splendid
physical development he was at once ac-
cepted. He was unable to speak a single
word Of the German language, but his
captain told him that the king was certain
to ask him questions in that language the
first time he saw him, and he advised him
therefore, to learn by heart the proper re-
plies to the usual three questions of his
majesty. The soldier lost no time in learn
ing them, and on the first Gay that he
made his appearance in the ranks Fred
erick approached to interrogate him. 1t so
happened, however, that the king began
with the second question first, and asked
him:
How long have you been in my ser
vice? %
'~rwenty-one years." answered the young
man.
His youth sufficiently indicated that he
had not carried a gun for any such length
OF time as that. and his majesty, greatly
astonished, said:
How old are you?"
zone year. ant please your majesty"
The king, still further amazed, exclaim-
ed:
You or 1 must certainly be bereft of
our sensesr'
The soldier. of course, taking this for the
third question, and glad that the ordeal
was over so easily replied:
Both, ant please your majesty"
This is the first time I was ever trea ted
as mailman at the head of my army"
replied Frederick, greatly puzzled.
The Frenchman, whose stock of German
was now used up, stood quiet Presently
the king spoke to him again, whereupon
the soldier blurted out in French that he
did not understand single word of Ger
man. The king, who had been much an
noyed, was now greatly amused, and after
urging upon him the necessity of doing his
duty, left him.