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The age-herald., 1897-11-20
HOWARD WAS FAST ASLEEP
WHEN HIS NAME WAS CALLED IN
 COURT.
He Was Remanded 10 Jail For Contempt of Court Grand Jury Did Not Report Gen
 era Cases Disposed 0t.

| Yesterdays session of the United 1 States court was marked by proceed | ing somewhat out of the ordinary J. c. Howard, a witness in one of the cases on trial, was called by Clerk J. T. Broad way. He failed to answer, and. could not be found.
 During the stiffness of the court sonor- ous sounds emanated from a near seat. Investiga ton showed J. c. Howard in toxicated and fast asleep. He was call: d up for contempt of court and remanded to jail until further orders.
 OTHER CASES.
 C H. Hope, contempt of court attach ment dismissed.
 Freeman Jenkins, retail liquor dealer; dismissed. .-' Charles Brown, retail liquor dealsr; dis missed.
 Reuben Johnson, retail liquor dealer; jury and verdict of not guilty.
 Oliver Johrson, retail liquor dealer; plea of guilty, and fined S100 and costs and thinty days imprisonment Sentence as to the imprisonment was suspended temporarily to give the defendant an opportunity to prove to the court that he has previously served out a sentence imposed by the state courts for the same | offense.
 | John Henry Scott, retail liquor dealer | jury and verdict of guilty. John B. Howton, illicit dist Hing; jury | and verdict of guilty. | Both of the above defendants were re- 1 handed to the custody of the United | States marshal to await sentence. John Owen, illicit d.stilling; nolle | nolle pressed. l Sam Walls, re.an liquor dealer; jury and verdict of not guilty 1 M. A. Wimpee, retail liquor dealer | pressed
 William Shelby vs. Louisville and | Nashville Railroad company; ten days | additional time was granted the plaint- | if to have bill of-exceptions s.gnad l and filed.
 The grand jury did not report yester l day. No indictments were ready. 1t i: expected that quite a number will b' reported today.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Her Corsets Stopped Sixteen Shots.

From the New York Herald
 Miss Lavigne, of Shohela Pa, had a marrow escape from death yesterday. That she was not killed is due to her cor set stays.
 Malven Bigley and Artemus Braffett were on a hunting expedition in the woods near the village, when Miss La vigne came along the road The hum ters caught a glimpse of the headgear, and mistaking it for the plumage of a pheasant, both took deliberate aim and fired One charge hit Miss Lav.gne about the breast and abdomen, while the other struck her limbs.
 The hunters, seeing the.r mistake. and that the woman was quite badly injured, gave her a handkerchief 10 stop the flow of blood and disappeared into the woods. The woman, after much exertion and very weak from the loss of blood finally orawlsd to her home. Her corset stays had been struck by sixteen shot, but the shot did not penetrate any further Had it not been for her corsets, the doctors say, she would have bsen killsd. As it is, her condition is serious.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

one of these startling ouEbursts, a mild slooking old gentleman at the other end of the ear glanced toward the offender and in the grayest manner drawled out this innocent inquiry:
 Say, my brother, where do you prea eh tomorrow"
 The humor of the question was appre- c.ated by the other occupants of the car, who roared with laughter al the expense of the grcmbler. I never saw a man so completely knocked out by a chance blow. The general amusement of the passengers was too much for the grum- bier and he made the remainder of the journey out on the platform.
 Somebody asked who he was?" Tie porter said he knew him we'll Dat man ain't no account anyhow, spite of his airs and grumblings. Der want muffin good huff for him. sure, and he was travelling deadhead clean through. Barring this nickel he just done gib me. guess he ein't spent one cent on the triD'" "
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
THE USE OF CORAL.
It Is by No Means as General as It Was in For
 mer Days.

''The beautiful coral necklaces and brooches that were once so fashionable are seldom worn now by women in this country" said a New York dealer in rare and curious ornaments to a Star repor- ter recently. Thirty years ago the ma- terial was in great demand for all sorts of articles of personal adornment At the present day coral is used largely only in such countries as Abyssinia, the Con- go, the Cape, India and Ceylon, Siberia, China and Japan. The choicest pieces are used for the buttons of Chinese mandar- ins, or for ornamenting the turbans of rich Mussulmars, while the inferioI quail ities are sent to less civilized countries, where they are employed for various purposes.
 ''Coral has been oft n used as enoney in oriental countries, but that use of 1t is now declining Barbarous and semi civilized peoples employ it largely for orna ameniing arrows. lances and pikas, and also for decorating corpses before interment. Prices have varied much of late years, a rapid decline in value hay ing taken place, owing principally to the scarcity of good and the comparative abundance of inferior qualities.
 Besides the loss accru.ng to the fish ermen, the present scarcity of coral is very seriously affecting the large nunfIbsr r of people employed in preparing the ma terial for market. There has been O great decline in the number of women thus engaged at Leghorn and the same state of affairs IS evident at Naples and Genoa. the other principal seats of the industry. Nowadays the proportion of inferior quality is so much larger that fewer personS.are required to manipulate the quantity. No machinery or mechan- ical process is employed The work man siml N takes pieces of coral into his or her hands. one afier another, and a'ccording to their thickness, quality and defects, works them into certain forms. Their wages run from 15 cents to 30 cents per day" -----
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
THEORIES OF OCEAN TIDES.
Prof. G. H. Darwin on the Moons and Suns
 Action.
Fro1n the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 Prof G. H. Darwin, in has fifth lecture in the Lowell institute course, Thursday night, explained the causss of daily high and low tides. When the moon is over any spot of earth the water is drawn up toward it by the ferce .t exerts, and at the point directly opposite, on the clthsr r side of the earth, the water Is also raised in the form of big wave" said Prof. Darwin. "Between these points, on either side of the earths circumfer- ence, the ocean is depressed, the moon thus tending to form a spheroid of the waters, and giving rise to two high and. two low tides in the course of one revolu- tion of the earth.
 ''To understand the blmonthly spring and neap tides we must take into ac- count also the effect of the sun on the oceans. The force eXeIted by the sun is 26-59th as powerful as that of the moon, and when there IS a full moon or a new moon the force of both bodiss is acting together and gives. rise to the condition known as spring tides. But whsn the moon is hallway between new and full, waxing or waning, the force of the sun is adt.ng at right angles 10 that of the moon. As the sun eXertS about half the power of the moon over the tDdss, the difference between the effect of the two acting together and in opposition is about as threl9 to one, so that the tides arising from the conflict of the force of sun and moon are only ons-third as great as the spring tides. These minor tides are called neap tides.
 "The observed fact that high tides do not occur when the moon is overhead, but several hours later, was explained al due mainly to the comparative shallow ness of the oceans and to the diffsfent velocitieS of all points on the eaIth's sur face between the maximum of 25,000 m.lss a day at the -equatcc and zero at the poles"
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Worlds Cotton Supply

New Olteans, Nov 19.-Secrstary Hes ter's statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton shows an increase dur ing the week of 2l7,7s5 bales, against an inereas= of 198,7 bales during the same t.me last year. The total visible is 3,211 ,s66 against 2,9935S1 bales last week. and 3.556,s41 last year. Of the former amount 3,005,3 ,346 is American cotton.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Bradstreets' Review

New York Nov. 19.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say: There is moderate improve meht in staple prices and in distribution of wooden goods, shoes, hats and hardware in the region tributary to Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City-and Omaha. Tennessee and Louisiana job bers report a revival of demand from the interior merchants with some of the business delayed by yellow fever quarantine. Trade reports from Geor- gia and Texas are quite irregular. Some cotton planters are compelled to sell cot ton at a loss to meet advances made earlier in the season, and have little or no surplus with which to buy merch- andise. Others, notably in Texas, con- tinue to hold cotton, which delays mer- cantile collections and in some sections has an unfavorable jnfiu:nce. Colder weather northwest and in the central Mississippi and Missouri river valleys has helped retail business.
 Manufacturers of iron, steel, agricul- aural implements, stoves. railway cars and wooden goods report an active de- mand and large output, although the ap- pearance of speculative steel has re- suited in weaks ming the prices of bil- ieIS anu a ilke teHusHcy oH tHt part OI Bessemer pig iron.
 Higher prices are recorded for wheat, corn, oats, syrup, hides. leather, shoas and for turpentine. The reaction in iron and steel is likely to be followed by an advance if the present rate of consumption continues. Lower pricss for wheat flour and pork are expected to recognize the advances in wheat and Indian corn, so that a lower price for copper is practically the only important decline for the week.
 Wheat exports show heavy increase alike over last week and last year and
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

swayne has practieed law dn New York, and does a. large and lucrative busdnses.
 As lawyer. he has few equals, and as man he is generous, jovial ard good naltu-ed
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

To accommodate the pay day travel, the Birming ham Railway and Electric company will have a double service on the Ensley Division Saturday. There will be four cars every twenty-five minutes instead of two, as heretofore. It is ex- pected that large crowds from Ensley, Pratt City and Wylam will visit the city Saturday. 11-19-2t
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Household Chatter

From the Chicago News
 The Doormat-Anybody can get the pull on you.
 The Doorbell-Yes; but not until after they walk all over you.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

with one exception that of the second week in September is the largs st single weeks total on record.
 The total exports of wheat flour in- cluded as wheaO from both coasts of the United States this week aggfegate G. 6s5. .7s2 bushels against 5,445,542 bushels last week; 3.9S7,O0O bushels in the week a year ago. 2,916,000 bushels in 1895; 9.312,- 675 bushels in 1894 and 2764, ,0S0 bushels in 1893. The total exports of the ssc2nd week of September 1891. were 6,9740OO bushels.
 Corn exports also show a gain aggre- gasing 3,20979O bushels for the week against 2.s75, ,721 last year; 1,743.OcOo in 1895 and 1S9,000 in 1884,
 Thetie are 295 business failurzs repotlted throughout the United States this week compared with 273 last week, sos in the week a yeah ago, 329 two years ago; 295 three years ago and as compausd with -35S in the Like week of 1883.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

Total ... ............ A, ,51:
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

Health and prosperity to those who keep their blood pure with Hoods Sarsaparlla.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20

In future, the name of no contestant in the above cont sTSt who has less than 5 votes will be printed.
The age-herald., 1897-11-20
Hester's Weekly Cotton statement

New Orleans, Nov. 19.-S scretary He's ter's weekly New Orleans cotton ex- change statement, issued today shows an increase in tine movement into g giht compared with the same week last year in round figures of 149.000.
 F1or the nineteen days of November the total shows an increase over last year of 475.OO0 bales. For the eighty days of the season that have elapsed the aggre- gate is in excess of the eighty days of last year 26S, ,000 bafes Then movement sinos September 1 shows receipts at all Unred States ports 3,304,450 against B., 1s9,O1O last year; overland to northern mills and Canada 3SS, 563 against 329, 2SS las tyear. Interior stocks in excslss of those hlsld at the end of the commercial year Al, ,252 against 359, ,593 last year. Southern mill tal1ings, exclusive of amount consumed at sou.Ihern outports 2S4, ,409 against 272,9o9 last year.
 Foreign exports for the week have been 353,320 against 239.019 last year, making the total thus far for the season 2,142, ,6S6 against ], ,9SS,S7 last year, an increass of 153, ,S13.
 Northern mill talk1ngs for the week show an increase of 55,263 over last year north and south and Canada for the sea- son have been 1,O02,925 against 902,041 last year. Thssa include 713,S by north ern spinners against 625,117.
 Stocks at the seabord and twen.y-n' me qeadfng southern interior centers are now 20SS25 less than at this period last year.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29

K1TTRELL, N. c., April, %, '97.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-Jack Frost
nipped nearly everything that came iii
his path last week. Mr.. Blacknall,
knowing that frost was coming, put a
large force of hands at work covering
his berries, and thus saved several
acres from material damage.
Mr.. T. II. Crudup has carpenters
and masons at work building very
neat and pretty cottage.
Misses Henrietta Hastings and Mat.
tie Hines went to usburg last week
to visit Rev. and Mrs. James 3. Avir-
EFT.
Mr.. O. w. Blacknall went to Nor
folk last Thursday, returning Saturday
night.
Mr.. Joe Peace jenkins, Of Granville
county, spent Friday night with Mr..
and Mrs. r. NJ. Person.
Miss Matte Gwaltney went to Hen.
derson Friday to remain over till Sun
day with Miss Annie Huffman.
Rev. and Mrs. &. L. Whitaker have
gone to Littleton to visit Rev. and
Mrs. Cary Whitaker.
Saturday night a freight train with
passenger car attached and a special
both going toward Raleigh, collded on
the road between here and Tar river
bridge. Happily, no one was hurt
the breaking up Of the passenger car
being about the only damage done.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
Notice.

ny VIRTUE OF POWER CONFER.
- red upon me by mortgage executed
by PHILLIP l.. PARHAM, on the 3Ist
day of October. lSSl. which Is duly re-
corded IN Vance county. book !. page 3D.
shall, on 49,
MONDAY. SRDDAY OF MAY. 1ss.
sell at public auction to the highest bidder
Tor cash. at the court house door in Hen
derson, \. e., the following real estate
m-wn: One c,rtain tract or parcel OF land
situate IN Vance county. and bounded AS
follows: Begin at two poplars on Cotton
Patch branch. kelly's corner. and run
thence east l22 poles 10 Ruin creek. thence
up sam creek as il meanders $ 20 w l2p.
- " p,S 10 " 4p.S lS W SOP. n ID,
6p, S5l W1p.N s. Tsp, : 70 w "a
P. - w 1872, : AZ W p. = :. W lep. : s
sP, ) Ii Esp. : - " II p, Sal Wsp.
S2S Z 5p. 5 " 10 p, 5 3 SD. 10 n n
stone on the west bank of said creek: then
69's w Is Up, 10 stone in Miss l. +. Par
hams corner; thence west Is p to a stone
IN kells corner in Miss Parham's line.
then W 9Sp Is links to a black gum.
ke!lys corner; then n a f a D to large
rock Nell : corner, mineral spring; then
down said branch as it meanders n ~ T. 10
p. y - Up, \ IS + cop, y 13E l. n. :
Is r. =, 10 beginning, containing l0
acres
This 29th March. 1897.
JOHN MCMILLAN, Mortgage.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
A WELL EQUIPPED Pr ANT.
The IlammOth Leaf Tobacco Estab.
liShment of j, p. Taylor & Co.

/ Having occasion yesterday to visit
the office o. J. L. Taylor Il Co.. leaf
/ tobacco commission merchants. the
editor avaIled himself somewhat of the
! opportunity to look through this man.
moth establishment and examine the
workings OF the plant. We had done
SO before but it is always an interesting
study to see the great piles of tobacco
and watch the various processes
| through while the leaf is carried in pre-
| pairing 1t for market. Among other
things we were greatly struck with the
perfect system and appliances for hand
ling leaf tobaccos possessed by this
concern. They have a large and COM
modlous plant, modernly equipped with
all the latest and most improved fix
lures, and with their several branch
houses handle many millions of pounds
of the golden leaf each season. In
tact, }. l.. Taylor & Co. are the largest
buyers of bright leaf in this country,
and count amongst their customers the
largest manufacturers both at home
and abroad. Buying all their tobaccos
as they do direct from the farmers;
with the most improved labor saving
appliances for rehandlng stock; and
last but not least, possessed of abun-
dant capital, SO important to the sue
cess ofall business enterprises Of large
proportions, they are enabled to fur
nlsh their customers the very best
goods at lowest possible prices. So it
Is no wonder that their business is con-
stantly on the increase-a fact which
the GOLD LEAF has peculiar pride in
noting in this as all other Henderson
industries
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
NOTICE..

DY VIRTUE OF POWER CONFER
II red upon me by mortgage executed
bv L. L. Edwards and wife on the 1st
day of December, 1886. recorded in Vance
county, Book -. page 100. shall. on the
STU DAY OF MAY. 1891.
sell at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash at the court house door in Hen
derson, Vance county, \. e.. the follow
ing real property, to-"it: Certain pieces
or parcels of land lying and being in
Vance county, state aforesaid. in Sandy
Creek township; and abou, acres on the
Milford road in Warren county. and de-
scribed aud defined a. follows: Being part
OF the Samuel Duke tract allotted to his
mother ,ad Joining the lands o. Mrs Francis
Vaughan on the north, Mrs. Mary johnson
and J. johnson on the east, along Milford
road by Powell tract on the south and
Samuel Watkins on the west, containing
JOl2 acres more or less. Also one gin lot
bought of NJ. q. Duke, bounded by the
lands of said Duke and the Duke road
containing one acre. more or less. Refer
ence is made TO the title deed for full de-
scriptiOn.
This 9Th day OF April. 1897.
ROBERT j. GILL, Mortgage.
A. {. Zollicoffer, Attorney.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. G.. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
vile, H., says: 'To DIR. Kings New Dis
covery owe my life. Was taken with La
Grippe and tried all the physicians for
miles about, but of no avail and was given
up and told cou d not live. Having DR..
Kings New Discovery in my store | sent
for bottle and began its use and from the
first dose began to get better, and after using
three bottles was up and about again. 1t
is worth its weight in gold. We won't keep
store or house without it." Get a free trial
bottle at NJ. Dorsey's drug store.
Gents furnishing goods in all styles and
prices to suit the times at HARDEES.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
Notice..

10y VIRTUE OF AN ORDER ISSI'-
Ling from the Superior Court Of Vance
county. in cause therein pending en-
titled ROBERT b. MORGAN. ADMIN
lSTRATOR. &c, vs. FRANCIS NOR
GAN, widow, shall, on
MONDAY, Sd DAY OF MAY, 1885,,
sell at public auction To the highc st bid
der. upon the terms one-half cash. bal
ance on credit of twelve months, at the
Court House door in Henderson. \. G..
the following real estate, to wit: One
tract OF land in Vance county adjoining
the lands of Col. W. l.. Taylor, Charles
Taylor, -. -. Parkinson, ID. = Marrow.
and the land allotted Ia Francis Morgan.
widow, as and for her dover. and others;
containing 1867 acres, more or less; il
being the land belonging to estate -
John Il. Morgan, deceased. known as the
Home Place, with exception of The
dover interest which has been ALLEGED
This 10Th March 1897
ROBERT Il. MORGAN.
Administrator Of John e. Morgan, decd.
a. C. Zollicoffer Attorney
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
New And Popular March.

knights of Columbus" March, two
step, by George II. Fischer, is an eX-
cellent piece for the pianoforte. 1t is
written in six-eight time. and contains
melody that is attractive and pleas
ing to the ear. 1t has also the right
swing for the two-step dance. Publish
ed by J. Fischer & Bro. No. Bible
House. New York. Price. 80 cents.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
Am Advance Crop

OF early spring styles in swell clothing
is ready for your inspection, These
goods have been chosen with an eye to
beauty OF pattern, fit, and quality OF
wear. They are made up as we'll as
cloth can be. 1t is not too much to say
perhaps that our sp'iDg suits are the
nobbiest and most reliable we have ever
shown, and we are anxious to convince
you of these facts. The prices are right
and so are the clothes.
SAMUEL WATKINS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-04-29
ChEEk..HALL.
Pretty Afternoon Marriage at the
Episcopal Church Yesterday.

The Church of the Holy Innocents
drew large and fashionable crowG
yesterday afternoon, the occasion being
the marriage of one of Henderson
tairest daughters, Miss Pansie X. Cheek
to Mr.. Augustus S. Hall, of Oxford
Some time before the hour of O'Clock
the edifice was filled with friends and
we'll wishers, no similar event having
occurred in long time that attracted
more interest and attention owing to
the prominence and popularity of the
young couple.
The ceremony was performed by the
rector Rev. Julian E. Inglc, assisted
by 1T. Rev. Jas. B. Cheshire, d. D.,
who pronounced the benedclion. Miss
Daisy Stephens. whose accomplish.
ments are SO we'll known and whose
graceful touch pleases every ear. pre-
sided at the organ, being assisted by
Mr.. Edward Stephens on the violin.
Before the bridal party arrived they
played selections from the opera Mar
tina. All, so Pure" etc. The bride
and groom entered to the strains OF
Lohengren's Wedding March, and dur
ing the ceremony thine Eyes so Blue
and Dreaming" was softly played.
Tannhauser's March was rendered as
they came out.
Miss Alice Cheek was maid of honor.
She wore white organdy and carried
pink La France roses and smilax. Mr..
W. B. Ballou, of Oxford, was best
man.
The ushers were DR.. b. X. Hayes,
and Mr.. Will Lands, of Oxford. Messrs.
w. r. McNair and Phil II. Thomas,
Henderson. They wore on the lapels
of their coats dainty little bouquets of
lilies of the valley and smilax.
The bride was attired in a beautiful
travelling suit of tan and brown and
carried American Beauty roses. She
never looked more radiantly beautiful
nor the groom more manly and happy.
Decorations consisted entirely Of lilies
and the church presented a beautiful
and entrancing picture.
Mrs. Hall is daughter of Cen and
Mrs. w. II. Cheek, and is young
lady of lovely character and charming
personality who numbers her friends
and admirers only by her list Of ac-
quaintances. Mr. Hall is an estimable
gentleman and one of our sister towns
most worthy citizens He is brother
of Mrs. Henry Perry, of Henderson,
and is we'll known in this community.
Immediately after the marriage, &C
companied by number of their friends
they drove to the Southern depot where
they took the train for their future
home, followed by the prayer that the
Giver Of every good and perfect gift may
grant them long life and every happi-
ness that heart could wish.