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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18
Negroes Worse at the North Than at
the South.
(Raleigh News and Observer

The Atlanta Constitution quoted at
length extracts from a sermon or an
address recently delived by Rev.
George ID. Baker in a Philadelphia
church a few nights ago. We have
not seen the address, but the extracts
in the Constitution give facts that will
confound those fervid orators who
employ the Georgia lvnching to ae-
nounce the South. Mr.. Baker SAYS
and says truly that the responsibility
primarily rests at the door of Massa
chusetts, which was the first colony
in America to legalizc the slave trade
and slavery by legislative enactment.
1t was also the first colony to send
out = slave ship. The South. Is
shown by statistics. is better to the
negro than the North. Here are some
facts about the negro in the North
which Mr.. Baker gave out:
lin our own State, where the he
groes form only per cent. of the
population, they furnish 10 per cent.
of the male prisoners, and 81 per
cent. of the female criminals. In
Chicago, while they form only Il per
cent. of the population, they furnish
10 per cent. of the arrests. The
negro population. constituting about
IL per cent. of the entire population
of the nation. furnishes 81 per cent.
of all its murdercrs. and &c per cent
of its female homicides, and here is
something most appalling.
The rising generation Of negroes
far outstrip in crime the generation
that is passing off the stage. Two
thirds of the homicides are negroes
under twenty Years of age. Now, As
defense against the carnival of
crime, lynching has been resorted to
to surprising extent.
between 1856 and 1925 there were
l,655 lynchingS. against 1.O40 legal
executions. Most of these lvnchingS
were in the South-about 50 per cent,
and undoubtedly this has been due to
the peculiarly eNasperatiugs crimes
against women committed bv negroes
in the South. 1t would seem that
this extent .of crime among the ne
groes. especially in the matter OF
murder and criminal assault. has
largely increased since the abolition
of slavery"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18
THE GOLD LEAF.
HENDERSON, n. c.
THURSDAY. MAY %, 1899.
THE RALEIGH SPEAKS.
(W. J. hampton, in New York Sun.

(W. }. hampton, in New York SUM
Ont there in Manila Bay
Capt COghlan banged away;
Loaded up his guns and fired
just as if he was inspired;
And he was. too, like as not,
Dewey done it; that was what.
ANYHOW he fred away
All around Manila Bay.
With the others shooting, too;
Regular Red, White and Blue
Celebration. Hip, UOoray.
WhOOp la, ia ra boom de ay.
When our Jacks were through with it,
Every Spanish ship was nit;
Gone to meet McGinty, they,
Down there in Manila bay.
Never had the Orient
Known exactly what it meant
10 say that things had gone Il bent;
And the sights they saw that day
All around Manila Bay
Gave the people something new
In "Oriental splendor," too.
Then Dewey, in his quiet way,
Took a mortgage on the bay,
Took it, and held it, too,
Though there was a party who
Put up something of a bluff;
Not a big one, but enough
Dewey called it, saying: mix;
Was ist los nit Diedrichs?'
GOghlan wasn't far away,
And his brothers in the Bay
Stood alongside, one and all,
Ready for the word: play BALI,
Happily it did not come;
But if it had, you bet, by gum
However, that is past and gone,
And we've put our peace clothes on;
The incident is closed, and we
Are now engaged in harmony.
COghlan told the story; he
Didn't think lese-ma jesty
Was in force here; he had not
Well considered Mich and Colt.
If he were diplomat,
lie would know where he was at,
But he isn't; all he knows
Is to go where Dewey goes;
= Is to put Old Glory where
1t should 90. and keep it there;
l. to do his duty we'll.
Which means to him to fight like Il;
And the Raleigh's crew all yell:
"HurTah for Coghlan, plain and rough.
The Raleigh's skipper; he's hot stuff
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18
An Opening for the Yellows.
washington POst.)

We see that the II. c. Prick Coke
Company, of Pittsburg, have posted
notices in all their shops and fac
tories throughout the Connellsville
region, announcing an increase of
from 6 to l2I per cent. in the wages
of their employees. No application
had been made by the men. The act
was spontaneous. The cpmpany's
profits have been increasing. Good
times have come. so the Prick Com
pany, of their own motion, have in
cluded the employees in their pros
perity by raising their wages, the
greatest increase per cent
going to those who received the
smallest payZthose who need an in
crease most.
1t will be interesting to hear from
the sensational newspapers concern
ing this episode. Editors who make
it their especial business to pirate of
the tyranny of corporations and the
understanding propensities of capital;
who picture the employer as coarse
and callous monster, ,gloating over
the miserics of his employees; editors
of this attractive class will now have
an opportunity to strike an attitude
of decencv and grace. We shall wait
for so reassuring demonstration.
1t seems to us that demagogues,
whether on the tripod or on the
stump, who are so fond of vocifera-
ton whenever a corporation finds it
self compelled by business vicissi-
tudes and financial adversely to re-
duce expenses, should welcome such
chance. This is a peculiar case.
The employees of the Frick Company
were already well paid. They had no
complaints: no grievances; they were
satisfied. The company might easily
have kept all the profits themselves,
or boarded it against the day of
stringency and trouble. The men
would not have objected. They
would not even have enquired about
Yet, here is this bloated corporation,
described in yellow journalism as an
Unsuitable octopus, voluntarily in
creasing the wages of $4,000 en-
ployes- actually divesting themselves
OF at least $4,000 to 100000 a
month-and doing this merely be.
cause they are making money and
want their employees to share in the
general prosperity.
Surely our feverish contemporaries
can find word of commentator in
this instance. The future is full o.
opportunities in their peculiar line
There may be intervals of depression
reduced wages. strikes, and agitation
and then the old invectives can be
polished up again, the woodcuts o
starving women and children taker
down for new activities of mischief
and the vicious propaganda rehabili
tated upon new and more abhorren
basis. But, meanwhile-if only fol
the sa Ike of appearances-it might pa,
to set up pretense of fair judgmen
and grateful recognition.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18
800 Reward. 500.

The readers of the GOLD LEAF will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being constitutional disease re-
quIres constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, Thereby destroying the
foundation of the diseaSe, and giving the
patient strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have 80 much faith
in its curative powers that ths ) offer one
hundred dollars for any case That it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials
Address, F. j. CHENEY i Co,
Toledo. Ohio.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18
The Champion 'Possum Hunter.

Axtell, Warren county, has the
champion 'possum hunter of the
State, according to the Warrenton
Record. 1t says: Capt. Robert Allen
has hunted 'possums every fall and
winter for sixty years, except four
years during the civil war, when he
caught something else instead of
'possums. He has caught an average
OF forty 'possums year-2,4OO
during his life. His dogs have freed
fifty-seven this season and he put
fifty six OF their tails in a split stick. -
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

supply on the lot), whether or not il il
pure. II it is not pure you are the ones
that suffer by it. Men drink very little
water, teas, Coco COlas, etc, at home.
On State occasions they may take q few
gOblets full soon in the m Orning, on the
quiet, but then they are not thinking
how pure or impure, but how cold it ia,
lforty degrees below zero cry pala tablet
and have been told that at such times
it has not Fan equal on earth" This
though is not the rule with them, but the
exception.
Using SO little water of the home sup
ply disqnalfies the men IA competent
judges Of the condition of it, and bust
ness interests prevent them from giving
this most important matter proper
thought and attention, 40 beg pardon
Tor asking that you examine your well
carefully. Look out for the Htt,. rel
WORMS that infrst so many wells. This
pump in a. few days ordinary use will
completely destroy them. aud all other
disease producing germs, even in the
fOulest wells. It's warranted by the Com
pany to last five Y. ars without repairs,
will probably last ten ar fifteen years Also
warranted to prevent Ct u.r:,. Typhoid,
Malarial or Scarlet fever IL, rase of either
yet been known where tnis pump was in
use 1t is recommended for general nse
by boards of health in different parts of
the country, and enthusias ticalIy en-
dorsed by the yer! best hygenic authori
ties in the land.
Please remember that the sickIy season
is fast approaching. that pure water il
absolutely essential TO good health, that
the opposite obtains If the water we
drink is not pure, that a stitch in time
saves nine, that no pump purifies the
water as well as mine
Messrs. A. I. Barnes, ID. Y. Cooper
T. 7. Hicks. s. s. Written, J. B. Owen
and Geo. A. Rose are usi ng these pumpa
and are we'll pleased wit them.
Orders IRON the country as we'll a.
town are resIHctfuI y. SOLICITED. and will be
properly attended to. Monkey" is still
in the ring and not dis8gured; conse
quently distance and bad roads cut no
ice and are not conf dered. Liberal re-
ducfion on catalogue prices for wells over
twenty-five feet deep. and rery liberal RI.
auctions Tor very deep wells (say fort y
ieet and over. Anyone wanting to con.
snit me will please notify me through
man or otherwise, and l will call with
pleasure whether take your order or
nor. Awaiting your orders l am,
Very respectfully,
r. B. HENDERSON.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

How do the seasons move?" asked
the crosS-eved boarder of the obser-
want boarder
How do the seasons move?" re-
peated the latter. I'm afraid don't
grasp your idea"
well at this time of the wear the
seasons move autumn-a tically."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

What are You going to name the
baby" We've named him already.
Dewey Roosevelt Wheeler Wood
Wainwright Miles Schley Harding
Davis" suffering Moses, What do
You want to load the poor infant
with alfthose names for?'' so that
when,he gets old enough to Judge for
himself, in the light of late history. he
can lop off those he doesn't like"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

'.Do you think, Gwendolynne, that
you could ever marry a poor man?"
''And do you think, Harold, the
man who had me would be poor?'
And another trust and combine
was fixed up then and there.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

l have no doubt that much sorrow
might be prevented if words of en-
couragement was more frequently
spoken, fifty and in season. and
therefore to withhold them in SIM
c. II. Spurgeon.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

LAND is rising in price in this part
OF the State. We learn that a few
days ago 500 per acre was offered
for ten acres of trucking land and re-
fused. The price asked was 1925.
Trucking pays.-Wilmington MeSsen-
Gtr.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

GEN. MacAuthur and Col Funston
are both small men but they are
making big regulations over there in
the Philippines. Wilmington Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

A tack points heavenward when it
means most mischief. 1t ha. many
human imitators-TH Bits
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

lr is good thing for Roosevelt
that he pulled down his political re-
ward before the country got sample
of the Western brand OF Colonel
Washinrton Post.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Every great and commanding
movement in the annals of the world
is the triumph of enthusiasm.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Natural affection and instinct are
the most beautiful of the Almighty's
works.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Service to our fellowmen should
not be made a substitute for piety.
but an expression of it.-Josiah
StrOnq.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

There are little acts, small matters
often, on which remorse attends
while life lasts.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

There is no task so small that i
may not be made by faithfulness.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Most troubles will run when we
lock them s4uarely in the face.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

The Lord tells us to carry our
cross and cast our care, but we often
try to cast our cross and carry our
care.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

God tests us benevolently to prove
and exercise our faith; the devil
malevole ntly to weaken and extin-
guish it.-Quesnal
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Temperance and labor are the two
best physicians of men.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

We are well balanced when oul
wills can control our prejudices.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18
HIGHEST Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller,


We O sendy satisfied
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

the best n mar
and
record of Coopers Warehouse the
ducwIlbe o
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Mrs. Noear.--Do you think my
daughter will be a musician?
Professor CANT gay. She may.
She dell me she gone of a loug-lived
vanity.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

MERICA'S Greatest Medicine Is
~ Hoods Sarsaparilla. because it pos
sesses unequalled curative powers and
its record OF cures is GREATEST.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-18

Your mother-in-law accuses YOU
of stealing her trunk. What have you
to saw"
Your Honor, l simply hid her
trunk was so afraid she'd leave
US"
He was given IS months-six for
stealing and - for living.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-20
ALLEN WILL HAVE
AN OPPONENT
Maryland Man Running for Ex-
alted Ruler.
GRAND LODGE MEETS TODAY
Four Thousand Members of the Antlered
Tribe Are on Hand, and ST.
Louis is Robed in Pur'
pie Attire.
LODGE MEETS TODAY

st. Louis, Mo-, June 19.-The thirty-frst
annual convention and reunion of the Be-
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks be-
gins in this city tomorrow. All day long
and tonight delegates of the antlered tribe
from all sections of the country stepped
off the trains at the Union station and
marched to the quarters assigned them at
different hotels. A conservative estimate
places the arrivals at 1000.
Tonight the streets are crowded with
marching delegates, headed by the brass
bands playing inspiring airs. Big crowds
line the side walks, cheering the Elks as
they go marching by.
Among the lodges to arrive first on the
ground were the following: Birmingham,
As; Nashville, rs; Louisville, 500; OWENS
boro, 10; Texas, so; Allegheny, 200; Column
bus, 40; Greenvllle, Miss, 20.
This evening 300 Elks from Cincinnati ar
rived. At the same time the Kansas City
lidge, so strong, and the Davenport lodge,
60 members, arrived. Early this morning
the grand lodge officials opened their head
quarters at the Southern hotel. The entire
complement of officials is on hand and four
large rooms have been transferred into q
general office.
All the grand lodge officers have arrived
and are making the Southern hotel their
headquarters. Every train that comes into
the city brings it's quota of visiting Elks,
and at noon it was estimated that fully o.
900 had already arrived. 1t is expected that
at least 5000 Elks will be here tomorrow.
Grand Exalted Ruler John Calvin, of Gin
cinnati, will not stand for reelection. There
are two active candidates for this position
Judge B. NJ Allen, of Birmingham Ala,
and George A. Pare, of Cumberland, Nd.
For the position of grand secretary the con-
test will be between George A. Reynolds
of Saginaw, Mich, the present incumbent,
and Bert Lyon, of st. Louis.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-20
DR.. Broughton Charges AtIanta's
Chief Executive
WITH BEING A LIBERTINI
Be Impeached-A Confessed Gam
bier and Sot and That He
is a Disgrace to City.

Atlanta, June 19.-In a sensational SER
mon Sunday night DR.. L. G. Broughton,
pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, called
upon the city council to impeach James G..
Woodward, mayor of Atlanta. DR.. Brough-
ton said the chief executive was "a con-
fessed gambler, libertine, and disgrace
to the city,
At these words the audience of about 1000
people cheered. In the course of his re-
marks DR.. Broughton said:
when the mayor was a member of an
important committee to go to Washington
on the matter of the federal prison site, he
was drunk most of the time, and there
were other things that occurred in connec-
tion with him that l hesitate to mention
from the pulpit He should be impeached
at once. If the members of the city coun-
Gil do not impeach him l shall take steps
myself. No such man has a right to be
mayor of this city. The situation is in
decent and dsgraceful."
When asked, after the sermon, why he
Broughton's remarks, and said:
II have given this matter much consid-
Grafton and believe l have taken step in
the right direction. 1 know what am talk
ing about The actions of the present
mayor of Atlanta since he has held office
are a disgrace to this city and the people
this man represents
Mayor Woodward was informed of DR..
Broughtons remarks late tonight. The ex-
ecutiye said:
81 regard the statements of DR.. Brough-
ton as ridiculous. l ask the public to sus-
pend judgment"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-20
COMING HOME
Volunteer Regiments Soon to Sail-Will
be Mustered Out in Frisco

Washington, June 19.-General Otis has
cabled the war department as follows:
Manila, June 19.
Adjutant- General, Washington-Sherman
arrived this morning. Casualty: Edwin l..
Gavett, Company 1, Sixth infantry; Colonel
kellogg; twelve men left Honolulu sick;
seventeen cases typhoid fever en- route.
Sixth infantry leaves for Iloilo to re-
lieve Californians at Negros. On transport
Indiana one hundred and thirty-four offl-
GERS and soldiers, discharged as sick, with
civilians left for San Francisco via NagaS-
aki yesterday. Hancock and Sherman, with
Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Utah troops,
leave for United States as soon as troops
can be placed in readiness. Will leave as
soon as collected. Colorado to follow on the
FIRST available transport. OTIS.
The following cablegram has been re-
ceived from General Otis:
Manila, June 49,
"Adjutant- General Washington
"All volunteer organizations here desire
to be mustered out at San Francisco"
The message of General Otis in regard to
volunteers was in response to a specific in
quiry of the war department based upon
its declared policy of having each volun-
teer organization elect whether 1t should
be mustered out at San Francisco or at
its home station. 1t appears from General
Otis message that the volunteer organi-
zations prefer to disband at San Francisco
in accordance with the original arrange
ments of the war department. A model
camp has been established at San Fran
cisco, provided with every facility for the
comfort and convenience of the returning
soldiers. 1t has been deemed advisable
from sanitary standpoint to keep each
organization in the camp at least two or
three weeks before permitting the men to
go to their homes and scatter throughout
the country.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-20
Diaz WIN Not visit United States

Mexico. was recently invited through the
Mexican ambassador here, Senior Azpiroe,
to visit several cities in this country dur
ing the summer and fall. Although an Of
fetal answer has not been received from
the president, communications from the
Mexican capital satisfy the officials here
that the president will not accept the invi-
tations for June and July and there is con-
siderable doubt whether he will come north
In the fall. In the event of his coming the
United States government will doubtless
take cognizance of the presence of the ex-
ecutfve of sister republic and will accord
him civil honors.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-20
Murdered and Robbed

Auburn, Neb., June 19.-The body of St.
Julian Bahaud, a wealthy farmer residing
at Julian, was found in his residence in a
mutilated and partly decomposed condition
this morning. He lived alone and was be-
lieved to have had large sums of money
concealed about his place. His skull was
crushed and both hands and feet had been
burned probably to compel him to reveal
the hiding place Of his money. He was
about 60 years of age and so far as known
has no living relatives. Blood hounds
have been put on the trail and a lynching
Is probable if the murderer is caught.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-06-20
Compliments Irish

st. Louis, June 19.-Colonel W. ]. Bryan
in a letter declining an invitation to at
tend a picnic to be given by the Ancient
Order of Hibernans owing to other en-
gagements says: "All races have exhibited
more or less of race pride and attachment.
but none have shown themselves more de-,
voted than the Irish to the land of their
birth and the people of their blood Our
nation can learn from the irish people a
lesson of great Importance just at this
time, namely, that one race cannot govern
another race except by force; nor can 1t
govern without exciting the continued en-
nifty of the governed. Ireland has long
been denied the right of self-government.
but the desire for sef-government has in
creased rather than diminished with the
lapse Of years.