The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-05-11
"ONLY PACKAGE OF SEED"
But this Patriotic and Public Spirited
Lady Wanted to do What she Could
Toward Building up and Beautify Ing
Her Beloved Southland.

A few days since, one of the lady In
dustrial Agents OF the Seaboard Air Line,
wrote to the chief of the department:
81 am sending you a package of flower
seed, that | have saved from the flowers
of our yard and hope ,the seed will do
something to brighten some depot sur
rounding and thereby help to make
beautiful our Southland. While my con-
tribution to the good work Mr. st. John,
our Vice President and General Manager
is doing, is only n package OF seed, it
is all am able to contribute"
"Only package OF seed" The owners
OF the Seaboard Air Line and their Off
ciaIs are proud of the fact that they have
the earnest, hearty support and good
| will of all the people both rich and poor,
and the contribution of "Only package
| of seed" tells the tale in no uncertain way.
1t shows that every one along the Sea-
board Air Line is appreciating the noble
efforts of Mr. E. ST. John, the Vice-Presi-
dent and General Manager, to help the
people beautify and build up their section
| OF the South and he will never know how
much good he has already dOne-how
much cheer and comfort he has brought
| to the homes OF the people OF the South.
| They feel that they have a grand good
friend imposition to do them great good
and it gives them courage and faith to
| go forward to a bright future.
"On!y package Of seed" to aid the
good work Mr. ST. John is doing, "but
it il all l am able to contribute" God
bless the Southern lady who was doing
all she could to help the people OF the
South make pleasant their surroundings
She deserves to stand side by side with
the noble Andrew Carnegie, the Iron King
OF America, who q short while ago sent
to the Seaboard Air Line hundreds OF
dollars to purchase books to form tiffy
circulating libraries, that are to go into
the homes of the farmers OF several
Southern States, through which the Sea
board Air Line passes. Mr.. Carnegie
cannot realize and never will know how
much good this gift OF his will do. He
has given millions OF dollars to place
magnificent libraries at his old home in
Pennsylvania and other places. But the
sending of valuable books into the homes
| OF the people who are not able to pur-
chase a book or subscribe to paper and
who are not near enough to q city to get
the use of books from a public library, IL
going beyond what any other man OF
means has done, and he will surely get a
great and just reward for this noble and
generous gift which he has extended to
the needy but deserving Southern larfi.
ers No wonder such men are permitted
to accumulate great wealth. for they do
not hide it under n bushel. They do not
tell the world OF what they do Tor the
deserving poor. but they go forward
J doing good, nevertheless some people
stoop 80 low as to abuse them because
they have riches. Mr.. Carnegie no doubt
learned that the people along the Sea
board Air Line railway were doing al
they could, and he stepped forward am
said "let me do my SHARE" And hi'
was grand gift, a white winged mea
senger sent to elevate the deservin;
laborers. And We say, God bier'
Carnegie who gave his thousands to helI
, the Southern people and God bless tn
i. little Southern lady who could only con
tribute package OF seed" to beautif,
and help her Southland.-Elchnnge.