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The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
WILLIE HAHN's PICNIC PRIZE.
Attorney schilling Defends a Boy
Arrested for Petty Larceny.

Willie Hahn. a boy. appeared in Judge
Conlan's court yesterday on a charge Of
petty larceny. He was accused by John
A. Meagher. 2 Bounce place. by whom he
was employed, with stealing 1000 trading
stamps valued at So Attorney Carl Schil-
ling represented Willie In answer 10 the
Judge Willie said: "Mr. Schillng Is my
attorney, because last summer I was at
Father Scanan's picnic at FL Campo and
drew a gate prize Of $50 legal services do
mated by Mr.. Schilllng. When 4 got ar
rested I sent for Mr.. Schtlling and he said
he would deliver part OF the prize"
Willie denied stealing the trading
stamps ard at the request Of his attor-
ney the case was Continued till Tues
day.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
Ten Jurors Secured.

The work of securing a jury to try
Joseph p. Frenna for the murder Of
James F. Turner is progressing slowly
before Judge Cook. About a week has
now been consumed in an effort to Sc
cure an unbiased jury and ten have been
aHeeep5ed Ihey are 'eIemian smaaar Geary A ID
ser, H. c. Hinckel, d. Todt, Charles
Evans, ]. II. Dooley. L. Friedlander and
Sol Cohen.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17

- AA1 AAAN = AAAAAA Z ~ =
tiOn OF Franklin at
the bar OF the
House OF Commons.
Friends and foes
alike piled him with
questions concerning
the resources OF tho
colonies. their atti-
tude toward tha
mother country.
their pro b b I q
course II Parliament
continued 20 ta1c
them. Never did
Franklin show more
plainly his wealth
Of Information. HIS
mastery OF clear
statement. his tact.
und keenuesS. Burke
said Of the proceed
ing that II was like
"an examination ok
q master by a par
Gel OF schoolboys."
An English uerf-
odical said: From
this examination OF
DR.. Franklin tha
reader may form u
clearer and more
comprehensive idea
Of the state and dis
position of America,
OF the eXpediency or
inexpediency OF tho
measure In question,
and OF the character
and conduct OF the
Minister WhO u-a-
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17
MMMzkneme

is prepared at our brewery and is Guaranteed
unequaled in quality. purity and medicinal
virtue.
ANHEUsER- BUSCH BREWING ASSN
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17

The more successful some people ara
the more cause they have for being
ashamed OF II.
The San Francisco call., 1899-11-17

-7(liE sn-ailp0z camp out on the hills
beck of the fort hgs been broken
up AID Dr Williams and the four
- r.rr v-lo r-sr.ar 81. .-.-s ..-f.A A...
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
1t Would be a Good Idea,

One Of our exchanges has the fol-
lowing: Why don't our farmer
friends put their names on the front
gates of their places? If they would
do this it would not only be a great
convenience, but it would make driv-
ing and wheeling through the country
much more pleasant and interesting.
How often the question is asked when
two or more are driving along the
country road together, ''Who lives
there?' or Whose place is that?'
The person asking the question may
know the locality fairly we'll and yet
not know who lives in each place.
OF course, strictly speaking it may
be nobody's business who resides here
or there through the country, but it
could certainly do no harm to have
little signs up on the gate posts
giving the information, and there is
no doubt it would crafty a very
natural and very general curiosity
if it were done. Then, too, it would
be great convenience, as any one
will admit who has walked or driven
back hundred yards or so from the
farm house onl " to find that he had
struck the wrong house and at the
same time the wrong dog.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Year Without a Summer.

The Lynchburg correspondent of
the Norfolk Virginian and Pilot fur
nishes that paper with the following:
Mr.. Martin O'Meara, the we'll
known tailor, of this city, in glanc-
ing over a diary of his uncle, the late
James Dolan, discovered the follow
ing:
The year 1916 has been called the
year without a summer, for there was
sharp frost in every month. The
farmers used to refer to it as eighteen
hundred and starve to death. Janu-
airy was mild, as was also February,
with the exception of few days. The
greater part of March was cold and
boisterous. April opened warm but
grew colder as it advanced, ending
with snow and ice and winter cold.
In May ice formed half an inch thick.
buds and flowers were frozen and
corn killed. Frost, ice, and snow
were common in June. Almost every
green thing was killed and fruit was
nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to
the depth of three inches in New
York and Massachusetts and ten
inches in Maine. July was accom-
panied with frost and ice on the fifth.
Ice was formed to the thickness of
window glass in New York, New
England and Pennsylvania, and corn
was nearly all destroyed in certain
sections. In August, ice formed half
an inch thick. A cold Northern wind
prevailed nearly all summer. Corn
was so frozen that a great deal was
cut down and dried for fodder. Very
little ripened in New England, and
scarcely any even in the Middle
States. Farmers were obliged to
pay 81 and S. a bushel for corn of
1915 for seed for the next spring
planting. The first two weeks of
Septem Der were mild; the rest of the
month was cold, with frost and ice
formed quarter of al inch thick.
October was more than usually cold,
with frost and ice. November was
cold, clustering, with snow enough
for good sleighing. December was
quite mild and comfortable"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
AS to the HBig Snow

DR. Brooks writes to the Nc1oS and Oh
s"rVer that the great SNOW was i'll 1886.
We believe him in error. 1t began in
january, 1897. At Oxford it showed five
consecutive Sundays, was 20 inches deep
on a dead level and we saw snow on
tn" ground in April of that year.
50 writes DR.. kingSbury in the
Wilmington Messenger. And he is cor
rect as to the date, although our
learned and usually historically ac-
curatc friend DR.. Huffman is inclined
to agree with DR.. Brooks. But we
believe the good .'Baptist Bishop" had
weakened somewhat when we last
talked with him on the subject. How
evct, he still insists that there Was
bic snow where he was Ouplin
county, in 1896. and about this there
Is no division between us.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23

rare treat had been expected in
the Louise Brehany ballad aud opera
concert and those who are capable Of
approaching an entertainment Of this
kind enjoyed it at Cooper Opera
House last evening. The hour at
which we write makes it impossible
to speak of the individu al mem bers
a they deserve. Suffice it to say the
company is composed Of artists and
their work cannot be too highly
praised. They are: Miss Louise NJ
Brehany, soprano: Miss Jessie Wat
crs, mezzo; Miss Agnes Pringle, vio-
linist; Mr.. Walter Herbert Wheatlev,
tenor: Mr. George Dethlcfs, baritone,
and the eminent pianist, Mr.. w.
Guillamr SauvIct.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Improbable Citizens.

There are people who depend en-
tirely on their home people for sup
port, who do not contribute by word
or deed to the support of any other
home institution but their own. Peo-
pic of this size never discover the
amount of consideration they receive
from others. Many man thinks
what he is permitted to do is what he
does, and often thinks another exists
by his gracious consideration when
he himself is the recipient Of I'M
measured kindness at the hands of
the other. -Emporia (Va.) Messenger.
Best line Of Bicycles ever seen in Hem
dersOn at MOSS 4 cos.
Attention iScaled to a new lot of shoes
for men, women andchidren-verv cheaI
at II. TIlOMASON'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
DIED ~ TEXAS.
FIR. Arthur II. SmoOt, Former Citi-
zen of Henderson, Falls a Victim to
the Gripoe

Mr.. G. a. Lewis received telegram
Tuesday afternoon conveying intel
ligcnce Of the death of his brother-in-
law Mr.. Arthur H. Smoot, which oc-
CURED in Fort Worth, Texas, on the
21st. From later information it is
learned that Mr.. SmOot was taken
sick about three weeks ago in Gal
weston, with the grippe. He was
thought to be getting on very well
but ventured out too soon and had a
relapse. Going to his home in Fort
Worth he again took his bed and died
soon thereafter.
Mr.. Smoot was we'll known in Hen
dersOn having lived her some years
ago engaged in the tobacco business.
He was son of Mr.. W. H. SmOot,
himself former resident and es-
teemed member of the tobacco trade,
and a brother of Mrs. c. A. Lewis.
He leaves two children, son and
daughter, who live in Richmond, his
wife having died a short while after
he came to Henderson.
Mr.. SmoOt went to Texas a few
years ago and at the time of his death
he was employed as travelling sales
man for a large wholesale grocery
house in Fort WORTH He was high
ly regarded by his employers and
acquaintance and was successful and
prosperous in his work. He was
about fl years Of age.
The body is en- route to Henderson
| but it is not known exactly when it
| will arrive, but the interment will
probably take place Friday or Satur-
day.
fheumaCide is not recOmm. nded fOl
the cure of every i'll; it does not cure every.
thing. But it IS a certain cure for tsheu
lna'ism. and is a fine blood purifier and
laxative; try it.
Two good secondhand Tandems for
10 f.lta G.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
A Simple Remedy For The Grippe.

As grip is very prevalent in our
community at this time, it may prove
great benefit to the public if you
will publish the following. Last
winter when ! had the grippe used
this remedy and found that it acted
like charm: "A level teaspoonful
of common cooking soda dissolved in
two-thirds of a glass of water. repeat
every two hours until all soreness
and headache are gone; then one
extra dose for good measure. 1t is
not best to take dose just before or
just after eating. 1t is seldom neces-
sary to take more than three or fouE
doses. The above is the dose for
grown patients. Lessen the dose fog
children according to age. Cor.
Milledgeville GA Recorder.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
VANCE COUNTY LADY,
Resident of New York State for Sew
erai Years, Writes About Negroes
North ana South, Educational and
Other Matters,

MIDDLETowS, \. u. Feb. Is, 1899.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-Through the
| Kindness of some friend in old Mort h
Carolina have had the pleasure of read
ing weekly for the past two months the
very newsy and up-to-date GOLD LEAE,
which | enjoy ve-y much when the Their
mOmeter Is ID degrees below zero
For the past week the weat her has been
unusually cold here. Saturday was u
little warmer, but on Sunday morning
We awOke to find severe SNOW storm
raging which kept up all day.
l have often noticed in your paper
items concerning the dissatisfaction OF
the negroes in the South-a certain ele-
ment of them ut least. 1t seems they
all want to occupy an office of some kind
and imagine they are not treated fairly;
but l would like to say to them that |
have lived in New York State for the
past seventeen years, and have never
seen colored people treated with half the
consideration they are in the South
What they get here they have to work
for, and as for holding political Office,
they never think of such IL thing. Most
all the negroes here live on Water street,
and never appear to think that they are
better than poor white people.
The better class of negroes hold them
selves above the lower class and they
live the same here as the Italians or Chi
namen, in part OF the towns to them
selves, have their own fun and fights to-
gether, and dom bother about holding
an office or mixing with white people
In Port Jervis the part of town where
either Negro Hollow or Coon Hol-
no Al Ia,
coons and the women wenches. Ii they
public conveyance here they are very
quiet and inoffensivc, or they are ar
rested and put in the lookup.
| speak knowingly when | say the ne
groes have more privileges and less
work in the South than they will ever
find away from there. The best thing
they can do is to work and keep to-
gether, have their own societies, clubs,
&c, and trT and learn some good in
stead of so much bad, and not bother
with the white people.
AS for lynchings | am very much OPP
posed to that myself but it would be the
same here as there if the same cause eX-
listed. Since | have lived here a negro
was lynched in the streets of Port Jervls
for the same offence as it is done in the
South.
But think it disgrace to the com
munitv to put IL negro in for postmaster
when there are so many worthy white
men to fill these public places. The col
Ored man is not TO be blamed for accept
ing the Office, it is the white man for
giving it to him.
| note what you have been saying
about a graded school for Henderson,
and hope we may soon hear OF more
such institutions for the white children
all over the South. In this city there
are four large ward school houses, all
built on modern plans, with high school
where they graduate that cost 5000
year before last.
Being a native of North Carolina | read
of every improvement in the dear old
State with pride and satisfaction.
NO. v
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
A Good Woman Passes to Her Reward.

News of the death of Mrs. Jennie
Dawson Burwell, which occurred at
her home near Townsville Tuesday
morning, Feb. 14th, did not reach us
in time for notice last week. Her
death was somewhat sudden, due to
stroke of apoplexy which she suf-
cred just after eating a hearty break
fast Monday morning. She did not
rally from the attack and died about 2
O'Clock the next morning.
Mrs. Burwell was the relict of the
late Robert Burwell, of Vance county,
and daughter of John Henry
Dawson, of Halifax. She was a most
excellent woman loved and esteemed
for her splendid qualities of heart
and mind. Mrs. Burwell lacked just
three days of being 5S years old. She
leaves eleven children beside large
family connection in this and other
States. Her children are: Messrs.
Walter D., Robert and Spottswood
Burwell. and Mrs. w. W. Parker, Of
Henderson: Mrs. John d. Williams,
of Kittrell; Lewis ID. Burwell, of
Georgia.; Mrs. W. II. Mcneil, of
Carthage, n. c. Dawson A. Burwell
of St. Louis Mo; John Burwell, of
United States Army, located on the
Southern coast of Texas, and Petit
crew and Miss Evelyn Burwell at the
old homestead in Vance county.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Does This Hit You?

Fault-tinding is one of the ways
men seek to appear wiser than they
are. 1t seems to invest them with a
degree of authority in the eyes Of
those who do not realize that it is
one OF the easiest of all things to find
fault. To expose errors. foretell
difficulties. TO criticise methods, to
make objections. may all be done
volublv by persons who have no
power to originate better ways or to
overcome the obstacles which they
spread forth and who are in every
way inferior TO those whom they
criticise or contradict or interrogate.
NORTH Wales Record.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Are You One of Them?

Who are tn" best dressed men at low
ct cost?
Why, those who buy their clothes
from james " White the tailor.
His Spring and Sumner samples are
NOW in and ready for Inspection. Don't
send yOur orders away when YOU have n
good tailor at home Call and see White
and he will treat you right
He has been in buSiniss in Henderson
nearly three years and during that time
he has not had single garment thrown
on his hands from a mi-it What better
proof of skill and competency can be
given?
II is no trouble TO Mr.. White to show
samples and quot" prices. Civ" MIN A
call, over Beacon Bros store, opposite
pO-tOffire
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Court in Session.

Regular Spring term Of Vance SUI
perior court convened Monday, Hon.
Frederick Moore Judge presiding.
The state is represented by Solicitor
Moore, bright Young attorney of
Greenyille, who has just entered
upon the duties Of his Office since the
November election.
This is Judge Moorc's first court in
Vance and he has made a very favor
able impression upon our people,
members Of the bar, court officers,
Jurors and others.
Business is being dispatched in a
speedy and systematic manner. There
are no cases Of special interest or
Importance on the docket.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Business Competition.

Business nowadays is a compe-
tition of the severest kind. There
is no place for the laggard, for the
man who is not keen witted above
his fellows. The dull plodder goes
to the wall. Industry is we'll enough
in its way, industry is far from being
everything in the struggle for
mastery that modern business has
become. The man who would succeed
must be progressive, must keep awake
to the movement of the times, must
adapt himself to the current and
swim with it.-Painter's Magazine,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Dangers of the Grip.

The greatest danger from La Grippe is of
its resulting in pneumonia If reasonable
care is used, however, aud Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided Among the tens of thous auds
who have used this remedy for la grippe
we have vet to learn of a single case having
resulted in pneumonia which shows coDcli-
sivev that this remedy is a certain preven-
tive of that dangerous disease. 1t viii cure
la grippe in less time than any other treat
ment 1t is pleasant and safe to take. For
sale by The Dorsey Drug Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Mr.. J. Robert Jordan in Charlotte.

At an entertainment in Charlotte
last week for the benefit of the Shipp
monument fund, Mr.. j. Robert Jor-
| dan, the impersonator and elocution-
list, took a prominent part. AS Mr..
Jordan recently spent several days in
Henderson where he made many
friends, what the Observer says of him
will be read with interest no doubt.
And having done so they will perhaps
realize what was missed in not being
able to hear him themselves, bad
weather preventing the filling of his
| engagement here. Mr.. Jordan is a
talented artist in his line, a Pythian
Of high degree and withal an engaging
and agreeable gentleman socially.
The Observer says:
| BY criticisms of press and people in
| general the audience was led to expect
much OF Mr.. Jordan, and it was not dis
| appointed. He gave scene +, act Ill OF
| Hamlet in a manner which marked him
an actor as we'll as an eocutionist. His
representations were excellent. To the
.'mind's eye the guilty queen, and the
perfectly apparent, so cleverly did Mr..
Jordan impersonate both He is easy
and graceful on the stage, and looks, as
he is, the cultured gentleman.
In striking contrast to the Shakes
pearean selection was the comedy scene,
an original arrangement from A Gllded
FOOl' given i'll part second of the pro-
| gramme. The two selections, antipOdal
in style, allowed full scope for Mr.. "or-
dams versatility. As all encore he gave
"a capital thing-a production of IA Del
sartian lecture he heard out West Mr..
Jordan is an artist 1t is hoped that
this is not his last appearance here i'll
public
Before the discovery of One Minute
Cough Cule, ministers were greatly dis
turbtd by coughing congregations. No
| excuse for it now. Phil II. Thomas.
Any one wishing to purchase a good
house and lot would do well see or write
| to w. E. MOSS.
Will sell my home place
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Secret of True Living

The secret Of true living. says the
Norfolk Irgi0ian and Pilot. is not to
help the strong, aggrandize the rich,
medicine the we'll, please the happy,
contribute to the fortunate, or clothe
the well-robed; but to help the weak,
share with the poor, supply remedies
for the sick. cheer the unhappy, re-
lieve the unfortunate, clOthe the
naked; and in this you will find your
greatest happiness and prosperity, as
every investment is preferred and Sc
cured by the best surety. As meas
ured by this standard how many of
Us have discovered the secret of true
living? Alas, too few indeed.
There has been an unusual advance in
tin plate. shee. iron and all other metals.
| am prepared. however. to give my
customers the best prices possible on all
work in my line. Il. b. HAY ES.
ANY YOUNG LADY who expects to
go off to school during the present wear
may find it to her interest to write at
once to Rev. ! NJ. Rhodes LittletOn, y.
c who can give few young ladies some
special work now.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23
Great Shows.

The snow which commenced at t p. m.
on Saturday and showed continuously on
frozen ground until p. III. on Monday,
is the third snow i'll magnitude and du-
ration that has occurred in this section
in hundred and two years. In all three
of them the cold was excessive, and all
our sounds and rivers We're frozen. One
of these occurred within living memory,
in 1857. Pasquotank river froze over
and parties OF skaters sbated from New
bagun Greek bridge to Elizabeth City.
Tom Gillian crossed Albemarle sound
from Plymouth to EdentOn. Gunners
were out in every direction. Game was
abundant and becamesO cold and starved
that theo could almost be Knocked down
with the butt end OF your gun. They We're
without food and without water, and
their food and water famine drove them
up into the field bitches i'll quest OF water,
and finally their desperation so ovetcane
their tmidity that they came into the
house yards and fed with the domestic
fowls. In great glee, they were knocked
down with sticks, and whel brought on
the table they We're nothing but skin and
bones, with II few spots OF flesh that were
completely tasteiess. i ire wood could
not be ha uleu from the woods aud Dettu-
tful yard shade trees We're i'll some IN
stances cut down for fire wood. In many
places after the snow had melted, the
bones OF large coveys of cartridges were
found all huddled together on the ground
where they roasted and were. covered up
by the falling SNOW during the night aHG
were buried alive. One Of the most beau,
| tiful passages in our literature was writ
| ten by y. Z. Willis about the death oil
| the pretty Dob Whites i'll 1857. 1t was
| full of the most natural pathos and ten
! derness.
| The earliest great snow was IN 1907
| and was !. tradition in our earliest man
| hood. 1t showed with great fury, and
tradition furnishes no precedent Of 1T
unparalleled bitter coldness. Parsof
| Charles Pettigrew came across Albefnarle
sound on foot from the TyreII shore
| to the town of EdentOn. The citizens o
! EdentOn had II public barbecue on the
ice in Edentou bay, and they roasted al
OK on the ice, around which the be lei
and gay cavaliers of the town danced
around the steaming spectacle. Dr
James NOrcom, Il youn.- physician
| EdentOn, afterward the head OF the pro
| fession il, North Carolina, and an honor
to that learned fraternity, who hat
| spent much OF his early life in Philadel
phia, and was a skillful skater, was tn
most conspicuous actor on the 1essIV
occasion. He was EdeDtons ready nutI
! on all public occasions, IA graceful SPEAK
| CT aud writer and an elegant gsotieitaA
This chronicle OF the great $40" an
| barbecue on the ice IN ED!enton bay IL
1897 was given by Dr. Norcou'--Ei'za
bet h CITY LcOnOTnist
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-02-23

In the domestic department of the
Rcidsville Weekly we find the follow
ing timely and valuable information:
''What is better than a good ashe
cake? Nothing that can be made of
corn meal Scrape a hole under the
logs. put in the dough and cover it
with hot ashes and embers and let it
bake. Wash it and sprinkle salt on
it and you have bread too good for a
millionaire to eat"
Brother Webster may be enjoying
the luxury of which he writes, but
what troubles us is to get logs (or
anything else burnable) enough to
scrape hole under.