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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
1R. JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS.

The railroad transactions of MIR.
John SHELTON Williams, of Richmond,
are assuming proportions of the great
est consequence. A few months ago
he was at the head of line of road
running from Savannah, Ga, to
Montgomery, Ala. This road is known
as the Georgia & Alabama Railroad,
which is the reorganization of the old
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
road. Within few months Mr.. Will
liams has purchased for himself and
associates the entire Seaboard Air
Line system and the entire Florida
Central & Peninsula system, the
latter reaching from Columbia, s. c.,
to Tampa, Fla, going through Savan-
nah and Jacksonville, besides having
various branches in Florida. 1t is
stated that men are already in the
field arranging for the immediate con-
struction of a road from Hamlet to
Columbia, to connect the Seaboard
system with that of Florida Central
Il Peninsular, and that it is the pur-
pose to have this link built in time for
the Florida travel next fall and winter.
1t is known that road is being
constructed from Richmond, Va, via
Petersburg, connecting with the Sea-
board Air Line at a point in North
Carolina South of Weldon. Over this
road, the completion of which is also
being pushed, Mr.. Williams could put
trains to connect with the Richmond.
Fredericksburg & Potomac. The
latter road has been for long time
largely owned by Seaboard interests.
These two links complete would
give Mr.. Williams continuous tracks
from Tampa, Fla, Atlanta, Ga. and
Montgomery, Ala, to Quantico. Va.
1t is rumored that the Baltimore &
Ohio will build a branch leading from
Quantico up the Potomac crossing the
river just above Washington and con-
Meeting with the main line running
into the city. If this is done. and a
traffic arrangement made by which the
Baltimore Il Ohio and Mr.. Williams
will operate through trains and work
together, the whole would constitute a
railroad combination of perhaps greater
consequences than any in the Union
Charlotte Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
DAVIS AND JAGGERS.

or course, everybody sympathiZcs
with Jaggers, the small London mes
senger-boy whom Richard Harding
Davis sent from England to the United
States to deliver three letters. Little
Jaggers had a novel experience, to be
sure, and we have no doubt that
Davis tipped him within reason.
Possibly the unusual junket, the
cheap notoriety-shared with his
mployer-and the consequent as
ISOLATION with a snob of Richard
Harding Davis peculiar versatility
perhaps all this may eventually
demoralize the vealy little cub. But
while we give way to sorrow for Jag
gers, how shall we classify our emo
tions with reference to Davis?
We are free to say that, in one
sense, we are glad Jaggers happened.
But for Jaggers, we should have con-
tinued to be ignorant OF Richard
Harding Davis. Anybody can see
now that Davis is, or recently has
been, in England, but the fact is that
almost everybody had forgotten him.
1t all comes back to us, on account
Of Jaggers, that he was one of the
heroes of the war. Thus pricked in
the matter of Renaissance, we recall
the rumor that Davis was ION the
bridge with Sampson" when the de-
vastating fire from the latter7s fleet
seriously, if not fatally, wounded that
Matanzas mule. We are also dimly
conscious of a popular impression,
current during the latter part of June,
to the effect that General Shafter did
not come up to the military stand
ards of Davis. 1t seems to us, more
over, that in concentrating all the
glory of the Santiago episode upon
James Creelman, we have overlooked
an equally deserving humbug in the
person of Richard Harding Davis.
We have been wrong in centering
all gall on Creelman. We should
have divided it into two parts. Jag
gers has done great work in re-
minding us Of Davis. We were in
danger Of doing injustice in the mat
ter OF gall.
Everything is now explained, how
| ever, and we return to a full and vivid
consciousness of Richard Harding
Davis. We are glad of it. We hate
to forget Davis. He contributes to
our gayety much more than to oul
| distaste. And then he comes sc
cheap, Not to put too fine point
upon it, he is in reach of the poorest
family. ashington Post.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
NOTICE.
Sale Of Real Estate

PY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER ISSUING
ID from the Superior Court OF Vance
County. in special proceeding therein
pending, entitled civilian 7. Rowland,
Administrator, &c, Against Hixy j. Row
land. and Others" shall on
Monday, the 22nd day of May, 1899.
sell at public auction, to the highest bid
der, at the Court House door, in Hender-
son, Vance County, N. c., upon the terms
of twelve months, the title to he retained
as security for the deferred payment. with
the option of purchaser to pay all cash,
the following real estate, to wit: One
certain tract or parcel Of land, situate in
the County Of Warren, State of North
Carolina, near the Vance County line,
adjoining the lands of Trueman Chapman,
Jas. Aston, G. j. Burton, Samuel Smith +,
and others, and known as the Richard
Short" tract, containing about two hun
dred acres; it being that tract of land,
which was assigned to the late L. P. Row
land. as and for his homestead. The said
land will be sold to make assets to pay
debts
Time Of sale, Monday, May %, 1899.
Place of sale, Court House door, Hender-
son, n. G.
Terms, one half cash, balance OH a
credit of twelve months.
This the 18th day of April, 1899.
WILLIAM T. ROWLAND,
Administrator of the estate of T. 2.
Rowland, decd.
A. L. Zollicoffer, Attorney.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
kittrell Letter.

KITTRELL, NC, April 10, '99.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF: Rev. and
Mrs. James B. Avirett arrived Thurs
day from Louisburg and are spending
several days with their friends in this
vicinity. We are glad to know that
Mr.. Avirett's>>health is SO much i'm
proved.
Miss Josie Person arrived from
Hickory Friday to visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Rufus Person. She has many friends
here who are glad to see her again.
Miss Emma Blacknall's school closed
Friday.
Tets Bros. Show was the attraction
here Friday. Quite a number of
fathers were present with their tex
cuses,' even though there were no
animals to see. Many pronounced the
show much better than that of last
year. The balloon ascension was much
enjoyed.
Mrs. J. J. Stone has gone to Rocky
Mount to visit her sons.
Mrs. W. H. Harris, of Franklinton,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. r. M =.
Person.
Mrs. o. w. Blacknall returned yes
tel day from pleasant visit to Raleigh.
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
Notice of incorporation.
STATE OF NORTH CALGLISA.

oTATE OF NORTH CALhIlsA'
To all to Whom Thsse Presents Shall Coas
-GREE7ING:
KnoW 70. That 1t appears from tx
Clerk OF the Superior Court OF Vane
county that the following named p-rsol..
Samuel Watkins, John b Watkins. Jos,
b Watkins, Jr., and VIM. f. Mos, her
fore on the 9Th day OF March. Ins'
signed and filed Articles OF Agfeemenl
Tor the formation VI . private corpofaiios
before said Clerk and copy OF said Article
q Agreement, duly certified by saN
Clerk: under the ssal OF said Court. bsn
been filed and recorded I'M this ofee'
prescribed in chapter 3ls OF the Acts "
No~, Therefore, Under the power 40.
authority vested in me By sal chapter -
OF said Acts Of 1893. l do hereby deelN'
the persons signing said Articles Of Ars,
ment duly Incorporated under the n1Tp
and style Of THE WATKINS HAhD
nve years from aud after the l3th dsy
March, 1899, for the purposes set form
said Articles OF Agreement, with all
powers. rights and liabilities confets,
and imposed by law upon such eorp"''
tons. ii
WITNESS. my hand and the Great
OF the State Of North Carolina, at omo'
the City OF Raleigh, this 18th d.!
March, in the 123rd year Of our inu'p AK
dence, and In the Year Of our lofo ~
thousand eight hundred and Ninety u"
CYRUS THOAPSoA;.
Secretary of stas,
Go TO Thomason's for shoes. be ~
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
HARD ON TOBACCO MEN.
Internal Revenue Ruling That Affects
Certain Traders in Leaf.

RICHMOND, April IA ruling
has just been made by the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue that has
created CONSERVATION in the loose to-
bacco markets of Virginia. His de-
cision holds that dealer. after re-
ceivlng tobacco from farmer is re-
qulred to pack it in hogsheads, cases
or bales before offering it for sale to
another person. A large number of
dealers in North Carolina and Virginia
markets buy exclusively from farmers
at their barns. haul it to market, and
sell 1t on warehouse floors. Oftener
they buy after the tobacco is unloaded
at the warehouse aud resell without
moving or rehandling the piles. Many
thousands of pounds change hands this
way daily. and the custom which has
been IN vogue for thirty years was
stopped to-day by agents of the revenue
department as illegal. 1t works great
hardship, and Virginia representatives
are being called upon to secure at
least modification of the harsh
ruling.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
Heaven Enough For One Doctor.

In the Medical World we find the
following, contributed by DR.. Eugene
H. Winkler, of St. Charles, Ark,
which will be read with keen apprec-
iation no doubt by our medical friends
and Others:
An angel had been sent to call the
doctor from labor to reward. He had
served the people faithfully and we'll; had
gone to see them at all hours OF the day
and night in all kinds OF weather. Had
made moderate charges and waited
patiently on them. Had sylnpathized
with them in their Affections. mourned
with them in their SORROWS, rejOiced with
them when restored to health. Before
leaving for heaven the doctor asked If he
could visit the regions below. Permis-
sion being granted, while the angel wait
ed outside, the doctor went in to look
around.
Having been gone an unusual length
of time, the angel went to look for him,
and found the doctor seated tanning him
self and watching lot OF people burning
in one of the hottest fires in the place,
while look of supreme bliss lighted his
face. The angel looked, and over the
door was the sign, "These are people who
did not pay the DOCTOR" The angel
touched him and said, "Come. let US 60"
With radiant smile the doctor said,
"You go on; this is heaven enough for
me'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

The Seaboard Air Line is fitting
up its passenger engines with electric
headlights. The electric headlight
enables the engineer TO see the
smallest object on the track. One
engineer says that with the electric
headlight he is enabled to see as small
an object as rabbit on the track
soon enough to stop the train run
ming at the rate Of forty miles an
hour before reaching it. The Sea-
board Air Line is going TO put
electric lights in the cars in the near
future Monroe Enquirer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
THINKS FILIPlNOS IN THE WRONG.

The London Speaker commenting
upon the difficulties of the Americans
in the Philippine Islands and assert
ing that the new series of troubles
which probably puts an end to the
Filipino republic, says:
1T must be noted throughout the
present struggle that the Filipinos
have put themselves in the wrong.
The plea that they were fighting in
defense OF their rights does not hold
good in the case of Manila, which is
the centre of European interests. 1t
could not be left to the mercy of
rcvolutionaries. America, through
no fault OF her own, has become re-
spOnsible for the good government of
the Philippine Islands, and is bound
to suppress Aguinaldo. as we sup
pressed Arab Pasha, for the protec-
tiOn of European interests i'll Egypt
1t may be possible hereafter to
give the Filipinos local self-govern-
ment, even independence; but. for
the present, it is absolutely necessary
to secure peace at Manila for the
maintenance of the commerce of the
islands. II by threatening this the
Filipino government made itself i'm
possible, the fault lies with itself and
not with the United States, for the
present gallant troops i'll the newer
West are the manufactures of civiliza-
ton and Europe and are carrying on
the war in the interests of peace
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
nEr1ORIAL TO DR.. TANNING.
Committee Calls on His Former Law
Students for Contributions.

Students Tor CONTRIBUTORS.
We are in receipt of the following
which explains itself:
CHAPEL Hill, n. C., April 10.
Ny DEAR SIR:-In the death of the late
DIR. John Manning, the University Of
North Carolina has lost a noble, faith
full and able friend, allumnus and SER
want. For seventeen years he taught
the law to successive classes of young
men, seeking to enter that arduous pro-
fession He loved his work and he
loved bis men, He had the genius of
sympathy. He set a lofty standard OF
action and thought. No one who set
under his instruction is likely ever to
forget the inspiration Of his presence,
his skill in teaching and his devo ton
to duty.
In obedience to q general sentiment, It
is proposed to erect a memorial to him
on the scene of his labors and it has
been thought fittest that the memorial
should be the tribute OF his former law
students.
To this end death mask OF his face
was taken, which proved a complete
success, with the view Of having q
marble bust OF him made for the Uni
versity.
The Committee, therefore beg sub
scriptions, for this purpose from all old
students of Dr. Manning. and in order
to give every one an opportunity to
testify to his interest in this movement,
the Committee asks for subscriptions
from one to five dollars. The remit
tances should be made to the Treasurer
of the fund, Prof. ]. Crawford Biggs
Chapel Hill, NC. Ar
Permanent record will be made of the
donors to this memorial, and it's pre-
sentation to the University will be
celebrated with appropriate ceremonies.
No man ever counted it a greater
gladness and privilege than DR.. Man
ming to spend himself in the service OF
his students.
Let those students see that his hon
ored name is perpetuated Mt the Uni
versity which he loved and served so
we'll and faithfully.
II. LONDON,
J. D. MURPHY,
A. ID. WARD,
NANCY l.. JOHN,
A. r. ANDREWS, Jr.,
CRAWFORD BIGGS,
Committee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

The Seaboard system has placed
orders for ten new fast train engines
They will be powerful locomotives,
OF the most approved pattern and
highest speed. For these engines
five new vestibule trains will be built.
The Seaboard people are not lacking
in enterprise, as is evidenced by
their continuous investments in rail-
road eXtension.-Littleton News Re
porter
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
A Substantial Fact,

W. r. Clark. Pickaway, Virginia. says:
have for several years been using Ramon's
Pills in my family with most Satisfactory
results, and do not hesitate to recommend
them to my customers as superior to any of
the various kinds kept in stock. Not only
are your pills reliable but Ramona Relief
and Nerve and Bone Oil are the most
satisfactory remedies l ever handled, and
if they were more generally used, they
would often make the Doctors bill only
csc. instead of $500. These goods need no
busting in my stock because they are con-
SANITY coming in and a going out-are
Trade Winners and Trade Keepers"
These good qualities are not theory but a
substantial fact. For sale by the Dorsey
Drug Company.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
A Night Of Terror.

Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of
the brave General Burnham of Machias,
Me-, when the doctors said she conld not
live till morning" writes Mrs. s. II.
Lincoln, who attended her that fearful
night. "All thought she must soon die
from Pneumonia, but she begged for DR..
Kings New Discovery, saying it had more
than once saved her life, and had cured
her of Consumption. After three does she
slept easily all night, and its further use
completely cured her." This marvellous
medicine is guaranteed to cure all Throat,
Chest and Lung Diseases. Only SOC and
$l.0O. Trial bottles free by the Dorsey
Drug Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

In 1883 my wife went Fast and was at
tackled with rheumatism. Receiving no
rellefshe tried Chainberlain's Pain Balm.
Since that time We have never been with
out it. We find it gives instant relief in
cases CT burns and scalds and is never fail
ing for all rheumatic and neuralgia pains.
d: T.. BRANT, Santa Ynez, Cal. For
sale by the Dorsey Drug Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

In 1S61-'65. Mr.. Seward used to
limit the war to 80 days; but it con-
tlnued for four years, or l.460 DAYS.
Conquering peace is slow work, if
the other fellows have pluck. guns
and ammunition.-~Norfolk Eirginian
and Pilot
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
Surprise No. 2.

Diamond Photographs 80 cents per
dozen, at the GLOBE PHOTO CO.'S.
I2NOver Dorsey's Drug Store.
Henderson, n C.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

AS the season Of the year when pneu-
monia, la grippe. sore throat, coughs, colds,
to be guarded against. nothing ''is fine
substitute" will "answer the purpose,
or is ''just as good as One Minute Cough
Cure That is the one infallible remedy
for all lung, throat or bronchial troubles.
thing else" is offered you. Phil Il. Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
RATEVETERANS'
ION.
Charleston, S, G.. Nav roth.I3th. 1900

CharIeston, S, C., May 9TH 9Th, 1900.
On account OF the Confederate Veterans
Reunion, the Seaboard Air Line will sell
tickets to Charleston and return at very
low rates, based on one cent per mile,
Travelled. Tickets on sale May 9Th, 9Th
and 10th, good to return until MAY 21st.
For information in regard to rates,
schedules, &C., apply to Ticket Agents or
address
LIS. ALLEN, Gen'l Pass'r Agent.
Portsmouth, Va.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

Are you enjoying perfect health? l
not the trouble may he due to impure
Blood. Take Nrs. Joe Person's Rem>
edy. 1t Is specific for all Blood dis.
eases. Sold in Henderson by the Dorsey
Drug Co., Phil II. Thomas. w. w. Parker
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
Sale of Land for Taxee

10y AUTHORITY OF LAW ISu.,,
~ >eii b. ruSi.c . auction at the cur;
county, on
MONDAY. NAY THE lST, lsae
the lands mentioned below or 20 mr,
thereof as may be neces sary to salty t6-
being duly levied on by me- The nam ule
Of the parties listing and the land, u",s,,
and the amount Of taxes are Correctly sa.
out below. @'
This April LIST. 1899.
". H. SMITH.
Sheriff Of Vance COUNTY
uENnERSOE TOWNSHIP
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

Give me liver regulator and l can
regulate the world" said genius. The
druggist handed him bottle OF DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little pills.
Phil II. Thomas.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
No Cure-NO Paw.

That Is the way all druggists sell
Groves Tasteless Chill T'Ouic for
Chills and Malaria. 1t is simply Iron and
Quinine in tasteless form. Children
love it. Adults prefer it to bitter, nau-
seating TONES. Price, soc. feb9
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
CONFEDERATE VETERANS RE-
UNION.
Ninth Annual Re-Union United Con.
federate Veterans, Charleston, S. c.,
rlay 10th to 18th.

For this occasion the Southern Rail-
way will sell tickets at low rate of Sc 60
from Henderson to Charleston and re-
turn. Tickets will be sold May 9th, 9Th
and 10th, with finallimit May 21st, 1899.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
L. T.HOWARD,
NOTICE.
Sale For Taxes.
HENDERSON. NC.

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE
~ tax list of Henderson, n. C., for the
lection, shall on
MONDAY. MAY THE 1ST, 1899,
offer for sale at the court house door in
Henderson, N. g., the following lots or
parcels of land belonging to and listed by
the parties hereafter named, to-wit
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1899
SAYS the Norfolk Virginian and

SAYS The Norfolk Vlrgintan and
Pilot:
Hon. Josephus Daniels, managing
editor of the Raleigh News and o.
Seruer, is receiving the congratulations
of friends, particularly his brethren OF
the press, on the advent of an assis tant
who has been .christened Worth
Bagley Daniels. in memory of his
uncle, Ensign Worth Bagley, who fell
at Cardenas
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20
A Drive in Harness

in all the newest styles, and trimmingsfor
carts, traps, buggy, and light harness of
all kinds, we will have between now and
the opening of the Spring season. Only
the best harness, made from high grade
materials and in the latest styles and
makes, are sold here, and for prices that
you will pay for inferior goods elsewhere.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

Go TO Thomason's for shoes. d
big stock.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

IL AN interview Agoncillo, the rep
resentative of Aguinaldo now in
Paris, says the Filipinos have l,5oo
American prisoners in their power.
Wonder how much truth there is in
this statement? May it not be pos
sible that the careful cen.oring Of the
press dispatches has prevented the
true situation being known i'll this
country? We suspect that the Amer
lean losses in killed and wounded,
deaths from disease and prisoners
taken is greater than the reports have
indicated.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1899-04-20

THE Philadelphia Rccord, comment
ing on the trial of the alleged lynchers
at Lake City, 5. c., as the outcome Of
the killing of the negro postmaster,
Baker, at that place some time ago,
very pertinently says:
Unquestionably colored men have
the right to act as postmasters, and
the law should sternly uphold them in
the exercise of their rights. But 1t is
quite another question whether, in
view of the difficulties in the South,
particularly in States like South Caro-
lima, where there is preponderance of
negroes, it is a judicious exercise of
the Federal power to appoint colored
officials. The unfitness of the cOlored
people to use the power which was
placed in their hands when they were
clothed with the right of suffrage was
made matter of demonstration i'll the
years following the close of the war.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
LATEST FROM MANILA.

Manila. March l4.-Noon.--At o'clock
this morning. hearing the Insurgents
bugl7s sounding. Scotts battery dropped
three shells into the woods on the left Of
the Pasig church. No reply was made.
and at 1.45 the Twenty-Sscond regular
infantry advanced until they encoun-
tered a number of voileys. This fire was
returned with interest. The lire then
wheeled tow.rds pateros. The troops
followed the roads. while the gunboats
Oeste and Laguna de Bay assisted In sup
pressing the fire on the left flank. Three
rebel canoes were captured on the river.
The rebel sharpshooters at Caloocan
continue active, but no casualties are re-
ported.
General Wheaton attacked and cap
tured the city of Pasig. east OF Manila
yesterday afternoon. The enemy made
n stand for an hour. but at the end OF
that time was forced to retreat. The loss
OF the insurg nts was 80 killed and 16
prisoners. or the United Sts.tcs forces
SIX were wounded