davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

Of the people themselves. who, in APP
probation of the helping hand which
the government extended to them, have
met these advances half way. it has
implanted itself 50 firmly upon postal
administration that it can no longer be
considered in the light Of an expert
ment. but has to be dealt with as an
established agency of progress, await
ing only the action of congress to de
termEc how rapidly it shall be devel-
opcd."
Mr.. Heath thinks that the facts
which he sets forth demonstrate that
the free delivery of mails in rural
communities can be widely extended
with great benefit to the people and
with little cost to the revenue.
THAT whenever the system has been
judiciously inaugurated with a sincere
purpose to make it a success it has
been followed by these beneficial re
suits:
"First,-Incrcased postal receipts.
More letters are written and received.
More newspapers and magazines are
subscribed for. SO marked is this ad-
vanccmcnt that quite number of ru-
raj routes already pay for themselves
by the additional business they bring.
cond.-Enhanccment Of the value
of farm lands reached by rural free
delivery. This increase Of value has
been estimated at as high as 81 an acre
in some states. y moderate estimate
is from s. to So an acre
''Third.-A general improvement Of
the condition of the roads traycrscd by
the rural carrier In the western states
especially the construction of good
roads has been prerequisite to the
establishment of rural free delivery
service. In one county in Indiana a
Specia: agent reports that the farmers
incurred an expense of over $1,000 to
grade and gravel Il road in order to OBJ
tain rural free delivery
''FOurth.-Bettcr prices obtained for
farm products, the producers being
brought into daily touch with the state
of the markets and thus being enabled
to take advantage Of information here
tofore unattainable.
''Fffth.-To these material advan-
tagcS may be added the educational
benefits conferred by relieving the
monotOny of farm life through ready
access to wholesome literature and the
keeping Of all rural residents. the
young people as well as their elders,
fully Informed as to the stirring events
of the day.
Even in the most favored rural dis
tricts there Is no service that approach
cS in completeness the house to house
delivery of the cities. The recipients
of the rural mail have to provide boxes
and place them at convenient places
along the line of road travcrsed by the
rural carrier, so that he can deposit
and collect the mails if need be with
out alighting from his buggy. Ere
Quently number of ncighborhoOd box
es are grouped together like lot of
beehivcS at a crossrOad corner and the
people living in houses perhaps half a
mile or more back from the road watch
for the daily passing of the carrier and
come to the crossroads to collect or de-
post their mails"
Rural free delivery is now in opera
ton from 300 distributing points scat
tered among 40 states and one terri
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08
LET US PRESERVE THE HISTORY

TO the OhcerS and MembcrS Of tie
Serenity First Regimcm N. G.. State
Troops (!Sec0nd J4niOr RcScrresl:
Judge Walter Clark, after wears of
earnest labor, born of his love for the
soldiers Of North Carolina who made
the State immortal in history. has
quite completed the work Of gather
ing and editing sketches of the regi-
ments which constituted that soldiery.
A sketch Of the above regiment must
be furnished him, at an early date, to
secure its Incorporation in the publ
cation authorized by the Legislature
The undersigned, with Capt. ID. f.
Mckinnie, were chosen to prepare
this sketch, but find we have not the
data available for such purpose. |
therefore call upon the officers and
members of the old Second Junior to
come to our aid and enable us to have
recorded in permanent form a sketch
that will at least convey to those who
are to come after knowledge of our
participation in that glorious cause.
The regimcntal officers were John
III. Anderson, colonel: William f.
Beasley, lieutenant colonel; n. A.
Gregory, major.
The companies were from Cleve-
land, CASTOR, Burke, Mecklenburg,
Rowan, Cabarrus, Duplin, Pitt, Will
son. Wayne, Edgecombe Sampson,
Hyde and perhaps some others
Moore's roster only gives three of the
companies, and we must now call
upon those surviving to aid in COM
plotting, SO far rs may be, the record
Photographs of officers and men.
taken during the war or Immediately
thereafter, are wanted also.
We will thank any officer or mem
Der of the old Second Junior for any
information of memberships or Incl
dents. 1t is upon such assistance
entirely that we must depend for
having the regiment properly repre-
scented in the history now being pre-
pared by Judge Clark. Commitment
tions may be addressed to Capt. ID. f..
Mckinnie, Princeton. Johnston county
or to
ROBT. NJ. FURMAN,
Care of The Morning Post, Raleigh.
will esteem it great favor if the
press of the State will give the above
few insert ions. r. Nj. F)
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

Police Magistrate-YOur watch and
purse were found on this man. Do
you recognize him as the man who
Knocked you down that night and rob-
bed you?
Complainant Observation-Disclosures lit
tie manikin? No: it was a much
larger and stronger man.
PrisOner-IIe calls me a manikin
Why. | hammered him till he cried
like baby and begged me to spare
his ife.-SimplicSsimus
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08
$780,
gFARN% GARDEN
15EJsKETS~V
RURAL POSTAL SERVICE.
Ncighborhood Boxes For the De1iv-
CRY md Collection of Mail.

NciEhbOrhOOd Boxes For the DeliV-
cry and Collection of Mail.
In the annual report Of the postofiice
department is given an interesting ac-
count, with n number Of illustrations,
Of the nsc and present status or the
free delivery Of mail to rural communi-
ties Assistant Postmaster General
Heath says:
There has been nothing in the histO-
ry Of the postal service Of the 1ited
States so remarkable as the grow : Of
the rural free delivery system. Within
the past two years. largely by the ala
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08
AN OHIO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP

AN oilo NElGHBOkHOOD GkOCP
tory. giving service to 49, 131 people
at an annual cost of 81 cents per cap
tia.
One Missouri farmer calculates that
IN the last 10 years he has driven 12,-
600 miles to and from his postotfice to
get his mails, all of which travel is
now saved him by rural free delivery.
In bulletin No 115 of the Cornell sta
ton comes Fourth Report on Japa-
ncsc rlumS." 1t is an interesting study,
with many fine illustrations of varie-
ties found valuable by the station.
The Japanese plums have come to
stay. but they have come without ac-
curate descriptions and with confused
nomenclature. says DIR. Roberts The
bulletin is an effort to elucidate these
perpleNitieS and spread accurate knowl-
edge OF this new class of fruits.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

New forest reserves or additions TO
those already existing are proposed.
about 90 in all.
The Rough Rider is a new strawber-
nv for which it is claimed that it is eX-
tremely large and productive and the
latest and best shipping strawberry
ever produced
A German authority is said TO have
predicted that German sugar will b.
driven out of this country within three
years.
Dry atmosphere is necessary for the
successful wintering of bees in cellars.
Yield and quality of sweet potatoes
are reported below the average in
nearly all the states of important pro-
faction.
Cherry culture does not seem 10
thrive in Rhode Island. owing largely
no doubt. to the moist climate. which
renders damage from fungous disease.
particularly fruit rot. frequent and Sc
we're.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

1t isn't always when a man in
dulges in reflections that he shines
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

Mr.. Bunsby-If that young man 5
coming here to see you every day in
the week, you had better give him a
hint to come after supper.
Miss Bunsby-I don't think it's
necessary, pa. That's what he comes
after.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

n our
werehe o tfor
upatron
lsee We
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08
Sell 1r Tobacco at The House and Market which PAYS You the Most Clear Money


k We every facility for conducting extensive business Ample Capital I
Warehouse the of wha
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-02-08

She-No. Mortimer Riley. cannot
listen ter yer protestations. Me fadder
said yer amt got no prospects. and de
man wot gets me mus give me as good
n home as | got nOW.-New York
World.
No process of evolution can origi-
nate life.
The cultivation of fools is but the
cultivation of folly.
An Arkansas man committed sui
eide because his supper was cold, and
the tragedy was, ''They'll warm it for
him there.r
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
PASSING OF CANDIDATE
BRYAN THROUGH DELAWARE
DEMOCRACY OF THE STATE GREETING HIM
WITH ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
Makes a Five Minutes Talk at CIaytOa This
Afternoon aad Will Proceed by Spec
iaI Train to Wilmington.

To-day may properly be called
Bryan Day. in Delaware and ON the
Eastern Shore of Maryland, this being
the day that he will be on this PENN
sula. Presidential candidates do not
often get down ON the Peninsula, and
it is natural that they should prove
drawing cards. He spoke at Freder-
lex, Westminster and Baltimore, and
this morning at Easton and Salisbury,
on the Eastern Shore.
Presidential Candidate Bryan left
Berlin, Md, at IL A. NJ, reaching
Frankford at 11.20. In Delaware he
was greeted with enthusiastic crowds
all along the line, especially at George
town, Milford, Harrington and Dover,
where he made speeches. The stop
at Dover was an hour, and large crowds
from that town as we'll as other towns
in Kent county, were present to greet
him with an enthusiastic welcome. A
number went down from Smyrna and
possibly many would bave driven
down had not the weather been so
threatening. Some enthusiastic Bry-
antics will hear his speech in Whining
ton this evening.
The Bryan train is due in Clayton at
A.. 10 this afternoon and during the five
minutes which is allotted him to speak
it is calculated that a large crowd will
be in attendance and see the train g
through.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION.
Annual Meeting Of the Kent Association at
Dover Last Wednesday.

The Rev. John Shape, pastor of Del
aware Avenue Baptist Church, Will
mlngton, gave an interesting address
at the afternoon session of the Kent
County Sunday School Association,
in the First Baptist Church at Dover
last Wednesday. His subject was
"The Worker and His Wages" The
evening address was delivered by
State Secretary f. Morris Ferguson of
the New Jersey Association, on "Sun-
day School Management. Miss Net
tie J. Beeching of Plainfeld, N. j.,
gave a model lesson in Primary teach
ing, for which instruction she received
a vote of thanks from the convention.
The Rev. J. G. Pierce, pastor of First
Baptist Church, who was reelected
president of the association, made the
closing speech of the day. Other
speakers during the session were DIR.
W. F. Lang, Wilmington, and Rev.
T. w. Eiswald, Milford.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
WOODEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. @. Hill Celebrate the Fifth
Year Of Their Married Life.

Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Hill cele-
brated their Fifth Wedding Anniver-
sary last Wednesday evening by enter
tanning a number of their friends at
their beautiful home on west Mt. Yer
non street. 1t being their wooden
Wedding Anniversary, the guests
took with them numerous articles of
woodenware which afforded much
wholesome pleasure at the expense of
the the host and hostess. The enter
tainment for the evening was devoted
entirely to whist, after which refresh
ments were sumptuously served.
Those present we're: Mrs. Margaret
Lea. Miss Sue Cummins, Mrs. W. E.
Waters, Mrs. Carroll H. Sudler, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry G. Tschudy, Miss
Cora Tschudy, Miss Nettie Tschudy,
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel F. Wilds.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
LOWER-.PRATT NUPTIALS.
Miss Eunity Pratt of Dover and Mr.. Manfred
Lower of BrenfOrd Married.
enjoyable.

Miss Eunity NJ. Pratt, daughter of
Henry NJ. Pratt, of Dover, and niece
of former Governor Robert J. Rey-
nolds, was married to Manferd Lover,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ephraim Lower,
of Brenford, at the home of the bride
near Dover on Wednesday last. The
Rev. George NJ. Bond, pastor of Christ
P. E. Church, performed the ceremony
and the bridesmaids were Miss Virdie
NJ. Gooden of Camden, and Miss Lii
lie Lower of Brenford, a sister of the
groom. The ushers were Mr.. Bert
Davis, of Camden, N. j.; Messrs.
Chauncey Turner and NAPLES Burton
OF Dover, and Mr.. w. Lee Springs of
Brenford. The bride wore light blue
silk poplin ond carried white chrysan-
themums and the bridesmaids wore
white organdie over pink and blue
silk and carried violets. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lower went to Niagara Falls. A we'd
ding breakfast was served after the
ceremony at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pratt,
near Dover.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
COCHRAN MADE MUNICIPAL JUDGE.
Edwin R. Cochran, Jr., Raised to the Judge
Ship of WilmingtOn's Municipal Court.

Governor Tunnel has turned down
J. Ball for Judge of the Municipal
Court, of Wilmington, and appointed
Edwin R. Cochran, Jr., to succeed
him. Mr.. Cochran received his COM
mission yesterday morning. Willard
Salisbury led the fight for Judge Ball,
while Former Attorney General John
Biggs was back of Mr.. Cochran. For
some time there has been a question in
the public mind as to whether Gov
ernor Tunnel was favorably disposed
towards Mr.. Salisbury or Mr.. Biggs.
This appointment demonstrates that
the Biggs faction has the "pull" on
the State administration,
Judge Corchran is a Middletown
young man, son of Edwin R. Cochran,
and a member of the New Castle
county bar. He has been actively en-
gagged in politics.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
BRENFORD SUNDAY SCHOOL.
"Harvesf Home and Rally" Successfully Held
Sunday With Large Congregations Present
Promising Future For the School.

BRENFORD, Oct, 24th.-The Bren-
ford Sunday School gave its Harvest
Home and Rally Day" services last
Sunday which was a success in every
way. The school is comparatively
young in age, only being organized
last April, and the wonderful growth
it has made, is due to its earnest and
Jealous efforts and determination of
those composing the organization.
The day was all that could be wished
for and the school house was filed to
its utmost capacity both morning and
night. The programme was of un-
usual interest and we'll rendered by
all those that participated. The music
was especially fine and consisted of a
selected choir and church orchestra.
The superintendent, James II. Davis,
wishes to extend his thanks to all
those who assisted in its rendering of
the programme and making the day SC
enjoyable.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR CONVENTION.
Annual Session to be Held at Lewis this
Week, Beginning With To-day.

The Christian Endeavorers of Lewis
are making active preparations for the
annual State Convention which will be-
held in the Presbyterian church of that
town to-day, tomorrow and Friday
The president of the society is j. II.
Burns, of Wilmington, and Miss ID. j.
Peacock, of Wilmington, is secretary.
Mrs. L. Ida Dukes, of Camden, N. j.
Miss M. H. Sherman, of Wilmington,
and Rev. J. @. Pierce, of Dover, win
also make addresses. AT the last bns-
mess meeting of the Smyrna Christian
Endeavor Society, Mr.. j. Benjamin
Krusen and Miss Emma Weldontwere
elected delegates, but being unable. to.
go, President Krusen appointed Mrs.
Clarence Prettymsn and MISS Susie
Hudson.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
MUSTARD PROPERTY SOLD.
Property OF the Late JOhu Mustard Went
Off at Great Sacrifice.

The Mustard Property" which
was sold last Saturday by Horace Mus
tard, administrator, was a notable sale
from the fact that the property went
under the hammer at a considerable
sacrifice, and was in a sense demoral-
izing to real estate values throughout
the town and county. The property
belonged to the late ohm Mustard, and
was sold as follows:
The Iron Bridge Farm of 296 acres to
Emory Scotch, of Dover, $26, mortgage
81 800; dwelling and lot, Pearl and Mt.
Vernon street, to Mr.. Scotch for $75; Pas
tuIe Point Farm" of 149 acres, Dutch Neck,
to E. Harry Beck for $1,000; half interest in
| dwelling oD Mt. Vernon street adjoining
Umstead property to Mrs. Josephine Mus
tard for S900 piece of marsh land to John
! Corbit, of Odessa. for $13; half interest in
| "Old Homestead corner of Mt. Vernon
| and Union streets to w. &. Hill for 1890;
half interest in lot corner Mt. Vernon and
Pearl streets to Mr.. Z. Harry Beck for $50.
also another half interest IN lot ON Pearl
street for $6S: half interest in three lots on
Pearl street near GlenwoOd avenue to Ben
jamin A. HAZEL for 800, $40 and 1926 re-
! spectively: half interest in lot corner of
| North and Union streets to Mrs. Louisa S.
Lewis for $67; half interest in lot on North
street to John p. Hudson for $15;
lot on Union street also lot corner of
Pearl and North streets to Mrs. Lewis for
1924 and $22 respectively; half interest in
lot east side of Pearl street to Mrs. Jose
phine Mustard for $33. Total amount OF
sale $3.50.
In all cases where one-half interest
was sold, the Peterson heirs, who
owned the other half, agreed to sell
their portion the same as the Mus
tard portion, as knocked off under the
hammer. w. G. Hill therefore got
the "old homestead" and lawn fol
1880 and so on, as mentioned above
down the whole line.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
SMYRNA STATION ROBBED.
Entrance Effected Through Side Widow and
an Effort Made to Blow Open the Safe.

During the midnight hours of Friday
night thieves broke into the Railroad
Station with an effort to get some
money. Entrance was effected through
the window directly over the telegraph
table and when once inside attention
was turned to the safe. Fortunately
the safe-crackers were not successful
in their efforts, as they were either
scared away or left before taking any
thing. When Mr.. Speakman and Mr..
Turner arrived the next morning,
things were rather in a disordered
condition, but nothing missing out
side of some baggage belonging to a
salesman. The safe had been so
tampered with that the combination
would not work, and consequently will
have to be repaired before it can be
opened. This makes the third time
recently that an effort has been made
to blow open the safe.
While moving the safe at the station,
Monday, another explosion of dyna-
mite was caused by the laborers tap
ping the safe with their crowbars. No
one was hurt.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
DEATH OF JOSIAH D. EVANS.
Passed Away Early Yesterday Morning
After a Snort IlIness-Was A Well
Known Business Man.

Josiah D. Evans, one of our we'll
known citizens, after an illness of two
weeks of heart failure, died at his res
idence yesterday, ON South street aged
u years, the past month He came to
Smyrna from Salem, n. j., in 1860.
He was engaged first with a Mr..
Collins, a manufacturer of fans, hav-
ing his shop on Market street. A few
years after he engaged in the manu-
facture of peach baskets and crates
and later joined with William Worden.
under the name of Worden & Evans in
the construction of large basket and
planning mill on upper Commerce
street, which was burned down nearly
twenty years ago. Mr.. Evans did not
engage in the basket business again
only as superintendent, seeing that
peach growing was rapidly running
out in this community because of the
rapid contagion of the 'yellows. The
last years of his life were given to re-
pairing furniture, for something to
employ his mind.
The death of his wife over a year
ago, left him in a certain sense sad and
desolate, and his family noticed visi-
BILE decline in his health since.
Mr.. Evans was the oldest member in
age and membership of Harmony
Lodge, No. 10, A. F. and A. NJ, and
has been its treasurer for a number of
years. He was always at his post at
the Lodge, and regular attendant of
the Presbyterian church,
He leaves two children, the only
ones born to them-Mrs. Susan d.
Garman and F. F. Evans. The inter.
ment will take place tomorrow after.
noon in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, to
meet at the home at two o'clock, Rev,
J. L. Estlin officiating.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
BRIBERY CASE AGAINST
MOORE NOLLE PROSSED
ABRUPT ENDINi TO THE DUCK CREEK
HUNDRED ELECTION CASES.
Prosecution Wanted POstpOnement Until Next
Monday, But When Immediate Trial Was
Demanded the Bottom Dropped Out.

DIR. Moore and his lawyers, Messrs.
Ward and Hayes, were before the court
at Dover yesterday and insisted on
his case, (under the charge of violat-
ing the bribery law be taken up, in
stead of being postohned until next
Monday, as seemed to be the purpose.
Knowing that the State had no case,
Attorney General White asked that a
nolle prOss be entered, which was
granted the witnesses discharged and
the case brought to an abrupt termina-
ton. The cost of this persecution will
mean an expense to the county of sew
eral thousand dollars.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-24
ENJOYABLE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett FOxweI Celebrate the
Twenty-Fifth Year of Their Married Life
With a Splendid Social Evening.

Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett FoxwelI of
Blacks Station, Maryland, celebrated
their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
on Friday evening last by having with
them large number of their friends
and relatives. The "Old Homestead
was beautifully decora.e ed for the Oc-
casion with flowers and evergreen, and
was thrown open with welcome hos
pilality, as ''the bride and groom" re-
counted with their friends the changes
that a quarter of century had brought
about. Mr.. and Mrs. Foxwell as
sisted by Mrs. VIM. NJ. Lewis of
Smyrna, received the guests. The
evening was spent in various pas
times, during which an orchestra
discoursed music. There were many
beautiful and handsome presents re-
ceived.
At the close of the evening the
guests were bountifully served under
the direction of Caterer George M.
Stevenson of Smyrna. Covers for
eighty-ive were set, and the following
was the menue: Oysters, chicken salad,
cold tongue, cold ham, pickles, sauces,
Maryland buscuits, cheese, crackers,
ice cream, fancy cakes and coffee.
There were eighty or ninty present.
Those from Smyrna included: Miss
Eva Foxwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones,
Mr.. and Mrs. W NJ. Lewis, Miss Irma
Lewis, Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Stew
enson, Mrs. John L. Truax, Mr.
George Henry Raymond, and Mr.
George Reyolds Stevenson.