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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27
COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW.
Sentiment Growing in Favor of Mild
Law of this Kind in North CarOliua.

The Greensboro Telegram. with 4
view to stimulate thought and action
along the line of carrying out the
promise of the Democratic party to
furnish an opportunity to every child
in North Carolina to obtain an edu-
cation, has interviewed a number OF
leading men Of the State in different
professions on the question:
is the time now ripe for a mild
compulsory educational law in North
Carolina. or for even a step in that di-
rection?"
The answers are varied. but almost
unanimously in favor Of some plan for
compulsory attendance. The presi-
dents Of all the colleges OF the State.
leading lawyers. manufacturerS.te teach
ers and business men give their opin-
ions, all of which make very interest
ing reading matter on this burning
question.
The first letters were published by
the Telegram September 1st, and will
be continued in its Saturday edition
for a week or two. When all have
been published, synopsis of the
views will be made and printed in
brief phamphlet form for distribution.
Every one desiring copy of this can
obtain same as soon as issued by
merely making request for same to
Mr.. 4. F. Beasley, the Telegram,
Greensboro. n. c. This is the most
important contribution that has for
some time occurred on the subject of
education in North Carolina. Get a
copy and read both sides.
The Winston Journal commenting
on the above says:
The Journal commends the efforts
of the Telegram to ascertain the opinion
of the leading men Of our state IN
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reference to compulsory school at
The day is past when child should
be permitted to grow up in ignorance.
even if it desired to and its parents
were willing that it should.
Illiteracv should be made a crime
when it is possible to acquire an edu-
cation, for nothing so tends to crime
as ignorance.
In the city OF New York, and per
haps in the State, a parent is COM
PEELED by law to keep their children
at school for a certain number OF
wears If they are unable to pay for
their tuition at more select schools
then they must send their children to
the free schools, supported by the
city. and incidentally we would say
that New York City eNpends annually
more than thirty million dollars for
her free school system.
1t is surprising to know the Hit
eracv in this particular section, nor
do we have to go to the census taker
to learn of the PERCENTAGE. Day after
day. during the summer men would
drop in our office from the country
hunting customers for their produce,
we often solicited them to subscribe
for our weekly when the answer in a
majority of the cases was that they
could not read. and many of them had
not member of their families who
could. and with this deplorable con-
dition facing us for men to say we
should not have an educational quail
tication.
The newspapers of our State should
be keenly alive to this matter, they
may make it matter OF person
al interest if they desire, for most as
assuredly it is vital question with
newspapers. We can only have
subscribers among people who can
read and the more people who can
read, the more subscribers a news
paper will have. As rule, people OF
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27
VOL. XIX.
7 kaG Pen Ers the
H1gssg rs saes7e.fA
{ w0 sE9 the
MizsMu

If YOU have ca good mind to
~r.tc to Dr, Pierce take pen in
anl ard begin. Then you'll
....& the experience Of Mrs. NJ. p.
yn.Ia. Of HonakcT, Russell Co.,
E- She writes
For seven years | was confined to
..- .uost Df tie time | had liberation
90. .at NAL organs and female weakness.
7 ..-a IGur doctors and they said Coul,l
..' 5- cured. . After the doctors said
. .II1 rot be cured | wrote to Doctor
l-.-.- ."r rIvlcc.-..-....I followed the
... .... IL Gtvc-........I feel better than
..~ati My friends say do rot look
j. me sam woman. /aM so,2v /did
nyL f.hr Dr. Ilcle.'5 Uledirsnc zUk.,u I
t,.t t,@iH Lo AaOr bO0r heGiM I could
hs.r saved what paid to humbags."
No one ever regretted writing to
D.. Pierce for advice Many have
trgrc,tcd not writing sooner.
Sick women are invited to con
suit III, Pierce by letter, FREE, and
~ obtain the opinion and advice of
.r1cclallst i'll diseases peculiar to
".al-n- All correspondence pri-
..t-s- Address Dr K. V. Pierce,
BufIalo. \. Y.
Dl PIerce's Medical Adviser,
topS pages, is sent frce OH receipt of
stamps to defray expense of mail
III. W/r. Send q one-cent stamps
tol paper covers, or 81 stamps for
cloth Address as above.
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the United States for 1898 But the
railroad magnatcs. who are not wor-
rying about the boy, along the line
will get their money back from the
trusts The hotels Of the country are
in q different position. They must
suffer a dead loss Of $2S .OOG. 900.
How does Mine Host enjoy the mcd-
icine? VIII he vote to endorse the
party which is responsible?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27

The oyster has no use for folding
bed.
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the West are better educated, and for
this reason it is but little trouble to
sustain a paper. But this is the sell
fish side Of the question. If we only
regard the individual interest who
should be educated, we have all the
incentive that we need to encourage
every one to favor compulsory ednca-
ton.
The travelling men have lost 500
600, 900 in salaries. This is quite an
item to the families Of men who have
been compelled to live life Of open
handed generosity. and whose earn
ings must necessarily be small.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27

IF any Republican tells you tha,
the trust is good thing. ask him
why the Republican platform de.
nounces the trusts. II the Republi.
can says that the trust is a bad thing
ask him why Republican admins
tration allowed more trusts to be or.
ganized than were ever organized in
all the previous history OF our coun.
try."-Wm. J. Bryan.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27
J. l.. CURRIN,
Real Estate Broker and AuCtiOn6er,
Henderson, n. {.

FOR SALE-IMPRONED LOTS.
: room house, Burwell ave and Chestnut st
= room house. Garnett street.
> room house. Southall avenue.
: room house, S0uthall avenue.
room house, Orange street.
i story Brick FactOry-a splendid build
Ing for Tobacco Factory or Knitting Mill.
Large lot ahd convenient tenant houses.
: room dwelling on Church street-large
lot ANA splendid shade and fruit trees.
Brick store house on Montgomery street.
> room cottage on Montgomery street
about 10 acres and is offered very low.
Factory building on Wyehe street. Well
located for carriage factory.
UNIMPRONEp.
epNloO Garnett street, 20QX250 cor Mont
g0Wery and Breckenridge street.
!1N-l1, cor Young, Chestnut and Church.
io0X5D0, ChavasSe ave, acres near college
= lots near Fair Ground.
II YOU want good Farm see what
have before Won purchase.
Terms Easy. Rents Collected.
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Ul'. Humphreys

Specifies cure ly acting directly upon
the disease, without exciting disorder in
any other part Of the system.
NO. CURES. rRIcEs.
1-Fevers. Congestions, Innammations. rs
2-WOrms. Worm Fever. Worm Collie. rs
3-Teething. Collie, Crying Wakefulness .25
l-Diarrhen OF Children or Adults ,21
s-CCughs. Colds. bronchitis. ..-.......... ~
s-Neuralgia. Toothache, Faceache. .9J
S-liendac che. Sick Headache. Vertigo. rs
lO-Dyspepsia Indigestion, Weak Stomach. rs
11-supprcssrd or Painful Prriods. rs
12-Whitcs. Too Profusc Periods --...... .25
!3-Croup. Laryngitis. Hoarseness .25
1l-salt Rheum. Erysipelns, Eruptions .25
15-Rhcumntism. Rheumatic Pains. .2j
16-Mninrin. Chills. Fever and Ague .. .25
19-Catarrh. Influenza. Cold I'm the Head .25
Cough Observation-Disclosures. .2j
27-kidney Diseases Observation-Disclosures. rs
2s-NervOus Debility ...........-........1.O 90
3O-Urinnry Weakness. wetting Bed. .. rs
57-Grfp. Hay Fever ..-................ .25
Or. Humphreys Manual OF all Diseases mt your
Druggists or Mailed Free
Sold by druggtsts. or sent on receipt Of price.
Humphreys' Med. Co., Cor. William John stA
New York.
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There should be fewer divorces. -
remarked the woman with advanced
ideas. What remedy would you
suggest, Mr.. Crusty?"
.'Iewer marriages." suggested Mr..
CrU<ty
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27

Always on hand fresh lot Of Straight
anil Patent -four at LOWEST PRICES,
a, n THOMaSDN'S
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-27

Sillicus-'.Whv do vou suppose
Sappehead talks so much about his
ancestors" Cvnicus-'.B Because he
knows his ancestors are dead. and
can't get back AZ him"
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NO.. AZ.
TRY IT

Women suffer-
ing from female
trou b le S and
weakness. and
from irregular
or painful men,
. ses. ought not
to lose hope If
doctors cannot
Dhelp them. Ply
sicians are SO
busy with other
diseases I h at
they do not un-
derstand fully
the peculiar all
ments and the
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-29

million Eve hundred thousand dollars
she would get seventy-six million four
hundred thousand dollars. If it were
all manufactured in our borders, the
South, instead Of receiving three hun
dred million dollars, would get seven
hundred and fifty million dollars.
Can you realize what these figures
mean? More than $3.50 for every
$1.0O in circulation derived from the
cotton crop.
The South was beset for many years
by fools within and foes without.
Any manual labor was looked down
upon, and people engaged in the cot
ton mill business were not only treated
contenptuously but were hardly re-
garded as decent. Cotton experts in
the North said that cotton could not
be successfully spun in this climate,
that the labor could not be taught be-
cause they were deficient in intelli-
genoe and industry; yet brave few,
aaainat nvesvheln:.:; 80. 80. ..aa .sa An &. snu az
i face Of prejudice and tradition. = sro. NC
cessfully demonstrated that cotton
goods could be produced as well In sho
South ss in any eeotion OF tho world.
That the Southern mills to-day have
an advantage over their competitors
in the Eaat eau no longer be denied,
and it is ateested by the wonderful, /
might almost say marvellous increase
in this industry in the South promoted
not only by our own people, but New
England and the whole North. We
have longer hours Of labor and lower
vyapes. hecnusa our climatic conditions
are such that it requires much loss TO
support family here than there; in
these two elements our great advan-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20
For Cbrisfmas GfeJinf.

The Hopkins family were out Of
match boxes. and if there is one thing
on which the Independent and diverse
minded Hopkins family stands as a
unit it is that match box be provided
for every room. One by one the boxes
had disappeared. The tin ones had
fallen to pieces and the china ones had
broken and for two weeks the Hopkins
family trotted to the saucer Of matches
on the parlor mantel or to the paste
board box in the kitchen when they
wanted a light. Their gas bill in
creased perceptibly, for with so much
trouble as it took to light the gas one
could not turn it off so instantaneous
ly as the gas companies have trained
householders into doing. Consequent
ly inquisitive neighbors from beneath
or above. or across the way, gossiped
over the amount of company the Hop
kinses seemed to be having lately, for
regular glare of illumination stream
ed out nightly from their windows.
1t was queer thing that no one
seemed able to think of the family
necessity till twilight came. Then reg
ular remarks would be made, and Ma
rion would blame Alice. and Alice
would ask Tom why in the world he
couldn't take a little responsibility,
and Mr.. Hopkins would inquire Of his
wife If there was no one in the family
who could go surety for the appearance
OF some match boxes by the next even
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20

ing. And then next day Alice would
come home from down town and her
mother would ask her if she had re-
membered the match boxes, and blank
is too feeble a word to describe the
expression Of her face on those several
occasions
For two weeks they said things I'M
der their breaths in the inky dark
ness, or burned gas recklessly. Then
one morning Marion departed for her
semi-weekly music lesson down town
and said the same old thing-'l'm go
ing to get some match boxes today
and her mother smiled patiently and
replied: IF you should happen to re-
member it, dear, you might get the
whole number-eight."
That noon Alice came home from
the north side. where she had been
staying for a few days, and laid par
Gel triumphantly in her mothers lap.
Il didn't even have them sent out"
she said, gleefully. Il was so deter
mined to have them here tonight. Is l
was just getting on a car and hap
pened to think of them by seeing a
man light his cigar, so got off. There
are eight of them"
Mrs. Hopkins was properly glad and
they laughed together over Marion's
declaration that morning, and of how
for the last time they would call that
blank. expression into play before they
showed her that some one in the fam
lily had at last remembered. By and
by Marion came.
i've got them" she called. "The
whole eight"
Sixteen match boxes" said Mrs.
Hopkins, with resignation. Choose
the prettiest. girls, and we'll put the
rest away for another such emer-
gency."
That evening Mr.. Hopkins came in
with his face wreathed in smiles.
THE young fry are so hot-headed
these days." he remarked, as he COM
placently laid knobby bundle in his
wife's lap. I'm sorry for Tom"
What about Tom?" asked Mrs.
Hopkins, as she felt suspiciously of the
package.
I'VE had started home together"
said Toms father. the keenest enjoy
ment in his voice, "and were up to
Van Buren,, when Tom jumped up and
made fer the platform. l called to him
and he yelled back Match boxes!' and
shot out the door. tried to get to
him to tell him that I'd got the batch,
but he was gone. What's the matter?
Didn't l get enough?"
Alice exerted herself feverishly to
get the twenty-four receptacles ar
ranged ON table before Toms arrival.
and when Tom came he didn't for a
minute understand his reception. Then
his eye fell on the tableful Of distorted
shapes and he slowly added his quota
to the general contribution, while his
father gave an impromptu lecture on
haste VS.. waste. The Hopkins family
have concluded to give match boxes
for Christmas presents this year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20
The Cbrirfmas Dinner.

Christmas days and Christmas din
ners are essentially of the home. "As
sad as a Christmas dinner away from
home" is a comparison whose
strength has stood the test of endless
repetition. The birth of Christ Great
ed the first Christmas home. 1t was
only a stable, to be sure, but there
was Joseph and Mary and the new.
born babe. There are thousands upon
thousands of those elder ones" in the
old farmhouses and in the home
steads which stand back from the viii
lage street who now with hand-shaded
eyes are looking along the road to the
four corners or down the tree-guarded
walk to the swinging gate for the
homecoming of the boys and girls
Grown men and women, with children
Juggling at their skirts, they may be,
but they are boys and girls now and
forever to the old couple who await
their coming.
Corporations, as it has been said,
may have no souls, but something
seems to touch them along about
Christmas, even though it necessitates
subsequent month of privation. The
keeping Of the railroad rates at the
normal figure would not turn back
one in ten, though the ticket took the
pocket money to the last dime. There
are few railroad arrangements, how
ever, that are not now sending broad
cast notices under whose business-like
statements of mileage rates and round
trip ticket prices the man whose heart
is at a farmhouse miles away reads
this: You may go home and take
Christmas dinner with the old folks
and have enough money left to take
them a remembrance besides"
Christmas dinner is to be eaten at
home; this has come to be regarded
as duty, and it is one of those duties
in the fulfillment of which no man OF
woman nor boy nor girl finds anything
but pleasure. The holiday week is a
time which is given over by the mod
ems to round of merrymaking. II
was the custom of their ancestors in
Old England and in the continental
countries. 1t was custom that went
into some little disuse where the lea
ven Of Puritanism made its power felt
But the Puritan relaxed and with the
recognition of his day of Thanksgiv-
ing by the Cavalier of the South the
Puritan absorbed not little of the
gay spirit Of Christmastide, which was
the season of seasons for his southern
fellow countrymen. There are now
dancing and gayety at Christmas from
East Cape in Puritan New England tc
the southernmost point of California
But nowhere in all that vast country
which comes between these neither.
most points of this land can there ba
found a place where the sacredne3s OF
Christmas dinner to the home circle
is not maintained, nor where the tie
OF home life is not strong enough te
lead to the homestead the feet of all
wanderers that they may pass tn.
threshold in time for mothers Christ.
mas dinner.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20
.BOERS WIN IN BIG BATTLE.
British Suffer Heavily at Nooit-
gedacht and Retreat.
FIVE. OFFICERS ARE KILLED
Transvaalers Capture Position Held by
Northumberland Fusileers - Koomati-
poort Is in Danger-Tide Turning In
Favor of the Dutch Fighters.

London, Dec. 15.-Lord Kitchener
reports that after severe fighting at
Nooitgedacht Gen. Clements forces
were compelled to retire by Command
ant Delarey, with force Of $500 men.
Five British officers were killed. The
other casualties were not reported.
Lord Kitchener's official dispatch to
the war Office is as follows:
Pretoria, Dec. 13.-Clements' force
at Nooitgedacht, on the Magaliesburg,
was attacked at dawn today by De-
larey, REINFORCED by Beyer's comman-
DO from Warmbath, max .g a force
estimated at $500.
Though the first attack was repuls-
ed, the Beers managed to get atop of
the Mageliesburg, which was held by
four companies of the Northumberland
Fusileers, and were thus able to COM
mand Clements camp. He retired on
Hekpoort and took up a position on
a hill in the center Of the valley.
The casualties have not been COM
pletely reported, but the fighting was
very severe, and I deeply regret that
Col. Legge of the Twentieth Hussars
and Capts. Macbean, Murdoch and At
klns were killed. Re-enforcements
have left here"
Lord Kitchener also reports that the
Beers made an attack and were repuls-
ed at Lichtenburg, and that Gen. Let
mer was killed. Attacks upon Bethle-
hem and 'Brede were also repulsed, the
Beers losing ten killed and fourteen
wounded. Bryheid was attacked Dec
II. Shipping continued when the mes
sage was dispatched.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20
WRECKED BY A STORM.
Houses Unroofed During a Gale in San
Francisco.

Houses Unroofed During Gale In San
Francisco.
San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 17.-Wind
of velocity almost unexampled for San
francisco roared through the city to-
day and left ruin behind. Torrents OF
rain fell as the gale overturned houses.
and, while the citizens shrunk terror
stricken within doors, believing a
eloudburst was upon them, forked
lightning illuminated the black clouds
and the darkened city. Several bolts
of lightning struck buildings, causing
considerable damage.a thing almost
unknown in the city. One bolt struck
an electric car that was filled with
school children. All the little pas
sengers escaped injury. In Berkeley,
st. Matthew's Episcopal church was,
demolished. During the height of the
storm several houses were overturned
by the wind, fences were blown down
and other damage done. One of the
great receiving tanks of the San Fran
cisco Gas and Electric company was
struck by lightning, the gas taking
nre. No one was hurt in the explosion,
but the tank was completely demol'
ished. During the storm this city was.
entirely cut off from Geographic COM
munication with the rest of the world,
the Western Union and Postal Tele-
graph companies losing every wire out
of San Francisco.
Hard storms in Newfoundland.
st. Johns, n. F., Dec. 1.-THE worst
period of snowfalls known in the col
ony during the last ten years has
prevailed this week, paralyzing traf-
fic. The railroads are blocked, the
trains being days behind; steamers
are unable to leave port and fishing
vessels are compelled to remain in the
harbor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20
MAY BE ANOTHER SUGAR WAR
New Opposition to American Refining
COMPANY Said to Hc DayeIoninc.

New Opposition to American Refining
Company Said to lie Developing.
New York, Dec. 15.-The Times
prints the following:
New opposition to the American
Sugar Refining company is developing
1t comes from two sources. The two.
fold opposition comes first from tha
Arbuckles and second from Philadel.
phia interests and is admitted by Her.
man Sielcken, who Is at the head OF
the American company's coffee bust
ness, and who is generally credited
with being closer to President Have
meyer than any other man In the trade
Briefly outlined, it may be said that
the plan Of the Arbuckles is to build
new refinery equal in capacity and
every other respect to and adjoining
the present one in Brooklyn. So far
as the Philadelphia opposition Is con.
cerned, not much of definite nature
is known. At the office of Arbuckle
Bros. James N. Jarvie said: I refuse
absolutely to talk on the matter
President Havemeyer would not dis
cuss the renort"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20

MORRISON JURY DlSAGREES.
stood Nine for Acquittal After Being
Out Nearly Four Days.


Out Nearly Four Days.
Ell Dorado, Kan, Dec. 15.-After de-
liberating nearly four days, today the
jury in the famous Jessie Morrison
case was discharged without giving a
verdict. The woman who fatally cut
Mrs. Olin G. Castle will have to be
tried again.
When Judge Shinn, before whom the
case was tried, heard that the Morrison
jury had spent the early hours of to-
day in idling and even in singing,
Home, Sweet Home" he feared that
the jury was unable to agree on a YER
dict. Crowds gathered about the court
house, eager, expectant and confident
that the jury was hung" Sentiment
seemed to be with the defendant.
When the foreman replied that nc
agreement had been reached and the
poll quietly taken ELECTED the infor-
nation that nine jurors had persist
emily voted for acquittal and three for
conviction, the court was unable to
suppress the cheering of the friends OF
Miss Morrison
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-20

Nobody's like old Santa Claus
With his red and jolly face;
There's not another around the globe
Can travel so swift a pace.
His twinkling eyes, and his merry
laugh,
His chuckle of bubbling glee-
Nobody else is so dear by half
To Dad and Mother and Me.
He doesn't forget the baby sweet
AS she rocks in her cradle white;
He has time to wait for the Tagging
feet
OF his old, by candle-light.
He has gifts and gifts for the young
and gay,
Who encircle the Christmas Tree;
And he has the love to his latest day
OF Dad and Mother and Me.
The frost is chill in the nipping blast,
Smooth is the icy mere;
The short fleet days go hurrying past
To the last of the waning year.
And never was nose of the summers
prime
So royalty fair to see
AS the rose that blooms in the winter'A
rhine
For Dad and Mother and Me.
Golfers Weekly.