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The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
A GOOD MAN ENGAGED.

The city of Durham has engaged
the services of John w. Hays. civil
engineer, of Petersburg. Va, to pre-
pare plans for comprehensive sys-
tenn of sewerage.
Mr.. Hays is one Of the best known
engineers of the South, having been
connected with the U. S. Geological
Survey for a number of years, and
more lately has been Investigating
the streams and water powers of
North Carolina, and the cotton manu-
featuring belt Of the South-Durham
Sun.
Mr.. Hays is a North Carolinian,
who went out from the University ff-
teen years ago and has achieved sue
cess in his chosen calling. 1t is said
that the water works system, with
its great storage lake, constructed by
Mr.. Hays at Petersburg some years
ago is one of the best pieces of engi-
neering in the South.-NeUs and o.
serusr.
The gentleman mentioned is a ma
tive Of Oxford, son of Mr.. John
W. Hays, one of the ablest lawyers
and most high toned Christian gen.
tlemen in the State, much of whose
natural gifts and talents he inherits.
Mr.. Hays has won an enviable rep
utation as a civil engineer in the
construction Of weterworks, sewers,
streets and roadways.
Being upon this subject We are
moved to say that it is only question
of short while Tor should be at least\
when Henderson will have to add
sewerage to the necessities and con-
veniences of which the town already
boasts.
AS great a public necessity and
safeguard to property as perfect
system Of waterworks is we are verv
much inclined to the opinion that it
is somewhat a curse also to any town
without sewerage. The introduction
OF water into town where there is
no drainage system intensifes the
evil Of surface privies. The water
pumped into town saturates the soil.
contaminates the drinking water. and
results in continued fever and the
deadly typhoid.
Upon the introduction of sewers
and good drinking water these fevers
cease, and the death rate frequently
falls from 40 to 20 per 1000 of popu
lation. Typhoid fever is a preventa
BILE disease and one authority has
said that whenever a man dies of ty
phoid somebody ought to 60 to Jail
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
Cured Of Chronic Diarrhoea After
Thirty Years of Suffering.

81 suffered for thirty years with diar-
rhoea and thought l was being cured, y
says John s. Halloway, of French Camp,
Miss. IL had spent SO much time and
money and suffered SO much that had
given up all hopes OF recovery. was so
feeble from the effects of the diarrhoea
that could do no kind of labor, could
not even travel, but by accident was
permitted to find a bottle OF Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy, and after taking several bottles
am entirely cured OF that trouble. ! am
so pleased with the result tha. l am
anxious that it be in reach of all who
suffer as have" For sale by Melville
Dorsey, druggist.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
Chamberlain Cough Remedy a Great
EaVOrite.

The soothing and healing properties of
this remedy, it's pleasant taste and
prompt and permanent cures have made
it great fayorite with people every
where. 1t is especially priced by mothers
OF small children for colds, Group and
whooping cough, as it always affords
quick relief, and as it contains no opium
or other harmful drug. it may be given
as confidently to a baby as to an adult
For sale by Melville Dorsey, druggist
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
NOTICE..

7 HAVE THIS DAY QUALIFIED BIZ,
i fore the Clerk OF the Superior Court O
Vance County as Administrator 0f thy
estate OF Robert Crozier, deceased. All
persons indebted to said estate are r.
queSted to make immediate paymeh''
Persons having. claims against said o.
ceased are notified to produce the samep
me before August 2, 1901, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
Hender son, g.. July 81, 1850.
w. r. CARTER,
Administrator Of Robert CrOzier, decraseo'
Il. L. HICKS, Attorney.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

The Weldon Fair this year will
furnish week Of amusement, ediilca-
tion and instruction. such as will be
found nowhere else. Thousands OF
people will attend from all over East
ern North Carolina and Tidewater
Virginia, and altogether it will be a
prcat ncra sion
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

SENATOR Pritchard succeeds r. A.
Holton, resigned, as Chairman OF the
Republican State Executive Commit
tee. W. s. Hyams continues AS sec
rotary and headquarters will remain
in GreenSborO
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

The Annual Convention of the
National Baptist Association (col-
ored), will be in session at Richmond,
Va. September 18th, 18th, 14th, 18th,
10th, 18th, 18th. 10th and goth. Take
the SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

GEN. Carr goes about securing the
United States Senatorship in busi-
ness like way just as he does every
thing else he undertakes. He is hon
est and fair in his methods, open and
above board, but he is letting no
grass giow under his feet. Gen. Carr
will prove formidable candidate no
matter who his opponents are.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
OUR RALEIGH LETTER.
TEN-CENT COTTON CONFIDENTLY LOOKED
FOR THIS FALL. =

Crop Shortest of Many Years aud Will
Reach Only About 1000, 900 Bales
Foreign Crop Short Also and Prices
Bound to Go Up What Cotton Com
missioners Say-Good Advice to
Farmers by Our Raleigh Correspond
ent-North Carolina Growing as a
Manufacturing State-NegrO Con-
ference-rliIl Operatives in Distress
Minor rMention-News Notes
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
THURSDAY, SEPT. 6. 1900.

Col Bryan made great speech TO
workingmen in Chicago Monday
Labor Day.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
DRINkPUREWATER

The following letter explains itself:
BacteriOlogist for
w. i. PATE. NJ. d., North Carolina
Gibson, N. T.. State Board Of
Health
MIR. J. ii. BRIDGERS.
Supt. Water Works.
Henderson, n e.
SIR:-Sample OF water from Hendrrsol
Water Works, July Both.
There is no fermentation in sugard
bullion in 4S hours. No growth og
Elsners medium. No indol. In far,.
none of the qualitative tests indicat" the
presence OF suspicious organisms Water
safe for all domestic purposes
Yours very truly,
W. II. PATE.
Gibson, n, {. August 3, 1900.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

Why not try H. THOMSON on -four
and get the best in town for the money?
Phone 1S
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

Get the boys and girls ready to
enter at the opening OF the Graded
School next Monday.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

THE Norfolk Virginian-Pilors edi-
torial paragraph writer is a bright
fellow. He is but little behind the
paragraph man of the Washington
Post, who has done much TO popular
ize that paper with the public and
give it the reputation it enjoys, only
he is not so prolific. That is the only
complaint we have, he doesn't write
enough, all the worse for readers OF
the Ftrginian- Pilot.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06
Henderson Tannery.
NOTICE..

HAVING QUALIFIED AS ADMINS
IA traitor CT Elizabeth 4. jenkins. de-
ceased. late OF the County Of Vance stair
of North Carolina, this is to notify all pei
sons having claims against the estate 81
the said deceased to present them 10 iir
undersigned Oh or before the 2nd day q
August, 1901, or this notice will he plead
in bar OF their recovery. All person, it.
debted to said estate will please make im
mediate payment.
X. 5. McCOIk,
Admini.tIatOT.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

Remember the Best Patent FLorp
ever offered for the money is being so5
by II. THOMASON
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

Tom JONES, negro murderer, was
hanged in Raleigh Friday. His vic
tins were negro woman and four of
her children. Killing the woman and
her oldest daughter with an axe he
set fire TO the house and burned three
smaller children up in it. A little
girl about years old escaped and
told who perpetrated the deed. She
was the principal witness against him.
Jones confessed to the murder finally
and said the reason he did not kill
the other children was because he for
got them.
THE Times Visitor. Raleigh's after
noon paper, has been sold and will
shortly change hands. 1t is an
nounced that the paper has been pur-
chased by two prominent gentlemen
of this State. names not given, and
will be edited by MIR. John Wilbur
jenkins, for some time associate of the
Charlotte NeUS AS the Charlotte
Observer has said this means u pro.
motion IN the life work of tina,
talented young gentleman and affords
an unusually fine opportunity for his
energy, ambition and ability.
The gold leaf., 1900-09-06

THE literary feature OF the press
convention in Asheville last week
appears to have been UNUSUAL y inter
esting, as the exercises were generally
President Whichard's address was in
excellent taste. the essays we'll
wrought, the annual poem by Editor
Robinson, Of the Durham Sun, credit
able alike to himself and to the As
sociation. The work all through was
of high order, much of it really
meritorious. Again we express re-
pret at our enforced absence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
IyntIdy Girls.


One often wonueTS how IL IS that
Gated. obliging and accomplished, are
so terribly careless of their personal
appearance at home. They are in the
minority, it is true, but they are to be
met with very frequently, and it is for
their benefit that this paragraph Is
penned Why should the members OF
year own household, who are, pre-
sumably, far dearer to you than
strangers. be treated with less con-
sheraton than outsiders? If you are
staying at friends house. you would
r.. leave your bedroom without max
ing a careful, though not necessarily
elaborate, toilet Why, when under
the parental roof, should you take your
seat at the breakfast table with hair
still in irons" neck and wrists de-
cidedly untidy, and general appear
ance Of neglect and slovenliness per-
vading your attire? Even If there are
household duties of "grubby" nature
to be performed-fire to be lit, CRATES
to be brushed, or carpets to be swept
these can be done just as well if the
hair has been neatly arranged, the
morning additions conscientiously per-
formed, and neat dress donned. Then,
just before breakfast. another washing
of the hands, and the putting on of
collar and a pair OF cuffs, will make
the busy girl quite as attractive in APP
pearance as she undoubtedly is when
dressed" for the afternoon. The habit
OF going about the house untidily at
tired is one which grows rapidly on
the unwse girl who once adopts it. 1t
appears so much more easy to keep in
the curriers'" instead of giving the
hair its matutinal brushing and ar
ranging The complexion preserving
wash is shirked, because the water lis
so cold"-this is not an exaggeratiOn;
II .e are some girls who in winter
never wash their face until after
breakfast. The old gown, with frayed
wrists. missing buttons, or broken but
tCn-kOles. is put on morning after
morning, until its wear becomes al
most second nature; and no attempt
is made to look nice" until there IS a
chance of being seen by somebody out
side the family circle. Ii these untidy
girls could only hear the remarks made
about them when by chance a stranger
does happen to catch sight of them in
their unlovely garb they would al once
relnquish their slovenly habits. The
strange thing is that it is generally
niee-looking lass.es who are the worst
sinners in this respect. Plain girls
know how greatly neatness OF attire
ADDS to personal attractions. and, very
wisely. take care 10 adopt it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Higher Sense of PRAYER.

There is no way Of making ones
prayers real and strenuous save as God
is made real and present in ones
thoughts. 1t is impossible to speak
with any sense of reality to an absent
deity, or to pat soul and passion. faith
and love, into words that are spoken
into empty space; and we can never
know what Jesus meant by prayer,
nor what prayer meant to Him, until
we have bathed or spirits in His rich
and satisfying thought of God. Once
let that thought take possession OF
ours, and prayer is lifted forever above
the mere realm of petition, and all
doubt and misgiving as to its answer
is lost in the higher wish, not that our
particular requests shall be granted,
but that the will of God may be known
and done.-Rev. F. W. Baldwin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12


1t has often been said that Chris
tianity is based on sacrifice, and that
the Christian religion demands sacri-
fees at the hands Of the individual.
And as a matter of fact the believer
who does not make sacrifices in the
interest OF his religion is at best
very poor Christian. But if this be so
must we not come to the conclusion
that there are very many poor Chris
tans among the followers of the Lord?
Pei haps there are many such. But let
us not forget there are also many good
those who make Christian duties wed
to every other demand or challenge.
When there is a conflict between bust
ness and religious duty, the business
must be attended to at the expense CT
the religious duty; when social de-
mands or world pleasure interfere with
church obligations the latter are set
aside and the former allowed TO pre-
vail. All such persons have not yet
risen to that standard of faith which
will move them to make sacrifices for
their religions sake. There are others
who have made it the rule of their life
to attend to their Christian duties first
and foremost, even if some other
things have to be set aside. With
them it is the church first all the time.
But when that is ones principle OF life
then every now and then some worldly
things must be sacrificed. Without
sacrifices no one can attend faithfully
to his religious duties, and without
sacrifice no one can be a good Chris
t.an.-Reformed Church Messenger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
Chrintian Endraxnr Tnnics.

Monday. April 16, THE Joy OF
Christ" Feb. II: 1-3 Tuesday, April
II, Wearing the Garment of Praise,
lisa. 81: 1-3. Wednesday, April IS,
"Gladness in Religion" Ps 96 Thurs
day, April 10, Making Another JOY
full" Luke 2: ITO. Friday, April 20,
Gods Joy in U.s." Eph. /: LA Sat
urday, April 81. Happiness in Christ"
Phil. 8: l3. Sunday, April %, topic:
"Servirg God Joyously." Matt. %: lila.
The Wedding Garment.-The we'd
ding garment is JOY in service. A
long-fa ed Christian is short-expe-
riencec Christian. The wedding gar
ment g confidence in our work. In
any army the strongest weapon is the
soldiers confidence in their general. 1t
is our duty not even to dream of de-
feat. The wedding garment is one OF
pride, for are we not members Of the
court II the greatest of kings? 1t is
GARNET of praise, for who are we, that
we htfe been lifted, from the pit from
wher2s we were digged, to these high
ways If Gods grace? And it is a gar
ment of beauty. 1t is a Christians
business to look handsome, transform
ing even ugly features into a lovely
soul.
Themes for Thought.-What would
be the result if l should keep an ex-
act account of my worries and their
results? Among my debts to God do
l not owe it that should be happy?
What man had so much to bear as
Christ? Yet what man was SO happy
as he?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
How to Keen Young

If We take a little leaf out or the
mind-cure books we can have physical
regeneration through a youthful spirit,
which must find expression. Cast away
sadness-f0r that is hateful to youth
and cultivate instead a real interest in
all that is going on, whether In the
world about you or in the great
world. Observe young girl of normal
intelligence who has not been
spoiled" Corld anything be more
striking than her keen, voracious in
terest, in contrast to the tired apathy
of her elders? Keep your interest
alive, feeding it on catholicity of sub
jects, as you value your youth; for II
certain mental muscles are not used
they will atrophy, and you will be old,
no matter what is the date OF your
birth. Every human being you en-
counter is the central point of the
universe from his or her point OF
view; how, then, can such a one es-
cape the interest of others? Every
life has its life aims just as vital as
yours. Interest yourself in others.
and, with no sue, intent at heart, you
will find the spirit refreshed Away
back in nursery days we learn of the
little girl who wept in contemplating
the bridge she did not have to cross
after all; but the lesson did not go
very deep, for we keep on worrying
until We have lines up and down the
forehead and lines across. The thirty
year marks" they call them. but that
IS a mistake. Thirty years OF worry
would wrinkle a marble forehead, but
thirty years of optimism would keep
smooth the most delicate skin. Worry
spells the digestion and brings i'll
health, which in turn ruins beauty.
Worry enWraps the mental faculties,
and prevents them from free exercise,
hampering judgment and shutting out
light. Even those who do 1t must
know these things well. yet still keep
on, for not to worry means a condi-
ton Of spiritual streng 4 and eleya-
ton which is only attained by gradual
process, and everyone has not learned
the way. The lines on the face are
the expression of the bodys guest.
They will come; but who could object
to a crinkling around the eyes that
make a smile the merrier, or lines
about the corner of the mouth that
have kindly meaning? Such lines
stamp the face with undying youth
Harper's Bazaar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

A feature OF parliamentary practic.
peculia Jar to this country, of which lite
Is heard in comparison with its i'm
portance, Is the conference committee.
4 bill before congress seldom passes
the house and the senate in the same
form; freqently the differences are i'm
portant, and unless one house will ac-
copt as whole the doings of the other
which rarely happens, the measure
must go to conference as the phrase
is. Three members are appointed from
each house, two CT the majority party
and one of the minority, usually the
members who have had most to do
with the passage of the BILL the details
OF which are still in dispute. When a
conference committee begins its ses-
sions to adjust differences upon par
ty measure, only the representatives
of the majority party, which would
now mean the four Republicans, ordi-
narily attend; as soon as they reach
an agreement, the two Democrats ere
called in for formal assent since they
have no real power of resistance. The
representatives of each house are ex-
pected to strive for the bill as it passed
the body of which they are members,
even though they personally may have
favored the form in which it passed
tie other house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
The Duty OF Being Cheerful.

We speak much of the duty of max
ing others happy. No day should pass,
we say, on which we do not put little
cheer into some heart, make the path
a little smoother for some ones tired
feet, or help one robin into its nest
again. But we are not so accustomed
to think of the duty of being happy
ourselves. Yet the one duty is taught
in the Bible as clearly as the other
Jesus said his disciples should have
tribulation in the world. But he said
in the same sentence: BE of good
cheer" That is the problem which is
set before lis as Christians. We are to
live cheerful. The fact is, however,
that not all Christians are cheerful
Christians at all times. Some are
scarcely ever cheerful-are habitually
uncheerful. Others are cheerful only
at times, when the sun shines and all
things go well with them. The truth
is, there are in the ordinary life a
thousand pleasant things to one which
Is unpleasant. 1t is a shame, therefore
to let the one rOughness or pain spoil
for us all the giadness of a thousand
good things, the one discordant note
mar for us all the music of the grand
mphony-FOrward
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
WOMAN'S SOL.ILOOUY..

Rising young men are more appre-
ciated in street cars than anywhere
else.
great deal is said of the trials OF
Job, but his wife, who had to put up
with him while he was sick, deserves
more credit.
A woman, no matter how broad
minded she may be, always rejoices
that her waist Is not in touch with her
mental capacity.
1t is distressing to note at weddings
that the women who do most of the
weeping are the married ones. 1t has
a wonderfully suggestive look.
After woman reaches the age Of 80.
she takes especial interest in all ar
tic!es citing the fascination of hero
ines in history who were 40 or over.
Beloved among women is she who,
having warned a friend of conse-
quences to follow rash doings, will,
when her prophesics have come true,
withhold the triumphant Il told you
sol"
If you should be dining with friends
who serve wine TO which you object, a
bit of head shake for the walters
benefit is quite the antithesis Of wink
at the soda fountain. No need Tor
potter.
Never is silence more eloquent than
when it is preserved toward persons
older than ourselves when they voice
opinions long since proven erroneous.
Age doesn't like to be contradicted,
right or wrong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12
LITTLE CT sizes.

II is the manner of noble souls to do
nothing by halyes.-Wieland.
We pine for kindred natures to min
gle with our own.-A1rs. Hemans.
1t is part of good breeding that a
man should be polite even to himself.
Richter.
Learn to hold thy tongue. Five
words cost Zacharias 40 weeks silence.
Thomas Fuller.
In general, those who have nothing
to say contrive to spend the longest
time in doing it.-Lowell.
All our possessions are as nothing,
compared to health, strength and a
clear conscience.-Hosea Ballou.
Real ugliness in either sex means al
ways some kind of hardness of heart
,r vulgarity of education
No man at bottom means injustice;
t is always for some obscene, distorted
mage of a right that he contends.-
;arlyle.
would not anticipate the relish Of
ny happiness, nor feel the weight OF
ny misery, before it actually arrives.
Spectator.
He that is proud OF the rustlng OF
is silks, like mailman, laughs at the
attling of his letters. For, indeed,
othes ought to be our remembrances
our lost innocency.-Fuller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

A bridge in the form of an aerial
ferry has just been opened at Rouen
on the river Seine. In order to avoid
interference with shipping, 1t was
determined to place no structure in the
stream, or near it's surface. Instead OF
a bridge in any of the ordinary forms,
horizontal flooring, sustained by
steel towers and suspension cables,
was stretched across the river at ar
elevation of 167 feet. On this flooring
rua electrically driven rollers, from
which is suspended, by means of steel
ropes, a car which moves at the level
Of the wharves on the river banks.
The car is thirty-six feet wide and for
ty-two feet long, and is furnished, like
a ferry beat, with accommodations for
carriages and foot passengers. The
ropes that carry the hanging car are
interlaced diagonally in such man
ner that the support is rigid. and a
swinging motion is avoided
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-12

Some of the problems of war which
seem new are in reality old. For ex-
ample, the South African Beers have
been most successful in concealing the
positions of their guns until the Brit
ish battalions were exposed to destruc-
tive fire. They have adopted a device
for defensive operations in the field,
which is the chief motive of all the
great eCast and frontier Notifications.
Visitors at Halifax, Dover or Gibraltar
are only allowed to see the parade
grounds and barracks. The secrets OF
the fortresses are not disclosed. There
are guns of long range, which are CON
cealed by terraces Of grass or by OBJ
structions of various kinds In time
of war these hidden guns would sud
denly be brought to bear upon an
enemy's fleet