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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
CHARLESTON NEWSPAPE

The city is supplied with it. neS
vices by two able newspapers.
morning daily, the News and y
with Mai. J. e. Hemphill a the
ard d strong corps of assistants ~
department. The Evening Fost
modern afternoon daily. prog ssh
energetic, and its editorial ~uI 1s'1
umna show that it is in cne q
Of ability.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
CHARLESTON'S WHOLESAu
TRADE.

Charleston does a large wholesale D
ness. and this is increasing, the gro
being steady and sure. The hg
which cover the wholesale and re-
trade exceed thirty-two million of doll
a wear. and in the wholesale busines1
business is being obtained. Among
Wholesale business conducted thers
the trade in groceries. stationery watd
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
A STIRRING HISTORY.

Its history has been Il succession of
stirring events and roma ntic incidents,
To it has been allotted more than its
share of war. pestilence, fire, cyclones.
earthquakes and the horrors of m1Srulc.
These have all been clogs upon the
wheels of progress but they have not
deferred her people from cndeavor upon
endeavOr. Arising buOyant among tho
Wreckagc of tempest tossed waters OF
calamity, her people have ever turned
with hone to the future, aud their pluck
and indomitabIc energy mean that abjc-
ing success and prosperity must come.
Its people are distinctly" people, and
this comes legitimatcly from union Of
q trio of ancestral races whose predomi-
mating characteristics are all softenei
and toned by the native Charlestonian.
To this place came in the days of the
Lords Proprietors many sturdy English
colonists, followed a little later by the
prosecuted HugucnotS. and then the
Scots, driven from their first landing
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
GREAT CITY Of CHARLESTON
Some the Attractions Visitors of the Most Historic
City on the American Continent.

most beautiful appearance as you come
up TO it, and in many respects a ma gnl-
ficent 1 can only say in gen.
eral that in grandeur, splendor of build
ings decorations, equipa ges, numbers.
commerce, shipping, and indeed almost
everything, it far surpasses all ] ever
saw or ever expect to see in America.
"All seems at present to be trade,
riches. magnificence, and great state in
everything; much gaiety and dissipa-
ton" : state and magnitcence,
the natural attendant on great riches,
are conspicuous among the people.
There being but one chief place
Of trade it's increase is amazingly rapid.
The stories you are everywhere told IN
the rise of the value of lands seems re-
mantle; but | was assured that they
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27

q lI' j. W
hay, hats and "a
foreign and domes
fruits. drugs and nj
icines, doors. SASH
blinds. clothing,
goods, crockery, |
bacco and cigars,h1
and shoes and I'd
ture. There is n
for new corners
these will be 1
come.
The MaHufacI,
ing Industriei|
The thIef man,
turing industry oil
city is fertilizer
there is much ca1
invested in this.
total output Of
mills passes
tons.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
/ CENTER OF FINANCE

An Exposition in Itself 1t Offers ct
fractions in and About the City that
Can b. Found No Where Else and
Visitors to it Will Find Historical
Associations Of Revolutionary and
C,vjlWars ,Bomba rdments, as W ell
as the Great Upheavals of Nature
Ills Which Have Been Surmounted
by It's Undaunted People,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27

place by the Spaniards. Evidence OF
these triple factors in the citys life IS
shown in the French style in the arcai-
lecture and the courtesy which surely
cam" from Huguenot, in the customs Of
tn" place and in its noble coGservatism
We sec the English and in the pluck en-
erey and endurance we see the energy
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
LOOKING BACKWARD.

There can be but passing glance at its
great history, began under the Lords
/ Pr0prictOrS, but i'll 1929 going under the
direct authority Of the British crow.
when North and South Carolina was;
made of the divided Province of Caro-
lima. In 1888 the town was incorporate
as the city of Charleston. which has
grown to its present population of neacly
10000 people. the city standing upon
made ground, :" as much of it was in its
beginning marsh and creek and ponds
Then came the Revolutionary war be
ginning with opposition to the stamp act
and in the struggle for American Indie
pendcnce Charleston took it's full share
and Sergeant Jasper and. Fort Moul-
trie are famous names. and tales todar
are told by grandsonS and great gran:
sons OF those who suffered privatiors
during its days Of bonn bardment
After the Revolution the city grew and
prospered. reaching out into new fields
and growing i'll population. While in
1880 there was ii population of nearl
Leo this had grown TO over 10000 in
, 1850, when the Flag ot the Confederacv
Dated over the city
On D"ccmhcr 20. 1850, the State Of
south taroli0d seeded from the Union
the ordinance Was passed at st. Andrews
. li2if, on Broad street. in Charleston.
and ratified that night in South Carolina
institute Hall on Meeting street DO;
Of which buildings were destroyed by =
&F"tt lire in December. 1861 a year later
FROM the evacuation Of Fort Sumter
"h December :. l36" to the close of the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27

On this side of the Atlantic one ran
hardly find . city offering more TO inter
,I than Charleston. whether considered
Historically. socially or physically.
CITY OF CHARLESTON.
Charleston The city. What a world Of
r..'rry is contained in the very name.
How II makes one peer back INTO The
mI~Iv past aud find scattered through
its wears events which have born" It
great part in shaping the history of this
country
]ud then, with u start ana in a twink
linz. We see the Charleston of today
'. baking eft the Icthargy of years. and
with the activity of the Twentieth Cen
tury pcdgjug itself by one stupendous
,uuu to step once again into promncro
10 tn" new Industrial and commercial
life of the world. With energy and pro-
-I,s-lyr IDEAS as aids We can look fo"-
ward to its future. ana sec these things
:u accomplished fact for the creation Of
ucW ideas in this year OF 1902 the inlluA
of new people within her celebrated por-
r1l~. the opening Of new vistas to her
Young mon will surely make for her pos
sihIr the attainment of the good she has
I'm view.
That which brings these thought; INFO
'>3~tync" is the South Carolina Inter
state and West Indian Exposition. which
g.. Iow III a hlaz, of glory in Charlastoa.
u Is an Exposition with an idea, and tue
development Of that idra is of trauscrn-
dent Importance 10 the Nation as " II
H- /" the state oF South Carolina aud
tIurlrStou for il MINIS .lt IN. cxr.r.in.r
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
CITY BY THE SEA,

It is City by the Sea" in very truth
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
PLACE OF BEAUTY.

rs town t'harI"stom makes tn,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

An Atlanta preacher was Directing to
the new fashion of changing names.
Ihere is no excuse for it," he said.
A young lady looked at his rotund fig
ure meditatively.
'Suppse,' she said, your parents had
been OF the Puritan stripe, and had
named you Praise God Barebones?"
Think / would have changed he re-
piled.
Then" she continued, there was a
Dutch novelist named Dam. Suppose you
belonged to that family, and your in
itials were !. B.? Would you be willing
TO go into the pulpit as L. B. DAMP
Well, ! guess not" was his answer.
you have converted me."-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

There was another exquisite piece OF
humor perpetrated at a little town in
North Carolina, which rejoiced in the
possession of a single bar-room and a
witty bar-keeper. The w. c. T. U. were
meeting there and the bar-keeper played
a practical joke on the convention by
tying the w c. T. U. badge to the tail of
his little dog. 1t was SO delightfully."- fun
ny that the town decided they simply
could not stand the righteousness of the
situation and now the town hasn't any
oar-room any more and the bar keeper
has departed with other little dogs to
parts unknown. We could not get along in
this world without humor-Presbyterian
Standard
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14
BEWARE or THE KNIFE.

rapidly than surgery, but in cases OF
piles it is seldom needed. WeWitt's
Witch Hazel cures quickly. Unequalled
for cuts, burns. bruises, wounds, skin
diseases. Il was so troubled with bleed
ing piles that I lost much blood and
strength" says j. c. Phillips, Paris,
Ill. "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured new. II. King Drug Co, Bob
bitt- Wynne Drug Co.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

She's one of the most economical wo-
men | ever saw" her neighbor was say
ing. Why, do you know what she did ?
She got married three weeks before she
was ready, just to make it possible for
her husband to take advantage of the
summer excursion rates on their wedding
trip, and they were only going about
eighty miles, anyway. "-Unicago Record
Herald.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

In answer to an advertisement for
somebody to take charge of q church
choir and play the organ, the following
reply was received, to the great joy of
the advertiser "Sir: l noticed your adj
vertisement for an organist and music
teacher, either lady or gentleman. Having
been both for several years / offer you
my services.
1t reminds one a little of the pompous
fellow who inquired after lady's "de-a an
little girl" "rhank you" said she, my
little boy is quite we'll" Little boy is
it, exclaimed the man; "ah, WELL
knew it was one or the othah. London
Globe"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

Instead of being a millionaire" con-
fided the young man at the seaside hotel
to the beautiful heiress. II believe it is
only honest, now that we are engaged,
for me to tell you that I am the floor
walker at Catchem & Skinnem's dry
goods emporium in New York" Il
thought there was something familiar
about you" answered the beautiful heir
ess. 81 am in the ribbon department
there Baltimore American.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

The cup:
Come let us fill.
Come let us fill.
Come let us fill.
oh come, oh come, oh come,
Come let us fill.
1t up.
Come let, come let,
Come let us fill.
Come let us fill.
Come let
MAUD, yelled her father from the top
of the stairs, when he's filled will you
kindly see that he's emptied into the
sewer?"
AS the young man hurried home ne
wondered at the lack of music in the
souls of some of the baser inhabitants OF
this unlovely sphere.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

They walked into a small restaurant
where a lunch costs only 20 cents, but
where the menu is limit ed-and COM
pletely surrounded one of the small ia
bles. Roast beef and ham and eggs
were the meat dishes of the day, and
the energetic-looking woman groaned
audibly as she read them off.
Why don't they have more variety?''
she complained 81 simply can't eat
ham. 1t is too indigestible"
We'll, take the beef" suggested the
other woman instantly.
The energetic looking woman drew her
self up, and her face shone with no
bic resolve.
mot a morsel of beef will cross my
price" she announced II shall not
add one cent to the booty. Why shall
enjoy beef for my lunch when the
hard working women and sickly children
of the poor may not taste it from one
years end to the other?"
There was an abashed silence at the
table. The other women looked like
children caught in mischief. The ner-
vous little woman was the first to find
courage to speak.
But ! am so dependent on beef" she
said. Il really think l should injure
my health if l didn't insist on a nice,
juicy piece of beef at least once day"
Il would be perfectly willing to give
beef up another woman chimed in,
If there was general. organized move
ment to do so. But what good could
my not eating it do, when other people
buy it the same as ever?"
The energetic woman began to look
less resolved. That's so" she muir
INJURED. And / never could bear ham
and eggs
Anyhow, / doubt very much if the
POOR need beef as much as we do" a
fourth woman declared "They don't
have brain work like ours. And beef
is necessary for brain work.
The energetic looking woman put down
the menu.
Lets all take beef" she said.
And they did.-New York Times.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

George Washington had barely fallen
into doze when his trusty aid awakened
him. Pardon, excellency,' said the brave
and watchful soldier, "but you have al
ready slept three and one-fourth min
utes." True murmured the father OF
his country; 'let us go on to the next.
Forthwith they trekked down the road
for the great man was determined to
leave to his countrymen the largest pos
sible number of roofs under which he
had slept.--New York un.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

ton for mechanics and compiled a gram
mar. This was successful, and the other
day, when men in the street were guess
ing and gossiping about what he was
doing in the market a friend called at
his office and found the broker with q
copy of a new edition of the grammar on
the desk before him. He was busy AT
the moment, not with the operations 90
ing forward, but with proud and delighted
contemplation of the statement of his
publishers, which showed that his roval-
ties for the last half year had amounted
to $685.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

Her father, who was strict prohibi-
zionist, had gone to bed, but she had
neglected to mention the fact to Mr..
Wibbleson, who expects some day to APP
pear on the stage in grand opera, says
the Chicago Record Herald
After they had carried on very Sc
rious and perfectly proper conversation
for an hour or more she said:
"Oh, 1 should like so much to hear you
sing. Professor Zinskipski says you
have a most remarkable voice"
We'll" he answered, IF you really
wish it, l will be glad to sing. | make
it is a practice never to wait to be urged
if l see that people actually desire to
hear me. | have new song that | just
got hold of few days ago. | think it
gives me a chance to show my voice at
its best
Then he hit the piano few thumps
with both fists and began in deep bass
tones:
Come let us fill.
Come let us fill,
Come let us fill.
oh come. oh come. oh come,
Come let us fill.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

THURSDAY.-''Did 1 ever tell you
the story about the negro preacher and
the apostles? No. Then here it is. A
negro preacher got up in the pulpit and
declared that the twelve apostles were
black.
8 No dey warn't,' said another negro,
'kase ] know Peter was white man. Ef
Peter hadn't been a white man dat
rooster never would crowed but
once,"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

FRIDAY.-"Over at the negro con-
gress coal black niger, as witty as an
Irishman, said:
You see that organist,' indicating
the musician. Well, he is here to give
tone to the meeting. Brother Gaines to
invoke grace. Governor Gambler to lend
dignity, his honor the mayor, style, and
j am here to give color!'''
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-09-14

do you l asked, preserve those notes
So that your wife may eye them?"
mot much,'' he growled. II cut them out
So she won't get to try them
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
Annoyances of the Presidents Life

Among the annoyances of a presidents life
are the intrusions of well-intcntioned people
upon his private and personal affairs. He is
the common property of the nation. He has
no home or as little of one as the public is
compelled to leave him: he is worse off than
any private citizen in the country in this
srect for when he his wife asks some
friends to call on them certain day Of
the week, persons who not asked, and who
do not know them. accept the invitation which
was not given them and go also. Not SO
noying. perhaps. the people who open upon
the president as teachers of morality. They
have no delicacy: they rush in where they
not asked: and they insist that now the prcsi-
dent Is in the White House he shall conform
his life to theirs, shall live as they think is
right. and Is a monster of iniquity If he does
not accept their tutelage. There is not a
president who has escaped Them and there
never will be until we have score or SO Of
presidents. each of whom will not heed them
who will not answer their letters, who will
insist on having his own habits. and on living
according to his own light and not according
to the light of another. We have recently
had temperance president who has been.
called a drunxard because some one said he
saw him drink Il glass Of champagne at dinner.
Denials of the truth of the statement merely
whctted the appetite for objurgation. And now
we have another president, a very abstemious
man. who receives letters nearly every day
whose writer's express the regret that we have
q wine bbber' in the White House Thcso
letters. we are told. are not answered. hut
reply was sent to the woman who reminded
shalt thou labor" and then lectured hin, tor
misunderstanding. The reply was written by
Secretary Cortelyou, and this:
Il am directed by the president tn say that
takes his wife and children into the COUNTY,
Sunday afternoon.
'''ro which of these occupations do you ID.
ject?'-Harper's Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16
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The Burlington, with its own rails
reaches Chicago, Peoria. Rock Island
davenport. Quincy. Alton, Hannibal, ST.
Louis, st. Joseph, Kansas City. Des
MONIES, Omaha and Denver, and then
connects with the main arteries Of traf-
fic OF the whole country
Assuming that the line of the Burlng-
ton mad not been constructed and that
the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Jointly hac raised the money and were
engaged in the construction Of it. would
there be anything to meet the dis
approval of the states traversed by thu,
lines of the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific? On the contrary, would not
such a course have been hailed with ap-
prevail as means of opening up markets
for Northwestern produce and Of reach
ing markets in the South and Southwest
ana OF securing business, increasing the
volume of traffic of the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific, thus making re-
duction of rates and adding to the gen.
cral prosperity of the Northwest In
stead Of building the Burlington system
OF line Of railway alongside of it. the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
purchased the capital stock Of line al
ready constructed. instead of issuing
stock or bonds for the purpose of raising
money to build a line reaching the sam
country bonds were issued to purchase
the stock Of constructed line.
Convincing Rensons.
The capital stock of railway companies.
as of other corporations. will be held by
somebody and somewhere. Railway com
panies as carriers are subject to super
vision and control by the public for the
purpose of insuring the performance Of
their obligations to the public Railroads
make public through published rates the
price charged for transportation, the only
thing they have to sell. and must report
the amount they receive for what they
sell and what has been done with it.
Courts are open for the purpose Of de-
termining whether railway companies as
carriers observe their obligations to the
public. The question of the reasonable
ness of rates and service does not depend
upon whether one man owns the capital
stock of n railway or anothcr--whcther
the capital stock is owned by ten men
or one thousand, by persons or by cor
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

The decision to canonize Joan of
Arc will be regarded by the French
as delicate compliment to them
selves. In spite of the numerous
changes Of political system that have
taken place in their country, the fell
low-countrymen of the future saint
cherish everything that makes their
history picturesque. So a stern Re-
publican points with pride to the dis
tinguished figures of .monarchial or
imperial times. 1t was only during
the great Revolution that the French
had tendency to destroy the records
of great past. The cult of Joan of
Arc is not professed only by those
who regret the old monarchy. All
true Frenchmen can adhere to it, no
matter what their political ideas may
be-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

The city of Philadelphia gets 20 PEI
cent of the money put into automatic
weighing machines in the public parks.
Since 1895 115,92O persons have used
the machines, and the profit to the
city has been s231.85. Ben Franklin.
who used to live in Philadelphia, used
to say: Look after the pennies, and
the dollars will look after them
selves"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Baltimore American: The young
volunteer officer made famous a short
while ago through his love affairs
has been refused commission in the
regular army because he Tilted his
sweetheart. Uncle Sam is too gallant
to allow such things with impunity.
Perhaps, too, he is shrewd enough to
distrust the bravery of man who
doesn't deserve the fair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Buffalo Express: Virginia is taking
steps to hold an exposition in 1907 to
commemorate the 4OOth anniversary
of the founding of jamestown, the first
permanent English settlement within
the present limits of the United
States.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

AS we have extended our railway lines
throughout the Northwest our first ob-
ject has been to settle up the country
along these lines. A comparison of this
census reports Of 1870 and 1900 shows
that in Minnesota in forty three counties
reached by our lines there has been an
increase OF $4,000 people, in North Do
kota III twenty counties over S000O peo.
pie. In fifteen of the counties In North
Dakota most depending upon the Great
Northern for their railway service l find
that the vacant land in 1893 was 9.3''6, 600
acres: in 1901, 100000 acres. showing
that in the eight years there had been
settled upon in fifteen counties on the
lines of the Great Northern road $780,
OOO acres. In Montana the increase in
counties on the line Of the Great North
ern WAS about 10000 people and in WASH
ington 100000 people. This year the indi-
cations are that the influx of new people
will be greater than at any previous time
in the history of the country. More peo-
pie will come in to make their homes
with you and help you as neighhors and
fellow workers in the development of
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

Telephones are to be reconstructed
SO as to provide for sight as we'll as
hearing. This will have tendency to
still further increase the annoyance
resulting from cross wires.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

America is not conspicuous in the
Nobel prizes now being awarded for
achievements of the greatest benefit to
humanity. This looks like slap at
the theory that our trusts aid the gen.
eral public.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

William Clegg, aged SS, was married
on Wednesday at Orangeville, to Mrs.
Fleming, his fifth wife. And the ris-
ing generations hang off from matri-
mony as if it was something intensely
unpleasant.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

A Kansas newspaper man expresses
his thanks to fruit grower for some
Ben Davis apples, which leads the dis
eliminating Topeka Capital to ask.
What do you think of man who re-
turns thanks for a gift of Ben Davis
apples?" Perhaps the editor felt that
he could afford to be polite, neighbor.
He didn't have to eat the apples.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-01-16

The grand jury in Manhattan re
ports in effect that the Brooklyn
bridge is all right, but that it needs
to be rebuilt to keep it from falling
down.