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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
MORE STATESMEN AND FEWER
POLITICIANS OUR NEED.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
The following is from recent is
sue of ToWn Topics. New York week
ly newspaper, devoted mainly to the
doings of society people, but which
sometimes takes whirl at politics
and other current matters:
The South has now been restored
to the Union for thirty seven years,
and is as integral part Of it as when
the Revolutionary war welded to-
gcther the sections of the country.
Excepting the unhappy interval of
Andrew Johnson, all the Presidents
have come from the North since 1850,
when Willard Fillmore was inaugu-
rated-over half Il century ago and
for over thirty years OF that period
the Presidents have been chosen
from the same political party. This
is too much of a monopoly for the
North and for the Republicans. IMAM
imous consent is therefore asked to
the proposal that the next Democratic
nominee be a Southern statesman.
Commenting on the above, the
Chattanooga Times SAYS: "Unbappi-
ly, the South is not prepared to have
this honor thrust upon her. She
has not been cultivating presidential
timber in recent years, and most Of
the men who might be regarded
as fit have preferred to remain in
private life We must Gull
tivate more statesmen and grow
fewer politicians" There is no
doubling the statement that the
South is now, and as it has always
been, the home of as able men as
there are in the country, but they
are in many instances unknown to
the public outside of their native
States. This is explained by the fact
that Of late years the mere politician
has flourished and the real statesman
has been forced to yield to the sail
trimming demagogue who has ridden
into place and power as the creature
of passing whim. The tide is turn
ing. however, and unless all signs
fail it will not be long until the best
men will be pushed to the front in
the positions which they should nat
urally fill.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
MONEY IN BROOM CORN.
Charlotte Observer.

CnarlOtte observer.
There are a number of broom fac
tories in operation in the Southeast
ern States, and the subject of having
the farmers in the same territory
raise the broom corn to supply these
factories has often been discussed
The great number of broOms used by
cotton mills has done much to stimu-
late the establishment OF broom fac
tories in the cotton mill region. The
broom corn is always bought by the
factory in the Central Northwest,
and it would seem as though the
farmers in this section might profita
bly, raise this broom coru and that
the number of factories now in opera
ton might find good market. The
freight from Indiana to Charlotte
would alone make a coed margin of
profit. The following is taken from
the Crop Reporter, published by the
Agricultural Department at Washing
ton. relating to broom corn in the
United States:
Although broom corn is produced
in small way in a number of States
of the Union, the bulk Of the CONNER
cial crop is the product of three
States, Illinois. Kansas and Nebras-
ka. Illinois produces such a heavy
proportion of the total that its out
put is of considerably greater impor
lance than that of ali the rest of the
country combined. Practically all
the Illinois crop is produced in the
Central part of the State, Coles and
Douglas counties being the centre of
the industry, not only for the State
but for the entire country.
The Reporter gives table showing
that in Illinois in 1899 the acreage in
broom corn was 95,137, which pro-
duced 60,665,520 pounds, valued at
$2,357 $3.50. The Kansas crop was
valued at $45S, 4S1, and that of Ne
braska at $106,273. Broom corn is
crop of easy cultivation and as all
the world is market for brooms, es-
pecially the cotton mill world, it
looks like there should be money in
it for the farmers of this section.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
Not Quite So Good.

We see it stated that in the county
OF Vance there are only fourteen
whites between the ages of six and
twenty-One who cannot read and
write This speaks gloriously for the
observation-disclosures of Vance county
and we doubt that its record can be
matched in the State. After all the
solution of this great problem lies
not with the Teachers Assembly, the
Educational Conference or the col
lege presidents, but with the county
officials who are in charge of the ed
ucatiOnal interests of the counties
The education of the masses cannot
be done in mass meetings.; it is an
individual matter and the children
must be instructed one by one Three
cheers for Vance,-Charit.V and Chill
drpn
Vance county does not lay claim
to quite so good a record as this.
Just what the figures are, however,
we are not prepared to say. Will
County superintendent kittrell fur.
nish them?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
THE NEGRO IN OHIO POLITICS.
Correspondence Chattanooga Times.

A very leading Republican who has
been potential party factor in Ohio
for good many years. said to me
that he, in the main, approved of the
regulation and partial Cor practically
totaD elimination of the negro vote
in several of the Southern States. Il
Judge the negro politically" said he,
'in the South by what l know Of him
in Ohio, my knowledge being ac-
quirsd by experience. Our negro
vote is, nominally, Republican. of
course. and the sixty of them we
have in the city where | reside are
troublesome to degree; they must
always be paid in some manner for
doing their duty by the party, for
which they profess unbounded devo-
ton, and then. when all the trouble
and sacrifice of dignity and expendi-
ture of money are done aud endured,
we are never quite certain of that
petty contingent. 1t would be no
real loss to the party, no injustice to
the negro, and might benefit party
morals in Ohio If the entire race in the
State were struck from the voting list
by law"
have not talked with a single in
telligent Ohio Republican on the sub
ject of negro suffrage who did not
substantially agree with the gentle
man above quoted; and l assure my
readers that he is no man Of imagi-
nation. but lifelong. wealthy, SIN
cere and very influential member OF
his party: and | have exchanged
views on this question with several
OF his kind. There has been a revo-
luton in Northern Republican "sen-
timent", touching the negro. In the
last ten years. that is nothing short
of radical. Though the intelligent
members OF the party have not
changed their ideals as to doing the
negro justice. they have Learned that
the mass Of the race is not, in its
present stage Of development. desira-
BILE or even safe political element,
or influence. One active local leader
of the Republican faith said: The
negro. even in Ohio. must be coddled
and coaxed,. and finally. in every
pinch. he must be in some manner
bought if we are to be sure of him in
the final analysis and that is not
only demoralizing and degrading. it
is expensive and eaasperating."
There is not Republican paper of
any standing in Ohio that ''rsgisiers
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
COL. Upton TO ENGAGE IN THE
NEWSPAPER BUSINESS IN
LOUISIANA.

Newspaperdom.
The Alexandria. Oa.) Daily Record,
a morning paper, will make its APP
pearance in that city about the first
of August. 1t will be published by
the Daily Record Publishing Co..
which will be capitalized at $4,000.
Col. John c. Upton. formerly editor
OF the Journal. weekly paper pub
lished at Lincolnton. Lincoln county.
N. c., will be the editor of the new
paper. The company will also pub
fish a semi-weekly. The morning
paper will receive the full Associated
Press dispatches and the office will
be equipped with two Mergenthaler
typesetting machines and an Optimus
cylinder press. The paper will be
independent in politics.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07

A man can't be closemouthed wher
he sits in the dentists chair,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
ABSURD STORY.
Governor Aycock Credited With Play.
ing Role Which Was Never
Enacted.

In the Outlook of July 9TH there
appeared an editorial article under
the caption "Governor Aycock DE-
tends Negro Rights" which is chiefly
interesting because it is amusing.
Somebody seems to have played a
Joke on the editor OF the Outlook.
The article is as follows:
Governor Charles b. AycOck, OF
North Carolina, whose sincere friend
ship for the negroes made him an
ideal candidate for his party the
wear it carried through the negro
disfranchise amendment, continues
to demonstrate his sincerity as de-
fender of the politically helpless race.
During the past fortnight he has OF
fered a reward for the persons TAX
ing part in lynchings which promises
to make that form of Outlawry less
safe than it has been i'll the past. Ac-
cording to a North Carolina cores
pondent the fund made available for
the detection of lynchers is about
forty thousand dollars. During the
past session of the Legislature Gov
ernor Aycock showed the same spirit
in resisting the attempt to divide
the school funds SO that the poorer
race should only get the benefit OF
the school taxes paid by it's own
| members. The Governor informed
the supporters of this reactionary
step that if their bill passed the Leg
islature he would veto it. and If 1T
repassed the bill over his veto he
| would resign and make campaign
for reelection on the issue SO raised.
The determination that he showed
carried the day, and the bill was not
passed. In both these matters the
Governors attitude in favor OF the
rights of the negroes is an attitude
| in favor OF the honor of the whites.
The lynching of negroes, as we re-
marked last week, is incOmparably
more degrading to the race which
| inficts than to the one which suffers
| the wrong. And the starvation OF
negro public schools would in the
long run create negro class schools,
| which would educate in the negroes
the very spirit the South wishes to
eradicate. Indeed, the closed school
houses would, from the very outset,
prove the most effective of all educa-
tors in this spirit. Governor AycOck' g
position, therefore, is not merely
that OF humanity, but OF statesman-
ship us well.
This would be interesting if it was
true. In the first place the Governor
of North Carolina has no veto power;
and in the second place Gov. Aycock
made no such threat as he is credited
with-for the simple reason that
there was no occasion for him to dc
so.
| Gov. AycOck is a brave and coura-
geOus man and the compliment i'm.
piled in the above is to be appreci
ated but in the interest of truth it is
as we'll that such a cock and bull
story as that perpetrated by the
Outlook should not be allowed tC
pass unnOticed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
What Some Young Men Need.

An exchange gives the young man
about town who is out of a job the
following prescription for good health
and sound morals:
'.Let the young man about town
out of job try year on the farm.
Flowing behind a mule will give him
new constitution. take the kinks
out of his head, the frogs out OF his
throat, the gas off his stomach, the
weakness out of his legs. the corns off
his toes, and give him good appe-
title, an honest living aud sigh, of
Heaven"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
THE TUNNEL.

By William Hurd Hillyer. in Lippincott 8
Magazine for June.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07
Sold in Henderson by Parham Bros Supply Co.

any kicks" over the constitutional de
limitation Of the negro vote in Vir-
ginia. just now accomplished.
And what is true in this matter of
Ohio Republicans is true OF the ent ire
North and Northwest, with here nd
there an exception.
j. +. MACGOWAN
The Weddell, Cleveland, 0. July 19,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07


Gray, rock strewn plains, walled in with
hueless hills;
A blurred, tumuituous canyon; then the
black
Jaws of the tunnel-instant night that
chills
Through the closed windows. Down the
obscure track
Rushes the train with blind, mOnOtOnous
Clamor; the steam's huge intermittent
roar
Grows fiercer. Has this darkness d0lOrOus
No end and shall we see the SKY no
more?
But look! sudden smoky dawn-a burst
OF sunshine, and the far sweet blue.
Behold
Another country, fairer than the first;
Meadows and misty woods and harvest
gold,
And a slow river at who lowered verge
The wet grass flOurishes and calm trees
bend.
And so, perhaps, We may at last emerge,
From that dread tunnel whittier all roads
tend.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07

FOR CATARRH Of the nose,
J throat, stomach, bowels and more
delicate organs, take Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla-it is A RADICAL CURE,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-08-07

It's all right for girl to look into
the future, but it's not becoming in
her to look forward.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12

register q cee----s $3.50
American BOX Co. school,
bo0Es foy :. H ScaEE5n- 2ag
HaEa2gde MeryIa & Co, scbooI
books fcs sealltn- "a,
CNs1 Blank Eolse. blanks FIX
cleEE Of oour. T7.5
Tge Educator snoi Supply
Co. gsaoo2 noo1- $50
AEsce C0aleIIg court stea-
ograghg-.,. 5.@
Mitchell C2r5on printing for
= county superintendent 90
Mitchell Clarion. supernten-
dent noticeg and stationary
for sher1F.---.- ao5
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12
Ordered By S. ]. Noore

" 5. E-nLnert WIS granted III
abatement Of his PERSONAL tax il
Mitchell township for rear 1901 On
aeco1nt Of his .-haEing paid tax in
state Ct Iowa 81 same property for
same year
County commissioners having Viev-
ed steel bridge built by John W. Towse
north Of city at Martins ford and
found same Is per contract. a motion
was made and carried TO ACCEPT said
bridge.
John ". Towle. part Of bridge
contract sI5oo. %
The following coal bids were pre-
sented to the board for furnishing
county with coal for the ensuing
season 70 wit:
By Traux & Belts
Best Hooking Valley coal on track
-. 10 per ton
| Best Hooking Valley coal delivered
at court house $40
Best Hooking Valley coal delivered
any part Of the city $3.50
Best Hooking Valley coal at shed
1875.
James Grace
Best Hooking Valley coal On track
$3.50
Best Hooking Valley coal at court
house 500
Best Hooking Valley any part Of
city 500
Best Hooking V~alley--coal at sheds
ls7.75
Davis & Daniels
Best Hooking Valley coal On track
s7.65
Best Hooking Valley coal at court
house 1876
Best Hooking Valley coal any part
Of city $50
Best Hooking Valley coal at sheds
Motion made and carried to award
contract for coal to James Grace as
proposition presented.
.. D. moore Two Gays county ON
missioners and two days committee
work. Sl2.W.
Newell Blackman two days county
commissioner and two days conmltte
work and mileage 1922
G. Fl. Grimm, two days county
commissioner and mileage s7.2O
c. c. Halphide three days county
commissioner and cash paid railroad
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12
go
The Renewal a Strain.

Vacation is over. Again the school
Dell rings at morning and at noon
again with tens Of thousands the
hardest kind Of work has begun. the
renewal Of which is q mental and
physical strain to all cYcept the
most rugged. The little girl that a
few days ago had roses in her cheeks.
and the little boy whose Iipg were
Then 80 red you would have insisted
That they had been kissed by straw
berries have already lost something
o. q appearance Of health. Now
is a time when many children should
DC gwen q tonic, which my avert
much serious trouble, and we know
OF no other 50 highly to be recon-
mendedf as Hoods SarsapariIla, which
strengthens the nerves, perfects
digestion an assimilation, and aids
mental development by building No
the whole stsyem.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12

Mitchell il 10 hare her c1ru DaIace,
again this year, the dates being
selected are from Sept. y 10 Cc- q.
inclusive. Pteg1oas TO this year
three palaces have beea held with
but one result, and those a marked
success, 1t is commonly understood
tsas these corr palace have 90gze as
much. il not more. than any ot1er
enterprise In the state 10 advertise
the resources q South Dakota.
Thousands Of peopIe have visited
them, and they have carried away
different impressions Of the states
ability 70 produce farm products than
they had before they came and saw.
The exposition 10 be given this year
VIII surpaas any previous ones in
every way. There will h. mo,e
exhibits. more attractions. more
people. and the building Itself VIII
be decorated in a higher style u art
than before The exposition viii he
held al a time when people from Iowa
n Illinois, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa are taking adYantage Of the
cheap excursion rates To coyoe 10
South Dakota. and they will be in
formed long before they get here Of
Inc great exposition IN Mitchell.
Coming here they will he shown in
the county exhibits just what can be
raised IN the agricultural section
oi:the state. Mitchell invites all the
people Of the state to come and STAY
a Gay Or two at the exposition. Or
longer II it is 80 desired.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12

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"Trip taEo@ga Eae sggsaex1 states
The press dSspasGaa indicate that
toe president Is saas5ag q Tgy
generous reception gGa tEe sasra-
erne2ss and al egeEy scatSca. mhrb.
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az great il proportion In tWc ueEs
the ueidetzt VIII rfstt South Dzkoa.
being al sioux Pals and Tzr.kDa
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tho years ago as the candidate foc
vice president and now whea be
comea will ~ greeted a. the natloars
chief ruler South Dakota will ex-
tend The president q hearty greslng,
for betWeen theEa and the president
there is a strong bond of friendship.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1902-09-12
STRAIN TOO GREAT
Hundreds Of Mitchell People Find
1t So

Hundreds Of Mitchell People Find
| It So.
The hustle and worry of business
men.
The hard work and STOPPING OF
| women.
The Tonnan's household cares.
Are too great a strain on the
kindeFs.
Backache, headache. sideache.
Kidney troubles follow.
4 Grand Forks citizen tells Won
how TO ~ them all.
Mr.. Frank Foley. engineer of the
Grand Forks Water Works, Grand
Forks, n. D., says: IT have been
so bad with backache that I could
not walk across the floor without sup
porting myself by the use of chairs or
some other convenient objects. I
knew from the condition of the
kidney secretions, the tWinges which
radlated in and around my kidneys
"AEniio vClc EHS cause Oh
1t but what to do to get rid of the
trouble was a mystery. Don't let it
De understood that I did not try to
effect a cure; / tried until almost dis
co1raged but kept up until I became
Impressed with some reading notices
Published about Doan's Kidney Pills.
procured a box Of the remedy and
took it according to directions. I
never received anything but the most
transitory benefit. Doan's Kidney
Pills completely disposed of the last
attack and it requires very little
stretch OF the imagination to reason
that what brought the much desired
result can be depended upon Should
a recurrence take place.:
For sale by all dealers. Price 10
cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co.
Buffalo, n. Y sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan;-and
take no substitute.
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was treated for three years by
good doctors, writes Y. s. Greer.
AcConneilsvilIe. O.. sfor piles. and
fisfulas but, when all failed. Buck
lens Arnica Salye cured me in two
weeks" Cures burns. bruises. cuts.
CONS. sores, ernptions. salt rhe7m
piles or no pay. % ct s. II. seallin.s
drug store.
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OF courts for ~ nanaas 10 repIeaish
jury list and following apporttonmert
~zs made Perry township 2: Badger
township 2: Bienden township ?:
Mt Vernon township 2: Mt Vernon
village ]; Beulah toTnship2: Mitchell
township 2: Prosper township 2:
Lisbon to~|nshipz: onion toNnshIpz:
Baker township 2: ToDin to~gnshipz:
Rome toaEship3 City of Mitchell 10:
total. ~.
Report Of hospital 81 insane for
quarter ending. June 80. 1862. as
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The Washington times., 1902-12-01
DISCOVERS SUICIDE OF
FRIEND AND FALLS DEAD
Overcome by His Emotions ard
Stricken With Heart
Disease.

PATERSON. y. j.. Dec. L-Georgc B.
Norton. OF Paterson. fell dead in the
arms Of two companions. hcartbroken
over the suicide OF his friend. Walter II.
Sheppard, those body had been found
an hour aefore in bis rpom at a board
ing house
sheppard. West Point graduate and a
man cf considerable talent. killed him-
SELF because he had been divorced from
his wife
Two friends called al the house and
insisted upon going 20 his room. To
gether with Lawyer William Drew they
opened the door They we're almost
stited by the gas fumes and saw Shep-
pard lying dead in bed.
On table lay card. "a which the
suicide had written. Noffy Mrs. W. n.
sheppard NO - Thorndyke Street
BroOkline, Mass. near Boston.
Norton saw the body OF his friend
lying On the bed and was so overcome
by his emotion that ne wac stricken
with heart disease and dropped dead.