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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
WASHINGTON'S COURTSHIP.
The Story of How lie Won His Wife
as Told by an Exchange-But It's
Net True.

When George Washington was 16
years of age he surveyed land for
Lord Fairfax, and when he had been
surveying nearly two years he had
SO trained his muscles in jumping
bitches and branches and climbing
mountains, etc, that he had gotten
to be a fine jumper At that time
there were two boys in love with and
visiting the same girl, each of them
desiring to marry her, but she could
not decide which Of the two she would
take; neither could the "old gentle
man." her father, make the decision.
Finally he (the father) determined
upon a plan. He told the two boys
that there was to be a big picnic in a
few days, and that he would let the
two rivals have a jumping match,
and the boy that could Jump the
farthest could have his daughter for
his wife,
George Washington knew that he
was fine jumper. and thought he
would have some fun, SO he went to
the girls father and asked permis-
sion to jump with the other two
boys. George knew that he could
beat the other boys, SO after dinner
they had the jumping match, and,
sure enough George did beat the
other two. Then everybody began
to cheer George, the mountain sur
veyor, for winning the prize, but he
decided he was too young to marry.
so he made the crowd a speech and
then told the girls father that the
boy who was next best jumper could
take the girl. Again the crowd
cheered. The then successful man
was Mr.. Custis. After the picnic
George went home, not thinking any
thing more of the days transactions,
and then joined the army, and after
the Revolutionary war was over he
was going along one day and came
to a country tavern. He told the
driver to take out the team and stay
all night, and for him to hitch up
the horses next morning and be
ready to go Oh the journey. The
driver did SO, and was ready as in
structed. Before leaving George saw
Il lady at the inn whom he thought
he knew. So she looked at her and
she looked at him." She said: Il
think | know you," and George said
81 think | know YOU She asked,
"What is your name?' He answered,
George Washington" She said:
"Do you remember on a certain day
at a certain picnic, there were three
boys who had a jumping match for a
girl to see who should get the girl for
his wife?' Yes" said George. Said
she: 81 am that girl "And | am
the boy that won you and let the
other fellow have you" says George.
Said she: *You knew then that my
name was Martha; and the boy who
married me was Mr.. Custis, and
my name is Martha Custis. My hus-
band is dead, leaving me widow. -
George then fell in love with her, and
told his driver to again put up the
team and let it remain until further
orders. George then got up a ''court-
ing match and about a week later
he married the girl that he had won
at the jumping match" several years
before
Then George made them a speech
at the tavern and related the Incl
dent of several years ago." and
without further ceremonies they left
for Mount Vernon, where he made
her his house-keeper and mistress OF
| affairs.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Family Affection.

Displays of affection among MEM
bers of families are largely matters
of temperament The members of
some families never meet or part
without ardent demonstrations of
love which are delightful to them
selves and pleasing to every sensible
observer. Who can witness, without
Il warming OF the heart. the cries OF
Joy and the embraces with which
children welcome the return of father
or mother from temporary alb
sence, or the affectionate parting
and meeting of husband and wife?
A person who finds in this proper dis
play of pure family affection only an
occasion for ridicule is to be pitied.
There are other families, however, in
which outward demonstrations of
love are almost never seen. The men,
bers of such families reserve any
show of affection for extraordinary
occasions when the deepest feelings of
the heart are stirred; and even when
betrayed into an exhibition of their
love, have IL feeling of shame as if
they had shown a weak side of their
nature. There is no reason to sup
pose that the love of these persons
for their family and friends is not as
strong and deep as that cherished by
those who are more demonstrative,
and they would without doubt do as
much in case of need for their COM
fort and pleasure The repression OF
the expression of feeling is peculiarly
an American vice. The actions OF
many foreigners when even slightly
| moved seems to us eXtravagant and
amusing. We cover our deepest
emotions with a joke and laugh.
But those who are so chary of dis
plays of proper emotion rob them
selves OF much pleasure. While dem
onstrations of love among friends
may go SO far us to be indecorous or
insincere, reasonable exhibitions OF
affection are both proper and pleas
urable. Especially repression by
any one of show of love from Il
child or a companion is cruel blow
at one of the sweetest and most prec-
ious things in life, sincere affection in
| the heart of a friend.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08

1t appears that the teachers col
lege of Columbia University in New
York city, has discovered that the
South is in danger of becoming de-
populated and it has set about to
avert this calamity. The teachers
college thinks that "nature study"
is the solution of the problem and it
is going ahead on its own hook TO
work it out. They have bought an
acre of ground on One Hundred and
Twenty-first street at Il cost of $780,
600, for the purpose of nature study
for the salvation of the South. Ac-
cording to the statement of Mr.. Clyde
Furst, secretary of the college, ''the
new plot Of land, the green house
that is to be built upon a part of it
through the generosity of Mr. George
Foster Peabody, the grouping of ma
ture studies, formerly divided among
several sciences under the head OF
Nature Study and Agriculture, with
Adjunct Professor of Biology Francis
E. Lloyd as director, are all parts of
general plan of instruction at the
college that aims to help to solve the
problem of depopulation that the
South finds threatening it eminently
like new law of diminishing human
returns"
This institutional interest in the
South, Mr.. Furst further explains,
"arises from the interest in that di-
rection felt by such benefactors as
Moccrc Jobn' n poo1-ofo1lor Goor,ro
F. Peabody, John Crosby Brown and
Y. Everitt Macy. In the year 1901
1902 these gentlemen contributed
nine Southern scholarships of $500
each, and in 19O2-19O3 Southern
scholarships of $500 each to the
number of seventeen were establish
ed"
This nature study business follows
a report on studies of conditions in
the South "by expert students in
educational lines, and it is to one OF
these, Dean Russell, that the discov-
cry is due that the South is being de-
populated: He says:
1.-The belief am Jng some of those in
terested in the future of the South is
that the remedy for that depopula-
ton which seems to be it's future fate
lies in the hands of the public school
authorities. Teach the characteris-
tics and natural possibilities of the
section to the coming generation by
means of proper nature study in the
public schools and when that genera
ton reaches maturity it will not seek
for pastures new or fresh occupation,
but be anxious to develop the mate
| rial at hand"
So this is nature study and through
it the South is to be saved. And
what sort of teachers are being Sc
lected for this work of benevolence?
Colored ladies! Says Dean Russell:
81 have a letter in my mail today
from Booker Washington asking if
we can arrange to take two of his
Tuskeegee girls for training in our
nature course. We have for some
time yearly, had two pupils from the
institute for blacks, at Hampton,
Va"
How fortunate are the people OF
| the South that they are living under
the supervision of such a philanthro-
pist as Dean Russell! Here we were
in danger of moving away and leav-
ing the land desolate without know
ing it. But Dean Russell has discOv-
cred the danger and it is to be avert
ed through nature culture and col
ored school teachers The country
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
CLEAR THE WAY.
BY CHARLES MACKAY.

Men OF thought, be up and stirring night and
day.
Sow the seed-withdraw the curtan-clear
the way!
Men of action, aid and cheer them, ye may,
There's fount about to stream,
There's light about to beam;
There's a warmth about to glow,
There's flower about to blow,
There's midnight blackness changing into
gray.
Men of thought and men OF action, clear the
wayi
Once the welcome light is broken. who shall
say
What the nimagined glories of the day?
What the evils that shall perish in it ray?
Aid the dawning tongue and pen;
Aid it, hopes of honest men:
Aid it paper, aid it type;
Aid it, for the hour is ripe,
And our earnest must not slaeken into play
Men of thought and men of action, clear the
way.
Lo. 4 clouds about to vanish from the day
A brazen wrong to crumble into clay.
Lo! The rights about to conquer, clear the
way!
With the right shall many more
Enter smiling at the door;
With the giant wrong shall fall,
Many Others, great and small,
That for ages long have held us for their
Men OF thought and men of action, clear the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Mark the Man.
irrenville Reflector.

Grrenvile Reflector
The following from the Statesville
Landmark is the same doctrine we
have been giving out ever since the
negro question was settled to our
satisfactiOn:
Every colored man qualified to
vote should be allowed to vote, re-
gardless of who or what he votes for:
but public opinion should take note
of and severely condemn any attempt
to cater to the negro vote or to en-
courage the negro to exercise the
right of suffrage Let us forever
have an end of this negro business in
politics; let white men settle their
differences at the polls as best they
can, certain that whichever side wins
will be a victory Of white people.
But whoever encourages the negro
to exercise the right of suffrage and
makes an effort to cultivate that
vote, let him be marked,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
:. c., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903.
Country Life.
ThOmasville Charity and Children.


1t has given alarm to those who
have studied the situation to see the
steady stream of good people leaving
their homes to settle in railroad
towns. There are several reasons for
this. One of them was, and is, that
the educational advantages of the
towns are SO far superior to those of
the ordinary country neighborhood
that parents were driven to town by
sheer necessity Another induce
ment has been the protection the
town affords and the constant dan
gers to which the family was exposed
in the country, especially in the alb
sence OF the male members; and still
another reason is found in the rest
lessness of our people and desire to
get to the centres The young men
leave and others after awhile follow,
and the old home is inhabited by
tenants and the old farm gradually
goes down. We hope there will be
reaction along this line We fancy
there are signs of it already. Not
long since it was ourpleasure to visit
a fine old country community. Here
tofore there was a disposition on the
part of the young men to getaway,
and they did leave until only a few
remained. Farming was at a low
ebb. Prices were way down and it
was all a farmer could do to exc out
a living Now everything is looking
up, Young men in that neighbor-
hood are making big money. They
are bringing their farms up to q fine
state of cultivation, and they take
pride in their business. The schools
are better than formerly and the
neighbors live SO near each other
ample protection is afforded. We re-
joiced to see this better state of
things and we trust it may extend all
over the State; for, after all, our real
prosperity as people depends on
the prosperity of the farmer. He
feeds us all, and if he makes money
and improves his farm all the people
are the gamers. The mail service
through most of our country districts
is admirable, and telephones are
bringing the centres closer to the
rural communities. This thing must
always be true: the country is the
place to raise boys. 1t is Aard to
make big man out of any other
material
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08


The Record thanks it's friends for
the many nice things said of an ar
ticle the other day on the young and
rising generation-the want of pa
rental restraint. The subject is of
course vital one and has been for
generations and will continue to be-
We wonder and wonder why reforms
on this and that line cannot be effect
ed; why public opinion is SO often
found on the wrong side of some
great moral question. The cause
the roots found right in the home.
Start it off right and nine times out
OF ten it will stay right; make a
wrong beginning and it will not only
90 wrong, but take others with it.
We see this every day.
There is always an excuse for
about everything. Adam started off
in business with one and we inherited
it-at least we all have it. Some
times it is valid; Oftener it is trashy.
There is also Il cause for everything
If we can but find it. Why is it so
many parents are careless i'll the
home training of their children?
tThe evil is more prevalent in the
cities than in the country. We have
an idea and there is no harm in ex-
pressing it and in doing SO we have
no desire to detract or to criticise in
the least class of the best people on
| earth-tlie minister Of the gospel.
He labOrs year after year; he preach
es against all manner OF evils; he
pleads with his hearers and warns
| them; he tries to effect moral re-
forms and finally some big wave of
reformation comes along and there
is a vote on it and it is defeated. He
can't understand it but it is plain
The reformation must start i'll the
homes by educating the child along
| the right lines and when he becomes
a voter he is going to vote right
Ever see shrewd politician who did
| not educate his voters and educate
them we'll, perhaps for years before
he ever went into the fight. Some
politicians may be grand rascals, but
they are pretty sharp. We repeat
that public sentiment must be man
uiactured, and the time to do it is
with the boy. Don't wait until he
has formed erroneous ideas and hab-
its of his own; let the parents do the
forming, for you can't learn old dogs
new tricks And you can't form good
habits in your boy if you allow him
to roam the streets at will.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
North Cardinals Grandsons
Raleigh Progressive Farmer.

The Charlotte Observer insists that
pretty nearly everybody who
amounts to anything either came
from North Carolina or has North
Carolina blood in his veins. And
there seems to be some truth in it.
We were in the Olivia Raney Library
a few nights ago and picked up, quite
at random, five biographies OF ia
nous men. The first was that OF
Thomas H. Benton, the statesman,
who was born near Hillsboro. The
second was that of the great Union
Admiral, David Farragut, whose
! mother, it is not generally known,
was a native of Lenoir county The
third was u life of the equally great
Confederate leader, Gen. Nathaniel b
Forrest, whose father was born in
Orange county When the celebrated
artist Whistler died a month ago, we
learned for the first time that his
mother was u Wilmington woman
And now Judge Walter Montgomery
tells US that General Luke E. Wright
who is to succeed Judge Taft as
GovernOr-General of the Philippines
is the son of Halifax county maI
| who eIniyrated to Ten lessee before
the Civil War Blood will tell
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
A Perfect Painless Pill

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Complexion, cure headache and leave a good
taste in the mouth. The famous little pills
for doing such work pleasantly and effectual
ly are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Bob
Moore, of Lafayette, Ind, says: 'All other
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Why His Marriage Was Failure.
Orison SWEET Marden, in Success

He regarded children as nuisance.
He did all his courting before mar
riage.
He never talked over his affairs
with his wife.
He never had time to go anywhere
with his wife.
He doled out money to his wife as
if to a beggar.
He looked down upon his wife as
an inferior being.
He never took time to get ac-
quainted with his family.
He thought of his wife only for
what she could bring to him.
He never dreamed that there were
two sides to marriage.
He never dreamed that wife needs
praise or compliments.
He had one set of manners for
home and another for society.
He paid no attention to his person
al appearance after marriage.
He married an ideal and was dis
appointed to find it had flaws
He thought his wife should spend
all her time at hOusewOrk.
He treated his wife as he would not
have dared to treat another woman.
He never dreamed that his wife
needed vacation or change.
He never made concessions to his
wife's Judgment, even in unimportant
matters.
He thought the amarrige vow had
made him his wife's master instead
of her partner.
He took all the little attentions
lavished on him by his wife as his by
"divine right" and not as favors.
He always carried his business
troubles home with him, instead OF
leaving them in his store or office
when he closed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Rydales Elixir,

The new scientific discovery for diseases of
the throat and luugs, acts upon a new prin-
ciple differing greatly from the old style of
Cough Medicines. which are composed chiefly
of wild cherry and tar. which do little more
than stimulate the lining of the throat and
lungs Kydales Elixir strikes at the root
OF the trouble. it kills the microbes that cause
throat and lung diseases. 1t removes the
cause and hastens recovery by helping nature
restore the diseased organs to health
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Clark Howell for German.
Asheville Citizen .

Clark Howell, Democratic National
Committeeman from Georgia, and
editor of the Atlanta Constitution,
has come out for German for Presi-
dent. In speaking of the chances of
the Marylander's capturing the Dem
ocratic nomination, Howell said:
Senator Gorman's s staunch Democracy
his splendid capabilities, his knowledge
of men and measures gained through
long experience in public life ought to
make him satisfactory to all elements in
the party.
AS vet nobody knows whether the man
from Maryland will be candidate for
the nomination in the sense of seeking it.
But the present trend of Democratic
thought is clearly in his direction.
Senator German can hold a seat in the
Senate as long as he chooses and in that
body he will continue to be the leader OF
his party. If he were to consult his per
sonal comfort he might prefer to remain
where he is. But ii the party manifests
a desire that he lead the fight in 1904 he
he will doubtless accept the responsible
ity. for he is, first of all things, Demo
crat.
Conditions seem to be arguing strongly
the wisdom of the nomination Of Cor.
man.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Confessions of a Priest.

Rev John S. Cox, OF Wake, Ark, writes
''For 2 years | suffered from Yellow Jaun-
dice / consulted number of ply ysicians and
tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relief
Then began the use of Electric Bitters and
feel that am now cured of disease that
had me in its grasp for twelve years" Il
you want reliable medicine for Liver and
Kidney trouble stomach disorder or general
debility, get Electric Bitters. It's guaran
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
Prof. Dowd Writing a Book Upon the
Negro.



Professor Jerome Dowd, of the
chair of sociology in the University
of Wisconsin, at Madison, who has
spent a part Of his vacation at his
home in this city leaves this morning
to resume his university duties, and
We embrace the occasion to remark
that he is another North Carolinian
who is winning distinction abroad.
He is an able, thoughtful, industri-
Gus man, young enough vet and will
be heard from again before he is
many years older. Professor Dowd
spent the greater part of the summer
i'll study and work in Chicago. He is
engaged in writing a book upon the
negro, which he estimates will make
three volumes and will call for twoor
three years work vet for it's compile
tion. 1t is sure to attract attention
by its rational treatment of the sub
lect and the Observer hopes that it
will bring its author both fame and
fortune
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-08
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Saves Two From Death.

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