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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Both Are Murderers All the Same.

Charlotte News.
Tillman was acquitted according
to the charge of Judge Gary on the
ground that he might have thought
that Gonzales was going to shoot
him. That is, On the ground of his
own cowardice But Judge PEBBLES
secured the desired result by uttering
the opinion that Haywood's GOODNESS
argued his bravery, and that being
brave he was in a better position to
know whether his life was in danger
than if he had been a coward. Here
are his words:
"The defendant claims his witnesses
say Skinner was reaching for his pis-
tol. The State says the burden ought
to be removed because OF the blow.
The blow did not excuse the killing,
but it does away with malice. If you
believe the killing was done in anger
and passion, and from a reasonable
fear that Haywood's life was in dam
ger, or he was about to suffer bodily
harm, it is manslaughter, but if you
believe the defendant did the killing
under the apprehension that his life
was in danger, or he was liable to
great bodily injury, it is excusable
homicide, and the defendant should
be acquitted. +"
"Much has been said about the de-
liberate manner in which the defend
ant did the shooting. This has moth
ing to do with the case. Because a
man acts coolly, it does not debar
him from the benefit of the law A
brave man is really in a better posi-
tion to know when his life is in dan.
ger than the coward, who possibly
might shoot when there was no ne
cessity."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
The Suns Rule.
News and Observer.

News and Observer
The Baltimore Sun is one of the
best paying papers in America, and
if it could have a political campaign
going all the time it would have
money to burn. Yesterday it had
over two pages Of political matter
which was paid for at transient ad-
vertising rates. In Maryland the
papers print no political announce
ments, no "appeals to voters" no
praise OF candidates, no criticism of
policies or tickets, except as regular
advertisements at high prices Dur
ing the past month the Sun has put
thousands of dollars to the good by
charging for publishing matter that
papers in other cities print without
charge. Itcharges both parties alike,
and will permit the man who foots
the bill to say what he pleases, even
attacking the position OF the Sun if
he desires to do so.
The Sun is right. Why should a
newspaper foot the bill for political
campaign literature? Why shouldn't
the campaign managers include in
the expenses enough money to print
all announcements, appeals, appoint
ments, and everything else the party
managers wish to giveto the public?
They pay for posters, circulars, tray
cling expenses, tons of pamphlets
and other literature. Why shouldn't
they pay newspapers for the use OF
their columns?
There isn't enough money in Mary
land to influence the Sun in it's edito-
rial columns. 1t is always independ-
ent and honest. But it proceeds upon
the theory that if campaign mana
gers and candidates need it's columns
for their announcements and appeals
they ought to ''pay the freight and
not compel the Sun to do so.
As a general thing the Sun is right,
but no hard and fast rule can be
made. This paper has never but once
received a cent for publishing any po-
iitical announcement, and that was a
small sum for keeping standing day
by day long list of appointments.
In a campaign in which great issues
are involved this paper always takes
sides and leads the fight, going to the
extent of giving all its space and all
it's power, if need be, to guarantee
success to the cause it expouses
Whenever good government is i'm.
periled or the success of the great
Democratic party demands il, We
shall do SO again, never stopping to
think of dollars and cents. But al
the same, in ordinary campaigns, the
Sun has adopted the right rule.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Itch
ing Humors, Eczems, Scrofuia, sc.

Send no money-simpiy write and try Bo-
tanic Blood Balm at our expense. 4 personal
trial of Blood Balm is better than thousand
printed testimonials, so don't hesitate to
write for free sample.
Ii you suffer from ulcers, eczema, scrofula,
Blood Poison, cancer, eating sores, itching
skin, pimples, boils. bone pains, swellings,
rheumatism catarrh. or any blood or skin
disease, we advise you to take Botanic Blood
Balm (B. B. b. Especially recommended
for old, obstinate, deep-seated cases OF malig-
naut blood or skin diseases. because Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b. kills the poison in the
blood, cures where all else fails, heals every
sore, makes the blood pure and rich, gives
the skin the rich glow of health. B. B. b.,
the most perfect blood purifier made. Thor
oughly tested for 30 years. Cost 100 PEI
large bottle at drug stores. To proveit cures
sampfeo Blood Balm sent free by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga Describe
trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed
| letter. EE-This in an honest offer-medicins
sent at once. prepaid. Sold at Parker's Two
Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
HOw'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
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WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free.
Sold by druggists, 75e.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.


The State is at peace. There is abund-
ance in the land. The people have been
much blessed. Even those in whose lives
have come disappointment and sorrow
can find cause for thankfulness in the pa
tience which has been wrought out by
suffering. Acknowledgment of mercies
received becomes Christian people, and
o recognition that God rules the destinies
of States as we'll as individuals is always
fitting.
l, Charles B. Aycock, Governor of the
State OF North Carolina. therefore issue
this my proclamation, setting apart
Thursday, November the 26th instant,
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. on
which day | urge all people to meet in
their respective places of worship and
thank God for the manifold mercies which
He has shown us individually and as a
people, and to ask for His protection and
guidance in the future Iearnestly recon-
mend that on this day all our people shall
give as God has prospered us unto those
who are needy, particularly to the wild
ows and the orphans.
Done at our city Of Raleigh, this
the second day of November. in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
[Seal] hundred and three, and in the one
hundred and twenty eighth year OF
our American Independence.
CHARLES B. AYCOCK.
By the Governor:
p. NJ. PEARSALL,
Private Secretary.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
"FIippant 0utbursts of Ignorance and
Prejudice
Statesville Landmark.

Statesvile Landmark.
One Bruce Craven, whoever he is,
writes a long article to the Charlotte
Observer. in which he criticises and
ridicules the editors who have dared
to criticise the judges and the courts.
And then the esteemed Raleigh Post
crawls out of it's shell long enough to
say that in 80 cases out of 100 such
criticisms care the flippant outbursts
of ignorance or prejudice" We trust
that. those editors who have been
criticising courts and iudges-and
this includes the great majority of
the newspapers of the State-will
take due notice and be governed ac-
cordingly. Itisa "fippant outburst
of ignorance and prejudice" to criti-
else persons of prominence and those
in authority. They can do no wrong
and their boots should be licked. If
you want to abuse somebody, cuss
out the niggers and poor white folks
who have no friends.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Disastrous Wrecks,

Carelessness is responsible for many q rail
way wreck and the same causes are making
human wrecks of sufferers from Throat and
Lung troubles. But since the advent of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, even the worst cases can
be cured, and hopeless resignation is no
longer necessary. Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dor
chester, Mass, is one of many whose life was
saved by DR.. Kings New Discovery. This
great remedy is guaranteed for al Throat
and Lung diseases by Melville Dorsey, drug
gst. Price soc and $1.O0. Trial bottles
free
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
THE SOUTH'S ALL RIGHT.
An Affable Idiot Who Asserts That 1t
Knows Nothing Better Than a Bull
PIOw
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer
The Southern Farm Magazine i,
considerably exercised. The Wash
ington Post says, because some affa-
BILE idiot asserts in the columns of a
Northern newspaper that the South
knows nothing better than a bull
plow, and that high class modern ag-
ricultural machinery is a stranger to
the people who dwell south OF the Po-
tonac and Ohio. The Magazine lifts
the hide of this writer at every lick,
much to the amusement of the Post,
which calmly advises the South not
to worry over the lucubrations of
some far-off editor who writes with
teasle in his hair and who is afraid to
go south for fear of getting run over
by a cabbage van in New York. Says
the Post, by way Of advice: Stay
at home; raise crops; accumulate
money; anchor your property; then
branch out, if you will. Take a whirl
i'll the metropolis, sell a few gold
bricks to Wall street, build palace
at Newport or on the Hudson, and
some day you'll meet that bull plow
editor and give him few dollars to
get home with. The SOuth's all
right" And it adds:
From Virginia to Texas, and from
Florida to Missouri, the South is in
creasing its substantial prosperity
with every day. It's fertile fields yield
harvests that abundantly reward
husbandman and proprietor alike.
Cotton, corn, sugar, grain. fruits,
| vegetables-all these are produced
in lavish quantities. Our cattle fat
ten on lush grasses, and winter in the
evergreen canebrakes of the lowlands
Tillers of the soil dwell in plentiful,
even luxurious, homes. In Louisiana
the great sugar plantati, stretch
for miles about stately dwellings,.
Men and women dress for dinner
every night and lounge, afterward,
in drawing rooms lighted by gas.
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia fur
nish the best horses in the world.
Mortgages are extinct pests, and dis
possessions are as rare as rocs or
dodos. Texas is an empire larger
than France, and needs only pOpu-
lation to be richer. Alabama would
make the fortunes of half the petty
sovereigns in Germany. and Missis-
sippi could put Spain and Italy upon
a paying basis within six months. "
That is very good as far as itgoes,
but the Post left out of it's enumera-
ton one of the most important OF
all the Southern States. Perhaps a
classification OF the possibilities OF
North Carolina was task which the
Post did not care to undertake, and
it is not necessary for the Observer
to go into it now. We mi ght be par
doned for saying, however, that
North Carolina manufactures every
year enough beds and mattresses to
| put all the people of the State OF
this bull-plow editor to sleep in. And
that's only one thing North Carolina
| can do, mind you.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
A Good N anne.

From personal experience l testify that
neWitt's Little Early Risers are unequaled as
a liver pill. They are rightly named because
they give strength and energy and do their
work with ease.-W. T. Easton, Boerne, Tex
Thousands OF people are using these tiny little
pills in preference to all others, because they
are so pleasant and effeetual. They cure bill
iousness, torpid liver, jaundice, sick headache,
constipation, etc. They do not purge and
weaken but cleanse and strengthen. Sold at
Parkers Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
The People Outraged.
Carthage Blade.

Carthage Blade.
The wave of Indignation that swept
over the State at the outcome of the
Haywood trial has not yet abated.
Never in the history of North Caro-
lima have the people been SO outraged
as at this miscarriage of justice, and
Justly So The Monroe Journal says:
'If every man who censures the
court in the trial of Ernest Haywood
for the murder of Ludlow Skinner
was jailed for contempt, the feet OF
prominent citizens would be sticking
out of every Jail window in North
Carolina. We have never heard SO
much criticism of any one trial. The
masses of North Carolina know that
if negro had killed a white manfor
no greater provocation than Hay
wood killed Skinner, that negro
would have gone up like soap bub-
ble.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
BEST REMEDY FOR BLOOD AND
SKIN DISEASES

For eczema, pimples, dandruff and all skin
diseases, Use HancOck's Liquid sulphur
In such cases as scale eczema and sores of
harsh, you should use Hancock's Sulphur
OintmeDt in connection with the Liquid. A
few applications OF Haneock's Liquid Sulphur
will cure the worst cases OF priekly heat.
For sale at The Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

Do you take them? IEancOck's Liquid
Sulphur baths are as delightful as they are
beneficial. The medicinal and tonic effect of
sulphur baths by absorption of sulphur
through the pores of the skin acts directly on
the blood, purifying it, and removes all un-
healthy secretions from the body. For sale
at The Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
A Runaway Bicycle

Terminated with an ugly cut on the leg OF J..
B. Orner, Franklin Grove, Ill. 1t developed a
stubborn ulcer unyieding to doctors and
remedies for four years Then Bucklen's s Arnica
Salve cured. It's just as good for Burns,
Scalds, Skin Eruptions and Piles. 25c at NJ.
Dorseys Drug Store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Cannot Be Too Severely Condemned.
Windsor Ledger.

Windsor Ledger
The registering and voting of ne
groes in the late elections Ton the
liquor question: cannot be too Sc
verely condemned. The people OF
the State have eliminated the negro
as voter, and the men who endeav-
or to use him to settle any question,
any way, are enemies of the future
peace and good government of the
State in general, and OF their locali-
ties in particular.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Child Labor---North and South.
Atlanta Constitution.

Every now and then the South is
treated by Northern newspapers to a
ripping criticism of it's liberation of
child labor in cotton mills and other
factory industries The cause of these
criticisms has been largely removed
by the anti-child labor laws enacted
in the Carolinas and Alabama. But
still the meddlesome raspings and
roastings go on.
But this much we can say in reply
to the sanctified critics-that what
ever laws we do enact in the South
to prevent unwholsome child labor
will be enforced. That is more, for
instance, than can be said OF the like
laws of New Jersey, if the comments
upon them by the usually accurate
Philadelphia Press are to be accept
ed.
That newspaper charges that the
legislature of New Jersey has left the
authorities without the necessary
funds to secure any sort of decent
enforcement of the anti-child labor
statutes, and that these are violated
almost wholesale by the perjury of
parents certifying falsely to the ages
of their children, whom they wish to
sacrifice to the mill molochs. The
grand juries of the State refuse point
blank to indict parents for this Grim
inal offense, and hence the law is a
practical dead letter.
Under these circumstances we
should think our Northern friends
would appreciate that modesty for
bids them from shutting their eyes
to this lawlessness in New Jersey,
even though their altruistic afficious-
ness impels them to lambaste any
Southern State for not having any
law on the subject. If we believed
that to enact one in this State would
lead to such contempt for it as is
practiced in New Jersey, we would
resist the creation of so wide an in
vitation to inhuman conspiracy and
anarchy.
HancOck's Liquid Sulphur should be
in every home. 1t cures eczema, pimples, tet-
ter, ringw orms, dandruff cuts burns, open
sores, dyphthera, sore throat, and all blood
and skin diseases. No home should be with
out it. Ask your druggists for a book on
Liquid Sulphur. For sale at The Eagle
Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
A Fly in the Ointment.
Baltimore Manufacturers Record.

In its review of the Reunion Of Ma
tive North Carolinians at Greensboro
the Progressive Farmer, of Raleigh,
overwhelmed evidently by the great
ness which the conference was calcu-
lated to promote, had the bad taste
to commit the following:
Senator NJ. w. Ransom was nom-
inally the presiding officer, but most
of the actual work fell to DR.. McIver.
General Ransom is clearly in his do
tage, and we do not think it is good
taste to longer exhibit him in places
of such responsibility"
That paragraph is eminently typi-
cal of the new educational" move
ment of the South, in which a few
youngish North Carolinians at home
and abroad have gained some note,
and which does not seem able to
avoid patronage or ignorance of the
past 1t may be suggested, however,
that years of faithful service to ones
State, years OF accumulated honOrs,
ought to inspire youth with respect
for age, that progress is not necessa-
rily inseparable from insolence and
that mutual incensing is not made
more acceptable by reflection upon
others. The writer of that bump
tious paragraph in the Progressive
Farmer is probably incapable of ap-
preciating the significance of his
words. Ii man in his dotage was
selected to be ''nominally the presid-
ing officer" of the conference, the
men who from far and near accepted
invitations to be present are likely to
ask what was the real purpose of the
conference?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

North Carolina is in the lead again,
as usual. Thisttime she has produced
the greatest freak of the age. John
Spencer Bassett is his name.-Wades
boro Messenger and Inteligencer
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Not 10 Be Joked At.
Greensboro Church Record.

Greensboro Church Record.
Henderson has a Doctor Harris,
physician, and a Doctor Harris, den
tist; also a Doctor Tucker, physician,
and Doctor Tucker, dentist. Some
cruel wag might make jest tbereat.
Don't YOU know what he would say?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Doesn't Respect Old Age.

It's shameful when youth fails to show
proper respect for old age, but just the con-
trary in the case of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
They cut off maladies. no matter how severe
and irrespective of old age. Dyspepsia, Jaun-
dice, Fever, Constipation, all yield to this
perfect pill 25c at Melville Dorsey's Drug
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

OF course the trustees of Trinity
College will demand Bassett's resig-
nation. If they do not every South
ern parent who has a son at the col
lege should order the boy to leave
the institution on the first train.-
Wadesboro Observation-Disclosures.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
LET US GIVE THANKS.
Gov. Aycock Issues His Proclamation
Setting Apart Thursday. Nov. 76th,
as Thanksgiving Day.

According to custom, and following
the action OF the President, Gov. Aycoek
has issued his proclamation, naming
Thursday, November 26th, as Thanks
giving Day. as follows:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

When the life of Mrs. Ruff was
hanging in the balance she used
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
and was restored to health. Fer ex-
perience made her the firm friend of
the medicine that cured her.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
has no equal in its cures of worlanly
disease. 1t establishes regularity,
dries the drains that weaken women,
heals inflammation and liberation
and cures female weakness.
"Five years ago when my life was hang
Prescription was brought to my home,
man Orphans Home, residing at 339 Rowe
ma Street, Detroit, Mich. III took it, and,
it won me back to health. Ever since that
time, have been its firm friend We fire.
quently have mothers come to our Home
who are suffering with uterine troubles, in
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great remedy for a female trouble is Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and we have
found nothing SO far which would SO quick
ly cure the disease, relieve inflammation
and stop pains. 1t is a good friend to
women"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Med
ical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of 2I one-cent stamps
to pay expense of mailing only. Ad-
dress DIR. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Sharp County record., 1903-03-13
Who Was The Loserl

An exchange presents the fol-
lowing problem in finance: A
banker, sauntering home, saw a
So note on the curbstone. Of
course he picked it up and took
the number in order 10 find the
owner. While at home his wi e
remarked that the butcher had
sent in a bill for meat amounting
to So. The only money he had
found, which he gave her, and
she paid the butcher. The butch
er paid it to farmer for a calf,
and the farmer paid it to a mer-
chant, who in turn paid it to
the washer-woman, and she,
owing the banker a note of So,
went to the bank and paid the
note. The banker recognized
the note as the one he had found
and which up to that time had
Sharp County record., 1903-03-13
Another American girl wi

Another American girl who
married a foreigner for his title
has come to grief. Miss Annie
Lee Rogers, daughter OF a wealthy
Texas merchant, married Count
Won Lowenheilm Of Denmark a
few years ago, and is now seek
ing a divorce, alleging cruelty
and desertion. Titles are very
good things to have in the family
no doubt, but American girls
who marry them generally find
there is no man connected with
the things. Annie Lee is just
meeting the common fate Of all
girls who had rather have a title
than a husband.
Sharp County record., 1903-03-13
A GRAVE THING.

The two houses of the Arkan-
sas legislature have been in a
box for the past several days.
The most important thing OF the
whole session has been up, and
the two branches have been tot
ally unable to reach an agreement
on this thing, which 80 vitality af-
facts the state and people at
large. We refer to the extension
of the session. The lower house,
with its unbounded love for the
people-to say nothing of those
six sinners a day-wants to
stretch the session to 120 days,
but the senators, who, on good
authority, are nothing but sold
stiffs," want to quit al about 115
days. This is a very serious
question, and we hope neither
the members of the senate nor
the house, in the settlement of
this great and perplexing prob
lem, will do anything in the heat
of passion. Such matters re-
quire the deliberations Of cool.
headed leliherators.