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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19
THE GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1908.
Two Fine Poems.


Charlotte Observer
We know no gentleman OF keener
discrimination in literary matters, OF
q nicer literary taste. than Mr.
Thomas VI. Hufham, Of Hickory. We
are indebted to him for having
brought to our attention the exquis-
tie poem, Yesterday, which appears
elsewhere in this mornings paper.
The cultivated reader cannot fail to
appreciate it. Eight months ago
Mr.. Hufham called to our attention
a poem OF which this, in its classical
character, is Il strong reminder. We
refer to coronation OF Character,
by Edwin Markham, which first APP
peared in Success for June, 1902. So
many OF our readers missed it at the
time. as has been ascertained by i'll
quiry, that it is reproduced here. In
our Judgment it is the most engaging
if not the strongest poem that has
been written by any one within twelve
months. Readers who care for such
things will clip both OF these poems
and put them III their scrap books:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19
NEW YORK MILITIA REJECTS FED.
ERAL Aid.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Major-General c. f. Rose, in com
mand of the New York militia, states
that that organization is not dis
posed to accept the terms of the bill
| passed at this session of Congress
which supplies a new arm to the SER
vice, provides for its partial reorgan-
lzatiOn and virtually makes it a part
OF the regular army. The New York
militia organization is disposed to
maintain it's independence and reject
the proffered Federal aid, including
its share of the 1000, OOOappropri,
alton carried by the new militia bill.
The New York militiamen have set
the militia OF the whole country a
good example and one that other or
CARNATIONS should have the courage
and independence to follow. The new
militia law is utterly at variance with
the traditional theory as to the mil
tia. 1t was never intended that the
militia should be merged with the
regular army. The militia is a State
organization for use only within the
| confines of the State in time of peace.
The regular army is of course purely
Federal and subject to be ordered
anywhere.
The militia should go slow in put
ting their heads into the Federal
trap for the $2,OOO,OOO bait it con-
tains. The New York militiamen
claim that it will cost them more to
comply with the new law than their
share OF the appropriation will come
to. Ii this is true of the Yew York
militia we should suppose it to be
true of the Virginia militia as well.
We accordingly advise the members
OF the local militia organizations and
OF the list regiment not to Jump to
the conclusion that they have a
good thing financially in the new
law, and to look narrowly into every
| provision of the law before any steps
looking to its acceptance are taken.
The |irginian-PHOt would like to
see the Virginia militia as whole
maintain its independence and de-
cline the bride to surrender contained
IN the new law. That law is nothin"
more nor less than a covert attempt
to augment the standing army by
indlrection, Do the Virginia militia
men want to be made a part of the
regular army? Do they want to be
hauled about the country t o encamp-
ments with the regulars, to be bullied
by the officers of the regular army
and leered at by the S13 a month
prlvates, and this at a loss of time
from their employment and, there
lore at a pecuniary sacrifice? In say
ing this we intend no disrespect to
the officers of the regular army. but
1t has been uniformly the case that
when the militia have been thrown
with the regulars the experience has
been unpleasant for the latter.
The citizen soldiers of Virginia
have been noted in the past for their
attachment to the traditions of the
militia service, and we can but be-
lleve that they are not less attached
to them today.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19
LET IT ALONE.
Charlotte News

Charlotte News
The Wisconsin State Senate is
probably Il disappointed body OF
men. Their resolution asking the
Governor of Wisconsin to request
the Governors OF other States to ap-
point delegates to Il convention, to
be held at Atlanta, for the purpose OF
discussing and deciding the race
problem has met Il decided frost.
Governors OF three Southern States
have already announced that they
will have nothing to do with the Wis
cOnsin scheme and it is evident at
this stage that the well-meaning but
misdirected plans of the Wisconsin,
ties is destined to die a-bOrnin'.
The statement of Governor Hey
ward, of South Carolina, made when
the request to appoint delegates was
refused, dispOses of the matter pref
ty thoroughly. Gov. Hayward said:
"The Interference and ignorance OF
longrange, wOuld-be philanthropists
has done more to create race Ques-
tlGn where none exists, than all other
combined agencies that have ever
come within my observation.
Suppose such Il convention should
be held along the lines suggested by
the Wisconsin Senate What would
it accomplish? The convention would
assemble at Atlanta; be harangued
by some capable Southern delegates;
well-meaning, but misguided gentle
men from the North and West would
make long-winded speeches setting
forth some pet project for the coloni-
Zatlon or deportation or some other
impracticable disposition of the
negro; the convention would then
draw up and adopt set of high
sounding, meaningless resolutions
and adjourn. And the so-called race
problem would remain in just the
condition it was before the conven-
ton assembled. All the speech-mak-
ing and resoluting of which this pro-
posed convention, or any other CON
vention, is capable of making, isn't
going to teach the lawless negro ele-
ment that there is a law in the land
they will be compelled to respect; it
will not teach the misguided element
among the race that the social bar
rler is q permanent institution, and
lastly will not aid the honest, respect
able negroes who are struggling to
gain foothold. In short Almighty
God made the leopard spotted and
spotted he will remain until the end
of time.
L. 1t is the South that has had these
conditions to wrestle with and here
they are not theories. If it is prob
lem the South will solve it: outside
interference only serves to accentu-
ate the darker side and therefore the
South asks only to be let alone.
The negro is here to work out his
own destiny and his own salvation.
The best element of the race is salts
fled with the progress that is being
made and re-echoes the desire-'.let
us alone. The sixteen-year old
school boy of the South eau solve the
race problem without the aid OF
the Wisconsin legislators and in three
wOrds-"LET IT ALONE"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19
MEET The NEGRO SOCIALLY
And Then Attack the Southland
A New York Minister Who is Ac-
quainted With the Situation Speaks
EmphaticaIly from the Pulpit.

New York, March Sth.-In his talk
at the Independent church today,
Henry Frank suggested that the peo-
pie of the North, if they wish to ele-
vate the negro. should invite him to
their homes and allow him at their
social functions on a basis of perfect
equality, and SO set the example to
the South. He continued:
Il do not hesitate to say dispas-
sionately, but with calm assurance,
that the open door of hope and OPP
portunity for the negro, if swung
from it's hinges, will lead not to the
negro's realization OF a lofty hope,
but to the nations sincere embar-
rasment, and possibly to bloody in
surrectiOn.
From years of observation in the
Southern States, | am absolutely
convinced that the only real friend
the negro has ever had in this coun-
try is his white Southern neighbor.
''In attempting to solve this ever
present problem let us try a change
of venue, so to speak. | would sug-
gest that the effort of the President
to equalize the social status OF the
negro be initiated by the white PEG,
pie of the North in general; that we
undertake at once to invite to our
homes, our tables, our social gather
ings, the representative persons o.
negro race on an equal footing with
ourselves; that we invite the brilliant
preachers to become pastors OF oul
white churches.
"When we have accomplished this
much we may turn to our Southern
neighbor and say: Brethren, the ne
gro, whom we believe you despised
envied and hated, we have selected
as our missionary to you to EN-
tighten, to inspire and ennoblt
your citizenship, your manhood and
ralip.inn -
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

The press is pretty well united in
opposition to the bill letting down
the bars of divorce. In the nature OF
the case, the press is a close observer.
1t sees the divorce evil more than
the average person does. Its oppor-
tunlties for observation are unusual
ly excellent. 1t is sometimes a trifle
egotistic but it means well, as a rule,
and the fact that it believes the re-
Gently introduced bill an unwise one
is at least Observation-Disclosures
Telegram.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

1t is stated that a movement has
been started in Illinois to induce the
Legislature to prohibit free lunch
counters i'll the rum mills of the State.
This Is but another step in the way
OF throwing restraint around the
Morally Stunted and we suppose it is
oil right. There seems to be n pur-
pose all over the country to cut off
their sowpow and it is just as well to
stop their ratiOns at the same time
Charlotte ObSerrar.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

After President Williams gets
through inspecting the Seaboard,
we'd like to have him come up and
Seaboard we have to live on.-Balti-
more News.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

An Indiana astronomer says there
are people on the sun. If there are.
they are not bothering about the
coal Observation-Disclosures Times.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

Tor CATARRH of the nose,
I 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, 1903-03-19
HERO IN OVERALLS.
Atlanta Constitution.

Atlanta Constitution.
The proposition has been made to
erect a suitable monument to brave
John Bibb, the Tennessee engineer
who was killed in frfghtf1l wreck
the other day, and who, as he lay
pinned under his engine, crushed and
bleeding to death, said to those who
were trying to relieve his agOnies:
'DOn't bother about me, go and
look after the women and children
in the coaches"
John Bibb, the man who forgetting
self, unmindful of his own suffering,
went into eternity with thoughts
only of the women and children on
his i'll fated train. He died at his
post though he might have saved
himself by jumping. He refused the
aid of the surgeons while Others
around him remained uncared for
and then it was too late.
Many a man has been famed in
song and story for less heroism than
this. But many a hero in overalls
who has died at his post of duty
lies today almost forgotten in an
unmarked grave.
The world has become SO accus-
toned to the bravery of the men in
engine cabs that it is prone to pass
over deeds that in others would call
for plaudits and sculptured shafts.
Their very calling presupposes iron
nerve and heroic mold. But these
opportunities to recognize such acts
of Bravery as that of Engineer John
Bibb should not be neglected. The
Knoxville ,Sentinelis to be commend
ed for it's efforts to place monument
over the hero of the throttle.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

We attract hearts by the qualities
We display; we retain them by the
qualities we possess.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

What's getting the matter with
the Jones family? There's not one
OF them left in the United States Sem
ate
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

"And now," asked the teacher, at
the end of a long description OF the
brain, "where is the seat OF memory?
Can any of you tell me?" "Yessum,"
replied Johnny Brighteyes; Gin the
little finger, where you tie a string
around it to make you recollect!"-
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19
A Short
Ocean Trip.
The r1Ost Delightful Route
to NEW YORK and
NORTHERN and EASTERN
SUMMER RESORTS
is VIA
OLD DOMINION LINE
AND RAIL CONNECTIONS.

For tickets and general information
apply TO railroad ticket agents. or to NJ. B.
CROWELL. General Agent. Norfolk, Va :;
J. F. MAYER, Agent, 1919 Main Street
Richmond, Va.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-19

Note Daily except Sunday.
central Time. Eastern Time
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
GUN CLUB PROGRAMMED.
Grounds Will Be Secured at Picket
 Springs.

The Capital City Gun Club was reor- ganized last night after a suspension of more than a years duration.
 The reorganization was effected at an enthusiastic meeting of local gunners held on South Court Street.
 The reorganiZed club starts off most auspiciously. The membership now num- bers forty-four and at least half @ dozen new members are expected at the next meeting.
 The officers elected last night are: W. T. Webber, President; B. W. Francisco vice-President. and Nose Moore. seere. tary. and Treasurer. At last night'i meeting Mir. Webber presided and MT Moore served as Secretary.
 The club hopes to secure shooting grounds at Pickett Springs. The club has under consideration proposition which may lead to the leasing of grounds al Pickett Springs. Other locations for grounds are also under consideration.
 A committee was appointed at last nights meeting to investigate the vari- ous locations and report at the next meeting of the club.
 It is the announced purpose of the club to have a State shoot in Montgomery al which gunners from all over the State will be present. This State shoot is al ready under consideration. The club will have a number of shoots during the sum- mer in which visiting gunners and the club members will participate.
 The shooting grounds will be selected at the earliest possible time. As soon as the grounds are secured the members will begin practice.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
MARINE NEWS

NEW RLEANS-Cleared, steamer Fl Mar, Jacobs, Jr., New York. PORT EADS-Arrived. steamers Civilian (Br.). Williams. Liverpool; Campania Fr.), Daniel. Rio de Janeiro; Sicilia Ut), Toscanin, Galveston. Sailed. steamer Olympia (Bf.), Gait. Port Limon.
 CHARLEsToN-sailed. steamer Louise CGer.) Horlbeck. Bremen.
 JACKSONvILLE-Arrived schooners A. Hayford, McClennan, Santiago: William H. Albury (Br.), Russell, Hopetown. Cleared, schooner Ellen M Adams. Sanders, Key West.
 DoVER-Passed. Kensington. New York. for Antwerp.
 LIzARD-Passed. Menominee. New York, for London.
 QUEENSTOwN-Arrived. Canada, Boston
 LIVERPOOL-Arrived. Corinthian, St. John, B. Sailed, Cevic, New York.
 NAPLES-Sailed, Cambroman, Boston.
 MoVILLE-Sailed, Astoria, New York: Pre- torian, Halifax.
 QUEENSTOWN-Sailed. Mayfiower, Boston,
 PENSACOLA-Cleared. schooner Gardiner B. Reynolds (Br.) Anderson, Irvington. Sailed, steamer Pensacola, Leach. Tampico; tug Mon arch Ferndiz, towing barge Tabor.
 SAVANNAH-Arrived. steamer Fridayhorn (Ger.). Hubsch Hamburg: schooner Lewanika lBr.). Williams, Trinidad.
 KEY WEST-Arrived. steamers Quaker City, Bravo. Miami. and returned Olivette, Allen. Port Tampa, and sailed for Havana. Sailed. tug Osceola, Tortugas; schooner John B. Coyle. Hodgekiss, Tampa. Spoken. schooner Mabel Darling, Kelly. Pascagoula. to Nassau.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
I. J. Mattox Cigar & Tobacco Co.
SERVICES COME TO CLOSE.
Strong Sermons Preached in Four
 Churches.

The last of the evening religious serv- ices of the week were held last night at the Dexter Avenue Methodist, Bibb Street Methodist Protestant. Clayton Street Bap- vfval conducted during the past week at the First Baptist Church by Rev. John A. Wray of Milledgeville. Ga, also came
 Rev. o. F. Gregory. D. D., preached at the Clayton Street Baptist Church last night from Acts viii :35. The pastor, Rev. R. F. Tredway, preached in the after noon. taking his text from Isaiah xiii 10.
 No services will be held at the Clayton Street Baptist Church today. MT. Tred- way will preach tomorrow morning and night and the meetings will close.
 Rev. c. l.. Jenkins of Anniston preach cd two strong sermons at the Dexter Avenue Methodist Church and Rev. J. P. Morgan preached at he Methodist Pro- testant Church.
 A. Wray at the First Baptist Church last night. Unusual interest was manifested and many persons went forward for prayer. At the close of the service quite a number were received into the church several of them for baptism.
 Many members of the congregation ex. pressed profound regret that the meet tnss should close and at the departure oi MT. Wray. who firmly established himself in the admiration and respect of the con. gregation of that church.
 The series of meeting have been decid. edly successful. and there was much pathos in the singing of the closing hymf sisst esr,s.,.n 5s the Tss That Binds Our Hearts
 The services at the Clayton street Methodist Church have been discontinued by reason of the illness of Rev. T. J faula district, wRo has 6een s assisting s ft hi, son. Rev. J. T. Mangum, the pastor. 1T conducting the meetings.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
DuN,s TRADE REVIEW.

NEW YORK, April Io.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
 weekly review of trade tomorrow VIII say:
 possibility of further Interruption to industrial
 activity next month on this account the busi-
 ness outlook Is most gratifying. Late frosts
 caused some damage early in the week. but low
 temperatures did not continue and in most sec
 tions agricultural products had not advanced
 sufficiently to suffer materially, while the pros
 poets are bright for large crops and heavy
 sales of fertilizers testify to extensive opera
 Eastern retail trade has been heavy and job ping activity in Summer fabrics indicate exe- cution of a vigorous consumption as the sea son advances. There is less complaint regard ing deliveries due to better traffic facilities Railway earnings e, March increased 3.S per cent. compared with last year. and 24. per cent. compared with l90i.
 Undue significance has been attached to the recent reduction in prices of Southern pig iron and throughout the country tendency to de in quotations has followed and in the trade 1t is believed that after the temporary un- on the former liberal scale. Finished steel is eagerly sought, and there is increased activ- ity in outdoor work, Makers of merchant pipe of machinery have more business than can be handled promptly. The pig iron output has bounded upwards with the peter movement of l fuel and in a short time production will be at the rate of 20, 900, 900 tons annually. These | figures the better appreciated wien 1t Is remembered that they are more than double l the maximum year's output prior 10 1899. In the textile industries there were still adverse | factors, notably the labor controversies at cotton mills. Beyond moderate revival of | export purchases for China there Is no in- crease in the sales of cotton goods. both sellers and buyers awaiting some more definite infor- maticn as to the future. Another rise in the raw material threatens a shut down at several | mills which have light supplies and few con | tracts. Manufacturers of mems heavy weight | woolen and worsteds receive few new orders | except for filling out sample lines. and the | situation is practically unchanged Thus far | Fall business is below normal and clothlsrs are not seeking large supplies of material | Wool has been fairly steady since the month | opened, but none of the March decline Is re- | covered. New business Is small at Eastern l shoe factories. but this Is seasonable and no | apprehension is felt. Moreover. current ship | ments are much heavier than year ago. and | activity is assured for at least two months | after work begins Fall contracts. Quota | tions are firmly held and local jobbing trade is | brisk. Leather is in better demand, the strike | at Chicago tanneries stimulating purchases | Domestic hides have lost part of the recent | recovery and imported skins are also some | what cheaper. Staple products develop irreg- ularity as the season advances and speculation | has again become a prominent factor
 Failures this week numbered l97 in the | United States against l98 last year. and le | in Canada, compared with l9 a year ago.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
Favorable to Fruit Growers.

Los Angeles, Cal. April 10.-Edward F.. Chambers, General Freight Agent of the Santa Fe, gave testimony before the h. terstate Commerce Commission which the fruit growers and shippers interpreted as strongly supporting their contentious for lower rates and quicker time in the ship ments of citrus fruits to Eastern points. The witness said that while the cost of transportating fruit from Southern Cali fornia has increased 25 per cent since the $1.25 rate became effective In 1886. the fruit busisess had increased so enormous ly in the same period that the railroads have been able to increase their profits in a still greater ratio.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
PATSY MITCHELL CASES.
Mistrial in One Aequittal in Other
 Charge of Arson.


 A mistrial in one case and verdict oi not guilty in the other was the result of the trial of the two cases of arson against Patsy Mitchell, a negro woman, who was tried Thursday and yesterday in the criminal division of the City Court Qf Montgomery.
 The Mitchell woman was accused of having because of jealousy. burned two houses on the plantation of Charles Gay, about four miles from Montgomery. Cir cumstantial evidence was introduced against her.
 ceived the charge of Judge William H. Thomas Thursday night about 6:3o o'clock l Throughout the entire night they bal loted on the case, but were unable to agree. About o'clock yesterday after noon they were called from the box by P. Dexter, foreman of the jury. that the jurors were totally unable to reach verdict and with the consent of the de. | fendant a mistrial was ordered. The bond of the Mitchell woman was fixed at $500.
 The other case went to the jury yes | terday afternoon about o'clock and in
 six minutes a verdict of not guilty was | returned.
 Cases of infanticdde were called against | Lula Austin and Mamie Austin. negress- l es on the plantation of Col. B. l.. Holt | just outside of North Montgomery. l The two women are accused of having killed a child, the offspring of Lula Aus | tin and thrown the body in a well, where | 1t was found several weeks after the | crime is alleged to have been committed The case went to the jury about 7:S( o'clock last night, and at late hour tht 1 jurors were unable to agree on a verdict Many a man has gone to the bat through his efforts to be regarded as a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
Weather Conditions.

The depression over Eastern Canada yes- terday has moved southeastward to the Mas sachusetts coast. giving light rains over the rometer extends from the upper Great Lakes to Georgia, giving generally fair and pleasant weather from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, with cooler in the Lake Region, Ohio Valley and Northern Florida. and warmer in North Carolina and Virginia; the western de- pression has moved eastward and now forms quite a decided storm center over Eastern Wy oming, causing warmer, unsettled weather ovcr the Great Plains, with light to moderate rains from the Dakotas southward to Western Texas and in the Mississippi Valleyh rain has also oc- cured in the far West but an area of high ba- rometer moving in over California Is giving clearing colder in that region and as far southeast as extreme Western Texas. and has turned the rain to light snow over Oregon