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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
HENDERSON. N. c., THURSDAY, /;

the leadership of Mr. Creecy. Hecon-
Sented to WELD the pen and immedi-
ately assumed the editorship of a
paper then established as the Econo-
mist. He forthwith opened a deadly
fire upon this contemplate army of
carpet-baggers. 1t proved warfare
most deadly. They were routed from
their high seats and driven forever
from the sacred soil of Carolina. r.
B. Creecy was one of the heroes of
the day. He was lauded and it was
then that in some manner the title of
colonel was bestowed upon him-a
title that has clung to his name ever
since
Though now at the ripe old age of
eighty-nine Col. R. b. Creecy is enjoy
ing the best OF health His step is
not marked by the elasticity OF
youth, however. The old gentleman
many years ago sustained injuries to
his lower limbs that render him all
but IL cripple. He rides to and from
his work now.
The writer visited his editorial
sanctum one morning this week and
during the conversation the venera-
ble editor talked upon ante-bellum
days. His knowledge of North Caro-
lima is remarkable and he is highly
entertaining. He delights in talking
of the early history of the Albemarle
section He talked OF his boyhood
days as If they were only yesterday.
His memory is not failing. In dis
hD in
land waterway the veteran editor
displayed his thorough acquaintance
with passing events. 1t was surpris-
ing to hear the familiarity with
which he discussed this great ques-
ton, AS we talked the morning
mail was laid upon his desk. He
glanced over the packet OF letters
and extracting one of them, men,
toned that it was from a North Car
olina boy who was achieving success
abroad. He said that his correspon-
dents were mostly young men who
left their Tar Heel home to seek sue
cess and fortune in fields remote
Most of the cOlonels old compan-
ions have passed away, and now,
seeking other companionship, he
is interested in the young manhood
OF North Carolina and often he writes
of ''Betsey's Boys Abroad
From the abundance Of the heart
the mouth speaketh.' This being so
we cannot hut believe that Colonel
Creecy concludes his evening prayer
with God bless the Old North |
State" Our supposition is prompt
ed by his manifested interest in the !
welfare of the State.
1t is really surprising to note the
grip he has upon the young OF this
city. Old and young alike hold him
in highest reverence, they delight to
sit at the feet of this Gamaliel OF
North Carolina and listen to his tale
OF her past. |
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
SAVING TURPENTINE WASTE.
Wilmington Messenger.

Wilmington Messenger.
DR.. Charles H. Herty, professor
of the University of Georgia, made
an address a few days ago before the
Turpentine Operators Association
of the South on the waste in turpen-
tine operations in the South under
the present system and the savings
under the new. He has been expert
menting with the new system as the
representative of the Federal Agri-
cultural Department on turpentine
farm near Ocilla, Ga. The doctor
seemed satisfied that the new system
would be a means of adding much to
the profits of the men engaged in
turpentine business of the South.
From the Manufacturers Record we
take the following synopsis of DR..
Herty's address:
"He described his methods, and
said that the investigation had been
confined to the injury done by the
box and the amount of waste of
timber resulting from present meth
DDS of collecting the gum from the
trees. He used four full crops. the
first, second, third and fourth-year
crops, working one-half of each crop
in the usual way; and the other half
with his simple system of galvanized
iron cutters in shallow incisions
made across fiattened faces of the
trees and conducting the gnm into
clay cups. He showed that the new
method produces about 20 per cent.
more gum than the old and of a bet
ter quality. He quoted figures
showing that the total revenue from
the turpentine and rosin output
of the South amounted this year to
SIT 100000 under the present meth:
cd of handling the trees, and that
under the new method the value OF
the output would have been $3O,-
900, 900, making a total loss to the
operators of the South more than
$13, 3,OOO,O 900, regardless of the injury
from a numbering standpoint, done
to the trees under the old method.
DR.. Herty has conferred distinct
benefit upon a characteristic South
ern industry by his careful investiga-
tions, and has made a notable con
tribution in support of the agitation
which would introduce in the South
a scientific handling OF its forest re-
sources of all kinds. 1t is to be
hoped that the example of one lead
ing operator in determining tC
adopt DR.. Herty's methods will be
followed generally, and that his in
vestigation may be continued to the
| further benefit of his section.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
HENRY |. WYATT.
His Resting Place in Hollywood
Cemetery. Richmond.
Should be Marked by Fitting and I'M.
posing Moaument-The First North
Carolina Soltier 70 Fall I'm Battle In
Defense of the Southland ia the Late
War Between the States.
Elizabeth City Economist.

Elizabeth City Economist.
The subjoined letter is from Il COM
rade who was by the side of Henry
Wyatt when he fell at Bethel. 1t
sheds more light on the memorial at
Richmond.
| The editor of the Newsstand Observer
does not accept our suggestion of
] giving aid to Il more fit memorial.
We respect and honor his patriotic
motives, but We make an exception
in tie case of Wyatt's. Richmond
Hollywood Cemeteryis is the Pantheon
of the Confederacy. Wyatt is North
Carolina proud representative in
that national sacred city Of heroes,
statesmen and martyrs. Let him
rest like those who died at Termopv-
la-On the field of his glory. He
rests near the remains of the great
Mississippian who was the beloved
head of the Confederacy. Let him be
one of his bodyguard when he an
swers the last reveilee. Let North
Carolina erect IL more enduring mon
ument. II. b. WILSON.
RALEIGH, y. c., Dec. 10, 1902.
''r. B. WILSON, Mayor,
Elizabeth City, Nc.
DEAR SIR:-I read with pleasure your
communicate ton of the 9th instant, in re-
gard TO Henry l. Wyatt's grave, in the
News and Observer. | heartily endorse
the suggestion you make as % the duty
OF the people of our STATE to erect Il more
mn f,Af -.,f
Wyatt, who was the first man to fall in
battle in defense of the South in the late
war between the States
Il wish to say, however, that you are
mistaken in Que particular The marble
tablet you described, is securely fastrned
on the top OF a granite. not wood. column
/ tN Neve or fife. ii inches in diameter, with
a dowel-pin aud cementpd l visited
, hollywood on June 10th, 1897 the 36th
anniversary Of his death found moth
ing to mark the spot where he was buried
except the granite column above men
TONED. As you say, my State pride was
touched. | at once went to a narb e
yard, had the tablet cut and inscribed as
you described III your communication,
and firmly SIT on the column so that
those who should visit there in the future
might know whose remains we're deposited
i'll that sacred spot.
The flag YOU mentioned was placed
there on the 10Th OF last June, the 41st
anniversary OF his death by my daughter
1t is my intention to remember him each
anniversary by placing IL Confederate
flag on his grave. Twas by his side when
he fell.
Il am sorry tina: | was not able to
place more imposing tablet on his
grave. but it was all was able to do at
that time. am willing to aid, however,
In any way can to er, ct u more suitable
monument to his memory-one more in
keeping with, or what should be, our
State pride.
Il hope YOU will keep the ball rolling.
but shouldyou fail, the ittl- tablet placed
there by an cid comrade will remain. un-
less rudely torn away by some deyast-
ating hand, until our children shall be
no more. With best wishes, am,
every truly,
"R. ii. BRADLEY"
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SUBSCRIPTION $3.50 Cash.
Our ScraWny
People
NO. 3.

Not all thin people are in actual
i'll health, but undue thinness means
danger, and "scrawny thinness
means the result of wasting, when
wrinkles and loss of strength as
well as loss of weight show that
something is wrong.
This something may be worry,
extra work. care of the sick, nervous
derangemen'~ dyspepsia. bowel
troubles, or the first sign of the
onset of serious disease like con-
sumption or kidney trouble.
How often we hear: "She'd be
pretty woman if she wasn't So
horribly thin! !" It's too bad, for
most of these thin women are sick.
The best thing we have found
for thin people, whatever the
cause of the thinness, is Vnol.
1t seems to nourish at once, and
also to start an appetite for good
food. 1t was great discovery to
combine the medicinal properties
of cod liver oil with organic iron
in suchH powerful and yet pleas
ant-tasting gpreparation, andwe'll be
glad to tell YOU how we got hold of
it, il you'll call at the store. Any
how if you are thin, and want
more flesh and strength, try a
bottle of Ninol. If you aren't
pleased, we pay the money back.
Remember fat doesn't create fat;
so YOU don't need the greasy kind
cf cod liver oil to increase weight.
Ninol is better and tastes delicious.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
ONE SIGN OF STATE PROSPERITY
New Berne journal.

New Berne journal
The very last of all trades, profess
sions Or industries, to receive a di-
rect benefit from prosperous times,
, it seems that the newspapers of North
Carolina are finally being touched by
! the improved business conditions.
! A detailed review of the State
papers is not necessary to prove
that the press of North Carolina is
enjoying something from the existing
trade and industrial conditions
which are adding millions of dollars
! to the wealth of those who are in a
position to realize the gains.
The general advantageous situa-
tion of those newspapers which are
published in what can be termed
Central Carolina, the section embrac-
ing Raleigh. Greensboro and Char
lotte, does not make so notable this
newspaper improvement and air OF
prosperity, as does the change in
| the Western and Eastern Carolina
press.
| With this in mind, the Journal
notes the marked newspaper change
in the Asheville Citizen, with. its
eight pages, and modern equipment
to make possible the product of a
daily first-class edition.
! In Wilmington, the Messenger,
had modern equipment, but recent
ly it's business has warranted a test
being made upon it's resources, by
reason of a greatly increased adver-
tising patronage, causing it to en-
: large.
Further East, this wave of more
business, if not called prosperity,
has touched the Greenville Reflector,
which exhibits in it's makeup and
! increased size that local demand
which called for larger newspaper.
These three are merely illustrative
of the point that there is something
real in North Cardinals improved
conditions.
1t is not alone that the heindustrials.
the banks and the farmers have
prospered, but that the Over-bur
dened and Over-worked newspaper
man is coming into a little of the
light OF easier times, which he has Ia
DOreu SO SUrenuOuSlv ana nOpelullS
to establish.
And while the newspapers of North
Carolina are exhibiting in their
larger size, with greater advertising
and more news matter in their col
umns, the latest token that social,
educational and business conditions
have advanced and prospered, it is
but a small reward at the best, for it
has been through their efforts that
all other classes were uplifted and
benefited.
The newspaper benefit comes late,
but it is none the less welcome, if it
shall bring some cessation, some re-
lief from the times which tried and
vexed the most serviceable and Obe
dent of North Cardinals workers,
it's editors.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
Dislocated Her Shoulder.

Mrs. Johanna Sod-rhoIm, of Fergus
Falls, Mimi, fill and dislocated her
shoulder. She had a surgeon get it back
in place as soon as possible, but it was
quite sore and pained her very much.
Her son mentioned that he had seen
Chamberlain Pain Balm advertised for
sprains and soreness, and she asked him
to buy her II bottle OF 1T, which he did. 1t
quickly relieved her and enabled her to
sleep. which she had not done for several
days. The son was so much pleased
with the relief it gave his mother that he
has siuce recommended it to many
others. For sale at Parker's Two Drug
Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
The Secret Of Long Life

Consists in keeping all the main organs
of the body in healthy. regular action.
and in quickly de-troying deadly disease
germs. Electric Bitters regulate stomach.
liver and kidneys, purify the blood, and
give a splendid appetite. They work
wonders in curing kidney troubles. female
complaints, nervous diseases, constipa-
tion. dyspepsia aud malaria. Vigorous
health and strength always follow their
use. Only soc. Guaranteed by Melville
Dorsey, druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
VOL. XXI.

children. But there can be no Joy in
motherhood without health, and without
health for the mother there can be TO
health for the child.
It is of vital Importance for women to
know that the health of mother and child
is i'll general entirely within woman s
control. The thousands of women who
have used DR.. PierCe's Favorite Pre-
scription when expecting motherhood,
have testified that it made them healthy
and happy in the days of waiting, made
the baby's advent practically painless,
and gave them health to give their chill
dren.
Mrs w. J. Kidder. of Hill Dale Farm G+nos-
burg Ccntcr), Fnosburg. Vt. writes: " During the
past year found myself expecting maternity
and in rapidly failing health. | suffered dread
fully from bloating and urinary difficulty. I
growing perCeptibly weaker each day md
suffered much sharp pain AT times. / felt that
something must be done I sought your advice
and received "A prompt reply. Tpok twelve
bottles of Doctor PierCe's FavOritc Prescription
and also followed your instructions / BEGAN
to improve Immediately, my health became
excellent and / could do all my own work we
live good sized farm) l walked and rode
all could and enjoyed it. I had short, easy
confinement and have healthy baby boy"
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, book containing 1908 pages,
is given away. Send 2I one-Cent stamps
for expense Of mailing only, for the book
in paper covers, or 81 stamps for the
volume bound i'll cloth. Address DIR.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. y.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
A Scientific Discovery.

kodol does for the stomach that
which it is unable to do for itself, even
when but slightly disordered or over
loaded. kodol supplies the natural
juices of digestion and does the work OF
the stomach. relaxing the nervous ten
sion while the inflamed muscles of that
organ are allowed to rest and heal.
kodol digests what you eat and enables
the stomach and digestive organs to
transform all food into rich, red blood.
". ". Parker.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
Group.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group, is usually well known to the
mothers OF croupy children. No time
should be lost in the treatment OF it.,
and for this purpose no medicine has
received more universal approval than
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. Do not
waste valuable Zine in experimenting
with untried remedies, no matter how
highly they may be recommended. but
give this medicine. as directed and all
symptoms of Group will quickly disap-
pear. For sale at Parker's Two Drug
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
Finds Way to Live Long.

The -tartlin, announce of u di-
cov"ry that VIII surely strengthen life IL
made by editor .. II. Down"y. of Chnru-
buSco, Ind Il wish To state" he writes,
chat DR. Kings New Di-eov-rt for Con
sumption. is the most -infnllible remedy
that / have ever kuoxnfor coughs, colds.
and grip. Ir's invalu ibls to ,,eop!e with
weak lungs Having this wonderful
mvdcne no one need dread pneumonia
or consumption. I's relief is instant and
cure certain Melville Dorsey euaran-
tees every J0c and 81 90 BOTH, and gives
trial bottles free.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
Unconscious from Group.

During a sudden and terrible attack
of Group our little girl was unconscious
from strangulation, says A. d. Spafford,
postmaster, Chester, Mich, and dose
of One Minute Cough Cure was admins,
tered and repeated often. 1t reduced
the swelling and Inflammation, cut the
mucus and shortly the child was resting
easy and speedily. recovered. 1t cures
Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe and all Throat
and Lung Troubles. One Minute Cough
Cure fingers in the throat and chest and
enables the lungs to contribute pure,
health-giving oxygen to the~blood. W.
W. Parker
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
THE CLOSING YEAR.
BY GEORGE DENNISON PRENTICE.

Prentice American humorst and born
49, 1902, Louisville, KY, January
blished under the title OF 'Prentieeana" in 1859
'Tis mdnight's holy hour-and silence
s'sH1as pa pa.ss ss's sR wind.
s ss ' ADe
Is Is M!sS sweeping past yet on M the stream and wood
Like pale, spotless shroud; the air is stirr'd
That doas So still padv a sSroueS Heaven
The The spirits OF the ss. season os seem to stand
And Winter, with bis aged locks, and breathe
Like the far windharp's s Wild and touching wall
ifon tEe sah
has Sti chambers the the heart 1s spstsr s dim Ii, 1
Heard from the tomb OF ages, points its cold
And holy visions that have passed away,
an and s @ es o %"ss o M their rhst HSfpss ps lifts
The The cpf1id Of hope and 10y 10y and love-
wha5 ep eeS ss MOVERS
q sssS Il
GfhsS thsS sss.s' ne3 t i paSd
It '11dI trod the hall Of reSsrs Where thongd
ii 6 fa s hsar 1S @ tsssa1 s the Ta
Ss S and sss aps s1
OF serried hosts shiverd and the grass
5s:s S% 'as Sf SSsss
Yet, ere it melted in the viewless air,
1t heralded its millions to their home
In the dim land of dreams. Remorseless Time
Fierce spirit of the glass and scyhe-what power
Can him in his silent melt
His iron heart pity? On. still
He presses and forever. The proud bird
The condor of the Andes that
Through heavens unathomable depths, or brave
The of the northern hurricane
And battle his pumage in the thunder's home,
Furs his broad wings nightfall and sinks down
To rest upon his mountain crag-but Time
Knows not the weight of sleep weariness
And nights deep darkness has claim to bind
His rushing pinion Revolutions
Ger the earth, like troubled visions FER the breast
OF dreaming cities rise and sink
Like bubbles the water fiery isles
Spring, blazing, from the and go back
To their mysterious mountains
To heaven their bald and backened cliffs, and bow
Their tall heads to the plain empires rise,
Gathering the strength of hoary centuries.
And rush down like the Alpine avalanche,
Startling the nations and the very stars,
Yon bright and burning blazonry of God.
Glitter awhile in their eternal Depths
And, like the Pleiades, loveliest of their train
Shoot from their glorious spheres, and pass away
To darke in the traekess void-yet Time
Time, the tomb builder holds his fierce
Dark, stern, lptiless, and pauses
Amid the mighty wrecks that st1ew his path
To sit and muse, like other
Upon the a he h5s
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
Your husband is a floor walker in n

Your husband il a floor walker in n
department. store, isn't hep
'.Yes -
'.Then why don't yon have him get up
and walk the floor with the baby when
she criss?'
Il can't wake him mp. When | shake
him and tell him what's the matter be
rnumbles soHething about soothing
syrup in ,he drug department three
aisie- down, and then goes to snoring
again"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08

"He's quite star as an aiter-dinner
speaker, isn't he?"
'.Star," he's q regular moon. He be
comes brighter the fuller he gets"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08
ALlTTLE COINCIDENCE

From the New York Sun.
EDIToR OF THE SpN-Sir; In the Sun OF
Thursday of last week Thanksgiving
Day) there appeared the following verses
by Niuette M. Lowater:
THANKSGIVING.
Thank God for love. Though one kind heart
alone
Respond with true affection to your own,
Though all beside unheeding pass you by,
Yet light divine illumes your earthly sky
Thank God for Love!
you know,
Though well acquaint with poverty and
While YOU at morn the earths fair face be-
hold,
While night still spreads her pomp of rose
and gold
Thank God for Life!
Thank God for Death, After the summer
Beneath the snow sleep all the weary
flowers;
So, after all Life's pain and joys are past,
Shall Death bring kindly rest for all at last
Thank God for Death!
On the day before Thanksgiving | was
asked to write some verses bearing on
that festival for the Philadelphia Press.
| complied with the request, as best l
might. at once, and wrote the following
verses, which were, accordingly, printed
in the Press On the same day that the
preceding ones appeared in the Sun:
THANKSGIVING,
Thank God for Death' For that serene re-
That neither visions nor their ending knows;
For that still sleep which honorably ends
The bitter flame we breathe with every
breath,
All hate of enemies, all craft of friends
Thank God for Death!
Thank God for Life! And for the spirit
To bear its blows unshaken and unboWed;
For the glad Soul thas, hopeful, still shall
dare,
However bitterly may go the strife;
For the grim will to fight, to work, to
Thank God for Life!
Thank God for Love that balks the aim OF
Fate!
Or won, or lost, too early known, too late
Love paints the grey sky gold whate'er be
fall
And lifts US to the paradise thereof
So. most of all-aye, ever most Of all
Thank God for Love!
What am now anxious to discover is
whether the Suns verses were q reprint
and l an unconscious plagiarist, OF
| whether both their author and | Were
| using refrain which our decriving mem
| ories passed off on us IA our own. Car
either YOU or the Suns readers assis,
me to the answer to what seems to me
to b. rather q curious riddle of literary
| coincidence?
| REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.
Philadelphia, Pa December ard, 9O2.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08

Nice line of Shoes, Hats and Um.
brellas-very cheap at
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08

Thank God for Death. For that serene re-
pose
That neither visions nor their ending knows;
For that still sleep which honorably ends
The bitter flame we breathe with every
breath,
All hate of enemies, all craft of friends
Thank God for DEATH
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08

Ammunition OF all kinds-powder,
shot, caps and loaded shells at
II. THOMASON'S.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-01-08

From the New York Sun.
EDIToR OF THE SpN-Sir; In the Sun Of
Thursday of last week Thanksgiving
Day) there appeared the following verses
by Niuette NJ Lowater:
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COL. r. 3. CREECY.
North Cardinals Oldest Living
Active Editor.

With Native Faculties UnirnpaiTs by
Good itumor tie Enters His Nine-
tieth Year-A Career of Usefulness
and Honor and Service to His State.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08

thing may be found her from a gas range to flat iron. Among the special booths is the candy booth, where delicious homemade can dies will be found every day. The cafe feature attracted large crowds yesterday, and a delicious menu was served.
 The cafe will be in charge of the Meth odist women today and the following will be the menu:
 Vegetable soup,
 Turkey with cranberry sauce,
 Roast beef or ham.
 Candied yams. Boston baked beans with tomato sauce.
 Cold slaw, Celery, f1ckies Extras-Oyster stew, oysters fried oyst- CTS raw, chicken salad. charlotte Russe and cake, gelatine with whipped cream and cake. coffee with cream.