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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
THE HENDERSON GOLD IEAF-THURsDAY NOVEMBER 1908
Severe Test,

Duchess pants are made to stand
the severest test. No maker ever put
a pair to the test that Samuel Wat
kins did last week. The claim is that
they are made for service and will
stand any strain put upon them.
Saturday Mr.. Watkins put this claim
to the severest test. First he took a
pair of Duchess pants and fastened
one leg to- a beam and to the other
was tied a keg OF nails weighing 1O8
pounds. They stood the test all
right and "held their own all day
in front of his place OF business, at
tracing the attention of all passers-
by. Not satisfied with this. though,
Mr.. Watkins took a pair of Duchess
pants and utilized them as traces on
his dray. They stood the strain OF
the heaviest loads, and when night
fall came there was neither a rip nor
a tear.
The claim made for Duchess pants
is that they are the best on earth for
the money. Every pair warranted.
The guarantee that goes with them
is $1.OO for a rip-in the seat-1O
cents for a suspender button that
comes off, Prices 50. 90 to $500.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL.
The Necessity Of An Education Was
Never So Great as Nova Duty
Every Parent Owes to His Child.

The Necessity Of An Education Was
Never So Great as Nova Duty
Every Parent Owes to His Child.
The GOLD LEAF would impress upon
every parent the duty they owe their
children in giving them an education,
or rather we should say allowing
them the opportunity of acquiring it.
By this is not meant a collegiate ed
ucation, but a fair business educa-
ton such as will fit him for the duties
OF life, and such as can be acquired in
our public (free) schools. The neces-
sity OF education-being able to read
and write and ssfigger'-was never
SO great as now. The following ar
ticle from the Troy Star applies to
the parents of Vance and every other
county in the State as we'll as to the
parents of Montgomery county.
Read it and consider we'll it's words
and act accordingly-if your children
are not alread in school:
''The busy season of the year is
over, SO there is nothing to keep the
children from attending school. No
parent can afford tie keep his or her
children out OF school this day and
time. Yet we fear there will be a large
number who do not attend.
"The boy who becomes 81 years
old after 1908 cannot vote under the
laws OF this State unless he can read
and write, and this fact alone should
appear to the parents of North Caro-
lima the necessity and Importance of
keeping their children in school. The
State has made that requirement and
has made provision for you to meet
it. Are you going to accept the op-
portunity and meet the requirements
'But there is a still higher motive
that should be considered when it
comes to the question of educating
the boys and girls of our land, and
that is preparing them to fight the
battle of life that stares them in the
face. The illiterate class that is cast
upon the world at the age of p can
not hope to be any more than slaves
to the intelligent class. There never
was a time when such premium was
placed on education as it is at the
present time.
Parents, if your children grow up
in ignorance you, and you alone, are
responsible. Do not stop at sending
them two days in the week or two
weeks in a month, but send them
every day possible during the whole
term. This is a sacred debt you took
upon yourself when you became a
parent, and it is your duty to pay it..
Send your children to school"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Reelected the Old Officers.

The annual State convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton at Salisbury reelected by accla-
nation the following officers: Miss
Mary Love Springfield, of Waynes-
vile, regent; Mrs. Edwin Clarke Greg
DRY, of Salisbury, vice regent; Miss
Julia Alexander, of Charlotte, secre-
tary; Mrs Charles L. Van Noppen, OF
Greensboro, historian, and Mrs. W. O..
Shannon, of Henderson, treasurer.
Elections were also made to fill two
new State Offices, chaplain and CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. W. S. Bran
ner, Of Waynesville, being unanimous
ly elected chaplain, and Miss Leila
May johnson. of Asheville, CORE
spending secretury. The convention
will meet next year in Greensboro
with the Guilford Battle Chapter.
Strength and vigor come of good food, duly
digested. FORCE" a ready-to-serve wheat
and barley food, adds no burden but sus
tains and invigorates.
Don't fail to see the new fall goods at H
THOMASON'S. Phone Is.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
TRIBUTE TO THE TEACHERS.
We Owe Them Much for Their I'M
firing Work and Self Sacrifice-The
Power of the Public Schools.
Winston Journal.

Winston Journal.
Too much honor cannot be shown
the teachers of our schools. There is
not millionaire among them. But
they have fame and the knowledge
that they are moulding humanity for
good, forcing progress, aiding des-
tiny, building monuments that time
cannot destroy. They are self-made
men and women, who have proved
and are still proving, that it is pos
sible for a poor girl or boy to rise by
the aid of their brains, and no power
on earth can keep down those who
want to be more than a cipher.
The history of one is the history of
all. Take the Oldest educator in the
State. Not many years ago he sat
at his desk in the little school house
with his nose in primer; a pair OF
brown feet dangling from the hard
seat and one eye cast languishingly
at the window. Outside were sun
shine, flowers, a creek to swim in,
birds that sang natures songs, and
the happiness of summer day. In
side a stern faced teacher, a rod that
was for use, seats that made backs
ache, a few books, and that was all.
In those old days people didn't be-
lieve in scientific instruction. The
boy who was whipped in school gen.
orally received another whipping at
home. The remedy for school ills
was the lash. Center methods were
for later days. And yet, those prim-
tive schools produced strong men
men who have never forgotten old
abuses, who learned by experience
what children needed; who determin-
ed that their children and their chill
dren's children should find fewer
stones in the roadway that leads up
hill to success.
The magnificent educational sys-
tenn, which.is the pride of this land,
was builded by the brains OF the bare
footed boys of long ago. They have
worked.
They hold high places because they
have earned them. They rule in fine
buildings because it is known that
pleasant and healthful surroundings
for children mean better brains and
stronger bodies. These educators
have progressed. They have always
been ahead of the procession. They
have made parents realize that lit
tie learning isn't enough, and that
the child best equipped with a good
store of knowledge has the best
chance to win his way in life, whether
destiny places him behind a counter
or i'll the cab of locomotive. We
talk much of the natural advantages
OF America, of sun and rain, of fertile
soil, of rivers and lakes, of vast fields
of grain and great herds Of cattle.
Yes, they helped make this land the
wonder of the civilized world; but
more, far more; than all these, is the
power of the public schools.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Our Newspapers.
Townsville Charity and Children.

The plain-and strenuous way in
which our North Carolina newspapers
have rebuked the recent outrages
against the law in this State and
South Carolina by the courts offius-
tice (?) gives good hope for the fu
ture. A few papers were either silent
or attempted to straddle the fence,
but the great majority of them we
saw called things by their right names
and entered their indignant protest
against the burlesque. North Caro-
lima journalists may not all be able,
but the majority of them are brave
and true. They love the good name
of North Carolina, and they are set
for the defense of the State against
her foes within or without her bor-
ders The peoples liberties are not
in danger SO long as the press is alive
and awake to it's duty. 1t is very re-
freshing to see the papers shake the
nonsense out OF a fraud and probe
hypocrisy to it's depths. To be sure,
now and then a toady or coward
may be found who waits to get Or
ders, but where there is one like this
there are ten who own their souls and
who send their arrows to the mark.
We have the highest respect for the
| newspaper men of North Carolina as
| a whole, and recent events have JUS
| titled our good opinion.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
North Cardinals Progress.
Charlotte Observer.

The Manufacturers Record, OF Bal
timore, discussing the recent reunion
at Greensboro, gives some figures
showing the material achievements
OF this State which are gratifying.
We quote:
Because OF the wanderings of her sons
the population OF North Carolina in
creased during the past twenty years
but 35 per cent, while that of the United
States increased 50 percent But, in spite
OF the wanderings OF her sons, thus re-
Elected in the comparatively small rate Of
increase in population, the State increased
the value of it's agricultural products y
per cent. as against 113 per cent. for the
whole country, and the value of its man
ufactured products 372 per cent, as
against 142 per cent. for the whole coun-
try. At the same time it reduced it's
white illiteracy from 31.5 per cent. to
1914 per cent, and it's negro illiteracy
from n 4 per cent to Al. 6 per cent, and
as the reunion itself demonstrated, re-
tanned it's quota of orators"
1t is to be remarked that the in
crease OF SO per cent. in the popula-
ton of the United States includes the
immense foreign element, much of it
vicious and dangerous, which reaches
our shores annually, while that OF
North Carolina is native, and, like
the State, peaceful and law-abidirg.
That it is not an average. agricul-
tural State-whether due to charac-
ter OF soil or methods of cultivation
we may not SAYS to be admitted
But in manufactured products and
the reduction of illiteracy we show
up handsomely, and, taking the fig
ures all together, there is much in
them to give encouragement to our
people.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
SHINGLES, FLOORING,
AND CEILING
SOLD AT A CLOSE PROFIT.
c. L. BLACkNALL,
KITTRELL, NC.
Right Kind of Talk.

Wilmington Messenger.
OF course, sometimes, somebody wants
to quit. We part with him in sadness,
not in anger. but-here is another little
point pride-when he gets in the notion
of quitting, he has to repeat the fatal
words: ''Stop my paper" but once. We
appreciate his support and like his dollar
but the minute he thinks he isn't getting
his dollars worth, and frames his
thoughts into language, he has done the
work. We may feel sad for him-or our
selves-and feel that he is acting mighty
unwisely, but we don't want him to ever
say: 81 told you to stop my paper but
you didn't. Monroe Journal
That is pretty independent talk,
but we like it. A newspaper pro-
prietor should be above forcing his
paper on any one who does not want
it, Hecannot beindependents so long
as he begs people to subscribe to his
paper. No man should subscribe to
a paper if he is not going to pay for
it and he should not have it sent to
him if he does not want it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Handsome Program.

Manager B. S. Aronson. of the
Cooper Opera House, has gotten out
the handsomest program we have
seen. The cover design is an idea of
his own, engraved by the Maurice
Joyce Engraving Company, and has
been the subject of favorable COM
ment by those who have seen it. The
inside pages are filled with advertise
ments, the cover being of pink paper.
Jones did the printing, and that is
saying enough.
Manager Aronson believes in hav-
ing the best that going, and whether
in programs or amusement attrac-
lions, he spares neither efforts nor
money to furnish his patrons call
that's coming to them"
Are you going to buy a watch, diamond
or anything in the jewelry line? If so,
you cannot do better than what HIGHT
& co. can and will do for you. They
also give you a written guarantee as to
quality and weight of diamonds
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
WILL BUY AT HOME.

Alex. !. Barnes Gets an order for Fur.
niture After the Prospective Pur-
chaser Had Visited Richmond and
Baltimore.
Some people have an idea that you can
always do better when you buy away
from hOme-patronize the big cities-that
the goods are better and the prices lower.
This is not always true, however, and as
the GOLD LEAF has pointed out time and
again, taking the general run OF things
one can do better by buying at home
patrOnizing our Henderson merchants.
Weare impressed anew with this fact by
a letter which Mr.. Alex r. Barnes has
just received from Mr. G. J. Burton, writ
ten from Baltimore under date OF the
10th. Mr.. Burton has been intending to
make some furniture purchases for his
home since moving to Henderson lately,
and examined Mr.. Barnes stock with
that object in view While finding no
fault with the goods or the prices, Mr..
Burton wanted to look around some
before buying-telling Mr.. Barnes if he
could not do better elsewhere he would
give him the order. After visiting Rich
mOnd and Baltimore and looking around
for a few days, Mr.. Burton writes Mr..
Barnes to say that he has decided to buy
OF him, concluding his letter in these
words: Il see no better place to buy at,
and am glad | can give you this order"
Watch Hight & Cos window. Changed
daily.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Special Train to Richmond.

AS announced elsewhere by adver-
tisement the Seaboard Air Line will
operate a special train from Raleigh
to Richmond on Thanksgiving Day,
Nov. Goth, account of the foot ball
game between the University ofNorth
Carolina and the University of Vir-
ginia, and the debate between Wake
Forest and Richmond College. Fare
for the round trip $500, this rate
applying from all points between
Raleigh and Norlina inclusive. Train
will leave Raleigh at o'clock in the
morning; returning, leave Richmond
at - o'clock midnight An oppor-
tunity will thus be afforded to visit
Virginia's capital city and witness
these interesting events at a very
low rate, returning practically the
same day.
Don't forget the special offer on Visit
ing Cards. At
w r. WHITTEN G. CO.'S
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

Mr.. Joe P. Hayden, Jr., has been
appointed chief train dispatcher OF
the Brunswick & Birmingham Rail
road, the appointment being effec-
tive Nov. 7th. Mr.. Hayden is a Hen
derson boy, son of Mr.. j. P. Hayden,
and had his first railroad experience
with the Seaboard Air Line. Since
leaving the service of that road he
has held various positions elsewhere,
but for some time past has been with
the Brunswick & Birmingham. The
Brunswick, Ga, Daily News speaks OF
Mr.. Hayden as an old railroader and
a man of great experience, and says
the promotion is a deserved one.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
On a Sad Mission.

Mr.. r. r. Walker, of the Littleton
News Reporter, passed through Hen
derson Tuesday morning on his way
to Kansas City, on a sad mission.
He was going to attend the funeral
of his brother, Mr.. John E. Walker.
Mr.. Walker was an engineer on the
Santa Fe Railroad, and on the night
OF October Both the Colorado-Chicago
Flyer which he was pulling went
through bridge 80 miles East of
Pueblo, Colorado, and he received in
juries from which he afterward died.
Engineer Walker was a native of
Warren county, n. c., but had been
living in the West a number of years.
His home was in La Hunta, Colo
RADIO, where he had wife and chill
dren. The burial was expected to
take place in Kansas City today.
The deceased had been in the en-
ployment of the Santa Fe System for
a number OF years. Two sisters, Mrs.
S. D. Tucker, of Warren Plains, and
Mrs. H. L. Coleman, Of SCOTS, and a
brother. Mr.. T. r. Walker, of the Lit
Teton News Reporter, survive him,
to whom the sympathy OF the GOLD
LEAF is extended.
Wear the Aronson Shoe and make YOUR
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

From the Mt. Airy News of last
week we take the following which will
be read with interest in Henderson
where the groom, Mr.. Tom Lambert,
formerly lived:
Mr.. J. I. Lambert, of Greensboro, was
united in marriage last Wednesday night
to Miss Alice Floyd, of this city. The
wedding took place at the home of Capt
y. ID. Parks at Laurel Bluff. Rev. A. l..
Belts. pastor of the Mt. Airy Baptist
church, performing the ceremony. MIR.
Lambert and wife will make Greensboro
Their home. The News joins their many
Trends II! in wishing them long and happy
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
1000 Young Men Wanted for Posi-
tons Guaranteed in Writing.

A striking illustration of the almost un-
limited demand for young men and women
of business education is found in the adver-
tisement of the Ga-Ala. Bus. College. of Ma
con- Ca, calling for 1000 of them at once.
That world-renowned institution is reeeiv
ing SO many more calls for graduates than
can be supplied that it has not only greatly
reduced it's tuition but has concluded to pay
the R. R. fare and give written guaranty OF
positions to all graduates who desire them,
under q S. 900 bank forfeit.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Children.
Care for the Insane.
Durham Thrift.

Durham Thrift.
1t really looks that legislation is
necessary to get the insane out OF
jails and county homes. The insane
should be declared wards of the State,
taking upon itself the burden OF sup
porting the INDECENT insane and make
it culpable to keep them in county
jails and homes. Before this can be
done provision must be made by the
State for this class of unfortunates.
Surely there is no higher duty than
that due them by the State. The
matter of expense should not enter
into this calculation. No class APP
peals to our sympathies and should
excite our charity more actively than
the feeble minded and the epileptic.
If educational work is needed (and no
one will say it is not) in literature,
sciences and the arts, how much more
is it needed in practical philanthropy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Cured Piles After 40 Years.

Mr.. c. Haney Of Geneva, O., had the piles
for 40 years. Doctors and dollars could do
him no lasting good. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cured him permanently. Invaluable for
cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, decorations. &C.
zema, letter, salt rheum, and all other skin
diseases Look for the name Dewitt on the
counterfeits. Sold at Parker's Two Drug
Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
FOR RENT.

l~Co Two-story dwelling house
G1f containing six rooms and
r. closets. In good repair and
conveniently situated to
business part of town Terms reason
able. For further information apply at
GOLD LEAF OFFICE.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Ran Down a Deer With DOGS.

Last Saturday Messrs. John and
Il. I. Turner, Jr., and Willie Parham,
in company with Others, started up
Il deer at 9 o'clock in the morning,
and followed the dogs all the way
through the chase until 2 O'Clock,
when they tailed the game. Mr..
Turner's famous white dog, Lee,
caught the deer "a doe about grown
by the throat just as it was in the act
OF going over Il wire fence on Mr..
Frank WOrtham's farm. There were
only five dogs in the chase, two of
Mr.. Turner's and three others.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
FOUNTAIN PENS.

The George S. Parker and Paul E. Writ
Fountain Pens, at Hight & Co.'S, are too
well known to need any further advertis-
ing than to know they are in the city.
We have a good assortment. A hint to
the wise sufficient Hight q Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
A Remarkable Case.

One of the most remarkable cases of a cold,
deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia.
is that of Mrs Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion,
Ind, who was entirely cured by the use OF
One Minute Cough Cure. She says: "The
coughing and straining 50 weakened me that
ran down in weight from 14S to 90 pounds.
/ tried a number of remedies to no avail until
1 used One Minute Cough Cure. -Four bottles
of this wonderful remedy cured me entirely OF
the cough, strengthened my lungs and re-
stored me to my normal weight, health and
strength Sold at Parker's Two Drug
Stores.
Mr.. John Spencer Bassett is pro-
lessor at Trinity College. He claims
that Booker Westinghouse the great
est man the South has produced in a
century except Gen. Lee. 1t is SIAN
der on Gen. Lee to be excepted by a
man whose conception OF greatness
is so warped and twisted as Mr.. Bas-
sett's aspears to be.-Thomasville
Charity and Children.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

eff there is ever any serious trouble
over the race problem, l believe the
newspapers will be responsible forit, !"
is a remark we heard the other day.
Something in it, too. Booker Wash
ington and his friends are receiving
entirely too much attention.-Gasto-
MIA Gazette.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
Sale of Valuable Farm!

DY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS con-
ID ferred on the undersigned Trustee by
two Deeds in Trust executed by James I.
Floyd, one on the 22nd day of December,
1883, on record in Book IS, Page 1877, and
one on. the 18th day of March, 1900, on
record in Book 10, Page $50, Vance County
Registers Office, and also by the powers con-
ferred on the undersigned executors of the
last will and testament of said j. I. Floyd,
(all the heirs to sign the Deed also before
payment is demanded) we shall, on
MONDAY, DECEMBER 9TH, 1908,
Sell for cash, at the Court House door in
Henderson, that valuable tract OF land con-
tanning 1891 acres by recent survey OF George
Houghtaling, adjoining lands OF Mrs. yaxey
Bobbitt, deceased. J. V. Wrenn. J. I: Floyd,
deceased, and Little Ruin Creek. There is
a good building, &C., on the place. Land well
adapted for all crops grown in this section,
nearly all OF the open land being fresh.
splendid farm.
Terms of sale Cash, but purchaser can get
time on " to "a of the purchase money. Plot
can be seer at Trustees Office.
ANDREW j. HARRIS,
Trustee.
Al HARRIS,
III. d. FLOY D,
Executors of James T. Floyd
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
FOUNTAIN PEN FOUND.

Mr.. Edward Hines has handed us q
fountain pen which was left on the desk
in the Citizens Bank about two weeks
ago. Owner can get same by calling at
this Office, proving title and paying for
this notice.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12

The voting machine is getting to
be feature on election day. But the
machine that brings out the vote
still claims the larger share of public
attentiOn.-CharlOt News.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
statesmen WANTED

10 look after our interest in Vance and
adjacent counties. Salary or commits
SION SION. Address Lincoln Oil Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Aronson Shoe is waterproof, COM
"rtable and a long wearer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-11-12
$4,000 SHINGLES.

Nine (9) solid cars of Building Material
now being received. Prices right
JOHN b. WATKINS.