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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
BILL NYE'S GRAVE.
in a Nearby Church. But His Grave
is Unmarked.
V. {. E Brown, in the Sumpter Item

Rev. {. { Brown, in the >nmpter Item.
Four miles away, Southward, at
Cavalry Episcopal church, between
Arden and Fletcher, is Bill Nye's
grave, unmarked and unkept. At
the head Il little tree is growing, and
some one has laid there a rude piece
of stone picked up on the highway
A memorial window was set up in
the nearby church by Mrs. Nye; but
the grave itself is neglected. | am
wondering if | could not set on foot
in South Carolina some plan to erect
a monument at the grave of this
man, whose writings we used to read
with SO much pleasure from week to
week. The story is afoat that Bill
left $4,000 to his widow, the result
of his labors with his pen, but all of
this was lost in the breaking of two
banks-one in Asheville and one in
the North-where Mrs Nye had de-
posted her money; and out of the
wreck she saved nothing but the
money she recovered for her home
near Fletcher, which is known in the
Nye parlance as my perpendicular
farm Rumor informs us that for
years Bill fought manfully against
pulmonary troubles, and when weak
ened away, died of some brain dis
ease During all those years of suf-
fering, he continued to send out the
merry, sparkling letters to the pa
pers, which made his name famous
throughout the United States. The
fact is pathetic-he loved to make
Others laugh, while he himself was
slowly being consumed by a malady
incurable Along side ofNye's grave
is the grave of his daughter, who
died here in the mountains, plucked
from the treasured jewels of his
heart, and whom he quietly buried
away among the hills, but of whose
going off he had no word to say in
the letter he was then engaged i'll
writing, over which the world would
laugh and be merry.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
TWO GREAT STATE FAIRS.
One Agricultural, the Other nasonic
Both to be Held in Raleigh During
the Month of October.
Llewxam's Raleigh Correspondence

Llewxam's Raleigh Correspondence.
For the first time, there will be two
State Fairs in progress at the same time
at Raleigh during the month of October.
But they will not conflict Instead of in
terfering with one another each will help
the other and the two will draw the
largest crowds of people that have ever
gathered in the States capital city on a
like occasion, and no visitor can afford
to miss either of the big affairs
The regular State Fair of the North
Carolina Agricultural Society opens as
usual on the third week in October be-
ginning this year on the 10Th, and judg-
ing by what | see and am told by Secrc-
tary POgue, another recOrd-breaking
event is in prospect. For four or five
years each Fair has surpassed it's imme-
diate predecessor and this years exhi-
bition may eclipse all others, though it
does seem almost impossible to surpass
the last few held, they were SO excellent
and so largely attended. One of the new
fsatures this year will be the big cap
tive balloon" by which visitors may
make ascensiOns several hundred feet in
the air and return safely to earth.
The other is the great Masonic Fair,
" Hull Is W NC d ctdIt eNtut tlle
direction of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, with Col Noble F. Martin, who
has had much valuable experience in
has already arrived in Raleigh and with
a corps of assistants, is now actively
working up the practical details. The
object of this undertaking is to raise the
balance necessary to secure the erection
of the splendid projected Masonic Temple,
to be built in this city on one of the most
beautiful sites on the principal business
street About $4,000 is needed. 800
900 having already been secured or
pledged. through the sale of stock. etc
Grand Secretary John c. Drewry has
been made treasurer of the Masonic Fair
committee He is one of the most enthu-
siastic and devoted of Masons and no
one in the State has been more actively
efficient in furthering the cause of the
Temple. He has sent out pledge cards
to all of the A. 900 MasOns of North
Carolina, urging all to give something,
however small the amount, in either
money or goods of any kind, towards
making the Fair and Bazaar a Financial
success. Donations in merchandise or
farm products of any kind, can be sold
for cash during the Fair and applied to
the Temple fund. The Fair will be in
progress two.weeKs-Oct. II to 24, in
elusive
This Masonic Fair will be one of the
most unique and pleasure-affording
events ever held in North Carolina There
viii be present some of the brightest and
most distinguished Masons in the
United States and some of the greatest
Masonic orators, including that now
most eminent of all Masons, Congress
man Richardson, of Tennessee The city
OF Raleigh has given the use of its most
beautiful Nash Park, forming the entire
city block, opposite the Union depot,
and it will be the rendezvous OF thous-
ands, an immense tent covering a large
portion of the park,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
REGULATING MORALS.
The Business Forces Deserve Credit
For the Changed Condition Quite as
nuch as the Temperance Forces.
Greensboro Record.

Greensboro Record.
For years past innumerable efforts
have been made to secure prohibi-
ton or stop the drink habit-to save
young men. just now not only this
State, but Virginia, is stirred by tenn
perance agitation and in many To-
calities the traffic in liquor has been
forbidden. We have nothing to say
against all these efforts, for they are
of course cOmmendable, but we have
often wondered if the temperance ele-
ment. the violent prohibitionist es-
pecially, realizes what is doing most
to bring about this state of affairs.
We expect not. "Endurin' of de war;"
as the old darkey said, the drink
habit, bad enough before. grew fast;
the man who did not drink if he had
the price was rare bird. The con-
ductOr or engineer on the railroads,
for instance, who could drink the
most and stay Oh his feet was a big
man. But there came a change and
the edict went forth that a man
could not hold his job and drink
liquor at the same time. And about
this time many a poor old fellow re-
tired from the service. This course
of the railroads has been gradually
followed by the business community
until about the first thing asked of a
man is does he drink. If he does, he
is not wanted This has awakened
public sentiment and has done more
for sobriety than all the prohibition
in the world. for when a man sees
day by day that he is Disseminated
against for the habit he is mighty
apt to quit, if he can, and what is
still better he tries to keep his Off
spring from learning the drink habit.
All this, we repeat, has worked Won
ders in the morals of the country.
The other day the Western Elec-
trio Company, of Chicago, issued
this manifesto to it's l, ,5OOemployes:
''Playing the races and all other
forms of gambling, immoral conduct,
and the excessive use of cigarettes
greatly impair ones usefulness. The
best business houses in the city do
not desire the services of those who
practice any of these things. Notice
is hereby given that any employe so
abusing himself is subject to dismis-
SAL
Officials of the company state that
they have been making Il careful in
vestigation into the habits of their
young men and have found that the
employees who play the races have be-
come careless, nervous, negligent OF
their duties and morally spotted.
Excessive cigarette smoking, the com
pany's managers assert, clouds the
intellects of the victims and renders
them unfit for the intelligent, pains
taking work demanded of them. The
position taken by the company is
that its business demands the ser.
vices of bright-eyed, clear-brained
honest young men, and that this ser
vice cannot be secured from clerks
who spend their time from the office
in gambling, playing the races and
other forms of dissipation.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
VOL. xxi.
I" wrote to
Or. Pierce for
advice though I
thought surely
T would diee -

"After my baby came in January, 1900" wTitex
Mrs Nancy Abner OF St. Paul, Ark, ri suffered
severely from ali sorts of aches and pains, uit'l
the following May when read one OF your
pamphlets, treating female diseases. / wrote
TO DR.. Pierce for advice, although l thought
surely would die our physician told mc
was more liable to die than to get we'll your
fatherly advice caused my health to be restored.
! took five bottles of Dr. PierCe's FavOrjte Pre-
s-ription, three of Golden Medical Discovery
and three vials of Pellets together with your
other remedies, and am able to do all my
work"
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, free, and
SO obtain without charge or fee the
advice of specialist upon diseases
peculiar to women. All correspondence
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential Address Dr. R. V. Pierce.
Buffalo, N. Y.
The invitation to consult Dr. Pierce,
by letter, free, IS not to be confused
with offers of "free medical advice~
made by irresponsible persons who are
not physicians and are professionally
and legally disqualified for the practice
OF medicine.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a
safe and reliable remedy for the cnre of
womanly ills. 1t establishes regularity,
dries weakening drains, heals infa;nma-
ton and liberation and cures female
weakness.
FREE. DIR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
OF stamps to pay expense of mailing only.
Send 2I one-cent stamps for the book il,
paper covers, or 81 stamps for the cloth
bound volume. Address DR.. R " Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
Farmers of South Are Better Off.
New York Telegram to Richmond Times
Dispatch.

New York Telegram to Richmond Times
Dispatch.
John SHELTON Williams, president
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway.
who has recently returned from a
tour of inspection of the South. says
he has never seen the cotton plant in
more healthful condition, but that
the crop is late in maturing. He es-
timated the coming crop at between
1O.oOO.OOO and 100000 bales.
MIR. Williams says he learns on
Very reliable authority that SO per
cent. of the planters have materially
reduced their debts and 35 per cent.
are entirely out of debt He is re-
ported as saying that the farmers
can make big profits with nine cent
cotton and big crop.
Regarding the Senboard Mr.. Will
liams says that early in 1904 it is
expected to have a new line to Bir-
mingham opened and a aphvsical con-
nection with the Frisco 4 Rock
Island
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
How Schools Help a Neighborhood.

Monroe Journal
"DOn't answer this letter unless you
have Il good graded school, is the way
IL man who was writing to Monroe
about moving here, concludes his
letter. People are moving about in
North Carolina agood deal now, and
the prime object sought is good
Observation-Disclosures for the children.
Ever notice how the value of proper
ty jumps up around good school?
Take the Wingate section. Before
the school was begun there farm
lands could be bought easily and at
no big figures. Mr.. Ira B. Mullis, an
intelligent young farmer of that sec
ton, told us Saturday that the de-
mand now for farm lands in reach of
the school couldn't besupplied, while
in the village, we were told by man
who lives there, property is about as
high as it is in Munroe When peo-
pie move it is for the purpose of bet
tering themselves, and the man
whose ear is attuned to the new con-
ditions doesn't consider himself bet
tered by move that doesn't carry
him within reach of a good school.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCI-
ATOMS.
They Have Greatly Benz fitted OIher
Towns and Such an Institution
Would Benefit Henderson.

SO much has been said about the
benefit of Building and Loan Associ-
ations that it would seem nothing
more needs to be said to interest
and arouse our people on the subject.
And yet there is great deal more
that may be said and all favorable.
The Monroe Enquirer says this:
Salisbury, like Monroe, has been
greatly benefited by a good Building
and Loan Association. The Sails
bury Sun of last Friday, in reference
to the fact that the 22nd series Of the
Building and Loan Association in
that town had matured, says:
"Children should be encouraged to
take stock because it is a wonderful
training in perseverance to pay %
cents every Saturday night lar six
years and eight months. Your boy
at the graded school by taking stock,
little by little, may save enough to
give him term in a business college
when he gets through school. Ifyou
have a girl at school you may be
able to save enough, laying away q
little week by week to give her a
course in typewriting and stenogra-
ply when she finishes the graded
school. Men who are young and
strong should provide "a home for
themselves before they grow old.
Their children may die before them,
or may have such misfortunes that
they will not be able to maintain
them when they become old and
helpless.
"Many neglect to lay up IA quarter
a week, because helping oneself is SO
slow. 1t is a slow thing, but there
is another much slower, that is find
ing some one who will lay up money
for YOU. But besides that, helping
oneself is a manly thing and leaves
al impression on the character that
is worth ten times the money saved. y
The Asheville Citizen, commenting
on the foregoing, says:
by the same reasOnlnga Il man who
begins paying few quarters a week
to Building and Loan Association
will soon find that he has anfantip-
athy to wasting money in frivolity
and dissipation Besides this, the
greatest good that will be accom-
plished by a live association is in the
requirement of homes by the wage
earners.
"ShOw us a town where the work
ing people own their homes and we
will show you a town that is built
upon rOck-a town that is live and
grOwing-a town whose citizens are
loyal, a town where strikes and dis
orders are few and uprightness and
morality are the controlling intlu-
ence in the shaping of public opin-
iOn.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
Saving of Seed Corn.
Southern Farm Magazine.

Southern Farm Magazine.
1t gives but little trouble, yet re-
suits in great profit, for farmers to
go into theircorn fields after the corn
is ready to gather and select the very
best ears for seed. Let the quality
selected be as uniform as possible as
to the grain. Ears with grains close
ly set, taken from stalks that have
produced two good ears, are to be
preferred. These ears SO selected
should be hung up in a dry place
with the shucks pulled back. BY
making the selection in the fall much
time is saved when the period of
planting comes on; besides. q careful
selection will result in greatly i'm
proving the quality of the crop. A
great many crops of corn are grown
in which II dozen varieties may be
found with every conceivable mix
ture. Pure white corn, not too hard
or -tiinty, on large ears and small
cobs, is the best for all purposes of
the farm
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
How is This ?
p. D. Gold in Charlotte News.

| hear the expression made, and it
seems to be held by some people rs
an excuse for all kinds OF deeds of
some lawyers, that II lawyer is legally
bOund-takes an oath-to do every
thing in his power to obtain the ac-
quittal of his client, it mattering not
how guilty the client is. Therefore,
if he is very guilty his counsel must
put forth greater effort to secure his
acquittal, and, therefore, the more
criminal one is, the greater need he
has for all the counsel he can obtain
in order to procure his escape from
punishment, and hence if he has
plenty of money he will escape jus
tice; for with sufficient money he can
employ lawyers of the sharpest tricks,
that by hook or crook can open u
door of escape, and thus Justice is
not cheated, because the lawyers have
taken an oath, authorized by the law
to require such effort of attorneys,
and it is their duty thus to exert
themselves to the utmost to cheat
justice out of her authority for pun
ishing criminals.
If this is the oath lawyers take,
and if this is their duty, well may
it be said, "wOe unto you, We law
yers.
What right has any man to take
an oath to thus defeat the purpose of
law, which is to punish the guilty
and protect the innocent? 1t would
seem that lawyers-a class of men
better versed than others in the ma
ture and learning of the law-would
be especially careful to uphold and
support the majesty of law.
[ conceive it to be the duty of q
lawyer to see that his client should
have a fair trial, and if convicted it
should be legally done-that his
counsel should desire that Justice be
done, but he will use his knowledge
and power in behalf of his client in a
way not to defeat the ends of justice,
nor to procure the escape of a crimi-
nal SO clearly guilty that people will
feel that there is no justice in the
courts, but that each side of the case
is properly presented.
What is the oath u lawyer takes?
The substance of it is that he will
support the Constitution, the laws OF
the land, and will truly and honestly
demean himself in the practice of an
attorney, according to the best ofhis
knowledge and ability.
If lawyer has much legal ability
and a correct standard of knowledge
OF right and hatred of wrong, or if he
is girded with the armor of man OF
integrity, he will be an honor to his
profession.
If he has legal ability without in
tegrity, and is full of cunning and
love of money he will employ his
powers to the perversion of justice
and encourage Williams in the hope
that they may escape tbs terrors o
an outraged law by the aid of such
attorneys: but lawyers of this class
will be held i'm contempt in the eyes
of all men that love Justice and truth
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
The Man in the Man.


Charlotte News.
That was IL fearful experience which
the passengers OF the Princess Anne.
of the Old Dominion Line, had in the
storm from New York to Norfolk,
Va. The heroic act Of the captain of
this vessel is, after all. what distin-
ouishes men from each other. under
trying circumstances. In the midst
of the storm those who fed the great
engines with coal threw down their
shovels and rushed ''pel NELL to the
top. when the captain with revolver
in hand ordered them to their places
He was in earnest and these men
knew it, and at once each went to his
place and thus saved the vessel and
the lives of its crew and passengers
It's this steady nerve, this conquer
ing presence of mind, that makes a
man in authority irresistible and
unconquerable It's this in man that
makes him a master Of the beasts of
the field. that paralyzes the assas-
sins arm and unnerves the burglar
and the highway robber. The steady
fire that burns in a brave mans eye
is hard indeed to resist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
An Instance OF Sublime Heroism.
Pittsboro Record, Sept. II.

Pittsboro Record, Sept. II.
Today is the forty first anniversary
OF the battle OF Sharpsburg, which
was fought in Maryland on the 18th
of September, 1862. 1t was one of
the most desperate battles of the
war, both armies displaying heroic
courage. Gen. Lees report says
that he had less than 10000 men in
that battle, while Gen. Mcclellan
(whO commanded the Union army
stated in his official report that he
had SO, ,164 men,
Although so greatly outnumbered
the COnfederateS successfully resisted
the repeated assaults of the Union
troops, and remained in possession
Of their lines all next day awaiting a
renewal of the battle. In this battle
North Carolina lost many of her best
and bravest sons, among them two
of her generals, Gen. George B. An
derson and Gen. l.. OBJ. Branch. In
this battle occurred an eXtraOrdina-
ry act of sublime herOism, the 9th
North Carolina regiment standing in
serried ranks and with unfiinching
courage to withstand the enemy's S
charge without a cartridge!
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
An Open Secret of Success.
Baltimore Herald.

Mr.. John Wanamaker, who began
business with confidence, a few goods
and Il wheelbarrow, will erect in
Philadelphia a twelve-story building
to cost five million dollars He never
undertakes anything unless he has a
reasonable assurance that it will sue
ceed, and his expectations are gener-
ally realized.
Mr.. Wanamaker has great faith in
advertising. He says he has never
found anything to pay as well as the
money he has spent in newspapers in
letting the people know what he has
and what he is doing. He uses thous-
ends of dollars yearly in this way,
and it is clear that he finds it pays.
No matter how able business man
may be, the wisest finds he must go
before the public through medium
that reaches the homes. Competition
may be sharp, as it generally is, but
the man of business who tells the
people what he has, and always keeps
faith with them, will surely reap the
reward of his energy.
Mr.. Wanamaker' S success has been
an incentive to manya man who has
found as he has, that nothing pays
better than advertising.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01

IN DAYS OF OLD.

In days of old it must have been
Quite hard to be a baby:
There were no patent matted foods
To build up tissues-maybe.
There were no mixtures guaranteed
To check eczema s itching:
No system OF massage that could
Create complexious witching.
In days of old it must have been
Quite hard to be a girl
There We're no net-wO Ork costumes then
To make men : senses whirl;
There were no beauty talks to hear.
No iced drinks to taste:
There We're no calisthenics for
Diminishing the waist
In days Of old it must have been
Quite hard to he youth:
No guide to courtship could be found
Compiled by Auntie Ruth.
No How to Live on Ten Week
And Keep a Family, Too"
Without chance to read such hints
What could the poor yaps do?
In days of old it must have been
Quite hard to be man;
There was no way to build Il home
On the installment plan.
In days of old it must have been
Quite hard to live at all,
Still, in the past much ice was cut
On this terrestrial BALI
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-01
The Salve That Hoals

without leaving n scar is DeWlttS. The
name Witch Hazel is applied to many salves,
but DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the only
Witch Hazel Salve made that contains the
pure unadulterated witch hazel. If any
other Witch Hazel Salve is offered YOU it is a
counterfeit +. E. Dewitt invented Witch
Hazel Snlve and DpWitts Witch Hazel Salve
is the best salvc in the world for cuts, burns,
bruises, letter, or blind. bleeding itching and
protruding piles. Sold at Parker's Two
Drug Stores