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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cnre
is taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation OF the dis
ease and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing its work. The proprietors
have SO much faith in it's curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list of tes-
timonials Address
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Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the bsst
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
HENDERSON, N. c., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1903.

easiest thing imaginable under our laws
for man of influence and wealth to de-
hberately shoot down fellow being upon
the slightest provocation, and then plead
sef-defense. We do not say that the jury
erred in the Haywood case. We do not
intend to set up our judgment against
the opinion of the presiding Judge, who
said, from the evidence before you l
think your verdict was eminently
proper" but we do say that according
to the way the reports of the evidence
came down this way the majority of
Halifax county people were clearly Of the
opinion that it was not a case of justifi-
able homicide, and there are many very
eminent lawyers who share in this opin-
ion. Net referring to any particular case
we are free to express the opinion that
human life in North Carolina is not SAFE
sahat it is almost impossible to convict a
ma1, who has ingenious counsel, of mur-
der in the first degree, and a rare thing
that men of money and influence are pun
ished for crime in any degree. We fear
that in too many cases the jurors allow
their sympathies for the living to run
away with their judgment and they mis-
take sympathy for justice.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Not On Your Life.
Fairbrother's Everything.

FalrbrOther Everything.
In his more or less lurid spiel to tile
jury in the Haywood trial at Raleigh Al
torney Pou stood, unblushingly, beforA
a jury of his peers and made this state,
ment:
81 am glad that Jones Fuller was wise
enough to screen the woman he loved
from such vicious attacks. Jones Fuller
knew the character of the prosecution
and he was right in making bargain
to keep her out of it, for when every
other defense witness is attacked in this
way, is not the inference irresistible that
they would have maligned this pure,
lovely and beautiful woman if she had
come into this court?"
Not on your n-type-No! There isno
inference. irresistible or otherwise, that
brave men like Norris and Gillian and
Solicitor Daniel would malign a pure
end lovely woman. The fact that these
men questioned the character of some
reproach in no way brought about an ir-
resistable inference that the prosdcu-
ton would have emptied slop jar OF In
decency on any one-above all a pure
and stainless woman. North Carolina
lawyers are not built that way Sonic
OF them may be poor in purse, but thanh
| God there are but few of them who are
not gentlemen.
| 1t is a wise woman who keeps out OF
the witness box in crowded court room
because such notoriety is decidedly dis
tasteful to any lady-tut the bar q
North Carolina will never insult or ma
| lign pure womanhood
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
St55OORFSSENN5&xa2x9 St5
vWsO CANNOT BE CURED.

So uniformly successful has DR.. Pierce's
Tavoritc Prescription proven in all forms
of Female Weakness, PrOlapsus, or Falling
o. Womb and Leucorrhea, that, after over
. thrrd If 4 ccntury's experience in curing
tn worst cases of these distressing and
L li'!tating ailments, DR.. Pierce now feels
fully warranted in offering 10 pay $500 in
ca Ii for any case of these diseases which
L. canrCt cure
II STANDS ALONE.-The "Favorite Pre-
scription stands alone, as the one and
o,Iy remedy for these distressingly com
non forms of weakness, possessed of such
positively specific curative properties as to
Y rant its makers Ill proposing, and
Iadirg themselves to forfeit, as we, the
uuIcrsigned proprietors of that wonderful
remedy hereby do, to pay the sum of $500
in legal money of the United States in any
c-7c Of the above diseases in which aftef
far and reasonable trial of our treatment
w ;4ll to cure. No other medicine for
tE- cure of woruan's peculiar ailments is
backed by such a remarkable guarantee
10 other medicine for wornan's ills is pos
srescd Of the unparalleled curative prop
critics that would warrant its manufacturers
in making such an offer; no other remedy
has such record of cures on which to base
such 4 remarkable offer.
Therefore, insist on having DR.. Pierce's
TavOrlte Prescription and turn your back
on any INSCRIPTIONS dealer who would
insult your intelligence by attempting to
fJI5t upon you some inferior substitute
under the plea that lit is just as good"
Insist on having the article which has a
record Of third of century 4f cures and
which is backed by those willing to forfeit
$50 if they cannot cure you.
in cases attended by leucorrheal drain
a solution CT DR. Pierce's Lotion Tablets
should be used conf jointly with the use of
the Iavorite Prescription" They are sold
by all druggists, or sent postpaid to any
address, on receipt of IS cents in stamps
send 81 cents in stamps for DR.. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address
WORLDS DIsPENSARY, Buffalo N Y
Weak and sick women are invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, nee All
Jurisprudence is held as strictly private
Address Or. X. V. Pierce, Buffalo N. Y
Dr.. Pieice's Pellets cure biliousuess.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh
Medicine Sent Free.

Send no money-simply write and try Bo-
tanic Blood Balm at our expense Botanic
Blood Balm (B- b. b. kills or destroys the
poison in the blood which causes the awful
aches in back and shoulder blades, shifting
pains, difficulty in moving fingers, toes or
legs bone pains sw ollen muscles and joints
of rhematsm, or the foul breath, hawking,
spittings, droppings in throat, bad hearing,
specks flying before the eyes. all played out
feeling of catarrh. Botanic Blood Balm has
cured hundreds of casea of 30 or 40 years
standing after doctors, patent medicines had
all failed. Most Of these cured patients had
taken Blood Balm as a last resort. 1t is es-
pecially advised for chronic, deep-seated
cases. Impossible for any one to suffer the
agonies symptoms Of rheumatism or "a
tarrh while or after taking Blood Balm. 1t
makes the blood pure and rich, thereby Civ
ing healthy blood supply. Cures are per
manent and not a patching up. Sold at
drug stores 81. per large bottle. Sample oi
Blood Balm sent free and prepaid, also spec.
ial medical advice by describing your trouble
and writing Blood Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga
personal trial of Blood Balm is better than
thousand printed testimonials, so write al
once Sold Mt Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Dieting Invites Disease.

To cure Dyspepsia or Indigestion it is no
longer necessary to live on milk and toast
Starvation produces such weakness that the
whole system becomes an easy prey to dis
ease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables the
stomach and digestive organs to digest and
assimiIate all of the wholesome food that
one cares to eat, and is a never failing cure
for indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles. Kodol digests what you eat
makes the stomach sweet. Sold at Parker's
Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Another Opportunity for Homeseekers
to H0meseek.

The Frisco System again announces
that it will sell tickets from st. Louis
and Kansas City to points in Oklahoma,
Indian Territory, Kansas and Texas, at
the very low round-trip rate of $500.
Opportunities for homes in the South
west are still plentiful, and the best
lands are by no means all taken up. Ex-
cursion tickets sold at this extremely
low rate will be good on any of the
Frisco regular trains leaving St. Louis
at 2:3O p. m, 8:35 p. M, and 10 p. M,
October 20, and leaving Kansas City
7:15 p. M, and 11:3O p. M, on the same
date. fyou are looking to the South
west for future home, this excursion Of
October Goth is an excellent opportunity
to investigate the country.
Your own home ticket agent will be
able to give you full information as to
rates and limits of tickets.
Write for our interesting booklet enti-
tied New Lands Along the Frisco Sys-
tem,' by Bryan Snyder, and for detailed
information to R. S. Lemon, Secretary
Frisco immigration Bureau, st. Louis,
or W. T. Saunders, general agent passen-
ger department, Atlanta, Ga.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29

is the one that will cleanse The system, get
the liver to action, remove the bile, clear the
complexion, cure headache and leave a godd
taste in the mouth. The famous little pillA
for doing such work pleasantly and effectual-
ly are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Bob
Moore, Of Lafayette, Ind, says: 'All other
pills have used grippe and sicken, while Del
Wits Little Early Risers are simply perfect
Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
QUIT KICKING.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
Quit kicking just because you think
The old worlds going wrong.
There's always something somewhere
OF happiness and song.
Besides, you never made the world;
Lies scheme is not your own;
Quit kicking, take what happens, and (
just reap what you have sown.
Quit kicking. When the play is bad
Remember what you We lost
Some other fellows gained, and so
In summing up the cost
We find that in the end we know
What other men have known
Results? We take them as they come,
We reap what we have sOwn.
Quit kicking, man. The worlds not bad =
AT least. it could be worse.
We live and dream; that's worth the while
We ponder themes and verse;
We sing and love; we hate and feel:
We laugh: sometimes we weep
SO all the pulsing passions are
Encompassed in the sweep.
Of what we are and what we feel
Quit kicking, man! The blame
1t. in this whirligig of Chance
And Time you lose, the game
Is with the man who whiles his life
Complainingly away
Just laugh old man; just dream and love,
Just live aad live Today.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Confessions Of a. Priest,

Rev John s. Cox, of Wake, Ark, writes:
For II years l suffered from Yellow Jaun7
dice. consulted a number of physicians an 4
tried all sorts of medicines, but got no relif
Then began the use of Electric Bitters AID
feel that l am now cured of a disease that
had me in its grasp for twelve years. If
you want a reliable medicine for Liver and
Kidney trouble, stomach disorder or general
debility, get Electric Bitters. It's guarhn,
ed by Melville Dorsey, druggist. Only jOc
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29

Charl otte Observer.

Charl otte Observer.
The papers tell us that Gen. Ransom
received great ovation in Greensboro
yesterday. There is nothing extraordi-
nary about that, for no living North Car
linian more richly deserves the love Of his
people than he. But we are reminded
again by this demonstration that he was
kicked out of the Senate to make way
for professional politician whose chief
purpose in politics was self aggrandize-
ment.-Salisbury Sun.
The old Roman himself has a habit
of saying, when disagreeable sub
jectis introduced into a conversation,
''Le's not talk about it." 1t is the
public, not he, that is the sufferer by
his retirement from the Senate-he
has been vastly the gamer by it
and doubtless our Populist friends
are as sorry now as anybody for the
part they had in that transaction.
lies not talk about ii"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29

NORTH Carolina Day for once has
been properly celebrated in the State
Greensboro has won the right to a
monument commemorative the first
great reunion of the dispersed
abroad. Others may be held in the
future, but to Greensboro belongs
the iaonor of having paved the way.
-Cf arlotts Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
A Cure for Byspepsia.

had Dyspepsia in its worst form and felt
miserable most all the time. Did not en- 10y
eating until after | used kodol Dyspepsia
W W Saylor. Hilliard, Pa. No appetite,
loss of strength, nervousness. headache, con-
stipation, bad breath, sour risings, indiges-
ton, dyspepsia and all stomach troubles are
quickly cured by the use of kodol kodol
represents the natural juices OF digestion
combined with the greatest known tonic and
recoasrructive properties. 1t cleanses, puri-
fes and sweetens the stomach. Sold at
Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Concord Times.

The iuries in both the Haywood and
Tillman trials rendered verdict of &C
quittal The jury in the former case was
out only a few minutes. 1t is the opinion
everywhere that the presiding Judge, in
this case, Hon. R. B. PEBBLES, was the
best attorney for Haywood in the whole
lot of able counsel. If Haywood and
Tillman were not guilty Of murder, no
murder was ever committed. That they
60 scot free is an outrage on justice, and
and an additional evidence that it is next
to impossible to punish any man for
such a crime who has money and infuen-
tial friends and connections. Talk about
justice in the court house-its the veriest
rot, when lawyers can be found who for
consideration will move heaven and
earth to clear man they know to be
guilty.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBnDY

Do you take them? IancOck's Liquid
Sulphur baths are delightful as they tare
beneficial. The medicinal and tonic effect of
sulphur baths by absorption of sulphur
through the pores of the skin acts directly on
the blood, purifying it, and removes all un-
healthy secretions from the body. For sale
at The Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Advertising Essential.
Exchange.

Whether advertising is necessary
is shown in this statement by an eX-
perienced business man: "a merchant
may have absolutely the best goode
on the market. Yet if he does MT
the fact and convince the
public, he might as well have inferior
wares. He must advertise-tesufy.
truthfully and temperately."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Pit tsbOro Record.

The acquittal of Haywood and Tillman
is generally condemned by the press and
public. and has greatly shaken public
confidence in the just administration of
the law. While the acquittal of Tillman
deserves more censure, yet North Caro-
linians do not feel in a position to CEN
sure that acquittal too severely, for
those WOO live in glass houses should
not throw stones.'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
A Love Letter

Would not interest you if you re looking for
a guaranteed Salve for Sores Burns or Piles
Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo, writes: II suf-
fered with an ugly sore for year, but a box
of Bucklen' s Arnica Salve cured me- It's the
best Salve on earth. 25c. at NJ. Dorsey's
drug store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
RoXbOrO Courier.

The trial of Ernest Haywood for the
murder of Ludlow Skinner ended in an
acquittal The trial was about the
greatest farce ever seen in North Caro-
lima, the Judge even going out Of his way
to favor the defendant. Hardly had any
one expected Haywood to be convicted
OF murder, but it was expected he would
receive some punishment for his crime.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Smit htield Herald.

The Herald makes no apology for the
large number of press opinions regarding
the Haywood verdict found elsewhere in
this issue. The press and people, almost
with one accord, condemn the verdict,
characterizing it as a fragrant miscar-
riage of justice. The newspapers of the
State and the people, too, believe that if
Ernest Haywood had been a poor man
without influence he would have served
a long term in the penitentiary if he
escaped with his neck
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
LumbertOn RObesOnian.

With characteristic candor the Char
lotte Observer has issued it's deliverance
on the Haywood and Tillman verdicts
1t charges a gross miscarriage of Justice
in both cases and it's opinion is endorsed
by every expression we have heasd. The
reason it assigns for the Haywood case,
contrary, it seems, to the testimony, is
that ''the defendant had family and per-
sonal influence, money, a powerful array
of counsel. and, best of all, the Judge ap-
peared for him. 1t is bad enough in all
conscience that jury should be charged
with being so influenced, but it is infinite
ly worse when one wearing the judicial
ermine so conducts himself as to become
liable to such criticisms. And especially
when such criticisms voice the opinion OF
so many people throughout the length
and breadth of the State.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
You Know What You Are Taking |

When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly printed
on every bottle showing that it is simply
Iron and Quinne in tasteless form. No
Cure, No Pay. soc
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Raleigh Christian Advocate.

Raleigh Christian Advocate.
1t is not within the province of re-
ligious newspaper to criticize the verdict
of juries, whatever the private opinion OF
the editor may be. The Jury represents
an institution as old as English liberty.
We cannot attack that which inspheres
the safety of a people. When people lose
confidence in the jury system, we face a
situation which must be regarded as very
grave.
Yet we cannot ignore the significance
of the fact that the verdict in each case
mentioned above Haywood and Till
man has been received with a dissenting
outcry, unparalleled in the history of our
people This outcry means something
1t is, to say the least, theemphasis placed
upon the long standing demand of the
Public that there must be speedy reform
in certain parts of our criminal jurispru-
dence. 4 country cannot long stand the
strain of all that the criticism of judges,
juries and attorneys means.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29

READING accounts of the great fe
union in Greensboro makes us fe
like exclaiming, How glad we are fte
be a North Carolinian.-Greenvill'
Reflector.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Carthage Blade,


Both Haywood and Tillman are turn
ed loose by their respective juries, and
virtually licensed to slay their fellow man
at will Truly, money is a power for
good or evil, and many guilty wretch
whose hands were dyed in innocent
blood, has escaped the halter through it's
potent Observation-Disclosures by ''fixin'"
a Juror, and sometimes by ''fxin''' the
very Court itself. These be evil times
when our courts of justice allow iber-
tines to ruin homes, break up families,
and even do murder, and are then put
through the farce of trial-held for the
purpose Of acquittal-ard are virtually
told by the court to go and wreck more
lives and do more murders, and the
strong arm of the law will protect and
uphold you, provided you have sufficient
money to grease the wheels of justice
Such miscarriages of justice are sufficient
to inaugurate Lynch law and the shot
gun policy throughout the South.
Weldon Roanoke News.
The verdict in the Haywood-Skinner
case was no surprise to any one. Iti the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29

IF the South were as ignorant as
Southern educational board publica-
tions paint it, there wouldn't be
brains enough in the. entire section
to run a blacksmith shop.-Green-
vile Reflector.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Goldsboro Headlight.

The verdicts rendered in the Haywood
and Tillman murder cases will not satisfy
the public sense of what was due to law
life and good government. The cases are
ended after trials that met the forms of
law, as we presume, and it is not neces-
sary to question the validity of the pro-
ceedings and the endings further than to
say that the verdicts fully justify the
prevalent idea that human life is held at
altogether too cheap an estimate in our
community. Life ought to be as
sacred and safe in the South as anywhere
on earth and we are free to say that a
time is desirable when they who take it
recklessly. however high in place or in
justice and impossible to escape her
avenging sword.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
Enfield Ledger

1t must be admitted that the result of
these trials Haywood and Tillman] is
not calculated to assure the public that
human life is adequately protected by the
law. 1t is safe to say that if
either one of these defendants had been
without money and friends he would not
have gone scot free The charge
of the court lin the Haywood case on
all points was favorable to defendant
and virtually amounted to charge to
acquit. 1t is to be feared that
the result in these two cases will shake
the confidence of the people in the impair
tial administration of the law.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
PRESS COMMENTS

On the Haywood Trial-An Outrage.
Gus Miscarriage of Justice Which il
Condemned and Denounced from
One End of the State to the Other
Judge PEBBLES Severely Criticised
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
JUDGE PEBBLES

Arouses Severe Criticism and Con-
demnation by His Conduct In the
Haywood Trial-The Tarboro South
erner Calls on State Bar Association
to Take Cognizance of the Matter.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-29
A Perfect Painless Pill

"a Fewer gallons; Wears longer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-24
FORTY-NINER'S GRAY MARE
Suitable Monument to Be Erected to
the Faithful Animal.

With +be Arronauts of 40 Robert
Miller left his home in central limos.
riding gray mare that ne thouSnt .
pretty good one. She was pretty g0o0
one for not only did she carry her
owner safely to the PACING ana pach'
but twice afterward he rode her over
the same long trail In these thFee
trims between Illinois and California
RoDert Miller rode his gray mare Aloi {
than $4,000 miles.
Tnen Robert Miller made his abode
near Sullivan and became prosperous
farmer. Some years ago, teeHng MS
end approaching and being ehildless.
he bequeathed his farm to his wife for
her life and then to the Masonic grand
lodge of Illinois on condition that Il
maintain thereon a home for aged ana
INDECENT brethren Of the fraternity, Of
which he had long been a msmber.
About year ago the bequest be-
came operative, and the grand iodgs%
finding the property suitable Tor lEl-
purpose, accepted the trust Going re-
Gently to make a careful survey OF the
land, with a. view to erecting buildings
for the home. the grand lodge trustees
found a large mound surrounded Win
handsome fence. Upon inquiry they
found that this was the grave OF Roo~
ert Miller's faithful mare
In Mr.. Miller's testamentary direc
tons there was nothing about TINS
grave. But the grand lodge trustees
held that proper respect for the memory
OF the man who mad so alued the Ma
ternity required that the animal which
he so loved should not be forgotten
So the gray mares grave VIII be duts
tended and a suitably inscribed mOnu-
ment will be set over It.
While many men as individuals have
so commemorated faithful animal
friends, this is believed to be the first
case in which a great society has erect
ed such monument to a brute Hence
there are doubtless some who viii re
gard the action Of the grand lodge trus-
tees as foolishly sentimental. But It Is
not foolish And all men who havs
known by experience the fidelity of 4
good horse to its deserving master vii
feel that the Masonic fraternity has
done well in thus keeping green the
grave Of Robert Miller's gray mare
Chicago Inter Ocean