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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
Henry BIcunt on Easter.

Writing to the Raleigh Post of
Easter in Wilson, Henry BlOunt, the
word painter, says:
Easter morning dawned brilliantly
and a more beautiful day never glad
dened the earth 1t seemed that every
window in Heaven was thrown wide
open, and that dazzling streams of radi-
ance from the great white throne of light
were baptizing the earth in richest waves
OF efiulgence, giving to it a new life.
new hope new beauty, a new glory, a
new splendOr, for the gloomy clouds Of
the night before We're broken and gone
ana all objects had adorned themselves
with the dazzling Jewels sofauroral riches
Every thing seemed Il reflected gieam OF
Heaven III all its beauty and Brightness
for hill and vale mead and meadow,
trce-top and shrub, bush and flower gla-
tened in si!verest streams of richest bril-
liancy and approximated i'll their splen-
did effulgence those sunbursts OF glory
that sweep the celestial courts of God.
The soul and heart were attuned to the
rymth OF the glad occasion, and went up
in alteration to glory and to God. Even
the little birds seemed to realize the bless
edness of a risen Lord, Cor they fitted
from limb to limb in happiest mood and
entwined each twig with a wreath OF
song Yes all things seemed in glorious
tune and every breeze was as sweet as
the breath of June, for Nature touched
her harps of pine and each leaf quivered
with some sweet chime. Everything
seemed felicitously fitted for the joyous
celebration of the glorious anniversary
of that comforting resurrection now SO
eloquently and so beautifully typifed in
bursting bud and spring grass and bloom
ing flower. and in thousands of temples
Of worship there were joyful anthems oi
heartest praise for our risen Lord-risen
giving assurance to our faith that in the
flesh we are but children for whose
growth an Immortality lies beyond
risen, throwing light like the sun over
our darkened pathway to the grave
risen, changing gloom and doubt and
despair into brightness and cheer and
hope and making our fallen state pre-
lude to endless raptures and fehcities
| risen, that the precious truth might be
| revealed that the grave is not an eterna
prison of dark despair, but that it is the
| avenue through which sorrow-laden anC
| grief-ridden and trial-burdened mortal.
| pass to the raptures OF blissful immortal
ity: risen, to establish the precious fact
| that though our bodies are consigned tC
/ the tomb our spirits will fly to a higher
| realm of sWeeter existence where an eter
! nal Easter morn of unfailing glories ant
| inexhaustible blessings and richest splen
| dors and sweetest felicities will flood ev
cry ransomed soul and make eternit,
! one thrilling diapason of entrancing rap
| ture and enchantment
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
The World Demands Sobriety Of Men.


Monroe Enuuirer.
Cold-blooded business is doing
about as much to make men sober
as anything else, the prohibitionist
with his demand for closed bar-rooms
not excepted. In this day and time
the demand is for sober men i'll all
lines of business. In this day of close
competition, when every corner has to
be cut, business men demand the I'M
impaired energy of employees, and
the man who has his nerves unstrung
and his energy impaired by liquor
will very soon find that a sober man
has his Job. \ railroad company,
with thousands ofdollars and human
lives at stake. will not allow drunk
eli engineer to haul a train. People
will not employ lawyer whose brain
is beclouded with liquor and when
death is to be coped with the public
demands that the physician shall
have every faculty and that none of
them shall be impaired by drink. The
business world is making the demand
for sober men more than it has ever
made it before in all it's history. Liq-
uor-drinking is a bad business, to
say nothing of the moral feature OF
it, and the business world so looks
upon it, and is acting on the princi-
pie that there are sober men enough
in the world to transact the business.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30

A Moral in This.

The Buffalo Express says that a
colony of American Eagles have
made their home on the shores OF
Chautauqua Lake. Recently large
eagle, soaring above the lake, spied
a fish down in the waters of the lake.
Cautiously the bird went down and
fixed his talons in the fish and began
to soar upward. Higher and higher
he went until the fish, which weighed
some ten pounds, became too heavy
for the eagle, and, after an unsuc-
cessful struggle to keep up, began to
descend. Faster and faster he went
down until he struck the water with
a splash and was soon found dead
with his stalons firmly fixed in the
flesh OF the ten pound fish. The catch
ing was a pleasure to the eagle and
the ascent glorious. The descent was
swift and fatal. Did you never see
the young man or woman, fishing for
pleasure, take such a hold on sin that
it meant a downward course to ruin
when the weight became too heavy
to carry? The sin, once embraced, is
not SO easily put aside.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
State Advertising Always Pays.
New Bern Journal.

New Bern Journal.
The fact that the Legislature at
tached a restriction to the small sum
it voted for a State exhibition at st.
Louis next year, should not prevent
the public spirited citizens of the
State from organizing movement
which will bring about a State ex-
hibit next year.
The people of North Carolina have
and are taxing themselves to ad-
vance the educational interests OF
their State, and there must be a few
hundred citizens who will pledge
enough money to assure an exhibit
at St Louis, one which will be of ed
ucational benefit at home, and more
so upon the outside public who can
learn from it of North Carolina's s
great resources.
AS the Winston Sentinel says:
'Our industrial development really
began under Governor Jarvis ad-
ministration when he first undertook
to advertise the natural resources OF
North Carolina. This work has not
been finished. What we have got,
and what we have done, and are do
ing in manufacturing, mining and
agriculture-as well as the opportu-
mites this State offers to investors
and hOme-seekers-are not as broad
ly known as they should be- AS the
money we have spent Oh expOsitions
in the past has repaid us hundred
fold, it would seem wise and good
business to put up a few more thOus-
and dollars"
Local fairs in the State, while SEEM
ingly costly, have always proven OF
great benefit, as advertisers to the
towns holding them.
AS an instance New Bern through
it's Fish, Oyster and Game Fair, re-
ceived an outside advertising benefit,
in making the name of New Bern
known where it could not have 9th
erwise been heard of.
North Carolina has much to offer
to the people OF the great northwest
who will visit the st. Louis Exposi-
ton, and to fail to present this State S
industrial advantages, its great ma
tural resources, and the Opportuni-
ties here for the investor, would be
short sightedness of the worst kind,
a lack of business intelligence which
would be Il commercial set back for
the State, costing many times the
small amount which was asked tC
make an exhibition.
1t is not possible that the people oi
the State are going to fail in this en-
terprise, but it demands some posi-
tive action to its carrying out at
once. There is no time for delaying
the move towards making certain al
exhibit next year at st. Louis.
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BOX Il.
Evils of Wealth.
Kansas City World.

Kansas City World.
1t is telegraphed from Florida that
Mrs Ida Flager, divorced wife OF
Henry NJ. Flagler, the Standard Oil
millionaire, is recovering her reason.
The announcement brings to mind
the story of a husbands callousness
if not his crime.
Mrs. Flagler was the wife Of her
husbands youth. She endured with
him early privations and with him
struggled to get up in the world.
When she went insane Flagler had
law passed by the Florida legisla-
ture permitting him to divorce this
wife. The Flagler millions were pre-
sumably drawn upon to secure this
law. Anyway, the law the multi
millionaire desired was passed and
there was great scandal because of
alleged bribery.
Being freed from the old wife Flag
ler married a younger and handsom-
er woman.
Ard to add to the pathos Of the
story the divorced wife knows moth
ing OF what has happened while she
was insane. She is driven daily
about the sanitorium, but by Mr..
Flagler's orders is never taken be-
yond the limits of the village. Per-
haps a. lingering regard for the dis
carded wife leads Flagler to keep all
the facts from her solong aspossible.
That is one story.
Here is another:
The wife of a wealthy Chicago citi-
zen lost her mind. Being pronounced
insane by a commission the officers
came to take her to an asylum. Her
husband said they could take her
only over his dead body. He sold
his business and gave all his time to
care for her 1t was an awful task,
but he did not shrink. Finally he
took the insane wife to Kentucky,
where she was reared and where he
had courted her. There, amid the
scenes OF her childhood, she began
living her life over again and in time
was rest tOred.
This man was a husband.
F'lagler held marriage as a conyen-
! ince, this man a sacred covenant
"rill death do us part"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
He Was introduced.
Exchange.

FIAtndupt
When Frederick Remington, the
artist, appeared one dayin the Grand
Central Station, a Bostonian caught
sight of him, and said to n friend
from Chicago. who was with him:
why, there is Frederick Reming-
toni
"Where?" asked the pork packer.
"That man coming this way. Shall
! introduce your"
"Bet your life. No man Id like
better to see.
II had no idea you cared so much
for his work"
''Care for it. Nothing like it; knocks
the spots off of everything else in the
line"
The man of culture presented the
| Chicagoan. proud to meet YOU
Remington is a great name with
me-"
Indeed" said Remington.
"That's right. Ny wife will be GLAD
I've run across you. She used to b.
my stenographer; liked your machine
mighty well. | never would Use any
other, and if you want a recommen
| dation from
Mr. Remington turned away.
When the BOstOnian recovered Ii
explained things. artist? Oh, Lord
One OF them chrome men. ! though
he invented the typewriter.
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CONQUERED.


Lines written on train in North Carolina
on reading i'll a paper that Sedgewick Post
Grand Army Of the Republic. had asked to bs
permitted to escort the remains OF Miss Winnie
Davis to the railroad station at Narrganseti
Pierl
Not on e:smoke-crowned heights of Gtttys
burg,
Where like autumn leaves before the winter
blast,
The soldiers of the Southland charging
Cnnumberer1 hosts, fell thick and fast
Not there ye conquered.
Not in the Spring time on the field of Appo
mattox,
With scattered ranks. hungry and sore dis
tressed,
The soldiers of our Southland, weary,
Laid down their arms with hearts all sore
oppressed
Not then We conquered.
But when long years had passed, the strife
forgotten,
At Narragansett Pier Deaths angel came
And claimed the pride and jewel of urSouth,
land,
Daughter of the Confederacy her name
That day ye conquered.
When We brave soldiers of the NOrthland
Asked the sad privilege to guard her bier,
You made to vanish the last drop of hatred,
And caused to fall full many a Southern
tear
Twas then We conquered.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
President Diaz.
New York Herald.

New York Herald.
Since the advent of Porfrio Diaz to
the Presidency of Mexico that coun-
try has enjoyed an era of peace and
prosperity such as few of the Latin
American republics can boast Of
Although himself carried into power
through a successful revolutionary
uprising. since the reins of govern
ment passed into his hands, the pro-
motion OF insurrection became an un-
healthy and Improbable business
and soon went out of vogue. BY a
happy combination OF firmness and
tact he succeeded i'll abating the frac-
tiOnal strife that had torn the vitals
OF the state ever since the Spaniard
had been chased from the land. With
q far-seeing craftsmanship he einvited
in foreign capital, fostered new indus
tries and promoted the building of
railroad and telegraph lines, well
knowing that once the country be-
came interested in these agencies of
rapid transit and communication it
would be possible to nip revolution
ary enterprises in the bud, and before
they could gather dangerous head
way.
There is neither guestionnordoubt
that President DiaZ has been the
right man in the right place What
| though his rule may have been sa-
vored Of the autocratic and despotic,
its purposes and results have been
| benefcent. To that not only his own
countrymen bat the world at large
stand agreed. A strong hand was
absolutely necessary to bring order
out OF the prevailing political chaos,
and under his wise guidance Mexico
has advanced wonderfully in enlight-
enment and general prosperity, which
in turn is helping to establish politi
cal stability. The object lesson be
tween the former and the presen;
state OF affairs is too obvious not tC
have made an impression upon tht
leading intelligent men OF the nation
and OF making them desirous to con
tinue the present policy of peaceful
growth and development.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
Counties That are Pensioners.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
A deep impression was produced
upon the press and people of North
Carolina by the recent showing made
by DR.. Geo. W. Graham, of this city,
from the Treasurer report, that for
the fiscal year 1902 just one-half of
the counties of the State received
from State Treasury for pensions,
schools and support of their citizens
in public institutions, more money
than they paid into it. 1t was a
shocking, almost incredible state
ment, that half OF the counties of the
State are paupers and are supported
by the other half, but the Treasurer's
figures bear it out, and to advert to
the matter now is timely, inasmuch
as the season for listing property for
taxation and for the re-assessment
of real estate is near at hand. 1t
might not be kind to print here a list
of the counties which are pensioners
upon the others-a kinder way of
giving the public the information on
the sub ject which it should have is to
give a list of the counties which pay
into the State Treasury a surplus of
revenue over what they receive from
it, and this list follows:
Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bun
combe, Cabarrus, Camden, Catawba,
Cherokee, Chowan, Craven, Davie,
Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Frank
lin, CASTOR, Graham, Green, Guilford,
Halifax, Henderson, Hertford, Ire
dell, Jackson, Jones, Lenoir, Martin,
Mecklenburg, Moore, Nash, New Han
over, Northampton, Onslow, Pasquo-
tank, Perquimans, Person, Pitt, Rich
mond, Robson, Rockingham, Rowan,
Scotland, Swain, Vance, Wake, War
rem, Washington, Wayne, Wilson.
The couhties which are in the voca-
tive run up an aggregate deficit of
S121 ,575.S3; those which pay q sur
plus have to their credit an aggre-
gate sum of S20S, ,31S5O. The coun-
ty paying the largest surplus is Neck
lenburg-$19, ,915. .2O;the county with
the least surplus to its account is
Franklin-$14O.72.
The figures tell but one story, and
that points to the necessity for a
more equitable system of taxation
between the counties. 1t is clear that
in some OF them property is returned
and assessed at figures far lower than
they should be-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30

{" he Blind Man Eloquent"-tiis Won-
derfuI Faculties and Marvellous
Memory.

John Wilber jenkins in Charlotte Observer
Rev. DR.. W. H. Milburn, who was
for many years chaplain of the House
Of Representatives, or the Senate, was
one Of the remarkable men at the
capitol. His death is not a surprise,
for he had long been declining. To-
tally blind, lie had been for Il genera
tion one of the most popular orators
and lecturers in the country. He had
two adopted daughters who were de-
voted t0fffn, and he called them his
1.-TWO Eyes" From his youth he had
come i'll contact with the great men
of the nation, and his memory
stretched from Calhoun to Roosevelt.
He had clasped hands with Clay heard
Webster thunder in the Senate, and
counted Grant and Lee his friends.
His lectures on Stonewall Jackson
and Sargent S. Prentiss were thrill
ing in their elOquencc and few who
heard them have ever forgotten their
effect. THE Blind Man Eloquent" he
was called, and it WAS no mere press
agents title. When he pictured Jack
son you saw the sturdy Christian, the
great military genius, and caught
the inspiration that moved his men
through fire and blood to victory
His picture of Richard Brinsley SIeri-
dan, for instance, | have never been
able to get out OF my mind, though
| must confess that it is modified by
Beau Brummefs remark to- ''Sherry'
on his ''fat FRIEND" the Prince of
Wales.
But more wonderful than his
eloquence was Dr. Milburn's men,
Dry. You could read him any selec-
tiOn-rhvme or reasOn-and at the
second reading he would repeat it
with hardly a single mistake. Years
ago when ! was Il child the doctor
was Il guest OF my father for several
days. y young girl and myself took
turns reading to him. He devoured
newspapers, books, references, every
thing, and it was no easy task to
satisfy his literary appetite. | read
him Il newspaper account OF an acci-
dent, the whole story making prob
ably Il column and Il half 1t made Il
deep impression on his mind, and
two days later he repeated it verba-
tim from the date to the last line. |
don't think he made two mistakes in
it all
They do say that the loss of one
faculty sharpens the Others and be-
lieve til" light OF his eyes went into
his voice and his memory.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
Mr.. Harry Lehr's Latest.


Charlotte Observer
We have been pining for news OF
Mr.. Harry Lehr, the wine drummer,
who was admitted into the inner cir
Gle of the -Four Hundred because he
was so cute and pranky. We dote on
MIR. Lehr and we have sadly missed
him since he dropped out of sight
! since he last blew off his head. But
we knew that he must be only smould-
ering; that he could not possibly be
extinct. We have forecasted a new
eruption and now it has come!
1t is not necessary to review Mr.
Lehr's career as wearer OF the cap
and bells to tickle the risibilities of
the royalty of the upper crust His
achievements are the heritage of the
nation. Who could forget his Jump
ing into the fountain on Broadway,
along with Mrs. Herman Oelrichs,
and splashing around in the public's
view for Il quarter OF an hour? Who
could forget his turning up his trous-
ers, putting a gold bracelet on his
ankle and parading up and down the
board walk at Newport? But like
old wine, Mr.. Lehr improves with
age. His latest monkey-shines are
always his best. And his very latest
is this:
He was one of the indispensables of
the wedding party at the Vanderbilt
Nelson marriage, and while crossing
the river on a ferry boat at New York
with a party Of the wedding guests,
the young folks cast about for some
diversion. They pelted each other
with costly roses for a time, and fl
nally one of the girls flung a cane at
Mr.. Lehr but it fell short of him by
ten feet Or more. An inspiration
seized him! He got down on all-fours,
ran across the deck, seized the walk
| ing-stick in his teeth. and, still on all
fOurs, carried it back to the woman
who had thrown it. Then, lifting
his pulchritudinous countenance, he
opened his head and barked! 1t was
an immense hit. All the other men
among the high-rollers were Jealous.
And the women were wild with de-
light. Lehr stock went up higher
than it had ever been before. Harry
played the game to the limit, too
He tore around the deck, picking up
the cane every time it was thrown, and
barking incessantly as delighted
! dog at a play.
| This was, truly, tremendous sport.
What immense capacity for genuine
wit and humor the Four Hundred are
endowed with. And from what an
inexhaustible treasure house of inan.
unity, asininity and fatuity does ouI
twentieth century fool draw to sup.
ply the yearnings of his multi-mil
liOned patrons?
To speak seriously, however, there
seems to have been a sad degeneracy
in fools and clowns. Lear's poor lit
tie fool, Master Launcelot Gobbo
Puck, Touchstone, John Lowlow, anC
all the other fools and clowns thai
we ever read about or knew had {
sprinkling of wisdom in their wit
Said Rosalind to Touchstone:
Thou speakest wiser than thou art ware of.
And the crown replied:
Nay, shall ne'r be ware OF mine own wi
till break my shins against it.
But Mr. Harry Lehr will hardly fin'
his out that way He shines becaus
of his utter smart-Aleck Tom-foolery
He ought not tosbe classed with th
t great clowns of the past. There is
difference between the professiona
fool and the professional ass.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
A Prominent Minister Recon-
mends Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea
Ramadv

Rev Francis J. Davidson, pastor Of the st.
Matthew Baptist church and president OF
the Third District Baptist Association, 2731
Second St. New Orleans. writes as follows:
Il have used Chamberlains Cole, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy TO: cramps and pains
in the stomach and found it excellent. 1t is
in fact the best cramp and collie remedy l
have ever used. Also several OF my parish
toner's have used it with equally satisfactory
results" For sale at Parker's Two Drug
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
A Demonstration of What Cham.
berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy Can Do.

One Of our customers, a highly respected
citizen Of this place, had been for zen years n
sufferer from chronic diarrhoea," writes " al
den & Martin, druggists, of Enterprise, Ala.
He had used various patent preparations
and been treated by physicians without any
permanent benefit. 4 few months ago he
commenced taking Chamberlains Collie, Chol.
era aud Diarrhoea Remedy and in short
time was entirely cured. Many citizens ol
Enterprise who know the gentleman will ties
tiiy to the truthiuiness OF this statement.
For sale at Parker's Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
The Great Dismal Swamp

OF Virginia is a breeding ground OF malaria
germs. So is low, wet or marshy ground
everywhere. These germs cause weakness,
chills and fever aches in the bones and mus
cles, and may induce dangerous maladies.
But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy
them and cure malarial troubles. They will
surely prevent typhoid. We tried many
remedies for malaria and stomach and liver
troubles" writes John Charleston, of Byes-
vile, O., ..but never found anything as good
as Electric Bitters" Try them. Only soc at
norsey's drug store. Guarantee satisfaction.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
A Spring and Summer Tonic.

Go to the glorious mountains OF Western
North Carolina, the Land OF the Sky and
Sapphire Country natural paradise at
all times OF the year, pleasant spot full oi
life; OF color and enjoyment, rich with posi-
bilities for health and recreation. For tenn
perature and climate it is unexceIIed. Reached
by the Southern Railway.
Write for descriptive book of Land OF the
Sky mailed free on application to any agen,
of the Southern Railway. or Mr.. s. Ii. Hard
wick, General Passenger Agent, Washington
n E.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-04-30
Good for Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief in
all cases of Cough, Group and LaGrippe be-
cause it does not pass Immediately into the
stomach but takes effect right at the seat Of
the trouble. 1t draws out the Inflammation
heals and soothes and cures permanently by
enabling the lungs to contribute pure life Civ
ing and DEMONSTRATING oxygen to the blood
and tissues W. W Parker