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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
ARRESTED MANY AT THE VIRGINIA MINES Negro is Fatally Shot by Oven
 Boss Lathem THREE ATTACKED LATHEM He Secured Gun and Went Back. Fatally Woundins One and Woundine Another-caused
 by Sale of Whisky.
THREE ATTACKED LATHEM

AS result of the sale of a large ouan- tity or whisky at the Virginia Mines near Bessemer, yesterday, there is one man Iatally shot, another one slightly wounded and seven men and one woman In the county jail with different charges against them. The prisoners were lodged III JalI oy Jerry Fountain, deputy sheriff .oeaaeu at Bessemer, who brought them to birmingham this morning at o'clock. VIII smith, negro, Is lying at the point or death at the mines with a load or puekshot in his abdomen, and he can not possibly live through the day. M. J. Iathem, ex-sheriff of Bibb county ana grade foreman of the coke ovens at the mines, Is In the county jail with a charge of murder against him. He shot the negro, who was attempting to shoot nm at the time. Lathem shot another negro in the breast with a load of bird shot' but he Is not badly wounded.
 The Trouble.
 The trouble started Saturday when several negroes went to Bessemer and bought several gallons of cheap whisky. which they sold by the drink and hottie yesterday. Several negroes got drunk ana three Of them jumped on MT. Lath- e.n M Ill the quarters They had a desper- ate hsht and the white man was badly beaten up, but he managed to give inc negroes better than they sent. He final. " proke loose and went to his house where he secured a shot gun and re- turned, his son going with him.
 when he reached the quarters several negroes ran out and his son called to him that one of them was going to shoot nm. He turned and saw Will Smith, the "ounoeo negro, preparing to shoot Latin eih shot nrst and the negro fell, mortally wounded He fired second load, which struck another negro in the breast, but uo not wound him badly. Several ne- groes then opened fire on Lathem and apout sixty shots were fired at him Ia had but one load left and he fired this then left the quarters.
 Deputy Photographed For.
 Deputy Sheriff Fountain was telepranb- ed Tor and went to the mines in a bugev lie arrested Lathem for murder. Eugena owens, a negro for assault with intent 10 murder he being one of the first three to attack Lathem, and the balance for violating the Sunday law by selling whisky. s
 The negroes arrested on the charge os selling whisky were Frances Smith, a woman, and her husband, Hardy Smith In whose room two gallons were found Josh Wilson, Richard White. alias Cold iootn, who had charge of a two-pallon Jug; Shed Flucas and Jim Pail. Fluca. seemed to be the ringleader The nrison- CTS were rounded up and placed in n wa gon and brought to Bessemer. where tba,, caught the last car to Birminpban, a,S were placed in jail 'i'o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

MT. and Mrs. D. E. Smith of Gadsden. who nave been visiting relatives and lilends at Fourth avenue and Twenty turned to their home yesterday afternoan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
Cactus Compound

The Laxative Blood Tone, 's positively .uaranteed to increase your weight iacop's Pharmacy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

Miss Kate and Miss Gertrude BodeJxer nave returned from a two months trin 10 charleston, Augusta. Sullivans Island ana other places in South Carolina. De- 'ee.'Ve George Bodeker, their father, met them In Atlanta Saturday and came home with them that night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

Mrs. Irene D. West and grandchildren. Master Kirke and little Miss Jennie Aus, un' children of MT. E. K. Austin, seore
 tary and treasurer of the Collier Drug company have returned home, having weeks with relatives in Mississinni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
FIFE AK
of toughest steel

by constant use and must have new edge if it is to do good work Constant work dulls man as it does an ax, makes him sluggish of body and dull of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21
PERSONAL.

John T. Evans has returned from A snort trip to Meridian and Selma.
 Mrs. w. A. Dawson and Mrs. w. T, Rudisill are visiting friends in Mississinni
 J. VIII Donovan returned to Birming nam tnls morning from a vacation trip to Texas points.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

'sos Cure for Consumption is a pleas !, and effectual remedy for coughs and
 6n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-21

Yesterday was the feast of the seven
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
The Sign of Returning Business.
New Berne Journal.

New Berne journal.
Nothing is more significant at this
season of the year than the general
increase of advertising i'll periodicals
of all kinds, but more especially in
the newspapers.
The season of the ''dodger' and
dead wall "poster' have passed, for
now these cheap makeshifts possess
no attractions for even the moderate
advertiser, who during the summer
months imagines that his ''dOdgers"
lying along the sidewalks and in the
cutters, are advertising his goods
he must now give it up, for no fancy
can see good advertising in the
"dodger" which is now being blown
along the public highways by the
September winds.
Nor is the dead wall any longer at
tractive, for the people, the few who
usually lounge during the summer
months and fix their lazy attention
upon dead wall advertisements, must
now be otherwise occupied.
But it is the newspaper with its
new advertising business, and it's old
regular advertisers, with their larger
and greater display of "new goods, -
which best indicates the ign of bet
ter and greater business conditions.
The season of business is now upon
the country, vacation time is past,
and the hustling season is here.
The newspaper proves this first,
and people accept the sign and join
the procession which now eagerly
seeks trade.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

front with sweet violets, daisies and
hyacinths springing up around her,
humming to herself the while, the old
and ever new song of ''HOme. Sweet
Home, there's no place like Home. "
My friends, when in after times you
will be asked to point out the beau
ties of Asheville, you will, instead OF
pointing to the pile of architecture
on yonder hill, in which YOU and
yours as a whole have no part or
parcel, you will, as did Cornela of
Rome, the mother Of the two Grachi
(whO were the greatest reformers,
statesmen and soldiers of their time.
While visiting a wealthy Roman
lady, the latter displayed with great
pride her many valuable jewels,
whereupon Cornelia dispatched Il SER
want requesting the presence of her
two sons, and when they had arrived
she pointed with grandeur and lofty
pride, saying:
"These are my jewels -
And SO will you, my friends, point
to the many happy homes which you
were instrumental in upbuilding and
say:
"These are our Jewels.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
CANCER CURED BY BLOOD
BALM.
All Skin and Blood Diseases also
Cured.

Hrs. NJ. l.. Adams. Fredonia, Ala, took
Botanic Blood Balm which effectually cured
an eating cancer OF the nose and face. The
sores healed up perfectly. Many doctors had
given up her case as hopeless. Hundreds OF
cases OF cancer eating sores, supparating
swelings, etc, have been cured by Blood
Balm. Among Others, Mrs. B. NJ. Guerney,
Warrior Stand, Ala. Her nose and lip were
raw as beef, with offensive discharge from the
eating sore. Doctors advised cutting, but it
failed. Blood Balm healed the sores. and
Mrs. Guerney is as we'll as ever Botanic
Blood Balm also cures eczema, itching
humors, scabs and scales, bone pains. ulcers.
offensive pimpIes, blood poison, earbuncles,
scrofula, risings and bumps on the skin and
all blood troubles. Improves the digestion,
strengthens the kidneys. Druggists. 81 per
large bottle. with complete directions for
home cure. Sample free and prepaid by
writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Georgia
Describe trouble and special medical advice
sent in sealed letter. Sold at Parkers Two
Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
The South Leads.


Baltimore Sun.
1t is a very remarkable and graft
flying fact that Southern cotton mills
last year consumed more cotton
than Northern mills The latter took
or acquired. 1 ,967, $50 bales in 1903,
while the Southern mills actually
consumed 2,OOO,729, bales. The
cotton manufacturing industry is
thus shown to be drifting Southward
In the year ended Aug. 81, 1894, the
South consumed but 800 per cent.
of the cotton used by all the cotton
mills in the Union, whereas now the
percentage is 5O.42 per cent. The
growth OF consumption in the South
from 71S, ,515 bales in 1894 to 2,OOO,.
729 bales in 1903 shows how fast the
South is going ahead What it now
needs to turn it's attention to is the
capture of the lines of cotton manu-.
facture in which there is most profit
Fine cloths, printed goods, laces, etc.
can be made in the South as well as
elsewhere
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
THE NEW SOUTH.
BY FANNIE II. MARI.

She hath lifted her head, she hath loosened
her bands
She hath east away ease, as a snare from
| her hands:
She hath put on her strength. like u beaut-
full robe;
She will take her own place with the realms
OF the globe,
Though her body hath laid as the ground
and the street.
And the crown of her pride hath been trod-
den by feet,
She will rise. she will shine from a loftier
With crown of new glory, star of new
light.
She hath wealth in her waters. and wealth
in her lands,
And her destiny lies in the reach of her
hands:
She hath muscle to labor, and skill to secure
She hath boldness to venture and strength
to endure.
As the mother iorgets not her child that is
dead,
Though his grave is unknown, and his name
IL not said
So her lost she remembers, aye, clasps them
today.
And deep in her bosom she hides them away.
She hath buried her past in the silence of
years,
She hath turned, and forever, from mourn
ing and tears
She hath taken the burden no love can make
light,
And hath brought to the conflict her daring
and might.
Will she win? Just as sure rs the storm
beaten tree
Rises firmer and stronger and prander will
she;
Just as sure as she holds with a grip hard
and tight,
AS her fathers before her-truth honor and
right
Her foes may malgn her may laugh at and
sneer.
But through all, like Il ship DER the waves
VIII she steer
And the breath of detraction shall over her
pass
grass.
AS the string that is stretched gives more
clearly its sound,
As in flowers that are crushed sweeter per-
fume is found;
AS after the tempest comes sunshine and
calm.
And after the battle the laurel and palm.
So clearer, and sweeter, and brighter will
she
Shine out of the gloom, like n star DER the
sea:
So on her will sunshine and calmness come
down.
So honor and glory her struggles will crown.
She will rise as the metal refined by the fire.
| AS spirit sore chastened, made purer and
higher;
| From the woes of her past will a grandeur
| be born.
As the tears of the eve make the gems of the
morn.
| WarrentOn, Va.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
THE BURDEN OF VAGRANCY
One of the Greatest Curses the South
Has to Contend Wui,-The Georgia
Law One Which Appeals to Every
State Between the Potomac aud
the Rio iirande.
Manufacturers Record.

Thoughtful men in other Southern
States are watching with interest the
efforts which Georgia is making to
enforce its recently enacted stringent
law against vagrancy. 1t is a law
which appeals to every State be-
tween the Potomac and the Rio
Grande-a law which should be du-
plicated in other States if the full
benefits OF the Georgia Legislation
are to be enjoyed by the South. A
bill providing for such a law has al
ready been introduced in the legisla-
ture of Alabama, and the press of
that and other Srates have only to
maintain the agitation of the sub
ject which they have strenuously
begun to ensure uniformity of action
throughout the South. Ii Georgia
remains alone in its position, the
curse will only be removed to nearby
States. Citizens of those States,
however, will readily impress upon
their lawmakers the necessity for
prompt action when they perceive
the success OF the Georgian plan in
Georgia, and when they come to fully
comprehend what vagrancy means
to the community. 1t is not only a
fruitful mother OF vice and crime,
taxing unnecessarily the police re-
sources of the State, but it is drain
in every direction upon thrift and re-
spectability. Migrants are support
ed i'll some way, frequently through
mistaken charity, frequently through
theft. In either event the shiftless
loafers are drain upon the pockets
and the endurance of the workers.
rendering more difficult the accom-
plishment OF productive tasks and
increasing the burden of taxation.
To become most effective, however
the vagrancy law must be supple.
mented by law providing for ade
quate police protection in country
districts. Already the drift of va
grants from Georgia cities is noted
| and it is not at all unlikely that com
plants about them in the country
districts will increase unless vagran
cy there is suppressed. The remedy
seems to lie in police patrol some
what upon the lines OF the Ole patrO
before the war, but modified. o
course, to meet changed conditions
Such a system would have deter
rent effect of greater value, perhaps
than as a means OF bringing crimi
mails to justice. 1t would reduce tht
number OF potential criminals. The
Legislative program for Southern
States should be a strict vagrancy
law, rural police patrol, and pro
visions for putting to work anC
keeping at work under States au
thority and for the State, the IRE
claimable vagrant, together with {
provision that committal to the pen
itentiary shall justify a surgical op
Grafton removing forever the posi-
bility of the propagation OF recog
nized convict stock
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
BEWARE OF THEM.
Professional Reformers Who are
Gcing About Preaching Temperance
and Right Living Should be- Given a
Wide Berth.

Raleigh Times
People will learn after awhile that
the best thing to do with people who
carry around a great surplus of tenn
perance, piety and right living" is
to give them a wide berth" In
North Carolina, and we pretend to
know the State pretty well, we have
plenty of regularly employed minis
ters without employing the profes-
sional evangelist who is too often in
the business for what takes place in
the collection basket. AS for tenn
perance. we are fully of the opinion
that we have plenty of men who are
sober and always have been and who
are Jealous enough and influential
enough to regulate their own local
affairs in regard to temperance with
out calling in some professional who
is often an extremist. and uses meth
DDS wholly at variance with the
Judgment of the conservative ele-
ment of the community
Finally. we are sure that the woman
who takes it upon herself to teach
uilC iHouilclS anu S>oou "oiiCil vi
North Carolina Fright living is
clearly without a mission. If there
are any people on earth who are liv-
ing right and whose lives are fit to
form counterpart of the abode of
the blessed. these are the folks. The
truth is nobody needs reforming so
much as the self-cOnstituted individ-
ual who feels called upon to reform
the world and the rest of mankind
Such preachers will sooner or later
be found selling bogus oil stock
The politician, when he runs his race,
will be found at last employed by the
trust he used to cuss while the people
applaudeI AS for the woman who
feels the necessity Of travelling over
the country to teach good women
the ''art Of right living better begin
at Jerusalem, wash, teach and comb
the heads of her own children, and if
she does not find congenial occupa-
ton in this sphere then she had bet
ter join in with "Mother Jones or
Carrie Nation and make Il campaign
right"
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lusts thereof" and "Abstain from all
appearance of evil" Again the above
quoted writer on moral philosophy,
says: ''To take through love of self
(esteem of ones opinion) brackets
mine) an intention for a fact, because
it has for its object a good end in
itself, is IL weakness similar to that
OF a lover, who, desirous to see moth
ing but good qualities in the woman
he loves, shuts his eyes to the most
obvious Detects That is what
fear many good men are doing now.
a writer has pertinently said: Dis
pensary advocates who are conscious
that their motives are good forget
that@other men cannot read their
motives. AS long as their action is
bad, a bad motive will be imputed,
such as love of money. The dispen-
sary, instead of permanently check
ing the drink evil, will probably act
much as a dam-tO cause the stream
to overflow it's banks and make new
channels. The stream of the drink
evil is now pretty we'll confined to
certain channels. Instead of stop
ping up the fountains shall we pro-
vide canals and irri gate the whole
surface of society,""
l cannot give my consent to a
measure that will i'll all probability
fasten perpetually an abomination
upon this community which will be
SO enamored of its great respectable
ity (?) and its great efficiency as
source OF revenue us to be thorough
ly satisfied Herewith. l lift my voice
in protest against the man and men
who are as much in favor of prohibi-
ton as [ am helping to bar the door
against prohibition, for in this com
promise measure | see one of the
greatest setbacks that true reform
has ever received. | feel quite sure
that if the issue had been so drawn
as to give advocates of prohibition
the opportunity OF saying so and if
just those who say there is an ele-
ment OF bad in dispensary and who
admit, in their highest utterances,
that total prohibition is the right
thing If we could get it," would
have the courage to say so and we
should lose the cause for years
vet the cause would receive such an
impulse Of moral force that the high
est end would be much the sooner
reached
Much more might said. | will close
with II quotation from one of un-
doubted intelligence, integrity and
Christian purity who, addressing dis
pensary advocates, said:
"If your measure were purely and
thoroughly restrictive Iwould follow
you gladly, but it is partly permis-
sive-worse than that, partly provis-
ionary-and there you seem to Join
hands with the devil l honor your
intentions, but l fear you do not
sufficiently realize what you are
doing. You seem to be abandoning
the clear light of Conscience and try
ing to walk in the uncertain light Of
Consequence | fear that you are
giving over to the enemy ground
that has been won by hard fought
battles. Some men now argue thus:
Since the law licences it, it must be
right to SELL You need not be sur
prised if under dispensary sway some
will say: Since respectable men,
church members, sell it therefore it
must be right to drink''
Yours truly,
F. S. HARRIS.
Henderson, n. c., Sept. %, 1908.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
The Genuine vs.. Counterfeits.

The genuine is always better than coun-
terfeit, but the truth OF this statement is
never more forcbly realized or more thor
oughy appreciated than when you compare
the genuine DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve with
the many counterfeits and worthless substi-
tutes that are on the market. W. S. Led
better, of Shreveport, La, says after using
numerous other remedies without benefit,
one box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cured
me- For blind, bleeding, itching and pro-
truding piles no remedy is equal to DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Sold at Parker's Two
DruU Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
A Remarkable Record,

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has a remark
able record. 1t has been in Use for over thirty
years, during which time many million bot
ties have been sold and used. 1t has long
been the standard and main reliance in the
treatment of Group in thousands OF homes
yet during all this time no case has ever been
reported TO the manufacturers in whick it
failed to effect a cure When given as soon
as the child becomes hoarse or even as soon
as the eroupy cough appears it will prevent
the attack. 1t is pleasant to take. many
children like it. 1t contains no opium oi
other harmful substance and may be giver
as confidently to a baby as to an adult. Fol
sale at Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Warrant Law Should Be Enforced
Littleton News-Reporter

LiNtI"boH Ns-hepOftef-
The vagrant laws on the statute
books of North Carolina are possibly
detective in some particulars, but
they ares t:trongenough to beproduct-
i've of better results ii properly ell
forced Much of their usefulness is
impaired from the fact that too
many officers Enisinterpret the va
grant act. 1t is generally interpreted
to mean the fellow, n stranger, who
is passing through the country,
while the fellow whose face and name
are known to the officer lives in idle
ness, and has no visible means oi
support. If the law on vagrancy
was enforced in all the towns, cities
and villages in the State, and every
idler who lives at theexpense OF some
one else made to go to work the
State would be richer by many thous-
and dollars, besides the saving in
court proceedings and jail expenses
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Greater Diversifying in the South.
" ashington Post.

The Southern land is capable of
producing Il greater diversity of
marketable products than the lands
of t he West and Northwest, the cen
tre Of consumption is more accessi-
bic. cost of living is less, and the eli
matte conditions more attractive
These are some of the reasons for
the marked increase OF population
OF the South, and indication and Il
promise of still greater development
OF her marvellous reSOurces.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Distress After Ea ting Cured.

Judge ". I. Holland. Of Greensburg, La,
who is well and favorabiy known, SAYS: 1.-TWO
years ago | suffered greatly from Indigestion
After eating great distress would invariably
result lasting for hour or so and my
nights werY RESTLESS. ! concluded To try
kodoI Dyspepsia Cure and it cured me
entirely. Now my sleep is refreshing aud
digestion perfect" Sold at Parker's Two
Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
BuckIer'S Arnica Salye

Has worldwide fame for marvellous cures
II aHrpasses any other salve, lotion, oint-
EleIt or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils
Sores, Feons, Ulcers, letter, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin EruPtions.
lnfalible for Piles. Cure guaranteed Only
25c. at Melville Dorsey's drug store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
What Life?

In the last analysis nobody knows, but we
do know it is under strict law. Abuse that
law even slightly, pain results. Irregular
living means arrangement OF the organs, re-
sulting III Constipation Headache or Liver
trouble DR.. Kings New Life Pills quickly
re-adiusts this. It's gentle. yet thorough.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

Do you take them? IYanC0ck's Liquid
Sulphur baths are as delightful as they are
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, 1903-09-24
Elliott's Emulsif1ed Oil Liniment

Is the best Liniment on the market for use in
the family or on animals. 1t is very sooth-
ing, very penetrating, relieves quickly and
heals in an incredibly short time. Try it;
you will not be disappointed. Large bottle.
Price 25 cents EAGLE PHARMACY.
Try a barrel of our new wheat -four just
received III. THOMSON.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
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 Quinine in a tasteless form. No
Cure No Pay. soc
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
f. S. HARRIS.
Henderson, n. c., Sept. %, 1908.

For bilious attack take Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets and quick cure
is certain. For sale at Parkers Two Drug
TOW