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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Things the Preacher Should Preach.
Statesville Landmark.

Statesville Landmark
In preaching an ordination ser
mon at the First Baptist church
Sunday morning, Rev. Livingstone
johnson emphasized the Importance
of a preacher preaching the doctrines
of the Bible-the great Scriptural
truths which all Protestant churches
recognize and believe; not the special
doctrines of a denomination. which
are right and proper on occasion,
but the great doctrines of the Bible
are the things the preacher should
preach in season and out of season.
Whenever, says Mr.. Johnson,
preacher drops these Bible doctrines
and goes to lecturing on politics, sci
ence, etc, right then the decadence of
religion and the church begins. This
is great truth and one that needs
to be recognized. A case in point oc-
Cured in Raleigh recently, and is
mentioned in the news columns of
this paper. \ preacher there, who
had lived in Ohio, got the Northern
idea in his mind and instead of
preaching the Bible went to talking
about the negro. AS a consequence
he has a hornets nest about his
ears. He will probably lose his pas
torate; he has damaged the cause of
religion and hopelessly impaired his
influence.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
A Humorist of the South.
New York Commercial.

NeW / OK NOiHlltTtldl
There died in Georgia the other
day one of those lOVable men. who
was a golden link between the pic
turesque and sentimental South of
before the war and the rejuvenated,
hustling, cOttOn-mill South of the
present day. He was Major Charles
II. Smith, once of the Confederacy.
and the ''Bill Arp the humorist and
the nature-loving philosopher. In
his life he was the gentle Southerner
OF the middle class and in his writings
he breathes the atmosphere of do
mesticity and the homely virtues of
the Old-fashiOned hearthstOne. His
humor may not have been at all
times up-tO-date and it certainly
lacked the modern twang of the
music hall, but it dealt with the
homespun folk we knew and loved in
childhood; it gave us, the rough ana
ready wisdom of the woods and
fields.
During the war his ready pen fur
nished Il humOr that brought relief
to a situation desperate. 1t was the
lnterlude in the tragedy, the necessa-
ry reaction that sustained many a
Responding heart. Hereconciled the
South to the loss of all it loved and
cherished with a gibe and a quirk
and has persistently pointed desp pair
ing souls to the possibilities of a
golden and happy future. His humor
lacked the bitterness and sting of
many whose names were more widely
known; but he was read and cher
ished by many of the South because
he was a simple lover of nature and
OF flowers and OF children.
His death removes one Of the old
school; it is a step in the passing of
style that once was popular. The
luggernaut of commercialism has
run down the dreamers of half CEN
fury ago. The sentimental philoso-
pliers are dead or ''out of pratt"
"Bill Arp" was one of the last: he
will have no imitators in the field.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
We Waste Too Much.
Durham Sun

Durham Sun.
We waste what yankee commu-
nifty live upon. We throw away
thousands OF bushels of vegetables
and fruits in their season, and when
they are gone buy the canned goods
put up by our considerable Northern
friends, who know that wemust have
them. Corn from Maine, peaches
from California, tomatoes from
Maryland, and even sweet potatoes
raised and canned in Massachusetts,.
Weare sleeping over our rights and
throwing away our opportunities.
We must turn over several new leaves
if we would be independent, and as
the natural outcome, happy. Anoth-
er lamentabe fact is that our farm
ers buy a large amount of produce
they should raise upon the farm.
The prosperous farmer never goes to
purchase unless he takes something
to sell
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Enforcing the vagrant Law.

Winston journal.
Hunt job or leave the town is
the ultimatum of the police in At
lanta, and loafers, white and cOiOred,
are moving. Why not enforce the
vagrancy law in this city to the
same extent? Just so long as loaf
ing and lettering is permitted, just
SO long will crime abound and city
and county be ta-,ed to enforce the
law. But aside from these facts. the
influence of these loafers upon labor
ers whose inclination is to be indus
triOus, is great enough to make it
self felt by any community, indeed it
is largely responsible for the discord
and dissension SO frequently arising
in our large industrial enterprises.
A determined effort on the part of
the police to weed out this class will
be rendering the highest service they
can perform
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Call For Wise Specializing Functions.
Raleigh Christian Advocate.

Raleigh Christian Advocate.
The preacher who denounces, as he
should, the sin OF the worldliness
manifested in dancing, theatre going
and gambling certainly vitiates the
effect by saying nothing concerning
the disregard Of financial obliga-
tions, social impurity and economic
tyranny. all of which are worse, if
sin can be graded, than dancing and
theatre going. We have known men
to talk in sepulchral, Mortified tones
of the Christmas giddiness of gay
young things and at the same time
dodge a grocery store where an IN
paid, unrecOgnized bill stares them
in the face. There are pious women
who frown at the young people talk
ing in church, and at the same time
talk a neighbours good name into
blisters. Here is a call for the pull
pit to exercise some Of it's wise spec
ializing functions.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Hope and Happiness Above Glory and
Gold.

Ex-Gov. Robert l.. Taylor, of Tennessee.
! would rather be the humblest
among those who have given hope to
the hopeless, and happiness to the
distressed of my race, than to live in
history as a conqueror with my
hands stained with innocent blood.
| would rather have my name writ
ten among those who have loved
their fellOw-man than to wear the
laurels which encircle the Iron Prince.
| would rather sleep in some quiet
church-yard unknown and unremem-
bered, save by those in whose hearts
l have scattered seeds of kindness
and upon whose lips l have conjured
smiles of Joy, than to be coffined in a
sarcophagus of gold with desolate
homes as my monument and widows
and orphans as the living witness OF
my glory.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Confederates in Congress.
PittsboroR Record.

Pittsboro. Record
In the next Congress there will be
only thirty Confederate veterans,
thirteen of whom will be in the Sell
ate and seventeen in the House.
Every Southern State, except North
Carolina, will be represented in part
by Confederate veterans. Alabama
will have five, Georgia and Virginia,
each, will have fouB Tennessee and
Mississippi, each, two, Kentucky,
South Carolina, Maryland and Louis
lana, each, two, and Arkansas, Texas
and Missouri, each, one.
1t certainly seems strange that
North Carolina, whose war record
was so glorious and who sent more
soldiers to the army than any other
Southern State, should now be the
only one without a Confederate in
Congress.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
TRAIN REEKiNG IN GORE.
1t Plowed Through Herd of Cows
and Killed Thirty-Two.

Richmond News-Leader-
Local passenger train No. 2 OF the
Chesapeake & Ohio, due here at $40
this morning from Gordonsville,
fairly covered with blood and strips
of flesh, carrying many frightened
and sickened passengers, arrived at
the Main street depot behind sched-
ule this morning.
The experience OF train crew and
passengers was in a degree a horrify-
ing one. The train struck herd OF
mich COWS at a crossing five miles
West of the city, in Hunslet, tore
through the fear-stricken, peaceful
animals, killing thirty-twO of them.
tearing and grinding their huge bod
les to pieces.
Engineer Charles Domain had
sounded his whsle for the crossing.
AS his train neared it the leaders OF
the herd walked onto the track. The
shrieks of the whistle and the clang-
ing of the bell seemed to paralyze the
herd with fright.
Domain cut off his steam and the
breaks were put on, but it was too
late
Behind the leaders came the rest OF
the herd, Illuminating to their death.
They packed on the track in front OF
the shrieking engine with it's train OF
cars.
The train was then sliding from its
own momentum. Domain and his
crew held fast.
The engine plowed into the herd
and through it, sending great guam
titles OF blood, bone and beef in all
directions, splashing the iron mon
ster from COW catcher to tender with
gore, clogging the wheels with bones,
hOOfs and hides.
One COW was thrown high in the all
and landed on the last, the third
passenger car, the crash above add
ing to the fears of the passengers sc
suddenly alarmed by the shock Of
collision.
About one hundred passengers
were ON the train. Many OF them
thought they were i'll a head-on col
lisiOn.
There were so COWS in the herd, 81
of the number being killed.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
HE STOPPED HIS PAPER.

BIZ WILL NJ. MAUPIS.

He would stop his local paper to economic,
he said.
The dollar that it cost him he would save,
Said he was So busy working that the sheet
was never read,
And other reasons weighty then he gave
Nothing in it that's worth reading was
the thought he had in mind
And he chucked that he'd saved a dollar
bill.
But while neighbors were progressing hew
left so far behind
That the bunco men could gee him stand
ing still
He didn't see the warning 'gainst the sharp
ers going around
With cheap pot-metal ranges called the
best:
And the contract signed to take one to his
horror soon he found
\ note he had to pay with interest.
Next he signed a little paper for pair OF
willy guys
Who said the fact would help EN- sell their
trees,
And in Just three months thereafter, to his
very great surprise,
The local bank wrote: Pay this, if you
please"
One bright day fellow met him and said,
Say, III buy your land
And give YOU lust six thousand for the
place"
And the owner said, 'I'll take it, put the
money i'll my hand"
so the stranger posted forfeit with good
grace.
But the next day another fellow hove in
sight and offered more
And the owner paid premium to the first,
Then when both the sharpers faded loud the
owner then did roar,
For he saw that in the deal he'd got the
worse
Next he bought a lot OF woolens from man
who whispered low
He'd smuggled them and so could sell them
cheap.
Then when he set out to wear them quick
and fast his tears did flow
The stuff was but base libel on a sheep.
Then IA willy gold brick artist filed his ears
with thoughts of gain.
He said a chance like that should never
pass.
SO he hustled for the money with his utmost
might and main,
And paid it for a shining chunk of brass.
When he'd squanded all his money and he'd
mort aged all his land
He realized he'd been blooming Ounce:
And he struck out for the village with dol
lar in his hand
And hunted up the editor at once.
Il have got to have your paper, and here's
for year ahead"
He shouted as he struck the office door.
Il have saved one blasted dollar, but o
thousands We been bled,
And I'll never stop my paper any more.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Suggestion to Tobacco Farmers.


Enfield Ledger.
1t has been suggested that the
large tobacco raisers who intend
holding their crops should have it
dried out and packed in hogsheads
at the stemmeries. This is a much
better plan than storing in pack
houses where it is subject to all the
changes of the atmosphere. When
once properly dried and packed in
hogsheads it will keep indefinitely
and the holders could consult their
own convenience about selling with
out running constant risk of its
spelling. The cost would not exceed
three quarters of cent per pound
for drying and packing. If the large
raisers would adopt this plan and
keep their tobacco, it would very
much Tighten the market.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
So Mote it Be.
News and Observer.

News and Observer.
In a recent speech Senator Fair
banks, adverting to the drift of pop
ulation to the cities, says it will be
followed by return to the country.
The Kansas City Journal says that
this return drift has already set in.
$50 mote it be- The multiplication
OF good rural schools, the building
of good roads and free rural delivery
will make country life more desirable
than city life. Goldsmith wrote
truly when he said:
But bold peasantry, their country's pride
when once destroyed, can never be sup
Dlip1 -
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

N|ANEEI!-Seyeral persons of character
w and good reputation in each State Zone
IN this county required) to represent and adj
vertise old esta blished wealthy business house
of solid financial standing Salary $21 90
weekly, with expenses additional, all pay
able in cash each Wednesday direct from
head offices. Horse and carriage furnished
when necessary. References. Enclose sell
addressed envelope. Colonial Co. 33i Dear
born St Chicago
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

ANY Northern church of the sensa-
tional kind wanting preacher after
its own heart is confidently requested
to look toward the capital city of
North Carolina.-Greenyille Reflector
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

NTA>TED-Severa Industrious persons
w in each State to travel for house estab-
lished eleven years and with a large capital
to call upon merchantSand agents for sue
cessful and profitable line. Permanent en-
gagement. Weekly cash salary S1S and all
travelling expenses and hotel bills advanced
in cash each week. Experience not essential
Mention reference and enclose self-addressed
envelope THE NATIONAL 334 Dearborn
St, Chicago.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
MANAGER WANTED,

Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage
business in this County and adjoining terri
tory for well and favorabIy known House of
solid financial standing. $4,000 straight
cash salary and expenses. paid each Monday
by check direct from headquarters. Expense
money advanced: position permanent. Adj
dress Manager, 6i0 NSAAa BLDG.
Chicago, Ill.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

OF course the farmers pay ali the
taxes, still it will be noticed that the
counties having big towns in them
pay more into the State treasury
than they get out.-Durham Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

Wilmington Messenger.
We suppose that the farmers of
Pitt county are among the WEALTH.
est and best equipped for farming in
the State. They have in the last few
years taken up the culture of tobacco
and many OF them have grown rich
in consequence, but they have al
lowed themselves to fall into the old
rut that has worked destruction to
so many farmers in the Southern
States. When they found raising
tobacco paid they dropped every
thing else and made tobacco the
only crop. Here is where they made
a great mistake as farmers in many
other counties have done. The fol
lowing from the Greenville Reflector
should be read by all farmers who
expect to get rich by raising tobacco
or any one crop:
This paper has done more for the
GreenvilIe tobacco market than any
other single agency. Yet we are dis
turbed in mind when we consider
that the business interests of the
town suffer from the rise and fall Of
the weed. The truth is, we have neg
lected other sources of commerce and
industry. No community that is
dominated by single article of COM
merce can hope for a permanent and
substantial prosperity. Pitt county
can still raise some of the finest to-
bacco in the world, but that is not
our limit and we are untrue to our
selves il we do not cast about for a
safer anchorage for our business in
terests. We must not allow our
selves to be dwarfed by circumstances.
We must make our own circum-
stances, and make them to our own
liking. We have brain, Drawn and
money. With these forces so gener-
ously bestowed upon us, we must
conquer conditions or give way to a
filter breed of men.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24

OF course Parson Massee is not
guilty, but we will wager he will not
do it again. -Greenville Reflector.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-24
Diversity Your Crops.

az" Fewer gallons; Wears longer. 1asl
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-28
SUSPICIOUS.

'I'm afraid my husband doesn't
love me any more, said the bride
of six months, with an overerown
sigh.
when did sou discover tie
changer" asked her monther.
when ! discovered that he had
quit leaving any change in his
pockets" replied the young wife,
sadly-Chicago News.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-28
BARGAINS IN LAND.

For sale in Hidalgo County, Tex
as, number of tracts of land rang
ing from 600 to 1000 acres, at the
remarkably low figure of from $3.50
to 81 per acre. These tracts have
a frontage on the Rio Grande River
and are specially adapted to the
growing of fruits, rice, cane, cotton,
corn and all kinds of garden truck.
For descriptions and price call on
or write JOHN CLOsNER,
Hidalgo Texas.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-28
FIENDISH REVENGE.

The burglar softly opened the
door of the suburbanite's sleeping
apartment, slipped inside and
searched the room thoroughly, but
found nothing worth stealing.
.I'II get some satisfaction out Of
him. anyway he said.
Thereupon be set the alarm clock
on the bureau for the hour of s
and softly departed.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-04-23

Mis-. Ida Henry Of Butler Is IN
the city visiting Mrs. c. D., Win
ehsll.
Mr.. Geo. Shaw, representing the
X. G. Paper House, was IN tie city
Saturday.
The Shakespear Club me, q, the
home Of Mrs. Homer Spencer last
SATURDAY. afternoon.
Quite a number OF our people
went to Butler Friday to witness
the execution OF Or. Gartrell
Miss Belle Meyerly returned
bone last week from an extended
visit to relatives an Pennsylvania,
Mr.. /. Hagenaur, Of Prairie
City. was in the city one day last
week and made a pleasant call at
this Office.
Two persons with schemes to
make one rich called on The TRl-
BNUE last Saturday. We referred
him to the other fellow.
Robert E. Lewis, Republican
candidate for governor OF Missouri
in 1896, has been appointed to a
district judgeship by the Governor
of Colorado. His friends in Mis-.
souri, rejoice in his promotion.
Mr.. aud Mrs. v. w. Houghton
having purchased the Denver Dale
property on corner Of Olive and
Fifth streets have taken possession
of their new purchase and are now
comfortably located nearer town.
Messrs. Ward King and Col
Waters the state good roads mis-
sion men, while in the city last Sat.
urday called at THE TRIBUNE office
The object Of their visit to our city
and county is one of the most COM
mendable before the people. Good
roads are the best civilizers on
earth.
Last Thursday Mr.. Nat George
was instantly killed at mine II BY
falling slate. He, with two other
miners, were at work and at the
first alarm they started to run.
His two companions escaped
with Sigh, bruises, while George
running in the wrong direction met
instant death. He leaves a wif.
and FIVE children.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-04-23

Col. Dan Oilson, commander Of
the Interstate Soldiers Association.
was down from Appleton cisy Sat
urday to hold 4 meeting With the
officers OF the association to begin
arrangements for The seventh annu-
Al reunion to be held in August at
Lake Park.
These reunions afc held each
year the second week ia August
and last the entire week. They
nave always been well attended,
the attendance growing larger each
year, and il is safe to say that the
coming reunion viii be a record
breaker.
The officers arc beginning their
arrangements early this year and Will
DO all in their power to make the
meeting the biggest in the history
OF the association. That they will
succeed in this purpose no one
doubts who knows them.
Many attractions OF a high order
VIII be procured and the people
can rest assured that they will be
we'll entertained when they come
Nevada Ex.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-04-23
DIR, GARTRELL

DR.. James l.. Gartrell, who muir
dered D. b. Donegan about TWO
years ago, near Amoret in this
county, expiated his crime on the
gailows at Butler last Friday morn
ing about 10 o'clock.
DR., Gartrell was past 6S years Of
age and bad lead a eheckered car
reer like most men who fail TO con-
troll their appetites and passions.
This probably was his only fault
until be met his victim. He found
that Donegan had money. lie had
none. HIS desire for money grew
into q passion. Nothing stood in
the way of his getting money but the
life of an unknown man in a lonely
portion Of a strange country. The
passion oyercame his conscience,
his discretion and his judgment.
Thus blinded he killed the man
who had befriended him. "Murder
viii out" and his crime overlook
him. He was arrested, tried, col-
vieted and hauged-a fitting finale
to a passion controlled life and yet
who would not that ii could have
been otherwise. Death from natu
raj cause IS alwayssad enough but
a tragic death is always more Of
less shocking.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-04-23
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The SC Louis Republic Offers
Fourteen Splendid Ke-
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The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1903-04-23

lieveri IN all you Claim your treatment VIII 40 fof
thedeAL n eniirely stopped the noises IA M
bead and made my hearing perfect 4 can hear
any conversation wifhih tBn feet and q steam
whistle Is miles. Isoud Ycu namo Of o friend
trlicted IS Twas. know your treatment VIII
cure her. IWfll max cath 70 all I have said.
Your delighted friend, JAMES BRADSHAW.