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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22
Mav Resume Business.

Baltimore. Oct. H.-The directors of the Union Trust Company today adopted a resolution to appoint a committee to ar range for the company to resume bus mess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22
Bailev succeeds Flald

Washington, Oct. 21.-The President has appointed Horace w. Bailey United States Marshall for Vermont to succeed Fred Field. dismissed. Bailey was recommend ed by the Vermont delegation in Con- greaA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22
Four Ciri Babies.

Zanesville, O., Oct. 21.-Mrs. William Tate. colored woman g years of age. has given birth to four girl babies. all of normal size and weighing slightly more than six and one-half pounds each.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22
Fire Insura.Ice Meeiing,

Hartford. Conn, Oct. 1.-Two addresses were given at today's session of the Ma tional Association of Local Fire Insur- ance Agents convention. The First was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22
Tntarnal Revenue Receipts.

Washington. Oct. 2l.-The monthly report of the collections of internal revenue snow that receipt, were sIs 7oe, 24I, decrease as com pared with september. 1902. of Sl77.I2s,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22
chila May Sell shins.

Santiago de Chile. Oct. A.-It Is report ed here that the Chilean Government is treating with Japan for the sale of two Warships.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-22

Miller-Johns Trial November 10.
 Cincinnati, Oct. 2l.-Judge Thompson Of the United States Court today set the trial of MA- Ter and Johns. on which the jury rocaptlH Gl9N agreed for Nev. i& ------a--@s.Ga.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10

rant of Southern conditions as if he
had been born in kamskatka. The
solution of the question lies with the
men of the Southland and with them
alone. But action to be effective
must be immediate. Let Booker
Washington and his doings be drop
ped by the press of our Southland.
Judge him by his actions and not his
words and place him where all ne
groes should be placed-in a class
by themselves. Have dead line in
business, in politics, in every relation
OF life. Segregate by precincts and
wards, then by townships aud cities,
and tbussmase poss,ble that general
segregation that will one day surely
come. And when a Southern man or
body of Southern men think of pat
ting Booker Washington on the back
and say we'll done, comrade, let them
remember him supping in style, while
his own [. S. Senator PAGES the
tracks outside, hungry and denied
admission. 1t was the white men of
Georgia who first gave Booker
Washington prominence, and it seems
part of Gods retributive Justice
that the viper with cannibalist for
bears, whom they warmed at their
bosom should at last have turned
and stung them.
EDWIN GLADMON.
SOOthern Pines. n c.. Aug 30.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Care of the Insane First DUTY.
PittsbOro Record.

Pittsboro Record.
Insanity seems to be increasing at
an alarming rate III this State, and
the care of our insane has be-
come /, most serious problem.
In this county, for instance, ten
persons have been adjudged to be
insane since the Oath of last April.
OF these ten, thus far only four have
been able to gain admittance to the
State Hospital. Two of the ten are
negroes. and both of them have been
admitted to the colored lunatic asy-
lum. SO it seems that a colored lu-
matte has better chance of being
cared for by the State than Il white
J lunatic.
The appropriations now made for
our charitable institutions and for
pensions are more than half of the
total expenses of our State govern
ment, and yet they are not enough
North Carolina ought to care for
every lunatic in her borders, and the
next Legislature must provide for
their proper care even if it is neces-
Sary to increase taxes.
One thing is certain, our people will
! not vote more taxes to educate negro
children until all our white insane
are properly cared for. Nor will they
/ favor an enlargement of the State
capitol until the State can enlarge
our aSylumS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
RICH FIND OF GOLD.
Vein of the Real Stuff Discovered In
Warren County Which Gives Prom
ise That "There is Plenty More
Where That Came From''
Asheville Citizen.

hSiicN llit ltlAen
A nice find of gold nuggets was re-
Gently made by Charles j. Aston ON
his farm near where the counties of
Warren. Franklin. Halifax and Nash
are Joined.
1t seems that during a recent cy-
clone Il large tree was up-rOOted from
the ground and the vein was u:I-
covered. The vein, so far, has been
found to be about II inches wide,
but as no other part than that dis
closed by the opening left by the tree
has been explored it is possible that
it is even larger than at first dis
covered.
There has already been found a
large plate full of nuggets. the
largest being about the size of a half
dollar
Mr.. Aston. who is a travelling man,
will have the nuggets on exhibition
at the next State Fair, which will be
held in Raleigh this coming fall.
The Crystal Spring Farm, on which
the gold was found, is in the immedi-
ate neighborhood of the several
mines which are now being worked,
namely the Ports gold mine, the Ed
ward Aston mine, the Taylor mine,
the Burr mine, and the Mann-Arring-
ton mine
A representative of the Citizen in
terviewed Mr.. Aston and was shown
several nuggets, ranging in size from
a ten cent piece to some as large as a
half dollar. and has several specimens
which are being made into handsome
pins and rings.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Timely Admonition.

Rocky Mount Motor
1t will be we'll for our farmer friends
to remember in perfecting their or
ganization that the first thing is to
get among themselves sufficient CO.
hesive matter to hold the organiza-
tion together. They may ''resolute'
and appoint committees from now
until the last hour shall strike, but
lacking in this element all their eff
forts, mental and physical, will go
for naught. 1t will be we'll for the
leaders to begin an educational
course along this line. When they
learn to stick by the organization
with loyalty and have faith in it's
mandate that will exact observance
the particular form of the organiza-
tiOn will be the smallest part of it.
Many will be found who will belittle
not only the motive but the capabiI-
tiles OF the organization; some, per-
haps many, who will believe all they
hear will be found in the ranks. Let
the conduct of the leaders be such as
to command respect for the plans
they offer. Let any man whose mo-
tives may be questioned on good
grounds or who is actuated by any
consideration other than the welfare
of the movement be driven from its
councils.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
WARREN'S CONFEDERATE DEAD.

The fOliOWlng poem was written and
elivered by Mr.. Tasker Polk, of War
enton, n. C., on the occasion of the un-
eiling of the Confederate monument at
hat place August 9th:
Backward backward, rearward rolling
Sweep our memOry's rushing Waves,
While the bells of war are tolling
Sounds of battles past in story,
Battle-sOunds of deathless glory,
While the tear-drOps OF our sadness
Mingle with our sounds of gladness,
Let us meet in grand reunion,
Let us Join in sweet communion
With Warrpn's s host of spirit braves.
Where our gallant dead are sleeping
Beneath the crimr On-crested sea,
There our memory sad is sleeping
All it's thoughts in glory keeping
And the hallOwed past is creeping
Nearer to the present heaping
Sacred thoughts DER comrades sleeping;
Sleeping there in silent glory,
While the night winds sigh their story
To the distant, shadowy lea
In each heart should be longing
To honor do and homage pay
To those heroes who went thronging.
Leaving all to them belonging,
Rushing proudly to the battle
Not like dumb and driven cattle.
But like men who heard the rattle
Of the musket brave and fearless:
True and grand and proud and peerless
Were Warren's sons who wore the Gray
Then draw from RecolIection's sheath
The stainless sword of Warren's priie
Ger hill and valley, plain and heath,
Far flash it's circling light and vide
Upward flashing, glancing cleaning,
Let its light be onward streaming
To the graves where now lie dreaming
Those who fought for us and died.
When wars black cloud hung darkly DER
Our Sunny South, our native land,
And when the cannon's deadly roar
It's thunders rolled from shore to shore.
Did Warren's soldiers trembling stand?
When North and South divided stood
On the banks of Wars red river.
And Mars sprang reeking from the flood,
And hurled his lightning spear of blood,
Did our soldiers quake or guiver?
When battle from Wars forge of hell
Cast wide and far the screaming shell
That bore deaths message and it's knell
Der bleeding valley, plain and dell,
Did Warren's s brave soldiers falter?
No! But at their Country's altar
Bowed and breathed their battle psalter
Then proudly rose unsheathed their sW Ords
And shouted wild the ringing words,
Our Country!'
Then rushed mid sabres' clang and clash
And fought mid battles crush and crash
Fell in the muskets' binding fash,
Poured their hearts blood out like water
Freely on the field of slaughter.
Asked no mercy, begged no quarter,
But fought and fell, their latest breath.
Defiance in the face of death
For Dixie @
North and South again united
No longer hear the clash of swords;
Union vows again are plighted,
But hark to memory's pleading words,
Oh. my country! Oh, my nation!
Forget not thy ilustrious braves
Let monuments of conservation
Stand sentinel Der our soldiers graves.
Not for fame they fought and fell
But fough for honor and country s veal
Hearken then to memoIy's bell
Whose echoes are heard in the land OF th
lpaf
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10

by the net results he continues
whOoping 'em up for every interest
OF his town when the wolf is howling
about his door and his future pros
pect far from reassuring. He sees
men and business institutions he has
helped reach the success they have
attained place the patronage in his
line elsewhere-send out of town for
work that town pride if nothing
else, should keep at home, and under
such circumstances can it be WON
dered that the bruised worm will
sometimes turn? People should give
these matters more consideration,
and learn to take the same pride in
their home papers that they do in
all other public institutions of their
town.
Give the editor his dues. for with
out him things will come mighty
rocky for your town.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
But He Got Cooled OFF.

Greensboro Record, Aug. 29th.
A gentleman occupying a berth in
a sleeper on the early train from
Raleigh this morning. got himself in
a box. He got too hot for comfort
about daylight, SO he got out of the
berth and went out on the rear plat
form, closing the door behind him.
The door had a spring lock oni and
OF course locked itself. The gentle
man enjoyed the cool morning breeze
immensely, but when he decided he
was getting into town and had better
get inside, he found he couldn' make
it. Yelling did no good and it was
almost up to the station that the
porter happened to open the door
and let him in. A number of people
east OF the city saw him on the rear
platform OF the coach clad only in
his night robe, and he was a beaut,
to be sure.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Crime That Leads to Lynching.
Weldon News.

Halifax county has had her first
lynching, and so great was the prov
ocation, so black and hellish the
crime Of the negro brute, Mamma
PQnton, that no one dares lift his
voice and say that in the removal of
such fiend stain is placed upon
the fair name of the historic county.
The people of Halifax are law abid-
ing, conservative and free from race
prejudice In fact, the negroes of
Halifax county have been treated
t.t.af-i,y and their rights have been re-
spected, but when the one crime that
always leads to lynching is commit
ted at our very doors, when with the
heart of a devil a black brute as
saults IA poor little innocent, weak,
feeble child, and then, inspired by
the devil, deliberately murders her.
the people of Halifax, with the blood
OF Revolutionary and Colonial he
rOes in their veins, would have been
less than human and untrue to their
wives and daughters had they waited
for the slow process of law. The
crime for which Ponton paid the
death penalty is not a case for the
courts, and the negroes might as
we'll understand and know that in
every such case, swift and sure pun
ishment will follow without Judge or
jury. The way to stop lynchings is
for the negro preachers and speak
ers to cry aloud against the one
crime that leads to lynch law 1t is
with them. Let them stop denOun-
cling lynchings and denounce the
crime that always leads to lynching
and then there will be no further
need for Judge Lynch's services,
when the crime ceases.
Human nature is the same every
where, North, South, East and West
and when with brutal hands and the
lusts of hell the demon outrages the
white women of the South, the North,
the East or the West, men will not
stop to think or to reason, but being
assured that they have the right
party they will speedily dispose of
him.
The negroes of Halifax county have
behaved we'll heretofore and only a
few days ago they were congratu-
lated on the fact that they had never
yet committed the one crime that is
SO sure to lead to lynching, and we
believe that as Il class the Halifax
county negroes are as good as any
in the South, and therefore with one
voice they should prove their good
citizenship by denouncing the crime
of Mamma Ponton from every pulpit
and every rostrum in the county. If
they simply denounce the lynching
OF Ponton they will make a serious
mistake. Let them hold him up as a
warning to Others, teach the young
er generation that they must keep
their hands off of the white women
and children of the county, as sure
as there is a God in Heaven the same
punishment that was meted out to
Ponton will be the lot of every brute
who commits q similar crime.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Fewer Acres in Tobacco.
Raleigh Post.

h'lielSH oSl-
\ farmer, commenting i'll IA COM
municatiOn to the Oxford Public
Ledger upon the large dividends re-
Gently declared by the tobacco man-
ufacturers, concludes, and there is
wisdom in every sentence and state
ment:
81 can see but one thing for us to
do, and that is to quit making to-
bacco or SO materially reduce our
crops as to render a great shortage
in the weed. This we car easily do.
Let us plant more corn, peas, beans,
grasses. etc, and raise more stock of
every kind. This will give us an
abundance, of manure, and render
the purchase of fertilizer unnecessary
Enough money leaves our county
every year for horses and mules and
fertilizer and other things that can
easily be raised at home to make our
people independent.
The reduction of acreage and the
making of those cultivated produce
better quality; and the raising of
the other things mentioned, "at
home" would make our farmers the
richest and most Independent people
of this or any other State.
That large sums in the aggregate
are realized as profits on large in
vestments should not be a cause of
worry Or distress. Eight dollars in
terest on Just one hundred dollars in
vested or Employed is Just as great an
income, per cent, as eight dollars on
each one hundred dollars of a $4O,-
600, 900 plant would be- The rate of
income or ''dividend" is as great on
the amount invested in the one in
stance as in the other
But the Granville "Farmer' is
everlastingly right in insisting on
fewer but better cultivated acres for
tobacco and large increase of acre
age in the various "home living"
supplies he enumerates. By such
practice, faithfully stuck to, we ven
ture ia assert the "dividends' or III
come of all such farming will be much
beyond the income enjoyed by the
corporations, considering the labor
and capital employed. as large us
that NAV be.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
How to be Successful.

The only way to be successful ac-
cording to the moral law, says an
exchange, is to be honest. Be honest
with yourself and your neighbor. Be
honest in your dealing and in busi-
ness. If you do a dirty trick, be as
sured it will be found out and lower
you in the estimation OF all men.
Dishonesty and dirty work never
fail to rebound and offsets the ad-
vantage ten fold.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
What Causes the Low Price of Tc-
bacco?



Some Of the political papers, and a
number OF tobacco men as well take
the position that the reduction in
prices OF tobacco was caused by the
American and the Imperial Tobacco
merger In this we do not altogeth-
er agree The Imperial would have
been Il competitor, it is true, but not
to the extent OF fixing and maintain
ing prices. The high prices were
caused largely by an underestimate
OF the leaf production. Calculations
were evidently made, based upon the
acreage planted as compared to pre-
ceding years, and the average pro-
ductiOn, per acre. AS it turned out
there was an unprecedented large
yield per acre. We believe we are
safe i'll saying there was a so per
cent increase, and perhaps more in
pounds produced per acre, than the
same acreage yielded the two or
three preceding years.
Fortunately for farmers rs per
cent. OF the crop was marketed at
very high prices, and it must also be
remembered that millions of pounds
of tobacco was sold at these high
prices after the American Tobacco
Company had swallowed the Impe-
rial.
Another question arises. Every to-
bacco firm, Independent, trust firms
and all bought more largely for the
same length of time than ever before.
Money and room to handle became IL
question. Never before in the histo-
ry Of the trade was tobacco rushed
to market in such large quantities.
Millions of dollars were poured out
daily on the combined home mar
kets. Every available space was re-
quired for handling, and taking all
these things into consideration, a
reason may be found for the reduc-
ton in prices.
We take the position that prices Of
tobacco are largely controlled by the
supply and demand. We say this is
largely the case, but not altogether.
for the financial condition of the
country has something to do with
the regulating of prices on all pro
ducts.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Stomach Trouble.

II have been troubled viii h my stomach for
the past four years, says d. l.. Beach, OF
Glover Nook Farm, Greenfield. Mass. "A few
days ago | was induced to buy box Of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
have taken part of them and feel a great
deal better If you have any trouble with
your stomach try o box of these Tablets
You are certain to he pleased with the result
Price 25 cents. For sale at Parker's Two
Drur Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
The Pleasure Of Eating.

Persons suffering from Indigestion, dyspep-
sa or other stomach trouble will find that
kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat
and makes the stomach sweet. This remedy
is a never failing cure for indigestion and
dyspepsia and all complaints affecting the
glands or membranes OF the stomach or
digestive tract. When you take kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure everything you eat tastes good,
and every bit of the nutriment that your
food contains is assimilated and appropriated
by the blood and tissues. Sold at Parkers
Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
AGOOd Liver.

A bad liver means bad breath, bad COM
plexion, poor digestion and often constipa-
ton. A good healthy active liver means a
fine clear skin, free from pimples and spots,
bright eyes, buoyant spirits, in other words,
good health Make the liver healthy and
keep it healthy by using Kydales Liver
Tablets. They act specifically on the liver,
mild stimulant and tonic. arousing it to
activity. They gently stimulate the muscular
walls OF the bowels and intestnes and thus
assist nature to restore Il regular healthy
habit EAGLE PHARMACY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
The Man and the Woman.


4 man will run as fast as he can to
cross railroad track in front of IL
train. Then he will watch it until it
goes out OF sight. Then he will walk
leisurely away He'se9ms to be all
right and probably is. That is Il
man. A woman in street car will
open Il satchel and take out a purse,
take out a dime and close the purse,
open the satchel, put in the purse,
close the satchel and lock both ends.
Then she will give the dime TO the
conductor who will give her ii nickle
back. Then she will open the satclel
and take out the purse, put in the
nickle, close the purse, open the
satchel and pat in the purse, close
the satchel and lock both ends. Then
she will feel for the buckle at the back
OF her belt.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
A Purgative Pleasure.

If you ever took DeWitt's Little Early
Riscrs for bilousness or constipation YOU
famous little pills cleanse the liver and rid
the system OF all bile without producing
unpleasant effects. They do not gripe, sicken
or weaken, but give tone and strength to the
tissues aud organs involved. W. H. Howell,
Of Houston, Tex. says: NO better pill can
be used than Little Early Risers forconstipa-
ton sick headache, etc" Sold at Parkers
Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
The Genuine vs.. Counterfeits.

The genuine is always better than a coun-
terfeit. but the truth of this statement is
never more forcibly realized or more thor
oughly appreciated than when you compare
the genuine DeWtt'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,
me- For blind, bleeding. itching and pro-
truding piles no remedy is equal to DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve Sold at Parker's Two
Drup
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
BEST REMEDY FOR BLOOD AND
SKIN DISEASES

For eczema, pimples, dandruff and all skin
diseases, use HKaEcOck's Liquid Sulphur
any nature, when the skin becomes dry and
harsh you should use asancock's Sulphur
ointment in connection with the Liquid A
few applications of Hancock's Liquid Sulphur
will cure the worst cases OF prickly heat
For sale at The Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Work or Walk.


Georgia now has the best vagrancy
law of any State. The law shows
that the people are tired of support
ing lazy and idle men, There, as we'll
as elsewhere, is a cry for labor while
there are idle men of both races sup
ported by their wives and children.
1t is made the duty OF the officials to
hunt out this class and make them
work for the State because they will
not work for themselves. The dodg-
ing vagabond must work or walk.
He can't remain in Georgia idle,
Such a law in this State would serve
a good purpose.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Bucklen'S Arnica SaIye

Has worldwide fame for marvellous cures
1t surpasses any other salve, lotion, oint-
ment or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils
Sores Felons Ulcers, letter, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions.
1nfallble for Piles. Cure guaranteed Only
25c. at Melville Dorsey's drug store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-09-10
Distress After Eating Cured.

Judge W T. Holland. of Greensburg La,
who is we'll and favorably known, says: Two
years ago l suffered greatly from indigestion.
After eating great distress would invariably
result, lasting for an hour or so and my
nights We're restless. | concluded to try
kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it cured me
entirely. Now my sleep is refreshing and
digestion perfect Sold at Parker's Two
Drug Stores.