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The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
Opposed to the Ogden Movement in
the South.


Rev. Z. K. Law in LumbertOn RObesOnlan
The Charlotte Observer had to give
itself away, as we had done some time
ago, on the Ogden educational mis-
sion for the benighted South. There
are feelings and feelings in us, adverse
to he whole business. | do not love
these, Doctor Fell, the reason why l
cannot tell, but one thing | know full
well, | do not love thee, Doctor Fell.
1t is not thus with us. Our contem-
porary deity and keenly sets out our
feelings We are afraid of this great
horse The constituents do not view
things as we do. Their conceptions
are dislikable, and in practice would
be far from helpful to us down in this
latitude. The apparent catering to
the crowd by some of our folks is
grating to our sensibilities. For our
part, we had rather work out our
own destiny with conserved inde-
pendence. That word independence
means a great deal. It's spirit must
be fOstered. AS our esteemed con-
temporary says, loss of independence
is a dear price to pay for the efforttO
scatter our cloud of ignorance by
this means. Old Senator Hoar is
righti in his diagnosis and treatment.
The best interest of both racss con-
sists in the hands Off policy by all
outsiders. 1t is strange, but true,
that there are veins OF fanaticism in
rugged and uncouth folks and also
equally in educated leaders. In this
fact is our trouble often.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
Too Many Exempted From Taxation
New Bern Journal.

New Bern Journal.
The action of the North Carolina Cor
DoratiOn Commission in it's efforts to
both tax incomes of Federal and State
officials, and see that the tax is paid, is
to be encouraged and supported.
Just why, or upon what equitable So
luton OF the question, there should be
an exemption from tax on the incomes of
these officials, it is impossible for the
average mind to see.
The Federal and State office holders
enjoy the protection accorded all tax
,, payers. and the reason for a special
privilege tax exemption for one Of these,
| on his income, while merchant, banker
or employe pays a salary tax, looks un-
| Just and without the semblance of
, equality.
| 1t is not only in the matter OF exemp-
! ton from income taxation, but also the
escape from taxation on other things,
that there is already too much Of which
| leaves the real burden of taxation upon
the small tax payer, the person of mod
crate means, who pays a tax far out OF
proportion, compared to the rich and
the millionaire classes.
| Begin by giving any particular office
holders exemption from an income tax
| there is created at once privileged
class, which can easily be increased OF
added to.
| The Corporation Commission is doing
right in this tax matter. Let it be pushed
! and let every citizen pay a just and equit
able tax: salary and otherwise, with nc
privileged class, which can have and Ell
iov State and National benefits of protec
ton without paying for them.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
GRASS.
The Forgiveness of Nature-fier Con-
slant Benedicti0n,

The approach of spring, says an
exchange. recalls the following beau
tiful tribute to grass by the brilliant
John J. Ingalls,, at one time Senator
from Kansas:
Grass is the forgiveness of Nature
her constant benediction. Fields tram
pied with battle. saturated with blood
torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green
again with grass and carnage is forgot
ten. Streets abandoned by traffic. be-
come grass-grown, like rural lanes, and
are obliterated. Forests decay, harvests
perish, flowers vanish, but grass is i'm
mortal. Beleagured by the sullen hosts
of winter, it withdraws into the impreg-
nable fortress of its subterranean vitality
and energies upon the first solicitation of
spring. Sewn by the winds, by wander
ing birds, propagated by the subtle hor-
ticulture of the elements, which are its
ministers and servants, it softens the
rude outline of the world. Its tenacious
fibers hold the earth in its place and pre-
vent its soluble components from wash
ing into the wasting sea. 1t invades the
solitude OF deserts, climbs the inaccessible
slopes and forbidding pinnacles of moun-
tains, modifies climates and determines
the history, character and destiny of ma
tions. Unobtrusive and patient, it has
immortal vigor and aggression. Ban
ished from the thoroughfare and the
field, it bides its time to return. and when
vigilance is relaxed or the dynasty has
perished it silently resumes the throne
from which it has been expelled, but
which it never abdicates 1t bears no
blazonry of bloom to charm the senses
with fragrance or splendor. but itshome-
ly hue is more enchanting than the lily or
the rose. 1t yields no fruit in earth or
air, and yet. should its harvest fail for a
single year famine would depopulate the
world"
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
What the Propaganda May Mean.
Greenville Reflector.


We are opposed to the Southern
Educational propaganda because we
object to the children of the men who
wore the gray being 'educated' by
Northern money and Northern teach
ines. We do not care for the 'educa-
ton" that is prepared in Boston and
sent down South in case lots. If
Northern money wants to come South
to make more money, let it come, but
ii it wants to come South to make
Yankees. we had rather see every cent
of it ground into dust and flung into
the sea.
1t is stated that the ultimate OBJ
iect of the propaganda is to educate
the Southerners to the point where
they will permit the establishment OF
mixed schools in the South. WedOn't
know how true this may be. But we
do know that before this thingcomes
to pass, there will be no demand for
mixed schools. for either the white
race or the black race will have be
come exterminated, and it's not go
ing to be the white race or history is
a lie
The South is able to achieve its
own fame without assistance from
abroad. We may not educate oul
children lust as the North would like
but we will be true to ourselves IL
our own way in the end.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
Mistake of a Minister.
Charlotte Observer.

1t is with regret that the Observer
notes the fact that it's friend, Rev
Frank Siler, formerly of this city,
now of Asheville, has adopted the
Parkliurst method of spying upon
the unfortunate women of that city
in order to inaugurate a social pu-
rity campaign, Accompanied by a
policeman, the pastor himself being
disguised, he visited all the resorts of
sin in Ashevile, not finishing his
rounds until after midnight. We do
not impugn Mr.. Siler's motives, but
we confess inability to see how such
Il course us he pursued is any part OF
IL mission. According to the pub
lished accounts he practiced decep-
tion upon the absolutely most friend
less class of human beings in the
world, by concealing both his iden-
tity and the purpose of his mission.
1t is inconceivable that he could
hereafter influence one of these wo-
men to accept the salvation that he
breaches from his pulpit, and that is
the mission of Il preacher of the Cos.
pei, as we understand it. OF course
we understand that Mr.. Siler meant
well, but we genuinely regret that he
has initiated the esensatiOnalist, Park
hurst, in this matter.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
THE monroe. "
The New Steamship of the Old Do
minion Line.

The steamship Monroe, the latest
addition to the large and modern
feet of the Old Dominion Line, which
operates IL daily line between New
York, Old Point Comfort and Nor
folk, has taken her place in the Line
with the steamers Jefferson, Han1iE
ton, Princess Anne and jamestown.
The Monroe was built by the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company, and is pronounced
IN all respects one of the finest speci-
mems q marine architecture Orwhich
tiiat vast plant has become famous.
She is q modern ocean-going steel
ship OF superb lines and rich interior
furnishings adapted to the highest
ciass OF ocean travel. The Monroe
has 4,500 horse power, which will
give her Il speed OF 16 knots an hour.
She is 36G feet long over all, with 46
foot beam, and her engines are of the
triple expansion type, and has ac-
conmOdationsfOr $50 first-class pas
sengers and IS second-class.
Some improvements have been
made in the interior plan of the
MOnrO", as compared with the .Jefrr-
son and Hamilton, one of the most
important being in the main dining
saloon, which is OF the upper deck.
She Is larger i'll every way than the
last two named vessels, and further,
it is believed she will be the largest
first-class passenger and freight ocean
steamship running on so short Il
route. The Monroe is by odds the
finest ship the Old Dominion Line
has ever built, and in view of the
cOmpany's record of over thirty Y
years, we feel this is saying a great
deal.
There are no stseamhips running
ont of New York which are more pop
u!ar than those of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company. The short
sea trips of this line have long been
popular with the travelling public
and the increased patronage has
necessitated the Company's adding
to its feet during the last few years
the five new, handsome ships now il
service. One Of these boats sails from
New York and Norfolk daily, except
Sunday, and in connection with the
railroad lines South OF Norfolk they
form pOpularlin in the North anC
SOuthbOund travel.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
What Constitutes Happiness.

By the Editor of the Atlanta Journal
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself
what constitutes real happiness?
Pleasure lies in happiness and there is no
happiness without contentment, and con-
tentment all depends on the point of view.
Some OF the unhappiest people in the world
are those who have apparently everything to
make them happy, and some of those who
are frankest in claiming happiness are endur-
ing the most unfortunate OF physical and
financial conditions-sOmetimes physical an
guish. wish for another's happiness is un-
derstOod to mean an emphatic desire that
your friend shall have all the earthly comfort
and satisfaction within reach shall be the
favored child of fortune and prosperity; yet
these sufferers are tortured with physical an
guish and still report themselves to be happy
i'll the accepted meaning of the term.
Nobody would pray that creature comforts
should be taken away from the unhappy per
sons first mentioned, yet the possession OF
wealth, fine horses and fine clothes oftentimes
fail to make the possessor comfortable in
mind and spirit-in thousand instances
The first essential for real happiness is tc
| resi- pect ones self and ones motives Nobod,
| can be either happy or cOntented where ther,
| is hypocrisy and treachery. Be guided by
! the same motives that actuated you wheT
you We're an innocent and artess child Be
lieve in people, be pleasant in your transac
tions with others, and throw sunshine around
yourself and others by honest dealings. Self
| ishness is the terrible bane and burden OF th'
world. People who are on the eonstan
lookout for Sights are generally apt to Ell
counter them, but when you Danish the cark
ing care about yourself and what you thinl
others are due you, you will find the oppor
tunity for real happiness. As said before
contentment, which is only another name 70
human happiness, depends entirely on you
point of view; but this contentnent was til
outcome of clear eyes, sweet souls and pa
tient loyalty to truth. This, alone, viii Civ
us a taste of the wonderous beauty of life.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
NO. 18.
Queer
Law Case

The daily papers not long ago
reported a trial case where 4 man
sued a medicine concern which had
offered a hundred dollars for a
case their remedy could not cure.
1t seems that the man had not
been cured, though he had taken
the remedy. The defence was
that he had not taken the medicine
long enough. He did not get his
hundred dollars.
We alludc to this because Ninol
does not give slippery guarantee.
We sell it on its merits and
leave it to the user. If the user
comes back with his empty bottle
and says 81 took that bottle of
Ninol, and | can't see that it did
me any good" we don't argue
the matter. We say, or our clerk
says, "Sorry that you happen to
be among the few here's your
dollar!
The few! They are very few -
less than one out of a hundred,
according to the experience.
Ninol is a scientific non-secret
compound Of cod liver oil (greatest
medicinal food known), organic
iron (iron that can be taken up into
the blood and used), and a mild
table wine. 1t is pleasant to take.
Our Vinlax, for constipation, is
Ninors companion remedy, sold on
the same guarantee.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23

The Flop of Mr.. Wise.
News and Observer.


Your Southern man who becomes
Yankeeized is always making himself
ridiculous. A month ago John S.
Wise, the apostate from Virginia,
was making himself busy trying to
annul the Virginia constitution be-
cause it eliminated many negro votes.
Now he has "pented hisself' and here
is his latest declaration:
''It is idle, to-day, to try to enforce
laws permitting the negro franchise.
You cannot find a white man, 10
matter where he lives or under what
circumstances when you go to him,
who will subscribe to policy that
means eventually n possible negro
domination.
''There is only one solution to the
negro question. The nation must re-
cede from the position taken by it on
the matter of negro suffrage. The
nation must remit to the State con-
troll of the suffrage issue. This may
be a great concession, but it is a con-
cessiOn OF sound, common sense"
How much better if Mr.. Wise had
made that utterance in the first in
stance, instead of infiaming the he
groes and arousing false hopes in
their breast, and now turning around
and destroying the hopes he has
raised! The Virginia papers intimate
that Wise's new views are due to the
fact that the negroes have quit pass
ing around the hat to pay him big
fees to fight the suffrage amendment.
We rather choose to believe that the
glow of the banquet caused him to
give expression to his real sentiments
sentiments uttered by all Southern
men who are not crawling on their
bellies to get Federal office
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
VOL. XXI.

Sickness steals more savings than the
burglar. Slowly, coin by coin, the
money that has been so hardly earned
IS paid out for drugs and doctors.
~'~tuess is - worst enemy of riJc work
2 man, aud the coririon cause of the
working man @.ckness is disease of the
stomach often living the heart, lungs,
liver, or kidneys.
The Use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery will stop the stealing of
the savings by sickness. 1t cures dis
eases of the stomach and other organs of
digestion and nutrition. 1t cures dis
eases of heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, etc. =,
when these diseases are caused by the
diseased condition of the stomach and
its allied organs.
"About ten years ago began to have trouble
with my stomach" )" writes VIM. Connolly of SIS
Walnut Street. LOTain, Ohio, 1T got so bad /
had to lay of quite often two and three days i'll
n week, my stomach would bloat, and / would
belCh up gas, and was in awful distress at such
times. / have employed and been treated by
the best doctors in the city but got help
whatever. By some way or other l happened to
get hold of a vial Of your Pellets and thoug mt
they helped me. It then wrote to you for
advice You told me that BY my ptoTs you
thought ! had liver complaint, and advised the
use of your Golden Medical Discovery and
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summer account OF my stomach ! feel tip
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Accept no substitute for Golden Med
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DR.. pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
the bowels.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
In the Choosing of Mates.

BY Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones' Pastor of All
Souls Church, Chicago.
Wise persons do not marry for culture or
for creed. But. young man, as you prize
your future happiness, see to it that you go
where there is mind; see that the object of
your loveis possessed of intelligence, of pur-
pose, and particularly that quality OF thought
concerning the permanent and superlative
concerns of life as promise cOngeniality, and
a companionship in the realms beyond and
above, where social accomplishments do not
avail, where youth and beauty decline, and
where the goods of this world are powerfess.
And you, young woman. 1t behooves you
in these days to take a hundred counsels
from the prosaic judgments of the head to
one from the tinkling bells of romance in the
heart. l am not SO anxious that you should
investigate too closely the income of your
escort, for if you are not willing to enter into
an humble partnership in cottage, and if
necessary submit to the severest labor in the
Joint task of home making with the man who
worthily reciprocates true love, you are not
worthy such love, and you bless the man
whom you wound by your refusal.
Young man, discover the belle of the draw
ing-room in calico, with the perplexties oi
washing day before her, before you complete
your estimate of her. Young woman, watch
the movements of your gallant's mind when
he is not in full dress or on dress parade You
| are pleased when he retrieves your glove OF
brings early violets. That is well. but note
how he greets the unknown child with the
dirty face that stumbles under his feet on the
street corner. Note what word he has fol
the patience that prepares his food for him il
the kitchen. and what is his greeting to th'
| washerw oman who is neither handsome vel
| preserved nor well clothed. Aye note how
| he treats the horse that is not his own ant
his neighbours dog.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
A Demonstration Of What Cham.
berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea RemedyCanDo.

''One Of our customers, highly respected
citizen Of this place, had been for ten years a
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 A few months ago b.
commenced taking Chamberlains Cole, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy and in short
time was entirely cured. Many citizens o
Enterprise who know the gentleman will ties
tify to the truthfUlness of this stat .ment. >
For sale at Parker's Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
Where Will 1t End |?

Dunn Banner.
1t has become to be enearly an every
day occurrence that some man is
shot down in cold blood. There seems
to be an epidemic in our state among
our prominent citizens.
Where will it end? is question we
frequently hear asked, and much
comment made upon. Have we not
laws strong enough on our statute
the first degree? Ii we have not then
it should be taken out. Or is it
that our jury system is corrupt? II
this be true then more care should be
exercised in the selection of juries and
get men, who regard their honor as
worth something.
OF late years a man with money OF
a long family pedigree behind him is
never hung If he is of the lower class
and without money or is q negro, he
is convicted in short order and sen
fenced it makes not much difference
what his plea may be, while on the
other hand, the wealthy man or the
one who can trace his genealOgy back
to some foreign country puts up g
plea of insanity or self-defense and
goes scott free.
We do not wish to be understood
as not wanting to give the murderer
every chance to clear himself. W.
think he should have the benefit O
every doubt There are instances o
course, in which a man is justified il
shooting his fellow man, but thes,
cases are very rare.
Until some of the "upper ten arr
convicted of murder in the first de
gree and hung, this reckless shooting
will continue. We do not mean tt
say that it will stop murder No
No, Regardless of the law such vii
be the case now and then. but we de-
believe that it can be checked to ;
great extent.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
Would be Money Well Spent.
Winston Sentinel.

Winston Sentinel.
Our industrial development really
began under Governor Jarvis admin
istratiOn 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 ag-
riculture-as we'll as the opportuni-
ties this State offers to investors and
ome-seekers-are not as broadly
known as they should be. As the
money we have spent on 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.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
The South Coming to the Front.
Charlotte News.

That was good news that came
from Norfolk concerning the arrival
in that port ofthe good ship st. Bede.
There is nothing unusual in the ar
rival of a ship at Norfolk; they put
i'll there every day, but the interest
that attaches to this particular ship
grows out of the fact that her cargo
consisted of cotton goods manufac-
tured in the South and consigned to
China The striking feature of this
announcement is that this cargo of
the st. Bede's is the first of it's kind
from the South-the beginning of a
new era. The New South. awaking
to a realization of her glorious flu
ture, waves aside the middleman and
ships her own cargoes direct to the
great East. 1t is but a beginning,
but other Southern manufacturers
will follow suit. Truly it is Il great
step forward.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23

Ii any one will trave! few miles on
great many of the roads OF North
Carolina at this particular time oi
year we think that he will be con
WINGED that the greatest problem that
confronts us is the road question.
Every other public question touches
US less heavily than this one. The
amount paid by the people of the
State indirectly in loss of time, wear
and tear of teams and vehicles and
otherwise, is enormous. But one does
not need, especially at this time o.
the year, to emphasize the effects o.
bad roads. They speak for them
selves in a language as emphatic anC
as unavoidable as IL bad conscience
Sampson Democrat.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
The Great Dismal Swamp

OF Virginia is breeding ground Of malaria
germs. So is low, wet or marshy ground
everywhere These germs cause weakness,
chills and fever. aches i'll the bones and mus
cles, and may induce dangerous maladies.
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
Dorsey's drug store. Guarantee satisfaction.
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
"The Land of the Sky.

This is the title of an attractive booklet
Just issued by the Passenger Department of
the Southern Railway. descriptive of Western
North Carolina.
The book is beautifully illustrated, and
gives the prospective tourist an excellent idea
OF the attractions of this charming mountain
country.
To those contemrla ting a trip, for either
health or pleasure, during the Spring or Sum
mer, it would be well to apply to represent
ative of the Southern Railway for a copy Of
this booklet
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
ASprinQ 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 of
life: of color and enjoyment, rich with posi-
bilties for health and recreation. For tenn
perature and climate it is unexeelled- Reached
by the Southern Railway.
Write for descriptive book of Land OF the
Sky" mailed free on application to any agent
of the Southern Railway. or Mr.. s. II. Hard
wick, General Passenger Agent. Washington,
The gold leaf., 1903-04-23
Opportunities for Young Men.
Raleigh Times.

There never has been such an Oppor-
tunity for young men with an industrial
education as now. Take architecturefor
instance. The demand is greater than
can be supplied. This demand, too. as
will be seen by the Manufacturers Record
and other industrial papers, is largely
from the South
This is but one of the henumerous avenues
of industrial activities which the South is
leading in. We hope to see our facilities
greatly enlarged in North Carolina, so
that not only more of our young men
can be accommodated in our tecnichal
schools, but that they may receive the
very best training to be had, so that
they may take their places among the
best prepared students in the country.