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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
THREE SOUTHERN GENERALS.
Longstreet and Gordon Great Generals
but Hoke NobIer Figure Than
Either-Renownedi in Peace No Less
Than War.
Biblical Recorder.

Biblical Recorder.
The two most distinguished of the
Confederate generals died last week
-Lleutenant-General Longstreet and
Major r-General Gordon. The ranking
general of the Confederacy after
Longstreet, survives and lives at
Raleigh, n. C., presenting the world
life as modest and gentle and useful
as that with which the great Lee
! crowned bis illustrious career in the
army-Gen. r. +. Hoke.
General Longstreet was a great
general. He was an able strategist,
a hard fighter, and n faithful soldier.
SO long as Lee lived no one charged
Longstreet with failure to make the
fanciful sunrise attack on the second
day at Gettysburg. But when Lee
had died this calumny was started,
and it was used in bounding him to
the day OF his death-on that day
certain misguided Daughters of the
COnfederacy refusing to send flowers
for his bier. Longstreet was the vic
tim of a foul persecution by par
tisan press-the like of which we see
nowadays at ever increasing inter
walls. They did not approve his ideas
and they ruined him He advised the
South to accept the results of the
war; his business was taken from
him, his friends were estranged, and
his life was made burden.
His magnificent services deserved
better reward. But history will give
him his place; intolerance even now
is departing; and as for Longstrcet
himself, he stands today before the
Judge of the world.
General Gordon was more notable
as fighter than as a strategist. He
was a faithful soldier and he loved
the Confederacy ardently. He was
successful in politics, becoming Gov
ernOr of Georgia and Senator of the
United States, and head of the Con-
federate Veterans. He was an orator
and lecturer of great power, and al
together, from the close of recon
struction until his death his career
has been a prolonged popular
triumph.
General Hoke still lives, and may
he be with us many good year yet.
His life is model Of lofty modesty.
He has refused to put his fame and
service as a soldier to private uses.
He has preferred the life of a citizen.
In a day OF pitiful struggle for office
and recognition he has followed the
quiet life of a man with an honorable
living to make. He is the highest
type of the soldiers who returned to
their devastated fields in late April
and reaped a crop in September. He
has worked diligently and with great
success, contributing to upbuilding
his State and nation. OF them all
he presents the noblest after-war
career, not superior indeed to that OF
Lee, but certainly not second to even
Lees.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
BETTER PAY FOR TEACHERS
Salaries Should be Sufficient TO Com d.
n1and the Best Talent and Take
Teaching a Profession and Not a
Take. Shift.

Wilmington Star.
The campaign OF education in
North Carolina has been for the pur-
pose of stirring up the people to the
importance Of educating their chill
dren. This is a splendid piece of work
and Gov. Charles 3. Aycock and his
able cOadjutOrs in this noble work
deserve the cOmmendatiOn of every
body. Enlightenment is the safety
of the future and we want to see the
| flOOd-light turned Oh from the noun
tains to the sea.
The educational campaign is one
that ought never to end. There is
no necessity to stop to count votes
and politics are not in it. Before the
campaign goes further, however, there
ought to be some propOgandism OF
the policy of better pay for the
teachers. We want to see the salary
OF teachers SO cOmpensativei in North
Carolina that it will command the
best talent and stimulate education
as well as stir up the people to their
obligations to educate their chill
dren.
The pay of the teachers ought to
be high enough to induce men and
women to make teaching profess
sion and not Il make-shift. We don't
want to see competent men and wO-
men go into the school room simply
to stay there till some other avenue
opens up a better opportunity to
the!I. Positively the poorest paid
people, considering their talents, ac-
mention the tremendous results of
their work, are the patient teachers
! Of our children. Let good pay and
better teachers be II part of the
campaign of education in North Car
olina
1t seems that teachers are poorly
paid throughout the United States
and recently we mentioned III the
| Star that in some of the Northwest
ern States teachers have got so
scarce that the public schools had to
close until teachers could be had.
While the holiday recess was on the
teachers simply hunted up better
paying POSITIONS The only way to
fill their places was to employ medi-
Ocre people or give their Jobs to
somebody who was out of employ
ment and would only teach till they
could find something better to do
Speaking of the movement for bet
ter pay for teachers, the New York
Commercial Idrertiserpublishes this
item:
'Dr. E. A. Winship, editor OF the
Journal OF, Educa ton, has returned
from 5000 mile trip, taken for the
purpose of Investigating the progress
of the movement for the higher pay
OF school teachers. He reports that
Nevada and California stand highest
among the States, while New York
pays the highest salaries in the
world. He attributed the general
upward trend in part to the unusual
scarcity of teachers and the higher
cost of living. The higher standards
now demanded by the States have
also done part, as the poorer teach
ers are weeded out this way"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is only
one way to cure deafness, and that is by con-
stitutional remedies Deafness is caused by
an inaamed condition OF the mucous lining of
the Eustochian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumblin@ sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unless the inf1am-
matiou is taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an
infamed condition of the mucous services.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness teaused BY catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
FL CHENY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28

Party Debts to Newspapers.
Fayetteville Observer.

After the last election the Charlotte
Observer had a well considered article
on the subject of the unpaid and un-
payable debts which parties and pol
iticians owe to the newspapers, espe-
cially the county newspapers, which
print the full county ticket at their
masthead, and do besides all man.
ner Of gratuitous booming of candi-
dates for office directly or through
the medium of correspondence con-
tributed by their friends. 1t was
pointed out that hardly one OF these
organs printed less than a thousand
dollars worth OF such party litera-
ture gratuitously; and the Charlotte
paper thought it was a foolish prac-
tice, but yet a Kind of folly which
would long be continued, though
probably in lessening degree.
OF course, the successful candidates
do their best to make some return
for this gratuitous service by giving
to the county paper that kept the
successful county ticket standing all
through the campaign, as much pub
lie printing as the law authorizes,
but that necessarily falls far short OF
value received. The unspeakable in
gratitude and meanness of giving
any portion of the public printing to
papers that do not support the ticket
was not adverted to by the Charlotte
paper, no doubt because it could not
imagine that such base thing could
occur.
The subject is one to which the
newspaper fraternity is giving more
and more attention, as the money
value of advertising is more and
more realized. The Baltimore Sun
makes the contending politicians in
it's bailiwick pay for their communi-
cations; and it is probable that it
receives a hundred thousand dollars
per annum from that source alone,
and hence is able to make a better
paper for the general public
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Ancient and Modern Advice about
How to Acquire Wealth.

The ancient sages' sure road to wealth
was ''be temperate in al things. be economi-
cal always" Modern life, with it's "rush
methods" i'll business requires that keep
healthy be added to the old adage.
Every body knows how to be temperate
and most people how to be economical, but
few know how to keep perfectly healthy.
Overeating, Irregular habits, neglect, etc, de-
range the stomach, liver, and bowles, cas-
ing indigestion, torpid liver, constipation, et'..
IsydaIes Tablets are natures best ally
when such conditions exist. The Stomach
Tablets will digest your food, strengthen
your digestive organs cure your indigestion.
= he Liver Tablets will arouse your liver
stimulate your bowels and establish reg
ular, healthy, habit. RydaIes Tablets in
sure good health. EAGLE PAA MACY.
The Aronson Shoe is waterproof, com.
ortable and long wearer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
The Best Type Of Southern Man.

Commenting on q recent letter i'll
the Charlotte Observer written by
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, of Winston,
1. E. Avery in his "Idle Comment"
column of that paper says:
Mrs. Patterson ventured to say
that North Carolina men have the
! best manners in the world Which is
really equivalent to saying that the
best type of Southern man has the
best manners in the world. That is
true. They are better poised, easier
and gentler, have nicer voices, and
are more apt than any other men to
consider the little wants and fineness-
es of women. But this is true, isn't
it, Mrs. Patterson? The modern
Southern son hasn't the manners of
his father He lacks something and
laughs at the lack of it. He is bolder,
and not so composed. The old prints
which show the features of men of the
colonial days portray grave, dis
tinctive something that might be
termed the spirit of the Revolution
! That passed. On the faces of the
ante-bellum men there is an express
| sion just as fine. but not SO severe.
! 1t is warmer; suggests a bow that
might have graced a French salon in
the old regime; speaks silently of
velvety voices and utter d-ference.
Does the Southern man of the present
generation face this picture equally,
appreciatively? Or is manner vir-
tue that comes with time, and is it
the rightful privilege of youth to
shrug its shoulders at the insistent
courtesy that is worn SO easily by him
whose eyes are dim and whose hair
shows the touch OF frost? What dig
nifty will there be in a portrait of the
present generation? The writer has
seen, with curious, democratic eyes,
a prince and a good many noblemen.
They seemed not to be grandees.
They were not fussy or naughty.
They had the same, simple manner
that is worn by the older gentlemen
of the South. And, mark you this,
| the Southener can uncover his head
as the social peer Of any living man.
At least his father can. The standard
| OF manners may never change,
! though it may be lowered. 1t is be-
ing lowered with an ignorant laugh.
Watch the maid and the man on the
street and then observe how old peo-
pie speak together. And the laugh
must give way to sigh.
CERTAIN CURE FOR CHILBLAINs
Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, a
| powder. 1t cures Chilblains, Prostitutes,
Damp, Sweating. Swollen Feet. At all Drug
| gists and Shoe Stores. Csc.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
All Must Advertise.
News and Observer.


One of the reasons given to the pub
lie for the Organizationlo lof the tobacco
trust was that it would save much
money-particularly save the big
amounts expended for advertising.
At first this item ofexpense was saved,
but latterly the tobacco trust has re-
turned to newspaper advertising and
| other sorts of advertising on a large
scale. Why? The shrewd business
men in cotrol find that the only way
to create growing demand for what
they manufacture is to keep their
brands prominently before the public
There is one trust that failed to do
what was expected-the bicycle trust.
Why? Maj. Pope, the head OF the
greatest bicycle concern, said that
cutting off advertising at a critical
time cut down the demand to such
an extent that it is doubtful if the
bicycle manufacturers ever recover.
1t was once thought that railroads
did not need to advertise. Now many
railroads advertise in the most lavish
style. Every year hundreds of people
are induced to go to California, to
Florida, to Pinehurst, North Caro-
lima, by attractive advertisements in
newspapers and in magazines. Rail
roads have learned that it is neces-
sary to advertise both to make busi-
ness and to secure a large share of
the ordinary travel Give two rail
roads by which traveller may go to
Florida, the road that advertises
most and in the most attractive style
will get the bulk of the travel. The
railroads that cater for the travel
between Chicago and New York spend
thousands of dollars every year in
advertising the advantages of their
particular route and of suburban
homes along the lines of their road.
The most progressive railroads get
up the most attractive advertise
ments, employing artists of the first
order of ability. The amount spent
increases every ycnr 1t is doubtful
if all the railroads spent S5OO,OOO
ten years ago.
The extent to which some OF the
railroads of the country advertise
now may be seen from the following
table, which shows the amount spent
on advertising by these companies
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
lust and Fair Criticism.
Raleigh Christian Advocate.

The New York Christian advocate,
whose able editor never speaks rash
ly, gives very just and fair criticism
Of the recent speech OF Gov. Aycock
in Baltimore Dr. Buckley closes
with the following true and appro-
pirate statements:
"That the education of the negro
is an injury to him has been loudly
alleged, but it does not carry the
sense of the best Southern people. 1t
does, however, carry the sense of the
best Southern people, and ought to
OF the best Northern people. that any
education Of the negro, which has a
tendency to fill him with pride, a dis
taste for hard work. and a disposi-
ton to get on without it if he can, is
most perniciOuS,'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28

Edgecombe county farmers are
proverbially successful and progress
sive. They bave urged the farmers
I'm order to maintain high prices for
cotton not ''to increase their cotton
acreage to any great extent" and
instead OF an increased cotton ac-
reage" to employ ''better fertiliza-
ton and better cultivation, thereby
improving the land while increasing
the yield per acre. There's lots OF
wisdom in this advice.-NeWs and
Observer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Women and Kisses.

There are three classes of women:
l. Women who want to be kissed.
?. Women who do not want to be
kissed.
3. Women who look as though
they would like to be kissed, but
won't let men kiss them.
The first men kiss, the second they
do not kiss, the third they marry.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
IN THE MERRY SPRINGTiME.

In the merry springtime the festive malaria
microbe, goeth forth determined to colonize
every human organism. Ii this arch foe has
invaded your system allow Us to suggest
Rydales Tonic. This remedy frees the
blood from malaria microbes eliminates pois-
onous matter from the system, strengthens
the nerves, and restores robust health Ry.
dales Tonic is guaranteed EAGLE
PHARMACY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Just One Minute.

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in one
minute, because it kills the microbe which
tickles the macus membrane, causing the
cough, and at the same time clears he phlegm,
draws out the inflammation ard heals and
soothes the affected parts One Minute Cough
Cure strengthens the lungs, wards off pneu-
monia and is a harmless and never failing
cure in all durable cases of Coughs, Colds and
Group. One Minute Cough Cure is pleasant
to take, harmless and good alike for young
and old. Sold at Parkers Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Fore and Aft in Georgia.

The hustle seer in the retail stores
looks like the forerunner of holiday
shopping.-Albany ga. Herald
Thomasville's dry goods stores no
longer exhibit that article OF wear
ing apparel, and even If they did
we wouldn't callit fore" runner
Thomasville (Ga) ITmes-Ente1Irise
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Wonderful n erve

Is displayed by many Il man enduring pains
OF accidental Cuts, Wounds. Bruises, Burns
Scalds, Sore feet or stiff Joints. But there's
no need for it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve vii
kill the pain and cure the trouble It's The
best Salve on earth for Piles. too. 25c, al
Dorsey's Drug Store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
THE BEST FARM PAPER FOR NORTH
CAROLIEA FARMERS -
The Progressive T armer
RALEIGH Nc

\ genuine home weekly, free from poll
tics. and ever since Editor Poe assumed
editorial control i'll 1889 the paper has
rapidly won recognition as the best far
mers' paper ever published i'll North Car
olina. Under its new ownership, with
Dr. i. W. kilgOre Of the Department OF
Agriculture and DIR. G.. W. Burkett OF
the \. < VI. College. added to its editorial
staff. it becomes the biggest, brightest
and best of Southern farm weeklies. and
at the low price OF 800 Il year, is an
utterly Indispensable journal for the
North Carolina planter.
Wishing to put it into the home of
every farmer reader of the GOLD LEAF
we have made arrangements for liberal
club rate, and TO any one not now taking
it, we offer
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and
THE GOLD LEAF. both one year
for only $500 to new subscribers.
Subscribe today Sample copies free,
and your money back if you are dissatis-
fed. Address,
GOLD LEAF,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28

1t is estimated that at the end of
the year 1908 the Philippines had
cost the United States not less than
62O,OOO,000. This amount would
build the Isthmian canal and leave
at least $500, 100000 for the army
and navy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
A BAD HEAD

Is one that is all stopped up with a cold.
You cannot breathe freely; your throat is
sore; your chest is tight Paracamph will
relieve such conditions instantly. 1t never
fails and has saved thousands from Pneu-
monia Get Il bottle today. For sale at The
Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
SOMETHING FDEs EVERYBODY.

Do you take them? EIancOck'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 I'M
healthy secretions from the body L or sale
at The Eagle Pharmacy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
BEST REMEDY FOR BLOOD AND
SKIN DISEASES.

For eczema, pimples, dandruff and all skin
diseases, use HancOck's Liquid Sulphur
In such cases as scale eczema and sores of
any nature, when the skin becomes dry and
harsh, you should Use HancOclx's Sulphur
Ointment i'll 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, 1904-01-28
KILLED..

There is not an ache or pain that can be
reached externally that cannot be Killed
in few minutes by the use of EIIiOil's
EmuIsificd Oil Liniment. Rub it on
the affected part and the pain will soon dis
appear. Full u pint bottle, zoe EAGLE
HARMACY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28

Those who regard all government
jobs as SO much pie will never look
with favor upon the civil service. To
them its worst feature is that a per-
son has to prove his or her fitness for
an office before getting it.-Durham
Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
What's In a NamaQ

Everything is in he name when it comes to
Witch Hazel Save E. c. Dewitt Co., of
Chicago. discovered some years ago how to
make a salve from Witch Hazel that is a
specific for Piles. For, blind, bleeding itching
and protruding Piles, eczema, cuts. burns,
bruises and all skin diseases DeWitts Salve
has no equal This has given rise to numer-
Gus worthless counterfeits. Ask for Dewitt
the genuine. Sold at Parker's Two Dtug
Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Cheap Rates Southwest
Southeast Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas.
HOmeSeekers' Opportunities.
Henderson,, n. G

Here's your chance. Very low One-way
aud round trip rates Southwest this winter
about half the regular fare, twice a month
nearby dates are: Dee Is. 1908; Jan. and
~, and Feb , and 16. 1904. Good time to
visit Southeast Missouri. Arkansas, Louisi-
ana or Texas and pick out a location.
Hound trip tickets permit stop over on the
gong trip return limit 2 days. Write and
''l us your starting point and where you
want to go. We will tell you exactly what
your ticket will cost. one-way or round trip:
we VIII see that your baggage is checked, and
that You are comfortably located on the
fght train. Write for our illustrated descrip-
i've literature. maps, lists of real estate
tEents, and let us help you find better home
vi Nj. me country along the Cotton Belt Route.
Write today to
H. II. SUTTON, d. p. A..
cotton Belt Route, Chattanooga, Tenn.
h. W. La BEAUME, G. p. & T. A,
cotton Belt Route, St Louis, No.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28
Domestic Troubles.

1t is exceptional to find II family where
there are no domestic ruptures occasionally,
but these can be lessened by having DR..
Kings New Life Pills around. Much trouble
they save by their great work in Stomach
and Liver troubles They not only relieve
YOU, but cure 2Jc, at Dorseys Drug Store.
Every active, exercise-loving boy
knows that he can Jump further when
he measures with his eve point just
little beyond that which he thinks
he can reach. There is Il valuable
lesson in this fact We can never
have too high an ideal and the higher
the ideal, the higher we will climb
Raleigh Christian Advocate.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28

Some people are not particular
whether they have steady work OF
not. just so they have a steady job
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-28

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"I.-<t spring I had 4 severe attack of pneu-
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anI also LEFT my lungs in n very bad condition y
writes John II. Russell Esq. OF Brent, Cherokee
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