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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16

DR.. C. J. Moffett is graduate OF medicine
and has as much right to prescribe for the
sick as any physician. and gives to mothers
his 'sTEETHINA'' as the best remedy they
can use for teething children. 'TEETH1NA'
Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Over
comes and Counteracts the Effects of the
Summers Heat and makes teething easy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16
EXECUTORS NOTICE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ have qualified as Executor OF w. A. Gun
bingham. deceased, and that all persons hay-
ing claims against the decedent are required
to exhibit same before me at or before the
3rd day of June, A. d., 1901.
Henderson. n. e., June 2, 1904.
r. p. CUNNINGHAM,
Executor.
THOMAS NJ. PITTMAN,
Attorney.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16
WANTED.

Belgian Block makers-on Washington
BlocE-also quarry blacksmith.
A. B. COOK,
Wakefield Granite Quarries,
Petersburg, Va.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16

Lumber, Lime. Shingles,
Doors, Windows, Frames,
Oak Mantels, Tiles, Crates, &c.
JOHN B. WATKINS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16
TRUSTEES SALE.

IYNDER AUTHORITY OF A DEED OF
~ Trust executed to me by J $ Burwell
and wife, dated Jan. 18th, 1898, and duly
recorded in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds
of Vance County in Book 90, Page 357. will
sell by public auction for cash at the Conr,
House door in Henderson, on
Saturday. Jsiv 18th, 1904.
At noon. that lot OF land fronting A. feet on
the West side Of Garnett street in the town
of Henderson and running back along the
North side OF Young street one hundred and
forty-three feet, adjoining the lots Of Mrs.
Emma Hardee on the North and DIR +. II.
Harris on the West, being lots No. z 4 and .,
in the partition of the lands descended to the
heirs of Mrs J. $. T. Young. deceased This
sale is made by consent and arrangement of
the parties Interested
This June 18th, 1904
THOMAS NJ. PITTMAN,
Trustee
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16

II. Thomson has a big lot Of fans to
u. IT.. enable you to keep cool when warm
weather comes.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16
EXECUTORS NOTICE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT l
IN have qualified as Executor of Mrs. Sallie
]. Z. Burwell, deceased. All persons having
claims against said decedent are hereby noti-
fed to exhibit same to me on or before the
18th day of June, A. d., 1905, ut Henderson,
NC
This June II, 1901
J. $. BURWELL,
Executor.
THOMAS NJ PITTMAX,
Attorney
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-06-16
BroWne-H0over.

Nice line of ladies' belts at FL Thorn
aSnp,o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
She Would Not Do,

A Boston mother with the true Bos-
ton woman's born-and-bred horror of
anything "vulgah" had to engage a
nurserymaid to take the place Of one
who had married. An advertisement
calling for the service of another maid
was inserted in the papers, and an APP
plicant appeared in the person of a
demure looking young woman, to whom
the mother Of the four young hopefuls
said: II am very particular regawd-
ing the language used by my nursery
maids. I am especially particular re-
gawding the use Of slang. I nevah
allow my children to use any form of
slang, and I hope you would not mind
If I corrected any grammatical errors
I might discover in your conversation"
well, l dunno" said the applicant,
after "a few moments reflection. IT
guess, lady, that I'd hardly come up to
the scratch, 81 I might as we'll git a
move on me an look somewheres else
fer a sit. So long, lady."-Woman's
Home Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
FOR GOVERNORS WEEK.
tate Worlds Fair Commissioners
Association Favor Having
1t in September.

St. Louis, Aug. 4.-Governors' week
probably will be one of the features of
the Worlds fair in the latter part Of
September. The suggestion for such a
celebration came from A. G. Alexander,
assistant secretary of the Indiana COM
mission, and will be one of the mat
tiers to be discussed at the regular
meeting of the executive commission
ers' association.
Mr.. Alexander believes that the week
could be made one of the most elabo-
rate celebrations Of the exposition.
Every state and territory is represent
ed at the exposition, and it would be
a splendid opportunity, he thinks, for
the assembling Of the chief executives
and their wives, and one which proba-
bly, would not present itself again in a
lifetime. The governors could be
guests at their respective state pavil-
ions.
Letters have been addressed the yari-
GUS executive commissioners and Mr..
Alexander received replies from IA, all
Of them viewing the matter in a most
favorable light. The commissioners be-
lieve the idea is a splendid one, and
promise to do all in their power to
make the celebration a success.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Not u Promising Client.

An old lawyer tells a good story
about a case he had, but which he
didn't keep.
An Irish woman sent for him in great
haste one day. She wanted him to
meet her in court, and he FASTENED
thither with all speed. The woraan's
son was about to be placed on trial
for burglary. When the lawyer en-
tered the court the old woman rushed
up to him, and in an excited voice
said:
"Mr. B., Oh want We to get a re-
mand for me by Jimmie"
Very well, madam" replied the law
yer. Il will do so if I can, but it will
be necessary to present to the court
some grounds for a remand. What
shall I say?"
"Shure, We can just tell the coort
that OF want q remand till Oh can get
a better lawyer to spake for the by"
After telling the woman that she
would have to get another lawyer to
take up the case, he hurried back to
his office a very angry man.-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
C%ONTRABAND OF WAR.
Precedents Already Established
Will Not Be Receded from by
Our Government.

Washington, Aug. 4.-The state de-
partment is in Geographic communica-
ton with it's agencies abroad respect
ting the Russian seizures and deStItE-
ton of American goods, but it is not
yet ready to define precisely its posi-
ton as to the whole subject of seiz-
ures. These exchanges are not con-
fined to St. Petersburg and Washing
ton, but are intended to develop the
purposes Of the governments of 9TH
er nations, and particularly Of Britain
and Germany, whose shipping has suf-
fered more than that Of any other.
1t is said here that the presidents
already established in the Spanish and
Boer wars, as we'll as in the operations
in China during the Black Flag upris-
ing, have worked SO satisfactorily and
have received such universal approval
that under no circumstances will
America now recede from the doctrine
that foodstuffs not directly intended
for the use of a belligerent army or
navy, can not be regarded as contra"
band.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
A Trait.

men, as a class, are not certainly
in the habit of boasting of their good
looks" said Miss Zaida ben Jusuf, the
distinguished photographer. cat the
same time, though, every man is sure,
and rightly sure, that there is in his
face some unique and admirable quail
ity, and on account of this quality he
would not change faces with any one.
There is on Arabian story" Miss
ben Jusuf resumed, (which brings out
well mems liking for their own faces
and their distaste of the faces Of
their fellows.
1.-TWO camel drivers, according to the
story, met in the market place and the
first said:
"T met a man to-day who declared
that I resembled you"
""Tell me who it was said the other,
that l may knock him down."
"'Oh, you need not trouble said the
first camel driver, 4 did that at once.''
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
NEW YORK, MOUSE TRAP.
View of Shore Line Brings a Compar-
ison to q Grouchy Com
muter.

"New York" .said the commuter who
was coming to town to work under
protest, relates the Sun, reminds me
of II of those old-fashioned mouse
traps.
See it? The old-fashioned trap,
you know, "a just a round piece of
wood with little holes in the edge for
the nous to stick his head in, expect
ing to find something inside. When he
got his head in and began to nibble his
bait, the wire loop sprang up and
choked him to death.
Now, there are holes all around the
edge of Manhattan mean the ferry
sliDs-aId we suckers from out of town
rush through them every morning,
thinking that we are going to get some
thing on the inside, but most of us get
it where the mouse did"
"There is another point of similarity
that you have forgotten" remarked the
grouchy mans companion. "They bait
ed the old o u trap with cheese sus-
pended on a wire just inside the en-
trance to the hole. There is a saloon
opposite every ferry slip hole along the
Manhattan water front. The cheese
bait is on every free lunch bar"
And when the human mice scram-
hled from the boat through the hole the
workhater seemed to have an intuition
that the cost of going in where the
cheese is kept was on him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Bees and Fruit Growing,

The beekeepers of a certain fruit
growing section of California once got
into an alteration about ~pasturage for
their bees, and, as a result, beekeeping
was abolished in that part of the state.
During the next few years the fruit crops
fell off fully one-half. The question was
investigated by alarmed growers, and it
was found that the decrease in fruit had
been coincident with the giving up of
beekeeping, the polarization, for the
most part, having bee neffected by the
bees. To remedy this, bees were brought
in in large numbers, and, in a year or
two, the fruit output went back to its
normal capacity-a big argument why
every fruit grower should keep at least
a few colonies of bees to insure the
proper fertilization of his fruit blossoms.
Country Life in America.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
IN FRUIT.
Fabulous Prices Paid by Rich New
Workers for Rare Kinds from
Foreign Countries.

In some Of the very expensive res.
taurants in New York and other big
cities fabulous prices are charged for
some kinds of fruit. In fact, you can
order a special dessert in some places
that will cost anywhere from 81 5to
$3.50. These desserts, says a New
York informant, will consist princi-
pally OF fruit dainties, to provide which
the greater part of the world has been
ransacked. There are peculiar apples
from Zanzibar, looking rather like
turnips; pears, in appearance strongly
resembling oranges, from northern
Africa; grapes from English hot
houses; and Australia will most likely
be represented by the Eiffel Tower
pineapple.
Or all fruits Zanzibar apples are per-
haps the rarest. Dozens Of trees to-
gether will only bear a few of these
apples, and the time for picking them
has to be carefully selected. They
must be gathered just a month before
they would ripen, otherwise they will
very quickly spoil.
These Zanzibar apples have reached
the enormous price of S100 each. They
are not large, probably containing
about ten bites, at $40 a bite. Tho
apples have to be specially ordered.
for no caterer would ever dream Of
keeping them in stock.
Cncford ann1a1 a-1 .--4z- .--
sive luxury. They can be purchased
at prices ranging from Is cents to S25
each, according to quality, and, &C.
cording to those whose Judgment in
such matters is considered to be alb
solutely correct, must be eaten with
pepper and salt. Two of the most
fashionable fruits in the winter months
are muscat grapes and strawberries,
and until the end of January the lat
ter are beyond the reach of people of
moderate means.
A member of Mrs. Astor's 1900" not
long since went into a well-known
fruiterer's in New York and offered
$3.50 to the manager if he could pro-
vide enough strawberries for five peo-
pie that evening. The manager under
took to deliver the fruit within seven
hours, and then promptly proceeded to
wire to 40 different fruit gardens with
in 80 miles of the metropolis for straw
berries. Seventeen gardens provided
the required amount of strawberries
(the remaining % not being able TO
produce a single one), and by half
past six that evening the fruit was de-
livered at a cost of nearly $3.50 for
each strawberry.
There are several persons in New
York whose weekly bill for grapes at
this season runs to never less than
$1O0. They pay IS per pound for the
best muscat grapes, and receive at
least three pounds per day.
The manager Of a well-known fruit
erer's establishment recently declared
that lots of people who see %high-priced
fruit in the window will buy it Just
to see what it tastes like" and in this
way these samplers" as they are
called by the trade, are a considerable
source Of profit to many of the high
class fruiterers. These samplers will
c%heerfully spend a dollar on an apple
or a pear to enjoy the experience of
eating such a luxury.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11

efples and opinions were necessary 20
pring It about. 1t was the deliberate, In
formed and intelligent judgment of the
delegates from every state and territory
and 1t was their unanimous Judgment.
1t Is the earnest wish of your party
and OF many good citizens who have no
party Affiliations that you shall accept
this nomination. and that you shall be
elected in November to be the next vice
president of the United States. In ex.
pressing to you this wish, we beg to add
an assurance of our own personal re-
spect, esteem and loyalty"
Senator Fairbanks was given another
ovation as he arose to accept the nomi-
nation. He said in part:
Senator Fairbanks Response.
"Mr. Root and Gentlemen of the Com.
mittee: l thank you for the very gener-
Gus terms in which you have conveyed
the official notification of my nomination
FOR vice president of the United States,
The unsolicited and unanimous nomina-
ton by the republican party is a call to
duty. which l am pleased to obey.
Il accept the commission which you
bring with a profound sense of the dig
nifty and responsibilities of the exalted
position for which l have been nominated.
My utmost endeavor will be to discharge
in full measure the trust, if the action
OF the convention shall meet the approval
OIL the American people.
THE platform adopted by the conven-
ton Is an explicit and emphatic declara-
ton of the principles in entire harmony
with those policies of our party which
have brought great honor and prosperity
TO our common country, and which, II
continued, will bring us like blessings
in the future.
THE convention was wise not only in
its enunciation of party policies, but in
its nomination of a candidate for the
presidency. During the last three years
President Roosevelt has been confronted
with large and serious questions. These
he has met and solved with high wisdom
and courage. The charges made against
him in the democratic platform finds an
irrefutable answer in his splendid ADMIN
istration, never surpassed in all the his
tory of the Republic and never eQualled
by the party who seeks to discredit it.
we have. peace and great prosperity
at home and are upon terms of good
to the entire world. The
conditions constitute the strongest pos
sible assurance for the future.
Later 1 shall avail myself of a favor
able opportunity to submit to you, and
through you, to my fellow citizens, a
fuller expression of my views concerning
the questions now in issue.
Permit me again to hank you n to
the belief that we may confident
ly submit our cause to the candid and
judgment of our countrymen."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
SEM. FAIRBANKS
DULY NOTIFIED
Officially Told of His Nomination
For the Vice-Presidency.
CROWD WITNESSED CEREMONY
Ex-Secretary Root, the Spokesman,
and Senator Fairbanks Were
Both Recipients of Popu-
lar OvatiOns.

Indianapolis, Aug. 4.--Charles W.
Fairbanks, senior United States SEN
ator from Indiana, was formally nosi-
fled of his nomination for v~ice-presi-
dent of the United States by the re-
publican national convention.
The notification address was made by
Elihu Root, ex-secretary of war, who
was temporary chairman of the con-
vention. The exercises we're held on
the wide veranda of Senator Fair
banks beautiful home, in the presence
of members of the notification COM
mittee, consisting of n member from
each state and territory, the governor,
and other state officials of Indiana, the
republican candidates for state office,
the Indiana republican congressional
delegation, Indiana delegates and alter.
mates to the national convention, the
state central committee and the Repub-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11

Of n of them, let myself down Just
in time to assist at the ~cbsequies of
the cat.
The field of battle had centered neal
a small hole in the rocky wall, which
a pack rat had partly filled with brush
and various rubbish. This had been
disturbed by the cat and dog encoun-
ter, and further in the hole l saw what
looked like brown leather. Brown
leather 1t proved to be-a check bool;
of the kind that folds over, and serves
for holding other documents.
The checks had been used, and the
counterfoils were scrubbed over in PEN
Gil. The pencil writing was hard to
decipher, but a very short inspection
satisfied me that it was a diary kept
by Archie Sparks.
This is what he wrote:
October 1S-Pain in my foot is awful,
but must write, as I do not expect to
get out of here alive. Why did he do
it? But you do not know yet what he
did, so I will tell. Yesterday we came
here and camped at the little spring.
Started to explore the rocks about sun
set. Found the way into the hollow,
and / let myself down by a rope. Left
both rifles at the top, and Clark Fen
ton was to follow me down. Instead of
doing SO, he pulled up the rope, saying:
This place will do as well as any,"
and shot me through the right foot.
Shock must have made me faint, as l
heard him saying things I didn't I'M
derstand. Finally wished me a pleas
ant evening; said l should see him to-
morrow, and went away. Fenton must
be mad, to attack me like this, and I
doubt if help arrives in time.
October 19-Fenton is worse than
mad-he is Minnie's brother. Minnie
was my Chicago girl, you know. Was
mining in Oregon then, and I never
saw him. Now he tells me he is going
to watch me starve to death, and hopes
l will enjoy it. Pain in foot worse,
and leg swollen. He let me down wa
ter in a tin bucket; says he wants me
to have plenty of time. I see no hope.
October !2O-Screamed all day, but
Fenton, or Johnson, as his real name
is, told me to go ahead and scream.
Pain in foot less, but awful cramps in
stomach. He eats his meals in full
view of me. I ate gooseberry leaves.
October 21-Minnie came to see me
to-day with a baby in her arms; opened
a way for me out of the rock; 1 started
to follow, but fell down, down, down.
October 22-Poor Minnie.
After this there were only a few fee,
BILE scrawls.
We have turned over all the loose
sand in the hollow, and have had large
gangs of men examine the ground in
all directions, but have come on no
other evidence that would support the
idea that poor Archie was buried in the
neighborhood.
Up to date there has been no news
of Johnson, alias Fenton.
He is thickset, speaks with a nasal
accent and never swears
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
THE LONG-AGo.

o, the beautiful, beautiful past, .
With its memories all aglow;
They are cleaning tonight, with a radi-
ance bright,
From the shadowy long-ago.
The mountains. rock-ribbed and rough,
Where our feet grew weary and worn,
Are brought to view and are clothed anew
With a beauty of heaven born.
The storm in the valley sighed,
With its sometimes sweet refrains,
But our souls are at rest on its heaving
breast,
For the music alone remains.
The sunset of life draws near
In the sweet and blessed calm;
Its tender ray gilds the sombre day,
And mellows its tears to balm.
And we list at eventide
For the distant bells, which, 10!
In the waning light, ring a sweet good
night
To the chimes of the long-ago.
Marion Boal, in United Presbyterian.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Pay Of Lobster Fishers.

A Rockland (Me.) lobster dealer, who
ships extensively to the south and west,
has kept a careful tabulation of the
prices in the last four years and finds that
the fishermen have been receiving a
steady increase. In 1900 the smackmen,
Of middlemen, paid to the fishermen an
average of 1885 cents q lobster. In 1901
the price jumped to 1872 cents. The
next year it was 15.S3 cents, and last year
it was 17.16 cents. The minimum price
paid during the period was about nine
cents and the maximum price rs cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
His only Refuge.

1t was a well dressed young man,
with a sad, faraway look in his eyes,
that stood on the steps as the lady
opened the door.
Excuse me, madam" he said, as he
lifted his hat, 'but could you direct
me to the Home Of the Friendless?"
DO you mean to say that you are
seeking it as a REFUGEE? she asked in
surprise.
II am, madam" he replied. II am
a baseball umpire."-Chicago Daily
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Australia's Worst Desert.

The Australian government has organ.
lied an expedition under Capt. Barclay
to explore the region, comprising $4,000
square miles, between Eyrie lake and
the western boundary of Queensland,
1t is a desert of the worst type, which
has cost the lives of several explorers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
FIRE AT AL I0N IOWA.
Nine Business Houses In the Prin-
cipal Street of the Town
Laid in Ashes.

Albion, Ia, Aug. 4.-Fire of un-
known origin destroyed the building
and stock of drugs owned by A. j..
Kupka and eight other small business
houses here. The entire side Of the
principal business street in the town
was burned before the flames could bo
gotten under control. The loss will
not exceed $4,000, partially covered by
insurance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Fooled Fellow Students

AT Oxford university a certain I'm.
d~ergraduate was adjudged too fond OF
dress, and it was decided to correct
this weakness by dropping him bodily
into a fountain. The victim was seized
one night when attired in evening
dress and promptly immersed. To the
surprise of his assailants, he made 10
resistance. but seemed thoroughly to
enjoy his bath. This won't improve
your clothes, old man." said the leader.
oh, these aren't mine," ne replied,
mildly. Il heard what was on, SO I
slipped in and borrowed your ureaa
things for the occasion"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Making of a Soldier.

$50 you're going to Europe. Do you
think you'll be seasick?"
mot much! I've swung around on the
straps of a crowded street car four times
a day for years. I'm used to a rough
voyage."-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11
Superior of Mission Priests.

Boston, Aug. 4.-Rev. Edward Os-
borne of this city, who has been elect
ed Misrepresentation Of the episcopal
diocese Of Springfield, ILL.,, is the SUI
perior of the American branch of the
Society Of Mission Priests of st. John
the EVANGELIST.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11

New York, Aug. 1.-Two men were
severely injured and the windows of
half a dozen houses smashed, Tuesday
night, in Brooklyn, by the premature
explosion Of a lot of fireworks at a
celebration of the arrival of a squad Of
Alfonso society.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11

Washington, Aug. A Secretary Of
the Navy Morton has changed the
plans for his cruise of inspection on
the dispatch boat Dolphin in New Eng
land coast waters, delaying his start
until August IL.