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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Do Good Roads Pay.

The following item is taken from a
Jacksonville, Florida, exchange:
II you will call uponJ. c. Slorh, real
estate dealer, he will tell you of a
small tract OF land near the new OBJ
iect lesson road that few months
ago was offered for sale at 5000.
That, along with other property near
this new road grew in value, and
when he had an offer for this same
tract of $4,000 he found it had Just
been sold at $2,7OO and his offer of
50, 200, which was over FIVE times it's
former rate, would not buy the pro-
perty. This increase in value of this
small tract would pay for over one
half mile of the cost of the road, end
the increased value of the abutting
properties for one-half mile would
pay the cost of building orextending
this line a distance of ten miles.
The Improvement in prices at which
lands are selling along these rock
roads wherever they have been built
will be from five or ten times it's
former value. If this is so, or if we
are sure property will even double in
value, should we not improve our
principal highways at the earliest
possible day?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
The Curfew Shall Ring.
Raleigh Enterprise.

Raleigh Enterprise.
BY action of the Board OF Alder
men, "The Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight has been slightly chan
ged. 1t will ring tonight, and, other
nights-in Raleigh.
By 8 O'Clock all hacks for public
hire must be off the streets, unless
they are ordered by a customer, or
when they meet trains. The familiar
salutation, Carriage, boss" will be
heard no more forever; that is, not
until there is a change
Just how this will guard the morals
OF the city and how it will make the
Johnnies and the Willies good. we
are not prepared to say.
But the Curfew will ring-ring long
and loud. Raleigh has never been
much on blue laws, and such laws as
have been passed were generally dead
letters. For time it was unlawful
to sell cigars Or soda water on Sun
day, perhaps it is now, but little at
tentiOn was paid to that.
But the town is long on curfews,
including an anti-spitting law and
other life-saving and beneficial con-
trivances; it is long in people who
know just what the trouble is and
the remedy. Yet the town goes right
along and is just what the people
make it.
We are in favor of all good laws,
and the enforcement of the same.
Only a few months ago we suggested
that the constant soliciting OF pas
sengers by hackmen was nuisance:
that it did no one any good, no.
even the hackmen themselves, for
the man who desires hack and has
the price generally knows how to go
about getting it. But no attention
was given the matter at that tine.
However, We did not then favor a
stringent curfew law to debar pub
lie carriages from the streets. Ifthev
care to stand on the streets in EASY
reach OF possible customers it was
none OF our business, provided they
keep quiet. But we have stretched
our imagination almost to the break
ing point and must confess that we
fail to discover how the public NOR
ais can be benefited by the curfew
law recently adopted. But We are
willing to give the plan a fair trial
and hope that it will prove other
wise.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Travellers to California

naturally desire to see the srandest and mos,
impressive scenery en- route. This YOU will
do by selecting the Denver Rio Grande Sys-
tenn, The Scenic Line of the World" in one
or both directions, as this line has two sepa-
rate routes across the Rocky Mountains be-
tween Denver and Ogden Tickets reading
via its main line through the Royal George,
Leadville, over Tennessee Pass, through the
Canon Of the Grand River and Glenwood
Springs, or via the line over Marshall Pass
and through the Black Canon of the Guuni-
SON, thus enabling the traveller to use one of
the above routes going and the other return
ing. Three splendidly equipped last trains
are operated to and from the Pacific Coast,
which carry through standard sleepers daily
between Chicago, st. Louis, Denver and San
Francisco. Dining cars (service la carte,
on all through trains If you contemplate
such trip, let us send you beautifully illus
trated pamphlets, free. s. K. Hooper, G. P.
K T. A.. Denver, Colo.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
The MeckIenburg Declaration OF hide.
pendence.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.


TWAS not By any means lengthy
document, but it was as plain, point
ed and definite as the English Ian
grage could we'll express. Nor does
the brevity Of this declaration in any
degree lessen the Importance OF its
character. The men who drew up and
signed the paper were as earnest, as
patriotic and devoted as were those
who signed the much lengthier docu-
ment on July 4th, 1776. These
Mecklenburg patriots knew what they
wanted to say and they said it in lam
guage that King George and his min
listers could not fail to understand.
They knew the wrongs which the peo-
pie of the colonies had endured, fore
saw the greater evils which would
follow submission, and they went at
their task of declaring for independ-
ence with all the solemn fearlessness
that had characterized their ancestry
in the old country; and with all the
stern devotion to duty that was part
of their Presbyterian faith and prac-
tice.
Ii Is DOU eSSeIlUldi W Cuc iduIC VI
Jefferson that this anterior Declara-
ton of Independence should be doubt
ed or discredited. The fact that these
North Carolina patriots really sound
ed the first note for human liberty
and American independence detracts
nothing from the masterful document
drawn up by Jefferson, which has ever
been regarded as among the most
wonderful of human compositions.
His fame is secure, even though 9th
ers preceded him so far as intent and
sentiment were concerned, but the
discovery of this old newspaper will
rejoice the hearts of the descendants
of the Mecklenburg Declaration, some
OF whom now reside in Montgomery.
This is glory enough for them and
for Jefferson, and history, while as
signing a proper place for the Neck
lenburg patriots will also leave
Thomas Jefferson secure on the pede-
stall long ago built for him. We re-
greet that this account in Collier S
does not give the names of all who
signed the paper, 80 that their de-
scendants might know the part their
ancestors played in securing the free
dom now enjoyed by Americans.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
FROM SH0CCO.
An Old hendersonlite Visits the Scenes
of His Boyhood Days in Pungo-
Mineral Water of Remarkable Cura.
tive Properties Discovered by FIR.
T. L. 0OOch.
Gold Leaf.

Shocco, n. c., July 18th 1905.
Editor Gold Leaf-After attending the
Sunday -sccoo! convention at Liberty
Vance on the II to 18th L am now away
down East from Henderson with my
sons family. During my stay in my old
neighborhood (Pungo) / visited or was
carried to spring or springs, belonging
to our we'll known friend T. L. Gooch. /
cannot tell the analysis OF the water, but
according to what l experienced and
what / have heard from Others, it is an
elixir. don't write this as an advertise
ment, but in interest Of the human family
as it will not cost any one anything but
a visit to the springs to try the water.
| am now too far from the railroad to
hear anything but Natures songs and
live over again the once happy life OF nv
boyhood days.
This is letter addressed to my many
and tried friends in Henderson who NAV
ask where is Uncle Charles, as he is not
seen on the streets now as usual. Some
may desire to be informed better. In the
beginning of this trip my first purpose
was to see the grave at Liberty Vance,
and place a wreath on the grave of my
long loved and never to be forgotten
wife, as well as her sister, who are now
sleeping side by side, awaiting the second
coming OF the Lord Yes, "Asleep in
Jesus, blessed sleep"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
What Southern Editors May Do.
Times-Dispatch.

Richmond Times-Dispatcb.
The Joint meeting Of the Virginia
and North Carolina Press Assocla-
tions at Asheville, was so successful
that it has occurred to some OF the
editors in these two States that 1t
might be desirable to organize a
Southern Press Association, to be
composed OF duly elected members OF
each and every State Association.
Such an association would be in po-
sition to do the whole Southern
country a vast deal of good. The
representative editors could take up
many subjects of practical interest
to all the Southern States, and by
cooperating bring them prominent
ly into notice. 1t is hard to estimate
The potent influence OF an organized,
systematic effort in this direction by
the combined press Of the South. by
agreement, all Southern newspapers
might publish coincidently, series
of articles on the SOuth's advantages
as an agricultural section and as a
manufacturing section, and, as Edi-
vi -''"D @fS>
Observer remarked in discussing the
subject, they could do great deal in
the way of advertising the South as
a place OF resort in summer and VIII
ter. They could also aid in prevent
ing or promoting national legisla-
ture of special concern to the South.
The State Associations meet large
ly for the purpose of recreation and
social enjoyment, and it is we'll that
they should do So 1t is very pleas
ant and it is advantageous for the
editors to meet once year in social
relationship, for in such gatherings
they swap ideas and form personal
attachments, and the true spirit OF
journalistic fraternity is thereby pro-
NOTED. But Southern Press Assoc
citation, such as we have in mind,
would be of a somewhat different ma
ture The delegates would meet not
for pleasure, but for business, and in
all their conferences they would dis
cuss ways and means whereby they
might promote the material and pO-
litical welfare OF the South. There
are enormous possibilities, and we
hope that such an organization will
be formed and put to work as soon
as possible.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
THE MOVEMENT.
Why Is It Not Directed to the Section
Where There Are nore ignorance,
Poverty and Crime Than here9

Fairbrother's Everything.
We have watched, We hope, with
unprejudiced eye, the movements Of
the Ogden party, and have never yet
been able to fathom it's purpose.
Ogden gave it out some two or three
years ago that it was his hope to
make the South "rival the West in
the generous emulation Ofintelligence
and good citizenship and the noblest
of Americanism.
That was the straw that to US was
and is incOmprehensive Oeden's
PARTY moves about in trains OF pal
ace cars, and it is known of men that
one of those palatial trains does not
run it's own length in the North, COM
mencing at the very starting point,
but what it passes more ignorance,
more want, more poverty, and more
un-Americanism than the whole out
fit will find in the entire South. He
leaves a bed of vice and ignorance to
come into the Southland with mill
lions to lavish, for the Ostensible pur-
pose of putting the South on a basis
with the West in good citizenship and
noble Americanism. Everybody
knows that this is all fol de rol-but
nobody seems to know exactly what
is the matter with him.
We are not caring much about the
Ogden movement, or any other move
ment that is wrapped i'm mystery.
We know that it hath been observed
that npo obo,,16 not loo1- n off bnrco
in the mouth, but there are questions
that will not down. Why does not
the Ogden party take up its own SEE
TONS ignorance and its vice and its
un-Amer:can practices, and thorough
ly get those people of the North sub
dued and enlightened before it comes
| down this way-masquerading as Il
philanthropist and throwing out in
| situations that we are un-American
and lacking so woefully in intelli-
gence?
Had the North realized the fulfill.
ment of it's Utopian dream-had the
Golden Age arrived for it-then we
could understand some things that
now seem indistinct to our eager
gaze.
The South views things in it's owl
way-and as some one has put it
perhaps buys more beer and goes to
more circuses than is good for it's fl
nancial cOndition-but what does
Mr.. Ogden hope to do? Does he ina
CINE that he can come with a million
dollars and degenerate the Southi
Does he think that gold will change
the customs and desires of this PEG
pie, and does he imagine that he has
been chosen for the great work o.
taking the South-the home OF more
illustrious men than ever lived in the
North-and moulding it to his way
OF thinking? What is the Ogden party
after? Why does it come in palace
cars at this time? Why didn't il
come fifteen years ago or twenty o.
thirty years ago, when the Soutl
was really Frustrated and despond
ent? Why does it come in just now
when the industrial conditions ar,
all Oh the upgrade; when schools o
all kinds are being established ant
when all children are learning to reat
and write and figure on Democrats
maiorities?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR
To the Pacific Coast, via Seab0ard Ar
Line Railway.

The Seaboard announces a personally
conducted tour from North Carolina I"
points in Colorado, the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park, Los Angeles, San Francisco'
the Lewis & Clark Exposition at Forl-
land. Oregon, and other points OF inter
est on the Pacific Coast, to leave aboHi
August LIST, the exact date being decide',
later. The round trip 10 only So; % aho
the route will be via Atlanta, BIrmlne
ham, Memphis, st. Lotus, Kansas Wy
Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake ny,
Los Angeles. and San Francisco. nc
Shasta Route to Portland. Northern
Pacific to st. Paul thence TO Chicago al"
return via st. Louis.
Through Pullman cars will be arraIeeL
for the exclusive use OF the party. whNh
will be personally conducted by he'
VIM. Black and wife OF Davidson y. -,
who successfully handled the large parry
from North Carolina last August.
Itinerary of the trip is now being !l.
pared which will give full details as 70
rates and points OF interest. 1t VIII n u
one Of the most complete trips Oh i.s s'n ~
ever arranged from this state anu DO
very small cost. Those who JON .nr
pa4ty will he shown every attention ot ha
the entire trip which will consume
tween four and five weeks. ~
Write for booklet and Information al.
Rev. VIM. Black, Davidson, n. u VI
dress
E. B.BRADY, AGENT, c.H.eATTlS. l;HH'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Appreciation WorthiIy Bestowed.

Concord Times
Mr. J. III. Wood, the genial Dis
trict Passenger Agent OF the South
ern Railway at Asheville. was absO-
lutely untiring in his efforts to do
everything in his power for the com
fort and pleasure of the members OF
the two Associations He is IL man
with a great big heart, and exceed
ingly popular everywhere. He did
not only all the editors expected, but
a great deal more than they had a
right to expect. AS u slight testi-
monial of their unbounded apprecia-
ton of his attention, he was present
ed with handsome Elk's watch fob,
with diamond setting representa-
ton speech was beautifully made by
Mr.. j. Fl. Lindsay, editor of the
Charlottesville, Va, Progress, and
Mr.. Wood was almost overcome with
emotion in his response accepting the
gift. Mr.. Wood is assured that he
will always have a warm spot in the
heart of every editor who went to
Asheville.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
TO THE PORTLAND EXPOSITION.
Visit Colorado and California On the
Way Out and Back,

Greatest variety OF attractions to the
Pacific Coast tourist. You can spend
some time in the Rocky Mountains, visit
Yellowstone Park, attend the Portland
Exposition, sojourn in Southern Califor-
MIA, return over Southern Route by way
OF Ell PasO, through New Mexico. Or.
you can go via Minneapolis and st. Paul
and Northern Route in either direction.
Send for Rock Island folder and details
Of summer excursion rates. John Sc
bastian, Passenger Traffic Manager, Rock
Island System, Chicago.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Mr.. D. A. Tompkins.
Charlotte News.

Charlotte News.
Charlotte, North Carolina and the
whole South have been hOnored in the
selection of Mr.. ID. A. Tompkins, of
this city, as a member of the board
of directors of the Equitable Life AS
surance Society. The appointment
is an act of good Judgment and the
Equitable has made no mistake in
the selection. Mr.. Tompkins has
been for years identified with the
manufacturing and other leading
business interests of North Carolina
and the South as well. He is recOg-
nized as one OF the best business men
OF the section, and is in every way
capable OF discharging the duties OF
a director of one of the strongest life
insurance companies on the globe.
The news of his appointment will be
received with much interest and sat
isfaction by the hundreds OF friends
of Mr.. Tompkins here and elsewhere
and the News joins them in extending
hearty congratulations.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Correspondence to Gold Leaf.
The MECKLENBURG HOTEL

I TO sIotu Leaf.
The MEcKLENBURG HOTEL
Chase City, Va. July 17th.}
Now is the time to see and enjoy the
Mecklenburg. when the company is at
it's best and enjoyment the greatest, and
it's benefits most lasting as well as need
ed for the many who require change of
scenery and surroundings. Everybody
is all the better physically and mentally
for q judiciOus change, and that ofcourse
at the Mecklenburgi is most desirable, and
most convenient to the reader OF this
paper 1t is something to brag of to
have been here, personal and after re-
dections make one feel new and fresh.
The mind needs a bracer as well as the
body, and the Mecklenburg is built for
that purpose, to relieve healthy and
weakly people from the stress and strain
of strenuous OR sedentary occupations.
Here one finds sociability, music, dancing,
outdoor sports, and fine table, the most
healing waters. and the great Baths and
Electric treatment, as only parts Of the
many accessories to pleasure and health
in the grand Mecklenburg-now nearly
full.
The management is preparing for the
greatest fox hunt meet OF the Virginia
North Carolina Association that has ever
been held in this country. The dates are
from Oct. oath to 2Sth, inclusive. The
program will eclipse the great hunt Of
last winter, the first great meet here OF
over 100 riders and hounds each respect
lively. The coming hunt will excite the
chasers OF the country. Membership
cards can now be had by application to
the Association here. A fine membership
&c fho A
full prospectus is being arranged.
Mrs. l.. ]. Lloyd, s. n Lloyd. Miss Nor
gan, Lynchburg, Va; Mr.. K Crawley,
Farmville, Va; Mr. L. G. Harris and
wife, Emporia, Va, Mrs. H. Jordan, Miss
Emma Clark, Weldon, N. c.; DR.. and Mrs.
Stancill, Margaretsville, n. c.; Col. and
Mrs. T. NJ. Washington, Wilson, N. c;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Cross and baby, DR..
D. E. Everitt, Mrs J. F. Stainback, Raj
eigh, N. c.; Mrs. c. A. Hunt. Master and
Miss Hunt, Lexington, n. c.; Mr.. L. B.
Holt, Graham, n. c.; Mr.. B. C. Cogbill,
Boydton, Va; Col B. Cameron, Stag
vile, N G.; Mr.. NJ. l.. 7. Davis, Jr., H. S.
Davis, Norfolk, Va; r. r. Roberts, j. W.
Sharp, H. E. Wisenger. G. c. Gregory
Miss Hazelgrove, r. W. Pritchard, W.
D. Barrett, o. H. King, Richmond, Va;
Mrs. F. A. Woodland, Wilson, N. c.; Mr..
Jeffry Stainback, Raleigh, n. c.; Mr. S. S.
Parham, Henderson, n c.: Mr.. J. B.
| Green, Raleigh, N. c.; Mr.. W. S. Powell,
Durham, N: c.; Mr.. E. NJ. Crutchfeld, Mr..
n. S. Smith, Richmond, Va; Misses ]. N.
| and j. W. Glenn, South Boston, Va.
The Mecklenbnrg is grand place for
| society, and association meetings, and
sports of all kinds
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Shake Iuto Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures pain.
full, sma rting, nervous feet and ingrowing
nails, and instantly takes the sting out OF
eorns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery OF the age. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is q
tired, aching feet. Try it today. Sold By ali
Druggists aud Shoe stores, Csc. Don't &C.
eept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address, Allen s. Olmsted Leroy Ny.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
A Surprise Party.

A pleasant surprise party may be given to
your stomach ard liver by taking medicine
which relieves their pain and discomfort, viz:
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. They are most
wonder remedy, affording sure relief and cure
for headache, dizziness and constipation 25c
at Melville Dorsey's drug store.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Forced to StArve

B. F. Leek, of Concord, Ky, says: For 20
years suffered agonies, with q sore on my
upper lip, so painful sometimes that could
not eat. After vainly trying every thing else,
l cured it with Bucklen's Arnica Salve" It's
great for burns, cuts and wounds At Mel
vile Dorsey's drug store; only Csc.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Three Good and Just Reasons

Thereare three reasons why mothers prefer
One Minute Cough Cure. First 1t is absolute
ly harmless; Second, 1t tastes good-children
love it; Third, 1t cures Coughs Croop and
Whooping Cough when other remedies fail.
Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
Through Colorado and Utah.

The Denver & Rio Grande, with their num-
erous branches penetrating into the Rockies,
have two distinct and separate lines across
the mountains. Tickets reading via ''The
Scenic Line of the World,' between Denver
and Salt Lake City or Ogden, are available
either via the main line through Leadville,
Canon of the Grand River and Glenw God
and through the Black Canon of the Gun
nison. Tourists to and from Salt Lake City,
Ogden or San Francisco will find it to their
advantage to have their tickets read in both
directions via this route. thus being able to
use one of the above lines going and the other
returning. Write S. K. Hooper. G. P. e. T
A., Denver, Colo for illustrated pamphlets
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
BuCkhOFl1 I ifhia Wafer

from my bladder. Have been
so l could not stand or walk
for six months, suffering ex-
cruciating pains nearly ali the
time. The doctors have pre-
scribed almost every kind of
medicine, but none seemed to
do me any good. DIR. j. NJ.
Parrott, my physician, sent
me six bottles of Buckhorn
Lithia Water. 1 began to mend
after using two or three bot
tiee. With the case you sent
me | have drank twenty-ono
bottles. and | am now so lean
walk around without pain.
My ease was one that baffied
all the doctors that attended
me, but l am now satisfied
the water win cure me.
/ shall always prescribe and
recommend Buckhorn Litbia
Water in the highest terms.
l am returning the empty
case to you by express TODAY.
Please send me another case
as l do not want to be with
out the use OF the water.
Yours very truly,
ID. L. STONE, NJ. d.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20

Thousands are sick every year with some
form of Bowel Complaint Thousands are
cured by taking DR.. SETH ARNoLD's BALsAM.
Warranted to give satisfaction by Melville
Dorsey, Thomas Bros, and Parker's Two
Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
FROM CHASE CITY.

Prominent Persons Who are Quests
At the MeckIe0burx HoteIOne of
the rlost Delightful Health and
Pleasure Resorts In the Country-
Big Preparations for the Great Vir.
ginia-North Carolina Fox Hunt fleet
October 74th TO 28th.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20
ANALYSIS.

Silica 1.5!
Oxides of Iron and
Alumina .................... Il!
Calcium Bicarbonate.... 9.6a
Magnesium Bicarbon-
ate ..... 2.56
Lithium Bicarbonate.... 4.7(
Potassium Chloride. @.
Sodium Chloride........- 81
Sodium Sulphate... "a
Sodium BicarbOnate.... 81
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20


ad
y
R. H. HOOD J.. A. KELLY No
For Sale at all the in Henderson.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-07-20

DONALD NJ. LIDDELL, Ph.D.,
of John Hopkins University,
Chemical Engineer Baltimore Cop
per. Smelling and Reduction Co.
Kinston, N. c., July Is, 1905.
Buckhorn Lithia Water Co.,
Henderson, N. c.:
Gentlemen:-I received the
case of water and it was q
Godsend to me. l have suffer-
ed with kidney and bladder
trouble a long time-have been
operated on three times. and
four very large stones taken