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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Joshua Harrison.
New Bern Sun, Goth.

new DSFu GUN, $Vtu'
Tried by jury OF his countrymen
and found guilty OF the crime OF kid
mapping little Kenneth Beasley, SEN
fenced to serve twenty years in the
state prison, appealed to the supreme
court where the decision OF the lower
court was affirmed, JOhsua Harrison
has refused to obey the laws OF man
and appealed his case to the Supreme
Ruler.
The news Of the suicide was told in
the Sun yesterday morning, and to
the casual reader there was little in
it more than the thought that a
great criminal was too great COW
ard to serve the sentence imposed
upon him for his offense. 1t may be;
but who knows? The evidence upon
which he was convicted was entirely
circumstantial The crime charged
against him was such as to arouse
deepest feelings and passions of the
friends and neighbors OF the father
and mother Of the little boy who
was stolen away the from home. Cir
cumstances pointed to Joshua Harri-
son as the guilty man. Asense OF JUS
tice demanded that punishment be
meted out to the criminal and the
jury believed Harrison was the Grim
inal. The public generally agreed
with the verdict.
The combined man waited patient
ly until the supreme court confirmed
the decision, and said he must serve
the sentence. Then with q fiinnal
protest that he was innocent of
the crime charged. he refused to serve
the sentence, sent Il bullet into his
brain, and died.
Who knows? The decision from
the Higher Court will not be handed
down to man; and here it will be only
conjecture. On it's face the act OF
seif-destruction was not that OF an
innocent or a brave man. But who
can tell the maddening thoughts that
crowded the mind of Joshua Harri-
son when he was close enough to hear
the harsh grating of the penitentia
~ gates, and how his heart sank at
the prospect of living behind prison
walls conscious of his disgrace and sor
rows of others. Ii innocent it seems
that the consciousness of it should
have strengthened him, and ii guilty
OF such a crime DIS charged it is hard
to see how he could hope to better
his awful condition by taking his
own life.
1t is an awful, solemn mystery.
Where is the bright little child, the
idol of the hearts and home OF Mr..
and Mrs Beasley? Hope that he
will return to brighten their home
has fed 1t did not compensate
them that a man had been convicted
of the crime of kidnapping their dar-
ling child boy. The tragedy, in its
awful force, will remain on the can
vas of their lives The law tried to
act and Harrison was condemned.
In remorse, despair or terror, he has
sent out his soul to wander OH a phan-
tom shore, to wall among the lost in
| a darker world.
Is is probably the last awful chap
ter i'll a mysteries story OF human
grief and sorrow.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Deserved Punishment.
Statesville Landmark.


The case of McAnnally, the Stokes
county man who charged more or
less directly, that State Senator j.
G. Buxton, of Winston, had been
bribed by the American Tobacco
Company, aud who when called to
taw signed retraxit admitting that
he had no ground for making the
charge, is being much commented on,
and it is the general opinion that
McAnnally deserved punishment
The Landmark has already ex-
pressed the opinion that one who de-
liberated y makes or circulates charges
seriously affecting the character of
another, unless he has good reason
to believe them true-sOme real
ground to sustain them, and then he
ought to be very careful-ought to
be made to suffer. But it should be
said in McAnnally's behalf that he
was but initiating other persons, and
some newspapers, here in North Car
DINA, who are in the habit OF charg-
ing, by insinuation, more or less di-
rect, that those who do not agree
with them about certain matters are
corrupt or under corrupt influence.
This doesn't excuse McAnnally but
if an example is to be made of these
people it might be as we'll to begin
with a more conspicuous example.
This incident will doubtless be used
as lever by interested persons who
wish to amend or repeal the newspa-
per libel law, an effort Of that kind
having been made in the last Legisla-
ture. The libel law, is perfectly fair
in this respect. If a newspaper prints
charges affecting ones character or
reputation suit may be brought. no
matter how much retraction the news
paper makes, but the complainant is
compelled to show that he actually
suffered damage to his reputation, or
otherwise, or he cannot recover unless
he can show that the publication was
malicious. This law was made to
paotect newspapers from sharks who
bring damage suits on all occasions
purely to get the money; and to give
the honest editor who may himself be
imposed upon to the extent of print
ing information which he has every
reason to believe is true, and which
he prints in good faith and after
wards finds to be incorrect; an OPP
portunity TO make amends.
1t is we'll to keep these facts before
the public in commenting gu the Nc
Annually case; and it is as we'll also to
remember that it is not the newspa-
pers alone who make reckless charges.
We have already said that some news
papers do and we have some con-
spicuous examples in this State; and
we also have some conspicuous ex-
amples ofpublic speakers-polticians
making wild and reckless charges.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
The Senatorship.
Wilmington Messeng ger.

Wilmington Messenger.
The dignifed manner i'll which Sen
atOr Overman treats the attempt by
scheming politicians to defeat his re-
election ought to raise him in the es-
timatiOn of all North Carolinians
and to strengthen his hold on the
people. He says to the people: "Here
is my record. stand by it. | make
no claims to the office. If you wish
to put another man in the Office it is
your privilege to do so and | will
yield without murmur to the public S
wish And it is Il record that the
people of North Carolina may we'll
be proud OF. Mr.. Oyerman is a imam"
that all North COrolinians should be
proud of 1t will be sad day for
the State when the people allow his
career rs Senator to be cut short at
the expiration of his first term in
order that a mere politician may be
put in his place. No matter how well
qualified for the place his successor
may be the State will get a setback
in making the change. A man of MIR.
Overman's ability becomes more
useful representative OF the State the
longer he is kept in the office. The
office does not belong to the politi-
clans. 1t belongs to the State and
she needs to have it filed by the best
man she can select. 1t is not place
for rewarding successful wirepnllers
and men who think they have done
great things for the party. The peo-
pie must get over the idea il they ex-
prct their State to take its proper
place i'll the biggest Legislative body
i'll this country. When North Caro-
lima again shows that she considers
n senatorship a position of honor
and trust and not IL place to be be-
slowed as reward for party work
then, and then only, will she take
her proper place in the halls of Con-
gress among the States OF the Union.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contains rlercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by +. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o., con-
tains no mercury, and is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. In buying Halls Ca
tarrh Cure be sure and get the genuine 1t is
taken internally and is made in Toledo, O.,
by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Another Enemy Upon u To Arms!
To Arms!
Lexington Dispatch.


A new danger has arisen in the
west. 1t is no bigger than mans
hand but it must be nipped in the
bud. We wonder that q rat has not
been smelled ere now. Are the cap
tains SO engrOssed in one battle that
they have forgotten all else? Send
swift messengers forth and gather
the clans. Sound the tocsin and lam
on the war drum. A new railroad is
projected in the mountains! Let the
noble army OF the Regulators march
upon it and drive the hated thing
out from our beloved State. 1t has
been aided and abetted by the Ashe
vile Citizen, the Gazette-NeWs and the
Hendersonville Hustler. These are
railroad organs. Denounce them.
They are owned body and soul by the
detested monster, and shamelessly
confess their guilt. We deem it ample
reason for calling the Legislature to-
gether. Let the junior brigade and
the committee on railroad destruc-
ton get busy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Health in the Canal Zone.

The high wages paid make it a mighty
temptation to our young artisans to join
the forces OF skilled wOrkmen needed to con-
struct the Panama Canal. Many are re-
strained however by the fear of fever and
malaria. 1t is the knowing ones-those who
have used Electric Bitters, who go there
without this fear, well knowing they are safe
from malarious influence with Electric Bitters
on hand Cures blood poison too, bilious
ness, weakness and all stomach, liver and
kidney troubles. Guaranteed by Melville Dor
CIV. dI,Irrist soc
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

Peter Pechin in Southern Farm Magazine
Negroes:in search of opportunities
outside the South to do work for
which they are best fitted are not
likely to. flock to Indianna. A
contractor failing to secure % white
men to~"Vld a big ditch in Gibson
county, in nat State, brought in %
negroes. The white farmers resented
this move and refused to supply the
negroes with provisions. This diff
Guilty, too, was overcome by the con-
tractor by shipping in provisions,
and when this was discovered the
farmers attacked the negroes with
clubs aud stones, while others stood
with guns and pistols ready to fire
upon the negroes should they offer
resistance. The result was that the
negroes were driven from the county.
This episode is given about three
inches OF space, or less, in Northern
papers. 1t is interesting to conjec-
ture how many columns would have
been filled with stories about a race
war il the thing had happened in IA
Southern town.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Meaner, if Anything.
New Bern Sun

4 white man who makes a criminal
assault is entitled to no more consid-
Grafton than a negro who does the
same thing, and the speak-easy attl-
tude OF some newspapers when the
man is white is worthy OF condemna-
ton. Heis as much of a brute, and
as black--in lis heart-asthe sable
hued brute.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Administrators Noli'"
Administrators No'''

"AvING QUALIFIED a, I'D peHyiicboIs,,.s5
7 8: CO. f.: !: Z: +
said deceased TO present Us - 5eptern
on or before the l9thda. u in bar Of iiafs.,as
e s5 sas no I'll s' 2: to at
are requested to makeimme'i'A' 4r
This Sept. 16, 1907, sTAINBR:lHhsfi
Administrator OF Niehoia'
deceased 80 ,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

Says an exchange: Don't be foot
proud. Nobody cares if you wear a
No. 1 or a No. IL. Put something
in your head to be proud of, and
then you'll have too much sense to
be proud at ALL" In all of which
there is much OF truth.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

One of the worst features OF kidney trouble
is that it is an insdious disease and before
the victim realizes his danger he may have a
latal malady, Take Foley's Kidney Cure at
the first sign oftrouble as it corrects irregu-
iarties and prevents Bright's disease and
diahetes
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
ESTABLISHED 1881.
NOT THE ONLY ONE.

In noting the fact that the VIII
mincton Morning Star was 40 years
old last Sunday-a fact upon which
it's accomplished editor and proprle-
tor. Mai. O. II. Bernard, has received
numerous congratulations from his
newspaper brethren and others-the
Greensboro Record say:
lit can say what no other paper
can say in the State-that it's now
under the same ownership and man
agement that it was the day 1t was
started.
Our usually accurate and we'll in-
formed contemporary falls in error
here. The GOLD LEAF is one other
paper that is now under the same
ownership and management that 1T
was the day it was started-nearly
2G years ago. And the PittsborO
Record is entitled to still greater
credit being few years older, though
nothing was said about age. That
Dapcr which entered upon its Both
year few weeks ago, WAS started
by Maj. II. \. London and he has
continuously owned and edited it ever
since
WE still think we should give Judge
Parker another chance. The more
the country knows of him the better
impression he makes. He is not a
mouthy pyrOtechnic, but a bralny
man and statesman.-NeW Bern
Sun.
Certainly il would be the part OF
wisdom to give Judge Parker n sec
ond chance rather than give Mr.. Bry
an third one, we think. But as any
other man could not be beaten
much worse than they were why
take chances with either?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Statewide Landmark.

Statewide Landmark
Men are but children grown and
it's amazing how grown men-men
supposed to be big enough to be
above such matters-will make ex-
hibition of themselves in small things.
The management of the jamestown
Exposition is rent in twain over the
social end of the Exposition. Prom
inent individuals attend the show
and they have to belooked after and
shown social courtesies. The desire
to be prominent in the social func-
lions seems to have caused no end of
heart-burning and the friction among
the Exposition officials has gotten
into the papers. It's disgusting but
it often happens.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
Cancer Cured by Blood B i'm. All Skin
and Blood Diseases also Cured.

Mrs. NJ. l. Adams, Fredonia. Ala. took
Botanic Blood Balm, which effeetually cured
an eating cancer of the nose and face The
sores healed up perfectly. Many doctors had
given up her case as hopeless. Hundreds of
cases OF cancer, eating sores, suppurating
swellings. ETC., have been cured by Blood
Balm Among others, Mrs. B. II. Gue.ney,
Warrior Stand, Ala. Her nose and LID were
raw as beef. with offensive discharge from
the eating sore. Doctors advised cutting,
but it failed. Blood Balm healed them, and
Mrs. Guerney is as well as ever Botanic
Blood Balm also cures eczema. itching
humors, scabs and scales, bone pains. ulcers.
offensive pimples, blood poison, carbuncles,
serofula, risings and bumps on the skin and
all blood troubles. Improves the digestion,
strengthens weak kidneys. Druggists, 81
per large bottle, with complete directions
for home cure. Samples free and prepaid by
writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta. Ga. De-
scribe trouble and special medical advice sent
in sealed letter. Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26
For the People to Answer.
Whining ton Messenger.

Whining ton Messenger.
To the question of Governor War
field, of Maryland, ii the confidence
that has induced the capitalists of
Baltimore to invest over two hundred
million dollars in Southern enter
prises shall be destroyed because of
the attitude OF certain people of the
South toward corporate interests?
the Wall Street Journal makes this
reply:
That is a Question which the people of
the South must answer. We have heard
much during the past three or four years
concerning "the new South" and the
whole country has gloried in it, But
the new South will repeat the bitter ex-
periences of the old South after the civil
war If it takes hostile attitude against
the capital which has been it's life blood
The Wall Street Journal is correct.
1t is a question the people of the
South must answer. Ii they wish
that confidence to continue they
must see to it that corporate inter-
ests are protected to the extent of
being given a fair showing; that they
receive no worse treatment than do
individual interests. The former
should expect no more favorable
treatment and they should not be
awarded it if they did expect it; but
that is no reason for taking the
other tack and treating them Unfair
ly. hepeople must see to it that poll
ticians do not destroy confidence,
thereby working injury to the corpo-
rate interests and to all Others by in
temperate measures taken against
corporations. Radical legislation
against corporations and a display
OF determination Oh the part OF State
officials and party leaders to prose-
cute them under such radical legisla-
ton to the extent of persecution is
bound to iniure every class of indus
try i'll State where it is permitted.
Matters have gone too far already
i'll this direction in this and some
other Southern States. The politi-
clans have had absolute control OF
affairs too long. 1t is time the peo-
ple-the business men and the wage
earners-whose welfare is being ieop-
ardized to take the affairs OF the
States into their own hands and
manage them in the interest of all
parties concerned-corporations as
we'll as individuals.
1t Is a question which puts itself to
the people. How will they ans ner it?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-09-26

With eggs thirty cents a dozen, or
thereabouts, and frost not yet here,
great force is lent the recent sugges-
ton of the Charlotte Observer that
prosperity is fast becoming acute
Asheville Gazette-NewS.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-09-06

SOLD III SEALED 9A5Na.3ES
eguH- F0a YOUR Pa9TEGI5..
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-09-06

so feet? To get the pressure due
to a certain head is always an easy
matter. Take the head and null
tiply it by .434, and we have the
pressure in pounds per square
inch. One can easily remember
this fraction by remembering that
one cubic foot of water weighs
629 pounds. There are LA square
inches in one square foot, so there
would be LA columns of water l
foot high and l square inch in
cross section. The weight of one
of these columns can be found by
dividing 62I pounds by LA, which
equals 434 pounds, hence the
weight of Il column of water l
square inch in section and 80 feet
high, will be so times .432, which
equals 21.7 pounds, which, ofcourse
is the pressure per square inch in
the pipe.
In order to get the thickness
of the pipe necessary to Withstand
certain pressure, follow this rule:
Take the pressure in pounds per
square inch, calculated from the
head if necessary, multiply it by
the diameter of the pipe in inches
and divide this result by twice the
strength of the material of which
the pipe is made. Better use for
this strength about $500 for steele,
$500 for wrought iron and 1000
for cast iron. This will give a
good factor of safety. AS an ex-
ample: How thick should a steele
pipe Is inches in diameter be to
withstand a head of 100 feet?
A 100 foot head will cause a
pressure of 100 times .434 or 43.4
pounds.
The diameter Is inches,
~. 43.4 times Is equals SSH.
Then divide by twice the
strength: q times $500 equals
7,0O0) and we have S9l2, divided
by 1000 equals .1l2 inches, the
thickness. E. b. HOUSE.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-09-06
Eye Strain

Is the cause or contributing
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Call at office north of Ellis drug
store. Office hours from 10 IA. III.
to ) p. IN.
G.. l.. SEABRIGHT.
Neurologist.
The La Jara chronicle., 1907-09-06

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The La Jara chronicle., 1907-09-06

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The La Jara chronicle., 1907-09-06
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