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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12

plishing for others. I decided IN 49,.
1t. | have taken it about two Wei
and find myself in greatly imnroroi
condition. My stomach is in 80 "a
shape, and does not trouble me NJ an,
-sy rheumatism has nearly disaN1aar.
ed, and expect to resume work sbor,.
ly, for the first time in twelve mouth
Mr.. Cooper certainly has q won9ar,ni
medicine. and l am grateful for VIA.
it has done for me-
Another caller was Mrs r 7
Smith, of sos Hudson street 81,
said: I have been sufferer ron,
bladder and kidney trouble for tyyrntTl
i've years. In that time | have tric1
many prescriptions and various kinds
of medicine, but received little OF no
benefit from them. l seldom had y
sound nights sleep, my rest being hrn.
ken at intervals throughout the night
/ had pains in my back and burninc
sensations.
"T heard so much of Mr.. Coo,ar
that came to the conclusion he might
be able to afford me some relief.
have now been taking the medicine
about q week, and feel better in every
way. The pain has disappeared and
I have no distress whatever. | hara
come here today to express my aDnra,
citation to Mr.. Cooper for his wonder.
full medicine and what it has done IN
my case. ] will take pleasure in rec.
| ommending it to others
I'm spite OF assertions by variops
physicians that Cooper is a fad who
will soon die out, the young man seems
to be gaining even greater headway as
his visit draws to a close"
The agency for Coopers celebrated
medicines has been given to us, We
are making a fine record with tba,r
! Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12

When man writes as follows don't you
think he means it? Mr.. S. G. Williams,
Powderly, Texas, says, Il have suffered for
years with Kidney and Bladder trouble, u.s.
ing every preparation l came across and
taking many prescriptions all without relief
until my attention was called to Pineules.
After 80 days trial ($1.O0). | am feeling
fine. Money refunded if not satisfied. Sold
by Kerner MacNair Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12
Blind Plugging in Maine
Is Leading to Many Commitments in
That Prohibition State.
St. Paul Record.

ST. Paul Record.
The annual report of the Maine
State prison presents interesting facts
in relation to the prohibition laws of
the State and their effect.
The increase in commitments over
1906 was 1856, and for the abuse of
intoxicants and illegal selling OF the
same 966, nearly two-thirds of the
total increase. This was for the
whole State. Some of the individu-
al counties put these figures to shame
when their proportion of the whole
is seen and considered.
In AndrOscOggin county the total
commitments for 1907 were $50, of
which 514 were for intoxication and
141 for illegal selling In this coun-
ty in 1906 the total number of
DRINKS OF the total of 1873 commit
ments was 800, with 14S serving
sentences for "bootlegging" An in
crease of nearly so per cent.
For Cumberland county, of which
Portland is the county seat and the
largest city in that State, the total
| commitments were 1871, of which
number 1,0O7 were for the abuse and
selling of liquor. The year pre-
vious, out of a total of 1928 COM
mitments, there were only 435
DRINKS, but there was all increase in
the number of blind pigs. So being
located, against 81 for 1907.
In Penobscot county, the second
Oh the list in point of commitments,
the total number was ], O43. of which
$50 were for the abuse of liquor and
50 for selling it. Here, too, there
was a decided advance in the three
items over 1906, the figures for that
year being respectively, $50, 455 and
76. The jail in this county is located
at Bangor, and the prison board
facetiOusly refers to it as the most
popular resort in the State.
In the whole State AL were CON-
mitted for blind-pigging. Of the 16
counties, not one was free from COM
mitments for violation of the non
selling law.
This is what Hon. Jake Moore, State War.
den of Georgia. says of Kodol For Dyspep
STA: ''E. c. Dewitt & Co., Chicago, In.-Deal
| Sirs-l have suffered more than twenty
years from indigestion. About eighteen
months ago l had grown so much worse
that l could not digest crust of corn bread
and could not retain anything on my stom
ach, lost % lbs; in fact l made up my
mind that could not live but short time
when friend OF mine recommended Kodol
consented to try it to please him and l wa,
better in one day. l now weigh more than
ever did in my life and am in better health
than Tor many years. Kodol did it. keeI
bottle constantly, and write this hoping
that humanity may be benefited. Yours
very truely. Jake c, Moore, Atlanta, Aug
10, 1904" Sold at Parker's Two Drus
Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12
Trade Report.
RICHMOND, VA, March 4, 10

RICHMOND, Va, March 4, 1908.
Bradstreet's Saturday will say
for Richmond, Va, and vicinity:
Trade in most lines shows improve
ment over that of similar period
OF last month and dealers generally
have more optimistic feeling. AL
though lumber continues dull, other
building material shows more ac-
tivity and contractors acticipate
resumption of construction work in
the near future. Produce and pro-
visions are in fair demand. Whole
sale dealers in field and garden seed
have had a satisfactory season and
sales generally show an increase. AS
a coffee market Richmond holds a
conpieuous place and continues to
grow in Importance; wholesale bro
kers and roasters of coffee report
satisfactory and increasing sales.
The leaf tobacco is active, sales are
in large volume and prices, which are
high, are well maintained: Sales of
dry goods show a slight increase.
Retail trade is fair, and collections
are slow.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12
Older Than the Nation.
A North Carolina Woman Celebrates
Her 132nd Birthday.

An item OF much interest to Halifax
county people was sent out from Fort
Worth, Texas, Sunday, as follows:
cat the great age OF one hundred and
thirty two years Mrs. l.. Kilcrease living
at Pine Mill, near here, has just celebrated
her birthday. 1t is believed that she is
the oldest white person in the world.
She was born February 10, 1776, in
Halifax county, N. c., and lived there one
hundred years before she came with her
family from Texas. Her daughter, aged
ninety-eight, and granddaughter, aged
sixty three, live with her.
"Mrs. Kilcrease shows records in a family
Bible corroborating her statement as to
her age and Investigations have proved
them correct. She still enjoys good
health and is able, by the use of a cane
to walk about the house.
''She saw George Washington, her rec
election OF incidents she witnessed a
| century and quarter ago is marvellous,
and she likes to relate Incidents Of those
stirring times
| We published something about this
good lady last year when she celebrated
her l31st birthday. According to this
statement she was born several months
before the signing OF the Declaration OF
Independence. Can any old citizen of
| Halifax county tell us anything about
her?-Weldon Roanoke News.
Commenting ON the above article
the Enfield Progress thinks it is
probably incorrect as far as the aged
individual being a native of Halifax
county is concerned. 1t says further:
''The same case was reported in the
papers several weeks ago, Halifax
county being given at that time also
as her birth place, with the further
assertion that she ascribed her Ion
gevity to the fact that her early life
was spent in the mountains. II
there are mountains in this part Of
the State they are hid somewhere.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12

The red flag is the wrong flag in
republic.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12
THE GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, MARCH -, 1908.
California.

Julia Boynton Green.
SIM crowned and neighbOred by the whole
some
She sits supreme. mother and nurse ana
queen:
And unto her tn, ailing run and lean
Wan checks upon her breast cOnfdingly,
And look up into her eyes, if so there be
\ rcassuring smile The babies CLEAN
Her roses and forget TO weep Serene
The aged rest with her The tollers flee
To her compassionate arms, and straight
way find
Care can not hold against II face so kind.
High hearted youth bends to her lips to
wait
Her utmost message: clasps her hands to
Wrcst
Its princely gifts: and counts himself thrice
blcst
To own her as the Mistress OF his Fate.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12

1t coaxes back that well feeling healthy
look, puts the sap of life in your system, pro
tects you from disease. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mount. in Tea has no equal as a spring
tonic ior the whole family. 35c., Tea or
Tablets Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-03-12

Opportunity knocked loudly at the
mans door. But the man was busy
discoursing on panics, their habits
and habitats. So opportunity grin
ned and ambled along.-Pittsburg
Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29
Neighborhood Favorite.

Mrs. E. d. Charles of Harbor. Maine.
speaking of Electric Bitters, says: ut
is a neighborhood favorite here with
Ys." 1t deserves to be a favorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
STA, liver complaint, kidney derange-
ment, malnutrition, nervousness, weak
ness and general debility. Its action
on the blood. as a thorough purifier,
makes it especially useful as a spring
msdicine. This grand Alternative tonic
is sold under guarantee at all drug
gists. so cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

teenth street and Fourth avenue. Rev.
S. G. Hagglund, pastor. Services at
1920 a. m. and 1880 p m. Sunday
school at 9?15 a. m. Morning theme,
AN Hour of Glory and of Anguish in
the Shadow of the Cross" Song serv-
ice in the evening.
Central Presbyterian, Second ave
nue., between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. Rev. Marion Humphreys, pas
tor. Sunday school at $50 a. m.
IF. L. Gregory, superintendent
Service at 10:45 a. m. Morning sub
ject, "Discouagement, Its Cause and
Cuge" There will be special music.
Bethel Presbyterian, corner Twelfth
street and Eleventh avenue. Rev.
Marion Humphreys, pastor. Sunday
school at 2:30 p. m. j. c. Thomson.
superintendent. Christian Endeavor at
$50. Services. at -'7:3O. Subject, GO
ing Away dissatisfied" There will be
special music.
Aiken Street Union chapel, South
Rock Island. Junior Christian Endeav-
or at 2:30 p. m. Sunday school at p.
N. Senior Christian EndeavOr at p.
m. Rev. Marion Humphreys, pastor.
]. H. Cleland, superintendent.
Broadway Presbyterian, corner Of
Twenty-third street and Seventh ave-
nue.; Rev. W. S. Marquis, pastor; Rev.
w. G. Oglevee, assistant. Sunday
school at 9:15. a. m. Services at,
10:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morning
subject, 1.-THE Cleansing of Great
City" Mems club in charge of even
ing services.
South Park chapel, Presbyterian,
Elm street and Fifteenth avenue. In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29
IN The Churches.

Second Baptist chapel, corner of
Tenth street and Sixth avenue. Preach
ing by the pastor, Rev. r. A. Broyles.
Services at IL a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Edgewood Baptist church, corner
Forty-fourth street and Fifth avenue,
Rev. J. II. Stoutemyer, pastor. Sun
day school at $50 a. m. Young
peoples meeting at $50 p. m. Services
at 1890 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning
theme, Witness Bearing" Evening
subject, THE Price of a Soul"
German Lutheran, corner Twentieth
street and Fifth avenue. Rev. C. A.
Mennicke, pastor; Rev. f. D. Mennicke,
assistant pastor. Services at 10 a. m.
and 1880 p. IN.
German Evangelical, Ninth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Rev.
Ed e. Klimpke, pastor. Sunday school
at 9:15 a. m. Services at 1890 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
Zion Swedish Lutheran, Forty-fifth
street and Seventh avenue. Rev. E. X.
Jonson, pastor. Services at 10:45 a. m.
and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at 9:15
a. m. Prayer service Wednesday at
1880 p m.
Grace EngiiSh Lutheran, corner For
ty-fourth street and Seventh avenue
Rev. Ira o. Nothstein, pastor. Services
at 1915 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m. Luther league at
GAS p. m.
Swedish Lutheran, corner Four
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

connection with Broadway Presbyter
ian church. Sunday school at 2:3O D
m. Young Peoples services at 6:45
Preaching at 1880 by the pastor.
United Presbyterian, Third avenue
and Fourteenth street. Rev. ]. L
Vance, pastor. Sunday school at 8: 81
a. m. Young peoples society at 6: 4;
p. m. Services at 10:45 a. m. and 7: 81
p. m. Evening subject, "Sanctifica
ton
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Twenty-third street, between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 1914!
a. m. Sunday school follows mornine
service Topic, Christ Jesus"
First Methodist, corner Fifth ave
nue. and Nineteenth street; Rev. r. B
Williams, pastor. Sunday school at
$3.50. Junior league at 2:30 p. m. Ep
worth league at $50. Services
at 1O:45 a. m. and 100 p. m Morn
ing subject, james Creed" Sacred
concert in evening by DR.. Minor c.
Baldwin, under auspices of the Broth
erhOod. Address by Dickerson Let's
of Davenport.
Spencer Memorial Methodist church
corner Forty-third street and Seventh
avenue; Rev. F. E. Shut, pastor
Junior league at 2:30 p. m. Epworth
league at $50 p. m. Services at 1926
n. m. and 7:30 d. m Morning Subiect
Strength in Weakness" Before the
evening service the pastor will read
several pulpit editorials. Evening sub.
ject, Dare to Do Right
German Methodist, corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street; Rev. w
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

Services in the various churches will
be held as follows tomorrow:
Trinity Episcopal church. Nine
teenth street and Sixth avenue; Rev
Granville H. Sherwood. rector. Serv
ices at 1880 and 10:45 a. m. and at
1870 D. m. Sunday school at 9:15.
Trinity chapel, corner Seventh street
and Fourth avenue. Sunday school a:
2:S0 p. IN.
Memorial Christian, corner of Third
avenue and Fifteenth street. Rev. W.
B. Clemmer, pastor. Bible school at
$3.50 a. m. Junior c. E. at 2:30. Y.
p. S. C. E. at $50 p. m. Services at
1915 a. IN. and 1880 p. m. The pastor
will preach his first anniversary SER
mon in the morning. Evening subject,
THE Impregnable Rock"
Second Christian, corner Sixth street
and Thirteenth avenue. Sunday school
- OILS a. M; George H. Hull, superin.
Iendent.
First Baptist, corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street. Rev. II. w. Reed,
pastor. Sunday school at $50 a. m.
Services at 10:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Morning subject, Fitted for the King
DOM" Evening subject, Local OPP
ton"
Swedish Baptist, corner of Twenty
first street and Fifth avenue. Sunday
school at 1880 p. m. Preaching serv-
ices at 1890 a. m
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

Free Swedish Mission, cornor of
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue. Sun
day school at $50 a. m. Services al
10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Prayer meet
ing Wednesday evening at S o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

West End Sunday school, 700 Sixth
street. Sunday school at 2:30 p. r.
Prayer meeting Friday evening at
1880. w. B. Barker. superintendent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

praise services at 8 p. m. Salvation
meeting at p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

ST. Joseph's Roman Catholic, corner
Second avenue and Fourteenth streec,
Dean ]. ]. Quinn, pastor. Mass at 8
and 1890 a. m. Vespers at 1880 p. n.
Sunday school at 2 p. IN.
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic, TWEEN
ty-eighth street and Fifth avenue.
Rev. ]. F. Lockney. pastor. Mass at
and 1890 a. m. Sunday school at .
p. nj. Vespers at 1880 p. II.
St. Mary's German Catholic, corner
of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street; Father Adolph Geyer, pasto:.
Mass at and 10: 3ga. m.
St. Pauls Belgian Roman Catholic
Twenty fourth street and Eighth-and-a-
half avenue; Father J. B. Culemans,
pastor. Mass at s and 1890 a. IL
Sunday school at p. m. Vespers at 3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

Christ's Home Mission, 2202 Third
avenue. Services ct p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

Salvation Army barracks. 1909 Sec
ond avenue. Services as follows: Sun
day school at 1870 p. m. Christian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-29

c. Schultze, pastor. Services at 10:45
a. M. and 1880 p. N. Sunday school at
9:15 a. m.
Free Methodist church, Ninth ave-
nue. and Fifteenth street, Rev. JON.
Harvey, pastor. Sunday school al
9:45 a. N. Preaching at IL a. m. and
g p. m. Glass meeting at z p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday evenings at
1890
Wyman A. NJ E. Mission, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue S. r. Cottreil
pastor Services at II a. M. and 2:30 p.
M, and 1880 p. m. Sunday school at
1880 p. m.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-19
GILT G BUTTER.
The First Requisite in Its Production
Is Good Cows.

To make first-class, fine favored
butter you must have good COWS
They must be we'll fed, sheltered,
watered and kindly treated, IL you
want them to pay you for their board
No one, however skillful, ever made
up by care indoors what is lost by
carelessness or n outdoors.
You don't need fancy stables, but
they should be warm and comfort
able, light and clean. We have no
silo, writes a correspondent of Orange
Judd Farmer. Our cow are fed corn
slower put through a feed cutter run
by horse power. There Is considerable
corn in it. We also feed a peck OF
grain a day and water from a well
in the yard. The COWS are never left
out in extreme cold or storms only
long enough to drink twice a day.
We have a separator. You cannot
afford to be without a separator If
you want good butter in winter and
lots of it when the price is high.
After the milk is separated l let 1t
stand until it is cool-usually several
hours-then put it in the big cream
pail. 1 have two, holding six gal
Ions each. They stand on a big
table right behind the kitchen range,
where can frequently stir the cream
when thoroughly ripened. l add one
very small teaspoonful Of butter color
to one pail of cream, which is all we
usually churn. Scald the churn and
rinse the pail with a quart Of water,
not too hot, and add to the cream.
This usually makes it about the right
temperature. If extremely cold l set
the pail Of cream on the reservoir
for an hour or so, watching carefully
and stirring frequently to see it does
not get too hot. We rarely churn
over Is minutes. To-day we had 20
pounds. 1t came in half ar hour and
1 never saw nicer butter in June.
l churn until the butter is gath
cred enough to draw off the butter
milk without adding water. l don't
like to do this; my reason is, my
mother is an invalid, and the doctor
has ordered her to drink buttermilk,
and such delicious buttermilk as sep
arator cream does make! The cor
rect way is to add cold water when
in granular form, but if care is taken
to thoroughly wash out all butter
milk, I can't see that it makes any
difference. 1 do not use a butter
worker if I can avoid it. I know my
butter is better when worked by
hand with an ~old-fashioned ladle.
l have a worker to use If neces-
sary. l set my butter on the table
behind the stove, and every little
while I work it over to keep it from
getting too hard. In about two
hours 1 finish working and pack it.
l use one-half salt to a pound.
Too much salt spoils the delicate
flavor. We use old-fashioned one-half.
gallon stone jars. Our customers pre-
fer them. We tried some fancy pack,
ages, and they did not like them. We
got 30 cents a pound all summer and
30 cents since September. If 1t goes
higher we get the raise.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-19
cows For THE DAIRY.
Select the Breed Which Will Produce
Kind of Milk You Want.

Before the dairyman can be success
full in either branch'he must draw the
line between the breeds that excel in
the yield of milk and those that give
milk rich In cream. The first thing
the scientific .dairyman does is to Sc
lect the breed for the purpose he NAV
have in view. The next will he to
feed in such a manner as to secure
the largest yield Of either milk or but
ter in proportion to the cost of food
and the cost of food depends upon the
adaptability for conversion into the
ingredients entering into the compo.
sition of milk.
1t is a well established fact AMONG
those who combine breeding with
datrying that after a COW has raised
two or three calves her value as a
breeder may be pretty accurately de-
termined and she has also arrived of
the age of best service in the dairy
n as a calf producer. The heifer
is not the best mother, usually. but i'm
proves in maternal qualities as she an
proaches maturity. 1t is therefore very
uncertain In results to turn the heifer
Off because she does not with her first
calf equal the old GOV in her produce
1t is also bad management TO turn
the old COW off because she is old
when she has proven a valuable dairy
animal and breeder of excellent calves
Many an old COW has produced a calf
that would sell for three or four
times what the old COW would sell fon
The old COW, says Agricultnra
Epitomist, is often worth more 70
retain as a producer of both calves and
milk than to exchange for the uncer
tainties of a young animal. There :.
no rule by which the age of q cow
will determine the end of her nerios
OF usefulness. Some cows remain
strong and vigorous up to Is years ola
while others indicate age and deoIin1
at ten. Judge closely and accurate
ly on the value of the old reliahlo
COW, remembering that good cows are
scarce and that it is much caste ~
get rid of a good COW thar to o,tho
buy Oh breed one.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1908-05-19
FEEDING COWS PRoFITARLY.
Tho Right Amount Must Be Fed to
the Right Animal.

A matter OF prime Importance Is to
make as much as possible odt OF the
feed given COWS. Some cows VIII
make three times as much out of the
same feed as other COWS will make.
In this the COW is a machine to take
the food given her and either utilize
or waste 1t.
A Mound of feed must be made to
go as far as 1t is possible for 1t to go.
II is not too much to say that at
least one-fourth Of u dairy COWS are
very inferior for the utilizing OF the
feed that is given them.
There is no excuse for keeping a
Door COW. The preachers of better
things are to be found in every local.
ity ~endeavoring to impress upon own
ers the absurdity of keeping COWS so
poor that they will take a dollars
worth of product out of it. In this
is illustrated the fact that in a few
years feed of some kinds has doubled
in cost. There was a time when
the same amount of feed that costs
a dollar now cost only so cents, and
it was a problem of giving it to this
same COW and having her return 80
cents worth of product for it. The
transaction showed a profit in those
days; it shows a loss now.
The higher the price of feed, the
more necessary will it be to weed out
the poorest COW and buy or raise a
/ I.ztAz. nNho Drrrpay ap q pnnr nnuU
should not wait until he has a good
COW to put in the place of the poor
one before ~disposing Of her.
Why should he keep a % that
cannot pay him a profit? asks
Farmers Voice. The sooner he
gets her beef value into his pocket
the better. The sum of money real
lied will, if placed in a bank, at least
bring him some income and it will
not be consuming h~igh-priced feed.
Search out the poor COW and get
rid of her. We cannot utilize our
time more prof1tably than in making
frequent and thorough examinations
of our COWS to find whether they are
changing the feed we give them into
a high-priced product. 1t should be
remembered that COWS differ greatly
in this respect, as some from the
same amount of feed will turn out a
product containing two per cent. of
butter fat, while others will urn out
a four per cent. product. Therefore,
the poor cow are wasting half of the
feed given them in comparison with
the other cows.
If feed is supplied to cows of high
quality several times as much money
will be made as if given to the poorer
COWS, because the additional yields OBJ
tanned from the feed are all profit.
A little figuring will convince any
one that the four per cent. cow is more
than twice as valuable as the two per
cent. cow. A years feed may be put
into a two per cent. COW and she may
produce from it just enough to pay
expenses, while the same feed may
be put into the four per cent. COW and
produce a profit of $50.