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The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

A Brooklyn minister astonished his
congregation by declaring that selfish
people ought to commit suicide. But
he suggests an anomaly when he ex-
poets selfish people publicly to declare
themselves such. even If they recog-
nize 1t themselves.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

A novel experiment to demonstrate
the practicability of n pneumatic car
rier was recently tried In Chicago.
The parcel" shot through n short
length OF sample tube was 13-year-
old boy. He Travelled at the rate of
16 miles an hour. and was in no way
the worse for the journey.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

A novel method of pumping liquids
from bore hoes is by means of an
endless rope, somewhat after the fash
Ion OF the chain pump. only in this
case the liquid to be raised is alb
sorbed by the rope and squeezed out
between rollers Mt the surface.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

Pa Elkins says thern has never been
an engagement between his daughter
and the Italian duke. This being the
case. it would seem 10 be up TO Pa
Elkins to ask the duke. the next time
he remains after ten o'clock, whether
he means business or rot.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

An enlightening commentary on the
present state of affairs in Morocco is
contained in recent dispatch of the
London Times correspondent in Tan.
gier, who writes: "Apd-el-Aziz in
herited n throne; he ha. left his sue
cessor n footstool witt, the stuffing
taken out"
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

There is new boom in diamonds
and 1t sweeps clean. Soon women
will be shopping for jewels and having
their last years diamond ornaments
reset in the latest design. Business
has begun to move when diamonds are
lively.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

One drawback about n balloon and
nm airship is that when they get out of
order the balloonist or aeronaut can
not get out and crawl underneath to
see what the matter is.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

The human heart weighs from
eight to twelve ounces and through 1t
passes 22H pounds of blood every
minute or l1.GS0.00O pounds in one
year.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

Prague has forbidden the trailing
skirt because 1t scatters germ-laden
dust.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

1t has come at last-the women's
aero club is In its genesis, and bridge
whist will have to join the rest of the
busted excitemcnts in the discard.
The Lamar register., 1908-11-11

The East Indian banana has begun
to compete with the West Indian fruit
in English markets.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
ANOTHER NEW INDUSTRY FOR
CHARLOTTE.

The Charlotte Observer states that
Swift X Go. will add the manufac-
ture of salad oil to the already eX-
temsivc business Of their plant in that
city. Contract has been let for the
erection ofanew building four stories
high which will be used for pressing
and storing salad oil evolved from
the cruder:.retined products cotton
seed OIL
-Four cold storage tanks will also
he placed i'll the building each one
capable of holding 10000 gallons of
oil. Salad oil. or winter oil as it is
frequently called, is used as substi-
tute for olive oil and i'll the manufac-
ture OF other substitutes 1t has
many and varied uses.
The Charlotte plant of Swift Il
Co. is one OF the completest in the
country. says the Observer. 1t is not
the largest but for up-tO-dateness of
equipment and general utility has no
superior anywhere. Situated in the
very heart of the cotton seed oil belt,
where conditions are most favorable.
the success OF the enterprise has
been assured from the start. As the
territory is developed, it is the pur.
pose OF this great corporation to add
other departments. \ soap factory
Is said TO be but a question of time
and n fertilizer factory by no mean,
Il remote probability.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
Aspires to Circus.
Durham Boy Will Try John
Robinson's Shows.

\ Durham dispatch says young
George Shepherd, boy OF that
place. aged thirteen, is Il candidate
for circus honOrs and when John
Robinson comes August goth he will
ask for Il place in the big tent,
Young Shepherd has been for the
past year or more practicing rope
walking until he is today as good as
the average artist of the show. He
can do any sort of a stunt in civil
ian clothes and daily gives perform
ances in mid-air. He has a wire
something like twenty feet high,
perfectly slack, and he walks it every
day then lies fiat down on it in a fine
balance He is the envy of all the
small boys of that section.
The little fellows parents do not
object to his aspiration and there is
small doubt that when Robinson
comes here he will add to his show
the Durham boy who gives promise
of a good deal
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
To NIAGARA FALLS.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR AT
VERY LOW RATES
Via SeabOard Air Line Railway Sep
TENDER 2nd-Party Will be Away
ID Days-ln Charge of Mr.. and
Hrs. c. II. Gattis-A De
IightfuI Trip

To points of interest in and around
Niagara Falls, Toronto, Buffalo, Albany,
day trip down the beautiful Hudson
river, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic
City and Washington City. at VERY
LOW RATES, both Railroads and Ho-
tells, European and American plans, per-
sonally conducted by Mr.. C. Fl. Gattis,
Travelling Passenger Agent Seaboard
Air Line Railway, and Mrs Gattis; leav-
ing points in the State Wednesday morn
ing September 2nd, returning home
about September 10Th. with three CD to
five ,J) days stOpOyer at the principal
points of interest.
Round trip Railroad fare will cost
about $3.50 from Raleigh and Durham.
and the same basis from other points.
| and Pullman cars will be provided for
| the exclusive use of the party with ad-
| ditional cost OF about $1,000 per berth.
though two (2) occupying the same
| berth the Pullman will be only half of
| the above amount for the entire trip.
SPECIAL LOW SIDE-TRIP RATES
will be made for the party over the
Richelieu 4 Ontario Navigation Co..
Niagara Gorge Electric r. r.. Niagara
Belt Line, Niagara Transfer Co., Niagara
| Navigation Co., and the Niagara Falls
Park and River Co.. and any other OF
!, the side-trip routes that the party NAV
| desire to take.
The trip is made at the lowest possible
| party rates that can be secured as the
party will travel on party rate tickets
for ten or more people, and nothing
will be lacking in all the necessary ar
rangements to make the trip pleasant
and comfortable for ali
Amore delightful time could not he Sc
lected, as early in September i. the most
attractive season of the year for partie.
to visit Niagara Falls and the East
Time will be spent in Toronto during tn,
Great Canadian Fair. and also during
the opening of the theatrical season il
New York, Philadelphia and Washing
ton.
Those interested should write to tn
undersigned at once for detail informa
| ton. Illustrated booklets, and the frs
applications get the lower berths. =
c. III. GATTIS.
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Raleigh, \. c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
Labor in England and America.

In his foreign letter published III
the Progressive Farmer this week,
Editor Poe says this among other
things:
An intelligent laboring class is the
backbone Of any country, and In TINS
England is strong. There are no
negroes here, of course, the entire
serving class being white. And their
neatness, cleanliness, quickness, ana
intelligence is one of the things which
impresses itself most deeply upon the
Southern traveller Nowhere III the
country districts here have l seen the
signs OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. gates,
quilted fields, neglected tools, shack
ly outhouses, Imprinted and ill-kept
residences-which mar the landscape
in so many country districts in the
South. A house here may have only
two or three rooms, but it's neatness
makes it a Joy forever, and the fields
look like the work of landscape
gardeners: all Scotland between Edln-
burg and Glasgow seems to be al
most as neat as our Capitol Squares
and England is hardly less beau
tiful. | bear no ill-will toward our
negroes, but it is impossible to es-
cape the conclusion that their igno-
rance and shiftlessness have not only
held back the South in Il thousand
ways. but their carelessness has pro-
vided a lower level for Indifferent
white people to fall to. Nowhere else
do YOU find people content to live IN
such ugly homes and with such I'M
promising farms as often meet our
vision in the South, and | think it
partially explained by the fact that
the negro taken fresh from Africa has
lowered our ideals and standards OF
living in a way no other country has
suffered
Another way in which the difference
between intelligent white labor and
shiftless negro labor ma fes itself felt
is in the different attitude toward
work itself. People here in England
do not seem to regard any work that
comes to hand as being "beneath
them" Over in bennington the
other day the man who joined his
wife in waiting on our table, and who
brought the water to my room, was
man of such intelligence that
should guess him to be a minister; {
man with the bearing of gentleman
and a man whose wide knowledge o
politics and history made it a pleasure
to talk with him. 1t was much thu
same way in Glasgow, so that a
sight of the head man of the hous
removing plates from the table, ON
OF our party we'll remarked: "ll
England every body Notwithstanding
father
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
THE BAD DEBTORS.

Copying what the Greensboro
Record said about the action taken
by the Merchants Association of that
city in dealing with those who will
not pay their debts, the Enfield
PrOoresS makes this comment:
The bad debtor needs no introduce
ton to this or any other cOmmunity.
He has already been introduced and
his letter of introduction is on every
business mans ledger, and on the
wrong side ut that He thinks he is
it. and struts about the country as
though he owned everything. II he
has any money to spend he usually
takes himself away t. some other
city or town, puts on few airs and
spends what he has, comes home and
asks for more credit-he usually gets
it. Some of these fellows make debts
with the intention OF never paying.
They will tell thousand lies to get
an article and then tell you to step
to where they don't handle snow If
YOU present them with a bill. This
necessarily makes more bad debtors,
but they are not Intentionally They
can't help it. And they often have to
bear the brunt for the professional
deadbeat. We see fellows who never
work wear good clothes, and spend
plenty of money, that have no visible
means OF support. Who foOts the
bill' Easy to guess-the business
men. The bad debtor is Il bold man
and will bear watching wherever he
may tread. He is found everywhere
the sun shines and the stars twinkle.
He is in good places us well as the
bad. You will find him at church
and sometimes in the amen corner,
bat most OF the time he sits near the
door because he knows he hasn't Il
fire pSplDp
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
Give Them October.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte tnrOnlcie.
There appears to have been a reg
ular Democratic upheaval in Rock
ingham county, yesterday, when Mr..
Kitchin, Democratic nominee for
Governor, formally opened the cam
paign 1t was ell very good start,
but we hope Chairman Eller' means
it when he says there is going to be a
skip until after the Republican State
conventiOn-and we'll after it, we
hope. Give the farmers a rest from
politics. Let them attend their insti-
tutes and round up their crops, and
let the politicians come, they if come
they must, in the month OF October.
The State has been surfeited with
politics. Let October be the sacrficial
month on part of the people.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
A North Carolinian Invents "Joltess
Buggy"

Mr.. H. c. Hoffman, of Lexington,
young inventor who patented an
improvement for mail pouches for
which, it is said, he is to receive
$4,000 from the government, now
comes forward with a patent for a
''ioltless buggy" The buggy is
equipped with an arrangement to
counterfeit any jolt caused from the
wheels striking rocks, holes or any
other obstacle ofs reasonable size.
The wheels might strike and pass
over rock eight inches high and the
jolt would scarcely be felt, and the
seat will remain in one position as
though the buggy was running on
perfectly smooth road.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For County Commissioner .

To the Voters of Vance County:
hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection as a member of the Board
of County Commissioners, subject to the
action OF the Democratic primaries. The
support of all my friends in all parts of
the county is asked and will be appre-
ciated. If elected I promise the same
faithful service that | have endeavored
to render for the last two years, which
service, l trust, speaks for itself
JAMES 4. KELLY.
Henderson, NC, June %, 1908.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
Has Never Supported Bryan.
Norfolk Nirginian-Pilot.

Norfolk NIrginian-Pilot
Mr. Wyndham Meredith has never
voted for Bryan and will vote for
Taft this year. This works no change
III the Richmond equation, but still
leaves unaccounted for fourteen hun
dred and ninety-nine of the so-called
Democrats who are to embrace Re-
publicanism in Richmond this fall. Mr..
Meredith has a perfect right to sup
port whom he pleases and we do not
blame him for following his convic-
tiOns, however mistaken we NAV
think them to be. Nevertheless he is
not to be included in the list of de
serters from Bryan" for he has never
been with him; nor does his record
entitle him to be STYLED a person
who usually votes the Democratic
ticket"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13

To the Voters Of Vance County:

To the Voters Of Vance County:
hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the Office of County
Treasurer, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries. The support of
my friends in all parts of the county is
asked and will be appreciated. If elected
| promise the same faithful public ser
that I have endeavored to bring to the
discharge of the duties of the Office dur
ing my incumbency.
W, E. GARY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For Register of Deeds.

To the Voters of Vance County:
hereby announce myself candidate
for reelection to the Office OF Register of
Deeds of Vance county, subject to the
action of the Democratic primaries
With what fidelity have performed the
duties of said office the people know. l
respectfully ask the support of my
friends. and pledge myself to the same
faithful service of the public in the future
that | have endeavored to give in the
past.
l. W EDWARDS
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
The Banks the Proper Place to Keep
Money

Monroe Enquirer,
Last fall when the Greensboro
banks began to issue scrip. Mrs.
Ellen Gardner, who had S2,l11 de-
posted in two of the banks of that
city, got scared. She believed that
the banks would fail and she would
lose her money, therefore she took it
out and gave it to her sister for safe
keeping. The Greensboro banks did
not fail and those who left their
money in them lost nothing. A few
days ago every cent of Mrs. Gardner s
money was stolen from her sister in
whose safe keeping it was placed.
Moral: A bank is the place to keep
money
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
Zeppelin in the Civil War.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte Chronicle.
Count Zeppelin is an interesting
character 1t is not generally known
that lie was identified with the Civil
war. but he served in the Federal
army as a lieutenant OF cavalry, his
assignment being for Conservation
duty" He accompanied the cavalry
brigade commanded by Schurz, and
his first balloon ascent, it is said, was
made in captive balloon sent up to
observe the Confederate line. Bal
looming has been the passion OF his
life, and after his service in the Civil
war, he did balloon work in the Aus
trO-Prussian war and the war with
France. He was retired from the lat
ter with the rank of general and has
since been experimenting in aerial
navigation. The Chronicle today
prints a map showing the remark
able success which Zeppelin has
achieved. He is Il great fellow, and
so far as the balloon airship goes.
he stands far in advance Of all other
| inventors.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For Sheriff

TO the Voters of Vance county:
L hereby announce myself as candi-
date for sheriff of Vance county. subject
to the action of the Democratic conven-
ton. Promising to well and faithfully
perform the duties OF that Office if elected
| respectfully ask the support of my
friends. in. TUNSTALL.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13

The little attacks of stomach trouble and
stomach disorders will undoubtedly lead to
chronic dyspepsia unless you take something
for n sufficient time to strengthen the stom-
ach and give it a chance to get well. If you
take kodol in the beginning the bad attacks
of Dyspepsia will be avoided, but if you
allow these little attacks to go unheeded it
will take Kodol a longer time to put your
stomach in good condition again. Get a
bottle of kodol today. Sold at Parker s
Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For Road Commissioned.

To the Voters of Vance County:
| hereby announce myself q candidate
for reelection as Highway Road Com
missioner, subject to the action OF the
Democratic convention. Promising if
elected to give that faithful and constant
attention to to the duties involved which
the Importance Of the position requires,
| ask the support OF my friends
HENRY A. DAVIS.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For Sheriff.

To the Voters of Vance County:
hereby announce to my friends that
am candidate for the office of Sheriff OF
Vance county. subject to the action of
the Democratic convention | solicit
the support of my friends for this Office
and pledge to them my best efforts. il
elected, to discharge the duties of the
office faithfully.
Respectfully,
JOSEPH S. ROYSTER.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For the Legislature.

To the Voters of Vance County:
L hereby announce myself candidate
for the Legislature, subject to the action
OF the Democratic primaries. The sup
port OF all Democrats is respectfully So
licited and il elected [ promise to serve
with an eye single to the best interests
OF all the people of the county.
BENNETT H. PERRY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
What it Cost Them.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte Chronicle
Along about the close of the recent
Democratic primary contest in this
State, there was much talk about
the expenditure of money by the can
didates and their lieutenants. Itwas
claimed that Horne had spent S. 900
in Mecklenburg alone, a claim which
the Chronicle quickly exploded by
giving the exact figures. 1t now de-
velops that the entire campaign eX-
penses OF Ashly Horne amounted, all
told, to $4,000. Mr.. Kitchin claims
that his campaign expenses totaled
$4,000. Mr.. Craig's figures have
not been learned but were probably
between the two above named The
Chronicle gives these facts to silence
the wild talk that has been INDUCED
in, chiefly by Republican papers.
| There is no denial of the fact that
| the campaign cost too much money,
but it is a satisfaction to be able
to deny, by an exhibition of the
figures, the loose charges that the
electorate" had been debauched.
The small excess of Horne's expendi-
lures over kitchin and Craig is due
! to the fact that he was not a poll
| tician-he was a new man-and had
to build up a party of his own. To
do this, expenses were entailed which
did not come the way of the organized
candidates. Ashly Horne acquitted
himself handsomely and with honor
in all respects, and if the fine old man
had come before the people year
earlier, all opposition to his nomina-
ton for Governor would have been
futile.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13

To the Voters OF Vance County:
| hereby announce myself a candidate
for the Office Of Sheriff OF Vance County,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primaries. and ask thessupport OF Demo-
Gratis in all parts of the county | shall
abide your decision and if elected pledge
my best efforts to faithful and salts
factory discharge of the duties of said
office
Fl M HIGHT
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
President Hills Plans.
What A. and NJ. College Will
Undertake for Agricultural
Education.
News and Observer

DR.. D. H. Hill, the A. and NJ new
president. has given out statement
as to what the college will try to do
FOR agricultural education in North
Carolina. Among these is the pri-
mary teaching of agriculture in the
public schools and to have an agri-
cultural high school established in
each Congressional district.
DR.. Hill says: First, the college
hopes with the aid of the farmers to
go enlarge it's accommodations that
in few years it may count its stu
dents by the hundreds. When a man
sees what certain and what speedy
money returns can be obtained from
improved farming methods, it would
seem that no inducement, but only
an opportunity, would be needed for
u young man tostudy such methods.
Second, it wants to see farming
exalted into a profession like any
other profession, and to see the day
when a boy will no more think of be-
ginning to farm without previous
training than he would think of en-.
tering on the practice of medicine
without special preparation.
Third, the college expects to strive
for the teaching of the first principles
of agriculture in all our common
schools. The boys and girls who live
on the farm are entitled to this train
ing; the law requires it; the farmers
should demand it.
Fourth, the college expects to lenC
its aid to an effort to have an aeri
cultural high school in each Congress
sional district. Under the new higf
school law it ought to be possible
for at least one high school in eacl
district to be set apart for the dis
tinctive teaching of the art by which
eighty-five per cent. of our people
earn their daily bread
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
FL. NJ. HIGHT
For Sheriff.

To the Voters of Vance County:
l announce myself a candidate for the
Office of Sheriff of Vance county, subject
to the action OF the Democratic eonven-
ton. solicit the aid of my friends.
". Fl. PARRISH.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
Notice of Summons.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Vance County. '"Perior 'oui

FAhce COunfy.
Lettie Andrews VS.. Leland Andrews
The defendant above named will take no.
tice that the above entitled action has been
begun in the Superior Court OF Vance Coun-
ty. for divorce from the bonds of matrimony
subsisting between him and the plaintiff He
is required to appear at the next ensuing
term OF the Superior Court to be held for the
County OF Vance at the Court House in Hen
derson on the fourth Monday after the first
Monday in September 1908, and answer or
demur to the complaint in said action.
This July %, 1908.
HENRY PERRY
Clerk Superior Court.
THOMAS N. PITTaAN
Attorney for Plaintiff
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13
For County Commissioner

To the Voters of Vance County:
hereby announce myself candidate
for reelection as County Commissioner,
primary. |. c. ROBBTTT.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-13

ApLAI T.. STEVENSON, Vice-Presi-
dent OF the United States during Mr.
CleveIand's second term, has been
nominated by the Democrats for
governor OF Illinois. Here's hoping
that he will win by a large majority.
There's no finer type Of man than
your "Uncle Adlai." He has got
good North Carolina blood in his
veins. being Il grandson Of North
Carolina and has n number Of rela-
tives in this State among whom he
has visited.