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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

A friend makes n practice of chop
ping up all the suckers and red horse
he can get and giving them TO his hens.
which, being confined, eat the fish
greedily as a substitute for the animal
food which they would pick up I'm con-
siderable quantities were they running
at large. Another friend disposes of
rabbits during the summer months I'm
the same way.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

During the six year period from
1907 the average yearly per capita
consumption of wheat food in the
United States was five and one-half
bushels
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

OF the 59,G59 acres of fax raised in
Ireland last year 59,414 acres was
grown In the province of Ulster while
600 out of the 705 scutching mills in
the country were in the same province.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

The Peasants county Republ cans
must have forgotten that Charley
SwIsher was a candidate for gov
ernor.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

We have often wondered who could
be so long suffering and patient as to
earn and prepare grub and mend the
seat of the pants of the average depot
loafer
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

The ARCUs is for y mocfatic
aurces' 6rsl last and all times
The party will have 20 trou1'e TO
select frsrclas caud dates from the
list Of gentlemen who have an
nOunced.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

III you fear hot weather and bad bowels.
Dr. tahrney's Teething Syrup is your
Trend and the babys comfort
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

A move that can be made in many
sections toward an Improvement of
public highways should consist OF cut
ting down n portion OF the trees Dor
dering the road, especially where they
are situated on the south or west
sides of the same. They should at least
be so thinned out as TO let the sun
shine on to the road for a part OF the
day. Where this condition cannot be
brought about the question OF road
improvement is made increasingly diff
ficult, II not well nigh impossible.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

70 Iop any pain. anywbere in 20 min.
utes simply take just one % " Sho9p g
PINK Pam Tablets Pain means Congestion
blood pressure that .s 40 DR. gho0o g
HeadaChc-Or Pink Pam Tablets-vgilI
quickly coax blood pressure away from
pain centeff. After that pain is gone.
Heads -he. neuralgia. painful periods will
women, etc.get instant help. 20 tablets 7sc.
Sold BY Strickler's drug store.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

Geraniums, Ike boys, are often the
better Off for an outdoor summer vaca-
ton. Prune them back Ghe gerani-
ums) considerably, remove from the
pots and put them in garden spot
where they VIII get n good deal OF sun
shine. Before setting In the ground
put good shovelful Of rotten manure
beneath each plant. ana during the
drier weather see that they get plenty
OF water. II this course is followed IL
Will mean lots Of bloom in late sum-
mer and good strong plants 10 pot in
the fall.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

Not the least OF the influences which
are tending to boost the already un-
precedentedly high price OF corn to
still higher level is the unusually wet
condition of the soil to be found In
many sections OF Illinois, one of the
banner corn states OF the Union, which
has rendered impossible I'm many cases
the blowing Of last years fields. Many
OF them lie untouched, with the old
stalks still standing gaunt and bare.
So heavy has been the rainfall that II
has been next to impossible to get on
to the ground with team, let alone
working the soil with any satisfactory
results. The above conditions, perhaps
aggravated in portions OF Illinois, ex-
list in greater or less extent through
considerable portions of the entire corn
belt One Of the discouraging features
about the situation is the fact that
there is hardly any other crop that can
be grown in the short portion of the
season remaining. The situation de-
scribed insures hard times locally, at
least, Of very depressing character
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

1t seems fair TO assume that the rea-
son why more localities do not Inn
prove their highways with the occa-
slonal use Of the King road drag or an
implement built on a similar principle
Is that the claims made for the sys-
tenn OF road improvement seem to be
SO e1trayagant as TO be outside the
range Of possibility, and yet there Is no
use denying the claims which have
been 80 often made and just as often
demonstrated and proved There are
three things az least which the use Of
King road drag does for a road, tend.
ing 70 make It firm and solid thor.
ouRhfare. First, it gives the road a
convex instead Of a fat or concave
surface. which causes rain which falls
on the road TO now rapidly 20 the
bitches and cutters at the side. Again.
81 scTapes on and pulyerlzcs the Jumps
and at the same time fills up the wag-
on ruts and chuck holes One treat
mcnt does not do all OF the good work
but does put the road in shape so
that subsequent traffic and draggings
VIII give 10 "a bard and smooth surface
from which the water runs readily.
enabling 30 10 dry quickly before there
is time for 10 90 be cut up by traffic
Tho better the condition 81 the road
becomes tho less is st subject to the
influences which cut up and mar the
average fat road and this Is one Of
The rewards that comes from the care
which is given the road in the early
stages We have seen roads treated
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

Give the small hoy pig or calf, let
him care for it and don't fail TO let
him have the proceeds when the animal
is sold
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

A friend Of the writer is usually rath-
er slow In blowing his garden. waiting
until settled warm weather comes. It
Is noticeable that his garden is very
clean, due quite likely IN part to the
fact that a whole lot Of weed seeds
germiDate and are turned under with
The first Flowing. More than this. the
seed that he puts into the warm. mel
low soil usually comes OF very quickly
and his stuff by midsummer Is often as
advanced as that OF bis nelghbor's
which was planted two or three weeks
earlier
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

Copyright, 1905. by +. L. TrigE This
matter must not be reprinted without
special permisson1
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

Blue Jays and bla.kb.ras ar. g.tb
noisy. unatiracirc repre- enatves ~
the bird family and have little 10 their
credit from any point OF view which
entities them 20 admiration or rrotoo.
tion. ia addition t0 being virtually
worthless as insect destroyer they
frequently hreas uD ard destroy tho
nests, eggs nuG young ~ other species
~ birds which have % real economic
volue-f0r example the robin pr0s-
hoax. orioie aud many other smaller
birds. II either OF tho two birds nrst
named make plans 90 nest on your
premises. you viii be justified in PIT
ting stop to the operations.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

Some one who IS Interested not only
IN agriculture, but temperance. has FIX.
urcd out That 80 ODD of The corn. some
@0'yyoooo bushels which is at present
consumed in the manufacture OF .plr.
1tuous liquors were 90 be lost-that is.
the market for lt destroyed -fho loss on
each farm which is uow devoted 90
corn culture would Doc but pa'try 10
cents an acre But fls seems Ike
granting more than ifs ary. Tor n
the corn in question vero u.. used ,1
the manufacture Of whisky IL would
likely Boz devoted 10 some rrrro.e
which would bring the grower Of zen.
)rous q return
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-25

BUILT on MERIT.
MAINTAINS HEALTH

Every sack Of Dewcys Best Flour is a
pillar Of strength and vitality.
lts foundation is PURITY" Tor il il
nllled IN modern, sanitary mill by the
latest improved machinery. Such pro-
duct cannot be- otherwise than healthful.
Hundreds of bakers and housewives
viii tell you that it isnot only the purest.
but also bakcs the most palatable bread
cakes, and pastry.
Try 1t once and You will share their
opinion.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

an oratorical campaign and defeated
Congressman Cornell by nearly 1900
votes, In Omaha, where ConnelI lived,
Bryan was sneered at as that Lincoln
boy" 1t was the reaction against the
new Mckinley tariff that elected Bry-
an-that and the silver tongue of the
Lincolnian lad
So at thirty Bryan was chosen to the
national house of representatives. He
delivered his first speech in the house
the 10Th of March, 1892, on the subject
of free WOOL Senator Burrows OF
Michigan, temporary chairman of this
years Republican national convention,
declared that it was the best speech OH
the tariff he ever had heard. News
papers of all political persuasions call
ed it masterpiece. The chairman. OF
the ways and means committee was
William M. Springer OF Illinois. Spring
er was SO delighted with Bryan's free
wool talk that he procured the appoint
ment Of the young Nebraskan on his
committee. Old graybeards have sat In
the house for generation without
achieving that coveted honor. Here
was youngster member so honored in
his first term. And when Bryan was
returned to congress for second term
he was continued on that most impor-
tant committee.
In the interim the Nebraska districts
had been reapportioned so that Omaha
was eliminated from the First district
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

The district n it. new shape was con.
coded to be Republican by about 3, 800
Judge Allen X. Field of Lincoln. one
OF the ablest and most popular Repub-
leans in the state. was nominated to
run against Bryan He resigned from
the bench. so sanguine OF success was
he. but Bryan beat him by 40 votes.
When President Cleveland called an
extra session OF congress in the sum.
mer of 1893 to push through the repeal
OF the Sherman silver bullion purchas.
ing act Of 1850, the Democratic presi.
dent Of the old school uhwittingly gave
to the man of destiny in the new school
OF Democracy an altitudinous stepping
stone toward the presidency. Bryan OF
Nebraska, aged th:rty-three, delivered
in the house on the 10th of August a
speech against the repeal of the Dur.
chasing clause of the Sherman act
The whole house and most of the SEN
ate heard it. When Bryan ceased
speaking he was picked up by enemies
and friends alike and borne around the
hall on the shoulders of enthusiast
who liked ripping fine grafton when
they heard it regardless as to whether
1t suited their politics. Nobody dis
puted that it was the greatest speech
OF the extra session.
Bryan declined Il denomination for
congress IN 1894 and became editor of
the Omaha Wolld-Herald. He wanted
to go to the United States senate. The
World-iIerald business office made
contract 20 run daily on the editorial
page two columns of stuff" paid for
by Repuhiicans. which was inimical to
Bryan's prospects. Bryan resigned the
editOrshir after fierce legal fight
against the advertising contract. He
was nominated for the senate by the
unanimous vote of the state cOnyeu-
ton. despite the fact that many of
them disagreed with hi,n on the silver
coinage issue. With .hhn NJ. Thurs
ton, tie leading Republican candidate
for the senate, Bryan ngaged in two
joint debates, having challenged Thurs
ton. The forensic duelS took place in
Lincoln and Omaha. The tariff was
the sole topic of discussion. Bryan
defended the Wilson tariff, which as a
member of the ways and means COM
mittee he had helped to create, At
Lincoln the enthusiasm was such that
Bryan was carried from the platform
outside and down into the street, where
bowling mobs of Overflow admirers
awaited him. Thurston was elected BY
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

tic legislature. Mr.. Bryan remained a
private citizen. He had challenged
William Mckinley also to a joint de-
bate on the tariff. but the Ohio tariff
builder declined. Mr.. Mckinley was
destined to meet the Nebraskan in a
broader contest little later.
In the meantime Mr.. Bryan was
happy at home with his little family,
the helpful wife and three children.
The children now are grown up. Ruth
Is Mrs. William III. Leavitt and has
made her father a grandfather. VIII
liam junior is eighteen, and Miss Grace
is budding belle of seventeen years.
Young Mrs. Leavitt herself is some
thing of a politician. She has been
elected delegate to the Democratic
state convention in Colorado, her home
being in Denver. Young William is
student in the Nebraska State univer-
sity at Lincoln. Miss Grace. who in
the event of her fathers election to
the presidency will become the young
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06
By ROBERTUS LOVE.


"1HE has spoken face to face be-
yond all question to more
hearers than has any other
man in the worlds history"
says one who travelled with William
Jennings Bryan during tho presiden-
tial campaigns of 1896 and 1900.s and
there is no doubt as to the truth of the
statement
The purpose of this article is briefly
to sketch the life of Mr.. Bryan up to
the age of thirty-six, when he was
nominated by the Democratic party for
the presidency of the United States. 1t
is life possible only to American pol
tiles, and, whether or not Mr.. Bryan
shall reach the presidency, it is an in
teresting chapter in United States po-
litical history.
The town of Salem, H.. is the birth
place of Bryan. Judge Silas l.. Bryan.
q substantial. intellectual settler from
Virginia, was his father. Maria Eliza
beth Jennings was his mothers maiden
name The child was born March 10,
1860. Judge Bryan lived on a farm
near the edge of town. He had nine
children, of whom William Jennings
is the fourth. The boy grew up out
doors, drinking the daily medicine of
sunshine and the open air. His phys
zeal constitution, marvel of robust
ness and energy, came by inheritance
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

and was nurtured By wholesome and
healthful environment in hoyhOod.
Bryan attended the public schools il,
Salem until he was fifteen, when he
entered Whipple academy at Jackson
vile. III. Two years later he matricu-
lated in Illinois college. in the same
city. from which institution he was
graduated with honoIs at the age Of
twenty-one. During his college course
his oratorical abilities made him prom
inent in middle western collegiate life.
He won the honor Of representing his
school in the state contest of college
orators. He won that contest and rep
resented Illinois in 1881 1t the inter
state oratorical contest, held at Gales
burg H. where he achieved second
honors He was class orator at gradu-
alton.
Jacksonville has a female seminary,
In that school Miss Mary e. Baird was
student while young Bryan was in
Illinois college. She was from Perry,
ILL.,, and was of excellent family and
an ambitious student. \ bright young
man and Il bright young woman at
tending college in the same town some
times emphasize the aphorism that like
attracts like Perhaps that explains
why Bryan. after attending the Union
Law college in Chicago and reading
law at the same time in the Office of
Judge Lyman Trumbull, the celebrated
associate of Abraham Lincoln, re-
turned to Jacksonville to begin the
practice of his profession. Bryan and
Miss Baird We're married shortly after
his return. Mrs. Bryan studied law in
order to assist her husband in his pro-
fessional work. After the Rryans re-
moved to Lincoln Neb.. in 1881 Mrs
Bryan was admitted to the bar Mr.
Bryan became junior partner in the
law firm of Talbot & Bryan He be-
-lieved there was more opportunity for
a rising young lawyer in new state
a belief assuEedly we'll grounded in his
own case.
Bryan plunged into politics In the
sprin" of 1883. and that. became his life
vocati instead of the law He was
elected delegate to the Democratic
state convention at Omaha. where he
made a speech strongly advocating
free trade; also he made Il reputation
as a speaker. He was only twenty
eight years old, yet the very next year
the party leaders offered him the nonl-
ination for the lieutenant governorship
of Nebraska. He declined the offer.
but made stumping campaign for the
ticket throughout the state
The next year. $500. the youn. De
mocracy thrust upon the young De-
moSthenes from Illinois the nomination
for congressman from the First dis
trict- j. Sterling Morton. who il his
time was father of Arbor day a..G a
member OF President ClevelanG's cab
met. had been defeated in the race for
congress from that district In 1888 by
Republican majority Of more than
5000 votes. Scarcely anybody expect
cd young Bryan TO win. He was not
SO very sanguine himself. but he made
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

lady of the White House," is at home
with her estimable mother on the
Bryan farm near Lincoln, known as
"Fairview," where the head of the
family some years ago built hand
some residence. Prior to that the fam
lily had occupied modest cottage in
Lincoln, where Mr.. Bryan returned to
his law practice after his unsuccessful
campaign for the senatOrship.
When in 1896 the Republican conven-
ton which nominated Mckinley for
president met in st. Louis, William j.
Bryan held no Office whatever. He
still had a connection with the Omaha
paper, and he went to st. Louis as a
press correspondent. At the Planters
hotel the clerk looked over the plainly
CARRIED young man who signed wv. j.
Bryan" on the register and made him
pay in advance. The clerk put Bryan
in a room with seven Republicans. On
der date of June 16 correspondent OF
the New York Tribune sent to his pa
per from ST. Louis this highly inter
esting paragraphs
Ex-Congressman William j. Bryan, the
leader of the free silver wing of the Ne
braska Democracy, was one of yester-
days arrivals. The appearance Of Mr..
Bryan in hotel corridor in consultation
with several Republicans from free silver
states of the far west excited much COM
ment. In response to a question concern
ing his mission Mr.. Bryan remarked. 81
have nothing to say now except that
these gentlemen and l will be found next
November voting the same ticket
Senator Henry NJ. Teller Of Colorado
and others were the free silver Re
publican leaders indicated by the Trib-
une correspondent 1t was an accurate
prediction oy A.r, Bryan that they
would be voting he same ticket with
him in November for they walked out
Of the Republican national convention
when the gold standard platform was
adopted and aligned themselves with
the free silver Democracy
But neither the New York CORE
spondent nor the free silver seceders
nor the Nebraska correspondent and
free silver leader himself could fore
tell that the SecederS would vote for
William Jennings Bryan as the presi-
dental candidate on the ticket which
was to be nominated at Chicago few
weeks later.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

Booker T. Washington persists in
going where he is not wanted and
this spirit taking possession of the
ignorant members of his race makes
the fiend. His speeches are as sound
ing brass, for behind them stands
the pernicious example.-Farmville
IVA. Herald.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold.

a~ A. 5 Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana.
writes Last year | suffered for three
monehs with summer cold so distressing
that it interfered with my business / had
many of the symptoms of hay fever. and a
doctors prescription did not reach my case.
and | took several medicines which seemed
only to aggrayate it. Fortunately / insist
ed upon having Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t
quickly cured me. My wife has since used
Foey's Honey and Tar with the same sue
cess. Sold at Parker's Two Drug stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

+ Most victims of appendicitis are those W no
are habitually constipated Foley's Orino
Laxative res chronic constipation by slim
ulating the liver and bowels and restores the
natural action of the bowels. Foleys Orino
Laxative does not nauseate or grippe and is
mild and pleasant to take. Refuse substi.
tutes. Sold at Parker's Two Drug Stores.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

Pain anywhere stopped in 20 minutes sure
with one of DR.. Shops Pink Pain Tablets.
The formula is on the 25 cent box. Ask
your Doctor or Druggist about the formula!
Stops womanly pains, headache, pains any
where. Write DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis, for
free trial to prove value of his Headache, or
Pink Pain Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06
She Likes Good Things.

Mrs Chas E. Smith, CT West Franklin
Maine, says: 81 like good things and have
adopted DR.. Kings New Life Pills as our
family laxative medicine, because they are
good and do their work without making a
fuss about it, These painless purifiers sold
at Melville Dorsey's drug store. 25c.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

Hewitt have been pinched for
money lately
Jewett-"Well, women have differ
emit ways OF getting it, My wife
kisses me when she wants any,
Chicago Journal
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

The biggest, boldest man that ever
lived is built like a barge, and any
little woman who puffs up steam
enough can attach him to her and
tow him wherever she likes.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06
The GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 6, 1908.
North Carolina First

In Educational Awakening
Mr.. Ray Stannard Baker
Pays Splendid Tribute to
Achievements of the Old
North State in the Line of
Educational Progress 80 Of
Southern States the One
Most Instinctively Democrat
ic.---North Carolina as Com
pared With Massachusetts.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

when | see what Barlow accom-
plished | am forced to admira-
ton, said Busting. "He has great
physical endurance"
Yes" replied Gareoyle. That
man has the constitution of a debu-
tante. London Telegraph.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

August time, tells on the nerves. But that
spirtless, no ambition feeling can be
easily and quickly altered by taking what is
known by druggists everywhere as DR..
Shops Restorative. Within As hours after
beginning to use the Restorative. improve.
ment will be noticed. OF course, full health
will not Immediately return. The gain how
ever, will surely follow. And best of ALL you
will realize and feel your strength and ambi-
ton as it is returning. Outside influences
depress first the inside nerves" then the
Stomach, Heart, and Kidneys will usually
fail. Strengthen these failing nerves with
DR.. Shops Restorative and see how quickly
health will be yours again Sold by all
dealers
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Report of County Treasurer of Receipts Dsburse
n1enfS of School Fund O Vance County from
July LIST, 1907, to July 1sf, 1908.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-08-06

Pinesalve Carbolized acts like poultec
Quick relief for bites and stings of insects,
chapped skin, cuts, burns and sores. tan and
snnburn. Sold bv kerner- MeNair Co