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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
Suppose We Now Go Forward.
Charlotte Observer.

The Concord Tribune hopes "to
see the legislative nominees stand for
political rest and commercial ad-
vancement, together with an open
and pronounced opposition to the
spirit of reforming everything and
everybody-everywhere and all the
time.'' Unless wemistake public SEN
timent this expresses a very general
wish. The railroads have been re-
formed and under the shotgun
agreement arrived at with them last
winter are entitled to be let alone for
awhile-we don't quite so much
mean that they are entitled to be let
alone as that the people are entitled
to rest from the warfare upon them
which has hurt them quite as much
as it has the roads. Next month pro-
hibition will be voted upon the State,
and thus moral reform, in so far as
liquor is concerned, will have been
accomplished. The railroads and
John Barleycorn being thus effect.
lively dealt with, and there being no
other offenders conspicuously in sight,
it would well to suspend the work ol
doing something to something and
address ourselves forawhile to trying
to do something for something-for
instance for North Carolina. Let us,
therefore, have nominated for the
Legislature this year, men who are
for things in preference to men who
are against things There is report
that the State Treasury will have a
deficit this year of $25O.O0O. There
is nothing alarming about this. 1t
is the glory of the last Legislature
that it was liberal in appropriations,
and it did not appropriate dollar
to an uworthy object. 1t only proves
that the demand upon the Treasury,
as upon that of every State that is
growing and increasing in enlighten-
ment, are growing in geometric ratio,
and that therefore we need to get in
more property for taxation, induce
the investment of more capital i'm
North Carolina, instead of crippling
or driving out that we already have
and which is contributing its share of
revenue to the State Treasury to be
expended for the public benefit.
Property is not, as some of the news
papers and public speakers would
have US believe, an unmixed evil
We need taxes for many purposes
and they cannot be had except from
property, real, personal and mixed.
This tax money is disbursed with
an even hand and the poorest man
in the State, the man who does not
contribute dollar to the public rev.
nnes, gets a part of the benefit of it.
1t follows that the more property
the more taxes and hence the greater
public benefit, and the argument
that for the general welfare property
rights should beconserved and prop
erty interests enlarged does not need
to be elaborated.
An appeal for upbuilding VS.. de-
struction is an appeal to self-inter-
est. It is time that the people of
North Carolina should have done
with obstructionists and turn TO
those policies that make for progress:
that they seek out for legislative and
other Offices men who ''stand for
politicalrest and commercial, indus
trial, agricultural and all other lad
vancement."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

To have perfect health we must have per-
feet digestion. and it lie very important not
to permit of any delay the moment the
stomach feels out OF order. Take something
at once that you know will promptly and
uniailingly assist digestion. THERE'S moth.
ing better than Kodol for dyspepsia, indi.
gestion, sour stomach, belching OF gas and
NJ rrous headache. Kodol il a natural di.
gestant, and will digest what you eat. Sold
at Parker's Two Drug Stores
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
- - e

If you will think about it conserv-
atively the various legislators are
not so much to blamefor hopping he
railroads. Mr.. Roosevelt set the pace
and Was lauded to the skies until the
country seemed to think he was a
second savior of mankind, hence it
WAS perfectly natural that every
man who had politics and the desire
for Office should try to initiate him.
-Greenboro Record.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

William H. Anderson, M. D.. OF Soda
Springs, Ida says that Bees Laxative
Cough Syrup has relieved coughs aud colds
laxative effects especially recommend it for
children. 1t IL pIeasan. TO take For coughs.
colds. hoarseness, whoopiRs congh. Money
refunded If not satisfied. Sold by Kerner
MeNair Co
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
TIME Is MONEY
This is just as true in regard to Sewing
Machines as anything else.

BY using Long Shuttle Machines, no
matter how well made, you are actually
throwing away 3 hours out ofevery seven
THE STANDARD ROTARY SHUTTLE
SEWING MACHINE
Will make $50 stitches in the same time
Long Shuttle Machines make only 200.
The Standard Rotary Principle is most
scientifically correct, which fact has been
proven by % years Of successful use in
all parts of the world and by our com
petitors continuously trying to copy
it without success. THE STANDARD
GRAND ROTARY THE WORLDS
BEST SEWING MACHINE is two ma
chimes in one-Leck and Chain Stitch
Ball Bearing gStand-Straight Automatic
Lift. Do not fail to investigate the
merits Of the Fastest, Most Silent, Easiest
Running and the most durable Sewing
Machine made, THE STANDARD RO-
TARY. "A demonstration IL q revela
tion." Write for prices and Easy Pay
ment Plan. Guaranteed Sewing Ma
chimes S12.O 90 up.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
But was slow On the draw
So they buried him under the daises. y

] repeat-and L would emphasize
it above anything else in this address
what we need in the Soutd most of
all, is to get every farmer, who can
do SO, to stop running his brains
with one-hOrse power, and substi-
tute two, three ,fnd even four-horse
power.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
Plenty of Trouble

is caused by stagnation OF the liver and bow
els. To get rid OF it and headache and bill
iousness and the poison that brings iauadiee
take DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the reliable
purifiers that do the work without grinding
or gripping. 25c. at Melville Dorsey's drug
store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
State of North Carolina,

Insurance Department
Raleigh, March 81. 1908.
|. james Young Insurance Commissions
or, do hereby certify that the above is II true
abstract of the statement OF the United Mu'
tnal Fire Insurance Company, of kittrell
n c. filed with this DepaI tment. showing
the condition nf said Company OF the 3lst
dav of December. 1907.
Witness my hand and official seal the day
and date above written.
JAMES r. YOUNG,
Insurance Commissioner.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

Instead OF watching birds, TO get
the principle OF soaring, why don't
the airship inventors study meat
priees?-Denver Reprbiean.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

President Finley, OF the Southern
Railway, has given out a statement
in response to an enquiry, regard
ing the financial conditions of the
country as he sees them at the pres
ent time, in which he says business is
improving, especially in the South,
and that a lesson OF economy is
taught by the depression.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

When man writes as follows don't you
think be means it? Mr. 8. g. Williams,
Powderly, Texas, says, Il have suffered for
years with Kidney and Bladder trouble, us
ing every preparation / came across and
until my attention was called to Pineules.
After 80 days trial ($1 .o0). I am feeling
fine. Money refunded If not satisfied. Sold
by Keruer-MacNair Co.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23
STATEMENT.
UNITED rIUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY, OF KITTRELL, NORTH
CAROLINA.
STATEMENT.

Condition December 31st. 1907; as shown
by statement filed.
Amount of capital paid up in cash, None
Mutual Assessment.
Income-From Policy holders, 5 27S ~
Disbursements: MiscellanPous....- 100 80
ASSETS.
Cash in Home Office. 16? %
Total admitted Assets............. 169 o2
ALL BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA IN
1907.
Fire Risks written, ,S21 ,O50 00:pre-
miums received. ............. .....-...... 2S7 70
President, J. II. Thorpe; Secretary, j. IL.
Hawkins.
Home Office. Kittrel, North Carolina.
Attorney for service, Officers OF Company,
KittrelI. n. c.
Business Manager for North Carolina, Home
Office.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

After suffering for seven years.
this woman was restored to health
by lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucamla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II HAD female troubles for seven
wears was all rundown, and SO ner-
yous I could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this con-
dition wrote to Mrs. Pinlham for adj
vice and took Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. and l am now strong
and WELL"
FACTS ron SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs. has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
disbursements, in Inflammation, ulcera-
ton. fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling. flatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness, ,ornervous prostratlon.
Why don't you try II ::
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham If there Is anything
about your sickness you do not
undersian md. She will treat your
letterinconfidence and advise You
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because of her
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-04-23

What the Southern Farmer
]. Needs to Bring His Profits
Up to the Western Farmer is
to Stop Running His Brains
With One-F FIorse Power, and
Substitute Two. Three and
Four-f Iorse Power as They
Do.---Diference in Farming
Methods Sharply Contrasted.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

view of building up his political fences. is working hardship on the good people of Haines. During the Skagwsy term of court, Attorney Che ney presented to Judge Gunnison the application of Haines for municipal incor poration. This application was generally signed and no objection was maae. Judge Gunnison promised to pass final judgment on the matter October l. Where the shoe rubs is over fire protection. The officers al Fort Seward. the military post adloin- ing Haines, have offered the newly incorporated town the use of their water sysem if the municipality would
 lay proper mains. Under the depart ment ruling this could not be done ii Haines did not incorporate. Now winter is approaching and the people of Haines find that they will be unable ,o lay their water mains before the frost sets in. Further, the municipal school. which would be feature under the municipal act, will have to be abandoned. In the meantime, Judge Gunnison remains in the east, busy with political fences No jury has even been summoned for ketchikan and all litigation is at stsndstill.- Juneau Dispatch.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17
CLEANER POLITICS.

The results of the recent primarie. in the east that have attracted wide attention are the renominarion oi State Senator Everett Colby of New Jersey and the nomination for con- gress of State Senator Folkner of New York. Senator Colby has been the leading machine buster in the state
 He entered politics as the protege oi the machine and travelled along with it some distance. Finally there arose a cause for difference and Colby, be- ing a man of independent fortune. could afford to indulge his peDcbaDt for Independent action. Is being then a question Of busting the machine or getting busted, Colby entered into the
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

contest with his whole soul and vigor. He has had his victories and reverses, but on the whole has been successful. He was the biggest single factor in retiring Senator Dryden, president of the Prudential Insurance Company. from public life, and in the last ses- sion of the legislature. secured the passage of the direct nominations law under which he has just been noni- hated in the face ot the bitterest Sc of fight from the int erests he has a. tagonized. Colby is in the full prime of his public life, and will doubtless be an influential factor in New Jerse. affairs for some years to come.
 Senator Folkner, of New York is the member who answered duty's eail and went to Albany to vote for Cover nor Hughes race track bills when the pysicians told him that like as not he would pay the penalty with his life if he left his sick bed. He voted, and his vote passed Governor Hughes bill. Folkner lived and in due time became a candidate for congress. The people showed their appreciation of his de- voted service by nominating him in the face of the most determined oppo- sition. Here are two bits of evidence that the people don't forget, and that the man who builds public career on the foundation of devotion to duty and right as he sees it builds both wisely an d we'll.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17
KETCuIKAN A. Y. r. E. AUXIL-
 HAIRY.

Pursuant to n call published in these columns, large and enthusi- atestic body of ladies met in the liz hrary hall at 30 yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hart called the meeting to order, stated its object, and told of lines of work which she is trying to introduce in order to insure creditable exhibit cf wonen's work at the Alaska ' h. h1n-Paeiio expositio ion. A motion that lne kelchikan Ladies AuNil iary be organized was then adopted. Mrs. Iuut was elected temporary secretary. \ ter discussing the charter by sec
 'o;ls, it was adopted and officers elect
 l as fnilows:
 Mrs. Julia Thompson, president Mrs. August Grimm, lst vice-presi- dent: Mrs. A. P. Swineford. 2nd vice. president: Mrs. ]. w. Stedman, 3rd vice. president: Mrs. F. J. Hunt, sec retary: Mrs. ]. L. Myers, assistant sece rtary, and Mrs. J. k. Beegle, trea surer.
 The different sections of work and the chairmen of the committees are as follows:
 Religious. Mrs. F. V. Fisher, Mrs. Thos. Jenkins and Mrs. J. J. Daily.
 Photography. Scenic branch. ket- chikan Alaskan Club.
 Industrial. Mrs. J. W. Stedman.
 Botanical. Mrs. Tom Johnson. Literary and Library. Mrs. Lake,
 Fancy work. Mrs. J. J. Doyle. Art.-Mrs. Harriet Rossi.er. Educational and public schools - The four teachers of the public schools.
 Native Mission school. Miss Jones. Native woman's work. Mrs. Jen- kins.
 Historical Mrs A. P. Swinetord.
 Genealogical. orinthological and turs-Mrs. Amelia Gallentine.
 Shipping clerks. Frank Bold ant Dale Hunt.
 The different heads of committee are to select their own CO., workers. Those who attended yesterday meeting were the MeSdames Angus Grimm, Frederick V. Fisher. Amelia Gailentine. Alexander A. Brindle Lee McWilliams. John ". Stedman Nathan Kitzmiller, w. E. Murphey C. V. Thiell, Thos. Jenkins, Mrs. E S. Stackpole. F. S. Newell. Jame Do, le, J. Curtis, Paul Houry, Juli B. Thompson. Frank Lake. Lulu V Taylor, Vim. Conner and Harriet E Hunt. and the Misses Harriet Rossite and Alice E Van douten. A meeting is to be held every Sat- urday afternoon at three o'clock. Al the ladies who are interested in tn work are invited to come next Satur day, even though they were not pres snt at the first meeting. If it does no rain, come at two o'clock, as Mr. Pont wishes to take picture of the Ret chikan Auxiliary.
 MRS. F. J. HUNT, Secretary.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17
Insanity.

One-third of those stricken with iri- sanity recover. s F Statistics prove that of the desceEd- ants of insane persons about fifty-nine fin every hundred are mentally sound. Under forty years of age insanity Is commoner among men than women. After that. age the conditions are re- vermd, .s., ..is S.s
 In Germany every city of more than 10000 inhabitants has a small hospital Tor acute cases of insanity and col .ony for chronic lunatics in the neigh boring country.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

There is scarcely any department of scientific eudeayor that has not been touched by the worlds greatest in- vensor, Thomas A. Edison. Now he is maturing scheme to get at the hidden treasures of the earth. A dispatch from Denver says: If do not reach it myself, I will live to see the day when power will be utilized from coal without the aid of steam, V said Mir. Edison. I've are working in that direction, and some morning the world will be informed that the discovery is fact. Electricity is many times more efectual than steam. In a few years steam railway will be novelty. l have been experi- mensing to get black diamond which is better for drilling purposes than a white diamond. So far have no, succeeded but have not given up. Imagine the impetus that would be given to the mining ind us- try through the discovery of cheap diamond for boring purposes. Not tn hundredth part of one per cent. of the metals in she western mountains have been reached yet"
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

Captain w. E. George is in the city from Victoria, E. c. He is one -of the Alaska Pioneers, having brought vessel with P passengers 70 WraDgell in 1s7e.s Captain George has the distinction of being the oldest living navigator in Alaskan waters and has followed, the sea for years. He is now lives 3. Victoria and is yis- iting the' S7 Pioneers Associat ion. --- Juneau Dispatch.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17
OCTOBER +, 1908

The campaign of 1eos promises to be the campaign of correspondence. :" President Roosevelt's statements, MT. Bryan's selegrams and MT. Hesrss's consrubitions of other peoples letters make it one altogether exceptional.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

The Skagwsy Municipality is tat the end of it's poke,' or so nearly so that ,he con mon council is at its wits ends for ways and means for raising the windn without danger 0. melting rebellion all along the line of the largest taxpayers.
 The Plymouth church, of Seattle, every year sends huge box contain ing Christmas presents to the native children of the Arctic side of Alaska and Siberia. Last year each young ster received Teddy Bear. All the same it is safe to say that those Teddy Bears were not nearly as acceptable 70 the youngsters as would have been an equal number of rotten fish heads.
 Navigation on the Upper Yukon has practically closed for the season.
 The work of surveying the town site of Prince Rupert is now being rushed forward in way that leads the Empire" to the belief that there may be something doing this fall and winter.
 The Nome Nugget described la bor candidate Chilberg as heinz sev- enteen different kinds of an ''anar- chistic socialist, whatever that means. And Mir. Chilberg proceeded to poll more votes than any candidate except the successful one.
 limelight again. During the past week. R. N. Ribiet, Spokane aerial tramway expert, has been at the his torical old camp making survey and estimate of the cost of installing a tramway system across Chilkoot Pass for the transportation of Whitehorse ores direct to tide water. It appears that hitch is on between Conrad, the Whitehorse mining magnate. and the White Pass and Yukon railroad Work on a spur track to the mines hs, been abandoned. Now it appears that the mining people are planning on utilizing the old Dyea tramway system for the transporting of ores to tide water. Dyea may come to the front as another gateway to the Alas kan mines. Those who survived her palmy days certainly wish her success. Juneau Dispatch.
 that one of the travelling collectors for the 4. '. ?. exposition has unearthed and deposited in Juneau hank vault an ancient Chilkat blanket which will be made part of the Alaska exhibit. Good. It began to look as if the graft CTS having the matter in charge might overlook the fact that Alaska is the only part of the United States specially adapted to the cultivation of rotten totem poles and bad smelling blankets of Chilkat or any other prr- suasion.
 Hh cdtLbI uhhC SIOCh " as ltIs at Fairbanks on September Both.
 The Douglas News tells ''hot air" story of Low one of the boundary sur vey parties existed whole week on beans. straight and alone.
 More than a million cases of sal mon were canned at Nushagak this season. The profits are estimated at g, GOO. eco.
 The news comes from AtIin of the discovery of remai kably rich placer, about 2G0 miles northeast of Teslin ake. by a man named J. L. Cox.
 Jack Roman and Judge KeIlum have each forwarded s250 as r rscnal contributions to the Bryan campaign 1 fund from the Tanana. At any rate it is relief to 4 Alaska | that the troubles of H. D. Reynolds | are being tbreshed out at Boston.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

That the strike as a remedy for in- dustrial disputes is a rank failure, in most instances, is sbowD.by the out. come of the dispute between the c. r. R. and it's mechanical staff. The net result of the trouble seems to be that the men have lost huge sums in wages and the company has been seri- ousIy discomfited in the operation of it's system. There is an old saying to the effect that ''ar ounce of proven tion is worth ton of cure," and in the case of strikes, it could bs para pbrased to read ' an hours friendly conference between the contending parties is worth more than months of struggle for supremacy.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

Hever the ghosts of the old Romans revisit these glimpes of the moon, they must. when they see a modern
 sotor race. feel pang Of regret hat they did uos understand that method of killing people in the good old days Q yore. when people were butcher ed to make a Roman holiday" What useful purpose is served by g lot Of reckless people endeavoring to see sbieh of them can force motor car .c the greatest speed. ~e have Deyer been able to see. Neither are we able to understand that development Of public taste which tolerates such practices. 4 Prize fight is ladylike a1sir compared with these motor foces.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

And now she terrible bugbear of the Goggenheims is to be eclipsed by the L. Hirsch & Co. Iu connection with the report of the sale ut the Hubbard a Elliott copper property, near the Guggenheim Bonanza, is is report ed that this new concern is one of the biggest and widest known of any min- ing syndic ate in the world, and has as it's disposal sufficient money to buy outright such little concerns as the Guggenheims were the latter twenty times as rich as they are reported to be.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-10-17

The announcement that Mr An drew Carnegie has promised s5), 00O
 for still another library, recalls the
 almost unbelievable fact that he has already given away considerably over thousand of thess useful putlic
 buildings. Many people are of the opinion that the Scottish; millionaire s predilection for endowing libraries is due merely to caprice, but this is by DO means the case. As a matter of fact. the idea originated with him when he was very young man, and
 long before he had money enough to buy books for himself. When he was a youth in Pittsburg, he heard that a certain colonel kept a.. kind of open house for working boys on Saturday afternoons, and one of the ways in which he entertained them was by lending them books. from his own bookshelves. One ", young Carne- gie. thirsting for knowledge, present. ed himself at the co ioneI's house and asked to borrow some volumes: but the question was raised as to his right to come in with the othe er boys, for at that time he was a telegraph operator, post considered to be above those of ordinary working lads. It is char acteristic of the future millionaire that be did not waste any time in be- wailing his fate, but be- immediately wrote letter to local newspaper in which he argued that any young man, who worked either with his head or with his hands, was entitled to call himself worki az boy. This argument prevailed. and shortly after
 wards Andrew Carnegie was given permission to borrow fl om the colo nel's library. Seeing how much good was being done among the.i other boys by the books which they req d. young Carnegie vowed that, ii ever he should becon we'll enough off he wnnld provide free llbraries for the p o.'le w bo. worked. How be kept S " 1rd al the V world is aware.