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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
Publishers Hit Hard.

concord Tribune.
Commenting Oh the prospects of
another rise III white newspaper the
Salisbury Sun rays:
cit il the irony of fate that the
press of the United States while pow
erful enough IT'D protect the weak and
unlror>e the mighty, move Presidents
to action, influence congress and leg
islatures and WELD an influence such
as no other instrumentality does, is
unable To protect itself from one OF
the greediest of tariff-protectea mo-
nopolies. 1t has been recently an
nounced that another advance OF
So IL ton on IL 'ws print pap-r has
been made and an Observation-Disclosures
is contemplated for next year aver
aging $40 II ton The entire cost OF
labor fo. the production of IL ton OF
paper has been shown tn amount to
less than all average OF S2.4O.~~This
increased cost OF material and manu-
facture including expense OF admin
istration OF s lies, il about 81 cents u
ton, according to the published re-
port OF Il large mHnufart nrer OF news
print paper. uOfefiHiehb IssoitiS
show that mills of the United States
| and Canada are mnking paper at II
cost of lees than $2S ton. Enor-
nous profits had been male ut a re-
cent selling price of $4Oatoi,. aunl the
| proposed advance TO between So: to
| $50 ton meiinS a great burden upon
| the printing industry OF the cOun-
try"
AMI paper is Il big item. 4 much
! larger item than is imagined by the
/ uninitiated. The fellow who buys
| paper to print and scatter today
| pays dearly for the privilege and is
compelled to either get more income
| from some source or face defeat. 1t
| is seriously up to the buyers of news
paper. Aud all on account OF a tariff
which enables combines to corner the
market and squeeze.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
The Vanishing Ante-Bellum Negro
AiIanfa Constitution.

tiIHnfa Constitution.
The following Darlington, 5. e.,
dispatch TO the Charleston News and
Courier conveys a vivid portrait OF
the ante-bellum type ofnegro, familiar
nowadays only by its pathetic and
exceptional rarity:
bad" Brown, the old negro "drum-
mer," veteran of three wars, and
faithful to his friends throughout the
yet more trying days which followed
the greatest of these conflicts, was
buried in Darlington W to-day. with
military honOrs, tn -. iyrtOn
Guards attending in fu,! Uniform,
aud taps being sounded and Ii salute
fred over his grave He had earned
Ibis tribute. Dad Browns skin
WAS dark, but his character was
spoil. - i'll it's Wilderness. He had
long been II familiar figure in OAR
ling on, especially at the annual re-
unions of the Confederate veterans.
1t was upon these occasions that old
''Ddd" was in his chiefest glory, and
nothing delighted him more than to
hold a.Oft his old drum sticks while
he told over and over again to his
friends, the veterans, how he cap
turel 'ein fun de Yankees at the
battle of Second Manassas. Dad
loved his white folks" the manner
of his burial Yesterday was eloquent
oil he esteem in which he was held by
them. TO such men as he was, race
prejudice" is, and always has been, Il
thing unknown
The last line OF the dispatch is per
maps, it's most significant.
70 such men as he was, race pre-
jrlirc' is, aud always has been, q
thing unknown.
However doctrinaries may contend
over the reason, the fact remains
that the ante-bellum negro, the pro-
duct of the old system, constituted
no problem ilr this section.
He respected himself, but he re-
spected the white people also. AS
long as he was able to work he was
sell-supporting and cheerful and un-
grnmblino in his tasks. He did not
violently agitate his mind over polit-
zeal issues.
Under il benign regime he had
| learned that the lessons OF life wert
thrift, industry, respect for consti'
tuted authority and faith in his
Maker.
He may not have been paragon o
ii academic education, though as {
| rule he had absorbed the fundamen
tails on the plantation. With him
character was superior to menta
achievements or superficial display
We speak of him in the past tense
with IL certain species of melancholy
for the reason that he is IL fast van
ishing type.
Hisexample, however, holds infinite
lessons for the younger generation
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
The Laws the Thing.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
The Lumberton RObesOnian comes
to us with the statement, some APP
propriate comment included, that
tie seven young ladies who compose
Lumberton's graded school faculty
have been notified by the superin-
tendent that henceforth they will be
expected TO refrain from receiving
company any time between Monday
morning and Friday afternoon. We
suppose this action is not far amiss
Ill way, but the more usual course
would have been to have the Legis-
lature pass law covering the mat
ter. Even town ordinance forbid
ding any male person who had called
upon graded school teachers during
auch and such days of the week to
repeat the Offense would have been
aA1mpovement. 1t is now widely
agreed that free agency is IA bad
thing and should be abolished. but
there are correct and incorrect
methods even in abolishing free agen-
CIV. The Lumberton teachers and
their callers have been treated very
badly and we hope that they will
not fear to make their lust com
plants heard.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
After Those Who do Not List and
Pay Their Taxes.
Statesville Landmark.

The county commissioners Of Gull
ford employ an expert every year to
catch up with the folks who try to
evade taxation by failing to list
property and polls. The report just
made for the present year shows
that over 1000 persons in Greens
boro alone failed to list property or
polls, the property alone amounting
to over $25 200. In the list of nom
listers OF polls or property are many
travelling men or drummers, who
live in Greensboro or have had their
headquarters and families there for
years, and have never paid cent OF
State, county Or city taxes. Another
set of non-poll taxlisters are men
who get very good salaries and
young men who have moved to town
within the past few years, but total
~ failed to show their sense of obi
CATION to the State, county or city
government by eva,iing this public
duty. A similar investigation in
Charlotte disclosed an approximate
total of $4,000 of property unlisted
for taxation. The as SCISSORS have
collected $4,000 in back taxes. In
some cases some of the prominent
and wealthy men of the town have
not listed certain property for tax
alton in three to five years. Que
citizen, it Is said, has $4,000 OF
solvent credits, bank stock, bonds,
etc, which he has not returned for
taxation in five years, and another
man holds d note against the city
for $5, 900 which he has not returned.
The worst feature of it is that these
people are brazen in their attempts
to rob the government and show no
conjunction of conscience about the
matter. They ought TO he exposed
by publishing their names and let
the world see who they are
Every county III which there is IL
town of any size would find it profit
able to make a similar investinai ion.
One made in Bunromt,e ~ few years
ago resulted i'm unearthiHg thous-
ands of dollars worth of property
that had escaped taxation. 1t is IA
singular fact, but il is true, that the
more property one has the more he
Is disposed, in many cases, to try to
escape taxation by one sort OF device
or another The man of small means
pays much more, in proportion to
what he has, for the support OF
the government than this Weather
brother.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
! Bad Beginning.
Norfolk virginian-Pilot.

Norfolk Virginan-Pilot.
The action of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee in designating
Denver us the place for the Conven-
ton is il geographical aud political
blunder, particularly the latter. How
ever. the centre Of population may
be moving westward. Colorado is
still we'll out on the periphary OF the
voting strength OF the country and
is still further away from the cur
rents OF thought aud events which
mould the destinies of parties.
But still more unfortunate was the
discussion which preceded the decis-
ion. The undisyuised commercial
ism, the he;lrkening after funds TO
handle, so cynically proclaimed by
,nen of the stamp OF Taggart, Stone
and Tom Johnson. betokelled u con-
tempt of public opinion which ought
net to be found in IL holy represent
iny the Democracy of the country.
The opposition was Outspoken.
Led by Williams, Tillman and Smith
of Georgia, the protest was cogently
| voiced and reflected credit on the
South But the professional poll
ticians prevailed. In fact, as ii rule,
| it is men OF that class who are chosen
| to the Committee from many of the
States, men who have built up ma
chimes at home by bossism and ma
nipulation and who stand for the
machine elements and methods and
not for the character and real intelli-
gence of deserved leadership. The
people of the country are justified in
not giving full confidence to an or
ganizatiOu which puts forward as its
| spokesnienand administrators such
persons as Tnggart and Stone, who
have no other claim to prominence
than pernicious activity on the shady
side of politics. We shall have small
hope OF Democratic success until
there is a decided change in this re-
spect, no matter who may be the
Presidential nominee nor what the
platform. A tree is known by it's
fruits and party by it's public rep
resentatives and a church by its
clergy.
The first step in the campaign has
been badly taken. 1t has shown
that the bottom rail is on the top in
the party councils.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02

Cooper Saws Internal Parasites Cause Much
Suffering Everywhere.

Contrary to general belief, the APP
petite is not greatly increased-it only
becomes irregular. There is general
feeling of faintness, however, and
gnawing sensation in the pit of the
stomach
"People afflicted with one of these
parasites are nervous and depressed.
Their chief sensation is one OF Ian
guor, and they tire very easily. Lack
of energy and ambition affect the body,
and the mind becomes dull and slug
gish. The memory becomes not SO
good, and the eyesight is generally
poorer.
1.-THE New Discovery, in freeing stom-
ach and bowels of all impurities, seems
| to be fatal to these great worms, and
almost Immediately expels them from
the system. I wish to assure anyone
who has the experience just related
with my preparation, that there is no
/ cause for alarm in the matter. and
that it will as rule mean speedy
restoration to good health.
The Cooper medicines are a boon
to stomach sufferers. We sell them.
Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
The Country Editor.

The Successful Printer, (New York
City,, IL magazine published iii the
interest OF printers, says this in be-
half of the country editor:
1t is not necessary these days to rebuke
sneers at the country editor, because
these days nobody does sneer at Che
country editor. The time has past.
Yet it is not because the country editor
has taken to office holding that he is an
influential figure in the nation. 1t is
rather in spite of that fact Therefore,
the exultatiOn OF a member of the rural
journalistic fraternity over the rise to
power of many of his contemporaries is
due to misrepresentation of cause and
effect. The country editor is a power
not because he is in office but because he
is an editor.
1t is trne that the country editor now
adays aspires to more important posts
than the local postmastership. 1t is
true that in Kansas, Minnesota and Ok
lahoma he has attained to the guberna-
torial chair, and that in other States he
holds hardly less important Offices. But
these honors are, after all. merely Incl
dents of his chief glory which arises out
of his journalistic vocation.
Anybody with strength enough to
draw a salary can be an Office holder,
but it takes q pretty good all-around
man to be country editor. Such a man
must combine business and literary
ability with more political sagacity
than falls to the lot of the average poll
tician. He must be a diplomat and a
good mixer. He must possess the judic-
ial temperament and, above all, he must
have a reputation for honesty that is
above suspicion. 1t is the possession ol
these qualities which makes the country
editor a power in his community far out
OF proportion to the influence which il
exercised by the metropolitan journalist
The country editor is close to his con
stituents. They know him, and if they
support and endorse him, he is second
to no man in the power he yields in his
neighborhood. If he fails in honesty OF
in fairness, he will not long remain q
country editor, because his influence
vanishes with his good reputation.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
Cape Lookout.
Wilmington Messenger.

Wilmington Messenger.
We hope Governor Glenn will he sue
cessful in his endeavOr to have the cruiser
North Carolina presented with her silver
service in the waters OF this State. III it
can be done at Cape LOokOut-and those
acquainted with the harbOr there say it
is perfectly feasible-thiS is the place for
the ceremony.
Wilmington. of course. would he the
proper place were it possible for the
cruiser to enter this harb0r: but as sht.
cannot because of her heavy draught,
then some other North Carolina harbor
should be chosen.
The press and people of the State
should give Gov. Glenn strong backing
in his endeavor to have this done. 1t is
not jealousy OF Norfolk or Charleston
which causes the Governor and other adj
vCca'es of the choice OF Cape Lookout
harbor for this ceremony, but IL very
natural and praise worthy desire on tie
part of patriotic Tar Heels that the
presentation should occur in North Caro-
lima waters.
We hope that the Governor will he
successful and that in his efforts he will
have the unstinted support of the people
of his State. In this matter he is d.ing
good thing for his State and he should
be made to feel that the people are with
him. Ii this fact is made manifest it ma Y
have much weight with the navy de
partment in settling the locality where
the GERMANY shall take place
Besides being a matter of pride with
North Carolinians that the presentation
shOuld take place in our own waters,
to have the ceremony to occur at Cape
Lookout would attract the attention OF
the country to the magnificent harbor OF
refuge in time Of storms for the vessels
making the perilous trip along the South
Atlantic coast For some time effort
has been MAIDS to have the Government
expend sufficient money to put that
harbor in proper condition so that YES
sells in passing up and down the coast
would have a safe anchorage during the
severe storms which are so frequent on
our coast. 1t is a natural port of refuge
and, with the expenditure of u com
paratively small sum could be made a
magnificent harbor for vessels seeking to
escape the dangers OF Hatteras. The
bringing to that point of the North
Carolina and other vessels which would
attend the ceremony would do much
good in the way of giving ocular dem
Onstration of the Importance of the
work needed to make that point OF
refuge for vessels in times of storms.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
A Good Greed.
This from an exchange:

This from an exchange:
Do not keep the alabaster boxes
of love and tenderness Saled up until
your friends are dead. Fill their lives
with sweetness. Speak approving,
cheering words while their ears can
hear them and while their hearts can
be thrilled and made happier by them;
the kind things you mean to say
when you are gone, say before they
90. The flowers you mean to send
for their collins, sen to brighten and
sweeten their homes before they leave
them. If my friends have alabastel
boxes laid away, full of fragrant per-
fumes of sympathy and affection
which they intend to break over nv
dead body, would rat her they would
bring them out in my weary and trou-
bled hours, and open them, that !
may be refreshed and cheered bythem
while | need them. would rather
have u plain coffin without flower,
a funeral without eulogy, than Il
life without sympathy. Let us learnt
annoint our friends beforehand foi
their burial Post mortem kindnes
does not cheer the troubled spiri'
Flowers on the coffin cast no fra-
GRANGE backward over LIES wear.s
way.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
The Atlantic Waterway.

Golfers Weekly.

Golfers Weekly.
The great scheme of IL lakes to the
gulf waterway, which is exciting SD
much enthusiasm in the West, hasits
counterpart in the East, where dele
gates from the Atlantic seaboard
states in convention at Philadelphia
have formed permanent organlza-
ton to work for coast ship chan
mel from Boston to ports in North
Carolina, with an extension TO Key
West. Nature has already done
most of the work on the great enter
prise. and what remains for man TO
do is simple, easy. and comparatively
cheap. Long Island sound, the Della
ware river, Chesapeake bay, Abe
marie and Pamlico sounds, furnish
sheltered places in peace and war.
All that is needed To make one con-
tinuous waterway from the colt on
fields OF the South to the mills of
New England is to cut four low necks
of land, or rather to cut one and en-
large existing cuts across the Other
three. The four instructions are
Cape Cod, New Jersey between the
Rartitan river and the Delaware, HE
little space between Delaware aud,
Chesapeake bays, and the stretch in
Virginin and North Carolina now
traversed by the Dismal Swamp
canal.
The total length OF cutting re-
uuired to complete d continuous
waterway eight or nine thousand
miles long is only &c miles, and the
cost with the Florida extension is es-
timated at only $35, 600, or
about a third of the cost of he Penn
sylvania terminal improv, inents i'll
New York City.
In the opinion of Mr.. Cha las Heber
Clark, one Of the. speahe ; at the
Philadelphia Convention, mot five
times since man stood on the earth
has an opportunity offered for Great
ing SO important an avenue for rom-
| merce"
And commerce is not the only nl-
tional interest that would be pro
NOTED by the Atlantic waterway.
It's whole cost would he paid 10y the
price of the battleships it would save
With IA perfectly sheltered base over
500 miles long, from which they could
emerge at points as far apart as
Block Island and Beaufort, N. c., ouI
warships would be absolutely i'm.
mune from blockade, no matter what
navy might try to seal them in
And no enemy would venture tc
blockade our ports, for he could not
observe more than one of them at 1,
time without exposing a divided
force to the sallies of united de
Tending flag.
The enormous advantages of the
thoroughfare were recognized in the
infancy OF the nation. Some OF it:
links We're planne !, and companies {
construct them were chartered. ii
the 18th century. The Government
took the matter up a hundred year.
ago. 1t stands now almost wher'
Gallatin left it, Three or four ca nal
needed have been dug in Il small wa,
and a private company is now diggin:
the fourth. across Cape Cod. But TIN
Philadelphia conference thinks tina
private interests should be entirel,
eliminated and the whole waterwa,
made purely Government ell terprise
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02

The following remarkable statement
was recently made by L. T. Cooper.
1t concerns the preparation which has
been SO widely discussed throughout
the country during the past year. and
has sold in such enormous quantities
in leading cities:
cit is now a well-known fact that
wherever I have introduced my New
Discovery medicine. hundreds of peo-
ple have brought internal parasites,
or tapeworms, to me. In many cases
these people did not know the nature
of the parasite, and were consequently
extremely nervous until I explained
the matter to them. In some cities 50
many have had this experience that
the public generally became alarmed
81 take this opportunity OF explain
ing what these creatures are. and VIVA,
/ have learned about them in the past
"Tapeworms IRE much more com
mon than would be supposed. / ven
ture to say that ten per cent. OF al
chronic stomach trouble, or what i
known as q rundown condition, i
caused by them. An individual ma!
suffer for years with one of these grea
parasites and not be aware OF it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
The Independent Farmer.
Atlanta Constitution

Atlanta iOHsIitHtiOB
If there is one vital fact the present
financial and commercial situation
has emphasized, it is the enyiable
position of the independent farmer.
No more forceful nor inspiring OBJ
ject lesson is available for impres>iIg
the truth so often reiterated by HE
Constitution The man who Is Sc
rene aud unmOved in the ia :e uf price
fluctuations and market Impressions
is the man who lives ut home The
farmer who raises Iis own hog and
hOminy; the farmer with rorn III his
crib and hay in luis hdni loft: he
farmer who is free from debt and
with home supplies to fall back upon,
can snap his finger att spectators
and look with indeif renee even upon
financial whirlwinds.
On the other hand, the farmer who
has placed himself ut the mercy OF
his creditors by Indifference or care
lessness in raising supplies for man
and beast is just now i'll il rather
awkward predcament. He has com
plicated the situation. He has, by
adding the burden of his distressed
cotton, probably pledged III advance.
made more difficult the program of
The Southern cotton growers.
The Farmers Union is not urging
such members to hol ! their colt on
when practically the entire proceeds
are due on debts. IL i III ging those
who can do SO to hold. The banks
OF the South, where POSSIBLE, are
asked to assist i'll this program.
The latest official bulletin OF the
South Carolina branch of the Farm
er's Union makes this explanation:
I'VE desire TO make it plain to all
concerned that when we urge farm-
ers TO hold their cotton OF the mar
ket. we are talking to that class oil
cotton growers who are in IL position
to do so. At the outset We urged
every farmer to arrange his debts
first ,sas best he, could, by storing
his cotton or otherwise and keep al
weak cotton off the market"
The farmer who is forced to sell Ill
10 cents, when by holding he might
secure ! > scents a pound for his cotton
is paying heavy price for his want
OF preparedness.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
The Growth Of Greed.
Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus',
Magazine for December

Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus's
Magazine for December
Greed grows with groveling, and
some men have a positive genius for
ie. Witness the millions that the;
are piling up to no good end, and for
no great purpose. These millions
speak well for their greed-if any
thing can speak we'll of greed; and
this is the only tribute that will
ever be paid-to them-that they
succeeded well in what they started
out to do. As witnesses to their sue
cess they can call the ghosts ofruined
men, hungry women. and starving
children, and there will be no one to
dispute their testimony. Such is
materialism in it's commonest form
and in it's coarsest aspect.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-01-02
imagination.
Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus's Mag.
azine for December.

Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remuss Mag
azine for December
There is nothing truer. or more
wholesome, or far-reachin@, or more
educatiVe, than creations of IL sane
and healthy imagination. The leg
end OF Santa Claus is true for the
reason that it connects the children 5
mind with the mysteries of religion.
and Is long step in the direction OF
IL real belief. The Farmer is not only
IA firm believer in Santa Claus, who is
a part OF a great festival, but he be-
ileyes also in Fairies, land the basis of
that belief is very simple. How
could IL healthy Imagination invent
anything that has no trace of
truth in it? How can the ideals OF
youth and OF old age lend themselves
SO cunningly to scheme that is
false? Let any rightminded person
think the matter over, and it will be
readily perceived that the Farmer has
something more than possibilities on
his side.