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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28
VICTOR NEWS.

vsSsSU NeV0s
The Williams Jubilee Singers were
greeted by large crowd a. the Vie
tor opera house "Wednesday evening.
The concert was the best entertain
mert OF the kind ever given in the
district. The male cuartette sang a
few songs at the Victor high school
IN the afternoon.
Mrs. R. c. Wagner has been indis-
posed for the last week, but is able
to be up and around her home at this
writing.
Rev. J. H. Brown was visiting in
Victor last week.
Mrs. Robinson of Kansas City, Mo-,
arrived In Victor last week and will
remain permanently.
Rev. Yochum was up from Las
Vegas, where he was called 20 this
city by the illness Of his daughter
Miss Leona Yochum He returned
Saturday to Las Vegas. and was ac-
companied by Miss Yochum.
Mrs. Washington Pennington was
up from Colorado Springs visiting her
husband last week. She returned
home Thursday.
Ceylon Cotwell left Saturday with
the Victor high school football team
for Florence. where they played the
high school team fthat city.
Mr.. Wash Pennington was down
from Bull Hill last week and Was the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Wagner.
Mrs. Harry Deane was visiting In
Victor last week.
Mrs. Geo. Cotwell who has been
suffering from an attack OF la grippe,
has greatly improved at this writing.
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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28

Mrs. Harry Deane was visiting In
Victor last week.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-11-28

Mrs. Robinson of Kansas City, Mo
arrived in Victor last week and will
remain permanently.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24

lAoSt AhoSStl uItA-
BILE. They may be bent, crushed,
packed into small compass, and when
they are wanted again it is only neces-
sary to straighten the branches out
into the original shape.
When the inventor was a girl, fifty
five or sixty years ago, in Munich, she
went to one Of those schools where
German girls are taught to do, as her
daughter says, "everything nit the
hands" It was having to make
wreaths out of beads that suggested
to her the notion of making bead
Christmas trees. She set to work and
fashioned innumerable tiny loops of
green beads, each at the end of a long.
slender wire. She bound the loops to-
gether in threes. making trefoils, and
the trefoils into branches and the
branches into a tapering trunk, the
trunk being formed of nothing at oil
but the individual wires massed to-
gether. Then she trimmed the tree
with candles and those tiny waxen fig
ures which the Germans are adopts at
making and fixed it in a pot Of sand
and melted wax. Her parents were
quite proud of it Her father, who
was director of the Hofgarten in Mu-
Mich, showed it to his royal master,
and King Ludwig Immediately ordered
one for the Christmas festivities at
court.
After coming to this country she sent
one to President Roosevelt and was
srieyed and surprised to find that he
could not accept il.
Il expect he thinks he gets some dy-
namte," said the daughter.-New York
Tribune
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
a PRAYER to the Christ Child.

Behold. We season is again at hand:
once more ye SHOWS of winter lie upon
all We earth, and all Chrystantie is ar
rayed to the holy feast.
Presently shall ye star burn with ex-
ceeding brightness in We east. ye sky
shall be full of Swete music. ye angels
shall descend to earth with singing.
and We bells-ye joyous Chrystmass
bells-shall tell us of ye babe that was
born in Bethlehem.
Come to us now, o gentle Chryst-
childe and wake among US peoples Of
We earth: enwheel Us round about with
Thy protecting care: forfend all envi-
Gus thoughts and evil deeds; teche
Thou our hearts with the glory of Thy
love, and quicken US to practices of
peace, good will, and charity meet for
Thy approval and Observation-Disclosures
Field
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Monday, January 4th, 1909,

sell at public auction. at the Court House
door in Henderson, Vance equity, State Of
North Carolina, upon the terms one-third
cash, balance in equal installments, payable
one and two years from date of sale, secured
by trust deed upon the timber, the following
described timber situated in Vance county
State OF North Carolina, to-wit:
All OF the trees 10 inches and upward in
diameter across the stump at the time of
cutting. standing and growing upon two
certain tracts OF land in Townesville, Town
ship OF Vance comfy, North Carolina.
described as follows:
First. "A tract of 177G acres in Vance
county, North Carolina, known as the d. -
Marrow home place. which was On the first
day oil January, 1900 conveyed by deed from
ID. b. Marrow to his five children which
said deed has been duly recorded in the Office
OF the Register of Deeds Of Vance county in
Book 13, at Page 102, to which deed refer
ence ~ made for lore complete description
of said tract of land.
Also a certain tract Of land in Van,r
county, North Carolina. containing forty
three and one-half acres, purchased by g. W.
Marrow and j. Il. NJ arrow from Mrs. George
B. Finch by her deed dated April % 1900.
and duly recorded in the Office of the Register
OF Deeds OF Vance county, to which deed
reference is hereby made for "a more accurat.
description of the same.
The said above timber will be sold subject
TO the confirmation OF the sale by the Gourt
and subject also TO all the reservations
rights, covenants and conditions contained
in deed executed by &. ". Marrow saa
wife and j i. Marrow to Mrs W G. Moss
and B. +. CogbiII. on the 29th day of May
1906. which deed il registered in Yance
county, y. e., in Book 80. Page 372 10
whi ich reference il made
This the both day of November, 1888.
!. II. & CABELL
JOHN 4. LAMB.
nj
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
A Christmas Warninn.

"In giving Christmas presents to
children said Mrs Frederick Schof.
the president of the National Mothers
Congress, our first aim should be to
transport to overjoy. to enrapture.
Il once Knew little girl who, on fire
with excitement, rushed in from her
bedroom 70 see her presents on Christ
mas morning and after one look burst
into loud sobs of disappointment and
disgust
ut was some such experience, / have
no doubt that had befallen a little girl
friend of mine
"'Are you going to give me anything
for Christmas| she said one day to her
aunt.
Yes. if you're good the aunt re-
piled.
"The little girl gaZed at her aunt with
wistful earnestness. Then she said:
PLEASE. auntie. then. nothing use
full .'"-Cincinnati Enquirer
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Hunting Christmas Ghosts.

Ghost hunting bids fair to become
the ruling passion of Washington So
ciety. The fortunate owners of a
peaked house, rOped with ivy and
densely surrounded by trees, are issu-
ing cards for Christmas specter hunt.
The Christmas ghost hunt is imported
from England. where the houses are
ancient enough to harbor SpecterS who
were there before William the Con-
queror. The comparative newness Of
this country leads some to predict that
the fad over here will fail. There are
exceptions, however, for even in Wash
ingtOn there is one of the treasure
guarding ghosts-an out and ont bucca-
neer Of the Spanish main variety, with
cooked hat, gold lace, ruftles, high yell
low boots, red jacket and an odor of
antiquity. Those acquainted with him
say that he clinks his chains Of stolen
oubloons.-Washingto Star.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
LONG WALK FOR SANTA.
Tree Burned, Father Goes Eight Miles
Eor Ne~ Tovc

Tree Burned, Father Goes Eight Miles
For New Toys.
Gifts intended for his eight children
being destroyed when his lighting of
the Christmas tree, just before mid
night caused fire which damaged
his home in Cleveland, Alfred Ham
mermeister trudged eight miles through
snow before he could rouse q store
keeper ard gather another supply Of
presents so that the children'S faith in
Santa Claus might not be lost.
The children We're asleep when MI.
and Mrs Hammermeister completed
decorating the tree. The father de-
cided to light the candles as test.
They burned; so did the cotton snow
balls. The blaze awakened the chill
dren. SANITY here?" they piped. rs
it mornin'?' The parents gathered
them in their arms and rushed to the
street. Firemen brought out a lot of
fire ruined presents from the house.
SANITY been and gone and our things
is burned up!' the children cried.
HammermeiSter began his weary
search for an open store. He en-
ployed the infrequent street cars for
long stretches, but trudged mile after
mile in fruitless search. Finally he
routed u storekeeper from his bed and,
burdening himself with a new supply,
trudged home to turn sorrow into joy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Cures WOman'S Weaknesses.

We refer to that boon to weak, nervous,
suffering women known as DR.. Plerces
Favoritc Prescription.
DR.. John Fyfe one Of the Editorial Staff
Of THE ECLECTIC MEDICAL REVIEW says
Of Unicorn root fHciOHjus DiDicd1 which
is one Of the chief ingredients Of the HFa-
vorite Prescription
~ remedy which invariably acts as utter
Inc invigoratOr makes for normal ac-
tivity Of the entire reproductive system"
He continues in HelOnias we have nedica-
mcnt which more fully answers the above
purposes than any other drug ruth tcfitch am
acquainted. In the treatment or diseases pc
cular TO women it j. seldom that IS
seen which does not present some indication
for this remedial agent" DR. Fyfe further
says: The following are among the leading
indications Tor HelOnias Unicorn root. Pain
or aching in the back. with 5leuco1rhpa:
atomic tweaD condition. OF the reproductive
ritab!lity. ! a4sociated witH chronic disease Of
the reprodu{ct Organs OF women: constant
nays hsaf 4 o6s Tsgan of is wea
ened condition oftthe reproductive system:
esnTfi1nd93 r or s6sent monthly
abnoF13M condition OF the digestive organs
and 6RRnic (thIn blood habit: dragging
kenstaons in the extreme lower part Of tho
II more or less Of the above SYMPTOMS
aft 6pESent, no InvaIII MQnaU ear IN
beftcr fhan Jake DT. PierceIs EaY0ritc
PLcSCfIptlOn, one Dt the leading lngredl-
entS Ol WHICH is Unicorn root or HelOnias,
and the medical properties Of which it
most faithfully represents.
OF Golden Seal root, another prominent
ingredient of "Favorite Prescription"
Prof Finley Ellingw0od, NJ. d.. OF Ben
nett Medical College, Chicago, says:
ut Is an important remedy in disorders OF
the womb In all catarrhal conditions
and general enfeeblement. it is useful"
Prof. John NJ. Scudder, NJ. d.. late Of
Cincinnati, says OF Golden Seal root:
"In relation to It's general effects on the
system. there is medicine In dbDut uIlich
there is such general lindIimttU OF opinion. 1t
Is lHiUeTSHUU regarded As the tonic useful in
all drbiiitatpd statcS7
Prof. K. Bartholow. NJ. H.. of jefferson
Medical College, says OF Golden Seal
vValuablc in uterine hcmoFrhage. menCr-
rhagia tiOOding) and cOngr>tiyo dysmenor-
ThU.a tDainfUl mcn-truatiorl."
Dr. PicrCc'S favorlte Prcscri ptiOn fa tn
fully represents ali the above named in
grcdirntS and cures the diseases for which
H. ulnuHnH
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Christmas
Quatrains
By GEORGE CREEL

A GAIN the star dawns in the east
"a ern sky;
Again we hear the shepherds
startled cry
As waking from his midnight sleep
he sees
The camels Of the wise men sweeping
by.
The years have worked their measure
Of decay.
Where are the inn and stabIe7 Who
can say
"This is the spot" or "There the very
Where Lord Christ came into the light
of day."
No more chants Caiphas his venseful
And scattered to the winds are all the
That clamored for Barabbas, only
held
In memory by reason of their wrong.
The weak souled plate long has passed
away;
Great Caesar, too, is now at one with
clay,
Their mighty Rome forgotten save
as theme
TO keep the grumbIng schoolboy from
his play.
But still the scent of frankincense and
myrhh
Steals down the centuries, and as it
were
But yesterday, so sweet and new it
seems,
Did Virgin Mary bear the Harbinger.
Let fools with much pretense of wis
dom scout
The truth and wae their heads in owl
ish doubt
Of Great Jehovah's all embracing
scheme
Because there is door they stand
without
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
POrtORic0'S
Christmas
Few Stockings - No Chimneys

Christmas for the Americans In For
to Rico is pretty much the Same. SO
far as the Ola eryance OF the "ay is
concerned, as Christmas at home or
anywhere else.
The chief difference is in those char
acteristics Of the season that are due
to or are Influenced by the weather.
which more nearly resembles that or
the Fourth OF July than winter holi-
day.
There is the same spirit OF good
feeling. the same CHEEKY greeting. the
same happy experience for the little
people in the shape Of gifts from San
Ia Claus and that same :'nr" or less
sincere determination Oh .r part OF
their elders to forgive their enemies
which sometimes they do
Among the natives Christmas day Is
a church holiday only. and it is very
generally observed by them as such.
but it is not the occasion OF family re-
unions nor the day OF gifts. as with
us.
The Porto Rican family gatherings
occur and their Santa Claus makes bis
appearance on the 9th Of January
"El dia de los Reyes" or the day Of
the kings" commemorating the bring
ing of gifts to the infant Christ-but
Kriss Kringle manifestly does not come
down the chimney for the very good
reason that there are no chimneys to
Porto Rican houses. and for equally
obvious reasons he does not bring his
reindeer nor his sleigh.
Instead of hanging up their stock
ings the native children prepare box
filled with grass to represent u manger
and place it outside their doors on the
night of the 9th Of January, just as
the little Dutch children in Holland
put out their wooden shoes.
Christmas will always be a church
holiday to the natives, and Ell dia de
los Reyes will also probably always
be observed by them. But the Porto
Rican is quick to pick up American
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Publication of Summons.

THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO
l. Theodore Wiggins, Cartheriue Williams
and husband Williams and each
and every the other children heirs at law
issue and descendants OF james Virgins.
deceased and TO Andrew Goddin, James
Perry, John Perry. Perry and TO
each and every the other children issue and
descendants Of Sarah Wiggins who married
first Rev. Goddin and later Perry
aud to each and all the heirs at law of
Helen S. Cottrell, late OF Henderson,
Vance county, North Carolina:
Take notice that a proceeding has been begun
in the Superior Court of Vance county. North
Carolina, by Elizabeth Kyle Wiggins and
other heirs at law of the late Helen s. Cot
trell, nee Virgins, against you alleging th;ts
they and you are entitled tenants in com
mon to a tract of about u acres Of land
situate just outside OF Henderson, n. G.,
on its Northern border and asking that the
same be sold for partition between them and
you, and you are further notified that unless
you appear and plead or demur to said
petition OF the Superior Court of Vance
county, \. C., on or before Jan. Is, 1909, the
petitioners will then demand Judgment
according to the prayer OF the petition for
sale OF said land for partition OF the proceeds.
This 18th December. 1908.
HENRY PERRY,
Clerk OF Superior Court OF Vance County n c.
T. T. HICKS,
Attorney for petitioners
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
MONSTER CHRISTMAS CAKE.
1t Was Seven Feet High and the Lar
qest Ever Made.

Reproduced below is a picture Of
mammoth Christmas cake, said to be
the largest one ever made. 1t was seen
last Christmas in a shop in Leyton-
stone, England. Some idea of it's size
may be gauged when it is stated that
it stood seven feet high and weighed
no less than 1860 pounds.
Those who may desire to turn out
a rival cake may be interested to learn
that the following ingredients were
used in it's manufacture: One hundred
and fifty-two pounds of butter, 152
pounds of sugar go pounds of -four,
11O pounds of raisins, 40 pounds of
sultanas, 40 pounds of currants, 5000
eggs, 30 pounds of citron peel, 50
pounds Of lemon peel. 80 pounds of Or
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Fortune For Toys For the Poor.

The poor children of Pittsburg and
Allegheny are 70 benefit through the
expenditure OF an estate valued at
$1,000, left by the late George B.
Mutt The will provides that the es-
tate shall go TO the wife during her
lifetime and then is to be divided
children all die before their mother, at
her death the estate is 10 be spent for
the purchase of gifts and playthings
for poor children. especially those in
institutions. 1t was the wish Of the
decedent that the money be expended
in small sums. to distribute it over as
large an area as possible and benefit
rs many children as possible.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Brother Dickey on Christmas.

Dey say hit is better ter give dan ter
receive, but wants ter put my friends
on notice dat ! been 'p'inted ter be
receiver 'tweil after ChriS'mus
De ChTis'mu turkey roos' mighty
high. but by de bessin er Providence
some er US got mighty long reach.
He dat give ter de po' lends ter de
Lawd, but in dat case some folks think
dey'll halter wait too long ter q. dey
money back.
Hit don't take much ter make Ce
wOrl' happy, but mos folks tin Il
mighty hard ter spare even da: much.
Atlanta Constitution.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
Saturday, January 9th. 1909.

the following lands: LIST tract-Lot No.
drawn by Bette o. Hight in the division OF
her fathers land and bounded as follows:
Regln at II stake corner of Lot No Is III
Lewis ClaytOn's line: thence along said Clay
tons and { Edwards line n "a Z. 1885
chains To center of Linbank Public Road.
said Edwards corner ii feet beyond Il stone
ON :. side of said Road; thence along said
Road y. 70l4 r. go chains :. 81 +. 296
chains to corner of Lot No. | at end of
Roadway and u feet from stake on :. side
ui salG Road; thence along said Roadway :.
= " l5-21 chains to corner of Lot No 6:
thence along line of No Is W. 9 40 chains to
heglnnIng-COntaining 1874 acres
2ud tract: Lot No +. drawn by William T.
PardUc in said division and bounded as fol
lows Begin at n stone in ". W. Ellis. line
corner of lot No ,. run thence along said
Ellis : 1928 chains to said Ellis Spring
Waiter Edwards corner - feet beyond
stake and stone on n side of said
branch: thence down said branch as il
mNduderS :. S612 W. 300 chains y. 81
W l-25 chains y. 551a ". go chains \.
OLE chains n so ". % chains \ IS W.
ITO chains to corner in branch feet 50 of
stake al end OF Roadway; thence along said
Roadway y. = +. 1910 chains to corner of
Lot No. 3: thence along line of Lot No 3 F.
ll-1o chains to MISUNDERSTANDING 15
acres. See plot of Geo HoughtaIing survey
and report OF Commissioners filed March
ZISt. 1905. in office Clerk Superior Court OF
Vance County of the division and allotment
of said lands and the petition, etc. filed in
snd Partition Proceedings.
This Dee Sth. 1908.
Il b. POWELL.
Trustee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
A Christmas Sentiment,

However sincere we may be in our
efforts to spread Christmas cheer, our
charity is none the less 4 testimony
to our sense of the fact that peace and
good will have not come upon the
earth. Poverty and wretchedness are
not to be offset by yearly gifts of bas-
kets of food and outgrown clothes.
We ought to make the spasmodic
Iindliness of Christmas one of the
constant forces of our industrial world.
Equality and fraternity are born not
Of charity, but of justice.
Instead of commercialzing Christ
mas we ought to ChristmasiZe COM
mercialism.-New York Mail.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
a Christmas knne

We do not pretend to be prophets
but we can all dare to hope. And this
is what we hope: That some day the
strong will help and not exploit the
weak; that some day fraternity will
be more than a rhetorical flourish; that
some day love will beget Justice rath-
er than charity And Christmas is
the one day in the year that such a
venturesomc hope seems more than a
will-o'-the- e-wisp-World Today.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24

ideas. and the observance of Christ
mas day is yearly taking on more of
an American character.
One evidence Of this Is the growing
custom, SO common in the southern
states especially, Of evidencing ones
appreciation Of the occasion by the
free use Of tin horns and other agen-
cies for the production Of noises
The first intimation one usually re-
ceives that the day has arrived is the
result of an enthusiastic and determin-
ed attempt about 3 a. IN. on the part
Of a native youngster to blow his
lungs out through the small end Of q
tin horn. and his enthusia SIN is in di-
rect proportion to the size Of his horn.
But as the old adage has it. "the bet
ter the day the better the deed" and
the tin horn is only another expression
Of the time honored sentiment Merry
Christmas to you all."-Army and
Navy Life
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24
A Christmas Hymn.

No tramp o. marching armies,
No banners flaming far;
A lamp within a stable
And in the sky a star.
Their hymns of peace and gladness
To earth the angels brought.
Their Gloria In Excelsis''
To earth the angels taught
When in the lowly manger
The holy mother maid
In tender alteration
Her babe of heaven laid
Born lowly in the darkness
And none SO poor as he,
The little children of the poor
His very own shall be.
No rush Of hostile armies then,
But just the budding sheep,
The angels singing Of the Christ
And all the world asleep.
No fame OF conquering banners.
No legion sent afar:
A lamp within a stable.
And in the sky a star.
Margaret Z. Sangster in Golfers Week
ly.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-12-24

No hint of Pontius Pilates last decree,
The lonely horror Of Gethsemane;
No prescience of thorny diadem
Or shadow from the hill cf Calvary.
Humility divine! A maneer birth
light
The Babe upon a truss OF straw-the
mild
Eyed kline awaked to wonder at the
Alas, still fingers issue of that kline,
The thick of wit, who can detect no
sign
Of God in Christ's dear birth nor un-
Gerstand
THO marvel of the holy bread and wine.
And sons of doubling Thomas still
abide
With US on earth and still the truth
derde
Because they cannot grasp his nail
torn hands
pierced side.
o shame Of shames! The wise men
saw on high
Gods guiding star eIeam in the east
ern sky
And straightway journeyed forth
across the world,
With ne'er question of where or why.
Thy place within the heavens ever
hold,
0 blessed star, and like those men of
old,
May we have faith and hope to fol-
low on
And at our journeys end the Christ
behold!
kansas City Independent,