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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
1t Makes EN- Squirm.
News mad Observer.

news nau observer
The ''hit dog hollers." The Radical
politicians are sqirmimg because
this paper reprinted a chapter of pO-
litical history from 1898. ThOus-
ands of young men have come OF
age since that Reign of Terror. Ii
the Republicans had repudiated the
gang that disgcared the State then.
it would not be necessary to recall
the disgaceful scenes of those days.
But since the Republicans of 1908
have Spencer Adams, who as Judge
disgraced the ermine then, as head OF
the party, and nominated many OF
the gang that made women afraid to
walk the streets unprOtected-Slnce
the men responsible for these evils
are now put forth to again control
the State, the Republicans are de-
manding that the verdict of 1898 be
reversed and Adams and Jim Young
X Co., he restored to power. They
know they cannot win if the people
remember the Russell-Adams-Jim
Young administration. Therefore
they get mad at every reference to
their high crimes and misdemeanors
Let 'em squirm. The voters will
be told of their corrupt rule and
warned against trusting that gang
again.
The Radical party today is bossed
by the same gang of corruptionists
and incompetents and enemies of de-
cency who bossed it in 1S95-'99. SIT
is the same old coon with one more
ring around its tail"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
Thieves in Business.
Smithfield Herald

Smltnneid Herald
1t would he very much better if all
men We're honest How good it would
be if every man would accept the idea
that honesty is the best policy" and
carry il ont by its own example. But all
men are not honest and it is useless to
expect such a condition of things in this
wicked world Some men will take ad-
vantage OF others whenever an oppor-
tunity comes to them.
If men will steal in spite of all that can
he said and done they should go at steal
ing as vocation and take the:chances
of being caught and punished. Then the
people would find it out and be looking
for them. But this is not the way most
men steal Thieves go into every trade
and profession. These callings are often
used as clOaks for their rascality. Some
of them are doctors, some dentists, and
Others druggists. Some are lawyers who
take what men have to get them out OF
a little trouble. some stock Dealers some
horse traders, some mill men and some
are politicians who sell out the people
after they are elected Some are mer-
chants who take advantage of custom
ers or wholesale houses. Some ans labor
ers who kill time when they should be at
work some are employers who beat the
employees out OF their wages. Some are
landlords who take advantage OF their
tenants while Others are tenants who
steal from landowners. Not few are
farmers who steal in dealing with people
Of other trades. Sometimes thieves are
among editors and teachers.
Thieves in business are in the minority
among the people in the different lines of
1fxy
people with enough intelligence to do
business, want to do about what they
consider right, hough thieves in bust
ness act in such a way as 30 throw
suspicion on Others, no matter how
hard they try to do right. 1t should be
understood that some profit should be
made by people in every kind Of business
if we are to have thrift, but no man
should take advantage of his fellowman
just because he can do it.
Thieves in business dealings treat
some people right because they know no
other course will do. They treat others
right sometimes to get a chance TO steal
later.
What shall we do with the thief in
business? The correct answer is very
easy. Let him alone. Don't go to him
to try to get even with him or beat him
in making a trade but let him entirely
alone. We should enquire carefully as to
the menwe expect to deal with and ifany
OF them are reputed ongood authority to
be tricky or dishonest we should avoid
any and all dealings with them. Such a
course would do great good as it would
have a tendency to purify the business
world and would give patronage to men
who deserve it. There are plenty of hon
est men in every town and community
with whom you can deal. We do not
advise any one to be suspicious but we
hope that all thieves in business will be
found out
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
Airship Demonstrations.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilo lot

America again takes the lead in
aviation. At Fort Myer, on Thurs
day. Orville Wright, with an aero
plane designed by his brother and
himself, broke the worlds record Tor
both time and distance, remaining
in the air more than an hour and at
taininga speed of nearly forty miles
an hour. The best foreign record is
held by Leon Delegrange, presi-
dent of the Aviation Club OF
France, who a short time ago sue
ceeded in keeping his machine in the
air nearly thirty minutes and attain
ing Il speed OF approximately thirty
miles an hour The Fort Meyer rec
ord is all the more remarkable Ill
that it was made in the face OF a ten
mile-an-hour wind. 1t now seems
practically certain that the Wright
brothers will land the twenty-five
thousand dollars offered by the Gov
eminent by II tive-mile straight
course run at the rate OF forty miles
an hour. Signal Corps officers OF the
War Department., who are watching
the Fort Meyer demonstrations, are
confident that these American avia-
tors will do even more than that
that they will attain a speed OF at
least forty-two miles an hour in the
official tests and thus secure Gov
eminent bonus of twenty per cent.
While it cannot be said that the
problem of air-navigation has been
solved, it is not too much tosay that
the solution is almost in sight. 1t is
a safe prediction that America will
maintain it's leadership IN the con-
test for the solution
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
Death of General Stewart.

! Atlanta Journal.
/ With the death of General y. p.
| Stewart another of the great com
manders of the civil war passes
over the river to rest under the shade
OF the trees. His death, in the eighty
seventh year of his age, leaves but
one more living lieutenant general
of the Confederacy, since General
Stephen ID. Lee, only Il few lbs
| ago, Joined the ranks OF the great
majority. Simon Bolivar Buckner
alone remains of the Confederate
commanders with the rank of lieutei-
ant general.
| General Stewart was one of the
sons of the South who illustrated his
country's history highly and honor
ably in peace and in war. He was a
graduate of West Point, along with
IA number of other distinguished lead
ers on both sides of the civil conflict.
and his service throughout the war,
during which he was engaged in
many of the bloodiest and most de-
cisive engagements made his name Il
| synonym OF courage and military
skill. The valOr and achievements
of Stewards division alone would
have contributed much towards max
ing the civil war one of the most
| brilliant in the military annals of
| the world.
After his graduation from the
military academy at West Point and
serving awhile with the artillery, he
was recalled to his alma mater to
occupy the chair of mathematics,
one OF the most important in the cur
riculum of the school.
So, too, in after years. when the
war was over and he applied himself
to the cOnquests of peace, it was as
an educator, occupying the chair OF
mathematics for the greater part OF
the time, that he took up the burdens
OF civil life. His record in peace was
not less notable than in war, for
aside from his high ability, he was a
type and paragon of that modest
and ASSUMING manner so character
istic of General Lee himself. On all
occasions he shrank from the lime
light, content to follow the quiet and
dignified career. which accOrds So
we'll with the conception of the real
hero
1t goes without saying that he will
be remembered and esteemed chiefly
for his brilliant leadership in the civil
war. The field of his activity has I,
peculiar interest for us, since it was
in the battles of Missionary Ridge,
Chickamauga and the fight around
Atlanta that he saw the best part OF
his military service.
The admiration of tacticians is
confirmed by the warm and spon.
taneOus affection of the sol lier, which
unite in prOnouncing him one of the
great military geniuses of the war
Hewas contemporary with so many
OF the distinguished men of the past
who have long since entered into rest
that his very name seems like an echo
from the early history of the coun.
try, and while W. deplore his death
full of years and honOrs, we may be
thankful that he was spared SO many
Years beyond the Psalmist's span, as
an eSemplar and inspiration for the
rising generation.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
The Dead Beat Reformers.

Pamphlet No. SO, OF the National
Child-Labor Committee says: The
labor of children enters into the re-
latiOns between employer and en-
ploye, and into the general question
of the condition Offabor With which
the Federal Bureau of Labor deals,
but this very fact is anomalous and
deplorable. There should be no
such thing as child labor, and while
it exists it should have the serious
attention of the government, not as
a normal condition to be investiga-
ted and regulated like adult labor
in mines and factories, but as an alb
normal and temporary condition to
be eliminated as speedily as posi-
Bile" We regret that the advocates
of reform should have taken this ex-
IRENE position. If one is to form
habits of industry and become
the master of any sort OF skilled
labor, he must be trained to this in
childhood. Instead of trying to
eliminate labor altogether, let their
hours Of labor be shortened and let
the conditions under which they
work be made as nearly ideal as
possible. 1t might puncture the
wind bag OF these reformers II they
were required to show that they
have any other means OF ahvellhood
than that of crying for reform.
While there are many reforms
needed. there has never been a time
; he ri
and discriminating Judgment i'll deal
ing with such matters. So many
absurdities are advocated by men and
women who have become victims OF
q sort of mania for reforming things,
and besides this it has come to pass
that the veriest dead beat can Jump
astride some hobby of reform and
get his living by fleeing the public.
Unfortunately, it is hard for the
public to discriminate. The sincere
advocate of q rational reform should
be encouraged and helped, the dead
beat should be dismOunted and put
on the roads. North Carolina Chris
tian Advocate.
Words fifty spoken, and they are
LIl1lcIN lTOtu UUlS SOuICc. lic CIouDlc
is that so many refOrmers OverdO
things and retard needed reforms.
There is abundant room for anti
child labor agitation in some fines,
for it is horrible to think of the
slavery to which some children are
subjected On the other hand there is
need of an agitation that will take
children large enough and old enough
to work off the streets of our towns
and cities and put them to work.
In our small towns and cities i'll
North Carolina, for instance, more
children are being hurt by idleness,
III roaming the streets, where they
form vicious habits. than are being
harmed by work. There is need for
discrimination in this matter. We
have lust as little patience with
those who think there should be no
restriction on child labor-usually
those who advance this idea want to
profit by such labor or are in SYM
pathy with those who dO-as we
have with the other extremists who
would prohibit the labor of all chill
dren under the age of IA. The latter
idea is sheer nonsense, and the for
mer leaves room for horrible abuses
which demand correctiOn.-Sta
vile Landmark.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
Georgia Cotton Crop Hard Hit.
Wilmington Star.

Wilmington Star.
That is sad news which comes
through the Atlanta Journal from
the cotton field of Georgia-that the
farmers of that State will lose $685.
OOO, 900 on cotton this year through
recent damage to the crop. The
Journal says:
Reports from every one Of the 146
counties of Georgia Indicate that the
cotton crop has been damaged to the
extent Of $4,000, 900 at least dur
ing the past three or four weeks. 1t
is stated that the total production
of Georgia will. at the lowest calcu-
lation. fall 100000 bales short of
the yield last year. In word pro-
1uction in Georgia this year will not
exceed one and half million bales
as against production last year of
two million one hundred thousand
bales Commissioner of Agriculture
Hudson believes that even this esti-
mate is too liberal. and he predicts
that the crop will come nearer to ap-
proximating one and quarter mil
lion bales.''
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
Adams Defeats Murphy for Judge
in Asheville istrict.
Lexington Dispatch.


The State has taken a great deal
of interest in the judicial contest in
the 10th district, composed of Bun
cOmbe. Madison and Transatlantic.
The Governor, when Judge Fred
Moore died. appointed j.. d. Murphy,
over several other applicants, one of
whom Was Joseph S. Adams. The
people have named Adams for the
nomination, he having split Bun
combe's vote with Murphy, getting
Il small majority, and having carried
Madison, SO that he has enough
votes for the nomination, no matter
what Pennsylvania does.
The interest in his contest with
Murphy after the Governors APP
pointment was stirred because folks
wanted to see what the people
would do after such appointment.
Murphy has only two months to
serve. 1t is recalled that Aycock APP
pointed four judges to fill vacancies,
and two were turned down by the
voters.
Adams has been Il candidate for
congress and is Il fine lawyer and an
able man.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
a Most Valuable Agent.

The glycerine employed in Dr. Pierce's
medicines greatly enhances the medicinal
properties which it extracts from native
medicinal roots and holds in solution
much better than alcohol would. 1t also
possesses medicinal properties of its own,
being valuable demulcent, nutritiye,
antiseptic and antiferment. It adds
greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry
bark, Bloodroot, Golden Seal root. Stone
root and Queens root, contained in
rGolden Medical Discovery in subduing
chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial,
throat and lung affections, for all of which
these agents are recommended by stand
ard medical authorities.
In all cases where there is wasting
away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak
stomach, as in the early stages of con-
SUMPTION. there can be no doubt that ely.
cerine facts as a valuable nutritive and
aids rhe Golden Sea- root. Stone root,
Quee6,S robt and Black Cherrybark in
promoting digestion and building up the
flesh anNsfrength. controlling the cough
and bringing about healthy condition
of the whole system. OF course. it must
not be EXPECTED to work miracles. 1t will
not cure consumption except in its earlier
stages. II will cure very severe. ohstt-
nate hang-On. CHRONIC COUGHS. brQnchial
and I5ryngeaI troubles. and CHRONIC sore
tn(Oat With h0arSeneSS. In acute coughs
1t is not so effective. TITS in the lingering
hang-on coughs, or those of long standing,
even when accompanied by bleeding from
lungs, that it has performed its most
marvellous cures.
Prof. Finley Ellingwood, NJ. D., of Ben
nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly-
ceripe:
"In dyspepsia it serves an excellent purpose
Holding a fixed quantity of the peroxide OF
hydrogep in solution. 1t is one of the best
manufactured products Of the present time in
its action upon enfeebled. disordered stom-
achs, especially If there is liberation or ca
tarrhal gastritis Catarrhal Inflammation OF
stomach. 1t Is a most efficient preparation
Glycerine will relieve many cases OF pyrosis
theartburn and excessive gastric tstomach)
acidity."
| "Golden Medical Discovery" enriches and
| purifes the blood curing blotches. pimples.
-eruptions. scrofulous swellings and old sores.
or ulcers.
| Send to DR.. r. Y. Pierce Of Buffalo, N Y.
| for free booklet telling all about the native
medicinal roots composing this wonderful
medicine. There IS no alcohol in it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
A Sample. Of Class Legislation.
Catawba County News.

Catawbd county News
We most heartily endorse what is
said in the following lines as to one
of the samples of class legislation
carried on by this government:
''In the year 1895 the Supreme
Court of the United States ruled
that income tax was class legis-
latiOn.' therefore unconstitutional.
Now we would like for someone toex-
plain to us why box rent for mail in
cities and towns of less t'Ian 1000
inhabitants is not class leg islation in
the extreme. In cities of over 1000
inhabitants all mail matter is deliver
ed at all places of business and resi-
dences therein. No time is lost in
going after mail, nor box rent topaz
when you get to the post office. Ii
you live five or ten miles out in the
country, or one mile us to that mat
ter, your mail is put in your own box
at your own door. but how is it with
the little old country tOwnsman?'
He must 90 to Il post office, far or
near, and pay for a box to put his
mail in, which is more of a con-
venience to the post master than to
the patron. because he does not have
to get up out of his big arm chair to
wait on you You simply wait on
yourself.
''If the old fashion way of putting
up mail in boxes was in use now.
Leitchfield would require at least one
more clerk to wait on the public.
Therefore we are saving the govern
ment that much expense, and paying
for the privilege besides with box
rent.
eIs not this class legislation? If
not. why not? Do the poor people
of the small towns intend that this
class legislation shall continue? Ii we
can't have our mail brought to us, as
is done for the other classes. why
not Jump i'll and help us fight the til x
levied for boxes? On April LIST an
additional increase was put on box
rent.
"What for? We don't know, unless
the government proposes that we
of the small towns must pay the
Sc, OOO,O 900 postal deficit"
An Indiana member. writing on
the same subject says: Il want to be
placed on the opposition side of
charging box rent in post offices. If
Uncle Sam can carry mail twenty
five miles free to Il rural subscriber.
he can either put same at my door
or furnish me box free The Post
Office Department has overlooked a
wide field CT eligible patrons. | pay
tribute to the government in box
rent, go three or four squares for my
mail, ask for same and wait until |
get it, and pay about $75 year for
stamps. which is the amount pur-
chased by ten rural homes. believe
the small town should demand an
equal privilege at the hands of the
Pest Office Department"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24

Where National Law Should Apply.
Atlanta Constitu ton.

Atlanta Constitution
Elsewhere we reproduce a strong
and thoughtful editorial from the
Cordele (Ga.) Rambler, in which that
paper unqualifiedly indores the Con-
stitution's suggestion Of a national
law against interracial marriage,
supplementing the arguments used
in these columns with clear and Wig
orous logic of its own. Rejecting
faithfully universal Southern senti-
ment on All issue regarding which
the South is qualified to speak with
finality, the viewpoint of our con-
temporary is we'll worth the serious
consideration of thinking Americans,
irrespective OF location.
The only man competent to deal
with this most intimate phase of the
race problem is he who possesses the
courage and the capacity to ignore
the clOudland logic of the doctrin-
aire.
The premise is the absolute social
separation of the races, and the rec
ognition by every element OF both
races than the chasm, speaking from
a universal standpoint, never can
and never will be bridged
In this section the primal instinct
for the safeguarding of racial integ-
rity has expressed itself formally in
drastic laws against miscegenation.
AS a result the Southern people
have made more substantial and
practical progress toward the solu--
ton OF the race problem than the in
habitants of any other portion OF
| the country.
With q single stroke, the Anglo
Saxon in the South has put the ban
of state upon the wild, demoralizing
and impossible dream that would
legalize amaglamation, thus leaving
| the people of both races free to con-
| centrate their attention on lesser
phases of the racial issue
Even were such laws not set in the
official enactments Of the varying
commonwealth, the pressing force
of Anglo-Saxon sentiment, more
powerful and impelfing than the
| merely written statute, would Ostra-
else the man or the woman who sought
to legally bridge the finterracial
chasm.
The clamoring instinct for social
separation is not sectional; it is ra-
cial. The first negro who fell before
the wrath of the Springfield mob had
committed no Immediately overt Of.
tense. His life was forfeited for the
sole reason that he had made a
| white woman his wife. The first
| thought that came to the revenging
mob was his violation of the unwrit-
ten code. And he paid the penalty
as would Others similarly situated,
but for the intervention of the
militia.
1t is not we'll for congress to for
ever set the nation upon record as
irrevocably opposed to legal amalga-
nation? That fact made plain beyond
| peradventure, the leaders and the
people of both races could turn
their endeavors to the purely indus
trial and economic aspects of the
question.
If it be objected that a few politi-
| clans, seeking to pander to the negro
element in certain states, would Op-
pose such enactment, the greater rea-
son why they should be forthwith
deprived of material wherewith to
| dangerously inflame a -duped people
and to aggravate a serious situa-
ton.
Miscegenationis already banned by
the unwritten law of the Anglo-Sax-
on in America. Why not give it the
force and sanction of national enact
ment?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
How to get Strong.

p. j. DAILY, of 1247 W. Congress St.
Chicago, tells OF u way to become strong.
He says: MY mother, who is old and was
very feeble, is deriving SO much benefit from
Electric Bitters, that l feel it's my duty
to tell those who need tonic and
strengthening medicine about it In my
mother s case a marked gain in flesh has re-
suited, insomnia has been overcome and she
is steadily growing stronger" Electric Bit
ters quickly remedy stomach, liver and kid.
ney complaints. Sold under guarantee at
Melville Dorsey's drug store soc.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-09-24
The State Ticket.
Charlotte Chronicle.

tnrOnlcie.
In an incidental manner yesterday,
the Chronicle asked an ordinarily
we'll informed person the name OF the
Democratic nominee for certain
State office. The party upon whom
this requisition for information was
made could not give it. Later in
the day, the Chronicle, itself. was
asked the name of IA particular nomi-
nee, and had to look it up. This
shows how hard it is to make infor-
nation of this kind stick in t he mind.
As a matter of reference, therefore,
the Chronicle presents the two tick
cts by sipe side:
DEMOCRATIC. REPUBLICAN.
For Governor-Wil- Governor-J. Ell
liam w. Kitchin. Wood Cox:
For Lieut.. Cover Lieut. Governor
nos-w. c. New Charles French
For Secretary of Secretary of State
State - ]. Bryan DIR. Cyrus Thomp-
Grimes son.
For State Auditor Auditor-Jo ohm Quin-
B. F. Dixon. cy Adams Wood.
For State Treasurer Treasurer-W. E.
B R. Lacy Griggs
For Superintend- Superintendent Of
emit of Public Instruc- Public Instruction
toni. Y. JOY Rev Dr. j. L. NJ Lyer
ner w.
For Attorney Gen Attorney General
eral-T W. Beckett. Jake F. Newell.
For Commissioner Commissioner o
of Agriculture-W. A. Agricultural. NJ
Graham. MewbOrne.
For Commissioner Corporation Com
of Labor and Printing missioner-Harry &
M L. Shipman. Elmore.
For Corporation Insurance Commits
,Commissioner-B F. sioner-J. b. Nor
Aycock. ris.
For Insurance Com Commissioner OF
missioner j r. Labor and Printing
Young. &C. NJ. Ray.
In this shape the two tickets will be
found convenient for reference and
those who desire to preserve them
are advised to clip them out.