The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-22

If 1T is lucky to have q rabbit 8
foot, wouldn't it be four times as
lucky to have all four of them?-New
Bern Sun.
No. there is no luck at all in fore
feet.-Greenville Reflector.
That is very bright, David, and we
are proud OF you.
WHAT are you fellows kicking
about? A man who is able to own -
automobile is supposed to be able ~
pay anything in the way OF taxes
that they can put on him.-Durham
Herald O.
Probablg some OF them spent all
they had to buy the automobile and
have nothing to pay taxes with.
Spending their all for something else
we have heard given as q reason why
some folks did not pay their debts.
Is the death Of Hon. John GOOde
which occurred at St. Nincent's Hos
pitali Norfolk last week, following a
stroke Of paralysis which he suffered
few days before, Virginia loses one
Of her most distinguished citizens.
lie had been prominent in public life
for more than half century. Col.
GoOde was 80 years old. He was a
lawyer, soldier, and statesman, form
er member of the United States and
Confederate Congress, besides holding
various other places Of trust and
honor. Col. GOOde was visiting in
Norfolk at the time he was stricken.
Mrs J. Addison (Margaret Davis
Hayes, eldest daughter Of~.Jefferson
Davis, is dead at her home in Colo
RADIO Springs, Colorado. She was the
last surviving member of the family OF
the late president of the Confederate
States 4 woman of fine character
and fine sense she was greatly re-
spected and esteemed for her own
persona! worth as we'll as the rela-
tiOnship she bore to her distinguish
ed father. Mrs. Hayes was "a years
old and is survived by her husband
and two sons two daughters. Mr.
Hayes is president of the First
National Bank Of Colorado Springs.
WE have always felt that in passing
the law preventing newspapers from
trading space for passes outside of
the State in which they were publish
ed the congressman were simply get
ting even with the newspapers for
starting the crusade against passes.
If the newspapers did not start it
they gave it a publicity without
which it would have amounted to
nothing-Durham Herald.
This law ought to be repealed, and
we believe if it is gone at i'll the right
way and a determined sort of spirit
shown by those most vitality con-
cerned, the newspapers and the rail
roads, it will be. 1t was a species of
pernicious interference to begin with,
conceived in demagoguery and hypo-
critically enacted it occurs to us.
A SOUTHERN man, neither Gen. .Ju
liam S. Carr nor Mr.. ID. 4. Tompkins
of North Carolina, both of whose
names have been prominently men,
toned in connection with the place,
will not be minister to China. The
President has offered the appoint
ment to Charles r. Crane Chicago
business man. Some doubt is eX-
pressed as to whether he will accept,
and one account says his appoint
ment will not be acceptable to China
for what reason is not stated. For
business rather than political reasons
the appointment of Il Southern man
who is familiar with the cotton and
textile interests has been urged upon
the President.
BECAUSE Gov. kitchin remembers
his friends in making appointments
to office he is being accused of build
ing up a personal machine in this
State. This charge, which is brought
against him by papers that opposed
his nomination last year, will have
very little weight with sensible peo-
pie, since we have not vet reached
that stage in politics in North Caro-
lima when public men prefer their
enemies to their friends in distribu-
ting political favors. Wadesboro
Messenger and InteMgencer.
And as far as heard from there APP
pears to be no criticism OF the fitness
of the appointments made. They are
good men all right, and will capably
discharge their duty, no doubt, but
-. That is the gist of the argu-
ment.
WHEN at the Press Convention in