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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

A book on Rheumatism, by DIR. shoop, CT
Racine Wis, tells some plain truths, and IN
q plain and practical way. Get this booklet,
and free trial treatment OF DR.. shoop >
Rheumatic Remedy for sorz1e disheartsned
sufferer in your vicinity. Make a grateful
appreciative friend OF some ons who II dis
enurased because OF the failures OF Others to
help him Help me 10 make this test and l'ii
certainly help your suffering friend. Sold By
all dealers
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

THE Durham Herald says as that
town has not published city di.
rectory in some time it will have nc
explaining to do after the census
takers are through. Evidently the
Herald doubts the correctness of the
figures given in some of the directo
ries that have been published. Ask
Charlotte and Greensboro about it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

This paper for years pesistentlyr j.
vocated the execution OF the death
sentence upon all criminals at the
States prison. 1t believed that was
the proper place where this feature of
the law should be carried out and
not in the counties where the eonvic-
tion was made. And when the last
Legislature passed law to that eff
feet we applauded the act. We didn't
care SO much about the method of
execution whether it be by hanging
or electricity. But since it is learned
that the condemned is not to be car
ried to the penitentiary until he is
taken there for execution we have
only half respect for the new law.
This has just become known in con-
nectiOn with the case of the Robson
county negro coviered of criminal as
sault. A Raleigh correspondent says
persons sentenced to death will not
be brought to the penitentiary until
the day OF doom, and in the quiet
room in the presence of a few officials
meet their fate at the hands of the
warden" The supposition was that
Immediately after being convicted OF
capital offence the person con-
demned would be removed to the
States prison and there await the
day of execution. But the contin,
gency of appeal and stay of execu.
tion and delay usual in such cases
we suppose stands in the way of this
being done as soon a conviction is
made. But as soon as it is ascer.
tanned that there will be no appeal
Or new trial the condemned person
should be removed to the place ol
execution and there confined unit
the mandate of the law is carried out
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

As the Greenville Reflector says,
aside from the law requiringprop
owners in town to clean their side
walks, civic pride should cause every
one to keep the premises and all sur
roundings in good order.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

The automobile manufacturers
seem to be sure that we are facing
another period of great prosperity.
They are building 100000 motor
cars and are satisfied that this coun-
try will next year spend 100000
600 for Observation-Disclosures
,Srar
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
THIS FARMER LIVES AT HOME.

1t is pleasure to the newspaper
man to note such items as the follow
ing which is taken from the Spring
Hope Leader OF more interest and
real value than whole page of stuff
about murders, and suicides, and
sensations, and scandals, such as the
"yellows" delight to revel in is this
sort of reading. 1t is about a practi
cal and successful farmer, a man who
raises his own supplies and elves at
home" The Leader says:
Only last week the editor of the
Leader had the privilege of peeping
into the smoke house of W. T. Baker.
There was fully seven or eight hun
dred pounds OF meat there, and the
newspaper man was told that more
than 1000 pounds had been killed
last fall and winter. Mr.. Baker raises
cotton and tobacco, but he doesn't
forget to raise his own meat and
also at least part Of his own wheat
for -four. 1t is really of no conse-
quence to him how high meat and
-four go and how low the price of
cotton and tobacco. He lives at
home, and lives we'll. He has house
full of children and means to educate
them. What happier life could a man
live than the life he is living? He
believes in diversified farming and he
is meeting with success.
And here is another item of like
nature, bespeaking the success of
another wise and practical farmer of
Nash. In the same issue OF the Lead
er we find the following:
County Commissioner S. A. Batch
elOr broke the record of the State in
listing hogs for taxa ton this past
June. He has two hogs that he list
ed at $50 each. The usual sum at
which Il hog is listed is from $40 to
So. Mr.. Batchelor expected to kill
these hogs last winter, but for some
reason did not. All last year and
this year they have been growing
aud now they are worth $50 each,
and so they were listed at that price
They will be killed this coming winter
and you can just imagine the quanti-
ty of lard, sausage, spare ribs, back
bones, pig feet, hog head, ham, break
fast strips, and other good things
there will be at the Batchelor home.
A man that raises such hogs stays
at home and boards there too.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

THE News and Observer heads a
lengthy editorial "Look out for
Good Times" We have been doing
that very thing-and are still looking
out. What we now want is for good
times to look in.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

Noweverybody is trying to develop
case of pellagra with -four at the
millionaire's prices. The corn ''pone"
has received a blow in the eyes of the
nervous. AS we'll eat corn and have
pellagra as eat -four and get a case
of appendicitis and be carved up in
the gOOd Old-fashioned way surgeons
have. 1t is corn bread or nothing
with us but we are not complaining,
SO long as Patten is counting the
bushels of Observation-Disclosures En-
terpTise.
That is the way to look at it. The
editor OF the Enterprise is philoso-
pher. What boots it whether one be
a victim of pellagra or appendicitis
If either. And at the prevailing prices
of -four one must needs experience a
strain on the pocket book, almost
equal to both in Coming across"
with the equivalent of a barrel OF the
precious article.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

Sutton may have killed himself,
but whether he did or not the hear
ing has demonstrated that his COM
panions on that night that he died
are not the most spotless and chiv-
alric gentlemen in the world. 1t
seems that the whole thing was a
drunken brawl and that it ended in
the death of one of the men, wheth-
er by his own hand, when told that
he had killed one of the party, or by
the hand of another, will probably
never be known.-Raleigh Times.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
A Speedy Cure for

Coassirasioe, Miiousness. Dyspepsia. inds<esrsea
lsser CosariasntA Tired Feeling. Had Taste tn
the Mcath. bad Complexloa, Nervousness and all
diseases of The Stomach. Liver and Bowels.
"Bioodiue Liver Piifs''
act rently. yet thosoag hiy apca the bow.ls Ever
stomach and digestive organs The pail,. In old
and chronic cases Of eonst,p@tsen and indxesxion,
act a. once, without grsPinE nor do they leave any
unpiessant afteT- fofr es-ssass kabis
6toodins Liver Pslfs.'
rsstoFe he desanged and ss~pid hver % Il. nasma
eond4tioa and healthful acton. Remove and pre-
vent Constipation by sessring natural and rexu-
lar operation ct the bowels, and relisye thuse an-
pleasant synpsoms which attend . diseased cs
morbid condition of the liver. stomach and bewels
To assist In attaining this eo5 the following sur.
Gestions are offered
kEMAEKS. Everyone who uses Pills foe
their action on the liver. should kncw TIA, large
doses rarely prove satisfactory as small cne,
Large doses simply purge aud pass out Of the ave-
ton, usually leaving the be=els ecnstipa,sd, and
seleom removing the cause Of the trouble cr ins-
prove the general health. On the other hand
| ANAL doses develop the Alternative effect ef the
medicine, do not rrits,e eoassipAte tbs bowels.
but gently stimulate the liver and prevent the
accumulation at bile by directing its flow into the
proper ehannelx Therefore 10 II advisahs 90 com-
mence BY taking not over one two pi.ls az bed
time and increase dose 40 necessary.
PoxrLAsp. Ma.
Gxsrs: II hnd your g bloodins Liver Pillss
the moot effective pill I ever used. They cause
no gripping or eons,ipative after effect - most hves
pills do. lours truly,
MRS. AAADA RICHARDSON.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Sim m&@1r I@llzs
Important Points Of Sewing Machine Construction

Important Points of Sewing Machine Construction
q Did you ever consider what the thousandth
of inch might mean in the adjustment
of the need1e-stroke on a sewing machineP
g Or how many little invisible parts there
are which may we'll for month or
so in a carelessly-made machine, and then
by going wrong render it utterly uselessP
q For the perfect construction and thorough
testing of these vital details you must de-
pend upon the honor and reputation of
the maker.
q The makers of the Singer Sewing Machine
enjoy reputation vouched for by millions
of Singer users all over the world.
" These millions of Singer users have proved
the perfection of the Singer by years of
steady sewing.
g The Singer Sewing Machine is built like
watch and runs like one.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY.

Prominent Gentleman and His Wife,
Whose Names are Withheld for the
Present, will Build Industrial Hall
at Stonewall jackson Training and
Industrial School to Cost $3,5oo-
Building now In Course of Erection
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29
Romance and Tragedy.

An Interesting and Intensely
Pathetic Story from Real
Life, the Scenes of Which
are Laid in Raleigh-Ro-
mantle Love Affair Between
a White Man and a North
Carolina Cherokee Indian
Maiden Which Ended in
Marriage, Death, Tragedy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-07-29

In politics theproof of the pudding
is the distribution Of the plums.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21

The cause of Rheumatism and kin
dred diseases is an excess of uric acid
in the blood. To cure this terrible
disease this acid must be expelled and
the system so regulated that no more
acid will be formed in excessive guam
titles. Rheumatism is an internal
disease and requires an internal remedy.
Rubbing with Oils and Liniments will
not cure, affords only temporary relief
at best, causes you to delay the proper
treatment, and allows the malady to
get frmer hold on you. Liniments
may ease the pain but they will no
more cure Rheumatism than paint will
change the fibre of rotten wood.
Silence has at last discovered a per-
feet and complete cure, which is called
Rheumacide. Tested in hundreds of
cases, it has effected the most marvel
oIs cures; we believe it will cure you.
Rheumacide ''gets at the joints from
the inside, sweeps the poisons out of
the system, tones up the stomach,
regulates the liver and kidneys and
makes you well all over. Rheumacide
strikes the root of the disease and re-
m 0ves its cause. This splendid remedy
is sold by druggists and dealers gene
rally at Soc and 81 bottle. In tablet
form at Csc and SOC package. Get q
bottle today; delays are dangerous.
Trial bottle Tablets by mail for 25c
from BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO.,
Baltimore, Md. For Sale in Hender-
sonville by The Justus Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21

prejudices, fire them against the doc
trineT of "let well enough alone" in
this campaign for improved highways.
Teach them by example, in patience,
and in charity for faults that are as
superficial as the storm-scar on their
hills, and the good roads movement
the next in order of our progress to-
wards wealth and learning, morality
and peace, will find at their hands a
response the stronger for it's delay and
a courage the surer for reflection be-
fore battle.
The intimate relationship sustained
by the press to all agencies OF prog
ress is sufficient guarantee that 1t
may be relied upon to supply its full
quota of the ammunition needed in
this educational warfare against ig-
norance in road construction. The
press is always ready to sacrifice any
needed proportion of its service on the
altar of public good, and is ever ready
to encourage measures looking to the
development of the country along the
lines of morality, education and indus
trial progress.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21
Continued From Page l

the cheapness of this kind of con-
struction is considered, it will be
seen that for certain localities,
at least, it is preferable to ma
cadam. In all cases a mixture of
sand and clay is better than eth
er material alone, except perhaps
where it is impossible to drain a
sandy road, and, in consequence.
it is always wet. Very little, if
any, clay should be used in this
case, for the water acts as a
binder and the sand remains firm.
1t has already been shown that
the best mixture for sand-clay
construction is one in which there
is just enough cay to fill the
voids in the sand, thus producing
the proper cementing bond in the
road surface. No exact rules
can be laid down for calculating
in advance the best mixture. 1t
must be remembered that the re-
lation of weight and volume will
vary widely in different clays,
according to the amount of water
which they contain. Some clays,
especially the more plastic varie-
ties, even after they are as thor
oughly dried as they can be by
the hottest summer sun, will still
hold as much as 20 per cent of
water. This water is known to
chemists as water of combina-
tion," because it seems to be
either combined with or held in
the structure of the clay particles
in such a way that it can only be
driven out at a high temperature.
1t is apparent from this that in
handling a clay of this kind, even
when it seems quite dry, each ton
will contain 400 pounds of water
which does not enter into the
consideration of volume. The
amount Of clay necessary to fill
the voids in any given sand will
therefore be found to vary.
An easy method for making a
rough or approximate estimate of
the volume of clay filler required
for any unit quantity of a given
sand is as follows: Two ordinary
glass tumblers Of the same size
are filled to the brim, one with
the dry sand to be tested and the
other with water. The water is
then poured carefully from the
one glass into the sand in the 9TH
er until it reaches the point of
overlooking. The volume of water
removed from the glass which
was originally full of water can
be taken as an approximate |
measure of the voids in the unit |
volume of sand contained in |
the tumbler. A simple calcula- |
ton will reduce this to percent
age volume.
Practical experience has shown
that the tendency is to calculate
too little rather than too much |
sand for given amounts of clay, |
and almost invariably a second
and even a third application Of
sand Is necessary over and above
the calculated amount. 1t often
happens that clay will work up to
the surface under the action of |
traffic, in which case an extra
top dressing of sand should be
added when required.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-10-21

"Posterity!" We are posterity.
In charge Of it, responsible for 1t and
to it. In the words OF the German
proverb, ''Das ewig uns Hinaus''-"the
eternal springs from u.s." Teach this
to our mountain folk. simply, plainly,
honestly. woo them away from their
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-01
EAST BARNET.

There were several family gatherings
here Thanksgiving day. Ralph Hard
ing's family from Monroe were at ]. 6.
Roy's, Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Farnsworth
at ]. X. Moores, Charles Bailey's family
at George Richardson's, and Frank Con
stautine's family and Egbert Kendalls
family at John Morse's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Gilfillan spent
Thanksgiving day at L. E. Gilfillan's in
Barnet and MIR. and Mrs. Charles Har-
vey and children spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Moore at Fairlee.
Samuel Richardson came home to
spend Thanksgiving and returned Mon
day.
Miles Nelson came home from Burling-
ton, Tuesday, and returned Saturday.
Miss Edith Wills, State Superintendent
of scientific temperance instruction. will
speak in the chapel Sunday afternoon,
Dec 5, at 2.30 o'clock.
Rev. Mr.. Clark, the aged father of our
pastor, Rev. VIC. Clark, participated in
the services here last Sunday afternoon.
A sale of useful and fancy articles will
be held in the chapel Dec. 3, afternoon
and evening. Supper will be served from
six to nine and there will be a promenade
in the evening. One half of the proceeds
will go towards painting the chapel on
the outside.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-01
The Stomach Cannot Rest.

1t is a mistake to suppose the stomach
can rest and thus recuperate and by this
means dyspepsia is cured. The digestive
process begins in the mouth and does
not end until the food has reached the
intestines. The salivary glands in the
mouth, the stomach, lower stomach,
liver, spleen, etc, take part in the diges-
tive process. This process is going on
continuously. Think of resting the heart
or the lungs for few minutes, or any
other organ. Pepsin pancreatin, etc, do
not rest the stomach, they digest the
residue of food weak digestive system
cannot digest and thus relieve the body
of irritating acids or gas. Rydale's
Stomach Tablets contain just enough
Pepsin and Pancreatin to do this. They
also contain many vegetable tones and
stimuIants for the digestive tract. Ry-
dales Stomach Tablets cure dyspepsia
the only way it can be cured. Ask us
about them. Charles A. Searles & Co,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-01

Much time and money have been spent
in what seems the almost vain endeavor
to make hens produce eggs in cold
weather. 1t requires but little experience
with poultry to learn the fact that,
under ordinary circumstances, hens can
not produce as many eggs in winter as
in summer. Summer is the natural time
for the laying of eggs, and in order to
increase winter production there must
be reproduced for the fowls as nearly as
possible the conditions that exist in
summer. Mrs. John ]. Layzell of Bran
don, VT, has evidently succeeded in
doing this with her flock She says: 81
have been using Pages Perfected Poultry
Food for the last three winters, and |
find it the best poultry food on the
market. | have tried several different
kinds. but I got no eggs until began to
use this food"
Ifyou want to know more about this
food and the best ways Of using it, write
to c. S. Page, Hyde Park, VT, for his
booklet, profitable Poultry" 1t will
be sent free, postpaid, to anyone men
tionfng this paper.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-01
FROM ST, ALBANS.

To get at, in brief what you are try
ing for would say first, in answer to
your inquiry as to what the opinion Of
the city is now as compared with what
it was under the old method OF fighting
fire, would say it would be absolutely
impossible to get our city to go back
to the old style. We have pair of
heavy horses attached to our hose
wagon that carries 1000 feet of hose,
light extension ladder, roof ladder, to-
gether with two 3-gallon chemicals,
axles, bars, nozzles, and rubber goods.
Ofcourse If we were buying a new APP
paratus to take the place of our present
one, we would get one much more up-to-
date, as there have been many improve
ments since ours was installed. We
would have what is called a combina-
tiou hose and chemical wagon. This
would carry the same kind of hose and
equipage that we now have, but in adj
dition would have a chemical tank,
which is an improved piece OF apparatus.
The chief engineer does not live at the
station, but there are three permanent
men there all the time, and number OF
the call men sleep there also. One OF
these men. who is superintendent OF hre
alarms, receives a salary of $55 per
month. the other two, $50 month, and
the call men (of which there are some
20 odd receive so cents an hour tor the
time they are at work. The expense of
our department, everything all told is
between $500 and $4,000 a year. We
have a very nice station that is up-to-
date in every particular. l have not been
connected personally, outside OF an
interested citizen, with the fire depart
ment for some time. 1t was during my
administration, however, that the
present system was installed and the
station erected. 1t was hard fight but
stuck to it as knew | was right and
it was for our citys interest, but | can
truthfully say that those who fought me
the hardest at the time were my best
friends when the system was tlnally IN
stalled and they had an opportunity to
make comparisons, and am quite sure
that YOU will find this to be the case IN
St. Johnsbury.
With reference to the saving OF insur-
ance, | think am safe in stating that we
are saving at least 25 per cent over
what we would if we did not have our
present up.to-date facilities for handling
fire. | think you will find that some
where about 1895, the insurance
companies all raised 25 per cent. This
did not occur in st. Adams as we were
then putting in this new system OF pro-
lection, and in consequence thereof St.
Adams did not have to stand this In
crease.
AS stated above, our present hire
system is something that all st. Adams
people look to with great deal OF
pride, and am confident that If the
people of St. Johnsbury had an opportu,,
nifty to compare our old crude way OF
fighting FIRE, with the present system, it
would not take them long to decide.
Yours very truly,
J. c. LESLIE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-12-01
Paper by J. E. Harris.

The regular weekly sociable at the
First Baptist church last Friday even
ing was more interesting than usual
owing to the address by J. E. Harris of
Dalville and Washington on his recent
trip to Greece, Constantinople and back
through the Balkan states, Austria,
Italy and France while studying the
immigration problem. Mr. Harris
paper told of the conditions in
the steerage quarters of the Atlantic
liners and also gave the present day APP
pearances and conditions of many places
noted in history. His listeners heard of
things that are not given in books OF
travel and some observations that only
Mr.. Harris would make. These features
made the paper interesting and instruc
tive throughout.
Before the paper there was piano
duet by the Misses Edna Blanchard and
Ruth Flint and vocal duet by the
Misses Catherine Morrison and Ruth
Flint. After the paper there were solos
by Miss Morrison and Mrs. c. A. Brodien
and the party enjoyed short time in a
social way.