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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
The True Test Of a Man.
Charlotte News.

Charlotte News.
"a mans life i'm his family, with his
wife. his children, his mother, his
neighbor, is not made up OF grand
stand plays. 1t is made up, on the
contrary. series of little acts and
little seif-restraints, and these little
things are What go to make the mans
character" !"
The above was not taken from SER
mons by the late Talmage. though it
must be admitted that it Is as good
as the best from this lamented divine.
On the contrary, it is nm humble
quotation from a most excellent SER
mon delivered by President Taft at
Salt Lake City. Able and gifted the
ologians and doctors have discoursed
upon the moral law, but we believe,
none has ever gotten closer to the
truth than did our President. As
-preacher Mr.. Roosevelt attained dis
tinction, and many of his homilies
linger with us still. But, as a presen-
tation of simple gospel, free OF ofdogma,
we will place this extract from Presi-
dent Taft's sermon along with the
Si1oiCt uCloI lCd1 lTOUl
the distinguished pulpitteer who was
his predecessor in office.
MIR. Taft is eternally right. 1t is in
the closed circle of the home that the
real man ia known best. There you
find him; free of all affectation. There
is no occasion to play to the grand
stands. There is no occasion to mas
querade. He is known to the family
circle as himself. Many men, suave,
sweet and affable in their intercourse
with neighbors and friends, are sor-
did, selfish and intolerant at home.
Many Others find in the quiet sane
tum of the home a broader field for
the exercise OF their better and nObler
selves. The man of character is the
man who, in the little acts and the
little self-restraints, displays the very
quintescence of finished character.
He is happy himself. and he makes
those with whom he comes into
closest contact, happy. The real test
of the man is not, then, in the busi-
ness office, on the street, at the club,
or even at the church, but by the
fireside Mr.. Taft's sermon contains
a world of truth.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Interest in Good Roads Increasing.
Charlotte Observer.

oDstTScT.
Talk for good roads is heard all
over the State. In almost every coun-
ty the people are expressing interest
In the subject. Everyone admits the
public roads system of the State is
not what it should be, and that an
Improvement would be money saved
to the people. But talk won't build
good roads. It takes money to do
that, and there is nowhere for the
money to come from except out of
the pockets of the people, whether
the expense is met by special tax to
raise an annual road fund or u bond
issue for lump sum to be expended
in the work. The people of q county
can talk good roads for a generation,
but it they do not get beyond that
there will be no road improvement
in that county. But when they get to
talking in favor of taxing themselves
in order to secure the Improvements
then you may know there is going to
be something doing in the way OF
road building in that county. To get
good roads the people must go down
inro their pockets This il not only
the logical, but the only way t. o secure
improvement of the highways. Those
people who talk good roads. but op-
pose taxation in order o secure them
are really not sincere in their a.lvo-
cacy of better roads. Road improve
ment is business proposition in
volving much expense, not a senti-
mental idea.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
The Place for the Farmer.
Richmond News Leader.

Richmond News Leader.
Secretary Wilson in a speech before
the Farmers National Congress at
Durham, N. c., hit the nail on the
head when he declared that "the place
for the farmer now is in the South;
for the soil of the South is friendly to
almost every product in the country"
And the farm is the place for the
average man who would be independ-
ent and be sure of living-the
Southern small farm subjected to in
tensive farming conducted by the
owner and his family or with the
assistance of the minimum amount
OF hired labor.
AS the New Orleans Times Demo-
crat well says, farming is the indus
try that is not struck down by panic
or financial stringency. "Mills," it
adds, "may close and factories sus-
pend, mines mag cease to operate
when the money market is demoral-
lied ahd the demand for their output
declines; but through good times
and bad the farmer is at work for,
we always need hi~ products; We
must eat and we must be clothed,
and therefore corn and wheat and
cotton are grown whatever may be
the condition of Wall street." It
cannot be denied that the farmer has
his trials and in bad seasons frequent
ly his loses, but the equation, after
all, is that he is our most independ-
ent citizen and the one who has the
least to fearfrom monetary and busi-
ness depression we have.
Ii he is frugal and business-like in
his methods it is rarely the case that
he cannot tide over u bad crop sea-
son. Today the Virginia farmers are
in better condition than they have
been for years, owing largely to their
addressing themselves to doing their
own work and cultivating less land
than when negro labor was plentiful
in the country And their condition
is destined to continue to improve,
with the further development OF the
application of scientific farming, so
strenuously and intelligently urged
by Secretary Wilson. More than
that, as their success becomes the
more manifest, the greater will be
the demand for the surplus acreage
from outsiders. What with intensive
farming and good roads, in the
course Of a few years there should not
be a Friendly" acre ofsoil in Virginia
out of cultivation. Yes, the South is
the place for the farmer, with Virgin
ia in the lead.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Monday, December 9th, 1909,

sell at public auction To the highest bidder.
at the Court House door in Henderson, y.
C., upon the terms one third cash, balance
on>a credit OF twelve months. the deferred
payment to carry interest from date Of sale
at the rate OF six per cen.um per annum
unit qsid, with the option, however, To the
purchaser to pay all cash, the following real
estate, to-wit
U One certain lot or parcel Of land stu.
ate, lying and being in the town of Hender-
son, n. C., Vance County, North Carolina,
adjoining the lands Of Samuel Watkins. J. T.
Thomas, Rowland street aud William street,
and being the lot with improvements there
on where c. j. Burton resided at the time OF
his death, and being the same iande which
were purchased by said e. J Burton from
J. III. Parham and wife by deed dated 25th
day of May, 1906, registered in Vance Coun-
ty, in Book 80. Mt page 400: and from F.. II
Thomas and wife by deed dated 2nd June.
1906, registered in Vance County, in Book
16, at page 454.
(2) Two certain lots or parcels of land
situate in the town OF Middleburg, y. c.,
bounded as follows: Let lot. by Sou Ia Haw-
kns avenue on the west; north by lands Of
Seaboard Air Line Railway; enst by East
| Lee avenue: south by Chestnut street. 2nd
| lot bounded on the west by South Lee ave
nue.; on the north by lands Of Senboard Air
| Line Railway; on the south by Chestnut
street The said two lots being the same
purchased by said G. J. Burton from W. Is.
Shaw and r. I. Hicks. commissioners, by
deed dated 27th oay of February, 1905, reg
| iAtered in Vance County, in Book 30, AT
page $50.
! The said above sales will be made subject
| to the confirmation of the same court, and
title TO property retained until the purchase
money is paid in full. The sales will be made
| for partition
This the Bird day Of November. 1909.
u. BOYD kIMBALL,
Commissioner.
& Zollicoffer Atturney
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Monday, December 9th, 1909,

sell at public auction, Mt the Court House
door In Henderson. Vance County. y. e., 10
the highest bidder: upon the terms one-tsird
cash balance on n credit OF twelve months,
deferred payments To bear interest from
date of sale at the rate of six per cenfum
per annum until paid. with option, how
ever, to purchaser TO pay I'LL cash. the FOL
lowing real estate. to-wit;
I) One lot oi land in Henderson, y. e..
on Garnett street. situate nt corner of Gar
nett street and Young avenue, and bounded
as follows. On the north by lands OF l.. X.
south by Garbett street: ON the west by
lands Of J. l.. Currin; IL being that lot iO2
feet on Garpett street running back about
270 feet, and known n- the II NJ. Barnes
Home Place"
(2) One lot of land on Gafuett street Ia
Henderson, \. e., known u. NJ Barnes
store" bounded aA follows: On the north
by lands of j. l.. Currin: on the east by lands
Of ID. {. Loughlip; on the south by Gsrnstt
street; on the west by lands Of Mr.. Ella V.
Kelly: Being lot 30 by 100 feet.
(3l trart Of land situate IL Vance
County adjoining the lands of Mr.. +. J.
BarBer' estate. j. II. Brodle and Others,
bounded as follows: On the north by lands
of j. III brodle: the east hy lands oi Mrs.
T. j. Barnes estate. on the south by public
road leading from Henderson TO Oxford: on
the west by lands of J. H. Barnes and !. G..
Bo bbitt. containing 2Z2 serrs more or less.
iD One truet of land situat. ia Vanee
County bounded ss follow: On the north
ly innds ni W. W. GFissom: on the east by
lands of Will Davis. on the routh by lands Of
Thomas Pence; on the v-st by lands of Mrs.
James Bradford; containing - acre.. more
or ls-s
The sHisi iubos. sale. ~ili be made subi-ci
io confirmation by the court. and title To
the property will be retained until the pay
m-bt 81 the purchase money in full. This ~
an opportunity for good Investment
The Bird dsy oi November. 1909.
j J. CURRlN,
Commissioner.
q ZnIIicnffet AIinrnrY
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
The Face on the One Cent PIECE.

Few persons perhaps, who handle
the humblest OF coins, the one cent
piece, do not think the head shown
thereon is that of an Indian. But
not so, according to an exchange.
Instead it is that OF white girl,
Sarah Longacre, by name, taken
when she was twelve years of age.
The following account of how the
supposed Indian head came to be
adopted for the copper cent is given:
"Between 1927 and 1910 James
Barton Longacre was chief engraver
in the Mint in Philadelphia. In 1885
competition was opened for sketch
es and engravings for the new copper
cent, which has since been in service
The prize was good one. Longacre
racked his brain for some original
and singular design. 1t happened
one morning that a number of ln-
dians with their chief, who had been
in " ashington came to the city and
were shown through the Mint. They
were introduced to the white chiefs
picture maker, who was just then
showing his young daughter Sarah
the great concern. The old chief was
attracted by the sweet-faced maiden
and her interest in his feathers and
paint. She childishly wondered how
she would look in the feathered head
gear. This was told the chief, who
solemnly divested himself of his
feathers and had them placed on the
girls head. The effect was SO strik
ing that her father took time to
make a sketch of the picture. At the
last moment he got his sketch in. 1t
passed through the seventh sitting
and finally reached the last round.
By one vote it won, and ever since
Sarah Longacre's face has served for
| the humblest of coins, than which no
single coin has such Il circulation"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25

Columbia Is. C.) State.

>oiunoia w. &.t otdtc
Every mile of trackage of the Sea-
board railway lies in the South, and
every dollars worth of traffic that
the system handles must come from
the South, and much of it is op.
tiOnal traffic. 1t seems clear, there
fore, that to have the fullest measure
OF success possible to attain in the
territory it is necessary for the road
to get in a close and sympathetic
touch with the people from whom
support must come. 1t is essential,
too, that the management of the
board should contemplate the future
and have faith in the future of the
country in which the system is now
doing business. Harriman's marvel
ous success in the railroad world was
due largely to his faith in future busi-
hess and to his aid to the country
traversed by his roads, in building
them not SO much to get business
already created, but to create busi-
ness for themselves.
Now it cannot be questioned that
the SeabOard under the management
of John SHELTON Williams made phe-
nomennl headway in gaining public
confidence in the South. 1t was be-
lieved to be IL railway system in the
South, preliminary system for
Southern Development; that it WAS
conducted upon broad, statesmanlike
lines, And that is the only way to
conduct road built through .unde-
veloped territory.
There have been changes in man
agement and changes in fortune.
Now, as the road is coming out of a
period or receivership, the question
of its presidency is at issue. John
Shelton Williams, one of the newly
elected directors, should be placed at
the head of the road. He is the man
for that place, and he is the man to
restore public confidence in the Sea-
board. He knows how to operate a
railroad in this territory, he knows
the needs of this territory, and he
knows the people.
And the public has absolute conf
dence in Mr.. Williams, and high re-
gard for him.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Guide the Boys Right.
Charlotte Observer.


The best way to help IL boy is by
guiding the use to.which he puts his
time in childhood and youth. No
greater fault can he committed to-
ward any normal boy than to give
him nothing to do, to guide him into
something that will be part of Ills
equipment later on. If left alone, he
naturally drifts upon the streets of
the town in which lie lives, and the
drifting tide is always toward idle
ness and dissipation. 1t is very nat
ural that this should be so. The boy
who most excelS in initiative and ell
ergy, and who might be easiest guided
to O taste for work and industry,
naturally develops bad habits when
nelected and the better qualities in
him are weakened by ii lack of whole
some surroundings. No boy should
be left to drift Every boy has natur-
Abandonment which could be develop
ed for good with a little guidance, but
which, if he is left alone Until 81 years
of age, may count only for evil. Par
ents, guardians and friends should re-
al1Ze JndU UneN are not OILY uoiiS ll'
good to a boy if they don't guild"
him into some practical contact
with wholesome affairs and whole
some work (for boys must have work
to do), but they are doing them n
positive injury. They let the impress
sionable age, at which the hoy is
most capable of training, go by with
out any training, or they LET him
drift into training which is bad. A
boy naturally loves physical tasks.
Give him tasks that Keep him orru-
| pied wholesomely and with some de-
gree of interest; and then both his
mind and body are conserved and
| developed. Leave him to iileness,
| and both mind and body deterior-
| ate.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Reflects No Credit Upon the State.


Lumberton Robesonian.
"'Ti- true, tits pity, and pity tits
It's true" that when "a jury in this
State-and there are others-returns
what fair, calm judgment pronouuees
a Just verdict III a case where the PEN
atty is serious occasions great sur
prise. Somehow people don't expect
Jury to convict IA man OF murder in
the first degree, no matter how over
whelming the evidence unless. of
course, he be altogether friendless
and poor. Wherefore when the jury
in the Stephens case in Wilmington
last week returned verdict Of mur-
der in the first degree there was great
surprise 1t will have good effect, ~
will also the conviction of white men
in Wake county last week for whip
ping an old negro. The taking of
human If. il considered too lightly
II - white man pay-,he death penalty
for committing murder othrrs who
may be inclined to take the law into
their own hands ut times may think
twice before giving reign To their
passlon-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Kills Her Foe of 20 Years.

The most merriless enemy j had for 20
years" declares Mrs. Jane Duncan. of
Haynesville. Ne. was Dyspepsia Il suffered
intensely after eating or driuEing and could
scarcely sleep. After many remedies had
failed and several doctors gave me mp, l
tried Electric Bifters which cured me COM
pletely. Now / can eat anything. | am
20 years old ans: am overioyed tc get my
health and strength back again" For Indi-
gestion. Loss OF Appetite, Kidney Trouble,
Lame Back, Female Complaints, it's I'M
eaualed. Only 80 Cents at Melville Dorsey'r.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Forced Into Exile.

VIM. Upchurch. of Glenn Oak, Okla, was
an exile from home. Mountain air. he
thought. would cure a frightful lung-racking
cough that had defied all remedies for tEo
years. After six months be returned. death
dogging his steps. Then began 10 use Dr
Kings New Discovery" he writs.. "and al, !,
ter taking six bottles am as well as ever
1t saves thousands yearly from desperate
lung diseases. Infallble for Coughs and
Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and Sore
Throat Cures Grip, Bronchitis, Hemmor-
rhages, Asthma Group. Whooping tough
soc and 81 90, trial bottle free, guaranteed
by Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Epilepsy, !
Fits

civ son was cured of a very
bad case Of epilepsy with DR..
tn = Ncrvine."
M.-. y. BAKER, Cleveland, O.
ally little daughter who was
al.. ted with ST. Vitus' Dance
/, now entirely we'll after taking
Or. Niles Nervinc only four
months"
MRS. c. G.. BENNETT,
Alma, Mich.
Epilepsy, Fits, St. Vitus'
Dance and Spasms, are all nerv-
OIL diseases. They have been
cured in 30 many instances with
d. Niles Ncrvine that it is
reasonable to conclude that it is
almost sure to cure you. With
nervous diseases of severe
tzr-. persistent use has almost
invariably resulted in complete
curr OF lasting benefits, worth
many times the cost of the rem
civ. The best evidence you can
ct Of its merits is to write to
those who have used it. Get a
Iu.Ic from your druggist. Take
it all according to directions, and
If !. does not benefit he will re-
turn your money.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
A Scalded Bows Shrieks

horrified his grandmother. Mrs. Maria
Taylor, of Nebo, KY, who writes that. when
all thought he would die, Bueklen's Arnica
Salve wholly cured him. Infallible for Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, Corns, Wounds, Bruises. Cures
Fever-Sores, Boils, Skin Eruptions, Chilblalns
and Chapped Hands. Soon routs Piles zoe
at Melville Dorsey's.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Clarence H. Poe.

The Man Who at the Annual
Meeting Of the North Caro-
lima Literary and Historical
Association in Raleigh Was
Awarded the Patterson Cup
for Having Written the Pro-
duction of Greatest Excel
lence and Highest Literary
Skill and Genius During the
Year "-Presentation Speech
Made by Hon. James Bryce.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25

Before adionrning, tie Southern
Medical Association, whicll met last
week in New Orleans, and which rep
rasents leading physicians OF the
South, unanimously adopted resolu-
tions recommending hearty accep-
tance Of Rockefeller's donation To
fight the hookworm There were
about 800 physicians present. The
concensus of opinion not only among
the medical scientists and newspapers
but among laymen seems TO lie that
the South would act foolishiy IL it
did not accept the Rockefeller gift in
the spirit in which it was given
Charlotte News.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Whole States Cause.

Undertaking to Secure 30-Foot
Channel in the Cape Fear
River at Wilmington. a Pure
ly Business Matter Which,
Concerns the Whole State
Development as a Port Of
Entry for Heavy Draft YES
sells a Consummation De-
voutly to be Wished and
for Which All North Car
olians Should Work.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25

Don't suffer with SpraiEs, Strains. Bruises
or Pains but use BLOODINE RHEUMATIC
LINIMENT and you will be relieved in
minute. 25c and soc bottlr. The Bloodine
Co, Inc. Boston, Mass. Sold by W. W.
Parker, Special Agent
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
Sale of Real Estate for Partition.

DY VIRTUE OF POWER CONFERRED
- upon me by an order issuing from the
Superior Court Of Vance County In "a pro-
ceeding therein pending entitled II e. Bob.
bitt and wife and others, e1parte." shall.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25

Itch cured in 30 minutes Dy ', oolford' g
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold by
W. W. Parker, druggist apr
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
The Small Citizen.
Thomasville Charity and Children.

Thomasville Charity and Children.
The Lexington Dispatch and the
Charlotte Observer have been paying
their respects of late to the man who
pays no taxes and yet who opposes
every measure looking to public i'm
provement. The Dispatch tells of a
man who bitterly opposed the estab-
lishment of a school whose taxes
would have been five cents, and who
had four children to send. Gentle
men like these are to be found in
every neighborhood. and they make
as much noise as if they supported
the government on their own shOnI-
ders. The rule is that those citizens
who pay the largest share OF taxes in
the community are the ones who
favor public Improvement. The men
who register the highest kicks against
good roads are the very men who will
reap the largest benefit from decent
highways and who will contribute the
very least OF all to secure them. 1t il
largely a matter of prejudice and
sometimes OF vanity. The opportu-
nifty to get in the limeight for lit
tie time by opposing what reasonable
men approve is a temptation too
strong for some men TO resist, so they
rave and tear about town and pre-
dict financial ruin to the country be-
cause their neighbors will have to
pay the bills, though they are per
fectly able to pay them. Ever since
we can remember We have heard the
cry that taxes were about to bank
rupt the country, when the very folks
who make the most fuss about it will
contribute twice as much to Burnum
& Bailey as to the State. county and
town for the protection OF life, liberty
and property. 1t is pity that some
of the brethren are SO very small.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25

The date on your address label In
dieates the time to which your SUD-
scrIption Is paid.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25
FRANCIS A. MACON,
DENTAL SURGEON,
Office in Young Block.

Ice hours: a. III. to l p. m. 3 to p. m.
ErSidence Phone SS; Office Phone 25.
Estimates furnished when desired. No
hdTGe tor examination.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-11-25

The Concord Times makes the an
nouncement that beginning with it's
issue of the 18th, it will be enlarged
to an eight-page paper. That's good.
The only objection We have had to
The Times is that there has not been
enough of fit.-Charlotte Chronicle.