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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
AGAINST ~UNWRITTEN LAW u

In passing sentence upon Can't.
Peter {. Hams, Jr.. who goes to Sing
Sing on an indefinite term of from
eight to sixteen years for killing Will
liam f, Annis, who it was alleged had
ruined his home, Judge Garretson
said:
NAT any person may assume>to
De Judge and eXecutionerf for q real or
lahcled wrong done him bv another
society cannot approve and the law
does not sanction. Such a doctrine
IS aohorrent to all right-thinking
men, and the practice of it is subyer-
siVe OF modern civilization. In this
case the law of the State has been
indicated. and the claim to q right
10 ihete out personal vengeance has
oeeh again condemned. Further
comment Is needless. The result of
Uhls trial Is its own best comment
ary."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
Interstate Fiddlers' Contest.

Masters OF the fiddle ard the bow
will gather from Virginia, Tennessee.
South and North Carolina at the
Great Auditorium Building in Greens
boro, n. c., Saturday evening. June
D, and hold an old time fiddlers' con-
test, which same will be a musical
event long to be remembered.
The music on this occasion will not
be the brand which obtains at the
Metropolitan or the Manhattan
Opera House in New York but the
genuine folk lore melodies such
as arkansas Traveller" ''Forked
Deer" "Natchez- under the Hill :"
Home, Sweet Home" etc.
About two hundred contestants
are expected. Delegations from
nearly every town i'm the four States
have signified their intention of com
ing to Greensboro with their faith
pinned to some local fiddler of great
skill.
A long list of prizes has been ar
ranged. The committee in charge
also ann ounces that United States
Senator Bob" Taylor of Tennessee
is expected and before the contest he
will deliver his famous lecture The
Fiddle and the Bow" Come and
fetch your fiddle
Fiddlers should make applicat ION
Tor free transportation to Heber Ne
Donald, Greensboro, n. C., at once
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
The Hams Verdict.
Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Richmond Times Dispatch.
Thornton Hams was luckier than
his unhappy brother. His trial came
first, and it seems that he beguiled
from the ,'unwritten law plea all the
immunity that n Flushing panel OF
talesmen was willing to give his case.
Popular opinion was inclined TO hold
him more responsible for the killing
of Annis than his brother Yet the
surprises of jury verdicts did not end
with his trial. Acquittal on the
ground of insanity ora disagreement
had been confidently expected in the
Captains case. But the jury elected
to describe his act as manslaughter,
palpable compromise between SYM
pathy and a desire to execute Justice.
Blackstone,s definition differentiates
manslaughter from murder in that
the former does not proceed from
malice prepense or deliberate" We
tear that an examination of the tes-
timony would disclose little calcu-
lated to show that this killing in
volved no deliberation.
But some lenience on the part of
these lurymen was natural enough. if
not pardonable. If thev gave the
| slayer the benefit of the doubt as to
generalization, they none the less
registered a long step forward from
the shameful weakness of other Jury
men in similar cases. They have re-
lected the unwritten law with a clear
ness and emphasis which is decidedly
refreshing. Because of the conspicu-
BUSINESS of this trial, their verdict
may set n wholesome precedent. 1t
may mark the beginning of a reaction
whose end will be the final collapse OF
the "higher" law as a justification
for murder Meantime this Jury has
voiced the laws repugnance to pri.
vate vengence. AS to Captain Hains
assuming that he is responsible. he
has little cause to complain, ever
though he comes out of this miser
able mess less well off than his sing
ularly fortunate brother. A term il
, prison Is mild enough punishment
for such a crime as his. On the othe,
hand, ii he is not responsible, hi
act avenged nothing and vindicateC
nothing.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
The Scramble for the Judgeship.

The scramble for the Eastern Fed
eral judgeship being over H. f. c.
Bryant writing from Washington to
the Charlotte Chronicle gives the fol-
lowing reiminiscence of the memoir
able contest:
The fight has been a most interest
ing one ut times. Harry Skinner was
the first man to enter the field. Soon
after Judge Purnell died he came on
to present his claims. Skinner was
backed by many Democrats but f.
{. Duncan, Republican nationalcom-
mitteeman from North Carolina. did
not want Skinner to have the place,
and would not indorse him. For the
first heat Duncan backed Judge Spen-
Ger Il. Adams, State chairman, but
hewas eliminated by President Roose-
Welt because of the fact that he was
not a citizen of the Eastern district
Then Duncan turned to II. +. Seawell.
VINO was appointed by Mr.. Roosevelt
but Jailed of confirmation. Others in
the race were f. W. Undertake, of
Wake Forest I. T. Hicks, of Hender-
son. When Taft went in number of
new candidates appeared, among
them Democrats. An intimation
from the White House that n Demo
crat might be considered brought
forth kilograms, letters and messen.
gers, all from friends" of the various
persons who might be induced to
take the place if it were offered. W
". Clark, of Newbern: ". s. OBJ
Robinson, and Iredell Meares, OF Viii
mington, and three more Republic
cans, were mentioned. Later the
campaign for Clark and Robinson
became active. The names of Geor9,
III. Brown, George Rountree, J. c
Biggs, Frank l.. Fuller, W. B. Guthri,
and Others were suggested. Later
Judge Conner was mentioned as fit
The list OF availables grew and grew
Thomas Settle, O Westerner, was il
the fight but his residence was not a
the right place.
The second heat was full of candi
dates but long before the finish tn
number considered dwindled to thre
-Connor, Skinner and Hicks. Dun
can, as last stand, l am told. mad
a fight for Hicks, but the Presiden
had already made up his mind.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
CERTAIN RESULTS.
Many a Henderson Citizen Knows
How Sure They Are.

Nothing uncertain about the work
OF Doan's Kidney Pills in Henderson.
There is plenty of positive proof of this
in the testimony OF citizens. Such evil
dence should convince the most skeptical
doubter. Read the following statement:
Eugene Thorne, Adams Avenue. Hen
derson, n. c., says: Il used Doa g
Kidney Pills and can say that they
proved of more benefit to me, than any
other remedy | had previously taken.
For years | was victim of kidney
trouble, the principal symptom being a
constant backache. coupled with dis
tressing pains across my loins. On
some occasions, [ was unable to stand
on my feet for over twenty minutes at a
time, for if did SO, my back would ache
intensely. | could not rest and as a re-
suit for the loss of sleep, was tired and
languid during the day. The kidney
scanty and believing this to be an evil
dence that my kidneys were at fault, |
tried several kidney remedies. l found
only slight relief however until [ took
Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at the
ner-MacNair Co.'S drug store. They
cured me entirely and since then | have
been in excellent health and without a
sign of my former trouble. have often
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills and |
know of several cases in which they
have been used with great benefit
For sale by all dealers Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they can
not reach the seat of the disease Catarrh is
blood or constitutional disease. and in
order TO cure it you must take internal re-
needles. Halls CataFrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the blood ano
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not
a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by one
of the best physicians in this country for
years and is a regular prescription. 1t is
composed of the best TONES known, com
posed with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what
produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free F. J
CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
Listen at These Naughty Boys.

And will the Record please tell us
why it is especially interested in
women who do not wear stockings?
Raleigh Evening Times.
Not interested at all; just never
saw one of the kind. They all wear
them up this way. Don't they wear
them down about Raleigh?-Greens-
borO Record.
No. They wear them "up" here,
too.-Durham Sun.
They wear them "out" here.-Hen-
dersOn GOLD LEAF
They wear them the usual length
(of time) here.-Rockingham Anglo
Saxon
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
BISHOP GALLOWAY DEAD
Host Prominent of the Bishops Of
rlethodist Episcopal Church. South.
Passes Away After a Brief Illness

Host Prominent of the Bishops Of
nethodist Episcopal Church. South.
Passes Away After a Brief Illness
of Pneumonia.
Jackson, Miss, May 12.-Bishop
Charles B. Galloway, of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. South, died of
pneumonia at his home here at ;
o'clock this morning.
Bishop Galloway, Mississippi's
most distinguished divine and best
known publicist, for the last twenty
years held rank among the greatest
pulpit orators of America. His i'll
ness, OF several days duration, was
mild form of pneumonia. comph-
Gated with heart trouble.
The Bishop was taken i'll last Fri
day Ell route from Nashville. where
he had attended the annual session
of the college of bishops No alarm
over his condition was felt until Mon
day night, when pneumonia devel-
oped in one lung. The patient grew
worse rapidly. During the final II
hours he was unconscious.
Bishop Galloway was possibly the
most prominent of the bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
He was born at kosciusko. Miss.
September 1, 1S49. and graduated in
1868 from the University of Missis-
sippi. The degree of doctor Of laws
was later conferred upon him by the
Northwestern University and by Tu-
lane University. He entered the
ministry in 1869.
Bishop Galloway's writing covered
a wider range, perhaps, than those
OF any other person connected with
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, and he Travelled extensively.
For a number of years he took an ac-
tive interest in the prohibition cam
paign in Mississippi and other South
ern States. He was president of the
board of education of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South; president
OF the board of trustees of Millsaps
College and Vanderbilt University
and was a member of the board of
trustees OF the John +. Slater Fund.
DeWitt's Litole Early Risers, the famous
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by all druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Gov. KITCHEN may wait awhile
until after the nomination Of Judge
COnnOr is cOnfrmed-befOrc naming
his successor, but he Will be q Demo-
crat all right.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

This is "reach-out" year for the
GOLD LEAF and it should be for every
business man and enterprise in Hen
derson. We want to extend the trade
limits of this town by many miles
and many dollars. Will you lend us
a helping hand in this good work?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

TWENTY divorce cases are pending
in Forsyth Superior court. Think Of
it! Who will say that the marriage
tie is not entirely too loose in this
country?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Norfolk yirginian-Pilot.

Norfolk Virginan-PIlot.
North Carolina Republicans may
be sore at President Taft 8 appoint
ment OF Judge ConnOr, now Demo-
cratic member of the State Supreme
Court to the Federal iudgeship re-
Gently vacated by the death ofJudge
Purnell, but they really have no
right to complain or to express sur
prise. Addressing Republlcan
gathering at Greensboro in 1906,
Mr.. Taft, then a member OF the
Roosevelt Cabinet, made this deliver
ance:
SIN my Judgment, the Republican
party of North Carolina would be
much stronger as a voting party II
all the Federal offices were filled by
Democrats. AS long, how
ever. as the Republican party in the
Southern States shall represent little
save a factional chase for offices, IN
which business men of substance in
the community have no desire to
enter, and in the result OF which they
have no interest, We may expect the
present political conditions OF the
South to continue"
In the light of this utterance, what
could the G. o. p. in Carolina have
expected other than that which has
Mr.. Taft is a loyal Re-
publican. He believes that his party
in the State should be built up, and
that the way to do it is to appoint
Democrats to Office. He is simply
doing his duty to his party as he
sees it. But it is not surprising that
the present office-holding contingent
should not see it in that light. 1t is
the offices they are after, and they
W ant the division to be as short as
p ossible.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

SOME Of the Republicans are not
pleased with the appointment OF a
Democrat to be Judge Of the Eastern
district. But then some Of them
would not have been satisfied any
way. All OF them could not be Judge.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Why should the Indian head be re-
moved from the copper cent? What
excuse is there for it except that q
certain fussv official cannot restrain
his passion for meddllng with things
that had better be left as they are?
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Persons who suffer with Brights Disease,
Back Ache or any Kidney or Bladder Trouble
can be cured if they will take BLOODINE
BLOOD AND KIDNEY TABLETS, SOC a
box, mailed by The Bio odine Co., Inc, Bos-
ton, Mass. Sold by w. w. Parker, Special
Agent.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

WE respectfully suggest that those
Republicans who wish to dpnounce
Taft hold their wrath during his visit
to North Caroina this week. Let
the State give the President such a
welcome us BELTS his great office
Also let every courtesy be shown to
Mr.. Taft, the man, who is the prest
OF the State. Charlotte - the partic-
ular host but all North Carolina will
be at Charlotte in person rim spirit.
News and Observer.
This is well said and coming from
the "rankest' Democratic paper in
the State. the sentiment is all the
more praiseworthy. In the case of
Mr.. Taft every courtesy and honor
may be well bestowed in a dual nature
-for Taft, the man, and Taft. the
President. And they will. North
Carolina is II gracious host at all
times.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

A PRESS dispatch from Cambridge,
Mass, dated May 18th, says:
Charles William Eliot, at the age
OF -, laid aside today the robe OF
office which he has worn with so much
honor for 10 years as president of
Harvard University and with char
acteristic simplicity stepped back
into private life. Tom orrOw Abbott
Lawrence Lowell will assume the Of
flee
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

benefit by taking with them @ bottle of DR..
SETH ARNoLD's BALsAM. 1t cures illness
caused by impure water and sudden changes
OF climate Warranted by Thomas Brothers
and Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Mr.. ROOSEVELT is killing entirely
too many liOns-and other kinds OF
critters III the wilds OF Africa-Or else
he has Il most prolific liarin his press
At the rate he is reported to
be bagging biggame he will not leave
enough for seed if he is not called off
pretty soon. Three lions ut one shot
or three lions at three shots in one
day is going it some either way you
read it. Or maybeit was three shots
at one lion-and the poor beast was
tied and couldn't get away.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

CHARLOTTE is the most cOinspiru-
BUS place on the map this week
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

DeWitt's Litole Early Risers, the famous
little liver pills, small, gentle and sure. Sold
by all druggists.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-27

ALFRED @. VANDERBILT AND HIS COACH,
THE VENTURE.
derbilts victory in the Marathon was
the big event of the international
horse show in London. On his coach.
the Venture. he drove his famous team
of grays into the arena at the Olympia
just in front of Judge William H.
Moore of New York and nineteen 9th
err four-in-hands in fine style. The
time Of the winner In driving from
Hampton Court to the show was "a
minutes 5 seconds. which was consid-
cred a remarkably good performance
America has set the pace at the horse
show at the Olympia this year, and
several of the leading entries for the
Marathon were from the United
States. This race is known abroad as
the millionaires'> Marathon because of
the wealth of those patronizing it. Al
fred Vanderbilt is credited with the
revival of coaching in England.
While young Mr.. Vanderbilt was
driving the Venture to the Olympia
show the British parliament was dis
curiosity why there was an attempt at
concealment of the now admitted fact
that Mrs. Ruiz died by her own hand
Parliament would like to know why
the report of a coroners inquest was
kept out of the papers. There is dis
agreement as to just why Mrs. Ruiz
committed suicide She was the wife
of a member of the Cuban legation
at Washington and native of st
Louis. Mr.. Vanderbilt met her in Cen
trail park one day by chance, having
alighted from his horse on the bride
path to assist her in tightening the
girth of her saddle. The two were
seen much together both in New York
and London, and she was named as
correspondent in the divorce Mrs. Van
derbilt obtained from her husband It
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-27

at Colgate for six years, but two and
half years of the time was spent on
leave of absence. studying under Pro-
fessors Planck and Rubens of the Uni
versity of Berlin.
In 1893 DR.. Nichols was called to
the professorship Of physics I'm Dart
mouth college. During the first two
years at Dartmouth he made the first
measurements of the heat received
from several of the brighter stars
and planets by using his own radiome
ter. These experiments are admitted
~ the most sensitive and delicate
measurements of heat which have ever
been made. Professor Nichols, work
ing with Professor Gordon F. Huh. in
1901 discovered the pressure of a
beam of light.
This discovery and the difficult and
accurate measurement of the new
force won immediate and. worldwide
recognition for both men. After five
years at Dartmouth DR. Nichols was
called to the chair of experimental
physics in Columbia.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-27

ONE WAY OF KEEPING Go0n-SAUSAGE AND
CRACKERS FOR TWO.
might have been much heavier crops
side
just think of the appetites produced
on such occasions and the quantities
of molasses cake, berry pie, caraway
seed cookies, sandwiches and lemon
ade that disappeared before time to
hitch up the horses and start for
home Picnics cost more nowadays
picnics from city to country, from the
hot fat to the sandy beach and it's
cooling breezes or the steamboat and
its crowded decks and band and pea
nuts and slot machine picture shows
To buy ice cream, candy, pop, toy
guns and afrships for the children.
have the baby's picture taken and
pilot the family through all the shows
OF Coney Island Midway make pa
terfamilias feel as though pay day
ought to come seven times a week
And then IL on the way home show
err comes up and the rain spoils few
hats and dress or two, and the baby
gets the Group, and the next Oldest
comes down with diphtheria, and the
doctors bills come soon and often. the
head of the family has heart failure
and begins to wonder If picnics really
pay.
But the children and the young folks
are sure they do, and so we will al
ways have picnics. If the custom de-
pended altogether on the grownups
probably 1t would long ago have been
relegated to the realm of outworn and
discarded institutions. like hoopskirts,
bicycle meets, pingpong parties and
horse cars. the latter being obsolete
now in most every city Of the country
except New York.
When he celebrated Sammy Sneeze
by a premature and unexpected explo
sion in the region Of his pharynS made
himself unpopular bg sanding the
sandwiches for the whole family he
did what any healthy and unregulated
youngster is liable to do on such an
occasion, and such Incidents are liable
TO make people who cannot take things
as they come wish they had stayed at
home And speaking of sandwiches
reminds one TINT If pienics come very
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-27
NEW DARTMOUTH HEAD.
President Ernest Fox Nichols and His
Achievements.

President Ernest Fox Nichols and His
Achievements.
Columbia university has furnished
two pre- Sidents for other educational
institutions recently-Professor Ernest
Fox Nichols, who has been chosen
president of Dartmouth college at
Concord. NJ H., and Professor Richard
c. McLaurin. who has just been in
stalled rs president Of the Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology at Bos
ton. Both were members of the Co
lumhia faculty. and Professor Nichols
was professor Of experimental phys
les.
The selection of Professor Nichols
to become the tenth president of Dart
mouth is the result of more than two
years of assiduous effort on the part
of the trustees to find man to sue
coed President Tucker. who resigned
In 1907. The remarkable growth Of
the college from 315 to more than
1,200 students during President Tuck
er's fourteen years presidency, with
an increase Of nearly 100000 in col
lege property and corresponding en-
largement of the faculty, made the
problem of selecting a new head diff
ticult.
DR.. Nichols was born in 1869 at
Leavenworth, Kan. He received his
early education in the west and was
graduated at nineteen from the Kan
sas Agricultural college. The next
year was spent In teaching and the
following years as graduate student
In mathematics and physics at Cor
nell university, where he held the
Erastus Brooks fellowship. He re-
ceived from Cornell the degree of mas
ter of science in 1893 and of doctor of
science in 1897, both taken in course.
In 1892 he was appointed to the
chair of physics and astronomy in
Colgate university. DR.. Nichols was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-27
"a HE return Of the picnic season
brings memories of the past
some pleasant, some other
urfSG XhnfhrI. n 1nior1i1, &c u Ii

brings memories of the past
some pleasant, some other
wise Whether picnic is all
that it is cracked up to be depends on
various circumstances. 1t might al
most be said that in the bright lexicon
of youth there is no such phrase as an
unpleasant picnic. Children are usu
ally able to find enjoyment in picuic
even when the weather man does his
very worst. The clouds have silver
lining for them. The rain cannot
dampen their ardor or quench the fires
of boyish and girlish enthusiasm for
fun. 1t is when one gets older that n
bad day may spoil the pleasure of a
picnic, take the crease out of pair
of trousers or ruin the pretty stenog-
fapher's tailor made suit bought with
The fruit of three weeks arduous toll,
trimmings look as if they had been
the flood. A few experiences
Of this kind serve to put one in pes
simistic mood and wish that picnics
had never been invented.
But, after all, the picnic is good
thing, especially the old fashioned va
riety. In the good old days-of course
everything was good in the days gone
by-a picnic was not an everyday af-
fair or an incident of every week end.
but an event of the season. something
to be looked forward to for days and
1 n r.. Al. E..
ers' wives it was an oasis in the desert
Of drudgery. 1t was as much better
than meeting of the parish sewing
society as ice cream is superior to
chewing gum. For their daughters 1t
was the best chance of the year to sc,
cure beau, and but for the dear old
picnics of those simple times there