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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
Items From Fleming Town.

INTENDED for publication last week
late.
Communicated.
Our farmers are 80 busy with their
farm work it is real lonesome on Main
street The nights have gotten so short
that they don't even come and stay till
bedtime. They have plenty OF plants
and are well up with their work. Build
ings and repairs have been. and will be
q feature in our town for some time to
come. The women folks have lots OF
chickens. and right many large enough
to fry. In fact, taking our neighbor-
hood upon the whole, we are an all
right. up-to-date, peaceable set.
As old things have been in newspapers
again OF late, | will give you the dates
OF some old coins owned by Mr.. K. A.
Paschall. In 1898 he ploughed up a sill
yer coin (about the size OF asilver dollar
near an old Fleming settlement. On one
side il the inscription "Dei Gratia. Car
lous III. 177S." On the other side is
'Hispan. Etind. Rex. NJ. |. r. F. T.
Crown" One 80 cents L. S. coin made
1927. This coin was made the same
year his father, Mr. r. H. H. Pasehall
was born. 4 French coin with Charles
40 Roi De France, 1925" 50 silver
) cent pieces dated from 1924 up to
1852, the most of them are 1885, SO
and 81. Several old coins, L. S. and
foreign 3 cent pieces, etc. One copper
cent dated 1907. Gold coins, one S.. 90
British coin. Inscription "Georius I'LL,
ID. C., 1924" L. S. coin made in 1888,
carried through the war between the
States 1861 until 1865, by r. Ii. II.
Paschall He has other gold coins OF in
terest to him, that were his fathers, one
a $4,000 coin dated 1870.
Mrs. Il. Z. Turner has several old coins.
among them l U. S. copper cent dated
1922 1 copper cent with Victoria Del
Gratia 1859 on one side, "Britanniar,
r. f. 6. crown F. /. d: d. E. F. on the
other side. She has also a bunch OF old
almanacs dated frcm 1928 to 1886.
They are North Ct--~iina and Virginia
publications. A lot of leaves were worn
from both sides OF the bunch, showing
that many more were connected with it.
Some very amusing things are in these
old almanacs. They give the proceedings
OF the courts and other things of those
days
Mr. Jim Virgins is quite sick in the
home of his sOn-in-law, Mr.. &. G. Eyer
ton.
Mrs. J. A. Fleming and sister, Miss
Liza Egerton> had a pleasant drive
through the coutry to see relatives near
Macon, and to attend the marriage of
Miss Margerie Yates Shearin to Mr..
Robert Tilden league, Superintendent OF
Waxhaw graded schools. The marriage
ceremony took place in Gardeners church,
at Church HILL May 9TH, at 11:3O o'clock.
OCTASIO NAL.
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James Nelson. Lee Faulkner, Henry
Cooper. John Thomas.

James Nelson. Lee Faulkner, Henry
Cooper. John Thomas.
FOURTH GRADE.
Sadie White. Tom Skinner kittrell,
Andrew Newcomb, Dorothy Harris,
Wilbur Perry, Liner Payne, Elizabeth Fox,
Runyon Tyler. Hattie Marston, Naomi
Tan HERSHEY, Willard Harris, Newell eau.
lie II Natheniel Macon, Whitmel Swain,
.Jr, Melvin Matthews.
FIFTH GRADE.
Franc is Harris, Benton Register, Nor.
Hoyle.
SIXTH GRADE.
Francis Macon, Louise Smaw, Willard
Register, Nellie Rose, Polly Moscovitz
Geneva Evans, Elizabeth Corbitt, Mabel
Pearson, Bette C.. Jones, Spotswood
Parker, Annie Switzerland. Elizabeth
Switzerland, Edna Allgood, Irvine Wat
kins, Edison Hicks. Eliza Hayes.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Ruth Roth, Lydia Crabtree, Arthur
Tyler, Lena Aycock. Alice Marrow,
Florence Bobbitt, Earle Harris, Ed Nc
Intyre, Virginia Alderman, William Har-
ton, Pearle Reavis
EIGHTH GRADE.
Mary Atwood, Ola Burrows, Katie
Bum, Helen Daniel, Jeanne Gary. Wort
ley Hayes, Mabel Jones. Mary MacIntyre,
Esther Register, Annie Smaw.
TENTH GRADE.
Mary Butler, Christine Thomas, Lottie
Keller, Eleanor Caudell, Gertrude Harris,
Blanche Gregory, Louise Jones.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

n B. gallon corn whiskey 100 proof and
lug F. o. B. here. ..........21 Is
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Lived I52 years.

VIM. Parr-England's oldest man-mar-
ried the third time at 12O, worked in the
fields till 1872 and lived 20 years longer
Wright, OF Spurlock, KY, shows how to re-
main young. Il feel Just like 16-year old
boy he writes, CATER taking six bottles OF
Electric Bitters. For thirty years Kidney
trouble made life a burden but the first bot
tie of this wonderful medicine convinced me
had found the greatest cure on earth -
They're godsend to weak, sickly, rundown
or old people. Try them. SOC at Melville
Dorsey's drug store
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
THE GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, MAY 20. 1909.
The Vanguard of the Revolution.

Charlotte Presbyterian Standard, May II.
Before the Standard can be printed,
published and re-read carefully another
Goth Of May will have come. There are
memories and memories as the day ap-
proaches One is about the prize poem
written by that gifted and distinguished
scholar and writer. Rev. W. W. Moore,
d. D. We re-publish it elsewhere in this
paper Let it be read again. 1t will be,
no doubt Though we happen to know
it was written originally by the author
merely for the entertainment OF his
children, it is full of history, and worthy
of careful study on every Occount.
The poem follows:
ruI, r.ECI-AUn or THE pEV0I I-TIOE
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
BY REV. ". ". MOORE, ID II

THE VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20
SmaSheS All Records.

As an all-round laxative tonic and health
builder no other pills can compare with DR.
Kings New Life Pills. They tone and
regulate stomach. liver and kidneys, purify
the blood, strengthen the nerves; cure con-
stiration, Dyspepsia. Biliousness, Jaundice,
Headache, Chills and Malaria Try them.
25c M Melville Dorsey's drug store.
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Rev. |. w. WiIliamson's lie tier.

Rev |. W. Williamson. Huntington, w. Va,
writes: This is to certify that used Foley s
Kidney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and
kidney trouble and am free to say that it will
do all that you claim for it, Foleys Kidney
Remedy has restored health and strength to
thousands of weak, run down people. Con-
tains no harmful drugs and is pleasant to
take. Sold by W. W. Parker druggist
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Ii your Stomach, Heart or Kidneys are
weak, try at least. few doses only Of DR..
Shops Restorative. In five or ten days
only, the result will surprise you. A few
cents will cover the cost And here is why
help comes quickly. DR.. Shoop doesn' t
drug the stomach, nor stimulate the
Heart or Kidneys. DR.. Shops Restorative
goes directly to the weak and failing nerves.
Each organ has it's own controlling nerve.
When these nerves fail, the depending organs
must OF necessity falter. This plain, yet
vital truth, clearly tells why DR.. Shoop's
restorative is SO universally successful Its
success is leading druggists everywhere to
give it universal preference. A test will
surely tell. Sold by all dealers
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

To Piedmont Carolina.
Where virgin prairie soil
Bespoke abundant harvests
To reward the tilleT's toll,
From homes beyond the ocean
There came in days Of old
4 band of sturdy heroes,
4 race of yeOmen bold.
On all Cataw ba's uplands-
For there they found their rest
Those woods and wide savannas
Fulfilled their longing quest
They reared their modest dwellings,
They built the kirk and school,
For well they knew how danger grew
From akeptic and from fool.
Behind the walls OF Derry
Their fathers faith in God
Had filed their souls with courage
TO defy the tyrant's rod;
Tvs folly then to fancy
That sons of sires like these
Would bear yoke Of bondage,
Or obey unjust DEGREES.
Their heirloom was q Volume
Which taught the rights OF man,
And made the least king and priest,
Free from despotic ban:
The People are the sCvereigns
With rights inlienate,
The people make the government,
The People are the State.
Thus Calvin taught and Craighead
Thus Mecklenburg believed,
And when oppressive measures passed
Her sons were not deceived;
While others talked Of redress
As subjects of the Crown,
They boldly broke the tyrant' s yoke
And flung the gauntlet down.
For well they knew that Freedom
Could now he only won
BY ringing steel and rifle,
BY deeds OF valor done
Where leaden hail fell thickest;
Where Wars dead NAV was fed
With human life, and where the strife
Would leave ten Thousand dead.
Full we'll they knew the power
OF that despotic State,
Her wealth, her pride. her prestige wide
Her fleets and armies great
But how can men die better
Than facing fearful odds
In fighting for their heritage
For Freedom cause and Gods
From seven congregations
In which they preached and prayed.
From woodlands and plantations.
In hOmespun garb arrayed,
These yOemen rode to Charlotte.
These men OF mien sedate,
While high emprise shone in their eyes
They came to found State.
And there these dauntless atesmen
In ringing words and higi:.
Declared their Independence
We'll win it or wei die
With lives and sacred honor.
With fortunes great or small.
We will serve the cause of Freedom,
We will break the Briton's thrall.'
Nor was it idle bOasting,
Right well they kept their word,
As Tarleton and CORVALLIS learned
Long ere the end was heard
At Hanging Rock and Charlotte.
That deadly Hornets Nest
Their soubriquet in many fray
In North and South and West
Next year the Nation followed
Where Mecklenburg had led
With flag unfurled to all the world
Her high resolve she read
No more shall sons of freemen
Endure the tyrant's rod,
This land shall be as Freedom free
Or we forsworn to God"
Through flaming broil of battle,
Where Britain's bravest stood,
On field and flood by blade and blood
They made their pledges good.
And now wherc'er their banner
Floats over land and sea,
In grateful Laws tho Daonla nroiSa
The men who made us free.
Then up with granite column
Inscribed with lofty phrase,
Let Mecklenburg's achievement
ResOund through endless days,
Her sons were first to utter
The discriminating word,
Let men proclaim their deathless name
Till all the world has heard.
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Il am so happy" she said. Ever
since my engagement to Charles the
whole world seems different. | do not
seem to be in dull. prosaic England,
but" 'Lapland." suggested her lit
tie brother, who was doing his geog-
raphv lesson Illustrated Bits.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-05-20

Many weak. nervous women have been re-
stored to health by Foley's Kidney Remedy
as it stimulates the kidneys so they will elm.
mate the waste matter from the blood. I'm
purities depress the nerves. causing ner-
vous exhaustion and other ailments. Com
mence today and you will soon be well.
Pleasant to take Sold by W. W. Parker,
druggist.
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Kills to Stop the Fiend.

The worst foe for II years of John Deye,
of Gladwin, Mich =, was a running ulcer. He
paid doctors over $4,000 without benefit
Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve killed the ulcer
and cured him. Cures Fever Sores Bois,
Felons, Eczema, Salt Rheum. Infallible for
Piles, Burns, Scalds Cuts, Corns. 25c at
Melville Dorseys drug store.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25

Americas agricultural surplus VIII De
exhausted; with the cost Of manuiac-
lures standardized so closely the world
over that cheap transportation IS likely
to be the dominating factor in final de-
termination of the control Of trade;
with the United States determined TO
maintain its superior scale OF living
Just as long as possible, it IS PLAIN that
we must have as cheap transportation
as any competitor if we shall remain
in the fight for markets. Nobody has
made it so clear as Mr.. Quick does IN
the present work, that we are falling
behind the procession in this most i'm
portant respect. It is modestly sug-
gested that the forthcoming river and
harbor congress IN Washington might
profitably call on Mr.. Quick for some
development of this theme in an
address to which Congress ought to be
especially invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25
Miss May Halliwell
WEEDS Charles A. Jones

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dean Halliwen,
Of 50 Sip avenue, Jersey City. n. J..
have issued cards announcing the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss May Hal
lwell. to Charles Andrew Jones. Of
Washington. d. C.
The wedding took place yesterday af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock IN the home Of the
brides parents. Only a small gathering
of relatives and intimate friends were
present at the ceremony, which was
performed by the Rev. DR.. Cornelius
Brett, pastor Of the Bergen Reform
Church.
Mr.. Halliweu escorted his daughter
and gave her in marriage. The bride
wore a handsome gown OF brown broad
cloth made in draped princess effect
with the bodice trimmed with touches
Of brown satin and burnt orange velvet.
the coat heavily braided. Her hat was
Of brown velvet trimmed with plumes
and touches Of gold and she carried a
cluster Of Bride roses and lilies of the
valley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25
MODIFICATION OF SHERMAN
LAW IMPROBABLE.

A great deal is being said just now
bv leading financiers, interested in big
industrial combinations, about the
necessity of modifying the Sherman
law. in view of the decision of the
United States circuit court in the
Standard Oil case. But the more fully
this decision is understood and the more
thoroughly is comprehended the moral
effect of it. the more clear it becomes
that there will be no modification of
this law such as will make its terms
less drastic At least, the indications
now are that until the Supreme Court
passes finally IN the Standard Oil case
there will be no weakening of the
Sherman statute.
The fact is, and that is something
which the captains of industry and
their lawyers appear to have over
looked, that the Standard Oil decision
has made it impolitic for the Admins
tration to insist just now on such
changes in the law as would seek to al
low the good" combinations to exist
and would reach only to the other kind.
Similarly. it will be impolitic for Con
gress to try to modify the law at this
time. Efforts to change the law natural
" would excite public antipathy as be
ing designed to allow a number of great
trusts, of questionable value to the
public to say the least, to escape and,
possibly, to let the Standard Oil com
bination out of the tight hole in which
it now finds itself Not many public
men will want to be laid open to such
misinterpretation, and hence the cham
pions of changes in the law probably
viii not be as largely in evidence the
coming session of Congress as otherwise
they would have been.
As for the decision of the circuit
court itself, its Importance from a
legal standpoint has been magnified
Because it means the overthrow of one
of the worlds great monopolies, its
moral effects are far reaching. But the
best lawyers are convinced that the
decision does not 90 as far as either
the Tobacco trust decision OF the de.
cision in the joint traffic cases or the
findings of the highest court in the
Northern Securities ease.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25
INLAND WATERWAYS OF
NORTH AMERICA.

Peculiarly timely and really iIlumi-
rating because Of its thorough grasp
of the problem is a book Just issued
from the Putnam press, American In
land Waterways" by Herbert Quick
Mr.. Quick's studies of the waterway
problem at home and abroad, his
analysis of the relation Of waterway
development 10 the trade routes of the
world, and his recognition Of the vital
Importance of properly adjusting water
snd rail carriers into a scheme of CO.
operation rather than of competition,
entitle his work TO the careful con
sideration Of every friend of cheaper
transportation, improved distribution,
ami better correlation Of the factors
" Iich go TO determine the cost of living.
The Grand Strategy Of Trade" is the
title under which, in his opening chap
ter, Mr.. Quick warns the United States
that Canada is developing a waterway
system which is going TO take the traf-
fc Of her entire empire, by way Of Hud-
son Bay, TO Europe on the cheapest and
shortest water route in existence. This
Is no chimera; it is rapidly approaching
accomplishment. Perhaps there will be
establishment at the statement that
the Catalan wheat crop can 90 to
Liverpool via the Nelson river and
Hudson Bay, every foot Of the distance
from Winnipeg by water, over a route
just about the same length as the
distance from Philadelphia TO Liverpool.
The shorter circles Of the more northern
route accounts for this, and Mr. Quick
points out that our grain export is most
gravely menaced by competition of this
very route.
We have heard a vast deal lately
about Canada's industrial ambitions and
tariff program for their furtherance. It
will be well worth while for responsible
public men 20 inform themselves about
the waterways program with which Can
ada is planning to provide cheap trans
pOrtatiOn over short routes in com
petition with the dear transportation
over long routes, on which the United
States is still compelled to rely.
With the time fast approaching when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25
BY Times Men
About the City
Sidelights

OVERS OF birds arc numerous
among the high officials OF the
Government. This does not refer
to those piping hot birds that are
commonly associated with the long, cold
bottle. but 10 live pathological specl-
mems. Some Of the ablest ornithologists,
and the most enthusiastic. are TO be
found In Government circles.
For instance, how many Of the people
who conceive Of Frank Harris Hitch
cock. Postmaster General. as a cold
blouded politician. know that he is a
fine biologist and thar he is one on
the most enthusiastic OF pathological
students He has spent days and months
IN the fields and the WOODS, studying
the ways Of birds at first hand from
nature.
Probably one cannot find in this coun-
try a student Of bird lore who Is the
SUPERIOR of DR.. c. Hart Merriam. chief
Of the Biological Survey. Theodore
Roosevelt consulted DIT. Merriam more
than any other man on pathological
and biological matters. He sent DIT.
Merriam his Western specimens and
consulted him much about his African
trip.
Frank Bond, chief clerk Of the General
Land Office, is an authority on birds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25
Statesmen
Wise and
OtherUUiSe

thought over what he will say thorough
ly. and the mere matter OF committing
II TO manuscript will not be as great
a task as 70 might seem But the un-
usual delay I'm getting out the message
means that in many cases ii viii have
20 be wired to newspapers instead OF
mailed 1t will have to be Cabled to
foreign countries
II the Presidential message is out in
time IL Is mailed 10 the big European
mailed al over the United States and
Canada and Mexico. 1t is likely it Will
have TO be wired 70 many distant parts
of this country this year. entailinS a
large expense for tolls
Fountain L. Thompson. the new Sem
tor from North Dakota. will prOba by
not be able long TO hold on TO the toga.
At least, the North Dakota Democrats
are bent on electing another man when
the Legislature meets. W. r. PurseU. a
prominent Democrat. is said 20 be slated.
r
Representative Julius Kahn OF San
Francisco Is convinced that that city
will have the greatest exposition on
record in 1915, about the time of the
opening of the Panama Canal 1t will
celebrate the opening of the Panama
Canal and the discovery of the Pacific
by Balboa Mr.. Kahn has set out TO
get $1,000. 600 from the Government as a
loan in aid of the exposition, and his
popularity in Congress is such that he
stands a good show of getting II.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-25
SCANT BACON SUPPLY MEN
ACES THE NATION.

While in general there are many
things for which we should be thankful
at this time, it is impossible TO view
the Thanksgiving period with anything
like impartiaIity and not take cog
nizance of the alarming state of things
with respect to bacon. Public atten-
ton has been much distracted by such
things as the overthrow Of combiua-
tions, the downfall of Cannonism, the
Ballinger- Pinchot controversy, and
more drastic interstate commerce legis-
Iation. 1t has overlooked what is hap
pening TO bacon.
Bread used to be regarded as the
staff of life, but for the average Ameri-
can citizen what would existence be
without bacon and eggsg Yet the ex-
istence of this substantial, even if
plebeian, dish is gravely menaced. The
price of eggs has not yet gone to a
point where the man Of moderate means
cannot obtain one occasionally, but
bacon is soaring rapidly out of reach,
and it looks now as if it would soon
be out of sight
It is not merely that the price OF
bacon is going up and yet farther
upward, but the supply is narrow
ing TO a dangerous extent. The bacon
eating population is growing, and grow
ing rapidly. The American hog fails to
keep pace with the growth Of the popu-
lstion. Even in Chicago, the worlds
greatest pork center, there is almost
famine in hogs. The daily receipts at
the stockyards there are only about
half what they used to be. The in
evitable has happened. By the unalter-
able law of supply and demand the
prica of bacon has been multiplied, and
the end is not yet.
The East has felt the effects most
severely, and the result is that the
common OF garden bacon that has been
with us from time imnamorial is be.
coming q luxury.
A strange mutation this that Time
brings, that automobiles should be be-
coming more and more common and
bacon should be passing into the cate
CORY of those things that only the rich
can afford. History viii show that
governments have fallen for less than
this, and We venture to express the
hope that with this grave national
crisis confronting them the American
people viii exhibit their usual modera.
ton and do nothing rash.