The gold leaf., 1910-09-08

THE GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, SEPT. s. 1910.
WE wonder if Taft will have any
better opinion Of North Carolina Re
nublicans now that Marion Butler
holds the reins.-New Bern Sun.
An Englishman says American
women make poor wives" That VIII
cause American women to pity the
poor wives Of the Englishmen.-N H.
mington Star.
MoFehead is going to purge the
Republican party Of North Carolina
and the wee-pon Of fumigatlon Is to
be Mary Ann Butler. Nuff sed.-
Charlotte News.
Reno got "A good deal OF bad adver-
tising last week, and the State oi
Nevada has fallen low enough to buy
the Carlisle Butler bOnds.-ThOmas-
Vile Charity and Children.
It seems strange for the ''mOrally
stnntpd' to talk about tight times IN
prohibition sections, when 1t has
been definitely settled that saloons
cans. tight" times.-Wilmington
Dispatch.
The score between "Little Joe"
Brown and Big Hoax" Smith now
stands one to one. The rubber will
doubtless be played two years hence.
Georgia has our deepest sympathy.
Norfolk Nirginian-FilOt.
Alabama BOASTS that she is pre-
pairing to sell corn to other States
this fall" Nevertheless, Alabamians
will 90 right on ordering their sup
ply of Old North CarOlia Corn from
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The reason so many States show
little increase in inhabitants is that
folks leave their native States as
soon as they hear about the splendid
opportunities in North Carolina.
They buy their tickets for Whining
ton and stay here or hereabOuts.-
Wilmington Star.
A boy that has been properly rear
cd, trained in an atmosphere where
they make gentleman will not forget
to exhibit good manners on all Oc-
casiOns Those who live close to the
efIIuvia that exudes from the muck
rakers imbibe manners suited to the
slums. Pity the environments
Mebane Leader.
\ razor, n pistol, bottle Of liquor
and woman were Jointly responsible,
according to the ThOmasVilIe David
sonian, for II murder in Davidson
county. With that quartet of
trouble e-brceders in active operation,
we cannot but feel that the communi-
ty got out cheaply with one killing.
Charlotte Observer.
We have little sympathy with the
local fair associations that are try
ing TO keep out the circuses, fearing
that they will interfere with their
business. The fact of the matter is
that the average fair is not as enter
tanning as a circus and can hardly
claim to be more OF II moral institu-
ton. Durham Herald.
How many people will be fooled by
the local option" plank in the Re-
publican platform? By their careful
straddle OF the liquor question our
Republican brethren show their usual
hypocrisy and deceit. Neither wet
nor dry, hot nor cold, but just any
anything to get votes.-Lexington
Leader.
1t is believed that the Republican
programme for 1912 is John Motley
MOrehead for Governor, and Marion
Butler for the United States Senate.
North CarOlinians who love their
State had better be on their guard.
There is no difference between Butler
ism and Observation-Disclosures
ton Star.
No other fertilizer is SO much need
ed by most Southern soils, and not
until stable manure, rather than com
mercial fertilizers, is looked upon as
the great essential to the mainte.
nance of fertile soil, will it be posi-.
BILE to economically build up the
waste lands of the SOuth.-PrOgres-
sive Farmer
AnItalian poet, Signor d 'Annunzio
has gotten $4,000 in debt. If a
North Carolina poet could get people
to trust him with that much money
he would subside and take to the
woods. In that instance the loan oil
money would mean the suppression
OF genius. Therefore, we will loan no
money to home poets.-Wilmington
Star.
The corn acreage in this part OI
the State is too great. Our best
farmers are realizing that more corn
can be made on half the land they
attempt to cultivate in corn if they
properly prepare the land, fertilize
and cultivate the corn. In the past
we'll cultivated corn has been the ex-
ception rather than the rule.-Rich
Square ROanoke-ChOwan Times.