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Won't Print Stamped Envelopes.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 12.-The
government Will probably discon-
tinue the practice ofprinting stamped
envelopes with the address OF bust
ness firms in the corner.
1t is stated that the House commit
tee on pOstotfices and post roads
will include in it's regular appropria-
ton bill for the department pro-
vision declaring that the practice
shall cnaSo
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"St. Elmo a Really Fine Play.

OF st. Elmo" which comes to the
Grand Theatre next Wednesday
evening, February 23rd, q dramatic
writer says this:
While the present trend OF the drama
would apparently Indicate that plays
dealing with the sunny side of life are
the ones most demanded of the dramatic
author at present, it is a notable and
pleasing fact that one of the real sue
cesses of the present season is a drama
tization of st Elmo" Augusta J.
Evans wonderful delineation of South
ern life and character. st. Elmo" is a
play vastly different from the current
type of theatrical productions dealing as
it does with the almost ideal conditions
OF country life in the Southern States;
and yet Neil TwOmey has scored one of
the successes Of the season and has given
to the theatre-goer a visualized repro
dnctiOn OF novel that is an American
rather than Southern classic
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MONTHLY HONOR roll

Pupils whose Names Appeared on H.
rlonthly Honor Roll Of the c.,
Graded School as Read Out bs,nI
The Trustees and Visitors Febrn..
Sth.
The usual exercises incident
reading the monthly honor roIIua-
held at the Central Graded >nLalf3
Tuesday, Feb. Sth. FOLLOWING | ,ra
the program: -
Following was the program.
|. Prayer, Rev. L. W. Hughes
,. Recitation, Bible Selection
3 Song. "Oh Land Beloved
T. Recitation, Mercy"
). Reading of Honor Roll
6. Address, by Rev ]. 4. Met Iurr
Z Song, brightest and Best
FIRST GRADE
Alfred Bullock, Norwood Evans WI,
ney Rankin, John Tyler, Willie Corthnrr
Elizabeth Newcomb Alice Thomas
MISS BURWELL'S ROOM
Sydney Brame, Elmore Ch9mn,,,.
Luther Holioman, Frank Murray. Arrhi.
Newman.
SECOND GRADE.
Eleanor Farror, Elizabeth Harris NIL,
Doan. Kate Mustian, Bessie NeI.an
Elizabeth Pearson, Frank Falknc~ MI
liam Harris, Sam Hart. Fred Have.
Carrie Wallace, Walter Rowland J9m,s
Tyler, Robert Gill Young.
THIRD GRADE.
Robert Fuller. II0yt H0hronA \.f
Hobgood Kenneth Kelly. George Nam.
gum, Simon MOscovitz, Conrad Sturrrs
Clyde Thorne, Lennie Elmorc. N,rn
Finch, Edna GarIick, Mary Cleeg Io.I
rich, Lucy Vile Hart Lorena kittrru
Celia Roth Mary Taylor. Mildred Wrstcr
FOURTH GRADE.
Girls = Alise Aycock, Alice cheek
Josephine Craven, Sadie Stone. Annette
Sturges, Emily Henderson
Boys-James Nelson, John Thomas
Thomas Smaw.
FIFTH GRADE.
Sadie White, Runyon Tyler. parntb,
Harris, Melvin Mathews, Liner Payna
Newell Caudeil, Wilbur Perry. Minnie
Mangum.
SMITH GRADE.
Francis Harris. Paul Keller. kathIrrl,
Benton, Glenn Bobbitt. Hattie Roth
Benton Register, Page Harris. Elizabeth
Dorsey
SEVENTH GRADE.
Louise Smaw Elizabeth Corbitt Frances
Cheatham, Alice Faulkner, Ionic Nelson
Lillian Stallings, Polly Moscovitz
EIGTH GRADE.
Ruth Roth.
NINTH GRADE
Mary Atwood, Ferol Fleming.
TENTH GRADE.
LESSEE Tyler, Lillian Mangum
ELEVENTH GRADE.
Mary Butler, Christine Thomas, Lottr
Keller, Florence Butler.
FIRST GRADE, NORTH HENDERSON
SCHOLL.
Lille Edwards. Esse Ham. Myrtle
Pierce. Louise Clark, Ebert Knight
Mack Hughes, Joseph Lamb,
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Do YOU know that Group can be prevented
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| crOupy cough appears and viii prevent far
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NOTICE.

HAVE QUALIFIED As ADMI\l>i ~
l. tor of the estate OF Mrs lIarTri J. "a
ker, deceased, before the Clerk oi I be- superior
Court Of Vance County and this e ~ Ho'nt
all persons holding claims agalH-' -a'l =
tate to present the same to me ON "l '"5.'5'
the 2Sth day OF January, 1911 "T tl.s
notice will be pleaded in bar Vi u" r"'p',..
thereof. Persons indebted to sad '-'a'f ~
requested to make immediate Arttl"mra'
This 2Sth day Of january. 1910.
A.C. XOLLItpFFEE !,
Administrator estate Of Mr.. HdfiFi r
Baker deceased
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There is more Catarrh in this section of het
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doe
tors pronounced it a local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment, pro-
nOunced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co, Toledo Ohio, is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. 1t is taken
internally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
Address: F. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo, O.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1910.

WE believe that a great deal too
much has been made Of the Fair
banks-Pope incident in Rome. The
former Vice-President is certainly no
worse off for not seeing the Pope, and
the Pope is no better off for not ac-
cording the distinguished American
an audience for reasons statd-if in
deed the whole affair had any existence
outside of the fertile brain OF some
sensational press correspondent.
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While it is often impossible to prevent an
accident. it is never impossible to be pre-
pared-it is not beyond any ones purse. In
vest p cents in a bottle of Chamberlain's
Liniment and you are prepared for sprains
bruises and like injuries Sold by all dealers
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Students Club Entertained by Mrs.
Gooch.

On Wednesday afternoon, Febru-
airy the fourteenth, Mrs. L. r. Gooch
entertained the Students club at her
home. Quite a number were present
the meeting proving a most interest
ing one. This club is limited to if
teen members, and their whole study
is devoted to Shakespeare. The fol-
lowing program was carried out.
The subject for the afternoon was
Antony and Cleopatra.
Act | to act II, Scene V.
To call the play, Miss Butler.
Cleopatra, Miss Page.
Antony, Mrs. A. S. Pendleton.
Caesar, Miss Plummer.
Lepidus, Mrs. Tucker
Enobarbus, Miss Richards.
Second Messenger, Mrs. Thomas.
Iras, Mrs. Tucker.
Chairman, Miss Watson.
Second Attendant, Mrs. Lands.
First Messenger, Miss Gillian.
Soothsayer, Mrs. Cheek.
Alexas, Mrs. Peace.
Pompey, Mrs Thomas
Agrippa, Mrs Lands.
First Attendant, Miss Butler.
Menas, Mrs Kittrell
Menecrates, Mrs. Peace.
Varius, Miss Gillian.
Octavia, Mrs. Gooch.
Philo, Mrs. Thomas.
Manidian, Miss Watson.
Malcenas, Mrs. Cheek.
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NOTICE OF SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF THE POWER AID A.
ID thority given by cer'a,,n I'.'l LA 4
Trust executed by James Ham't, ~
wife, Alice HambletOn, to Andre" =. ="
trustee, which is recorded Iu 'a" "'
Register Of Deeds for the 'nun't ~ '"'.'
book IL, page 100, the fDti""+'-
will be sold at Public Aurtuh. ,f.--
ing the lands Of 3 Davis / 60. DIR ~
ris, K. & g. Railroad, bounded '~ foil. u.
wit: Begin at stone in y. Dffa- rr
line on the Public County Road .'t" Hi
derson to KittreIl and run thrh.r #.'.- XXI
Road in direction Of Henderson 80 .. a..
stone, Willis Morris corner thna.' ..,a,
to Raleigh & CASTOR L. K prov" ...r
along Rairod 30 feet; thence ~. I.t-..
b. Davis & Co Is line TO til" bcl|"i = .f.-.
Place Of sale Court Hou-e Door. H'-+
son. y. e. u.rrh
] 18th. 1910.
Terms Of sale Cash
February Sth, 1910. .,.r,f.
IrE-t4.
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LaGrppe pains that pervade the entire
system, LaGrippe coughs that rack and
strain, are quickly cured by Foley's Honey
and Tar Is mildly laxative. safe and GER
tain in results. Sold by all Druggists.
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Mrs. Bridgers Entertains Woman S
Tuesday Club.

Contributed.
The Woman's Tuesday Club spent
a pleasant afternoon with Mrs. j. ii.
Bridgers on February the fifteenth,
in her handsome home on North
William street.
After the regular business meeting
the following program was enjoyed,
the papers being splendid and very
interesting:
Later English Drama.
$50 doth the greater dim the less,
u substitute shines brightly as a
king until king be by"
Symposium, Predecessors and Con-
temporaries of Shakespeare. Lead
er, Mrs Bridgers.
Play houses and Players, Mrs. ID.
Y. Cooper.
NARROW and his Influence on the
Drama, Mrs + r. Harris.
DR.. FaustusCompared withGoethe' s
Faust, Mrs. J. H. Parham.
Delightful refreshments were served.
According to the management OF est.
Elmo" the drama built upon Augusta
J. Evans famous novel of the same
name, the play will be presented in a
way to satisfy the most critical taste
when it is seen in this city at the Grand
Theatre on February 23rd. A car load
OF special scenery has been built for the
production, and the cast is made up of
picked players, who have been drilled
under the supervision Of the author, Neil
TwOmey-Advr.
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COOLEY FOR SOLICITOR.

r. A. p. Cooley Receives Endorse
ment of the Bar of Nash County for
Solicitor of the Fourth judicial Dis
trict.
The following explains itself:
We, the undersigned members of the
bar OF Nash county, heartily endorse the
candidacy of Hon. r. A. p. Cooley for
Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial District.
We can say truthfully of him: ~ that
he is an able advocate and fully equip
ped for the duties of this important
Office; % he has always been an answer
wing and active Democrat, and (3) he is
a most lovable and attractive man. We
appeal to the Democrats of the district
to aid us in securing Mr.. COoley's nOmi-
nation.
J. P. BUM,
J. W. KEEL,
S. +. AUSTIN,
T T. THORNE,
JACOB BATTLE,
F. S. SPRUILL,
E. B. GRANTHAM,
LEON T. VAUGHAN,
BERNARD 4. BROOKS.
February 4th, 1910.
Best for coughs and colds Is Kennedys's
Laxative Cough Syrup. 1t moves the bowels
freely yet gently and thereby drives the cold
from the system. 1t stops the cough Chill
dren like Unpleasant to take. Sold by all
Druggists.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-02-17

SOME towns are clamoring for mar
ket houses while in Asheville they
are trying to get rid Of the one they
have. Petitions to this end, bearing
the signatures Of more than one half
the voters Of Ashevillc, have been
presented to the aldermen. The OPP
ponents of the market claim that it
gives the meat dealers a monopoly
and is practically responsible for the
high price Of fresh meatsin AsheVille.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1910-02-17

We want to commend, for q second
time, the Southern Senators course
in refusing to debate with Senator
Hepburn such subjects as General
Lees character and the propriety OF
the United States government ex-
tending certain courtesies to Confed-
crate veterans reunion. These sub
jects are not proper matter for con
gressional debate; to debate them at
all is to treat sectionalist's utter
ancps with undeserved consideration,
us we'll as to abet the stirring up of
strife .-CharlOtt Observer.
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Ii is getting to be quite the thing
for the Governor to reduce the SEN
fences OF convicts i'll cases where a
pardon is not granted. Are the
Judges wrong (excessive) in imposing
the sentences or is the Governor
wrong in committing them? Must be
one or the other. And if the fault
lies with the courts why not change
the thing and invest the Governor
with the sentencing power as we'll as
the pardoning power and be done
with it?
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Der Oh houses III New DeTIle Ill Gllt pttoU
few months, Jesse Whitehead, a
negro, was convicted of burglary in
the first degree at Craven Superior
court last week and sentenced to
death. About $500 worth of stolen
goods much OF which was identified
by the losers, was found in his house.
Burglary is very properly a capital
felony in North Carolina upon the
presumption that when a burglar
enters q home in which a person is
sleeping he goes prepared and ready
to do murder before he will be cap
tured or foiled in his attempt to rob.
AT Granville court last week Solo
mon Shepherd the negro who con
fessed to the murder of Engineer
Holt at Durham, was convicted OF
murder i'm the sPcOn degree and
sentenced to 30 years in the State
prison. The defense was that the
negro was an imbeCile and was not
responsible for his acts or did not
realize the enOrmty of the crime
which he confessed to and did not
commit The fact that he was given
the extreme penalty for second degree
murder shows what the presiding
Judge Il. Crawford Biggs,) thought
of his guilt and his responsibility
therefor. The case was removed
from Durham.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19

Joe Cannon may be first In war
and first in peace. but not hrst In the
hearts OF the insurgents"
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19
Astounding Decrease In Bird Life

In times OF record the chief birds
absolutely to drop from human sight
are the dodo (16SD. great aux 1S44),
Nestor Productus parrot 1s5D. and
Pallas' cormorant (recently). These
can only be reconstructed from skins
and bones and old descriptions.
New Workers remember when the
Labrador duck was common in the
markets. Sailors easily shot and
brought IL to port by thousands. Now
only three are preserved In all the
world. Walter Rothschild. OF Eng
land, has two OF them-one obtained
from Gordon Plummer OF Brookline.
Massachusetts,. who bought 1t In Full
ton Market. New York. In 1860; the
other from William butcher. OF New
York. by whom II was received from
the widow OF a man named Thomp-
son, who shot 1t In the st. Lawrence
river In 1852. Nine years afterward.
one was killed on Grand Manan, and
four years later the last to be known
was shot by J. G.. Bell. who sold its
skin to the Smithsonian Institution at
Washington.
You see how carefully the roll is
called and identiications are made
when the battle Is over, The battle
Is about over for the beautiful pas
senger pigeon. In 1S4S II came down
the Hudson river in such numbers
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19

that the then owner OF "Claremont,"
near the place where Grants Tomb
now Is. shot from his roof one hun
dred in morning. Twenty-eight
years later a pigeon nesting" near
Petoskey, Michigan. occupied an area
twenty-eight miles long. averaging
four miles wide. That season (accord-
inss TO freightlng records) billion pas
senger pigeons were destroyed In
Michigan, when roosting. by guns,
bludgeons. and pots of sulphur Rail-
roads had been laid. and markets
were ready. The birds sold In New
York for cent apiece.
Nobody has noted a passenger
pigeon. and proved II, since 1900. The
only attested living specimens for
years past were In captivity. "A few
were In the Cincinnati Zoo. a few In
Milwaukee; others had been bred
from a single pair owned by Professor
c. o. Whitman, OF Chicago Univer-
sity. Six years ago. Professor Whit
mans refused further to interbreed.
All that were known were presently
dead. except one male In Cincinnati,
and one female in the Whitman
aviary. The lone female was sent to
the disconsolate male. or the tremen.
dous fiocks which once few over the
United States only these two birds
are left.-From Who Killed Cock
Robin?" in Everybody's Magazine.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19
BUNK

Jones has limited quantity OF cheap.
poor food. Smith has an eight-course
dinner. most Of which finds its way
TO the garbage can. Smith dresses
in broadcloths and silks. Jones wears
shoddy aud cotton Smith lives with
out laboring with hand or brain.
Jones tolls with both and Is a prey 10
worry and despair. The surplus OF
wealth which is not needed by Smith
would give comfort, JOY and peace 20
Jones. There is enough for both
but one exists a parasite on the social
system and the other tolls and can not
keep discomfort from the door. And
the reason is: UNEQUAL DlSTRI
BUTTON.
Unequal distribution Is fostered By
unfair laws which In turn foster a
vicious political-big business system
Under the system property rights are
more important than human rights.
The whole system goes to favor a few
and against the many. Our democracy
is not a democracy because We are
not equal. not free.
II you think you are free. II you dis
pute this statement 60 OUT and try
to honestly buck some entrenched
special privilege man. and see what
you get You will find that he has
the law. the government. many OF the
newspapers. the banks. the railroads
and everything else tfat you will need
on his side. II you win you will have
to play into the system. you will have
to sacrifice your democracy.
There IS, OF course, a certain amount
of poverty due to improvidence, weak
ness and vice. But there are millions
OF struggling poor in this country, who
are just as virtuous. provident and
strong Of mind and body as the pos
SCISSORS OF swollen fortunes. But the
possessors OF swollen fortunes occupy
positions OF vantage. They control
mines, the reservoirs OF natural
wealth; they control highways of COM
merce, the railroads; they control the
implements OF communication, the
telegraph, telephone, express, ETC.:
they control the patented machinery
which is necessary TO production;
they control buildings and sites OF
buildings where production is carried
on; they control the instruments OF
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19

ownership known as corporations;
they control the laws, the lawyers and
law-making bodies. and not infrequent-
ly the judges and executive officials
who are supposed to interpret and en-
force the laws And this control OF
the executive, legislative and judicial
functions OF the government COM
pletely fastens the grip OF the moguls
on the people. Hence poverty. How
else could II be? Hence. on one side.
class Of the very rich and on tho
other the large and growing class OF
the very. very poor.
Look about you and see how com
pletely the great com binations or wealth
dominate the government. Open your
eyes and witness these great trusts
holding wages low and making prices
high. Prices would not be high II
wages were in proportion.
This newspaper tried TO make the In
creased cost of living situation clear
when the tariff act was pending. We
knew that prices would go up in pro-
portion TO the protection offered to the
trusts. The people understood this
and wanted tariff revision downward.
but the present bunk takers passed
the tariff law whether you like II or
not; and thereby added to the diff
Guilty OF the poor man 70 get enough
TO feed and clothe himself, added TO
the incomes of the idle rich and made
more perfect the system OF control.
That tariff law Is adding this minute
to the wealth OF Aldrich and Morgan.
and is increasing the annual crop CT
paupers How puerile to ask now
why commodities protected under the
Payne-Aldrich bill are higher than
usual. or who is profiting?
Until the people take the govern
ment once more into their own hands.
the laws and government will be used
TO make more sharp the dividing line
between the very rich and the very
poor. and TO build higher the wall
which divides the land of Those-Who-
Have from that OF Those-WhoHave-
Not.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19
Famous Gems of Prose
THE LESSONS OF THE STI

BY Edwin H. Chaplin.
humanity In the city tNew York pages
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19

Bunk.
Now there's an expressive little
slang word. II Is derived from bunco
and II means lying talk.
Bunk Is a complete definition OF tic
messages and orations that are be-
ing gotten of In Washington and III
state legislatures Just at present. con
corning the increased cost OF living
the cruel living tax which has become
SO heavy upon the shoulders OF the
great producing masses OF this coun
try-that IL is unbearable.
The bunk takers self-styled inves
tigators, would lead us to believe thai
the causes OF high prices form deep
dark mystery. They tell us the lady
with the market basket and the poor
devil on wages that the mystery is to
be probed to its lowest depth
The scoundrels who are doing the
loudest talking are the same ones
who fastened the tax upon US. Their
talk adds insult to injury and is just
the plainest sort OF bunk.
Consider the absurdity OF the con.
gress that passed the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill investigating the increased
cost Of living in this country. Think
OF Joe Cannon probing to discover
who is profiting from the high cost
Of commodities. Ye Gods and little
minnows.
This newspaper has exposed the
cause of high prices and has discussed
the living tar so often that to our
readers it will seem like shaking the
chestnut bag 70 go over the subject
again. In the hope. however, that
this editorial may fall under the nose
OF some poor, mystified. cropping
legislator. we will tell the story over
again and ask the intelligent school
children who read this column to bear
with US during the recital.
Unequal distribution.
There, in chestnut shell. is the
mystery" explained.
There Is plenty OF food. clothing.
houses and land. Uncle Sam Is still
rich enough to give US all farm.
But Smith has more than his share
and Jones has less than his. Jones
lives in a hovel. one of nine people
In a room. Smith lives in a palace
which is occupied one month In year.
The Detroit times., 1910-01-19

Here sits the beggar, sick ana
pinched with cold; and there goes "A
man or no better flesh and blood,
wrapped In comfort. There issues
the whine OF distress beside the gilt.
tering carriage wheels. There, amidst
the rush OF gayety--the busy. selfish
whirl-half naked. shiyering, with her
bare feet on the icy pavement, stands
the little girl. with the shadow OF an
experience upon her that has made
her old. and II may be. driven the
angel from her face.
And here. too. through the brilliant
street. and the broad light OF day.
walks purity, enshrined In the love-
Hest form oi womanhood. And along
that same street by night, attended
by hitting shadows. strolls womanhood
discrowned. clothed with painted
shame, yet. even In the springs OF
that guilty heart, not utterly quench-
ed. We render Just homage to the
one. we pour scorn upon the other;
but. could we trace back the lines OF
circumstance, and inquire why the
one stands guarded with such sweet
respect, and why the other has fallen,
We might raise problems with which
we cannot tax Providence, which we
may not lay altogether TO the charge
OF the condemned. but for which we
might challenge an answer from So
ciety.
But solution OF this problem, clear
er perhaps than any other, appears
when We consider another lesson OF
the street: lesson which requires
m lnnls Htfl, L..t
when We do look. is no less evident
than these diversities. That lessen
unfolds the essential unity OF human
ity. For we find that the differences
between men are formal rather than