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The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
They Are Good Church Folks.
Albemarle Enterprise.


In copying our recent editorial in
reference to a class of subscribers
that gives every newspaper trouble
which is not conducted on a strictly
cash in advance basis, the Green's
borO Christian Advocate says:
The editor of the Stanly Enter
prise, which by the way is one of the
best weekly newspapers coming to
this office, bewails a bad habit of
some subscribers.
"The Advocate has lost enough on
an average to pay the editOr's salary
and all the CLERICAL expenses of the
office for the last ten years OF negll-
gent saints who insist that they are
under no obligation to pay for IL
paper continued to them after the
time paid for has expired. Right re-
Gently in our effort to be a little more
careful to accommodate this class OF
subscribers, and not being able to
discriminate in every case, we have
given mortal offense to some who
happened to fall under the scimiter
and they have written US "huffy"
letters, saying we were afraid to
trust them for a little while. SO
what is poor mortal to do? And
these are all good church folks at
that, Brother Bivins."
If you have not tried the split log
drag for dirt roads, you should do
so. Some splendid roads are being
made in many counties. After grad
ing the roads they should be dragged
after every rain.-Asheboro Courier.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
This Man Has Walked Some.

The WinstOn-Salem Union Repub-
licAn tells this story of a mail carrier
VIII" has a record Of having walked
81, 7,12p miles in the discharge of his
duties 1t says:
Az Elkin, \. {, item says that Mr..
Frank Day is the champion mail
carrier in the United States. Losing
an arm in the Civil War, he came
home and engaged in the mail carry
ing business and his record is re-
markable, and although advanced
in years, he is still on duty every
daV
He carried the mail from Elkin to
Huntsville. a distance of 25 miles,
three times Il week for five years,
making a total of 80 ZOO miles; from
Elkins to DObSOn twice a week, IS
miles, for ! ID years, total 5,G16
miles; .lOnesville to MOckSville, 30
miles, twice Il week for six months,
3, ,12O miles, from JOnesville to Cling
man, miles one year twice a week
and three years. daily, making a to-
tai OF l6. .64O miles: from JOnesville
to Swan Creek, > miles for five years,
twice a week. making 5000 miles,
and from Elkin to Jonesville, one
mile, sixteen years, twice a day, max
ing 27,544 miles. making a grand
total of 81, 100 miles, and he is still
tramping the road three times day,
except Sunday. In all that time he
has never lost a lock nor has he ever
been more than fifteen minutes be-
hind schedule time. More than three
fOurths Of his work has been done on
foot. We venture the assertion that
there is not another man in North
Carolina who can show such arecord
and we doubt if one could be found
in the United States outside of the
railway messengers.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Misjjudged.
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
\ young woman rushed up to
young man on Superior avenue the
other day and shook hands with him
cordially. Il have confession to
make to you, she gurgled You
won believpi it. but | always thought
You drank
The young man fingered for clover
and tried not to blush.
"And now" she pursued, Il find
that YOU are actually a temperance
worker Now | see YOU are trying to
be modest and deny it. but never
fool me again. | overheard my
brother saying, in his slangv way,
that YOU were a great booze fighter
Oh. he was in earnest. Why. he said
that You had punished more OF that
stuff than any other 10 men in
Cleveland. I'm proud to know YOU;
will you ever pardon me for misjudg-
ing YOU"
She was gone before he got through
choking.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
The Doctors Question.
Much Sickness Due to Bowel Dis
orders.

4 Doctors first question when con
suited by n patient is, Are your
bOwel. regular" He knows that 9S
per cent. Of illness is attended with
inactive bowels and torpid liver, and
that this condition must be removed
gently and thoroughly before health
can be restored.
RexalI Orderlies are IA positive,
pleasant and safe remedy for cOn9tI-
patton and bowel disorders in general.
We are so certain Of their great cura-
tive value that we promise to return
the purchaser money in every case
when they fail to produce entire sat
isfHctiOn.
Krxall Orderlies are eaten like candy
they act quietly. and have "A so0th-
ing, strengthening, healing influence
on the entire Intestinal tract. They
do not purge, gripe, cause nausea,
fiatuIencp, excessive lOOsenes8, diar-
rhOen or other annoying effect. They
are especially good for children, weak
persons or old folks. Two sizes. 21c.
and Zoe. Sold only at our store
The Rexall Store ". w. Parker.
'Pa, what's the difference between
idpalism and realism?'
.'ldealism, my son, is the cOntem-
platiuu Of marriage; realism is being
married '-BOstOn Transcript.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Don't Be A Quitter.
Ayden Baptist.

Ayden Baptist.
Eternal perseverance is the price
of success. The only way in the
world to succeed in any undertaking
is to keep continually at it. The
world is full OF failures today be-
cause of want of faith and persever-
ance to accomplish results. If the
man with the axe wishes to do good
day : work in the forest he must stay
long time in the morning at the
grind rock. People have an inclina-
ton to get tired before they com
mence almost Young men get tired
of school before they get started and
rush out into the great arena of life
to be failures because they we're not
willing to pay the price of success,
which is get ready before you quit
your preparation. Many a young
man quit school before he attained
to any proficiency and all through
life looked back with regret at his
unWise course. Yet we may be stu
dents and continue to grow all
through life, but often at a disadvan-
tagp.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Time To Act.
Don't Wait for the Fatal Stages of
Kidney Illness. Profit by Hen
derson Peoples Experience.

Occasional attacks of baekache, irregu-
lar urination, headaches and dizzy spells
are common early symptoms Of kidney
disorders. It's an error to neglect tn ese
ills. The attacks may pass off for a time
but return with greater intensity If
there are symptoms Of dropsy-pufiy
swellings below the eyes. bloating Oi
limbs and ankles, or any part OF the
body. don't delay "A minute Begin tax
ing DOan's Kidney Pills and keep up the
treatment until the kidneys are well.
when your old time health and yigor will
return. Cures in Henderson prove the
effectiveness OF this great kidney remedy
Mrs NJ ;. Duke. 223 Arch st. Hender-
son, y. C., says: II used Doan's kidney
Pills about year ago and was very
much benefited. At that time was
suffering from q weak and lame back
and other symptoms Of kidney com
plant 1t was hard for me 10 stoOp and
did not rest well. Ny supply Of Doan ;
Kidney Pills was procured from the her
ner- -McNair Cos Drug Store and they
gave me prompt and lasting relief.
For sale by all dealers. Price % cents.
Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo. New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name - Doans = and
take no other.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Seed Time and Wild Oats.
Merchants J OuruaI.

hl'i'l'iiJH JpHIIdl
Life has its seed time and its har-
vest, and surely upon the use of the
former the quality of the latter will
depend. you often hear it said that
n young man must SOW his wild oats,
but if you will pause to ask "Why?"
the failacy Of this statement will be
apparent to you" says Ambition.
If a young man lust sOWs wild oats
as preparation for Il useful future,
then Il farmer should SOW burs and
wire grass in the spring in order to
reap a bOuntiful crop Of wheat in the
all. True, some men that began by
sowing wild oats became successful
asterward, but mark you, they had
to dig up the first crop and plant
again, which means they wasted time
by starting out wrong and having
to retrace their steps. Besides, these
turned-under crops of wild oats have
an unpleasant tendency to come out
again and cause trouble every little
while, just like plowed under tares.
\ on that want IAN easy row to hoe
must be careful not to let the weeds
OF idleness get in your field; for once
in they will give you plenty of
trouble.
You can see all around you men
that are walking warnings They
were gifted by nature with capable
brains. Life held in store for them
as much as for those who have pros
pered. but they would not put forth
the effort to take it. They wasted
hours that should have been spent
i'll study; and are paying the penalty
OF being poorly equipped for earning
a living. You find them occupying
low places in the industrial and mer-
camille world and complaining be-
cause they work so hard and make
SO little.
What kind of a harvest are you
preparing for-whnat or wild grass?
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
The Source of Our Greatness.



Some of our legislators over at
Raleigh seem disposed to loosen the
divorce laws. In many of the States
the laws are too lax, and Mr.. Battle
is right in his fight on all divorce
law amendments. The growth of
the divorce evil is alarming. Last
year there were in this country more
than forty thousand divorces, a good
many of them in North Carolina.
This means that forty thousand
homes were wrecked. 1t means that
forty thousand chickering's have
been laid on the marriage altar 1t
means that thousands of young souls
have been cut loose from the shores
that should anchor all affections and
cast upon an aimless voyage for life
1t means that many of the hearths
and firesides, where are Graded the
morals Of civilization, instead of be-
coming sanctuaries of happiness.
have been turned into places of
wretchedness and misery. Let US
not loosen the divorce laws. The
unity and perpetuity of the family
tie is the safeguard to our peace and
honor. Back of and above all our
achievements the home stands as the
true source of our freedom and great.
ness.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09

Wasting the Greatest National Asset
Atlanta Constitution.

| Atlanta Constitution.
"The greatest asset OF any nation
its most important resource to be
considered, is that represented in its
vigorous population, its children
women and men"
| Such was the keynote OF the health
talk delivered recently in Atlanta by
| DR.. J. \. Mccormack, OF Bowling
Green, KY, a national authority OF
sanitation and hygiene.
| Developing his theme, DR. Motor
mack said:
In fact, farms, mines, forests. lac
tories and similar things called
wealth, have little more than an Il b.
stract value, except as there is such
a population to operate and ENJOY
them The drain upon this asset i'll
this country from diseases now
known to be preventable, and rs n
result of vicious and immoral living,
is estimated at more than One-third
of the entire sick and death rate
every year
Expressed in brief compass, DR..
Mccormack 5 doctrine is that we
should conserve human life, as well
as our material assets.
We are not at present adequately
conserving the lives and health Ofthe
men, women and children who's" sus-
tanned vigOr is the final safeguard Of
American institutions.
A was shown in the cOngres IiOnal
debate last year over the bill to e>-
tablish Il national department of
health, hundreds of thousand Of peO-
pie die prematurely and needlesslv in
America every year; millions are half
incapacitated the year around by
semi-invaIidism that merely requires
vigorous measures to replace with
health and efficiency.
Spending enormous sums on the
pork barrel, squandering millions on
unjustifed additions to the pension
system, sinking money in battleships
doomed to the iunk-heap, giving free
ly to establish q system of espionage
in the Federal government
We neglect those factors upon
which perpetuity of government and
prosperity in America depend-the
men, the women and the children.
Perhaps, in course OF time, some
governmental department will find
time to pay as much attention to
eradicating disease among human
beings as among cattle and hogs.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Warning to Railroad Men.

Look out for severe and even dangerous
kidney and bladder trouble resulting from
years of railroading Geo. r. Bell. 633
Third St.. Fort Wayne, ind, vas many
years a cOndu ctor Oh the Nickel Plate. lie
Save: Twenty years Of rairoading left my
kidneys in terrible condition. Tb-re was a
continual pain across my back and hips and
nv kidIsys gave me much distress and the
action Of nv bladder wa. frequent and most
painful / got a supply Of Foley Kidney
Pills and the drst bottle made wonderful
Improvement and four bottles cured me com
piet.Iy Since being cured 1 have recon-
mended Foley kidney Pills 10 many OF my
railroad friends For sale by all druggists.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Attacks School Principal.

\ severe attack on school principal, Chas
b. Alien, OF Sylvania, Ga. is thus told by
him. For more than three years" he
writes. Il suffered indescribable torture
from rheumatism. liver and stomach trouble
and diseased kidneys. All remedies failed
till used Electric Bitters, but four bottles
of this wonderful! remedy cured me complete
ly." Such results are common. Thousands
bless them for curing stomach trouble. fe-
male complaints, kidney disorders, bilious
ness. and for new health and vigOr. Try
them. Only soc at Melville Dorsey's.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Charlotte Chronicle.


What is the present status of pro-
hibitiOn, the country over? The facts
have been brought out by the Phila-
delphia Press, through an inquiry by
one of its readers. The Press has
summarized the results of recent elec-
tions, and this summary reproduced
in The Richmond Times Dispatch,
makes interesting reading. 1t will
be noted that while prohibition has
made some gains, these gains have
been offset by losses The summary
shows that Florida defeated consti-
tutional prohibition by about 4 200
votes. HillsborO county. including
Tampa, voted for dry State bv a
large majority. Missouri rejected
constitutional prohibition by about
1000 more than half of this being
the vote in st. Louis. Oklahoma re-
fused to accept local option and high
license as substitute for State wide
prohibition by 10000 majority
Oregon turned down constitutional
prohibition by about 5000. This
was due to the powerful anti-prohibi-
tion influence of the State press, led
by the Portland Oregonian. Utah,
by the defeat of friendly candidates.
indefinitely postponed consideration
of Statewide prohibition Kansas
reelected Governor Stubbs by
largely reduced vote, due to the OPP
position OF the wet wing of the peo-
pie. Tennessee smashed the violent
anti-prOhibitionist Patterson Demo
cratic machine, electing a Governor
pledged to enforce the present State
prohibition law Arizona rejected
Statewide prohibition. California
was affected only by half of the re-
manning precincts of Los Angeles,
which voted no license Delaware
changed only in rural New Castle
county, which decided 10 remain wet.
Idaho defeated Governor Brady, by
ma jority of 900 He had declared
for Statewide prohibition. Except
in one county the license majority
was everywhere increased. In Illinois
the Omitted Societies" claimed the
election of 90 per cent. of their en-
dOrsed candidates. The attitude Of
the new Legislature toward county
prohibition is yet uncertain. Indiana
repealed the county option law.
Iowa elected the Cummins Republi-
can faction, insuring the perpetual
tiOn of defeated DOhlman, and county
option is certain. New Mexico de-
feated prohibition in its cOnstitu-
tiOnal convention. North Dakota re-
elected for the third time Governor
John Burke, who stands for State
wide prohibition law. Ohio looks
with dlsfavOr on a county option
law. In Pennsylvania the Anti-Sa-
loon League failed to get a county
option law. Rhode Island voted four
more cities wet, leaving only seven
cities dry. In South Carolina, Green
vile county re elected a reinstatement
of the dispensary. There are four
license counties in that State out Oi
forty two. South Dakota turned
down the county option law. In
Washington two cities and some
smaller towns voted no license, but
there is no hope of prohibition legis
lation by the General Assembly
Wisconsin has n poor outlook fol
county option. BY majority o
fourteen in the Alabama House o
Representatives. a local option bill
was adopted last week to take th'
place Of the Statewide prohibition
law now on the statute books. i
will become q law.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
NO. II.
How To Stop
49,
Stubborn Cough

We don't mean just stop the irri-
tation in your thToat-but cure the
underlying cause.
Cough syrupS caunol 90 this. Il
takes constitutional tonic body
builder 10 DO the nagL property
and cure you 10 stay cured Nlnol
Is the remedy YOU need.
HERE Il PROOF
Mrs. Minnie osgood, OF CIcns Falls.
n. V, writes After tr, Ing several rem
edies for bad cough and cold ,.ithout
benefit. l was asked to trv Ninnl. n
worked like magic. I: cured rny cold
and cough and gained ia health aud
strength. oon>idcr Niuol ;hr most
wonderful tcnlo and In, igorntnr ever
saw
If we cannot stop that cough
with NINOl--our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic which Is made
without Olive will not charge
YOU a cent for the medicine YOU
buy. This seems like 4 pretty fair
proposition-and ought to be &C
cepted. Don't you think so? With
this understanding W. ask you to
try bottle of NlNOL.
w. w. Parker. Druggist.
He nderson.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Hundredth Anniversary Celebrated.

Raleigh, March 1-Out at the
North Carolina Soldiers Home to-
dav there was celebrated the Tooth
birthday Of John VI. Pool, OF Wake
comfy, a Mexican and Civil war vet
eran, the oldest man in the Home,
where he has been since 1892. Dur
ing the Civil war he was a member OF
Company +, Fourteenth regiment.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Monday, March 10Th, 1911,

Sell at public auction 10 the higbrs' bidder
for cash st the Court House door ia Hendrr-
son y. e.. the following real r~inie. to-"tt
Il One lot ~ parcel ~ land situate ~ ia"
town uf Henderson. Vance cDunfF. :. e..
bounded as follows. Begin at stake ON
Southeast corner ol Wychr Allsy and Alley s.
Alleyz and run thence ~ "a north reafrriF
direction along Alleys Alley 20 'hfHiHut
street. thence westerly along thestuui rire"t
to Mr.. Alice Powrlis line thence along Mrs
Alice Pow-ll's line and the lines II oven
DAVIS Robert LussIfer. e-tnf" 81 An! J. }.
Harris. samuel Watkins and ParhHm Bros
Company according to the cC.f-rs and dl1
tnHcs-z gf zHId lines 20 yrtn hI.+f. fh"H'-
.astsrly along Wyche All. 'n i-E'nalb2
r. being the lot whereDu The Et"T" houses.
.fabl-s mud several tenement hou-r- nT" ls-
eHted. sa!d lot being and cDnpr=luZ all 81
the land wIth .mpfO sfn~ut~ thereon 10 ih"
block betyee WFeh" ALLY. Alley Al"s.
Chestnut - r-ef aud Brenkrurdg. street be-
longing 10 the late " " Ksayi--
u Ou- lot 81 land ia Henderson bound.
ed ~ follows. Begin a. "a -tak" As-ilh"r
corner on Orange street and run thence cart
22-E feet - stake on kau-ofn sfr@"t.
thence north along Ransom street 100 feet
~ - stake. thence vest Z2l ie"t - sfah"
in Drangr street. thence along Orange street
5I' ". 100 feet 10 the beginning j. beng
the lot bought rs ". y kravls from ] =
Rowland and wife by deed dated July l-th,
page 37-
% One trac, or parcel Of land situate 10
Vance County y G. and bounded 0u the
north by the lands oi J. W Beek on The
east by Ross Mil road, on the south b the
land. Of Mr.. h. g. Brodie, and Oh the wet
by the lands formerly belonging 10 e-tate 81
j II Dunn; containing 80 Hcrss, more or
ie-s IL beiug the land bought By the late
" " Reayi- from Madison Hawkins end
others By deed dated August p, 1889, aud
NJ other timer.
All Of the above lands ore valuable and
we'll located and opportunities for splendid
investments are now offered
Terms of sale cash
Place Of sale, Court House door. Hender-
son y &.
Date Of sale Monday. the 2Oth day oi
March. 1911.
This ] lth day Of February, 1911
A c ZOLLICOFFEE,
Trustee
HFndsr-on. y, {.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.

Burdette-Money in Pouch Lining
Package Containing $4,000 Disap-
peared While r1r. Burdette Was an
Illinois Postal CIerk.-1ystery
Solved After Thirty Years.
A Prroria, H., dispatch says that
Rev Charles Edwin Burdette, brother
of 'Bob' Burdette, the humOrist,
has been vindicated after thirty years
of any blame in connection with the
disappearance of 50, 800 from a regis
tered letter package sent out by the
Peoria post office, OF which he was
registry clerk.
The So, 800 disappeared in 1891,
after it was put in twelve registered
letters by the late John COmstOck.
The evidence was against young Bur
dettc. and after the first investiga-
ton, Comstock demanded that Gen.
ID. Magee, postmaster at PerOiH who
died last year, Immediately dis
charge the registry clerk.
COmstOck carried the matter to
Washington and an inspector came
from Chicago. He recommended
that Burdette be discharged but the
postmaster refused to do so, and
Burdette held his position Burdette
was working to get money to study
for the ministry.
A few years after the COmstOck
money was missed, Burdptte left the
post office and went to Brown Uni
versity and then to Newton Academy
When he was ordained minister he
was assigned as u missionary in
Assam, India. He pow has II pas
torate at Springfield, Mass.
Into the repair shop at San Fran
cisco few days ago battered mail
sack was sent to be patched. 1t was
II veteran, and to repair it meant
practically Il new sack. The first
man to inspect the pouch decided it
needed new bottom, and with a
knife he ripped the leather Above
it he saw II big manila envelope,
caught by the corners which served
practically as a false bottom. He
opened it and found it to contain the
twelve COmstock letters and the
missing $500, which had been wan
dering about the country for thirty
years.
When the finding of the money was
reported to the PerOia Post Office
friends telpgraphed to Mr.. Burdette
that the cloud hanging over him for
so long had been diepelled.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
This "Shakes The Bush"

Durham sun.
why does the wind blow" asks a
scientists. OFF handed. We would say
that YOU will have TO 60 where it
listieth to find out. 1t isunlike man.
when it comes to giving in taxes. You
will never hear him blowing where he
listieth. And Yet it is like some
people in another particular, because
it has nothing else TO do.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
ABOUT PROHIBITION.

How the Question Stands Throug ghout
the Natiou-the Gains and Losses
While There Have Been Some Gains,
These Gains Have Been OFFSET by
Losses and II VIII Ever Continue A
Troublesome 1atter.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Has Millions of Friends.

friends by millions as Bucklens Arnica
Salve does Its astounding cures in the
past forty years made them It's the best
Salve in the world for sores. ulcers. eczema.
burns beils scalds cuts. corns. sore eyes
sprainS. swellings. bruises, cold sores. Has
no equal for piles. 25c al Melville Dorsey =
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09

The merchants want the govern
ment to continue to furnish printed
stamped envelopes because they save
a few cents on their envelopes, but
they are opposed to a parce,s post
because they are afraid the farmers
and others might be able TO save a
few cents on their merchandise by
patronizing a mail order house.
Now isn't that consistency?-New
Bern Sun.
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
Rheumatism Relieved In 6 Hours.

DIR. nETCHON'S RELIEF FOR RHEU-
MATlSM usually relieves severest cases in a
lew hours. Its action upon the system is re-
narkabe and effective 1t removes the
cause ANA the disease quickly disappears.
First dose benefits. 75c and 90. Sold
by ". W. Parker. druggist. le1
The gold leaf., 1911-03-09
NOTICE.
Sale Of Valuable Real
Estate.

DY VIRTUE OF POWER CONFERRED
ID by IA trust deed executed 20 m" by :"
". ReaVis on the 13fh day oi December.
1907. which deed il duly rrgst"rcd IN Vance
COUNT, in Book -. png" j-7, nnd upon M
phcation and rrquest oi III" phrtics luter"st-
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