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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

his stool in a jiffy. driving away with
his pen as If he were trying to over
take 9 o'clock.
"Hello" growled Scrooge in his ac-
customed voice, as near as he could
feign it. What do you mean by COM
ing here at this time of day?"
Pm very sorry. sir" said Bob Il
am behind my time"
You are? repeated Scrooge. Yes.
think you are. Step this way. If you
please"
Its only once a year. sir" pleaded
Bob. appearing from the tank. 1T
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

snail EOI De re-
peated. l was
making rath er
merry yesterday.
SIR"
"Now, I'll tell
you what, my
frie n d - said
Scrooge; II am
not going to
stand this sort of
thing any longer.
And therefore"
he on t in ued
leaping from his
stool and giving
Bob such a dig
in the waistcoat
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

q = -
case Of this I'M
happy man might
be my own. My
life tends that
way now. Aferci-
full heaven, what
is this 2"
He recoiled In
terror, for the
scene had chang
ed, and now he
almost touched q
bed, q bare, IN
curtained bed, on
which, beneath a
ra & & d sheet,
fbnra Law a cOmp-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
Administrators Notice

HAVING QUALIFIED AS ADMINISTRA.
IL tors cum testamento annexo of the
Estate of ". E. Brady. deceased, late oil
Vance County, North Carolina, this is to
notify all persons having claims against the
Estate of said deceased to exhibit them TO
the undersigned Lucy D. Brady, at Hender-
son, North Carolina, or j. Sprunt Newton
at Fayetteville, North Carolina. on or be-
fore the 10th day of Deem Der, 1911, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery
All persons indebted to said Estate will
please make immediate payment
This 10th day of December, 1910.
]. SPRUNT NEWTON.
LUCY d. 3 RADY
Administrators Gum Testampnto Annexo
A. C. ZOLLICOFFER, ATTORNEY.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
THE GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911.
CONTINUED from first page

friend. for we used to stop and speak
whenever we met. By, by!'
Spirit" said ScroOge, shuddering
from head to foot, II see, see. The
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

81 will live in the past. the present
and the futurew Scrooge repeated as
he scrambled out Of bed
He was so 1uttered and so glowing
with his good intentions that his bro
ken voice would scarcely answer to his
call He had been sobbing violently in
bis conflict with the spirit. and his
face was wet with tears.
1.-THE spirits of all three shall strive
within me. o Jacob Marley! Heaven
and the Christmas time be praised for
this! 1 say 1t on my knees. old Jacob:
on my knees!
'They are not torn down. cried
Scrooge. folding one Of his bed cur
tains in his arms; they are not torn
down, rings and all. They are here
l am here! The shadows of the things
that would have been may be dis
PEELED. They will be. | know they
willw
His hands were busy with his gar
merts all this time. turning them in
side out, putting them on upside down.
tearing them, mislaying them. making
them parties to every kind of extrav
agance.
81 don't know what to do" cried
Scrooge, laughing and crying In the
same breath and making a perfect Lao
coon Of himself with his stockings. 81
am as light as feather, am as happy
IS an angel, am as merry as school,
boy, am as giddy as drunken man.
A merry Christmas to everybody! A
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05

happy New Year
to all the world.
81 e lilo b ere j.!
Whoop! Hello!"
He was check
ed in his trans
ports by t b e
churches ringing
out the lustiest
peals he had ever
heard. CT u S b
clang, hammer,
d1ngdOng, b e | | !
B ell, dongding,
ham mer, clang,
clash! Oh, glori-
Gus, glorious!
Running to the
window, he open
ed it and put out
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-01-05
THE END OF 1T.

IS. and the bedpost
was his own. the
bed was his own.
the room was his
own. Best and hap
piest Of all. the
time before him
was his own to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
Cotton Bills of Lading

New York and Liverpool are still striving to settle the bill of lading problem. Charles Haight of New York represents the Liverpool cotton men, and he recently visited New Orleans for the purpose of putting before southern bankers an amended plan.
 This plan calls for two copies of each bill of lading. Both copies are to be signed by an authorized agent of the railroad which issues them. They are to be certified. One is to go to the accounting department of the railroad and the other to a central bureau to be established in New York in accordance with the plan of the New York bankers. The central New York bureau would make weekly returns to the account ing department of the railroad of bills of lading received.
 Under no circumstances, it ap- pears, will New York yield it's prior ity in this matter. It wants to han dle all cotton bills of lading and if southern producers and bankers ac- cept the terms proffered the south will become an annex of New York.
 The whole trouble arises from the fact that the railroads are endeavor- ing to shirk their proper responsibil- ity. Any railroad should be held re- sponsible for any bill of lading issued by it. This is the direct and true settlement and any other will lead to trouble and will prove to be no set clement in the long run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
Things sweet to taste, prove in dises.
 ton sour. king Richard IT.
Alabama's Pure Food Law

The pure food law of this state. after slumbering four years, is to be rendered effective in the hands of Commissioner of Agriculture Kolb, and it's penalties are to be fitted to every offender. Tainted fish or meats, unwholesome bread, adulter- ated sugar, oleomargarine, vile l;- quors, and poisonous soda water are all pronounced contraband, and a campaign is to be at once instituted against them.
 Because of the want of an enforced pure food law this state had become a dumping place of adulterated goods. Shelves were loaded down with canned fruits and vegetables containing benzoate of soda. Com missioner Kolb has become an agent of the department of agriculture at Washington, but this, let us hope, does not commit him to an accept ance of benzoated foods of the Me Cabe-Remsen sort. Alabama wants no benzoic acid in "her'n."
 Commissioner Kolb has the aid of state chemist and that chemists decisions should be trusted in prefer ence to decisions rendered by the McCabe board or the Remsen board. Those boards are committed to the use of benzoate of soda in canned goods and Comrliissioner Kolb can we'll afforaa to let the people of Iowa consume such goods rather than the people of Alabama. To a consider able extent they are put up in Iowa, the home of Tama Jim Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
THAckERAY.s AUTOBIOGRAPHY

William s. Walsh, on Prototypes of
 Thackeray's Characters in August Co.,
 lumbian.
 Of all Thackeray's novels, "Pendennis' was obviously and ayowedly the most au- photographic. The obviousness lies in the fact that it deals with early rustic con- ditons exactly like those into which the author was introduced in his youth and with the later environment of literary London In which his manhood was spent The avowal is made by Thackeray him. self, and nowhere more frankly than in letter to his friend. George More land Crawford, Paris correspondent of the London Daily News, which accompanied presentation copy of "Pendenns" You will find much to remind you oi old folks and faces,'' says Thackeray; "ol William John O'Connell. Jack Sheehar and Andrew Archdeckne. There is some. thing of you in Warrington, but he is not fit to hold candle to you, for talk. ing you all around, you are the most gen. uine fellow that ever strayed from g better world into this. You don't smoke and he is a consumed smoker of tobacco Bordeaux and port were your favorites al the Deanery and the Garrick, and War rington is always guzzling beer, but ht has your honesty. and like you could mol posture iE he tried. "sts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22

and is the closest port also to the rich Alabama deposits of coal and iron. The Register says the Coch- rane purchase is the biggest property transfer that has ever taken place in Mobile, and the entire city is electri- fled by it.
 The important river front deal gives the Cochrane railroad system all the outlet at tidewater it needs, and no doubt it's energetic president will soon proceed to tie up" with the mines and plants in this district. The cunning of the Cochrane railroads will be warmly welcomed here, for they will open up new coal mining districts, while they will give access to counties lying along the west side of the state.
 The Alabama, Tennessee and Northern should arrive here next year, and it will prove a valuable acquisition in many respects. Its coming will certainly antedate the opening of the Panama canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
WHERE NO MAN MAY EAT

there Is as much fun for one woman to comment on how another woman's skirt gracefully drapes or awkwardly twists or falls away or pulls in as there is in crit icising the rig of hat So, while there are places to sit down In the new restau- rant. they are never taken until the room for the standees at the high, round tables is all occupied by the fortunate early corners.
 In just one respect the equality is not complete On some dishes the prices ore cents lower than at the restaurants run by the same concern for men. But the dishes are trifle smaller. That differ- ence is based on what the proprietor con- siders scientific principle, that women do not have such big appetites. There are those who do not believe that, buN
 Dr. Wiley has never gone into the matter, so, in the absence of government statis- tics, one opinion is as good as another The chief compliment that the manager of the corporation pays to his women pa irons is that they are much more sensible about their hot-weather food selections i than the men. They make a heavy run every day on the salads and fruits. Their
 consumption of hot meat Is much less per capita than that of the men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
A Large Vote Expected

Both prohibitionists and anti-pro- hibitionists predict a large vote in Jefferson county next Thursday when a question of far-reaching im- portance is to be decided.
 It is practically conceded by all well-informed men that Jefferson county will vote wet by very large majority. As to how liquor shall be sold here, whether in dispensaries or in regulated saloons, the indications point strongly to victory for the sa- loon side. The large majority by which Governor O'Neal carried this county forms a safe basis for those who forecast majority for high li- cense and regulation.
 In 1910 when Governor O'Neal and Colonel H. S. D. Mallory were the opposing candidates for the guberna- torial nomination, men who believed in liberal laws touching the liquor traffic voted for Governor O'Neal, while prohibitionists of all kinds and degrees ultra -prohbitionists and moderate prohibitionists, to say noth- | ing of -prohibitionists-voted for Colonel Mallory, lawyer of excep- tional ability, noble integrity and great personal popularity Governor O'Neal's triumph was sweeping.
 It is quite generally known that in the present campaign many promi- nent citizens who, at the time of the governorship campaign, leaned to pro- hibition, are now outspoken for sa- looms. How many men who voted for O'Neal are going to vote for the dis pensary next Thursday? There are exceptions to all rules, but if anyone who supported O'Neal when the lines were clearly drawn and the contest was sharp and strenuous, is commit ted to the dispensary in this cam paign he is an exception, indeed.
 A full vote is urged. The larger the majority boiled for the regulated saloon the better it will be for Bir- mingham's business interests, and for the moral interests of the Birming- ham district as well. All campaigns in which the liquor question is in volved are more or less bitter. Ere quent prohibition agitations undoubt- edly hurt Birmingham as a business center. A full vote and a decisive majority on the popular side will go a long way toward securing freedom from prohibition agitation, and sure- ly few things are so devoutly to be | wished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
CASTRO OF VENEZUELA
Henry Mann. in August Columbian.

IlShry MdHil, III August COlumDlan.
 It's name to conjure with in Ven- ezuela--Cipriano Castro. It means thou- sands of Indians, with their machetes, leaping from their native valleys and nountalnsides to fight under the man who so often led them to victory. Castro is hated of the aristocrats, of the old, wealthy families who believe, as sacredly as their religion, that they were born to rule, and that this impudent upstart of a Castro from Andean wilds. who not only, crushed them in battle, but defied Europe besides, ought to be allowed to lift his head only once to have it severed as a, warning to other aspiring half Indans who might otherwise be tempted to fol- low his example.
 Castro is a veteran. He will not bel caught mapping, and with an army of those Andeans behind hfm-he always takes the front himself-his chances od being master again of the palace at Ca ] racas would command low premium at Lloyds. Castro cannot be blamed for wanting to get back to his native coun- try, whether he means revolution or not and his enemies are not to be blamed ior| wanting to keep him out of Venezuelal Judging from past experience with Eouthl American governments, it is more than| probable that, if Castro were on tho point of capturing Caracus, the last report od his antagonists would be that he was de ! feated and in flight, and that the out-| break had been suppressed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
President Taft's Real Sentiments

The Root luncheon at the Country club in Washington on Sunday was a characteristic gathering. President Taft was the guest of honor, and Vice President Sherman was honoree No. 2. Not an insurgent was in- vited, and the Associated Press re- port goes on to say that the after noon was spent with predictions as to the result of the 1912 campaign" !"
 No insurgent in Washington is de- ceived for a minute as to the true trend of the presidential mind At heart MT. Taft is standpatter, and in second and last term he would listen to no one else. He has always been standpatter. Circumstances have at times forced him to recognize the insurgents. The recognition has, however, been as slight and tempor- ary as those circumstances permit ted He spoke his honest sentiments at Winona and he shows them when ever and wherever he has a free hand.
 The insurgents are not deceived, and the insurgents, especially of the rank and file, will be heard from when ballots are secretly cast next year. Human nature is pretty sure to manifest itself in secret ballot.
 Mr. Taft is about to begin speak ing campaign in the insurgent states of the northwest, and he will, in those states, endeavor, no doubt, to demon strate his progressiveness. He can- not, however, show that he is a pro- gressive in tariff matters, after ve- toeing three bills providing for lower duties, and he can not shake off the fact that his real advisers in Wash ington are to a man standpatters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
Absence of smoke in Montreal

"viewing the city of Montreal from the top of the mountain incline writes a traveller, "one is impressed with the absence of smoke. Steam can be seen
 escaping from pipes in various build ings, but no smoke is to be seen ex- cept in large manufacturing plants far out from the center. So marked Is the absence of smoke, so clear the atmos- phere, so charming the picture in gray and terracotta of this city of 300, ,000, that inquiry was made at city hall It
 there developed that an ordinance
 places a penalty on smoke and that the
 ordinance is enforced. Soft coal and
 hard coal are employed, but public opinion stands for law observance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
Purchase of River Frontage

President John T. Cochrane, who is building a railroad line through the western counties of this state to connect this city and district with tidewater, is man not easily thwarted. When the railroads had shut him out of Mobile proper he
 proceeded to buy long stretch of water front on the east side of the river and opposite the heart of the
 city, and today he possesses water frontage three miles long. All told he purchased 200O acres, and he is in position to build not only docks and warehouses, but industrial plants as we'll. The purchased property is within Mobiles new limits. MT, Cochrane says he purchased the land because Mobile is the nearest port to the Panama canal and the South American countries on the one hand,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
Cotton Situation

Conservative local cotton statisticians now estimate that Alabama's crop will total nearly. if not quite, 1,5O0, ,OOo. That 1t will be a record breaker there seems to be scarcely any doubt. Henry Clews, in his review of the cotton sit- uation, says in part:
 This is the season when damage re- ports come out of the south in great volume, and this year is no exception to the rule, private wires and mail ad- vices bringing a daily flood of stories regarding damage from boil weeviI, army worm, caterpillar, high tempera- lures and occasionally too much mois- ture. That the crop has suffered some deterioration from one cause or an- other is unquestioned, but that the alarming reports which have been sent out from several sections of the belt have any basis in fact is hardly borne out by the insstent and continuous selling by the entire south, for, it goes without saying, that had the crop ex- perienced any serious setback, the first reflection of such condition would have been found in a cessation of the selling by the planters. However available facts are so conflicting thai the majority of traders show a disposi- ton to await the governments Sep tember condition estimate, which will be issued on the first of the month before committing themselves to any decided market position
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Good for Huntsville

Madison county voted back the dis pensary yesterday and all anti-prohi- bltionists who are familiar with con- ditions in this state expected wet victory of that sort and are ready to congratulate Huntsville and Senator Spragins, one of the great champions of the dispensary
 As Is generally known" said form CT Huntsvillian, "the dispensary was great success in Huntsville before the prohibition regime. Moral conditions there were exceptionally good, and 1T the prohibition leaders had been less drastic they would have made excep- tions in dispensary counties like Madi- son and Tuscaloosa. Three cheers for Huntsville.
 But we want no dispensary in Bir- mingham, and Jefferson county will vote next Thursday for regulated sa- loons."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
CHAMP CLARK's AMBITION

Washington Correspondence of the Brook lyn Eagle.
 q would rather be known in history said Speaker Clark, in ruling on a hotly contested point of order, 'as the fairest speaker the House ever had rather thai as the greatest"
 Champ Clark Is undoubtedly earning a reputation for fairness. He is not re garded as a great parliamentarian, and as an ordinary member of the House he never indulged in much hair-splitting O, devoted much time to whiting fine points. There are probably dozen of his democratic colleagues in the House whs have a more intimate acquaintance witt the rules and their intricacies than tn speaker.
 Yet he has thus far passed through his first session as speaker without any seri ous difficulties, and even the republican. are willing to admit that he has deal, with them fairly and has not attempted to exercise the authority of a despo There Is sort of off-hand informalit, about MT Clarks methods that brings them into sharp contrast with those o the strict constructionists who preceded him in the speakers chair For instance if there is an undue amount of noise fin ths House when a point of order is berf discussed, MT. Clark will hammer his gavel and say:
 "The House will suspend until we ge order. The chair has got to rule on this, and he wants to hear what's going on"
 The other day he precipitated a long and technical discussion of the rule gov, erning the call of committees by making this abatement:
 "The way the chair understands the rule
 is this: Whenever the House runs out of anything else to do. we have a call oi committees"
 This bland declaration was something of shock to the parliamentarians on the floor, but it turned out that in the main the speaker was right The other day, when a communication from the French chamber of deputies was read to the House in the original French by Repre- sentative Estoplnal. Uncle Joe'' Cannon arose and inquired:
 But what does 1t mean?"
 Tt means they're goin' to send us a box of books" answered the speaker laconi. cally, and he passed on to the next sut- ject.
 While there is lot of native dignity about Champ Clark and while his figure and voice are calculated to impress, there is no assumption of dignity in his meth. ods, although they are effective and pop ular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-22
The Park Concerts

"As the summer season is nearly ended we cannot hear Nappis band in Capi- tol park much longer,' said a regular attendant at the free open air concerts.
 ''The ladies of the Music Study club. under whose auspices the concerts are given, deserve the heartfelt thanks of this community. The heated term has beer long drawn out. but the tedium of summer has been greatly relieved by good music Signor Nappi has an excel lent band, and his programmes have been well suited to park audiences"