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?Stte Library SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: GOLD 0rie Year - - $1.50 Six Months - 75 CASH ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING BATES Reasonable and Will Bo Fur nlmhod Promptly to Prompec Advorttomro oh Applica tion, t t t VOL. XXX. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1011. NO. 30. HENDERSON EDITORIAL NOTES ft.-r all, what is work but the play Ti.- tariff hoard was a mighty good ,.,,.-,. for Htayiritf off tariff legisla te f,,r a whilo longer. l,..ut tin' ouly way the farmers wi!l t-vt-r he nine to combat the truats v,il! ! to organize a trust of their ijvW: It the officers of the law could all . ;h good as the blind tiger can, tl r- would probably be fewer blind c!i.--r up, my lads, and despond ni,t It, will soon bo time to hunt winiiinpoofrf, the finest sport in all ti.i- iiiltl. 'I':,.-watermelon season will soon (,. uwr, and if you don't feel that w.nliavi-gotU'U your share, you had ht ttt i &:t liusy at once. W h. il wiil some business men learn that the street was never intended as tt .lumping ground for the trash that M.viimulates in their stores through th.-hV.' about this world being "a liuwling wilderness" and a hard old ,i,., a man gets ten times more real fun out of it than he ought to be uliowed fur the money. It u-ed to besomewhatfashionable with heiivHses to "elope with their . ,;m. h drivers," but this is all chang ( , n.r.v and the more modern fashion h f..r them to "elope with their i haliih'UI-S." Kvnigood old Noah believed in advertising, and was that much ahead of some merchant of modern times. For an hundred and twenty ears he was busy warning the peo ple of the coming deluge. The world evidently does not con sider gratuitous advice as beiug worth very much. Anyway, when it wants advice that it can depend up on, it is mighty apt to go to a good law ver and pay him for it. Interesting Marriage in Warren County. Few counties in North Carolina are more historic than Warren. It is as sociated with many important events ot the past. One of these ia the mar riage of llorace Greely, which took place in the Episcopal church at Warrentou seventy-five years ago. He married Miss Mary G. Cheney, who was teaching the Warrentou school at the time. A curious circumstance connected with this event was the ancient legal requirements. In colonial times, when currency consisted of pounds, shillings and pence, the law made it necessary for the groom to give bond that there existed no lawful cause of impediment to obstruct the marriage, and among these impedi ments were extreme poverty and incapacity .to support a family, whereby the parish might be involv ed in expense. Mr. Greely was a stranger in that community, as tra dition and information furnish no evidence of a prior visit of that gen tleman to Warrenton, and it is sup posed that he met Miss Cheney in some Northern state. But Mr. Greeley soon found a friend in that time of need. One of the prominent citizens of Warrenton, Mr. John G. Yancey, father of Mrs. Jennie Yancey Harris and Mrs. C. O. Hill, of this place, went on Mr. Greeley's bond in the sura of 500 pouuds. He secured his license and was married on the Cth of July, 183G. The ceremony was performed by Rev. William J Norwood, who was rector of the church in which the marriage took place. Mr. Greeley and his bride returned to their home. Afterwards when Mr. Greeley was a candidate for the Presidency, Mr. Yancey was one of his warm supporters. How a Juror Was Lost. In Southern Missouri years ago, when the form of qiustioniug was slightly different from what it is now, much trouble was experienced in get ting a jury in a muder trial. Finally an old fellow answered every questiou satisfactorily; he had no prejudices, was not opposed to capital punish ment, and was generally a valuable find. Then the prosecutor said sol: em nly: "Juror, look upon the prisoner; prisoner, look upon the juror." The old man adjusted his specta cles and peered at the prisoner for a full half a minute. Then turning to the court, he said: "Judge, durn if I don't believe he's guilty." Ex. The Chatham Record is thirty three years old, and for all that period of time has been edited and published by the same man, Major II. A. London. It is the only paper in the State of that age that has j value to vou never changed editors. The amateur newspaper reporter seems to think that no item of news is ever complete until the reporter's ..pinion of the matter treated has hern appended. It would lie well for all mkIi reporters to remember that the public cares little or nothing ii I. out their opinions. Facts are what the public wants, and not the i. pinions of reporters. The late decree from Paris to the i fleet that false hair and corsets must go is arousing no little interest among the ladies. It may require some little time for some of them at least to adjust themselves to the new order of things. Within a short w Kile Home of us may lind ourselves wondering what has so suddenly be cuiiie of not a few fine heads of hair that we have been accustomed to Seeing. Why should not the national gov ernment give very substantial aid iu the construction of public highways? It has given millions to nid in the const nu t ion of t ranscontinental rail ways and for the openig up and im provement of rivers and harbors all over the country. Senator Cullom, .if i ri rr. I HAd. I il Kill 111 ! y't 1 I I II v. ici, UUi lull UVJ M w fc.i. ... the Senate, which commits the nation al government to the policy of con st ructing and aiding in the building of public highways, and it ought to pass without opposition from any source. A Friend to Your Family. Any newspaper is the companion and friend of the family, but the local paper is one identified with the in terests of the home. It is conducted by those whom you know. Its col umns are filled with what is ot special In its prosperity you have vital interest and to its pros perity you can best contribute by giving your support and patronage. It is your neighbor. Your duty is first to know your wants. Its in terests are your interests. It is your friend, in preference to any and all others. No outside or foreign paper can possibly have claims upon you until your duty is discharged to the local paper. The Old Toggles. The progress of towns and com munities has been retarded more b3T people who want things to remain like they were when Noah came out of the ark than by any other influ ence that can be mentioned. Until a person becomes possessed of a cer tain amount of pride in his town or community and of a willingness to put forth some effort toward making the section of country iu which he lives look like something besides a last year's jaybird nest he isn't go ing to be worth much outside of pro viding a mere living for his imme diate family. Exchange. Baby Drowned In Water Bucket. Mamie, the 13-moatbs-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Fnlp, of Winston-Salem, was drowned last week in a bucket partly filled with water. The child had been left iu the care of Yerna, a 14-year-old sis ter, who, for a moment had stepped across the street to a neighbor's, leav ing Mamie and the other children playing about the house. Returning, Yerna called "Mamie" and soon saw her tiny feet protruding from the bucket, limp and lifeless. The little one crawled to the back porch and ! tumbled from it into the bucket. The general public probably knows less about the newspaper business than anything else in the world. And vet there are scores of fellows in Makes a Good Leader. Yes, young man the glaciers of life are hard to climb, and you will never make the trip without a guide. The name of the guide is "Work." Tie yourself to him, young man, and be k i -1 iriii rtii i t mi r r t n ir ? a 1 1 ri irri r r itunost everv community wno, ffmie . fu" j ..." . i .... . is rough and ragged, as all moun- 3 nne oi mem at least uiiuul uuv . . - , r j . , , laineers are, out aon t uespise ni Uow a printing press from a thresh- j on tuat nc0Ount. Don't despise his ing machine if they were to meet both in the road at the same time, can tell a newspaper man of long and suc cessful experience just how a newspa per should be run. It is a great pity that towns and communities need ing live, up-to-date newspapers can homely garments; he is a brave, true hearted fellow, who has led thou sands safely through, and will do the same by you if you will trust him. Franklin Times. Dorthy, the little six-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. not press some of these fellows into u..ut, the home of its grandparents, Mr. f,'rvu'e- ! and Mrs. W. W. Rowland on Andrews , .. . 0. avenue. The parents of the little In some sections of the State this j chUd Hye .Q g c and were has been put down as the dryest ; visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rowland when summer since 1845, but this is not i their baby died. The funeral ser true of Yance county. While we had 1 vices were conducted from the resi- a considerable drought in the 1.' , " , , , , J i R. Royall and the remains were bur spring that made things look blue j ied mElmwood cemetery. for a while, most of the county at j least has been blessed with fairly 1 Mr. L. L. Barnes, of this county, good rains through the summer, and has bought Mr. G. D. Thomas' big all parts of the county have had "1 moro or less rain while other sections of the State have been fearfully dry. Consequently there is a fine prospect throughout the county for good 'Tops this fall, for all of which our I eople should be extremely thankful especially in view of the situation in other parts of North Carolina. . UUI v. " Mr. Barnes is a native of Yance county, but he has spent the greater part of the last eighteen years in Texas. He sold out in Ladonia, Tex., a few months ago and has been resting at his old home near Hen derson for the past few months. His wife and little daughter joined him here last week. Heaven Helps Those Wha Helps Themselves. A splendid object lesson is furnish ed other towns and cities of the State by the town of Hickory. Recently the progressive people of that town raised a fund of $200,000 to guaran tee the establishment of industrial enterprises, and the scheme has work ed admirably. We are told that al ready the town has secured a carri age and bugery factory, an overall factory, a filing cabinent factory, a chair factory, a bridge and steel structural plant, and others of the same sort, which means that Hick ory is destined to become a great manufacturing center. And ir came about simply by the people termining to help themselves, and not waiting for outside capital to come iu and do it all. Outside cap ital will come, no doubt, but it must be met half way. Mt. Olive Tribune. I : t - WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. Johnson City and the National Sol diers' Home Trip Over the Caro lina, CUnchfleld & Ohio Railroad One of the Wildest and Grandest Mountain Regions on the Continent Monumental Achievement of Geo. L. Carter, Originator aid Promotor, at Whom People Laughed for Dar ing the Impossible. Mother and Infant Die. Mrs. John Wrenn and infant, which only lived a short time, died last Thursday morning at her Lome near Watkins. She was twenty-four years of age and was a devoted mem ber of Bethel church where her in fluence and work will live on. The funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon by Rev. F. M. Shamburger. Deceased is survived by a husband and other relatives. Before her marriage she was a Miss Longmire, step-daughter of Mr. Jonah Breedlove. Poor Taste. "It seems to me," said Mrs. Old castle, "that our minister isn't preaching as well as he did at first. Don't you think he is becoming rather dogmatic?" "Well, 1 don't know," replied her hostess, as she pui. away the jewels she had worn while viewing the coro nation proeessiou, "although I did notice last Sunday that he spoke about the dogs lickin' the sores of Lazarus. It's awful poor taste, ain't it?" Too Much. "Have you confessed all of your sins?" asked the preacher, solemnly. "1 guess I've about cleaned up," was the feeble response of the dying parishioner. "How about those fish stories you were so noted for?" continued the pastor. "Were they all true?" The sufferer's face took on a look of anguish and disgust. "Parson," he muttered, "that's a mighty mean advantage to take of a dying man." Asking to Much. An old negro preacher did the bon ers, and the candidate for baptism was a coal black negro woman. The preacher led his victim far out in the stream where she could be thorough ly immersed, and at the auspicious moment he cried in a loud voice: "Be stiddy, sistah, be stiddy, an' you'll come up whitah dan snow." "Ob, parson," she exclaimed, "dat's askin' too much; a cream coloh 'ill do." Farmers' State Convention. The ninth Animal Farmers' State Convention will be held at the Agri cultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh August 29th, JHlth audltlst. Rooms at the college will be free to farmers and their families, and meals will be furnished at 25 cents each. The convention this year is to be an unusually interesting and attractive one, a number of able speakers and lecturers lieing on the program. Continued from last week.J My article last week left us in John son City, Tenn., whither we had gone ! for the purpose of taking a trip over h Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Rail- road. We spent the night here and I after supper took a trolley ride out to the National Soldiers' Home and spent a couple of hours very pleas antly viewing the grounds and build ings and listening to the band con cert, an enjoyable feature of every en vening's program. This is a beau tiful place covering several hundred acres of ground with its many build ings and improvements costing more than 13,000,000. The buildings barracks, mess hall, hospital, execu tive offices, power plant, officers' quarters, &c are of red pressed brick with granite trimmings, the grounds beautifully laid off and ev erything as attractive as nature and man can make it. There are 1,400 inmates being cared for at present, a number of them Spanish war veterans. Some of these looked asstrongand healthy as if they had never had an ache or pain, but got there through some slight disability probably, and now that they are comfortably berthed although quite able to supprot them selves they say "Uncle Sam" owes them a living and ought to give it to them, and they do not intend to work for it. I found that some of the old fellows, the men who served in the war of '01-05, were disposed j to speak contemptuously of "those youngsters, notwithstanding some of the old guard looked as if they might have got their "job" through a species of graft or else they had recuperated wonderfully since becom ing inmates of the institution. Next morning we boarded a train on the Clinchfield road for a trip over that wonderful mountain route to Marion Junction, one hundred miles of scenic wonderland and mar velous railway engineering such as is to be found in no other region. This road penetrates through the Blue Ridge near its highest point. These mountains along tome portions of the route resemble very closely the Great Smoky range in Northwestern North Carolina and East Tennessee whiehl wrote about last week rough and rugged in nature and almost as broken and barren. When the conductor came through to take up tickets 1 told him 1 was a stranger in those parts, that we had come all the way from Eastern North Carolina to Johnson City especially to taku the trip over his road. I haij been informed that the Clinchfield conductors were clever and good looking men, and personal, observa tion had convinced me that part of this at least was true in his case. Now if he would be clever enough to make it so we might get the most out of the trip in sightseeing I would Mind Your Own Business. Misfortune and disgrace may have overtaken your neighbor, but it docs not become you to get on the house tops and shout it out to the world. You will not be called upon to pay for nor auswer for any of the sins of your neighbor. You have all you can tend to to pay-for your own indis cretions. Exchange. be obliged to him. The privilege of sitting on the rear platform was de sired and in passing through the train I would thank him to point out any places or objects of interest, without putting himself to extra trouble. Assuring me that it would be his pleasure to do what he could to make the trip as" pleasant and satisfactory as possible Capt. Good win (that was our conductor's name) said there was nothing of particular interest to be seen until after passing Altapass and then he would bear my request in mind. , Sitting across the aisle from us was a gentleman of friendly countenance and pleasing address who begged to be excused for "butting in" but he had overheard what I said and with our permission he would be pleased to act in the capacity of guide as he was acquainted with the country and was going all the way through. He helped to build the road, knew every mile of it, was familiar with the difficult problems that had to be solved in the construction, the cuts and fills made, tunnels bored through the mountains, the scenery, &c. This gentleman was Mr. J. C. Lipscomb, of Gaffney, S. C, and the feeling of friends meeting seemed to be mutual when introductions were made. Mr. Lipscomb is a member of the firm of Lipscomb Brothers, merchants, of Gaffney, and was a contractor in the construction work of the Clinchfield railroad handling several large jobs or sections through the wildest and roughest part of the mountains. There was no letting of mules down the mountains seven hundred feet in cages as on the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad about which I wrote last week, but the getting in of heavy machinery and material, around and over the mountains, "snaking" it long dis tances down the steep and rugged mountain sides to position for use in drilling, blasting, excavating, and hauling was no less a monumental and wonderful achievement. Mr. Lipscomb is now engaged in railroad construction work in West Yirginia, and it is interesting to hear him talk about his experiences in this line, al ways modestly, never boastingly. When our train reached Erwin a short distance this side of Johnson City a "dead" Pullman car was taken on to be sent through to Atlanta. When I went out and saw what was done I thought that settled the mat ter for us as far as rear platform ob servation was concerned. We would have to be content at viewing things from the car windows and run the risk of getting "cricks" in our necks trying to look straight up the steep mountain sides at the towering tops. The platform gate was closed and the door locked I supposed. But not so, what appeared to be our undoing really worked to our advantage. Mr. Lipscomb said he thought matters would be arranged satisfactorily and when Capt. Goodwin came in and "commanded" us to transfer our be longingstft fche p.t;herccach the trick was turned. Seats' were provided and we settled down on a sightseeing trip such as is afforded by few railroad routes in this country. As it turned out we not only had the rear platform but a whole Pull man car (private special as it were) (Continued ou page four.) Baseball games and open-air con certs by a big brass, band are late features planned by Warden Moyer for the relaxation of prisoners at the United States Penitentiary at Atlan ta. The national game will be be tween teams picked from the prison ers and the spectators will be those who have had good marks during the year. - Poor Old Comet Blamed. Although it has withdrawn itself millions of miles into inter-planetary space, and has long been invisible to the human eye, Halley's comet has beeu held up by local iuvestigators as the disturbing force which has kept humanity in a swelter for ninety days gone, and perhaps many more to come. II is Object. Doctor You are now convalescent and all you need is exercise. You should walk 10 or 12 miles a day, sir, but your walking should have an object. Patient All right, doctor, I'll travel around trying to borrow enough to pay your bill. Boston Transcript. BE A 20TH CENTURY FARMER Don't slay in the old rut, nor let your children start wrong. Read the best farm paper pub lished. The Progressive Farmer a.nd Gazette, of RaJeigh. N. C, and Starkville, Miss. It is made for you Southern farmers by Southern men, whoknow South ern conditions and who have hoed cotton and corn themselves. No guess work talk in this paper, but the kind that steera you right. No dishonest advertisements either. Comes every week. 52 big issues every year twice as many as the serai-monthly papers. WE HAVE AR.RANGED IT FOR. YOU Realizing that the Progressive Farmer and Gazette is the best Southern Farm Paper, we have arranged to offer the -Progressive Farmer and Ga zette in a club with The Henderson Gold Leaf and can give any of our farmer friends who are not now taking the Progressive Farmer and Ga zette a year' subscription to The Progressive Farmer and Gazette and a full year's subscription to The Henderson Gold Leaf at about half price, or both paper? for a few cents more than the price of one. You want The Henderson Gold Leaf and The Progressive Farmer and Gazette. You get them both, 104 copies for only $1.65. Sf nd for them today. Postoffiee money order or personal check or stamps will be accepted. The above offer will apply to both new and renewal subscriptions for The Henderson Gold Leaf. It applies only to new subscriptions to The Progressive Farmer and Gazette. Fill out the order below and send to us with $1.65 and we'll get the papers started to you just as soon as the mails will carry them. Be certain to state whether subscription to each paper is new or bid subscription. HE.XDERSOX GOLD LEA F: (ivntleuwu: Yon will find enclosed $1.65 for which you will send me The Henderson Goll Leaf (state whether new' or old) and The Progressive Farmer and Gazette (neiv). My address is 7i nral Route Xo v GOLD LEAF PUBLISHING COMPANY. The perpetually clever man listen-! ed solemnly to the tramp's hard-luck story. ! "That's the same old yarn you ! told me last week," he said, winking at his companion. ; "Maybe it is," admitted the weary j one, as he started on. "I'd forgot-1 ten having met you. I was in the penitentiary last week." Success. The latest snake story is told by Mr. J. C. Boon, of this township, who j says he recently killed a chicken snake i nine feet long, and when he cut it ! open he found thirteen young wild turkeys la it. Chatham Record. j "I'm glad we can't live in China," said little Oswald. "It must be aw fullv tiresome to have it dark all day and the sun shining at night." i 15 YOUR MACHINERY OUT OF ORDER? If ma. we can put it in first.cla.ss shape. We have open ed cl machine shop in Henderson, corner Chestnut and Montgomery streets, a. nd will appreciate a. trial when you need anything in our line. First-class Machinists a. re &t your service to repair your machinery, boilers, etc. SICK AUTOMOBILES CURED ON SHORT NO TICS. We make a specialty of installing new plants. New parts supplied for all kinds of Machinery. Satisfac tion guaranteed 3 9 9 9 9 VAMCE CO. IRON WORKS, Henderson, N. C. 1 DEPOSITORY pop mm 3 U, S, POSTAL SAVOMC'g 1 . I This bank has been designated a depos- 2 E itory for Postal Savings by the Treasurer 3 of the United States. 2 r q Moneys deposited with the Postmaster 2 are re-deposited here by the Government. 2 I If this bank is safe for Uncle Sam it is 3 r safe for you. 3 2: SMALL ACCOUNTS WELCOME. 2 1 6ITIZ&NS BANK OF HENDERSON, 1 HENDERSON, - NORTH CAROLINA. E ccoccoccoccocoocooccoccoccoccoccocccccco o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o WIS CSL JJOYNER. 8 Wholesale and Retail Dealers In Q O FEED AND HEAVY GROCERIES, g If you are in need of anything in our line, such as o We have just gotten in an entire new stock of FEED AND HEAVY GRO- Q CERIES, and will be glad to serve you at any time. gi o o o o o o o Hay, Corn, Oats, Shipstuff, Bran, Meal, Flour, Coffee, Sugar, Meat, Lard, etc., we believe it will be to your interest to see us before buying. You will find us in ( J the store formerly known as the Barnes Building, next door to the Southern Grocery Q Co. Phone No. 307-F. Q zzz () OCOCCOC o o o a o COOCOOOOOCOOOCOOCwOCCOCOOCCOCOO r V. c c c c c c c E c c t c c Speimdl Alt Mapimae? 3 j j Price L,ess Than Improvements. Terms Easy J Let me show you this IDEAL HOME. No obligation. Be quick! Somebody Will ISniy Ml J Mr. Husband, you may not stay there more than half your time, but your wife and little ones do. Aren't you tired of cramped quarters? Is your lot large enough? Is your house large enough? Is it wired in every dark corner? Is it properly sewered? Has it complete bath and toilet arrengement up and down stairs? Is the house perfectly ventilated? Has it a dozen modern rooms? Does the porch extend entirely around the house? Has it a 1 2-foot hall running through the entire building upstairs and downstairs? Is every piece of material No. 1 ? Has your place a half-dozen excellent outbuildings? Is your entire property in perfect repair? Is it newly painted and papered from top to bottom? Does your home cover several acres? Has it perfect shade? How is the water? Don't forget this. Is the location IDEAD Is it healthy? My home is Such a one in every particular, and it is FOR SALE, too. c Wo Wo Rowtemdo 5 r j Chicago News. For every man trjing to build there are two trying to tear down. Get on the building side, brother, it will pay yoa better. A knocker nev er gets rich. AX Ideal Cfcrisiian Home School. Preparatory and Collegiate coorcs. Art, Impression, Physical Culture, Pedagogy, IiJbinc, etc Conservatory cl Music, lltgh stan-ard maintained by large rtaffcl experienced, col leg e traiued instructors. Take only 100 boarders and teachea the Individual. r L'n3urDassod health record. Bricic buildings. Steam heat. K-m.tir.nt tv.i ?. Lrgo pyninaMra. Park-like campu Concert, lectors, tenuis, ta-ke :-ftf bail, Who lr ourc&uUog belore Meeting tnacoliega for your dau ji'.cr H. L. PERRY, Attorney at Law, Henderaoo, N. C. Office 137 ---- Main Street. BARBER SHOP. Two Good Barbers a.t your Service. Your Patronage Solicited. Satisfaction. 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