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r Leading Paper !S I HE Bfc LlM fOBAlillO ADVERTISI i i ii DISTH1CT. MEDIUM. o rap Rate son Application. -O- j2.ooaYear;6Mos.$i.oo. 5- , . sBssssaaaas i . '",',', .'h:'q.';va1 " Oabolpta, Carolina, ZEIe.a-vt33sjjs Blessiuos TrnEasro ELbb." rHSSv;11.?' VOL. VIII. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1889. NO. 21. " ' " " " : - ii -i .. , ,,, - .. .- , ..... .i - , . . . 1 - ' " ' ii -i ! , i ,ini m s Prcrnts in the most elegant brm THE LAXATIVE AND NUTRITIOU8 JUICE or the FIGS OF CALIFORNIA, Combined with the medicinal virtues of plants known to be most hi -veficial to the human system, ibrming an agreeable mid effective laxative to perma nently cure Habitual Consti pation, and the many ills de pending on a weak or inactive condition of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. It is the mor.t excellent remedy known to CLEANSE WE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY When oae is Bilious or Constipated so THAT PURE C-OOD, REFRESHING SLEEP, HEALTH and STRENGTH NATURALLY FOLLOW. Kvery one is using it and all are delighted with it. ASK YOUR DRUQQIST FOR MANUFACTURED ONLY BY CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. iOUI?VHL. KY NEW YORK. N. f' HEADQUARTERS FOIl Fine Shoes, Hats USURY AND USURERS. A Reply to R. W. H. by W. R. Henry. " What law restrains, what scruple shall prevent. The desperate man on swift possession bent." " Eor nut a vice that taints the human soul More frequent points the sword, or drugs the bowl. Than the dire lust of an untamed estate, Since he who eoiett wealth disdains to wait." -AND- Editok Gold Leaf: Not long since an article written by myself en titled Usury and Usurers appeared in your valuable paper. In that article I advanced and think I sustained the following propositions ; That usury is iniquitous; that the reason why usurious contracts were forbidden against the Hebrews was that they were an agricultural people ; tliat the people of North Carolina are an agricultural people and labor under the same conditions that surrounded the Hebrews ; that there are many thousands of usurious contracts entered into in Nortli Carolina daily, and that the people are to a great extent being crushed by having to pay from 8 to 40 per cent.: that our law al lowing a charge of 6 per cent, and 8 per cent, respectively ought to stand as it is with this qualification, to-wit: When one borrows money for the pur pose of procuring the necessaries and comforts of life, for the purpose of pay ing his debts, or with which to relieve the necessities of another, he should be liable to a cliarge of 6 and 8 per cent, respectively ; but when one borrows money for the purpose of in vestment, the parties Should be at lib erty to contract as they please unfet tered by any statute of usury ; that our statute providing a simple penalty, to prevent such contracts is inadequate ; that we ought to repeal said statute and adopt the common law remedy as it existed in North Carolina, prior to the present law, and which has been adopted in New York and several of the principal States of the Union, which remedy is by indictment, hue and mi prisonment in the county jail. My view's as above set lorth were written hoping they might appear bctore the adjournment oi our re cent Leirislature. I had no thought ! nor desire to arouse a controversy, I did fnot anticipate, and cannot vet under- ! stand how any man in North Carolina, not an usurer, who has uevr been an usurer, who is and has been in no way connected with usury, could become so excited, could so far forget himself as to endeavor to persuade an intelligent, sufferimr people, that " there are but few if any usurers in our midst." I see, however, in your paper of re cent date an article signed li. . 11 which purports to be an answer to my communication. Mv article having been written only for the purpose here tofore mentioned, I would not pause to answer the communication of my friend, but for the fact, that his article seems somewhat personal, and exhibits I think, an undercurrent ot bitterness, which it seems to me is inconsistent Mosaical law as between Hebrew and . on this lovely spring day with grassy Hebrew, was. savs Selden: . slopes and sweet swing flowers. Not "The Hebrews being a nation which iol- many usurers in North Carolina ! lowed Pasture and Husbandry and un familiar with the secrets of trade and navigation, never borrowed money but when pressed with necessity and since the gains in such cwvh could be but Rmall the least usury must be very oppressive ; but of strangers they might demand interest, (Deut. xxui, 20)" and why? Because tlae strangers (Gentiles) wanted to borrow it for the purpose of investment," for. Says Grotius : " "The chief riches of the Jews lay in Husbandry, whereas most of the neigh boring nations made vast riches by mer chandise, (by investments and specula tions). And therefore the Jews were al lowed to take usury (interest) of the Geu- Oae had as well sit by the sounding sea," when its surface looks like the "mirror of the Almighty,'1 so ealm and pure and sublime, in its awful majesty and peace, and declare that it has never been lashed by the Storm God until its foam crested billows leapt upon one , another mountain high, while flash I after flash of angry lightning kept an i accompaniment to its mighty roar. When my friend desires again :to per petrate a joke upou the public he ought, having a due regard for the feelings of j his fellowman, to select some less se ! rious subject, some subject that will tiles (strangers) which wad forbid to be not present a spectre train of shattered taken of one another." 1 hopes, blasted joys and damned and Putt'endorf says in his great work ruined lives. Says he : that, j "In the parable of the 'talents' the " Where money is borrowed lor invest- man that failed to put his money into ment the contracting parties should be the Bank and get interest (usury) on it unfettered as to the rate of interest." : was called 'a wicked and slothful ser if any additional authority Is needed , rant.' " to show that in such cases the parties S The object of my friend m citing the should be allowed to contract as they : parable of the talents could be none please, I beg to present the views of other than to produce the- impression one R. W. II., of Henderson, North j that the talents represented real money, Carolina, delivered in the year A. D. ! and that the servant was condemned 1889. Says he : lor nt putting it in a real name ana "Some men make investments that obtaining interest (usury) on the same. bring in 300 per cent, profit ; they can j He seems to overlook the fact that pay 50 ier cent, easier than others can ! the parable was exactly what it was pay b per cent.' i called a parable a iigure oi speech. irom whence it must appear that t a narration taken from the ordinary af- the lachrymose and illogical and unfair fairs uf nfe to illustrate a spiritual argument of my friend, must fall to the i truth. Says Lange : ground. j " The parable is concerned with chris- Says R. W. II. " If the moral riirht to receive increase i for the use of money be conceded, I would j like for some legal mind to work out the line between guilt and innocence in the matter." I think it very doubtful as to whether any moral rignt exists to cnarge in crease for money, where the money is borrowed purely from necessity. In such cases it was forbidden in the most positive terms by the law ot Moses. The conditions and reason remaining the same, why should the law change ? God's law does not change. I tians and not with the world at large. ( e e mi it 1 1 Gents' Furnishings. This is what the public say the stab lishmei.t of A. R. ANCLEA is and Mitcly the public ought to kwow. Thanking my many friends aiid cus tomers for their very" liberal patronage in the past, I desire to say that I have just opened one of the largest and finest lines of SHOES, HATS AND eats Furnishing Goods ever brouerlit to Henderson, to which I invite their inspection. All the leading tt ab, c -f cl.nL.' f nnrcon t i et vlt filial I itv and uric guaranteed. A beautiful J with lair debate, high courtesj, or an line of bats iu both stiff and soft uoods the nobbiest stvles of the season. A "The talents spoken of in the parable, are gifts of mind, wisdom, learning, gifts of grace. The servant was told that be ought to have taken his ' talent' to the exchangers. By that was meant, that those spiritual 'talents' with which God had endowed him might have, if properly used, been quickened by con tact with earnest leaders and members of the church." My friend declares with some gusto, "because the servant did not put his money 4 into the bank' and get interest (usury) on it he was called a wicked and slothful servant." "Wuovir nvirref ir-nl and critical re.- A great law writer informs us that viewer "of thiparable declares that the "Anciently m England many doubts nnAamnat-rmanni. c were entertained as to to the propriety . , . , , , ,7iAl, . - aev- of taking a price or reward for the use of i " ' "W""J 1 " money: it was thought it could not be "j "c nun Veil 11 'V I n jviv turiMlwiiturf j,av !J. I. ,1.1 J-.. 1... r. n nnlmn " IX Wiin sieiu i.u ue luuiuuauic ao tx uimc. penalty for charging usury a forfeiture of double the amount lent, and trc would have all the protection desired.'''' That is to say, I admit that we need more pro tection, Mr. Henry is correct about that, and if wiw plan ("a forfeiture of double the ' amount lent") be adopted, we. will have all the protection desired. "O consistency thou art indeed a jewel." But the remedy he suggest will not do. and in suggesting such & remedy he shows that he is as total a stranger to the; history of our law on this subject as he seems to be on the real meaning of the parable of the "tal ents" and "ten pieces of silver. Previous to 18GGand again by the act 1874-5, says Dillard J. -contracts tainted with usury were invalid on plea of bor rower and it was also provided tnat there should 'be " forfeiture of double the amount lent.'''' Our present law was enacted in 1876-7. " Finding that we need better protec tion than we have at present, and that his remedy lias been tried in North Carolina, found inadequate and repeal ed, there remains nothing lor my mend to do, but to yield gracefully and to concur with me, that our best and about our only remedy, is by indictment. He says, "I don't believe Mr. Henry can put his hand upon a man and say, 'thou art the man."" I can put my hand upon many and sav- "thou art the men." many who would not be foolish enough to deny it, so apparent are their violations of the law to all men, except li. V . 11.'' Were it not for my high regard for my friend, and my desire to be entirely courteous. I would say. that I don't believe that there is any intelligent un biased man "in our midst" who could not put his hand upon many usurers "amongst us" that is in North Carolina and shout, "Thou art the men." 11. W. H. in his communication with a sneer says, "Mr. Henry, seems to Usurer in his immortal character. "Shy- lock." We find in Percy's Retinites a poem describing the Usurer, which it is said, served Shakespeare as the foun dation of his "Merchant of Venice," which poem, is now so apropos, that I conclude this article by a selection from the same: . . "His life was like a barrow-lmg That liveth many n day. Yet uever once doth any Kd Until men will him slay. . - His heart doth think on many a wile How to deceive the poor. His mouth is nearly full of muck, - Yet still he gaperf for more. ' 4 Good people that do hear this swig ' ' For truth I dare will sav That mantf a wretch at ill 'a he Doth lice now at this day. W. R. IlEXHY. 3IY ROSEBUD. tastv assortment of neckwear nd pents' furnishing goods of every description. Everything bought low and will be sold cheap. Give me r ea:l. Very tiespectfnllv. A. K. ANGLKA, aiiKS6. a Henderson, N. C. HENDERSON Carriage Wagon Works, Crow & Marston, Frop'rs. We take this method of informing our friends and the public geuerally that we are better prepared to supply Carriages, Baggie? Wagon-, Carts, Ac, cheaper than ever before. We mnke a specialty in manufacturing the celtbiated Alliance Wagon, mm of the best wagons sold. It cannot be excelled. We have with us the finest workmen in the State, and are prepared to do all kinds of work with neatness and despatch. j Carriage Painting and Horseshoeing a specialty. Thankful for past patron pe; we hope by good work and strict atten tion to business to merit a continuing of the same. Very Respectfully. J an. 24 3 1. CROW tfc MARSTO j entire freedom Irom all interest in tins matter. I do not in writing this arti cle. propose or intend to make one unkind or discourteous personal allusion ; what I shall say shall be directed at an in muitous svstem and not at any one L person or set of persons. J I am not surprised that my Inend did not sign his name to his recent pro- auction; ne must nave ich mat not withstanding a few palliating sentences, the majority of intelligent men would be apt to consider it a defense of usury and usurers, and he must have known tliat-rr?rnian wrrrTflirows his lance in rest to defend such a cause in this year of Grace 1880, with civilization and Christianity surrounding our land as with a halo, would make a more picturesque spectacle of himself, than did Old Don Quixote when he charged those ireese and wnid nulls some cen But granting that the moral right does exist, my friend desires to be in formed by "some legal mind where the line shall be drawn between guilt and innocence in the matter." He need not wait for the lucubrations of any "legal mind" on this point, since he knows so well himself, and has drawn it so accurately and effectu ally: does he not say m his recent communidation that ! "Eight per cent, is enough for most any business man to pay and succeed, and though I sometimes lend money, I never yet got the consent of my mind (conscience) to take more thaii the legal rates of in terest." Could David Dudley Field, the Achilles of the American Bar, aid my friend in drawing the line, " between guilt and innocence in making the charge?" It is the same line tliat marks the difference between an easy conscience and an uneasy one ; between a bed of down and a bed ot scorpions ; between fears of Hell and hopes of Heaven. Putting the Old Testament and Moses out of sight ; the British King dom finally concluded that some inter est misrht be charged foi the use of money, and then commenced to draw the line, as to how much. The taking of interest was impliedly authorized bv a statute passed in the To construe the parable literally would be profanation indeed, and I am sure that R..W. II. would not have profaned such a holy thing, by a literal interpretation if he-had studied the matter as one might have expected ; him to have done, before attempting to instruct or edify the public. But taking the parable literally, the construction of R. W. II. cannot be sustained. When the Lord said : "Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not and gather where I have not strewed? Thou ought est therefore to have put my money to the exchangers and then at my coming I should have received mine with usury. ' He meant, says DeWette, Campbell and Canant to express surprise and dis pleasure at the servants impudence and unjust cliarge against him, and they say, "the sentence should be marked with an interrogation point," as above. With this proper amendation the declaration of the Lord upon which my friend relies so exultantly, would read something after this manner : "Thou wicked, slothful, and impudent servant, if thou thoughtest that I rp where I sow not and gather where I have not strewed, (as the usurers do) then thou oughtest to have put my money to i th exchangers so that, I might upon my coming have received my money with interest (usury)." In the parable of the ten pieces of 37th year of Henry VIII, which fixed ; silver (Luke, xix, 11-24) the servant made the same excuse ana cnaeavorea EEAD THIS Key AGENTS WANTED Everywhere to sell my Taes and Stencil Plates ! 10 per cent, as the highest possible rate. By different enactments the rale was changed from time to time until it came down to -5 per cent, at which rate it now stands. North Carolina following Great to excuse his want of deligence by charging his Master with being an austere man, said he, "thou takest up that, thou layest not down, and rcap- est that, thou didst not sow, ' and the From $2 t $5 per day can be easily made by active agents. Boya 12 years old make good agents. Outfit costa you 75 cents. Send stamp for particulars. Address B. I. POWELL, Henderson, N. C. Lock Box No. 21 feb. 28. J-JK. C. S. BOYD, Dental Surgeon, HENDKKHON.N.C Satisfaction guaranteed as to work add pric s. Offic over Parker A Closs store. Main Rtreef feb 4 a. ' geese tunes ago. He does not liko my suggestion that where money is borrowed for invest ment the parties should be allowed to contract as they see fit, unfettered by any statute. In his remarks upon this point, his unfairness and fallacy con sists in dividing the investors and bor rowers at 8 per cent, into two classes, rich and poor, and after dwelling at great length upon these conjured up terms, rich and poor, lie proceeds to assume that those borrowing money for investment would demand and obtain all the money in the market leaving none to be borrowed at 8 per cent I sc e no signs of an' such vast and constant investments in North Caro- I liua. Would to God there were such; f 4lin ,a-kitlj4 iL' fi .i I n lint 111 CWV11 VrtCT, Ullll VH.11V C?W1 lv uuv few borrowers, other than for invest ments because of the prosperity of our people. The provision that those borrowing money for the necessaries of life should not pav more than 8 per cent, would materially aid in preventing the peo ple from being preyed upon. The pro vision that "money lenders" should be unfettered iu cases where the money is borrowed for purposes of investment, would secure to them an inherent moral right. Has the money lender a right toT share in the profits arising from investments of money borrowed from them ? If so they ought to be protected in the right by our law aside from all incidental consideration ; I say he has that right. We will now see if T am correct. The only reason why the taking of uurv (interest) was forbidden by the Britian in allowing the charge, has ' Master said in substance, " thou prov fixed the rate at 6 per cent, and 8 per est thyself a liar out of thine own cent, respectively : thus the line has 1 mouth, for, if thou thoughtest me an hard, austere man, wherefore gavest ! thou not my money, into the bank (as ! the usurers who are hard, austere men ! would have done) so that at my coming I might have required mine own with : usury?" I The parable of the talents, (Mat., j xxv, 14-30) and that of the ten pieces ' of silver (Luke, xix, 11-24) are differ ent in many respects as to the truths taught (Lange 443) and there are also marked differences as tor phraseology. "The word "Bank" does not occur in the parable of the "talents." It does occur in that of the ten pieces of silver. My friend in saying, Iu the parable of the 4 talents" the man that failed to put his money into the bank and get interest on it, was called a wicked and slothlul servant, 7 nas not oniv pro faned the parable by a literal construc- ii: i a,. i, tion, but has shown himselt quite a . J , . , . ., ! stranger to the parables, having mixed " amongst us" and " in our midst. ' i ,.vl1.. ,. i. . : , ., . . . . , 1 nielli uu mosi ihca.i.iiciui , ui iiu uas But take it either way his statement . F , ,;In n n jii discovered some new parable that has a .uuu.uS u . rtuu uhvu-ci u,,!,, - rd the attention of the Fathers of lble. He must be jesting, merely jest- . . W Mr friend must have been - ! "P "- ....... P ' "Ina sDortivefit ! " attempts to ridicule the 1 statements that usurers are numerous ill- ; in North Carolina. He savs. that he been drawn ; the line is so plain that a blind man may see it, so apparent that it is either ridiculous or sad, I hardly know which, to hear any one ask where the line shall be drawn. It only re mains for 11. W. II. and those like him to hue to the line and no further. My friend says : "I know of no usurious violators of law in our midst nor do I believe we have many among us. Nor do I believe Mr. Henry can put his hand on one and say, 'thou art the man.' " My language was, "usurers are be coming as thick in .North Carolina as they were in Athens, when it required the" law of Solon, called 4 Shaking off the burthens,' to clear the city of them and their oppressions.' " I limited my remarks to no particu lar section of North Carolina. My friend seems to confine himself to a My friend must have been In a sportive fit .With no other play place for his wit." But his humor is, I assure him. tuned. There are many thousands in j not only does not know any usurers, our State who have felt the deadly j but that he does not know of any ; that coils of the usurer, who are utterly ! is, he does not know or know of any his ghastlv joke, man "hi our midst" who cnarges more Jimable to appreciate Not many usurers urers m .North Lari- alna? j One had as well stand upon the lava juried ruins of Pompeii, and declare that Vesuvius towering near by has ever been as peaceful and beautiful as He finally closes his article by ad mitting that there are usurers though "not many" and that we need further protection from their iatquities. His language is as follows: "Make the have a poetical mind I am duly grateful for the compliment he pays me though of course I know lie meant it simply as a piece of sarcasm. I hardly thought any one would at tempt to sneer at the poetical mind, in this age of civilization and letters. The grandest thoughts, thoughts that have startled nations into action, have sprung from the poetical mind; the sweetest and purest memories, and hones and iovs of this transitory life owe their origin to the poetical mind, the richest jewels of literature were born of the poetical mind, and now in their caskets of gold and morocco, await to amuse, instruct and charm us with their matchless scintillations. David had the poetical mind and gave the world the Psalms, poems celebrat ing the majesty and attributes of the most high God ; Homer had it and gave us his immortal Illiad ; Virgil had it and enriched the world of literature by the beauties and sublimities of his Eneid ; Milton drunk deep at the Fount of Poesy audwith his Grand Jpic wrote his name across all the centuries ; Dante filled all time with his Inferno; and Bj-ron's Childe Harold will tell of his genius and charm the world with its grandeurs as long as the heart of man throbs with one noble impulse; the works of Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson, Cowper, Long fellow and Bryant have crowned the English language as with a tiara of diamonds. "Thus poesv arose and set at ordered times And shot a 'day-spring into distant ages Ennobling every region that she choose. ' The poetical mind is expressed not only in verse but m every work ol man that is pure and beautiful. Take it out of the world, and you would paralyze every orchestra, freeze all the sources ot sweet accord, ana letrify every song of joy ; take it out of the world and every masterpiece whether on canvass or in frescoe would soon be obscured by the veil of oblivion ; take it out of the world and the grand est creation of Grecian and Ltalliau genius in marble would fall from their oftv niches in the Temple of Fame dis- lonored and forgotten Who can afford to sneer at the poeti cal mind? Can R. W. II. aflord to do so? Before closing this article I desire to call to the attention of vour readers and especially It. . H. some passages touching" th character of usurers, and the manner in which they have been regarded in other lands and times : "Take thou no usury from him (thy brother! nor increase but fear thy God that thy brother, may live with thee." Ijtv. xxv. 36. "Ye shall notafHict any widow or fath erless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry unto me, I will hear their cry, and my wrath snail wax not ana j wilU-itf you with thesword. Kz. mi. 22-23- If thou lend money to any of my peo ple that is poor by thee, thou shaft not be to him asan usurer, neitnersnan inou lay upon hkn usury. . xxii. 2-. "He that by usury ana unjust gam, in creaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him, that will pity the poor.' I'roc. xxviii. 8. "He thill tii-wilt aony his ear from hcirinff the Ictweocn his prayer WV be nnaltomuution. ' Pror. xTtiiS. ft . Seneca and Aristotle declared in the bitterest terms against Usury and Usu rers: Dante in his Inferno, in Canto XI makes Virgil surrounded by the fires of Hell, deliver Daute a lecture on the subject, and point out to him those un dergoing punishment for the sin of Usu ry. Juvenal leveled all the artillery of Mrs. S. A. Monfort iu Excelsior Springs - (Mo.) Banner. 1 Dimpled and white it lay on my breast, In innocent lcanty reposing ; And it soothed mv spirit, when weary, to rest, To behold its sweet charms disclosing. Each day but revealed new charms to my sight, With love and care I lavishly blessed it; But the chill hand of death reached down iu the night. With his cold, icy fingers he pressed it. Not a "sound was heard in the shadowy wood Scarce a breeze o'er the hill top sighing ; vvnere ine moonlight reil like a silvery flood. But my liosebud, oh, it was dying. In crimson and fair morning appears And opening blossoms their sweet odors shed ; But cold on my breast 'neath the dew of my tears, Lay my Rosebud, blighted and dead. The angels bore it toaliigher birth Where flowers are perfuming ; And gently they whispered, it faded on earth. But in heaven 'tis eternally blooming. H. A. DRAPER, UNDERTAKER. HENDERSON, N. C ' . : ' - ' -. I carry a full otock of One V BURIAL CASES of every description Mahogany. Rom. wood, Walnut, Cloth Covered, Metallic and Zitio Lined all styles, size and prices: Also nice line of burial robes. I have the FINEST HEARSE East of Raleigh. Personal attention given to alt burials where services r- required. . Cabinet making In all its branches. Office desks, book cases, table. Ac., made to order on short notice. Uphol stering, repairing. Ac. Mv motto is the very best work at the very lowest living price always. Give me a trial. Work room in the old Watkins building, near E, G. Davis' store. IL A. DRAPER, no v. 10 a. Hsuderson. N. C. PROFESSIONAL GAUDS & AYCOCK & DANIELS. C. C. DANIELS, VCOCK & DANIKLH 1ANI1CLS, ATTOHNKY8AT LAW, WILSON, N. C. A Ary busiiifSM entrust d to ut will be riouiptly attended to. II. HENUY, A'tTOHNUY A.X LAW, HENDERSON, N. C, OFFICE IN BCRWELti BUILDING. Letter From the far South. Yazoo City, Miss., April 2ith, 1889. Nothing strange or wonderful has hap pened here since I wrote yon last. The municipal election is over, and it was a strange contrast compared with an election in Henderson. With about as many voters as Henderson, some ten days before, about a score of prominent citizens met in the court house, and in about thirty minutes agreea upon a ucKet. uns nomination was in reality an election. No opposition was offered and on election day only thirty odd votes were polled- A stranger would never have supposed an election was being held. Indeed, nine-tenths of the citizens had forgotton the day. There is some lit tle canvassing carried on by the candidates . for GoTernor. The State convention meets in Jackson in July and whoever gets the nomination will be Governor, without having to spend his time and money In a laborious canvass. This is a country of wonderful possibili ties and the field of speculation is broad. 1 have been shown lands here that were bought five years ago from the State at twenty-eight cents (28) per acre, resold last year for J3.0Q an acre, upon which the present owners are borrowing from the "Loan and Trust Co." 515.00 per acre. It beats bright wrappers, even on a short crop. l don t believe l nave ever wriHen you about Santa Anna's drinking horn, now hanging iu the drug store of Gibson & Co.. this place, no more thought of than if no historical interest was attached to it. His torians will remember that Santa Anna de Antonio Lopez, President of Mexico. commander at the massacres at the Alamo and Galoid, the defender of Vera Cruz, at which place he lost a leg. was twice ban ished ; that he was born at Jalapa in 1798 and died 1876. This horn was captured from Santa Anna the night prior to the name ot miena vista by rnos. winter, a private in the Clinton Kines, Capt. W Downing's Company, Jeff Davis' Regi ment. It is 35 inches long, with a diam eter at large end of 4 inches and holds about three quarts. It is silver mounted. with a silver lock and key to the small eud, has the inscription ' Santa Anna, Encero. 11ns relict, which should grace the archives of some historical museum, so far as your correspondent can learn, is only known of by a few old residents of this county, in looking at it with a friend the other dav the only comment he made was;that he " would like to-see the steer that horn grew on " When 1 look at the trellised portico s here over wnich are matted running roses of white, red, scarlet, amber, and all the colors of the rainbow, forming natural bouquets more beaotiful than the most artistic florist can conceive, I wonder if a certain enthusiast of the quill we wot of could find in his vocabulary of superlative adjectives of leauty and sweetness lan guage adequate to the scene. The ladies here, among whom arc many young beauties, are very dressy, while the men, as a general thing, are careless In this respect. Children do not go bare footed here In summer unless they are sent on some errand in a hurry. Mosquitors bite their feet so they cannot sit down. Therefore, when a Iniy'is sent anywhere iu a hurry they makt him take off his shoes. The aggregate town tax of this place (not quite as large as Henderson) is over $23,00o. They have no electiic lights, but the best drainage, sidewalks and streets to be found in the hjosith. From March to October all business U d'iim on time. The prospect tor a large cotton crop is the best for years. Since I last wrote vou have had quite a severe sickness in Memphis; am nowabont well si ii' I hope to be Imek bv the 1st of June. A. H. Counts: Vance. Franklin, Warren, Gran ville, United Stub's Court at Kalelgb, and Supreme Court of North Carolina. Kkfeuences: Chief Justice W. N. II. Smith, Hon. Augustus M. Merrlmon, Gov. Daniel G. Fowle, Hon. T. f . Fuller, lion. T. M. Arizo, Dr. VV. T. Chenthnni, Dr. J. H. Tucker, Mr. M. Dorsey, H. II. HurweU. Esq., Hon. James Kdwlu Moore, K.x-"-olicit'r Oen of U. s. Samuel F. Phillips, Francis Whar ton, L. 1j. 1)., American Jurist. Onlce hours 9 a in. to 5 p. m. mcb. 7 3 I. T. WATKINS, Attorney and Counsellor at HENDERSON, N. C. Courts: Vonce, Granville and Warren, and the Federal Court at Kalolgh. special attention given to negotiating loans, Met element of estates, and litigated cases. lan.R T. M. IMTTMAU, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Prompt attention to all nrofeBHloiiBl L-vjI- ncbH. rruclices In the State and Federal courtH. Kcfi-rs by nerinisslon to Cnmnicri-lnl V. tional Bank and K. D. Latin & I5ro.. Char lotte. N.O.; Allrcd Williams & Co., Kulelgh, N. C; D. Y. Cooper and Jas. II. Luxnlter. Henderson, N. C. OUlce: Over jss It. Lnsslter A Sou's store, nov 5 1 c. JJs DUEW J. HAKIMS, ATTOItNEV WT LAW HENDERSON, N. C. Practices in thecourUof Vance, Oranvill Warren and Franklin counties, mxl In tns Supreme and Federal courts of the tttato. Office: In Harris Law Building, next Court Houhe. W. H. DAT. A. C. ZOLLICOFFKH. JQAY & ZOLLICOFFEIf, ATTOUNKY8 AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Practice in th courts of Vance, Granville, Warren, Halifax and Northampton, and In tin- Supierne and Federal courts of the State. Office: Iu Zollicofer's law building. Oar not t street. feb. b-L L. C. EDWARDS, Oxford. N. C. A. B. WOBTHAM, Henderson, N. C. VV A KI8 & WOUTHAM. ITTOKNKY8 AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. - Oner their services to the people of Vance county. Col. Kd wards will attend all the Courts of Vance county, and will come to Henderson at any and all times when ail iihsislauce may be neeiNl by his partner, march 19 a F. li A It HIS, . DENTIST HEN DEKeON, E n?-oiib- .-.!! Sfre-i over S.ii (). IL Store, ir tr. 25. 1 e. Results and Options Satisfactory In Kvery Result. New Okleasb, April iGth, 1889. M ii. A. A. Woods, Gen'l Ag't of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society of the IT. S., 184 Gravier St., New Orleans, Ia. Dear Sir: I am now settling with the Equitable Life Assurance Siciety of the United States a policy on my own life for $5,000. Tontine plan, taken out April 7th, 1879. The results and options which you now offer me are not only satisfactory In every respect, but are in excess of figure! given me at ine lime t maae application for the policy to the Society, ana I do not, hesitate to advise my friends as well as. others who are desirous of taking out pol icies to make a thorough investigation into his terrific satire against the vice in j the plans of insurance now offered by th Home in his day, and Shakespeare, the Equitable, feeling comment that they win offer any better terms mnJMi Minlfltm- f lmman nshire and I e convinced that no other company can nassion the world lias produced or can produce, portrays the true nature of the J. R. Yocxo, Agent. Yours Trulv, Paci-Gelpi. may 2 The Hank of HendersoD, Us-.N IJMISON, VANC'K COUNTY, 2i.J. cenrral Hum klugr. IxefcavBfje umd C--Iiectlii Baine. l'uHT MtU10 4B LOAKS N-gOtlsted years, Id per cent Apply froi Uir a term of ; of si ud u.iMMril. at 8 ll.lrri vT iil d Hi wlefale :r.rjrft W . U.S. UURGWYN. t the Hsukof Ifeudersob. yyM. U.K. liUKGY7N, . I TOHNKY AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. IVtm.j, d'tirim; to consult me profes sionally, will tind medaily atmy ofSecla Tn Hank of Henderson tfuildlnc j W. COGIIILL, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. HENDERSON, N. C. Estimates for the erection ef boldlicn. and orders for lumber solicited. J will ell all kinds of lumber at Piney Wod prices, with freight added. feb. 81 c.) fj M 'A P I - tS I? It, P P i1 n I n 't I 5 if it 1
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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May 23, 1889, edition 1
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