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l j THE GOLD LEAF X 1 PEOPLE. PUT . I0UK CARD THE PEOPLE READ. CAEOLnsrA, O-ajroliita., ZEDeaveit's Blessinqs .txejstd Her." I SUBSCR1PTI0H $1.50 Cast THAD R. MAMKG, PflWislier. HENDERSON, N. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 6S 1891. NO. 35. VOL. X. If You Thought You coukl increase business and make your your AN nrofits lartrer bv the ex- 1 J penditure of a small am'nt of capital, without special effort on your part ; If You Believed This had been done by vour competitor in busi ness and by every other man who has pursued the same policy ; And If You Knew That success would surely come to you as as them all eoual ; mini's being Wouldn't You Invest A little money in an at tractive and well display 'd advertisement in a neatly priiited and widely read newspaper? Wouldn't You Think our investment a paying one if your name and bus iness should be carried into places where it had not been heard before, or was forgot, and trade should be brought to you as a consequence? Such Results Come To those who use PRIN TIERS' INK, when the medium so employed is i the I Ienderson Gold Leaf. WM H.S.BURGWVN. I. H.VOSE President. Vice President. A. B. DAINGERFIELD, Cashier. O The Bank of Henderson. Established in 1882. GENERA I Banking, Exchange AND Collection Business. the EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society OF THE UNITED STATICS. January 1, 1891. ASSETS, $119,243,744 Liabilities, 4 per ct, "95,503,297 SU RPLUS. $23,740,447 INCOME, New Business written in lsw, Assurance in forcv, .036.683 203,826,107 720.662.473 r ) The ECU I TABLE SOCIETY ' holds A LARGER SURPLUS, writes a kinder ANNUAL BUSINESS, and has A LARGER AMOUNT of ASSURANCE IN EORCE than any other company IN THE WORLD. :o : Its latest form of Policy is UNRESTRICTED after one year, INCONTESTABLE alter two years, " Nl N-l"ORFElTABLE" alter three years, and payable WITHOUT DELAY. For further particulars, call on or address J. R. YOUNG, Agent, HENDERSON, N. C. Smmr Bnl. binmttntm mal.tt w.rk far u. by Ann TW, Aw, kT.ma., ! Jo. Bomn, TolMO, rat your 9am ra on piww f .nontk. Tou c.a do th WOlt U Sit hom. rhrvr you ': iin,ri .r. ntily Hmu( from 10 IQkri.T. AU.frM. W. .tiOW ,tO how and ti.rt vou. Ccn work in ura t-r all ih. lime. Big moti.T for worfc ; I i!:ir unknowa tmonf thrak 1 tts&sa&B COUNTRY WEEKLY. INTERESTING PAPER ON THE SUBJECT. One of the Essays Itead Before the National Editorial Convention at St. Paul. M U iN lr many excellent papers read before the National Editorial Association at St. Paul, was one on " lne tountry Weekly," by Col. James A. Hoyt, of South Carolina, editor of the Bap tist Courier. We publish trie ar ticle below believinir it will be read with interest by our readers : The real instructors ot the masses in rural communities musi continue to be the country weeklies until that ueriod when this vast continent shall become a continuous ciry ; an aggre gation of densely populated centers, and extension of St. Paul and Min neapolis. So long as men live sep aratc and apart from each other and dwell at a respectable distance from their neighbors, with distinct ideas of their own and with the freedom to think and act for themselves, we wil have what is denominated the country whether it be open prairie, the broad savannah, the native forest, the village, the undeveloped boom town of the enterprising hustler, or the more pre tentious and dignified country site with a never failing complaint against the census taker. So long as the exist will men be found who are ready to supply a long-felt want, and engage in the cultivation of the "art preser vative. A small quantity of type and a cranky press are all-sufficient to produce a full-fledged editor, ready to cope with the brainiest and most ac complised of the scores now before me As it is so easy to create an increase in iournalism. the topic assigned to me becomes the more important anc it is well to set before aspiring men an excellent model. Let me briefly outline the ideal as it comes to the surface, and the brethren who are to follow will complete the picture. Location A thriving town from 1,000 to 5,000 population, the center of a county with 20,000 to 30,000 people forming a constituency of in dustrious habits and progressive ten dencies. Object The moral, material and intellectual improvement of the people from whom a support is expected. The man who enters upon the control of a country weekly with no higher purpose than his own personal benefit has missed his calling. Few persons have the opportunity of doing good to all men, like we are enjoined in Holy Writ, as the editor of a country weekly, lie deals with the entire community, and gives an influence seldom exercised by others. Character It follows that the country newspapers, going into the homes of the humble and the rich, should wield this power with an eye single to the welfare of mankind. Purity of thought and language should char acterize not only the original portion of the newspaper, but also the selec tions and the advertisements. Style I prefer the folio as a general thing, because it is easier to read and is more thoroughly read. But the quarto has gained much popularity in recent years, and, as the demands ot the future become moie pressing and exacting, it will be more generally adopted, since the opportunity is better given to classify its contents. Let us adopt the quarto as our ideal, with each page specially devoted to a department at once distinct, separate and impressive. Shall wc divide the eight pages into convenient sections? Pirst solid, instructive articles, orig inal or selected, political, historical, scientific and miscellaneous. Second Family story paper, with special read ing for the children. Third Contri butions from practical men on ques tions concerning agriculture, manufact uring, mechanical eraployments,supple mented by brief notes gathered from all available sources, touching these material interests. Fourth Editorial page, which will 'include discussions of living questions, occasionally at length, but oftener in the briefest form consistent with clearness and direct ness. Freedom from personalities ot every sort ought to characterize this feature, only using the names of other men when necessary, and never de scending to abuse or ridicule, adhering to the golden rule. Fifth The local department, full and complete, review ing the week as it has been spent in the community, giving the news in terse, simple speech, and portraying with exactness and the occurrences that without prejudice ire fi to he known are tu to be known .ind read of ail men. Sixth Corres where the w pondence from neighboring towns and j an ancient English town from which villages, including notes from any j came the founders of our "Hub'; 'A Ma 1 f. c ir tV.P rpinn aijnfsv Man, by Lieut Shufeldt, L . S. locality cf importance in the region N?..Wf)men J,s Inventore- by Frances paper circulates, seieci . sevens: A Black Giant, an mtorest fair minded men for this i ingly told story of bow steam engines intelligent, work, who will "nothing pvtenuate. nor set down aught in malice." Com- pensate them in some measure for their j labor and show them an appreciation : otherwise. Seventh Condensed ar rangement of the news of the week j from the State, the nation and the j T i W s -nrld. carefully collated and attrac - 1 tively placed before the readers, so that it will become interesting, in structive and profitable. Eighth De- oted to anecdote and incident, with a liberal sprinkling of wit and humor, not necessarily original. Cleanliness here is absolutely essential. Adver tisements on every page except hrst and fourth. A column of special notices, but advertising rigidly excluded from among reading matter. Rates The subscription of the ideal country weekly ought to be not less than two dollars for two reasons : First, the intrinsic value of such a newspaper is much greater than its cost to the subscriber : and, second, the man who produces it is entitled to a fair com pensation, and an average circulation of 1,000 bona fide, cash-in-advance subscribers will not more than supply such compensation. I assume that Si 00 net per column of eighteen inches for twelve months, upon a basis of i-,ooo subscribers, is a fair estimate, and that a graduated scale, beginning at $io for one inch per year, is the proper thing. Circulation This is too often ig nored by the publisher. He does not act as other men in business circles, who bend their energies to secure cus tomers and use every legitimate agency to make friends for their establish ments. If the newspaper is worthy of patronaere. why not induce people to subscribe for it? Cash in advance is the proper system, but tner' are very few country weeklies adhering to this plan, if the current reports are true. Credit subscribers, as a general rule, are too prone to become delin uucnts. and this class is the bane of newspaper prosperity. Business Management Uan any one tell the reason for slipshod methods in conducting a newspaper which would not be tolerated in any other line of business? Accurate book keeping coupled with prompt collec- tions of every kind, needs to be intro duced into many omces. the sim plest and plainest methods consistent with cleanness and accuracy are the most desirable, and while it is tedious and irksome in many respects, yet j every transaction ougnt to oe so en tered that the tacts connected witn it can be traced in a few moments. Employes Reliable and accurate workmen are essential to a well ordered printing office. It pays to employ competent typesetters and pressmen and to give them reasonable wages. They will take an interest in the business and in proportion as the proprietor manifests concern for their welfare and prosperity, so will the faithful employe return the service in kind nay, the yield is more often fourfold. Paper and Ink The ideal would not be complete without clean, white paper and the clearest of ink. No expenditure in a printing office is so remunerative as good paper and ink, used by experienced pressmen. Type A single remark on this sub ject will suffice, as tastes differ widely. Bourgeois, brevier and nonpareil, judiciously apportioned, will give the best results in appearance, while they will afford compactness and give gen eral satisfaction to all ages. Larger and smaller type will make too great a contrast. Mailing Lastly, after the incessant and arduous labor of the week, I would insist that the ideal is a failure unless proper regard is had to the mailing of every copy issued. Neat folding and decent wrappers are requisite to place the newspaper in the hands of the subscriber, with an attractive intro duction and pleasing impression. TiOAItS A KI2 NKAlt TO FLOW ING. BY L. 11. HATBEKEIN. When the heart is overburdened Full of sorrow, lost in woe ; When the world is draped in cypress. And the dirre:winds through it blow Then the tears are near the floowing. When the soul with joy is freighted, Full of love's delightful glow, When the world is clad in color, And the song-bells thrilling go Then the tears are near to Mowing. So it seems that bounding gladness Sister is to sad-eved woe ; For, when either, thrilling, throbbing. Through the being floodeth lo. Then the tears are near to flowing. One is lust outside the portals, Sprinkling life with grief -thawed snow ; One is just inside to rose plot. Spent with pleasure's pearly flow Ami we say the tears are flowing. Tune Democrat. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for August. Great interest is now taken in any thing pertaining to Alaska, and thoe who cannot go and ee what that part of our country is like for themselves will be glad to read of the experiences of two persons who have been there, as set forth in "A Trip to Alaska,' by Pr. A. Victo ria Scott and Emily J. Bryant, in Frank Leslies Popular Monthly for August. The article is profusely illustrated. Other hisrhlv interestinjr illustrated articles iu I this number of the Popular Monday are: ! "I 'own the St. Lawrence on a raft," by j J .Metli.vvnl Kpidenncs," by Joe! Benton: ''The Older Boston, telling i are run: ana -euy Jiart.w oouwortn con tributes another of her charming bird articles. There are six short stories, be sides an exciting installment of theserial, "Johu Maggs, Barbarian," and several pretty poems. As the character of a thief is written In his countenance, so likewise do worms ! portray their presence in the child s feat- vermifuge to destroy and expel the pests. Ts.mnn- '-Thf Older Hoston. tellinir of BRIGHT TOBACCO. ITS CULTIVATION AND MANAGE MENT. Another Interesting Article on the Subject by Maj. K. L. Ragland, the Competent Expert. NASMUC II as many of our readers are con cerned in the cul tivation of tobaC' it' 1 co, whatever 01 merit is written on the subject is of interest to them. The fol lowing article is by Maj. Ragland. RIPENING. The leaf type, as contra-distinguished from the cigar tobacco, is known to be ripe when its color changes from green to srreenish yellow, thickens, so that wheu the leaf is folded over the under surface being outward and pressed between the thumb and finger, it cracks open. The upper surface of the leaf is roughened, for reasons stated under "Science of Curincr Yellow To bacco,?' and generally of a mottled yellow and green color. Ripening of this type usually takes place in Vir ginia and North Carolina iu about five to six weeks after 'the plants have been topped, sometimes longer when growth was retarded by drought. The cigar type ripens about two weeks sooner after topping. CUTTING AND HOUSING. Do not be in a hurry to begiu cutting your tobacco until it is ripe, anu enough fully and uniformly ripe to fill a barn. A thin butcher or shoe knife, well sharpened, and wrapped with a soft cloth around the handle and ex tending an inch along the blade, will do the work effectually and be soft to the hand. Try it. Put knives into the hands of experienced cutters only, men who know ripe tobacco, and will select plants uniforn in color and text ure, and will cut no other. Have your sticks already in the field, and placed in piles convenient sticking a stick vertically in the ground over each pile that they may be more easily found when wanted. Pine sticks, rived three fourths of an inch by one and one fourth inch, and four and one-half feet long, drawn smooth, are best. Start together two cutters and one stick-holder the cutters carrying two rows each and the stick-holder walking between them. The cutter takes hold of the plant with his left hand at the top near where the knife enters the stalk; with his right hand he splits the stalk down the centre (observing to guide the knife so as not to sever the leaves) to within three inches of the point he intends to sever the stalk from the hill; and as the knife descends his left hand follows the slit or opening and when the plant is severed from the hill, by a dextrous movement of the left hand the plant is straddled across the stick in the hands of the holder. Wheu the stick has received about six medium plants if intended for brights, it is ready to go to the barn, either carried by hand if near, or hauled on a wagon if distant. If it is necessary to use a wagon, prepare a bed 'sixteen feet long to hold three coops or piles, on which place tobacco as cut, and after placing twenty-five or thirty sticks of cut tobacco on each coop, drive to the barn to be unloaded. Tobacco suitable for brights is best handled in this way, as itf is bruised less than if handled by any other mode. Try it, planters, and know for your selves. Verr heavy tobacco will break less if, after being cut by the above mode, the sticks are placed gently on the ground and the plants allowed to wilt before being removed to the barn. But tobacco of medium size bruises less to handle it without wilting. Cutting and housing by this mode you never have any sun-burnt tobacco. For brights it has been found best to commence curing at once, as soon as the barn can be filled. SUN-CURED TOBACCO. Just here it may be well to give our r.racrice in sun-curimr. If the crop is too rich and coarse for brights, then it may be good policy to cure it sweet. To do this properly, erect scaffold at or near the barn, on which place the tobacco as soon as cut. But some, in order to obviate the hauling of heavy, green tobacco, place the scaffoldsin or near the tobacco fields. But it is never safe to scaffold tobacco away from the barn, for after the leaf is partially dry it ought nev-v to be caught out in a rain, which 1.. y happen if tobacco is placed on scaffolds away from the barn. When rain threatens that on scaffolds near the barn may very soon be placed out of danger, but not so that on scaf folds afar off. CURING SWEET FILLERS WITH FLUES. To cure sweet fillers with flues, when the tobacco is placed in the barn as soon as cut, raise the heat in the barn to eighty-five or ninety degrees Fah renheit." and then go about other busi ness. Kindle fires in the flues every morning, raising the heat to ninety de grees, and then leave as before, and continue to do this for four or five days, until the tobacco is thoroughly yel lowed. If the tobacco has much sap it may be necessary to continue the yel lowing process from five to seven days !to yellow properly. After this very ; the tobacco. If rains occur before the : barn is thoroughly cured, raise fires m lllt-C ncav Tlll uo U V-V. J -ia J v- v J the Hues and dry the leaf as often as maJ De necessary. TRYING TO KILL BLAINE. With Ghoulish Glee Reporters In structed to Kill Him or Drive Him Crazy. The correspondent of the New York Herald at Bar Harbor makes a start ling disclosure which, if true, uncovers a most disgraceful conspiracy against the mental peace of Mr. Blame. The correspondent says : Altogether better, stronger and a-.ore like his old seli than he has been for weeks is Premier Blaine, and the funny part of it is that the very news papers which have been doing their best to kill him have as a matter of fact, been more instrumental than medicine or doctors in effecting his cure. Rather mortifying that to the editors of the aforesaid papers, but nevertheless a fact. It is now known and openly admitted that there has been organized conspiracy among a dozen or so of the prominent anti Blaine papers throughout the country to worry Blaine, already a broken down man, either into his grve or into a madhouse. The issues at stake were tremendous, and it was deemed necessary that the man from Maine be eliminated from the situation. So the combination zealously set to work to eliminate the political giant, and correspondents, who might be christened literary grave diggers, were despatched to Bar Har bor with formal instructions to "keep Blaine at the point of death until the 1st of September." I am in a position to state authorita tively that these were the exact orders given to a New York correspondent, who certainly obeyed them to the letter. Whenever there was "good news" about Blaine, that is, news that he was sinking rapidly, that paralysis had set in, that ten new specialists had been telegraphed for, or that negotiations had been opened with the undertaker, then the combination would cheerfully pay for telegrams of 1,000, 1,500 or 2,000 words a day, but in the event ot "bad news," such as a temporary rally, a pleasant drive along the beach, or an opinion that Blaine might live, alter all, then a few hundred words or less was a great abundance. What interesting reading, to be sure, would be the copies kept by the telegraph companies of instruc tions sent day after day from anti Blaine editors to their faithful corres pondents in Bar Harbor. However, "the cat is out ot the bag" now, "the game is up," and the graveyard jour nalist is no longer needed here. The consequence is that natural revulsion of public feeling has caused Blaine's sanitary pendulum to swing over very far to the other side prob ably too far. The real truth is that while the Secretary of State is not the sick man he has been reported, he is very far from being a well man. But coming to the way in which the friendly newspapers gave the "Plumed Knight" his lift on the road to recovery. A close friend of the family who has recently arrived here from Washington, gave me a graphic account of an incident from which dates Blaine's rapid convalescene. "We were sitting out," he said, "on the lovely broad piazza which overlooks Frenchman's Bay, and Mr. Blaine, re clining in a steamer chair, had been reading a great pile of newspapers, just arrived. This was about a week ago. For an hour or so the Secretary had scarcely spoken a word, and as I glanced at him from time to time I saw from the frowns and nervous movements that he was violently agitated. Suddenly he raised himself abruptly and dashed the paper he was reading to the ground. "This is outrageous, infamous," he exclaimed, and began striding up and down the piazza, forgteful of his shawl, and planting his leet witn a vigor which he had not shown for' weeks. There was a slight flush on his usually pallid cheeks. "It's enough to make a man ashamed of his country," he con tinued bitterly, and in anger. "I can stand being attacked by my enemies ; I've got used to that long ago, but here is a paper," pointing to the rum- 1 pled sheet, "which I have befriended, ! playing the role of Judas, and printing ) columns about me which it knows to : be malicious lies designed to get me out of the way, and there are other traitors of the same kind in the pile there false friends who would stab me in the back. Oh, I know them ; I'll remember, and I swear to God I won't die now just to spite them." And as he spoke Mr. Blaine brought down his right fist with a bang upon the palm of his left. "Mrs. Blaine and other ladies lis tened aghast to this outburst, the like of which they had not heard for months. At last something had oc curred to rouse the dormant will. These newspaper blows had struck a fire and for the moment Blaine was him self again, quick, resolute and aggres sive. Right there and then he made up his mind that he was going to get better and he has done co. That is all there is to it. Talk about your faith cures, I tell you this wonderful rally of Blaine's is a triumph of mind over matter if ever there was one. Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreable things to your intimates. On the con trary, the nearer you come into a re lation with a person, the more neces sary do tact and courtesy become. THE GREAT WEST. EDITOR CALDWELL ON HIS TRAV ELS. A Readable Account of the Trip to St. Paul and the Way the Delegates to the National Editorial Con vention Were Treated. N H I S paper of :v. j-'j - J- 7 J r. caiaweu. ot tne "Vy Qtatc;il. T.TMi 'If m. 7 ,a,Vit 10 V,A ftWfKf Will? 43 I honored President ot the North Caro lina Press Associa tion, publishes the following account 01 nis trip inrougn the great North west in attendance upon the National Editorial Convention in St. Paul, Minn.: The partiality of my brethren made me president of the North Carolina Press Association last year, and this position gave me title to attend the National Editorial Association which met last week at St. Paul, Minn. The North Carolina contingent agreed to go via Washington City, and at Salis bury on the evening of the 10th I met met Messrs. W. X. Coley, of the Davie Times, J. B. Sherrill, of the Concord Times, and W. W. McDiarmid, of the Lumberton Robesonian. Mr. W. F. Tomlinson, of Country Homes, of Asheville, was also aboard, and Mr. H. A. London, of the Chatham Record, and his wife, were added to the party at Washington the next day. Trans ferring across Washington City from the Baltimore & Potomac depot to that of the Baltimore & Ohio, the del egation boarded the limited vestibuled train of the Baltimore &: Ohio Rail road and began the second stage of a most interesting journey. The distance from Washington to Chicago by the line last named is 813 miles, and the time by this limited vestibuled train just 24 hours. Its course from Wash ington is with the Potomac river and across the Alleghany mountains. The mountains are invaded at Harper's Ferry, the most picturesque of towns built on a rugged mountain side, one house above another. At the foot of this mountain stands John Brown's fort. The name of John Brown is in separably linked with Harper's Ferry and this old fort divides with the lofty mountains and the houses stuck upon their sides, the attention of the trav eler. The river and the railroad run side by side for 60 miles, then separate, come together again and run together 35 miles further. The line is strikingly like that of the Western North Caro lina Railroad from Asheville to Hot Springs river on one side, towering mountains on the other. The scenery is wild and beautiful and for hours the eye feasts on an ever-changing pano rama of river and mountains a pan orama which makes the Baltimore & Ohio one of the most picturesque and interesting railway lines east of the Rocky mountains. The route is past Cumberland, Md., Deer Park, where President and Mrs. Cleveland spent tneir noney-moon and wnicn is a favorite resort for all the Presidents a lovely spot it is, too past Oakland, another most attractive summer resort, and Grafton, W. Va., where a stop is made for supper. Now the mountains ot West Virginia are dotted with blazing lamps which overhand the drills with which the people are boring for oil The lights look weird upon the moun tain sides and the atmosphere is heavy with the odor of oil, At 11:05 P- m Wheeling has iust been passed and Benwood, on the Ohio river, is reached Crossing the Ohio, the change is made from Eastern to Central time; watches are turned back one hour and the train leaves Bellaire, on the Ohio side of the river at 10:13 p. m. But sleep has fallen on the passengers by this time, and when they wake the next morning at 8 o'clock by the time of the day before, they turned back to and are speeding across Indiana There are no mountains now. The earth is as level as a floor. Shocks of wheat stand thick upon the field, and the tall grass nods to the breeze which the fast train brings along with it Ohio has been crossed during the night The train has passed through Mans field, the home of Senator Sherman, and through Fostoria, the home of Mr. Charles Foster, the Secretary of the Treasury. Across Indiana and into Illinois, and ere long the waters of Lake Michigan are in view. Chicago is reached. Men and boys sit on the levees and breakwaters fishing under a hot Sunday morning sun, and excursion steamers, weighted with humanity, plow the placid waters of the lake. The B. & O. had promised to land its passengers in Chicago at 11:30 a. m., and the train was in the station on the minute. Sunday afternoon and night were spent in Chicago. Perhaps 300 dele- gates to the convention were in Chicago by Sunday noon, many of them accompanied by their wives and daughters. The Chicago Press Club had arranged for a drive for the visi- tors in the afternoon, and they were taken in carriages and tally-ho coaches thrnncrh Tirlu3-in Avenue, the most magnificent residence street on the continent, through the grand boule - vard, through the beautiful Washing - ton Dark to Tackson park where the Columbian Exposition is to be held. 1 17 1 These grounds are on the lake front and are admirably adapted to the purpose to which they are to be put. Only some fencing has been put up as yet, some preliminary work done on the grounds and some temporary buildings erected. But no one need fear that Chicago will not be ready for-the World's Fair in 1S93. Chicago is already something of a World's fair within itself. It has reached out and taken in the greater part of Cook county until now it is 28 miles between the remotest parts of the corporate limits. The return drive was through Drexel avenue and other principal streets and a good part of the city was seen in a drive of about five hours. It is a marvelous city great in its com merce, great in the population it sup- ports, wonderlul in the evidences ot wealth which it presents on every hand. Sunday evening the Press Club gave the visitors a reception at its rooms and fvrnished a sacred concert for them. Every courtesy was shown the delegates passing through the city and the Press Club made their stay there most agreeable. Monday morning at 9.30 o clock they left for St Paul on a special train ot 14 vestibuled sieepers over the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. From Chicago to St. Paul by this line is but 480 miles, but such were the courtesies along the way that the trip occupied 24 hours. Waukesha, Wis., a lovely town of 8,000 population, a popular summer resort, claimed a part of the time of the editors. They were driven in carriages to the various springs and tnen to tne rountain Spring Hotel where a handsome dinner was served. The time well spent, and none of those who saw Waukesha (pro nounced vau-ke-oT7) on this trip will ever forget it. About 6 o'clock the train pulled up at Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, a place of 12,000 inhabitants. A delightful sad was taken on Minona Lake and the visitors took tea at the various hotels to which they had been assigned. After tea there was a reception in the Assembly chamber in the capitol. Addresses of welcome were made by Mayor Rogers, Gov. Peck (Geo. W. Peck, the author of the "Peck's Bad Boy" series) and by ex-Gov. Fairchild, the president of the board of trade of Madison, and there were responses by Mr. E. W. Stephens, of Missouri, the president of the National Editorial Association, by Dr. W. D. II. Hunter, of Indiana, Mr. W. S. Cappeller, of Ohio, Mr. A. B. Norton, of Texas, and others. At 10:30 p. m. the visi tors boarded the train for St. Paul and arrived there the next morning (Tues day, 14th,) at 9 o'clock. The proceedings of the convention were opened in the Grand Opera House at 11 o'clock by President Ste phens, and Archbishop Ireland, of the Roman Catholic Church, invoked the blessing of God upon the convention. Gov. Merriam, of Minnesota, wel comed the delegates to the State and Mayor Smith welcomed them to the city. The formal address of wel come was delivered by United States Senator Davis, and these addresses were most becomingly responded to by President Stephens. The conven tion was in session from Tuesday morning until Friday afternoon. Every State and Territory excepting New Jersey was represented, and delegates were present from Canada. There were in all 417 delegates, and the ladies accompanying them brought the whole attendance up to about 1200. Among the delegates were Congressmen, ex-Congressmen and an ex-Governor, and many bigger men than any of these. Many of the ablest men in the profession were present, and the millionaire publishers of city dailies and the small-fry editors of country weeklies mingled together on terms of perfect equality. Many very fine papers were read, treating every department of the newspaper business, and every feature that jour nalism presents, whether from the side of the publisher or the public, 'was set forth and discussed. Many of the papers contained thoughts and suggestions of the utmost value, and the discussions were interesting and profitable to those who heard them. It is not worth while to go into any thing like a detailed statement of the proceedings, for such a statement would have little interest for any other than newspaper men, but I may remark that the occasion was a most profitable one to me. I learned more about the newspaper business than I ever knew before, and upon the spot I reconse crated myself to it and resolved to be a better newspaper man in future than I have ever been heretofore. The election 01 onicers ior tne next year was held Friday at noon. Mr. W." S. Cappeller, of Ohio, was chosen presi dent. There were an excursion and a banquet Friday afternoon and night, an excursion to Minneapolis Saturday, 1 and excursion to Lmluth haturdav . J night, and a party of 160 went on an j excursion of ten days to Yellowstone ! Park, but the work of the convention j being over Friday aftcrnon, I set my i face toward home that evening. I The meeting was a successful one ! in every way and must be productive j of good results. St. Paul's treatment j of the delegates was . open-handed and I elegant. It is stated that the citizens j raised a fund ot $20,000 for the en- j ; tertainraent of the convention. The ; ! afternoon of the first day the visitors ; were given a two hours drive about ' the city ; the second afternoon there was an excursion to Fort Snelling and Minnehaha Falls ; third afternoon, an excursion to White Bear Iake, with refreshments and a musical programing; third night, a reception at the State capitol by Gov. Merriam and recep tion by the Minnesota Editorial Asso ciation and the St. Paul Press Club ; fourth afternoon, excursion around Lake Minnetonka and fourth night the banquet. All of the entertain ments wtrc conducted on an elaborate scale and to the editorial eye St. Paul covered itseif with glory. The city is one of the livest and most attractive of the great Northwest. It was incor porated in 1S54 and the census of last year gave it a population of 130,000. It is the head of navigation on the Mississippi river and is surrounded by high bluffs is indeed situated upon a bluff. Its streets are splendidly paved, in parts with asphalt and again with cedar blocks, and Summit avenue is a beatiful drive, lined with hand some and costly residences. The visitors were received with a most gracious courtesy and the hospitality of the city knew no bounds. For Corns, Warts and Itunions Use only Ahbott's East Indian Corn Point. For sale by V. W. Parker, druggist. .vfpHTiG S OIVIS EXJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and act gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver nnd Bowels, cleanses tho sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habituaV constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to tho stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from tho most healthy ana agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60e and 81 bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliablo druggist who may not have it on band will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL LOUISVILLE. KV. tlEW YORK. H.V. TV M. I-ITTMAN. W. n. (HAW. Tj ITT 31 AN & 81 1 AW. ATTOHNKYH AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Prompt attention to all profi-Hiilcnftl hunt newt, l'liicllce In tbe Htate ul Federal courts. Office: Iloom No. 2, Ilurwtll Iiulidlng. S. HAKIMS, DENTIST, HEMDERHO!, !.C. Pure N:trou Oxide Gun iultrilitiatcr! for the iHlnl-K extrac tion of teeth. C Davis store, Main Jan. 1-a. Hf Oflice over Street. A. C. ZOL,LICOFFi:it, ATTOUNKY AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Practlw In 11k- court of Vance, Gran vlllt, Warren, Halifax and Northampton, and In th Hopieme ami Federal court of the Htate. Office: In Zolllrofler'n law building. Gar iiftttMtreet. Ifcb. W-6I. 11. T. W ATKINS, Aftornay nnd Counsellor at haw HENDERSON. N. C. Conrtu: Granville Vance, and Warrao, and the hunreme Court at ltaleti(h. Prompt attention Klven to nil legal busl nHM. Office over Purker'n wholesale htore. Jan. 5. It. HENRY, ATTOUNKY AT LAW. Il.ENDEU.SON, N. C, OFFICE IS KCBWELL BL1LDIXG. Cockth: Vance. Franklin, Warren, Gran ville. United htat- Court at Iialc!ch, and (Supreme Court of North Carolina. KtrEKKNcti:-Chief JaHtu-e W. N H. Krnlth, ion. Angutu H. Merrlmon, Oov. Ianlel G. Fowl, Hon. T. t: Fuller. Hon. T' M. Argo, Ir. W. T. Cheatham, lir. J. Ill Tucker, Mr. M. lxrney, H. Ji. J;ur )!, Kwj. Hon. Jatnen Kdwiu Moore, Kx-Hollcilor Oen of I. H. Samuel F. Phllllpa. Office hour U a rn. to 5 p.m. Inch.73l C. EDWARD, Oxford. N". C. A. It. WORTH AM, Henderson, N. C. JJIVAItI.S & WORTH AM, ATTOItNKYH AT L.A W, HENDERSON, N. C. Offer their nervlce to the people of Vane county. Col. Edwards will attend all the Court of Vance county, and will come to Hendernoa at any and all time when bl aaaiHtance may be needed by hi partner. BOY Dental Surgeon, HEVDKRaOlC.w. Satisfaction guaranteed as to work and 1 oric ta Ofn over Parker dc Cloaa' atore fo h 4 a Malo atreet - m it F. E ."4 A " Mnll.ttd.- Co.. Hx9t-0 Prttand,Mta ' - - far
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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