THE HENDERSON GOLD LEAF THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1903
The Gold Leaf.
ESTABLISHED 1831.
THAD R."mJiNNIHG.
TIIt.'PiSDAY, MAY 7, 100:5.
Ki;kp your eye on Mr. Cleveland,
lie receives mon:ojiul;ir leinoiistru
tion than llie I'lcsident of tlie United
Stales wlien the two appear in tiie
same city. Is t here no special signif
icance i:i tins rowin popular fcel
inir toward the former Prenid'nt?
IvixsTo.v is one of the rittie.st and
ino.st proresive towns in the State.
If further evidence of this were need
ed it is shown in the htatementof the
,.,. Jjf,ss that 1 .",0.000 will lx?
Hent in that town on streets and
town property within the next two
years.
Business Men and Politics.
Ilii liiimiicl Ni'WM !,f-:il"r.
It is a favorite fad with l)iisines.s
men that it is Iteneath 1 lieir dignity,
a waste of time and a violation of
business rineiples for tlietn to take
peisonal part, in local politics. There
is no sense and a deal of nonsense, in
this theory. Modern conditions have
brought, politics, and especially local
politics, into direct contact with com
mercial life and general business. The
political manae-t inent of a city is
part of its business and is an imme
diate part of the concern of every
business man. As it is, t he a verajre
business man holds himself aloof,
never attends a precinct meeting or
caucus or a ward meet in, makes lit
tle inouiry into the characters or
qualifications of candidates and dis
courages with cold disapproval or
open sneer his associates who refuse
to follow his example and who take
an active part and interest in all
these things. Then when his city gov
ernment falls into disreputable or in
capable hands and he finds himself
threatened with serious injury or suf
fering heavy losses, he growls and
denounces the people generally and
the government especially, appar
ently without a thought that the
fault primarily is on himself and oth
ers like him.
Tribute. to a North Carolinian.
( 'lni riot t I Iliwrvcr.
The New York Kvenin; V-r prints
the address delivered at the recent
meet in"' of the Southern Hducational
Hoard at Richmond by Prof. Edwin
Minis, of Trinity t'ollee, and counts
itself -fort unate" in beino;ableto do
so. In an edi: orial article' it charac
terizes it sis "remarkable," and oives
it. its unqualified approbation. Dr.
Minis spoke for higher education in
the South; higher standards of ad
mission and jrraduat ion; for the lead
ership of educat ors t o hijrher thought
and greater freedom of mind and ex
pression. The author of this address
is one of the most intellect u;il and
ino.st candid men in the State, lleis
an independent and .a liberal and did
not hesitate on this occasion to make
his opinions known.
Lynching North and South.
Xi'ws ;iinl Observer.
On t he same day last week two ne
groes were lynched one in Texas
and one in Illinois. The crime was
the same t he usual crime t hat makes
men evervwhere full of righteous in
dignation. In Texas the offending
negro was lynched after his guilt had
been ascertained. The hundreds of
other negroes were not molested.
The Texas mob had no resentment
against negroes as such, but onlv
against the black brute who was
guilty of the worst of crimes. In
Illinois a negro was lynched for a
crime "that (according to the Spring
field Ilfjiuhlh.in) would no more than
imprison a white youth for a short
time under the law.' However that
may be, the mob, after lynching the
negro criminal, proceeded to attack
a company of unoffending negroes,
shoot and dest roy t he houses in which
they lived.
Which shows the most race preju
dice Texas, which stopped with the
punishment of the criminal, or Illi
nois, which visited punishment upon
innocent and inoffensive negroes
merely because t he criminal belonged
to their race?
April. 1865. An Eventful Month.
Cliarlotti' OliMTvor.
Dr. J. H. Alexander, the historian,
and ot her Confederate veterans say
that April. lNd.l, was probably the
most eventful month during the his
tory of the dated States govern
ment. The tirst great event of the
month was the fall of Petersburg,
Va., when the Confederates had to
ret ire after fight ing steadily for about
two weeks. - During one hour of some
of the great bat ties around Peters
burg, as many men were killed as
were slain in theent ire Spanish-American
war.
On the tth lien. Iv surrendered at
Appomattox, where lie had been
hemmed in by the dtion army,
which was many times larger than
his own.
Five days later, the evening of the
14th. President Lincoln was assas
sinated by Hooth, and died shortly
. afterwards.
On the ISth, at lireensboro, this
State, lien. Johnston surrendered to
Cien. Sherman, after a retreat of sev
eral hundred miles.
About the time of the surrender of
Johnston's army the Federals cap
tured the prison at Salisbury, and
turning out the prisoners, burned
the building.
A week later President Jefferson
Davis, of the Confederate States, was
captured by a detachment of Union
soldiers in lieorgia, this effectually
ending the armed resistance of the
Confederacy.
A Farmer Straightened. Out.
"A man living on n farm near liorv came in
a short time ntro i'oniil't-I,v doubled tip with
rhouiuati-A. I handed him a bottle of Cham
berlainV Tain r.alni and told him to use it
freely and if not satisfied after using it he
need not pay a cent for it." say P. T. Uay
der. of Pattens Mills. X. Y. "A few days lat r
he walked into the store as strahrht as a
string and handed me a dollar saying, "frive
m." another bottle of Chamberlain's Pain
Ba'ui. I want it in t'ie house all the tituefor
it cured me.'" For sale at Parker's Two
Drujr Stores.
DeWitt's Salve
For Piles, Burns, Sores.
SERMON TO ODD FELLOWS.
The 84th Anniversary of the Fcund
insof theOrderFlttinglyObserved
Chaplain Williams Preaches a Spe
cial Sermon Appropriate to the Occa
sion Some of the Ways In Which
We Can be Helpful to Our Fellow
Man and do Good in the World.
At the Methodist Protestant church
Sunday morning Rev. J. S. Williams
preached a special sermon to the Odd
fellows, j lie occasion wast lie cele
bration of the 81th anniversary of
the founding of the Order. Mr. Wil
liams chose' for his text, ''Heal the
Sick:" Matt. 10:8, and his discourse
was listened to with rapt attention
throughout. After quoting a num
ber of texts bearing on this subject
and citing the instances in which
Jesus wrought miracles of healing
the siek and alfleted, he said:
If Jesus were here. He would sympathize
with your physical ailments however bad
you mijrht ) as a sinner. He hat r-d disease.
He hates it yet.
These miracles of healing were not. solely to
teach them to believe on Him.
Nor were they to help us to moralize on
them. Nor were they to tcoi li t".s simply the
awful coiiHeipicnccs of sin.
Jesus healed for til" sjike of t he sufferer. He
was human and he did not like to set- suffer
ing. There is a lesson in it all for us.
li you were ill, you would lose siiit of ev
ery other ronsidernt inn save your sickness.
If your family were ill you would think the
health of your family above all other inter
ests. ''Ilo.v happy find contented if I wen-only
well." says the pnti'Mit.
"flow erlail 1 lo have my folks will atrain,"
says t he parent .
Kvery life is as di;.r to a person its your
own is dear to you.
There are many lives that o to waste. Can
we not preserve them and others through
them?
When John the Haptist swit unto Jesus for
proof of his Messiahship. Jesus sent unto
Hint: Mloand tell John t he things which ye
do hear and see the blind receive theii siKht,
and the lame walk, t he l.-pers a re cleansed,
and t he deaf hear, 1 he dead are raised, ami to
the poor the gospel is preached." Matt.l 1 : 4,.
In John !:! "I must work the works of
Him 1hat sent mi; while it is day; the nirht
cometh. when no man can work." This He
said when He was about to open the eyes of
him who was born blind.
'.s loiifi as I am in the world lam thelight
of t he world."'
One of Christ's mot touching parables
teaches the lesson t hat caring for t he sick is
a lare part of one's Chsisl inn duty. Matt.
'2:' "I was sl k and ye visited me.
"Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of
the least of t hese ye ha vs done it unto me."
Jesus taught in this that riu'ht in the thresh
old of the Judgment place the ipiestion will
be asked about our care for the sick.
' (ireater works than these shall ye do."
If he healed a hundred his disciples would
heal a thousand.
The very piinciph of healing Jesus who
had healing; power irave ir to those who had
it not. He who had health rave of it tothose
who had it not .
The same principle is uooil to-day. The
jrood are to look Jitter the bad. The livintr
arc to look after tie' dyiuu.
This duly carries with it another duty
"The strong oiiirlit to bear the infirmities of
t he weak."
"Hear ye one another's burdens."
"Whr.KO 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 this world's floods andseeth
his brother have need anil shulteth aphis
bowels of compassion toward him. how d well-
et h t he love ot Ood in t hat man .
The science, of hrnliitfr was never so perfect
as it is today. True, there aremany maladies
that vet baffle the skill of science. Hut in
these eu -es, science and human kindness soft
en the last days of those who must succumb
to disease.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows is
founded upon Christian principles.
( hie of its tenets is careforthesiel; thesick
of its own. In this it pleases the (lod of Hea
ven. Our Older proposes to fjo farther and
help to care for those siek who are not its
own.
To co-operate with the other Orders mid
lodges of the town and furnish a trained
nurse for those who cannot afford one.
A trained nurse thus supported would he
jiilministerin to the sufferine; in a way that
we cannot otherwise.
Would save many a life.
Would preserve unbroken many a family
circle.
Would train many in nursing the sick who
are now ignorant .
Would save main a community from an
epidemic
Would hasten the cine oi many.
Would make their cure mora permanent.
Would aid the physicians who do much
charity practice.
Would be the starling; towards a hospital.
Support ing; a trained nurse would bedoing;
like the good Niiuurit an who took the unfor
tunate to the inn and left some money with
the inn keeper and said "Whatsoever thou
spendeth more when I come again I will re
pay the."
These Orders could send a good nurse to a
siek one and say whatever there is needed
more we will bear the expenses.
A trained nurse would also bring; about
better saintarv conditions. Mie would m
struct the inmatts of the home about the
premises. She would sound the alarm tothe
town authorities. She would sound it in
a way that it would be heard whet her heeded
or not .
Among the inalienable rights mentioned in
the Declaration of Independence are life, lib
erty and the pursuit of haiiianess.
What is life without health? What is hap
piness without health? What is liberty itself
without health.
If you would exert yourself at much cost to
save the life of a mortal if you would make
any sacrilice to set a slave free, you can not
withhold your help and sympathy from the
one who is dying; with some disease, who is
imprisoned because of disease.
Kzek. ."H: .', 4. Would the prophet sa v to
us, "Ye eat the fat. ve clothe you with the
wool, ye kill the fatlings, but ye feed not tlx
sheep?"
"The diseased have ye not strengthened,
neither have ye healed that which was sick.
neither have ye bound up that which was
broken, licit tier have ve brought again that
which was driven awnv. neither have ve
sought that which was lost."
Vs. and lti. "I myself will feed theHock,
and will strengthen that which was sick."
You may think it a very small matterthat
we devote this time to such a discussion this
morning.
Hut the preservation of the race is eoual in
importance to the creation of the race. Uoil
the creator did for us what we could not do.
The inventor of the steam engine did what
the engine could not do. Hut after he had
made it. the engine does a million limes as
much as the inventor can do.
The same cannot ! said of us and our
creator.
Hut it is true that He intended for us to
preserve our lives which He gave us, and tie-
uvps of those who can not save themselves.
The greatest benefactors to human kind
are the army of physicians and surgeons ami
trained nurses ami untrained nurses who use
their best endeavors to alleviate the suffer
ings of t he people.
What army otlieer or private on the Kng
lish Hoster of warriors has attained the fame
of Florence Nightingale who in the face of op
position gave her life to the alleviation of the
suffering inflicted by these very wnr tigers?
In our own land I.ee ami Jackson and
lirant and Washington and Long-street and
(ireene all have monuments to their honor.
Hut there is not enough granite in all our
hills, there is not enough iron in all ournioun
tains to build the shaft that can declare to
the coming generations our love for Clara
Hart on, who has done so much for w ounded
soldiers on all battlefields, endangering her
life tinder the tire of cannon and musketry,
and who has administsred to the storm st rick
en sufferers on the short's of every side of this
continent, and who went to the rescue of the
flood victims on the Mississippi.
What has trained nun-i's done for yellow
fever victims, small pox victims, and the
thousands who have been scourged by tin
many curses that havecoine upon mankind!
The young woman in a South Western town
who gave her life in nursing the yellow fever
patients she has a simple monument over
lier grave. This monument was built by the
lives she saved. Yet she died to save them.
Does not Jesus say of her: "She hath done
what she could? She hath wrought a good
work upon me."
This is a eelebrat ion. Times are changing
with celebrations. They ought to change. A
millionaire weddingin New York City a month
or two ago gave a large piine oi property for
the lieiictit of unfortunates among women.
When Jesus was with his disciples on t!u
mount they wanted to celebrate by building
three tabernacles in honor of the world's
three greatest jersonages. Hut Jesusled them
down from the mountain where there was
suffering. He showed them what their lives
were for. There was something exclusive in
their proposition. Hut He had something
broader for them to do.
They proposed to club up.
The club idea in the cotton world. after the
trash is all threshed out of the cotton is to
gather the fibers into a thread, weave t!ie
thread into one piece of cloth that the; cloth j
may tic made into separate garments forall j
the people. 1
And the club idea with some of the nullmen ;
is to get a few together, distribute tne pro
ceeds as largely as "possible, and give the op
eratives a share in the dividends of theiudus
trv. With some of the mill men it is to pay out
as little as possible, so as to let the few reap
ho birorecfr irninH.
The club idea iuwoo.l-torc is nesi euuimeu
. '.. . i Tl,,
tip m the shape oi a woouuiau n mum.
purpose of that maul, and its only claim to
nn existence, is its use in driving a wedge and
thus contribute to the needs of mankind. W
reap its benefits in the wood that we burn.
The club idea in society is thex lusive idea,
organized for exclusive pleasure, for exclusive
culture, organized in an expensive way. But
the lesson of the maul is that we ougut to
organiz? to do something for others.
Once upon a time the ladies of our town
undertook to build a free library. The under
taking failed.
Again, nil the leading women asked the men
to help them to build a hospital. They were
discouraged away from this.
Soon thereafter there sprang up one oi tne
handsomest dub rooms in the State, hu-'ly
furnished. all the eonvenienifB of a luxurious
home. Hut it was for men who already have
good homes or could have them. It encour
ages in men that which is going to break up
some home. While a fatlarr is playing his
billiards and pool up there , where is there tor
his boy to play except in the saloon?
' While the employer is playing up there and
his bovs, muy be, where can the employe" go
except to the saloon?
While the young man is playing up mere,
where cuu his brother go to play except in
the saloon?
That, same building as a hospital would
distribute the club blessing to many. That
same building as a free library would have
served as an educational factor that would
have brought infinite blessings on the town.
Think what a fine club building we have
for just, one club! And what a graded school
building we have!
Suppose the businessmen of the town would
add $ 1,500 to 1 he school fund of the town,
would it not help our teachers and the man
iigemenl of the school?
Instead of this $1,500 are wrapped into a
ball to be knocked about mid rolled into ci
gars to be puffed away.
And the people who need the benefits of the
money the worst do not get it.
ijM.oOO would build ami run for a year 30
out-door play grounds, and would give i300
people all th.e exercise they would need or
could possibly take.
f 1,."00 would give Heudersou and commu
nity good nurses ami pay them $400 and
have $:!00 left over.
Our clubs must do something for the town.
Not that we may simply pay for existence but
that we may obey our Lord. You are a
Christian in a club us in thechurch. You have
the same Christian obligations upon you as
a man of the world as you would in thechurch.
The same privilege comes to you as a man
to help the weak and the less fortunate as to
any other man.
There is much of the money in ulloursecret
orders that goes to running the machinery of
tiie orders. We need to accomplish something
outside of our own welfare if we would ac
complish anything worth the naming.
The'Savior of mankind spent His entire life
among the needy, the sick and the worldly,
and the sinful and the poor.
He said: "They that are whole need not a
physician but they that are nick."
Let's see: If a member of your family is dan
gerously ill. all your business stops until
I here is it change. All your thought is bent
townnl the recovery of the sick one.
If one of our town family is ill should we
not stop everything, else for the sick one's re
covery?
Or what is better ought we not to bring; all
our affairs to the recovery of the sick one?
A trained nurse will do as much for this as
anv thing that can be done.
In one of the old Testament visions, is the
rising of the Sou of ltighteousness with heal
ing in His wings.
Wherever a sunbeam in that new world
shall fail, it will plant the seeds of health, and
life.
It is your and my province to make this
world new.
Some of the needs of a trained nurse may
be summed up as follows:
A lone widow who must spend the long
nights in agony and no one to even speak to
her.
A family of fever stricken children with no
one to w ait on them but t he mother, until she
herself succumbs to the scourge.
A family where the father and husband is
ill for months and the mother is ill and no one
is able to give thefathertheneededattention.
A family where a poor woman lies ill and
dies because no one knows how to care for
her. And her child dies of fever for the same
reason.
Think of a home where all the family sleep
in the same room where the fever patient or
the consumptive is, where no thought is giv
en to the protection of the survivors.
Another family of motherless children, two
of the oldest ill with fever. The fatherhasto
stop his work for weeks to wait on them and
nurse them.
In another home a child is ill. Its mother
knows nothing of the sanitary laws and the
child is lost ' because of her ignorance. May
be the disease is spread in the home because
ot t he ignorance of all.
When the Centurion sent word to Jesus
that his servant whs sick, Jesus said: "I will
come and heal him." This is the natural im
pulse of every human. But what can we do?
We do not know how to heal. We can send
some one who does know how, and who can
aid the physician.
A nurse or two nurses could do much in all
the homes to teach sanitary laws in moth
ers' meeting and young womens' meetings.
If I w ere going to moralize on these miracles
of healing, here are some of the morals:
1 Jesus was touched with the feeling "of
their sicknesses. So He is now.
- Jesus opened the eyes of the blind. I
wish He would open your eyes.
.'! Jesus healed the lunatics periodic in
sane. I wish He would cure us of folly fool
ish notions cure us of the crazes that are
rushing some of us to destruction.
4 Jesus healed the womau who had spent
nil her living in rain to be healed by the phy
sicians. Think of the people who are duped
and defrauded by peddlers and quacks, and
are sometimes deluded by honest men who
hope to heal them but cannot.
As Jesus healed them of their diseases.
He forgave their sins. That is better than all
healing the forgiveness of sins. "Blessed is
the man whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered."
Hut we are not here to moralize today.
The purpose of this hour is to strike at the
heart of things.
HEAL THK SICK is the command I want
to lay upon your hearts. He does not sav,
VISIT the sick. He goes furth r, Heal ! ! ! I
How much of our time is spent by going and
looking on the suffering. As we look upon
them, we are helpless to relieve them.
In the parable where He says, ''Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these, ye have done it unto me," the kind of
visiting was effective. The same spirit that
would feed the hungry or clothe the naked,
would not only visit the sick but it would
heal them.
l'eople are so willing for a minister to go
among the unfortunate. Hut they think it
strange for him to undertake to change their
conditions. They know we have bad politics
but ,! minister must let them alone they say.
We also have intemperance riding over the
heads ol the people. The ministry must visit
the victims of drink, but they dare not lift
hand to destroy the demon. Jesus com
manded to CAST OUT THK DEVILS. So
our duty is not simply to visit the drunkard
but cast out the drink demons!
Again, who is charged with the care of the
poor save the miuistry? It is all right they
say to visit the poor but no further is he al
lowed. Hut we an' to preach the gospel to
the poor. We are to remove the conditions
that cause the poverty. We must put down
oppression. We must stop intemperance.
We must encourage industry. So with the
sick, we are not simply to visit them and look
at their wretchedness. We are to heal them.
Do 1 hear the plea that we do not know
how? We must learn how. We must send
some one to them who does know how.
They that are sick need a physician, lie
cause physician can heal. As the Son of
man came to destroy all the works of the de
vil, so the Son of man came to destroy all
diseases.
The works of the devil are not destroyed.
The human will is in the way. And the hu
man will and human ignorance -are in the
w ay of destroying diseases. And human care
lessness also. Carelessness in the home; in the
town: on the part of honsekeejiers; on the
part of town officials; on the part of business
men.
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is
death.
Two great death feeders are DIRT and DIS
EASE. We must destroy these!
Mr. Joseph rominville, of Stillwater, Minn.,
aft-r having spent over f 2.000 with the best
doctors for stomach trouble without relief,
was advised by his druggist. Mr. Alex Richard,
to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He did so. and is a well man
today. If troubled with indigestion, bad taste
in the mouth, lack of appetite or constipa
tion, give these tablets a trial, and you are
certain to lie more than pleased with the re
sult. For sale for 23c per box at Parker's
Two Drug Stores.
FORT MORGAN, ALA.
A Vance County Alan Who Is Doing
Service for Uncle Sam.
Fort Mokax. Ala., April 28.1003.
Editor Goi-p Leaf: As the day are
growing longer, and each day brings on
more experiences and manoeuvers in one's
life as a soldier, we are now having al
most constant drill trying to atone for
the past time which we have too freely
been indulging in amusements. Thi? days
are quite warm but thanks to Dame Na
ture for endowing us with ench lovely
nights, neither too cool nor too varin,
which none but those who have lived in
the far away South could describe, and
may I not venture to say that wherever
I may be in the future years my thougnts
will often go back to the scenes way
down where the orange blossoms bloom.
The mildness of the winters and the gen
tle breeze of the summers seem to show
us what a good country we live in where
only man is vile. It is true we sometimes
borrow an infantile Uiizzaru from tue
North, or a romping, boyish flood from
the South. Generally, however, things
are lovely, particularly in the spring
time, when the ground is carpeted in
green and our trees and shrubs, like our
beautiful maidens, are decked in pink,
and the birds sing an 1 make love to each
other, much to the distress and discom
fiture of our soldier boys, to whom these
things are reminders of the days when
they made love to coquettish maidens.
But after the drill hours are over and the
weather being so pleasant and the roads
good, we have bicycle riding, carriage
drives, fishing and boat riding, straw
berry and ice cream festivals,' past expe
rience is forgotten and" we take little
thought of the future, and the Usual di
version of the summer months. Tlte cup
of happiness is filled to overflowing. Let.
us be proud of our country. . It is the
greatest on earth, and Alabama is one of
the greatest States in the Union. Mobile
is one of the finest cities in the country.
Then let us be content, bide our time and
be glad.
Wishing the Gm.n Lkak much prosper
ity, I am respectfully,
MOXX1K M. DUKK,
Sergeant !!th Co., Coast Artillery,
Fort Morgan, Ala.
The Wastes of the Body.
Every seven days the blood, muscles and
bones of a man of average size loses two
pounds of wornout tissue. This waste can
not be replenished and the health and strength
kept up without perfect digestion. Wheu the
stomach and digestive organs fad to perform
their functions, the strength lets down, health
gives way, and disease sets up, Kodol Dys
pepsia Cure enables the stomaclr and diges
tive organs to dig"st and assimilate all of the
wholesome food that may be eaten into the
kind of blood that rebuilds the tissues and
protects the health and strength of the mind
and body. Kodol cures Indigestion, Dyspep
sia and all stomach troubles. It is an ideal
spring tonic. Sold by W. AV. Parker.
Confirms the South's Rights.
Baltimore Sun.
The opinion of the United Slates
Supreme Court last Monday in the
Alabama sunrag'e case was delivered
hv Justice Holmes, who before liis
appointment to that exalted tribu
nal, was Chief Justice ot the Massa
chusetts Supreme Court. This is a
most significant fact, and it will be
regarded bv broad-minded men in all
ptirts of tiie country as a most en
couraging one as well. In the war
between the States Justice Holmes
held a commission in the United
States Army, and made an enviable
record as a soldier. The enfranchise
ment of the negro was the direct re
sult of that war. The South has been
compelled, in defence of its civiliza
tion, to place restrictions upon the
exercise ot suftrage by the negro
Justice Holmes' ooinion substantial
ly affirms the legal right of the South
to do this without interference by
the Federal courts. If the negroes
who tire deprived of the voting fran
chise have ;i grievance, thev must
seek redress from the "political de
partment" of the (iovernment. The
ieueral courts cannot provide the
remedy for political grievances of
this kind.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo,!
Lucas Cocnty. J HK
Frank J. Cukxky makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &.
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and Stat;1 aforesaid, and that. .said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLAKS for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Ci re.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to liefore me and 'subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. 1)., 1 SSli
A. W. OLEASOX.
l Notary Iliblic.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 7oc.
Hall's Family Fills are th" best.
Big line of men's shirtsand towels very
cheap, at li. THOMASON'S.
May McClures a Beautiful Number.
The May MeClure's is printed in a new
type, and, in all respects of appearance
and make-up. It is notable for both the
quality and number of its illustrations.
Jules Guerin's two full-page views of
'ittsburg, by night and by dar. admir
ably illustrate Lincoln Steffen's paper on
t'lttsuurg: A t lty Ashamed, ; a companion-piece
of his St. Louis and Minne
apolis papers. Then there are some very
telling drawings by Henri Lanos. repro
duced in tint to illustrate Prof. Simon
Xewcomb's capital story "The Unil of
the World." Ernest Poole's "Waifs of
the Street.'' is lavishly illustrated by-
many types of street urchins 'drawn, by
Schoonover. George Yarinn illtlstrates
M iss Tarbell s "Standard Oil"' paper, and
Corwin K. Linson a story by Mary K.
Wilkins. Garth Jones, the English artist,
gives an excellent specimen of his hand
work in line of his illustrations for ller
minie Templetons Irish story. This is
by long odds the best appearing number
of MeClure's ever issued.
See the new line of Spring Prints. Ging
hams. Percales. Lawns. Ducks and White
Goods at II. THOMASON'S.
PEAS FOR SALE.
I have a lot of nens or sale. Apply
early. " M. S. DUKE.
Gillburg. X. C.
New Spring Goods.
Attention is called to a nice line of new
Spring Dress Goods just received. Spring
Prints, Percales, Ginghams. Ducks.
Lawns. White Goods, etc. Very cheap,
tl. THOriASON.
COAL AND WOOD.
Anthracite Egg and Stove: Kanawha
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Pocahontas Steam.
OaLk. Hickory . nd Pine Wood.
Sawed any Length.
Lumber, Shingles and Laths. Trade
solicited and will save you money.
Poythress Coal and Wood Yard.
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ECodol Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat.
Absolutely Pur
THERE SB M&
EPSOM HIGH SCHOOL
Closing Exercises an Event That
Would H3ve Done Credit to Any
School Lrga Crowd In Attendance
Praise for the Hen to Whom the
Community is !ndetted for Such an
Institution.
Sunday, April 2th. tiie baccalaueata
sermon to t he senior class of Epsom High
School was preached by Rev. J. II. Hen
derlite, of the Henderson Presbyterian
church. The speaker was listened to
with rare pleasure by a large crowd
which had gathered at Xew Bethel
church, and the sermon was rarely equal
ed and never excelled, and would have
done credit not only to a country school
but to a College of Bishops.
Epsom and the surrounding community
has been in a quiver of excitement for the
last month in anticipation of the comiug
event and when the morning sun rose
bright and clear Tuesday, April 2S, the
community with thankful hearts attrib
uted it to their prayers, for I doubt if
there was a single praying man or wo
man or sinner either, as to that, but had
prayed fervently that for at least that
occasion there might be a cessation of
hostilities of the elements, so the exer
cises which would necessarily have to be
held out of doors could be a success. By
10 o'clock Tuesday, the crowd began to
assemble and by 12 o'clock it had as
sumed gigantic proportions.
The exercises were opened by the sing
ing of ''My Old Kentucky Home," by the
entire school. The first thing on the pro
gramme was the contest for the medals
by some ten or a dozen boys and girls of
tiie senior class. The medal for the boys
was won by Mr. George Tunstall, of
Warren county, and that for the girls by
Miss Lessie Ayscue. But justice demand
ed, and the faculty, and committee of
award asked that special mention.be
made of Mr. Lowell Rogers and Miss
Xora Medlin, who only missed by one
tenth, iu fact the crowd was about even
ly divided. It was a most creditable
effort and deserves special mention for all
of them, but time and space forbid.
The next number on the program was
original essays by senior class, consisting
of biographies of noted men of today and
history. It has been the pleasure of your
correspondent to attend many com
mencement exercises, some of the best
colleges in the Southland, and listen to
the original essays of their senior Masses
but he has never heard better at any of
them, while it is true we've heard more
elaborate and deeper subjects treated.
This ended the morning exercises. At
1 oVlock a bountiful dinner was served
the people turning out just as they do
at a protracted meeting occasion, bring
ing tlieir dinner and supper and camping
out. At 2:30 o'clock the crowd reassem
bled to listen to the literary address by
Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake Forest Col
lege. Prof. Carlyle is too well known to
need mention by our pen and it is enough
to say that his address was ornate and
exactly suited to the occasion. At the
closing of Prof. Carlyle's address the
school sang "Carolina, Carolina," and
this ended the afternoon exercises. But
the beat v. as yet in store for us, viz.: the
concert and tableaux which were to come
off at night and so interested had the
people become some GOO or 800 brought
their supper and stayed on the grounds
in order to be in time , and get good
seats.
At the closing of the afternoon service
Prof. Brannock, the principal, announced
that the fun would begin with the open
ing of concert exercises at 7:'J0 o'clock,
so at the appointed time when the curtain
raised and when Prof. Branuock stepped
to the front to announce the opening
song, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," he
was greeted with a sea of faces pleasing
to behold, the crowd being estimated at
2,000 or 2,500. Xever before in our his
tory has such a crowd gathered and the
smile betrayed his pleasure for he recog
nized it as a compliment to him and his
ably faculty.
As announced the fun did proceed both
fast and furious and the parts played
were rich, rare and racy, especially the
Widow Smuggles and her family of" thir
teen daughters. Miss Rowena Daniel as
'"Widow Smuggles" showed superb train
ing and displayed ability and talent of
no mean order. The impersonation of
John Lowlow by Mr. Charley Ayscue was
indeed good, creating roars of "laughter,
in fact his acting as clown was as good
as we ever saw at a circus.
After keeping the crowd roaring with
laughter for two hours, it would seem
utterly impossible to get them down so
that they could correctly interpret the
next feature on the program, for never
was the transformation from the ridicu
lous to the sublime more rapid or com
plete as an examination showed that the
Vestal Virgins were to enter and worship
at the Holy Shrine. This was acted by
ten of the largest girls in the school and
indeed was a most creditable portrayal
of Vestal worship. To the solemn strains
of soft music and dressed in roles of
spotless white they indeed looked and
fully represented those Bible characters.
The crowd rose to the occasion and was
as stfll as death and showed a deep ap
preciation of the solemnity of the occa
sion. But the climax was reached with
the closing number on the programme,
"Raise Me, Jesus," (song). The preced
ing scene, the Vestal Virgins, had gotten
the crowd in a solemn frame of mind and
when "Raise Me, Jesus" was sung in a
low sweet tone by Miss Eunice Bridgers.
of Portsmouth, one of the faculty, and
Misses Rowena Daniel, Emma Alston and
Mabel Gooch acted in pantomime angels
at the Shrine of Mercy the crowd mani
fested its intense appreciation for they
were now as ready to weep as they had
formerly been to laugh. Thus ended the
most memorable occasion in all the his
tory of Old Pungo. The next big occa
sion for Epsom will be the dedication of
Liberty church sometime in September,
for they are building one of the hand
somest country churches in the State.
Your oorrespondent has lived in and
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Ha?8 Always Bought
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near the community of Epsom all his life
and knows whereof he speaks and can of
a truth say that the community of Epsom
is today the most progressive, up to
date, intelligent community in Xorth
Carolina; and this mighty transforma
tion for good is due in the main to four
or five men. Some ten or twelve years
ago Hon. W. B. Daniel and I. M. Green
moved into the community of Epsom.
At that time there was no interest at all
taken in education. But together with
Mr. George T. Ayscue, David Weldon,
(ieorge Dickie, Taswell Gooch, Dr. B. P.
Alston, they put their heads and hearts
together with their money and deter
mined to have a school a good school
and the present result is known of all
men. It is true that at times it looked
as if their efforts would fail but they
kept eternally at it and today we, to
gether with nearly the entire Eastern
and Southern end of the county, with a
goodly number from Henderson, Louis
burg, Franklinton and a few from Nor
folk. Portsmouth, Richmond and Ral-
j eigh, have gathered at the grand finale
I to witness with the promoters of
the enterprise and enjoy with them the
culmination of their fondest desires. Well
might Old Pungo put on her Sunday
clothes for this is a red letterjday for
Epsom. It is the climax of years of hope
deferred, a realization of her fondest
, dreams.
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Costs Nothing to Try.
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humors, scales, watery blisters, pimples, ach
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pain in the skin, old eating sores, ulcers, etc.
Botanic Blood Balm cures the worst and
most deep-peated cases by enriching, purify
ing and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving
a healthy blood supply to the skin. Heals
every sore and gives the rich glow of health
to the skin. Builds up the broken-down body
and makes the blood red and nourishing.
Especially advised for chronic old cases that
doctors, patent medicines Hud hot springs
fail to cure. Druggists, $1.00, with complete
directions for home cure. To prove B. B. B.
cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Company, Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble, and free medical advice sent in sealed
letter.
A Spring and Summer Tonic.
Go to the glorious mountains of Western
Xorth Carolina, the "Land of the Sky" and
"Sapphire Country;" a natural paradise at
all times of the year, a pleasant spot, full of
life; of color and enjoyment, rich with possi
bilities for health and recreation. For tem
perature and climate it is unexcelled. Beached
by the Southern Railway.
Write for descriptive book of "Land of the
Sky," mailed free on application to any agent
of the Southern Railway, or Mr. S. 11. Hard
wk'k, General Passenger Agent, Washington,
MANAGER WANTED.
Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage
business iu this County and adjoining terri
tory for well and favorably known House of
solid financial standing. $20.00 straight
cash salary and expenses, paid each Monday
by check direct from headquarters. Expense
money advanced; position permanent. Ad
dress iluina cooper, manager, 1030
lax ton Illdg-., lucago.
ABOUT WALL PAPERS.
Some Things You Should Know
in Regard to the Manufac
ture of Such Goods.
For the lienefit of persons interested I
wish to say that I represent the largest
manufacturers of wall painr in this
country the Art Wall Paper Mills, of
Chicago. I do not claim to sell cheaper
paper than any one else, but I do sell
better paper than you can buy from local
agents. The Art Wall Pajwr .Mills make
large quantities of goods for jobbers and
dealers, who have their name put on
each roll and have their paper put up in
7 yards rolls instead of H yards, which
is standard. The Art Wall Pajier Mills
manufacture lJ,O00,O00 rolls yearly and
have representatives all over the country.
They do not carry over any stock. They
sell to dealers and jobliersat a very small
profit above cost of manufacture in late
stimmer, only keeping enough for the
agents to sell from and by thus disposing
of all old stock they put out new goods
each year, whereas if you buy from a
dealer you do not get such new goods.
You may say this does not make any
difference but if it does not to you it does
to the paper hanger, for he can tell just
as soon as he puts paste on it. I know
by experience.
Xow, in conclusion, if you want a new
and up-to-date paper you can do no bet
ter than see my samples before buying. I
have pleased others and I know I can
please you in price and quality. If at
any time you want wall paper I will Le
glad to call and show you my samples.
A postal card will bring me.
Very resiiectfully,
V. V. HESTER,
Agent Art Wall Pajier Mills.
KITTRELL. N. C.
The following letter will be interesting
in this connection:
Chic ago, April 30, 1903.
MB. V. V. HESTEK. Kittrell, X. ('.,
Dear Sir: It will no doubt ! of intrestto
you to know that yon are representing one
of the largest wall paper ciillw in the country.
Many of onr agents have hut a poor idea of
the magnitude of our capacity. We. there
fore, wish to inform you that oar annual
output is upwards of 12,000,000 rolls of wall
paper, and that, then-fore, we shall expect
you to send ns large and frequent orders. foJ
as to assist us in rtistnlmting this vast
quantity.
Yours truly,
THE A HT WALL PAPER MILLS.
By Joseph K. Arnold. Secretary.
Take Laxative BrOmO gumUie : Tablets. JS
Seven MDSon boxes sold in post 12 months. This MgltatliTBa
1 1 STYLISH DRESSERS 1
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It pays to buy good clothes especially when
they cost no more thea-v the ordinary kind.
X5he Stylo, the Fit. the Wear-everything
Evboutthem givethe sta.mp ef individuality
and proclaims the man of ta.ste o.nd judg.
rrtent and economy in clothes bviyirvg.
Hundreds of the "best dressed men" of Hen
derson :md Vance County appreciate th- ad
vantages of buying here. Their complete sat-i-foctlon
i; conclusively demonstrated by their
continua- patronage season after season. They
have been practically convinced, by the odr.
ments tht.nisrlvos and the prices charged.
Our Sprii id Summer lei
Are now rratly for your inspection and a cordial
invitation is extended vou to come in and look
the line over. :::::: : : : : :
We ta.ke pride in showing you our goods
whether you wish to buy or not. We have
a. superb line to select from Suits. Odd
Pa.nts. Top Coasts, Ha.ts, Shoes. Gents Fur
nishings, Etc7 V r
Clothier. I SAMUEL I Clothier.
T Furnisher. J T Furnisher ' I
Outfitter. WATKINS. I Outfitter. t
ISIIWIlYil
Having soM my interest in
have opened the Uptown Wood Yard on the corner nextt-
tiie Croatan Club, aud am
Wood, Shingles,
At LowestlPrices. Have
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Thankful for patronage extended the old firm, I respectful!
solicit a continuance of the same, prompt attention ton!
business. :
L J. YOUNG,
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It's time you were thinking about
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the Henderson Fuel Company,!
prepared to fill all orders fo;
Laths and Lumber,
a. Supply of Good Dry Wooi
Phone 147
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