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: j :! Jj THE HENDERSON GOLD L.EAF THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1903. "1 3 " - 1 i ' , i I j! K J . v r r j t J ? i ' ! !- lit ( S ! mi i 1 V i; ; i I ! !f.!li! Mi i S IT ' n 1 ! 1 H I . ! 1 :' hi 'j,. : ! i i 1 1 t t i t i I t ! t 3: . . i i The Gold Leaf. ESTABLISHED 1381. II Y THAD R. MANNING. THURSDAY, MAY 21, lOO-'i. JUSTICE CHEATED. In tlio disposition of the Joe Col; co.-o justice luis iifiain been cliwited. If evt-r tlicro wu. u cjisfi which called for tin- extreme penalty for murder we believe this one did. The law was on the side of the murderer and the Supreme Court kiv.s that under the law he could not be hung. Hut the law is wrong and ought to be re pealed. It is well 1o have degrees in murder. All killing is not murder, but the law should not lw ho that it is next to impossible to establish first degree murder. Deliberation, premeditation and malice afore thought must be proven to convict of murder in the first degree. The act itself, the circumstances leading up to and (surrounding the commis sion of the crime have little or noth ing to do with it, they are not to be considered. The law ought to be changed or capital punishment for murder should be wiped from the stat ute books. tragedyTptwilson. Eleven men have 1!i indicted for murder in Wilson and that commu nity is stirred as the result of one of the most sensational and out rageous killings t hat. has occurred in recent years. A young man named T. I'ercy Jones, an insurance agent, was killed in his bed-room one night last week and Gilbert Ward, J. IJ. l'iver, W. II. Kieh, W. I. (room, W. W. Hai nes, George Whitley, John Allen. Lawrence Morgan, John I'ittman, S. J. Walls and J. T. P.ass are held to answer for the crime. All the par ties are while. Jones had been warned by Whitley to leave town. He did not go. That night the men above named are alleged to have gone to his room, forced the door and shot him in the abdomen inflict ing a wound from the effects of which he died the next day. One of the as saulting party was shot in 1 he shoul der, supposedly by one of his com panions, .loues Ixirrmveil a shot gun and took it to his room the evening before. When the door was broken open h-' fired the gun off to scan; them, shcoting into the ceiling above. He did not use a pistol. It was an awful affair and there seems to have been som -thingat the bot tom of it more than has come to tin surface. Trinity College Commencement. The (Sold Lkat acknowledges re ceipt of an invitation from theSenioi Class to attend commencement exer cises of Trinity College June 7th to 10th. The programme will be as follows: Sunday. June 7, S::'.( j. in., Haccnlmire- Tuesil.iv. Juni il 1 1 ji in I! ate Sermon l.y Kcv. L. P.-irkes Cadman, I. I., Hrooklyn. N. Y. Tuesday. June !, 4 p. in.. Alumni Ad dress j.y Hon. John II. Smell. Wnnhinn- ton. .. . Tucnd;iy, June!.s::(p. ni . (iraduatinj; "rations. Wednt'sda v. J iiU'iK-emoiit AiMrvss hv Mr. I Hiss J Vrrv, iHion, .uass. ( Srudiiating Kxcrciscs. Robbed the Grave. A sliirlliii iiit-Kl.-itt i nnrratt'd liy Jiihn OliviTof I'liilalrliihi;i. as follows: '- was in mi awful lonilition. My tkin was almost yi-Ilow. cyi-H sunken, toiiui' coati'i). iiaiiiroii- timially in back ami m.Ich, no aii-titc.frrow ins; w eaker .lay by Jay. Then 1 was advised to use Kkvtric Ititleis; to my great joy, tlie first bottle made a decided improvement. continued their us,, for three weeks, and am now a well man. I know tlicy robbed the grave of another victim. " Xo one should fail to try them. Only ."( rents, guaranteed, nt Dorsey's Inie; Store. Public Roads the Place for Convict Labcr. Chariot te News. No 1 letter disposition can be made of convict labor than to put it on the public roads. Here it comes in com petition with no other class of labor, which is just, for no labor ought to be put in competition with convict labor, whore the honest laborer will suffer by such competition. We notice from the Jlrr.ihl that Durham county adds twenty ttrthe road force of the county as the result of the present term of court. In this our neighbor is manifesting a sub stantial interest in the good roads movement. If the county can keep up this lick, there will be'no need of any extra bond issue. A Farmer Straightened Out. "A man livinpr on n farm near here came in a short time ago completely doubled up with rheumatism. I handed him a bottle of Cham berlain's Pain Balm and told him to use it freely and if not satisfied nfter usinr it hp need not pay n cent for it." kivh P. T. Har der, of Pattens Mills. X. Y. "A few days later he walked into the store as straight as a Htriti and handed me it dollar cnyiup. 'pivo me another bottle of Chamberlain's Paiu Balm. I want it in the house all the t imp for it cured me.'" For sale at Parker's Two Drug Stores. Soubrette "Yes: 1 flatter myself that it was 1 that made the pl'ay n success." The Manager "Yell, I don't know. I t"ink you ought to gif der ministers some gredit for cler vey dey chuinped on it." Puck. GREATLY ALARMED By a Persistent Cough, but Per manently Cured by Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. Mr. H. P. Burbape. a student at law in Greenville, S. C. had Uxm troubled for four or five years with a continuous couph which ho says "preaf ly alarmed mt, eausinp me to fear that 1 was iu the first stapes of consump tion." Mr. Burbape. having seen Chamber lain's Conph Remedy advertised, concluded to try it. Xow read what he says of it: '! soon felt a remarkablechanpeand after using two bottles of the twenty-five cent size, was permanently cured." Sold at Parker's Two Drug .Stores, JUDGES CLASH. Chief Justice Clark Dissents from pinion of the Four Associate Jus tices in the Jos Cole Case He Views With Unfeigned Alarm" the Consequences of the Court's Opin ionJustice Connor Replies That Law is Not the Expression of Opin ion Varying With I'ublic Sentiment. Haleiph Pot. l!)th. Chi-f Justice Walter Clark and the four Associate Justices of the Su preme Court clashed squarely in their opinion in the Kule case made public last evening. The Chief Justice stood alone in his dissent from the other wise unanimous court, and "viewed with unffigned alarm" the conse quences of lii.s brother Justices' judi cial course, intimating that such pre cedents were at least partly respon sible for the growth of lynching in the Old North State. Justice Connor, for the court, ad ministered a dignified but spirited re ply to the insistence that the Supreme Court should be governed in its opin ions by other than the law of the land, and declared the opinions of the court should not fluctuate ac cording to public opinion. Joe Cole, Sr., the negro who killed Capt. Fred Stevers on the Seaboard Air Line passenger train netir Hen derson last summer, has leen brought to the penitentiary. He was first sentenced to hang, but the Supreme Court granted a, new trial. The court's opinion was not made public here Monday, but was sent to Ren ders n. Court was in session there, ami Cole submitted to murder in the second degree, which the solicitor agreed to accept, and Judge Brown sentenced him to thirty years' im prisonment. Last evening the court's opinion r.as given out, and it disclosed a sen sational clash in opinion between Chief Justice Clark .and the other members of the court. Justice Con nor writes the court's opinion grant ing Cole ii new trial because of the charge to the jury, which did not give the accused the benefit of lack of premeditation. There was no evi dence that Cole premeditated mur der. Chief Justice (.'lark alone dissents in an opinion of nearly five thousand words. He refers to the prevalence of lynchings, quotes from 1 he Attorney (icneral's report that for the past fourteen years more men have been executed by mobs in Xorth Carolina than by legal procedure; alludes to the Governor's message on lynehinrs, cites the action of a coroner's jury in eulogizing lynchers, and speaks of troops having been called out to guard Cole. The Chief Justice says: "When pub lic confidence is restored in certainty of t he execution of law in this partic ular, lynchings will cease." He speaks of increase of crime in North Caro lina, and "views wit h unfeigned alarm the growingdisposition to take eases from t he jury, both civil and crimi nal, on the ground of not sufficient evidence. "In ii trial for any capital offense the mode of trial prescribed by the Legislature itself renders a convic tion for murder in the first degree almost an impossibility in this State if the prisoner is able to retain able and skilled counsel." Chief Justice Clark declares that it is useless to denounce lynchings where men believe that in no other way can crime be suppressed. He uses various cases as illustrations and says: "Knough has been done for those who murder. It is time the courts were doing something for those who do not wish to be mur dered." Just ice Connor, after reviewing all evidence, fully replies to the Chief Justice's lone dissent, .and says in concluding: "The very remarkable suggestion is made, and seriously insisted upon, that it is our duty in the decision of this case to consult criminal statis tics, newspaper reports of lynchings and threats thereof, that we may be the better enabled to know and de clare what t he law is by doing so. Just how or by what mental process this court is to be enlightened in this way we are not very clearly advised." Justice Connor then describes the .real province of the court and adds: "When we go 'outside of the record' to divide causes we invite counsel to address to us arguments fit for other forums than this, and ourselves em bark on unknown and unsafe waters. The law, instead of being a fixed 'rule of action' for the guidance of the citizen and protc-tion oi his life, liberty and property, becomes the ex pression of the opinion of men set in high judicial position, varying ac cording to the drift of public senti ment or temporary condit ion. This is not the example or teaching of the Elders. We will not do the people of this State the injustice to believe that they desire their judges to con strue the law otherwise" than it is written by themselves, or to hasten any man, however degraded or hum ble, to his death iu accordance with arguments drawn from othersources than the 'law of the land.' " The New tone line Epsom. N. C. ('out tilnued. the New fime Line that cannot be beet, from Stainbacks Store up to wall Street. WhoroKh for Kpsom in the Spraup Time. (Vep your eye on Stainback and the New Line. Hi s a w ide a w ake Murchan. and ceeps. np with the Times. W ith one Kye on His money draw and the other on His Line punpo is a mity place. Just thrive miles Squire. Stainbaeks is center point and yon (fit bip hnrpnns thaire. .hist a w ord Here for the city. and all so for w orner winn. Hes pot th Hun on old eastan. nnd on odds and Ends. the nipht this Line was to be completed. but nruved to bp a blank. 1 am Sorv. but Must Tell You. it wurred old Rro Frank. when the Street cars iis to Uniting. and the drup Store is complete the HoUl! is on the corner of Sod wail .Street Now .lust be Low the cnietarv. is the Knit of this new I.it.p. w haire the mise is Swiftlv fiyinp. most all the Time. on the market He eeeps posted. .lttil illKl'MVs M.ita lliu iwii.-. ... .1... . ' rj.. kii i tip lue city diaiacks. on chickens, nnd on Kpps. flTld -Insf i w-.r.l fii- iniAn I... - . v. .... . -1...VMI. i ur Ulil 1.1 r of the Town, who ceeps the police posted. .m i;uiwts iurs me crown. Just be Low the Hnt.-ll tl ..;- It..- .. pool, and Just n hove the Tabbinickle I . f , T - I .'1 Planus r.psoui iiipu rM'iiooi. clinp. (Jos the fone hell, refer, thaires a call, and I will bet its for chickens ami L'pps. and we Haven pot any nt all. Hallo, all Ripht. is that Mr. Stainback. yes. Have yon any chickens on Hand. No mam. any Kptw. No. w ell can von brine me a few wp Town friday or Saturday. Well. Yes. If all mv Hens Lavs. all ltipht. pood bve. for the poM Leaf. Y O U SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Interesting Letter Descriptive cf "The Alamo City" A Picturesque Place With Many Attractions and Advan tages Possessed by Few Others Ancient Spanish flisslon, &c. Communicated. Leaving Henderson at 4 o'clock A. M., Wednesday, January 14th. I arrived in San Antonio, Texan, Friday morninpat 7 o'clock a run of over fifteen hundred miles in fifty one hourn. This speaks well for the Seaboard Air Line and its connections. In the following sketch is given a brief out line ot the many places of interest in San Antonio, the "Alamo City," the "Mission City," the city of beautiful parks and plazas, of qnaint buildings, of unique and tieauttful customs, commercial renter of a vast em pire, health resort, pleasure resort, military post, etc. What a galaxy of stirring histor ical events, noble deeds of warriors and priests, pluck and perseverance of traders and merchants its ancient archives display. Within its limits are monuments which tell the story of the Western continent, the time-worn, half ruined missions or the Span ish friars, the churches of San Jose, San Juan and Espada, following closely the dis covery and invasion of the country; the "Alamo," built in 171", marking the strug gles for Texan independence, where in 183G one hundred and eighty American soldiers were driven by a force of Mexicans estimated at six thousand into the "Alamo." After a siepe of eleven days fight the "Alamo" fell and the entire garrison was killed and their bodies burned. "Uememler the Alamo" v. as ever, afterward the battle cry of Texai. In the city there are many descendants of these heroes, but whether descendants or not, all Texans are proud of the deeds of these men, and they never tire of telling the story of the "Alamo." This old church stands in the center of the city nnd hundreds visit it daily and record their names. I left mine there. Side by side with this old church stands the stately public structures, fine hotels, busy stores and offices, electric railways, and other features of a great and growing American city. To become fully acquainted with everything of interest in San Antonio one should spend a winter there, then you become interested in the place and people and learn the vast resources of Texas. There is probably no city of its size (seventy thousand) in the United States in which there is so much to see and any attempt at a full description would fall far short of the actual conditions, so I will not make the ef fort to go into minute details. San Antonio ia the great live stock center of the South and West Texas. It is the home of the cattle kings of that section. Still standing here and there are the Mexican adobe huts, built of sun-dried clay bricks, the walls very thick, plastered with a mix ture of mud and grass. Ii you go into one of these huts, you will see a dirt floor, a few poor ai tides of furniture, but the dwellers therein appear to be perfectly contented. It is in these homes you find the beautiful Mexican drawn work. The Mexicans are a lazy people but they are born musicians and the tinkle of the guitar and mandolin is heard constantly on every hand. Some few of the Mexicans have beautiful homes, but the majority live in these mud huts. You meet here with people from every State in the Union in search of health and pleasure. One of the principal resorts for health is the hot sulphur wells about a mile outside of the city limits. Here you find a first class hotel in every respect; also a large bath house with several pools, say twenty feet square each. The water ranpes from 1 04 to 10( degrees in temperature and is said to possess wonderful curative properties. It ought to be good for something, the sulphur stench is awful. The water is turned off twice daily and the pools swept. The sul phur deposit is thick on the bottom of the pools. I saw a number of men and women floundering in these baths; some badly crip pled with rheumatism. No one is allowed to bathe who has any tendency to lung or heart diseases. There are numerous factories which employ from fifty to one thousand men. Another in teresting place is the Government post, the second largest, in the United States. It is a most beautiful and attractive place, con taining over two hundred acres laid out in one large circle. The officers' quarters or homes are handsome stone buildings ou one side. It is a real treat to see the well mounted troops, each company having dis tinct colored horses, its all blacks, or all bays and so on. Is there an American heart that does not beat faster and swell with pride at the night of these soldiers? They come on with such a steady tramp, trained so tine, as befits the body-guard of fair ('olumt)ia. Golf and tennis are the ont-door sports, and almost every day a merry crowd can be seen at the golf links or the tennis courts. The Mexican suppers, dotted here and there on the plazas, with their queer lanterns, hot tomales, chillis concarne and other pepper dishes must be eaten to be appreciated. The parks and plazas are things of beauty, to which any city might point with pardon aide pride. Some are very small but afford rest and shade for the weary and sick ones. They are beautifully developed, with ever greens, flowers, and the Texas cactus, of which there are some thirty varieties, from the five feet high to the small star or pin cushion top. Among the large parks is the ISreckeuridge Park, which contains over two hundred acres, with its beautiful drives, its springs, the river, the big herd of buffaloes, elk. deer and other animals. Besides there is a line zoological garden well stocked with Texas birds, animals, snakes and other curi- 1 osities. San Pedro Springs, another park almost in the city, contains forty acres. It is one of the most beaut iinl places I have ever seen. There are no drives but the walks wind iu and out between the springs. In fact the springs are small lakes; swans, wild geese and other water-fowl are floating on the water, the gaily canoplied boats full of happy children determined to have a pood time, the Mexicans with their trays of fruits, can dies, and hot tomales; thi'n the bip boy yitli his pirl, the big pecan trees, the flowers, the music, all this presents a most animated scene, not easily described or ever forgotten. All great cities havetheir churches, schools, theatres, hospitals and so on, and so has San Antonio. She is the proud possessor of all these characteristics of a modern city. Her public buildings are imposing and of great architectural beauty. The residences are spacious and handsome, but to go on and enumerate or describe them would be a most difficult task. Another thing San An tonio boasts of is her ancient churches, built long lefore the Revolutionary war. There are several of these massive and an cient structures, the Alamo, San Jose, San Juan and Espada. each three miles apart. They are built of solid stone, the walls va rying in thickness from four to six feet, all of stone except the doors the wall?, the pil lars, the arches, the vast domes all of stone. The key is six inches long aud of solid gold. The carving over the doors and windows is well preserved. This was brought from Spain and hauled from the coast in ox-carts over two hundred miles to San Antonio. There stands the baptismal font beautifully carved in marble, the confessionals and a few old paintings. There is a keeper who has rooms fitted np very comfortably. They charge you ten cents to show you through the church, and 'tis Trell worth seeing. Helen Gould while on a visit to San Antonio was given a banquet in the San Jose. Another one of theold mis sions or Catholic churches is the San Fernan do Cathedral. This is on West Main Plaza and is n most beautiful building. In some respects this church has been modernized. Services are held every Sunday in Spanish. Men and women kneeling here and there on the hard stone floors doing psnance present a most pathetic scene. Another feature so different from other cities is the San Antonio river which winds in and out through "the city ipue fourteen miles, and is spanned by seventeen fine iron bridges. The banks are lined with palms, bananas and other tropical plants, besides the big pecan trees nnd the enormous grape vines, some of which are six or cigb.t inches in diameter at the base. In presenting the claims and charms of San Antonio say attempt in that direction must be prefaced by the statement that it is a city so many sided as to make it impossi ble to convey a definite idea of its interesting features. The mingling of the old and new; the touch of foreign life and the jersonnel of the army give an added zest and interest to society life. There are many literary, social and musical clubs which are well organized, and nowhere can be found more progressive and up-to-date women. The romance and song which is interwoven in the history of the city lends a special charm, and each year functions are given in memory of the victo ries won for Texas independance. The people of San Antonio aie a most hos pitable people, kind hearted and generous, full of energy end ever watchful of her repu tation. They are proud of thesreat size and the resources of Texas, proud of her history ami her achievements. It is a clean city ad possesses a combination of advantages such as cannot be found in many cities in the most favored parts of the country. MUS. J. F. HARRIS. Hesdkbson, N. C, May 18, 1903. A NORTHERN DIVINE Pays a Beautiful Tribute to Sunday's Memorial Sarvice. Wilmington Msssenger. ' During the evening serviee at the First Uaptist church Sunday a very graceful " and pleasant incident oc curred. It whs a tribute paid hy one able divine to another able one. At this service Rev. Calvin S. Black well, I). I)., the former pastor of the church, preached the sermon, which as usual was a strong one, but before he delivered it Rev. Edwin Brown, I). I)., who is at present filling the pul pit at that edifice, took occasion to make the following brief, but beauti ful remarks: ''It is strange, but to me a very pleasant fact, that the whirligig of time should so soon again have brought me here, as the temporary occupant of this pulpit to piny the host to the gracious and Honored friend who but a few months ago was himself the courteous host who wel comed me to the same pulpit as his guest. On behalf of this congrega tion, whose size and enthusiasm speaks the heartiness of the greeting, I bid Dr. Blackwell to his old and fa miliar throne. May I express grati tude to God and to our guest for the exceeding precious privilege I enjo3Ted this afternoon. For the first time in my life I participated in a Confeder ate memorial service. I have to con fess that I went to the cemetery with fear and trembling. I did not know but my Yankee head might be knocked on. But my head is still upon my shoulders, and it is there with a firmer s;t, a prouder poise, a more upward tilt of exultant Ameri canism because of what I heard trom the eloquent orator of the afternoon His address was so geneous in its spirit, so Christian in its tone, so wise and broad in its grasp of the princi ples oi the philosophy of history, so inspiring to the noblest patriotism, ttiat to have heard it makes tins day as one of the red letter days of my life, lam sure that the address a few para graphs of strong local color perhaps excepted would have stirred to .appreciative response the heart aud brain oi thoughtful people in any community in the part of the coun try 1 know best, even as it has so deeplv stirred my own. And, now sir, let New York and Pennsylvania through me, give a new and strong grip of civic and Christian fellowship and fraternitv through vou to Vir ginia and North Carolina. Thank (lod, thank God, that tonight and f. 1. f. , ...... i,n.:..in rll" A Little Early Riser now and then, at bedtime will cure constipa tion, biliousness and liver troubles. De Witt's Little Early Risers are the famous little pills that cure by arousing the secretions, moving the bowels gently, yet effectually, and giving such tone and strength to the glands of the stomach and liver that the cause of the trou ble is removed eutirelv, and if their use is con tinued for a few days, there will le no return of the complaint. Sold by W. W. Parker. Letter From Epsom. Epsom. N. C, -May 20. 1903. Editor Gold Leaf: Since the "great quiver of excitement seems to nave sub sided I will again venture to the front to give the current news. The heart of Kev. (1. W. Holmes has again been made to rejoice because of the advent of another little girl to en large the family circle around his hearth stone. About one o'clock last Sunday night Mr. John Ayscue, one of our oldest neighbors, passed off the stage of activi ty to the reajities of an unknown world. He had been sick only about seven days and from the first he seemed to have had presentiments of his coming death. He leaves an aged wife, several children and many grand-children, together with a host of friends, to mourn their loss. ' The wire with w hich to enclose New Bethel cemetery has arrived from Indiana and when put up will improve appear ances about the church. Mr. Peter Stainback is out again after a spell of malaria which lasted eight or ten days. Miss Lillie Goodrich, of Henderson, spent last Sunday and Monday .with Miss Emma Alston. My little sisEarleis spending this week in Henderson with her cousin Mrs. C. E. Stainback. I have heard boys talk of such hard times while courting. Well, I took my first lesson yesterday and if, in he fu ture, all concerned prove as nice, intelli gent and considerate as Judge Jrown was in the court house then I need have no fears, for all will get their just deserts. Mr. Nat Mitchell has returned home after a two weeks' sojourn in Richmond. Though the boys have a longing to "go oH"' to make their fortune, they finally conclude that "there is no place like home." Several boys (myself included) have joined the military company, and several others contemplate joining. RANSOM. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. Tbs Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of TTME MLB 8 mm Absolute! Pure THERE iS OUR RALEIGH LETTER THINGS SEEN AND HEARD AT THE STATE CAPITAL New Movement in the Haywood Case Seventh Annual fleeting of South ern Cotton Spinners Association State Temperance Convention Called The Wilson Tragedy Other Items Raeeigh, N. C, May 18. 1003. There is great interest manifested in the outcome of the Ernest Haywood case (charged with the killing of Ludlow Skinner three months ago) which will receive its first hearing in court the last of next week, before Justices Douglass and Walker of the Supreme Court, on a writ of habeas corH.stoadmitdefendant Haywood on bond, and release him from the county jail here, till the July term of Wake Superior Court. The hearing will begin Thursday, May 28, and will probably consume several days, as counsel for the prosecution have been instructed to resist strongly the ef fort to bail Haywood. It will be public and the county courthouse will be used, but it will accommodate only a small proportion of the crowd that will prob ably seek admission so great is the m terest and the curiosity here. It is al most as great throughout the State, nnd no criminal case tried in .North ( arolum in a generation has attracted so much attention. Mr. Haywood and his law yers (who have hitherto complained of the disinclination of witnesses to tell what they know and saw) now claim to be able to prove a strong case of self defense. They claim to be able to prove that Skinner struck Haywood and partially knocked hira down and was reaching for the pistol afterwards found in the dead man's pocket when Haywood got his out first and fired two shots in quick succes sion while both were on the sidewalk one shot taking effect in Skinner's 6ide; that the latter then walked hurriedly hali way across the street and fell dead on the street car track. There are said to be at least three witnesses to these alleged facts. They are said to also have witnesses to prove that Skinner had openly threatened to kill Haywood, and that this intention had been conveyed to the latter prior to the shooting. These and other circumstances that mav come out at this hearing, and on the trial proper in July, will materially alter the story first given to the public, but whether they will be sumcient to se cure the release of Haywood on bail re mains to be seen. As to "public senti ment" here, I may dismiss that feature with the simple remark that it is very much divided. The action of the Southern Cotton Spin ners' Association at its Seventh annual meeting at Charlotte last Friday and Saturday in recommending cessation of night work m cotton mills and curtail ment of day work to four (4) days per week until the market gets better or raw cotton cheaper, is regarded as the proper step to pursue. The calling of a State Temperance Con vention, to meet in Ilaleigh, July 7th, is an important event of the past week. It is called by the executive committee of the Anti-Saloon league, and among the reasons given is this: "We are about to enter upon a great campaign." The sen timent against the open saloon is un questionably much stronger now than in many years in North Caroliua, and the elimination of the negro vote mate rially strengthens the temperance and anti-saloon forces. The establishment of town and county liquor dispensaries seems to be now generally accepted as the most available entering wedge to drive out the saloons. The fact that six men are in jail at llson on the charge of breaking down the door to the bedroom of a young man named T. I'ercy Jones and murdering him in the dead hour of night, and that five others are under bond as particeps cninuuf, reveals a startling outrage. A sjtecial term of court will be ordered by the Governor to try them next month. I am told that the plan of consolidat ing a large number of the .North Carolina cotton mills under the scheme generally known as the "Fries Merger" has about been abandoned, so far as this State is concerned. The adjourned meeting set for last week was not held. It is stated, however, that the recently incorporated (in New Jersey) "Southern Textile Co." will form a combine of a number of Georgia and Alabama mills. Hut the mill men interested are so "close mouthed" on the subject it is hard to get at the exact facts. The two new Orphanages at Raleigh have just been formally dedicated the Catholic yesterday and the Methodist several days ago, the corner-stone of the latter being laid by the Masons. LLEWXAM. SEEDS! Buist's, Crossman's, Ferry's and Wood's Seeds New Stock. Garden and Field. All the leading patent medi cines at Wholesale or Retail. We buy job in lots and can sell at the same prices of regular jobbers. : : : : Physician's Prescriptions a Specialty. Melville Dorsey, Wholesale and Retail IhTisririst. REUABUM SUBSTITUTE Inter-Denominational Sunday-school Association. Contributed. A conference was held in the Methodist Protestant church Sunday afternoon, composed of the officers, teachers and friends of the various Sunday-schools of the town, to consider the advisability of organizing an inter-denominational Sun day-school Association in Vance county. There was a fair representation of the d liferent schools of the town. Samuel H. Harris in the chair, Edward Hines, secretary. Remarks were made by Rev. J. D. Rundy, Messrs. W. L. Gar- lick, A. J. Harris, .1. T. Alderman, Dr. F, II. Harris and Rev. J. II. Ilenderlite touching the nature and importance of such an association and the present feasibility of its organization. It was the sense of the meeting that such an organization would be both beneficial and practicable, and that steps should be taken towards the exe cution of the plan. A committee, con sisting of the superintendents of tlie schools of the town, C. A. Ijewis, chair man, was appointed to communicate with Mr. S. M. Smith, Secretary of the State Association, in order to secure his presence and assistance. The com mittee was empowered to fix the time and place and advertise a mass meeting of the Sunday-school workers of the town and county for the purpose of se curing a formal organization. Mr. Smith is expected to lie present at this meeting and, if the way be clear, organize the Association according to the usual prac- lire ui me ouiie Association. This should prove no small benefit to the Sunday-school work of Vance county in general and to each of the schools in the Association. No work of the church is more important than that done in the Sundy-school; and it would be difficult to estimate the good results of the State Association and its county Auxiliaries. The object is to improve existing schools by increasing interest in such work, by introducing new methods ana ideas and by the illumination and stimulus that result from contact, asso ciation and interchange of thouerht. Also to organize new schools wherever needed, to lend a helping hand to the many scnools that are maimed and halt ing, and by personal canvass to bring in the vast numbers of children (and adults) who attend no school and receive no training in the Scriptures. The churches of the town and county wouiu uo wen to give their cordial wel come and co-operation to this most worthy movement. Heartily inaugu rated and conducted it will be not a bur den but a stimulus and mark distinct progress toward better things. NOTICE OF ELECTION WHEREASTHEGEXERAL ASSEMBLY of North Carolina, at the luwt session. passed an act entitled: "An Act to Authorize the Town of Henderson to Issue Bonds for Sewerage and Street Improvements." to an amount of forty thousand dollars, for works of internal improvements, if approved bv the voters of the town; and whereas, the Mayor anu i ierK oi saia town are required bv said act to give notice of said election days ueiore said election, Now, therefore, we, It. J. Sotitherland, Mayor, and II. T. Powell, Clerk of the Town oi Henderson, do, in accordance with said act, issue this our proclamation giviu notice to the ualified voters of the said town of Henderson, as follows: That an election will be held in the town of Henderson, at the several voting placos in iue several wards oi tue said town, on MO MIA V, Jt.E 1903, For the purpose of taking the sense of the voters of said town on the ratification or re jection of the provisions of said act. Those who favor the issuing of said Bonds, for the purpose specified in the net entitled as above stated, will vote a ballot on which shall be printed or written the words "For Bonds." and those desiring: to vote atrainst them shall vote a ballot ou which shall be printed or wnucn ine words "Apruiiist lioniis." The same Reirislrars andJudtres of election will act as now appointed for holding the town municipal election in May, and no new registration will be required, but the Books will le open in the several wards and the Registrars will register all qualified voters not now registered from the 2ith day of Mav, 1J03, to May 30th, 190:?, inclusive. Given nnder our hands this 30th dav of April, 1 )();$. R. J. SOUTHERLAXI), Mavor. II. T. Powell, Clerk. IN BUYING DRUGS Lookout for purity. Illness is cured or I'lTTitruu-u ojr pruper ineoicines. Keme dies are useless unless right, and they can't be ricrht unless made nn fmm rK pure ' STANDARD DRUGS. Itememlir vet nro Tioalr.naM f,.- dard Drugs. And we want to fill your iiti:i unions at t-arieer s two (2) Drug Stores. 33 Iter cent, off on Tuna nnd Saucers. IVrfumerv in rrroat ronotv f Cashmere Boquet Extract is fine. Boy at w. W. Parier's Two Drni Stores. Take LXatlVe DromO SUlIiine Tablets. JS Seven MZSon boxes soU in past 1 2 months ThlS igB2tCret YOUR: su V ow About It? n We show this sea.son a. larger a.nd more complete line of Clothing. Furnishings. Hatts. Shoes. Um brellas, Trunks. Valises, etc., than ever before. A. Our stock of .. , . .. . I SPIRING CLOTHING t Represents the latest styles and fabrics. The good are unsurpassed, the workmanship the bet, the cut the latest, the fit and finish all that could be de sired in the modern tailoring art.' We show the latest in Clothing- creation the very cream of clothing- perfection. Vou only need to see them to he convinced of the truth of what we say. All the new est weaves are represented and the prices arc as low. as it is possible to sell such goods, we care not who it is or ihe claims made. Seeing is believing. Come to soc us for your Spring and Summer wants in Clothing. Hats, Shoes, Gents Furnish ings, 6c. N Barnes Clothing Store, f PTOGf I4 Having sold my interest in the Henderson Fuel Company, 1 have opened the Uptown Wood Yard on the corner next to the Croatan Club, and am prepared to fill all orders for Wood, Shingles, Laths and Lumber, At Lowest Prices. Have a Supply of Good Dry Wood. Cut or Long, for Prompt Delivery. Thankful for patronage extended the old firm, I respectfully solicit a continuance of the business. : : - I. J YOUNG, ocooccaccoccocccccoccaccoo Q a Wool Blankets. I --rffoin , i ,, so ca Iff . v teXXrfJ.idM'h'A o X o O .B O 53 tiifMfy'"' Q you have woo! to cxc'iane. be manufactured or sell S ior can, snip it to the 5 Chatham Manufacturing Co., Elkin, N. C,. And you will not regret it. occocooc CORBITT BDGGYCOMP'NY, WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF FINE BUGGIES HENDERSON, N. C. Sold in Henderson by To Cure a CoM In One Day SPRING: , V . . ". . . .. .. .. .. same. 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