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n THE HEXDEIiSON GOLD LEAF A Y DECEMBER 6. 11106. The Gold Leaf. ESTABLISHED 1881. -v.v- THAD R. MANNING. THURSDAY. DEC. fi, 190f. SOUTHERN'S NEW PRESIDENT. W. W. Finley was on .yesterday elected president of the Southern Kail way Company, to succeed the late Hamuel Speiit-er. Mr. Finley was sec ond vice-president and Li selection ia regarded as a most excellent one. Col. A. B. Andrews, first vice-president, was offered the place but he de clined to accept it. The condition of his health is such that he thought it would be practically suicidal on his part to assume such great respousi bilities,and he preferred for the mantle of President Spencer to fall upon other and younger shoulders. But the supposition is that Col. Andrews' great love for North Carolina had much to lo wii his decision in de clining the honor. He does not want any position that would require him to make his residence outside of the Stnte. TAX THE DOGS. The following petition is being cir culated in Cabarrus county: "We, the undersigned citizens of ('uharrus county, do hereby request our inembere of the Legislature of North Carolina, now in session, to pass a law taxing each dog in said county one dollar and each female dog two dollars, the money arising from this tax to go into the School Fund of Cabarrus county; puppies under six months old to be exempted from this tax." An effort has been made at the meeting of each session of the Legis lature for years to get a dog tax law passed, but it fails. The politicians are afraid of the dogs or those who own them and the mangy, sheep killing cur, the suck-egg hound, and the premise-prowling mongrel remain untaxed. GARRETT TAKES CHARGE. . A. Garrett, late General Man ager of the Queen & Crescent Rail road, assumed his duties asFirst Vicc-rresident and General Manager of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, to which posit ion he was recently elected to succeed J. M. Barr, on the first of December, with offices in Portsmouth. .Mr. Garrett announces that no changes will bo mn.!e in the operat ing department. lb started from Washington City Sunday night on a series of inspection trips over the en tire system, to last two weeks. Thk President's message, sent to Congress Tuesday, covers about 00 columns of newspaper space. Coin minting on it the Charlotte .Yens says: If there are any ailments, subject to man or beast, not cared for in the message, we have been una bio to dis cover the slight. -.. . . Compliment to Col. Andrews. ')iurotto Observer.' The report is that Col. A. B. An drews has been offered the presidency of the Southern Railway Company and has declined it. The latter state ment is as grievous as the first is pleasing. By reason of his deservedly high railroad connection for many yeurs, Col. Andrews has done inesti mably for North Carolina. He is proud of and fond of the State of his birth, and it would not be a gross exaggeration to say that no citizen has done more for it in accomplish ment of practical results. If he were t he president of the Southern he would do yet more for his State, aud the Observer is sorry that he could not see his way clear to accept the honor and responsibilities of the position said to have been tendered him. Race Question in the North. Richmond News-Leader. "We believe," save the Washington Herald, "that the North and South are slowly but steadily approaching common ground 6n the race ques ton." The Herald is correct, and that common ground is agreement that the best interests of both races aud of the country lie in getting the negro out of politics. The South has already reached that conclusion, and is acting upon it, and every where in the North that the negro is proving au appreciable numerical element oi tue population there are evidences of a swing to the same con viction. And, interestingly enough, the wheel of reaction on the negro question seems in trending to the full circle to be turning the most rapidly in erstwhile especially intense negro pholistic communities Philadelphia, for example. Japan's Ambitions Purpose. Iliebmond News-Leader. The announcement that the Yalu river is to be bridged at Tongam-Pho by the Japanese, for the purpose of establishing direct railway connec tion between Fusan, the Corean port nearest to Japan, and Mukden, the capital city of Manchuria, is another straw showing the set of the wind of Japanese ambition and purpose. It means that although Japan may doubtless keep her pledge of an "open door" regarding Manchuria, she is going to strengthen her grip upon the territory to the end of its final absorption, and the establishment of another coign of vantage from which to dominate China, The game she started when 6he entered upon war with Russia is not ended yet, so far as paving the way for her territorial exyansion is concerned. Korea is but a stepping stone on the calcula tion. The relief of Coughs and Colds through laxative innuence.originated with Bee's Lax ative Cough Syrup, containing Honey and Tar, a cough syrup containing no opiates or poisons, which is extensively sold. Secure a bottle at once, obtain a guarantee coupon, and if not fully satisfied with results, your r-oney will be refunded. Sold by the Kerner MeNair Drue Company. Samuel Spencer. ! J.ul igh Evening Time. j Samuel Spencer president of the ! .Southern Railway, who was killed in of the foremost men of theSouth. In everything he was intensely southern, lie was born in Georgia, he was rear ed and educnted in the South and he went into the Confederate army to fight for the principles which it held dear. It was eminently proper, therefore, that he should be the head man of His South's creatcst rail road system. His work for the up building of this section had never been equalled and at all times he was striving for it and its people. This much could have been truly said of Samuel Spencer, dead or liv ing. That he should have been killed on one of his trains is the most tragic and deplorable thought connected with this sad intelligence of his sud den death. When the block system had been installed Mr. Spencer was reasonably sure that it would offer everv nroteetion to the DUblic. and it does, except that so much depends upon the hnraan being. The frailty of human nature was never more clearly demonstrated. All men who lift themselves above the ordinary walks of life are vjjified and abused. The higher a man's station the greater the abuse, yet tTiat adds to the shame of those damnable creatures who have the most contemptible motives for unjust attacks. If fifty persons had perish ed yesterday under the same circum stances, with Mr. Spencer not among the number, he would not have de served censure as president of the company. The blame must rest upon the guilty employes, whether they le the train crew or the operator who forgot or ignored the rules. Elimi nating that phase of the terrible story, however, it is only proper that Mr. Spencer should have full credit for his splendid work and this ought to come cheerfully and willingly from the section in which he was born and for which he labored with such tre mendous success. He was not an ordinary man, nor an ordinary rail road president, and his fame rests secure upon the consciousness of fair dealing and results achieved. . . . Of course you pay your mouey, But you Et yourmoney'H worth. For what does uionpy moan to you When Rocky Mountain Tea's on earth? Parker'a Two DruR Store. The death of a man like Mr. Sam uel Spencer is not an event to be dis missed from mind after brief mention, or with a wave of the hand. He was a great man in his line of activity; the greatest railroad man in the South. We of this section will prob ably never know what wo owe to his memory. At the head of a great in terest, in intimate association with great capitalists, he never forgot his nativity but was always loyal to the South. The Observer wishes there were more to do than to lay a sim ple flower upon his bier. Charlotte Observer. . . -. . There is more Catarrh is this neetion of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a reat many years doc tors pronounced it a local disease and ap plied local remedies, and by constantly fail ing to cure with local treatment pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore re quires constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for rirculnrs and testimonials. , F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Seaboard Places Orders for 1,000 Box Cars. Tne Norfolk Virginian-Pilot states that the Seaboard Air Line Railway has just placed another big equip ment order; this time it is 1,000 ven tilated box cars, Ihe order going to the Pressed Steel Car Company, deliv ery to be made during July and Au gust, 1907: The Seaboard baa been making great additions to its rolling stock, both in the passenger and freight departments ofthe system. Only a few days ago the con struction of 100 flat cars at the com pany's shops in this city was ordered. New locomotives for the passenger ser vice are arriving at the shops weekly from the Baldwin works in Philadelphia, where they are being turned out as fast as the contractors can construct them. 'cm The only excuse for buying anything hht a Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Baking Powder is to save a few cents in price. In fj ROYAL costs C f 1 puiv ui wine powacrs, out it is wortn iar more L l: t . i e c. giontinued Avoid Col. A. B. Andrews. Greensboro Industrial Sew. The manv friends of Col. A. B. An drews throughout the State would like much to see him at the head of the great railway system which he has been 60 largely instrumental in bringing to its present state of effec tiveness and strength. When the Southern Railway Com pany was organized out of the frag ments left from the wreck of the old Richmond and Danville system, Colo ! nel Andrews became its first vice- president, and as such he has ever since remained, with headquarters in Raleigh. The election of Colonel Andrews to the presidency of the. Southern at the present time would seem to follow the natural course of events, aud no one doubts his ability to fill the place in a manner entirely acceptable both to the public and to the stockholders of the road. There seems, however, to be a well authenticated rumor to the effect that Colonel Andrews has refused to allow his name to tie con sidered in comiectiotrwith the South ern's presidency, preferring to remain where, he is and where he no doubt will continue to be as long as he cares to remain in active service. He has almost completely regained his health, which some time ago seemed seriouly affected, and will con tinue to be one of the controlling spirits of the gigantic railroad sys tem that runs like the veins of a body throughout the entire South. Who tiie next president will be we, of course, do not know, but we dre for Colonel Andrews if he will take it. We care not how you suffered or what fail ed to cure you, nollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes the puniest, weakest specimen of man or womanhood strong aud healthy 35 cents. Parker's Two Drug Stores. . Life and Letters of Robert Edward Lee. Jlaleigh fciblical Record er. Robert E. Lee is a name that em bodies for Southern people all that is chivalrous and noble. No hero god ever appealed to ancient youth as does General Lee to the sons of the men who followed him in battle. And it is remarkable that General Lee is remembered not as a strategist, nor even as a leader, but as one who was altogether an ideal man. We cannot have too many worthy lives of Lee. A few months ago the son of the great General published a biography of him. Now comes one from Dr. J. William Jones, who fol lowed him in the War and who was associated with him in "Washington and Lee University. Those of us who have heard Dr. Jones lecture on Lee know how profoundly he revered him, and we might fear that his enthusi asm would unfit him as abiographer. But reading of the volume suffices to convince one that Dr. Jones has crowned his life-long devotion to Lee and to the Confederacy with a work that is admirab.y restrained. We have a priceless portrayal of Lee the Man as well as Lee the Soldier. The gentleness, the simplicity, the pro found trueness of his life are brought home to the reader in chapters that, so far from idealizing the Great Leader rather surprise one in their power to make him seem such a man as the reader is only greater in goodness and genuine humility. The best possession of the South, one of the best possessions of the English-speaking race, was this war rior whose heart bled for his soldiers, who made a glorious fight against overwhelming odds, who embodied at once the ideals of his people in i human chivalry and Christian good- j uess. And we are grateful for a work 1 so worthy to hand the inspiration of : his life from generation togeneration. j The Neale Publishing Company, ! 41 Eleventh "street, IN. Y, Washing ton. Price, $3.00; cloth, 485 pages. Dade's Little Liver Pills thoroughly clean the system, good for lazy livers, make clear eomplexions.bright eyes and happy thoughts. 8old by the Kerner-McXair Drug Compauy. . . -m- . While the Agricultural and Mechan ical College of North Carolina did not carry off the honors in the football game last Thursday with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, there was uo disgrace in the defeat sustained and our farmers fought gallantly and lost like men. They have accomplished a great deal in athletic sports within the space of a few years and next sea son they will be heard from agaiu. The victory of Virginia is not pleas ing hereabout, to be sure, but we suspect that the team will take the situation more graciously than the sports who bet on the game. Ral eigh Evening Times. i i i i i i II i rr va w mi .i.v.u IAB1 1 g3 PyraGrapg tamTsrtar you a few cents more per. can I i i c .v n.p yuur uiscuics, cattes ana pastry irec irom tne injurious effects of these cheaDenino- stihsritiires. use of Alum means permanent injury to health. Alum Ailments Say ROYAL BAKING POWDER "The -Stars and Stripes and Other American Flags." Including their origin and history, army and navy regulations concerning the national standard and ent-fgn, flag making, salutes, improvised, unique , and combination flags, flag legislation and , many associations of American flags, including the name of Old Glory, with gongs and their stories. By Peleg I). Harrison. Richly illustrated with colored representations of eight flags. Price $3.00. Boston, Little, Brown & Company. In this most exhaustive and noble con tribution to the patriotic literature of the country the author has completed a stupendous and unwearied labor result ing in a volume of over 4 hundred pages, coverering the entire history of the American flag in all the uses and obli gations and victories since the time of its adoption, June 14, 1777, when General Washington in speaking of the emblem said, "We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother coun try, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberity." This invaluable Volume teems with thousands of facts concerning Old Glory, the larger part of which were absolute ly unknown to almost all its readers. New England may well be proud of the fact that all the bunting used in the United States navy, which only uses the very best quality procurable, is made in Lowell, Mass., in the manufactory ofthe United States Bunting company, which, was founded 1865 by General Butler; and the author also informs us that the . greater part of all the flags, silk, cotton and bunting, of Great Britain, Australia and Canada, are manufactured in this country. Among the most important and interesting chapters that of Tributes to the flag deserves especial mention, in cluding as it does sentiments and selec tions from the speeches and writin rs of the greatest and most honored men of the United States. The final chapters are devoted to the Confederate flags in cluding the battle flag which, in the glowing words of one of the greatest generals of the South, is said to have been "Conceived on the field of battle, lived on the field of battle and was proudly borne on every field from Manas sas to Appomattox. The above is taken from the Man chester, New Hampshire, Mirror. We have examined with- interest and pleasure the book under considera tion. Mr. Harrison has done his work well, aud his labors deserve the highest commendation and reward. There are some extracts from Mr. Harrison's book which we are going to publish next week, which will be of local interest. It may not be generally known, but it is a fact, that a citizen of Henderson, Capt... O. R. Smith, (then liviug in Louisburg) designed the flag (the Staxs and Bars) that was adopted by the Confederate Con gress at Montgomery, Ala. The first Confederate flag that floated in North Carolina was raised in Louisburg, bv dipt. Smith, in March, 18G1. A full account of both incidents is given in Mr. Harrison's book, together with much other historical information about the origin and history of the flags of America which should cause it to have a wide circulation wherever introduced. Of the eight flags of which colored pictures are shown, four of thera are Confederate flags. Miss Jessica Randolph Smith has the agency for the sale of the book in this territory. National Magazine for December. The December National, from the cover, which is ornamented by one of Man ning's striking heads, to the last page of the magazine, is attractive, and its con tents unusually interesting. The frontis pieces are a cartoon, "The Skating Sea son Has Opened," and a fine half-tone of the "U. S. Battleship Louisiana." "Af fairs at Washington," by Joe Mitchell Chappie, is replete with those interesting things which everyone wants to know about the national capital. "The Bright Side of Packingtown." by Mary Hum phrey, dispels many illusions and shows that the great institutions and homes of this much discussed community are gross ly maligned by authors who" have said that they are "unable to find one ray of sunshine to brighten the lives of these people, save such as they are able to get out of drunkenness." Miss Humphrey says that "This Packingtown communi ty is, in the most dignified setfse of the word, ah industrial community. It is not pauperized. It is not a slum." It is a highly entertaining and readable arti cle. The editor of the National tells of the "Ancient Order of Happy Habiters," and also contributes an interesting de scriptive article on his recent trip to the Pacific Coast, under the title "Through the Golden West." There is an abund ance of splendid fiction and verse in this number, including the Christmas stories "A Bit of Mistletoe," by L. Hennion, "Half and Half, by Charles Warren Stod dard, and a poem, "From the Sea at Yule-tide," by Mabel Ward Cameron. A half dozen other stories are contained in its pages, and the happy variety of mate rial published in the National makes up a Christmas number that insures a wel come in every household. Opportunity wears rubber shoes. A than Alum or Phos- i . rr- cnan tne amerencc .i ... plainly ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo g Car Load of BARNES CLOTHING STORE Just Received Car Load Of Clothing By Express. These goods were brought by our buyer last Monday from the largest manufacturers of Clothing in Baltimore at a GREAT SACRIFICE ! WE WILL SELL THESE GOODS IN TEN DAYS AT TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. LESS THAN MANUFACTURERS' COST ! In this lot of clothing you will find some of the smartest and up-to-date SUITS and OVERCOATS ever shown in this market. This Lot of Goods WiU be Sold in Ten Days ! Bear that in mind and if you want a Suit or Overcoat "Get in the Swim." BARNE5 SIGN: Big Yellow Alex. T. Barnes' Big Furniture House Is now exhibiting a line of Furniture second to none in the State. Biggest Furniture RUGS. ART SQUARES. DOOR MATS. MUSIC CAB NETS. BRASS AND IRON BEDS. ROYAL ELAS TIC FELT MATSRESSES.VICTOR SPRINGS. No finer artistic Mahogany, Oak and Birds Eye Maple suits of Bed Room Furniture ever entered the mind of the artist who desighed the most fancied furniture for the magnificent riomes of Henderson. Best line to select Bridal and Christmas presents. Inspect Our Goods, Compare Our Prices, buy where it's to Your Interest. ALEX. T. BARNES or JOS. S. ROYTSER Will Take Pleasure in Showiug You. Call and let us present you with a handsome Calendar for 1907. 1 S Single and Double Breasted Sack Suits, $10.00 to $20.00 The Latest Style Royal stiff and solf hats, $1.50, Clothing Shipped CLOTHING Elephant. Leather Chairs, Coaches, Big assortment of high grade CheLmbera.nd Pa.rlor Suits, etc. The prettiest line bf Dining Room Furniture we have ever displayed in our Store yet. We are sole agents for the Globe-Wernicke ELASTIC BOOK CASES AND FILING CABINETS. House in this Section Every rJJan ShouBeS E7eay QSldDiriHlEQ who takes any pride in his correct appearance on all oc casionsand wishes to be economical in his clothing ex penditures. If you come in that range, you will find most convincing arguments in our smart Suits and Overcoats for wearing them their snappy style,their individuality, artistic finish and the snendid fit of - J .1 . .1 .1 1 xy you mac iney are tne equal of expensive to-measure-made clothes. It's up to you to verify" our claim.to critically exam ine and try on WATKINS CLOTHES-to save your self money. Men's and Young Men's Overcoats, $8.50 to $18.50. Limited, Wilson and Stetson $00, $2.50, $3.50 and $5.00. HENDERSON, North by Express! g We can fit all sizes, from the shortest to the longest andthe smallest to the largest, and best of all. we can fit any size pocket-baok ! STORE, HENDERSON, N. C. Dining Room Furniture. ef North Carolina. w-v- ui.tljjio Will OdlliS- TO KEEP THE BOY WELL DRESSED AT LITTLE COST ia a difficult problem with some parents but an easy one for those who buy Watktns Clothes For Boys and Juveniles. Boys Winter ulr. $a.oo to $8oo. Juveniles Winter Suits, tif6! ? T?-xc!a8iTe effect in braatrful fabrics at $a.SO to $5.00. Boys' Overcoats and Reefers, all sizes, - $2.50 to $13.00. j PLAIN TALK TO PIANO BUYERS. Can you really judge a piano or will you hare to take samelxKh- word? It'a a matter of oufideno isn't it? Now we have been nmk ingpianos over 00 years and (rood ones too. Have sold hundred t,f them in yoir State and will give yon names and addresses of satis fied buyers if you ask for them. If we can sell you a really fin-t-class piano on small inontlilv paymenta and save you at least f 100, don't yon think you should ask about it? Write todaj fur catalog and special jtrice list. CHARLES M. STIEFF, 9 Cranby St., Norfolk. V. GeorgeS. XrosEAK, Mgr. fter January 1, 1107. 112 (irn.v St FOR SALE ! The Henderson Steam Laundry REASON: Business inter ests in another State. Guaranteed profits to pur chaser $40 to $60 Weekly, Net. Business steadily Growing. See me at once, m W. Tom Rowland Proprietor. The gain in new building and in dustry in Henderson is greater than at any period in the history of our town. The Citizens Bank solicits its proportion of the insur ance on these new buildings.dwell ings, etc, and guaiantees prompt service and lowest possible rates to its customers. Insurance Department Citizens Bank. RICHARD C. GARY. : Malinger. Nice Lot of SPRINT COAL. '-v Also all Orades of HARD COAL. Beat Quality st Lowest Price?. DRY PINE WOOD Cut a.nd Uncut. Prompt attention to all orders. Phone 170. I. ti. YOUNG. r PARKER'S Eclipse Cream 25c Bottle. Just a little of Parker's Eclipse Cream applied to the rough plaees will give the skin a velvety smooth ness. For' chapped hands and lips apply it at night and you will see a great change in the morning. On or two applications always cures. Bring your Prescriptions. Pao-ker's Two Drug Stores. See lis When You Want Lime. Cement, "Tite Hold" WeJI Plaster. Brick. Shingles. Doors and Windows. Full stock at Lowest Pries. Storage Young's old mill. Poythress Coal and Wood Co. -PBone, No. &B.-m HENRY PERRY. INSURANCE. A strong line of both LIFE AND FIRE COMPANIES represented. Policies i-J and risks plamd to best advantage. Office: : : : : In Court IIoue. OSCAR OUTLAW'S up-to-date BAR.BER. SHOP Is the place to get a satisfactory Shave, Stylish Hair Cut. Sham poo, or Shoe Shine. FirU-dass barbers, prompt atten tion, satisfactory service. Same prices you ve always paiu.
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