The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-05-24


difference how low strawberries are, the
bottom Of the box is just as high.
Shctrc yohr tickets for the Cora Van
Tasscl entertainment at Burwen Hall
next Thursday and Friday evenings.
Read the large and attractive advertise
nieht Of Charles &. Ferrall, dealer in
hatd#are, farming implements, etc.
An eastern editor rtefully remarks
o Our pocket book is now in such feeble
condition that it cannot stand aloan."
( small Quantity of corn. sugar cane and
peas from tie Department of Agriculture
have boon left at this Office for distribution.
First come, first served.
Go to see the " Hidden Hand" at Bur
we'll Hall next Thursday evening. Cora
Van Tassel and her excellent support are
said to present it we'll.
Don't forget Iardella's grand concert
June 17tlt, This promises to be one Of TIE
richp3t musical treats our people have yet
lad the pleasure of enjoying.
Pev. 7. l.. Reid. editor of the Raleigh
( CertstGtn 4d0ocate, has been appointed to
/ fill the unexpired tettii OF the late DR..
Wilson, as Presiding Elder of the Raleigh
District
The men who complain most of hard
times are generally those who sit on dry
goods box with knife i'll one hand and an
/ old clay pipe in the other, says the PalneS-
. VILE Democrat.
For table cutlery, builders hardware
Of every description, etc, call on James
A. O'Neil New lot of ice cream tfeezers,
best made-cherry Sceders-somcthlnG
neH-iust received.
: Every farmer, gardener, florist, owners of
/ vehicles etc, needs one Of Smith 5 Novelty
Force Pumps. Light and handy, cheap and
durable; perfect i'll its action and effective
in case Of fire. Sold only by I. r. Mall
ming. Price $500.
Under ordinary circumstances, nc one
should 90 away from Henderson to do their
! trading. We have fine business houses we'll
flied with all lines of goods that the
trade demand and good straight forward
men 70 deal with. Examine our adj
Yerti>iIg cO.4nins and see WHO they are.
Tie Painesville Democrat is authority for
the statement that the man who sits on the
, river bank, his debts all paid his business
br0sperOus, his family and friends all in
good health, and feels four pound bass
start away with his Eodk, will very soon
experience nine-tenths of all the happi-
ness which any one gets this side Of
heaven
1t is easy to talk about live and growing
towns, the amount of business they are do
ing, etc, but when it comes to tacYs and
fgurss, Henderson ttirns lip Oh top every
time. See what is said in another column
about the probability of new po>tottice
being built here 1.-The proof the pudding
IS the chewing of the bag"
Joe Egerton lIaS gone to New Yort 70
accept positi8n as c'erH in hotel. at q
GOOD salary Joe Is a clever young man and
His friends VIII be pleased to hear of his
good luck. lie was for long time the
accommodating clerk at the Central Hotel
in this place in which ijGsiton lie was vel
known md highly est5emed by the travel
ing public.
1t would be good idea for all the stores
, to c1'se up at an early hour during thu
Gunner months, in order to give the clerk
/ needed rest and recreation. IF peopl
were made to understand that they coulC
! do no trading after s O'Clock say, it woulC
! hot be long Before there would be II
/ Necessity for keeping tpcn for there woul
+ be no buyers.
A sample cfaIr like those to be place
Il III the new Methodist church MAY be see
/ at Parker& Gloss store. It is a nice an
o comfortable affair, made of perforate
II wood bottom and back, with iron fran,
:. and folds tp like an opera chair. 1t
cheap at The price, $500, and many person
70 outside Of the congregation w3ll no Houl
y pay for one or more seats.
e Farmers have certainly been favore
n with propitious seasons FOR planting t
II haeco Wis SPRING. From ali the Uniforms
ton we can gather ne 40 not believe
Is extra largo crop VII be planted. II
Is falling off in prices lately no doubt had Il
il effect of causing many farmers to pla
ir a smaller acreage than they had deti
III mined upon earlier in the season.
oxford and Henderson are coming. 30
n now have electric lights -LOuisburg Tim
III Much obliged for your kind rcferent
nm Brother Thomas, but you should ha
in stated that Fen 6rson has done and con
a. She arrived some time ago, top side
. with care" and has long been among t
e liveli,t and most progressive and prosp
Gus ypuuu citjaS IF tho Nav South
,ir Pinkston & Shearin are busy at
lie Henderson Planning Mills filling ord
ar for sash, blinds, doors, mouldings {
nv They turn out frst-class work and do la
range of it. Besides Iris they aTe pfepa
in to furnish dressed or rodgh lumber in
Az desired quantity on short notice. Spec
SUI attention to contracting and building, +
wv hishing estimates for materials, etc.
'ay Would it not be a good idea to reql
eSS each property owner to pave the stree
front of his place of business ? or let
for town pay half and the owner the OF
Id half. In this way the main business I
re of town would soon have nicetr "a
N0t side walks, and at no considerable COS
hed the town, while the otner would be req
'h" in the enhanced valuation of the PROPER
cen
The GOLD LEAF congratulates the pee
our of Oxford on the prospect of their $50
-, Motel. New York money combined '
,an- home capital and energg Goes the W.
las The site has beeh purchased and tie Il
tha is an assured ttiiiig we are told. Noti
vad helps a town more than frst-clasS hotel
communications and our C;XFnrI fria