The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-04-05
DOINGS In TARHEELDOM.
my OWN, MY NATIVE LAND


Drops of Tar, Pitch and Turpentiae
Squeezed from the Press Of North
Carolina.
Zircon mines in Henderson county
employ las hands and are doing very
we'll.
Another mica mine has been dis
covered in Macon county and will be
developed.
The New-Bcrne Fish, Oyster and
Game Fair is to be made permanent
institution.
Two of Charlotte's new cotton fac
tory companies will begin the erection
of buildings at once.
Prof. Charles D. McIver will be the
principal of the Wilson Normal School,
which will be in session in July next.
Copies of Governor Vance's letter
books captured in 1865, have been re-
turned to the State and are now in
Raleigh.
Senator Vance introduced a bill to
appropriate $4,000 to erect monu-
ment to General w. Lee Davidson,
and the committee has reported ia
vorably on it.
The Charlotte Chronicle has enter
ed upon It's third volume. 1t is a good
paper, clean, newsy, wide-@wake and
progressive, and thoroughly in earnest
for the Democratic party and what
ever is right.
The town of Dunn, not two years
old, has grown into place of con-
siderable importance. There are
twenty-six stores for business, large
school, three churches and two news
papers. New buildings are going up
rapidly.
Oxford 7oythHght: The Com
monwealth has taken the railroad Gel,
ebraton in hand and is preparing fol
/ April 18th one of the grandest and
most complete jubilees ever offered te
the citizens of North Carolina or any
other State.
AS one of the earliest consc
, ouences of the failure of the STATE
National Bank of Raleigh, an appea
is made for a poor and hardworkin'
widow. with several children, who b,
self-denial had deposited three hun
dred dollars in the said bank.
A 100000 stock company ha
been organized at Wilmington to dis
till sawdust, producing tnrpentlne
creosote oil, wood alcohol an
> pyroligneous acid. The works are t.
, be ready by May 18th, and will Civ
, employment to 50 or IS men.
e Wilmington Messenger: Mort
G Carolina has Al railways. Its longes
v line is the Western North Carolin:
h 2s5 miles. The Carolina Centr;
IS from Wilmington :o Lincolnton
r 464. The Wilmington & Weldor
q The people of Toisnot say they II
d tend having a cotton factory in tina
e place. They are in correspondent
h with Northern machinery houses an
I: are at work raising stock. 1t is graf
e tying to see our North Carolina tow
developing as manufacturing centres
1t Buck Dixon, superintendent OF Il
i. Nash county poor-house, shot an
"a killed his son-in-law, Willis Collin
~ March 2 ard. Collins married Dixon
d daughter some time last year again
20 her fathers wishes and there has be'
as bad feeling between them ever sine
es It is reported that Collins drew p
m toll and threatened to shoot Dixo
~ but the old man was too quick
to him.
IS The Grcenville Reflector urges t
fe, people of that place to wake up a
n sndeavor to induce the w. & w. K.
ty Company to extend their Scotlan
Neck branch to that place. III
Greenville really needs a raIlro
Fa' outlet everybody except the pe
a. ple of that place agree. We wo'
''c like to see that beautiful little city
IL" the Fast connected with the outs
W. world by ribs Of steel.
ITS,
ws North Carolina is richer IN
nt wealth of its coal deposits than ma
people think. Engineers have call
lated that there are 100000 ID
IN of coal accessible in the Dan II
ay. coal fields. In this connection
90, mention the fact that the Egypt I
90. Co., to operate at Egypt, Chath
the county has been incorporated for
of term Of 60 years, with a capital ST
90. of Sz5o 900.
: We fully endorse what the VIII
d" Adgante says below in speaking
; a North Cardinals brightest
,nk best" daily paper: The Whining
to Star has entered upon new volu'
I, That paper IS the best gatherer
r;h- condenser of news in the State.
en, a bold, outspoken, fearless and per:
ent advocate of what its schol;
editor conceives to be Democra
OLD The Star exerts large influence ant
many respects is model newsPa