The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-06-28


meets to be away about two months.
Lightning's freaks have attracted atten
ton throughout this section lately. We
have never heard of 50 many visitatl0ns OF
this dread messenger in all its furious
frenzy-and it has been confined to no par
ticular locality.
We were pleased to see our friend,
Richard Battle, Esq, in town yester- !
dav. lie was just from Morehead City |
where he says there is an immense crowd |
-echool teachers and others. Mr.. Battle |
was delegate at large to the st. Louis
Convention.
Miss Lula Hunter, of Texas, is here ON
a visit to Mrs. d. Y. Cooper and Mrs A
G. ZolIicoffpr. relatives Of hers. The young
lady is a native of this county and has
visited Henderson before. She has many
friends here who are pleased to note her
presence in our midst.
The Hungarian Gypsy Quartette had but
n few persons to hear them Saturday night'
The performance was not UP to expectation.
Kanya Geza has the art of handling bow
and violin, and makes good music, but the
other members of the company did not SO
favorably impress us. The cello SOLO was
the poorest feature Of the whole thing.
| The GOLD LEAF sympathlzeS with MI
/ &. NJ. Bridgers in the death OF his lhlahV
child But q few months ago the wife ana
mother was taken and now the habilimentS
Of mourning are again hung about his
home and his heart is bowed down with
another deep grief. The hand of afllicflon
has indeed been laid heavily upon our
! brother.
On last Friday, in Granville county,
Henry 1aborn, col0red, chopped OH
Eugene Griasom head ana split ms cllest
omen with an axe Iaborn and other par
ties were lodged in Jail at OXtord.-O"f-
| haH1 EeCOrder.
! Wonder if this is some OF the attempted
, rape and town-burning Taborns? They
/ must be a hard set sure enough.
Crops are growing nicely since the rains,
and as a general thing look we'll. The
continued dry spell, following so much
wet weather soon after planting, afforded
ample opportunity for getting rid of the
grass, and now the crops for most part
are clean and in good condition. With
good seasons from now on good crops
throughout this section are assured.
Henderson is certainly an attractive
place Lightning would not strike a
dozen times inside the corporate limits,
within the space of a few hours, if it were
not. We draw everything from the largest
amount of the farmers products, the most
trade from the surrounding counties,
more new settlers, and the greatest number
of visitors, to the very elements themselves
Work is progressing rapidly On the Dur
ham & Henderson Railroad. AS mucf
progress has been made this month as dur
ing the past three perhaps. With gooC
weather from now on it will not be grea
while before the enterprising towns of Dur
ham and Henderson will be bound to
gether by ties Of steel. They are alread
connected by the strong cords Of friend
SHIP and mutual business relations.
Squire Edwards united a sable coupl
: In the holy bonds of WedlOck in til
e presence of number of witnesses Tues
day. They We're Pleasant Holloway an
I Mary Harris from BoydlOn,..V They Wer
of sufficient age to belong to themselves, o
: to each other, and it would seem that
Ii run away was not at all necessity. Pei
|, haps they adopted this idea as cheape
l. than a big elbow out" with the usus
4 retinuc of invited wedding guests.
l. 1t is a serious mistake for a person to ste
10 advertising because trade is dull" TIL
l. object Of advertising is to make trade bette
1t When the market is dull and depressed
e the very time you need to revive it. Whe
" money is scarce is the very time buyers al
ii on the lookout for bargains. ConstaI
advertising is the thing. You can't affol
:, to drop out of line. When you have a GOO
d trade you want to re tain it and when it
st slack you want tc improve it.
~ Washington and Lee University, v
eo ginia, has conferred the degree Of Doct
~ of Divinity on Rev. J. W Rosebro, of f
tersburg, among others. Mr.. Roseb
re will be remembered as having preach
tie a series of sermons at the Presbyteri
by church in Henderson some time az
be He is fine preacher and a most eXcelle
e. ana agreeable gentleman socially, and
n? number of friends and acquaintance he
will be pleased to hear of the distinct
1st conferred on him.
ct The success of Miss Amelie Rives in !
as erary circles seems to be stimulating me-
ny azine editors to push the works of OIL
ho writers. The next Cebutant will be
IT. young writer, Marah Ellis, whose init
id. effort at long story will be feature
,ar the July issue of the american Mdgazi
in The editor of that Journal promises We
'en of unusual strength an interest, and
hs. attractivenesS will be increased by a nu
en-, Der of very fine Illustrations Willie
yho scene Is laid in the South during W
- Times, the War is simply an Incident. a
ca the entire plot bears the stamp of retire
ing originality. "To'other Miss Nori
los Is tn title of the story.
The ~a>~-----
Every hOuSe-keeper ana merchant shor
have Novelty Force Pump. The b
ing thing out for washing windows. sprinkli
ow in front of the door, etc; also useful
ian case of fire. Sold only by I. r. Mannil
lest Price 500.
be ..Sss.
IHE lime TO ADMINISTRATION is sor
nu- thing for the consideration of husin
ON men. The Greenyille Reflector saws:
his When money is scarcest the purcha
of IS most anxious to find bargains and
. LOOKS over his home paper to ascert
where they can be obtained Do the bu
one ness men consider this fact when they
this thinking OF disseminating their advert
and neysr savas ,ne SUM ner mas passed
rom Tho Eo,,,,a,,:,I. oIIoP ">' ''7'N5'
mohy on the same subject in the follow