The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-05-17

are selling we'll. Hicks, Briscoe & Co.
are puShers and deserve to succeed
DanC5tLe IobGrc0 journal.
1t pays to raise chickens. a friend Of
ours has a hen from which he sold $500
worth of chickens since Christmas. and
last week he took her off the nest with
Young broo OF thirteen more. lie still has
several of the first Matching left.
The men who have the business push to
call your attention to their goods and their
services are the men whom you can safely
patronize. They mean business, and are at
il in business way. Always give the adj
vertisers in your paper the first call.
The Board of Justices of the Peace will
meet the first Monday in June to elect
County Commissioners. This is an I'M
portant matter and should be Carefully
considered beforehand. The magistrates
cannot be too careful in their selections.
A few of our enterprising, public
spirited citizens said Let there be light,
and there was Highland Will continue 10
he. such as Henderson has never enjoyed
before. 1t is good thing to have such
men in community. They are the salt
of it.
Now who are the live, progressive, public
spirited men who will form stock COM
many and build a first-claSs MOTEL IN
Henderson? This we mqeos have-there IS
no getting around that. All together, theh'
and let's have it. What say you, gentle
men?
The Fall River AdUance is responsible
for the assertion that the merchant who
! declines to advertise in the local papers
J bot insists on making his business known
! by means of shabby dodgers, is generally
the man who has to dodge his creditors ana
! the sheriff.
| Work is progressing rapidly on the Dur
ham & Henderson Railroad. About half
the line has been graded and is now ready
/ for the sillS and iron Track laying
has already been commenced at this end
and is being pushed forward with all pos
sibIe speed.
Mr.. Stanley Serbs, who for the last four
wears, has been with Ludington & AycOck,
our lob printers, has gone to his home near
Warrenton to spend the summer and to
recuperate his health. Stanley has faith
/ fully stuck to his business, and will be
missed by his employers.
| Court will commence next Monday. 1t
would be a good time for those who are
owing the GOLD LEAF to settle-to kill
two birds with one stone as it were
for of co rise we would not like for them to
90 to the trouble of making special trip
to town to get a receipt from us.
Mr.. w. s. Walden has about completed
! the new dwelling house built for Dr.. K.
j. Gill Oh his lot just back of Mr.. S. II
: Aliens. 1t is two stories, with six rooms,
and quite a handsome building. Mr.. Wal
den is very superior workman and in this
as in others has turned out good job.
The GOLD LEAF suggests that shirt
! factory and a cheap pants factory would
pay in Henderson. Raleigh has one OF the
! latter in successful operation while Char
| lotte has two. Such enterprises would
give employment to many people, and We
believe would handsomely pay the owners
The GOLD LEAF has received from Mr.
George a. Barnes, of Henderson, an invita-
ton to the commencement exercises a
! Oak Ridge Institute, May 2Sth and Goth
Senator Ransom viii be orator of the Oc
caSion The ticket is one of the mos
unique and tasty things of the kind We
have SEEN.
From the Littleton High School, the
GOLD LEAF has received a very handsome
ticket of invitation to the annual com
mencement to be held Thursday, May 9th
at o'clock p. IN. The address before tn
Shakespearian Literary Society will b.
delivered by Frank S. Spruill, Esq, 0
Frank linton.
The Cora Van Tassell Dramatic Com
pany will appear at Burwell Hall Thurs
; day and Friday evenings, May 81 and Jun
/. This is first rate troupe and we ar
glad to announce their coming. POpula
prices will be observed. Reserved seat
|, 80 cents general admission 35 cents gal
lery % cents.
, If you want to sell anything, let peopl
know what you have got to sell, and yo
! will find purchasers. People know tina
they can buy goods cheapest from thos
, who advertise most Advertising itsel
, proves that the advertiser has bushes
enough to enable him to use the press t
meet the people.
h With the compliments of our friend Sar
l B. Gregory, of Halifax, comes ticket c
: invitation to attend a complimentary bal
J. to the class of IS, at the University {
North Carolina, Thursday evening, Jun
. 18th. We notice that our townsman, Co
f WIN. II. S. Burgwyn, is put down as one {
y the honorary managers.
L Farmers are too busy to stay in tow
very long at time. They come in burr,
do their trading in hurry and go HON
in hurry. May the horn of plenty pou
. OF its abundance into their barns, granerie
e and meat houses when the fruits of ii
S years work shall be gathered in, for if ar
r one Is deserving of a rich reward for h
y labors, it is the honest tiller of the SOIL
Give us no more ode on Spring. b,
y give US what's - Owed to the Editor. -
e Person County Courier.
= Yes that's it. Now YOU are exactl
= rlsht, brother. Fewer "Odes to Spring
IT and less Owed to the Editor. ''woul
y make this world a garden where lit
olrus are singing and where flowers bloc
III the spring. ira la, will smell ten fol
n sweeter.-DurhGm Tobacco Plant.
=" we take this from an exchange: :"
= woman of fine complexion has admitts
. mat IL Is due to the milk in the cocoanu
her formula is this: Take fresh coco