The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-07-12

Stainback sympathi2e with them III the
death Of their infant son, aged about four
months For some weeks it had been very
sick with meningitis and suffered much
until relieved by death Saturday night.
The burial took place Sunday afternoon
| An intensely lurid glare was observed
/ in the western skies in the early part OF
last Thursday night. The horizon was
overspread with thick clouds at the time
and the effect was almost startling. 1t was .
the reddcst Of all the red sunsets ever seen
here. and attracted considerable attention
! and comment.
If Won like to wear good clothes, good
shoes and good hats, and want to buy them
for the lowest price at which honest goods
can be sold, go to = q {. Watkins store.
There YOU will always find big stock OF
goods. and every article offered for sale
has the lowest possible price marked on 1t
in plain figures.
Mr.. Charley Rowland of South Carolina,
snn of our venerable townsman MI. Geo.
II, Rowland, is here on visit to his par
cuts and friends. lie is accompanied by
Mrs. Rowland, widow of the late John y.
Rowland, whose death by accident on MS
own tram railway in South Carolina oc-
CURED year OF two. ago.
The GOLD LEAF would like to lay i'll its
" winters supply of fuel before cold weather
" comes Persons who liXc convenient to
u Town and prefer to do SO can pay thelE
subscrjptjon in wood, at the market price
:. ANY one who may wish to become sub
e scriber to the'paper can do 50 on the same
; terms. Bring along your wood.
Brother billiard in his paper the Scot
land Neck Denaocrot, Of the 18th, pays us a
T. very fattering ompliment when lac says:
ID The GOLD LEAF of last week describes q
severe thunder storm that recently passed
over Henderson, and 50 fine Is Brothef
/ Manuing's description Of the storm, we
as have clipped the piece for our scfap-oooh'
lg The following recipe is said to make an
H. excellent paste for use in newspaper Offices
ID and other places where mucilage IS re-
mt quircd Dissolve piece Of alum the size
~ Of walnut in pint of boiling water, to
ii which two spoonfuls Of -four, made smooth
in little cold water, and re" drops OF
* oil of cloves have been added. the mixture
s- being then boiled. 1t will keep FOL
III months i'll a stopped bottle.
as Stokes Davis, the we'll known plasterer
desires US to say that he has just finished
nm lob for Col. Burgwyn at his (Smerdon
ry place near town, and that he never WORKED
,ut for a better man-One who paid NOR
NO PROMPTLY and dealt with his employee
more satisfactorily. Stokes is an eXcellen
49,, workman and says when he works 70
~ such man as his last boss he thinks h
.oo can put a little extra touch on his job.
,ur The lunar eclipse which occurs on TIL
22d of this month VIII be invested Wit
IA much greater interest than the one VII
., occurred Oh the night Of tll -s.h o. Jan
inr airy last The diameter Of the earth
80, shadow will be much larger at that tin
in pro2ortlon to the diameter Of the moo
darkening its surface almost totally.
. will take place at midnight, when II
',N moon Will be higher III the heavens, al
NJ Will be visible in this section.
The GOLD LEAF has received MAJ
warm words Of praise lately, all Of WhIt
we appreciate. Oar esteemed friend Car
:, {. W. Eaney, of kittrell, told us the 9th
:; day that the paper was growing bett
with age, and that the issue of July 18th
thought was the best he had yet seen.
lS'Hi added further that he considered the Co
shall 49,, ,o,+ oo,,,,4,. n,ror in tho Sta.
ural I'D :, .,i .,..,.,+:o,, l,oaa ovid v,yoani
"' as it was, he was endorsed by our 90
friend John y Fleming, Esq, of Midd
page burg.
The Chicago Stntioner and Printer is c.
,o,,, rect in saying: The workman is kno
,r,i,, by his chips" and the slovenly compOS
is known by the types strewn'u under
case This careless wastefulness is q
'"''- riouS drawback in many country news
l''1 per offices especially. The average prin
van seems to lose sight Of the fact that t,
- ''''' costs N Oncy, and that a few piles sW
'ii'iS out each day soon amounts to a few pour
and thus "sOrta'' run out and the workn
louid is inconvenienced by his own slOve
oc9' WaStcfulncSS.
king Mr. NJ va,,-or ono of .,,o o,os4 no
III i'll lar younr men ever raised in Milton,
ming. yesterday for New York, where he Y
probably accept a position as travel
salesman for one of the lc aiding conn
n is cial houses of that city. Nick is as Gle
and a man as ever lived, and while we |
, best him greatly from our town, we wish
. uubOunded success in whatever bushes
'"ln9, may engage. -NNton Adrertiser
ttEac- Mr.. Walker is brother of our popl
towrsman Mr.. w. II. Walker. and is
ne has known in Henderson. The GOLD L
ltham joins in the wish forunb0undcd success
sitIon prosperity to Nick Walker wherever
Id left may 90.
duties The number Of lew advertisements
him found in our columns shows that our
ny 90 business men know how to make judic
nstitu- use OF printers ink. While this may
on and styled the dull season with us, the pre-
large month has opened very auspciouslv
IN our the GOLD LEAF and we nope that it is
female the dawnjng of a new era of usefulness
prosperity for the paper. The better
provis- patronage, the better the paper of CO
e cold and Just in proportion to our means
fort af- ability We are determined to labor for
rc pre- welfare of Henderson and Vance COZ
oaching x, ,,--,-..".< SOP
40 '"' ShlrtS-good ones 80 and so cents +
pt'tdi and flannel shirts, collars {
.nsiva7v IVES etc. Staple dry goods notions an
NSN''4 the noveltie, received every wael NJ
Z coun- C. Watkio, Isad.r, - IrTnt MoeN "t
D>t pro- goods. inlv -
h seek --><sr~.-
d relia- "oT THEIR FLAG.-The Vance &,
our col received their flag last evening. 1t
lent. very handsome one, made of pure
r. ! p trimmed with gold On one side
am, Il. United States regulation flag. the star
:. spent stripes, and on the other is a blue
Norfolk bearing the coat of arms of North Can