The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-08-22
DURHAM AND HENDERSON.

The Henderson Tobacco Association
Visits the Durham Tobacco Associa-
tiOn-ReceptiOn Exercises in Stokes
Hall-the Henderson Association
and its Guests, with Committees of
the Durham Association, View the
City Of Durham, and Make a Tour
of the Mammoth Manufactories-the
Magnificent Residences of the
Duke's-The Durham & Northern
Observation-Disclosures
Eternal blessings crown our Durham
friends,
And round their dwellings guardian saints
attend
Wherever we roam, whatever realms we
see,
Our hearts will ever fondly turn to thee.
Truth is often stranger than fiction"
HENDERSON, y. C., Aug. 10. 1889.
THAD r. MANNING, ESQ,
Editor GOLD LEAF.
Dear ST:-iOu did not accompany the
Henderson Tobacco Association to Dur
ham, tho invited by both Associations
Your absence was greatly regretted by
all OF us. 1t would have been peculiarly
appropriate that the GOLD LEAF should
have been along, since, you know, the
gold tedf was the genius of the Occa-
sion.
We are anxious that our Durham
friends should know something further of
our warm appreciation of their marks of
friendship, their elegant hospitality and
the impressions produced upon us by
their lovely little city
Thinking that perhaps a letter from
me might please you, since you did not
go, and interest your readers, | write
and submit the following lines.
At half-past eight o'clock Il special
train under the management OF that
polite gentleman and excellent conductors
Capt. Joe Rem, pulled away from the
Raleigh 4 CASTOR Railroad depot in
Henderson, having ON board about
eighty gentlemen-the President and
most of the members of the Tobacco As
ISOLATION of Henderson, together with a
few friends whom they had invited to ac-
company them.
Soon we were gliding over the Durham &
Northern railroad, at the rate of twenty
miles an hour. This road tho neN, for
the first half of the distance to Durham
is i'll an excellent condition; the remain
ing portion is not SO good, but in no way
dangerous or uncomfortable. Before
commencing our first trip over the new
road, those clever and enterprising gen.
tlemen, Messrs. Claude Hunter and
George Field, insured the life OF almost
every passenger on the car, giving Sc, 900
insurance for the day for fifty cents. For
tunately for all of us this was clear
profit to the gentlemen named. Those
who travel on the Durham & Northern
r.3i Stn M in, 4
need OF insurance than those who travel
on the Baltimore & Ohio, as far as can
see from my recent trip, and indeed not
SO much
The two hours which we passed on the
car. were full of pleasure, the young gen
tlemen were as playful as lambs and all
seemed to have laid business and care
| aside for the day, determined to enjoy to
the fullest extent the exhilapating rush
through eighty miles OF pure fresh air,
and to drink deep at the cup of roval
hospitality so gracefully and Handsomely
rendered them by the Durham Tobacco
| nists.
| Onward We glided and presently the
| plnnacles and domeS and minarets of
Durham-that grand little city. which
| Progress in her glorious and irresistible
march adown the nineteenth century has
| paused TO erect here in the heart of North
Carolina, came in sight, and three cheers
rang out from our party. for Durham
and her citizens
| We We're met at IA station on the sub
urbs by a special committee, who wore
upon the lappels of their coats beautiful
rosettes, with rich ribbon pendant, upon
which was stamped Durham Tobacco
Association, Welcome, to the Henderson
/ Tobacco Association, 1882" They
pinned upon our coats handsome badges