The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-10-31
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

REPORTERS.
He is fool who will not yield to reason.
Shakespeare.
The trees are already nearly stripped OF
their russell hue.
Many visitors have been in town this
week. Welcome, all.
Offensive partisanship: An old maids
TRADE against matrinony.
Dropin and give us the news from your
neighborhOOd when you come to town.
The time approaches when the great
question will be: 'Will the Coming Man
Close the Door,"
Says an exchange, it is a wise provision
of nature that men without brains never
feel the need of them.
Its better to lock the stable door after
the horse is stolen than not to lock it at
all 1t may save the COW.
"Between the swift suns rising and it's
setting we have no time for tears or vain
regretting. Life is too short
Mr.. d. Y. Cooper is named as one OF
Mr.. J. S. Carr assistant marShaiS at the
Fayetteville centennial celebration.
Receipts of tobacco have been heavy
the past few days. Much of it has come
from the Eastern counties and from
South Carolina.
1t was q pleasure to meet Mr.. r. 5.
Watson, special reporter of the Durham
Globe, who is here to report the Pearson
meetings this week.
About this time of year the smart
young man quarrels with his best girl,
and he will absolutely refuse to be recon
ciled until after Christmas. See?
The new store Just opened by Mr.. Asa
Farrar is one of the handsOmest places
of business in town. The ladies especially
are invited to call and inspect his stock
Young block.
An exchange says: "The proper thing
to do when you step on a tack with your
bare foot is to stand on the other anC
cuss." Whether it is the proper thing OF
not, most men usually do it.
The Clerk of the Superior Court has
been notified that Mary Jane Davis, col
ored, from this county, died in the East
ern Insane Asylum at GoldsbOrO on TIL
27th inst, of exhaustion.
Mr.. W. w. Reavis advertises the stor
house on Main street, next to Dorsey
drug store, for rent. Also a four-rooll
dwelling house on Breckenridge street
near the postoffice. Terms reasonable
The Fulton Globe we'll says that tn
man who reyenges every wrong done MN
has no time for anything else. If 70
can make your life a success, you can a
ford to let the dogs bark as they go b,
The weather flag pole which has bee
standing on Main street nearly Opposl1
Dorsey's drug store, but unused for son
time. was last week cut down and +
moved bv order of the town authorize
There is a scarcity Of small change ar
a leading merchant says it is an evlden
of bette times to see people handllI
large bills. We do not always regard
scarcity of small change with US as an l
dication of better times.
Mr.. Pearson does not tell his age. b
he was ordained in 1872. We guess
is 81. He told the Tarboro Southern
that his converts for a few past yea
have averaged about 5000 a yes
Great work that - Wilmington HeSseng
Business in all lines is picking up a
the prospects lOT b prosperous Sous
were never better Our merchants ha
put in large and we'll assorted stocks
goods, and all seem confident OF
trade during the season just opening
"More truth than poetry will be I
opinion of every one in the reference
the following from the Chester Ne'
There is something very suggestive III
fact that as rule trousers require pat
es on the seat before the knees are fr
tured.
A postal from our young friend q
erstwhile townsman Claude Johnson
nounces the fact that he has located
Texas, and desires the GOLD LEAF s.
to his address in future. His ms
friends here will wish him well in the Ii
Star State.
Tt shall be our constant endeavOr
make the GOLD LEAF better with e.
successive issue than it has ever b
since it first appeared i'll this town I
almost eight years ago. To accomp
this end we ask the hearty co-Operat
of our friends and patrons.
The Tarboro Banner says:
The collections and voluntary cor
buttons during the Pearson meet
amounted to enough to pay off the
ance of the debt for building the tabel
Gle and S254.4 A for Mr.. Pearson.
Will Henderson do as well?
Paints, white lead oils, glass and putt
oct "a. w AihiN