The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-02-21
THURSDAY. FEB. 81, 1889.
RECOGNIZES THE GOOD II
WILL Do.

We hope we will be pardoned for
copying the following paragraph. 1t
is so very fattering in its nature that
its publication in these columns may
have the semblance of egotism on our
part, but such is not the case. We do
not want to show what an outsider
says of the editor personally, but what
he thinks of the value and importance
to the town of the special illustrated
edition of the GOLD LEAF which we pur-
pose getting out soon. 1t is from the
pen of our friend Henry Blount of the
Wilson mirror, and under the head
ing of "Help Him." in the last issue
of his paper he says:
The wide-awake and energetic Man
ming, the brilliant and versatile editor
of the GOLD LEAF, whose fluent and
tireless pen has done such valuable
work for the upbuilding of Henderson,
will soon issue an illustrated industrial
edition Of ten thousand copies, setting
forth the advantages that lie embed
ded in that section, and which now
make it glisten with the radient prom
Use Of magnificent possibilities. If the
business men of Henderson will
strengthen by substantial aid the now
uplifted arm of that potent and eAec-
tive and eloquent factor for good-th the
GOLD LEAF-its strokes, which are now
aimed SO skillfully and SO we'll, will
fall with effective power, and do much
good for the prosperity of Henderson.
The merchants should make this step
Of Manning's a success, for the GOLD
LEAF deserves this recognition at the
hands of the people whom it has served
so zealously, SO faithfully, SO ably and
SO well.
That publication of this kind
would be worth much to Henderson
and Vance county, We need not waste
time to argue. No one will doubt or
deny that. The question then is, shall
We do ii? That remains for the 6ust-
ness men and property gamers to say.
And how complete and successful it is,
and how far reaching and beneficial in
its influence must depend upon the
substantial aid and announcement
given us. There is no denying the
fact that Nature has done much for
our section; to no portion of the State
perhaps has it been more grateful. We
are situated in the very midst of the
finest tobacco growing country in the
world, in rich and fertile agricultu-
raj community, where almost every
known crop grows and natures to per
fiction. No where is there more ge-
NAL and healthy climate. Our soil i:
finely adapted to fruits and vegetables
as we'll as the cereals and staple pro.
ducts of tobacco and cotton. Wher
our lands are properly cultivated they
yield as beautifully and almost as earl,
as anywhere in the State. Our farmer.
are as well-todo and prosperous, a:
those of any community, and we doubt
not are moreso. Our advantages are
as great, our resources as varied, and
our possibilities as glorious as those OF
any section. We have as good health,
as good water, as good climate, and as
good society as anywhere. Our reli-
gious and school advantages are equal
to any, and in every essential particu-
lar Henderson and Vance county offer
as good homes and as profitable in
vestment of capital as anywhere In
the South. We have no billiards, no
great labor strikes and nothing to mar
the pleasure or comfort or safety of
any good citizen no matter from what
part of the compass he may hail.
And what We want to do is to make
these facts known to others as we'll as
ourselves. People are looking South
ward for good and cheap lands, for