The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-09-19
There may be loyalty without love.
but never love without loyalty"

There may be loyalty without love.
but never love without loyalty"
Still is the paint brush at work in our
MIDST, and every stroke adds to the at
| Effectiveness of our town
How long will it take to convince our
friends that we make a living by selma
our papers? We do not print them to
gre awoy-by the year or by the single
copy.
The scuppernong-the most delicious of
all grapes-is very fine this season, and
they are quite plentiful in market. Many
persons III this section have fine vine
yards.
Detroit is getting to be great shoe
| town."
| We should judge SO, unless the citizens
all go barefooted. Detroit has a great
many inhabitants.
| Love makes many q good right arm
go to Philadelphia Chronicle.
And marriage makes many a good
right harmless sort OF fellow go to
Waste-as soon as he gets some body to
support him.
The attention of granite cutters and
rock drillers is directed to the advertise
ment OF A. b. Cook, of Wakefield Granite
Quarries, near Petersburg, Va, which
appears i'll this issue. He wants more
hands to whom good wages will be paid.
1t is gratifying to the GOLD LEAF to
hear pleasant things said about it's town.
Visitors to Henderson invariably go
away with pleasant impressions of the
place and people uppermost in their
| min GJ and 10, hr
lasting. Those who come once are
almost sure to come again.
The secret of success in the mercantile
business is buying goods cheap and sell
ing them at a small profit. And the man
who has found this secret is willing to
publish the fact to the world. A business
that is worth having is worth pushing
and the most successful way to push it is
to ADVERTISE Washington Progress.
The gainesville Democrat says one-third
OF the fools in the country think they can
beat the lawyer in expOunding the law
One-half think they can beat the doctor
healing the sick; two-thirds think they
can beat the minister preaching the Cos
pei, and all Of them think they can beat
the editor running the newspaper.
If man empties his purse into his
head, no man can take it away from him.
An investment in knowledge always pays
the best interest.-Franklin.
Send your children to school. You can
give them nothing better than an educa-
ton. Henderson has number OF good
schools that should be well patronized
Henderson has several merchants who
do business strictly on the cash system.
&c, ,l1yo &c no ,,1y
well as the seller, and we long to see the
day when all business will be conducted
on this basis. We cannot, as people, be
prosperous until this is dOue The prin-
ciple of doing business Oh credit must
go.
About this time of year the young
mans fancy does not turn to thoughts
of love; but how he will manage to get
into new suit. Barnes, Stainback &
Co. say that's the easiest conundrum yet
prOpOunded. &c to their store and they
will sell you a suit of clothes SO cheap
they will almost convince you that they
have made you a present of it.
Sam Jones will be at Durham from Oc-
tober 9Th to 14th. The GOLD LEAF
would be glad if this wonderful preacher
could be induced to come to Henderson
Rev. r. g. Pearson, the Evangelist will
be here in November, and with both these
great preachers to storm the citadels Of
) sin in our midst much good would nc
. doubt be accomplished. Can we not
have both?
An exchange says the figure "9'' in oul
date is with us and has come to stay
No man or woman now living will evel
: date document without using a 9. II
) stands on the extreme right nOw-lSS9
Next year it will be second place-1S9O
where it will remain for ten years. II
will then move up to the third place
1900, and there it will rest for one hun
dred years.
The Chicago National Weekly gets off thu
following:
1t is said to be satisfactorily demon
strated that every time wife scOlds he1
husband she adds a wrinkle to her face
1t is thought the announcement OF thls
fact will have a most salutary effect, es
pecially as it is understood that every
: time a wife smiles on her husband it viii
5 remove one of the old wrinkles.
DR.. Dixon, Superintendent of the Ok
. ford Orphan Asylum, requests the Dur
ham Globe to contradict the statemen
! lll;ll he VIII ItSlSH. IIc says IL 10 cli
y treIy untrue and without foundation
g The GOLD LEAF is very glad to learn this
e DR.. Dixon retirement would be a posi-
e tive loss to that noble institution. He i
a the right man in the right place, and
fit successor would be hard to find.
II The GOLD LEAF agrees with Bennett,
: the Danville Tobacco Journals cOrrespOI
II dent from Henderson when he says: wv
u bless the day when Mr.. j. p Taylor cas-
T. his lot with our people" Mr.. Taylor
y one of our most enterprising, progressiv
and public spirited citizens, as he is ais
e. one of the most popular and highly e.
% tened Would that the Old Dominic
" might send us over many more such Inc
ID as J. p. Taylor
Is Robinson's circus, which is billed ft
Is Raleigh Oct. LIST, exhibited in NorfOl
last Friday The Public Ledger says of i
IS. The menageries We're as fine as we
" ever seen here, and the ringperformance
s of every description, We're first-clas
though a trifie bewildering, on accoul
or of the number of rings. Everythi1
t. promised was rendred, and the propri
tor has kept up his reputation for rei
bility and enterprise.
he A chemist who has analysed a ciga
MT cite finds that it contains five dead
he poisons-the oil in the paper, the oil
lis nicotine, saltpetre to preserve the t
NV bacco, opium to make it mild and the
in favoring This is a deadly combin
ton Yet they will continue to be ma
er ufactured. and people will continue