The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-06-20

See advertisement in another column
OF A Is. Cook, who wants 25 good drill
lers to work at the Wakefield Granite
Quarries, near Petersburg, Va Good
wages will be paid.
number OF teachers from this section
have goneto Morehead City to the Teach
ers Assembly. There is no more delight
fui place in the State and it is needless to
say they will have pleasant time.
correspondent writing from Lenoir
to the News- Observer SAYS: Elaborate
preparations are in contemplation for
the reception and entertainment of the
quill drivers, who assemble here in an
nual convention on July 18th"
Mr.. James Rodgers, at Cemetery Lodge.
Offers for sale a nice lot of plants, rose
bushes, grape and strawberry vines, shade
trees, &c. He has 200 young cotton and
sugar maple trees to which special at
tention is called. See advertisement in
another column
Fashion and common sense both say /
| that flannel shirts will be largely worn
this summer. At A. r. Anglea's you will
find most complete line in all grades
from cheap common to fancy high priced.
Also a beautiful line OF neckwear, white
shirts, gauze underwear, half hose, shoes,
hats, &c. Prices the lowest.
The Sentinel, of Orlando, Florida, says
'Watermelons and peaches are abundant
in this market now. The melons are a
little too expensive vet for the average
consumer, but the peaches are sold at
very reasonable prices. Cantaloupes are
coming into market and the prospect for
| a pnn6 crOn ia worry HatfarjuO y
Last summer the putting out of
night-blOoming cereus at Mr.. James
Rodgers, attracting much attention and
was visited by many persons. He had
one to bloom last Sunday night and
again Monday night, and last night four
came out at one time and expOsen them
selves to the gaze OF spectators awhile.
Every business and professional man
in Henderson is invited to try the GOLD
LEAF as an advertising medium. One Of
the best indications that money SO spent
pays is found in the fact that those mer-
chants and Others who once get in the
habit of advertising usually keep it up.
, If they did not know it paid they would
| not do so.
Mr.. Harry Tracy, National Lecturer Of
the Farmers Alliance will speak at Hen
derson Saturday, June 22nd. Let there
be a good turnout to hear him. Mr..
Tracy invites the ladies especially to
hear him. He will deliver a public lecture,
TO uhich everybody is invited, at II O'Clock a.
m and private lecture to the Alliance at
$50 O'Clock p. IN.
julius Speed, the excellent boot maker,
has sent the GOLD LEAF the first cucum-
bers OF the season, together with some OF
the finest beets we have seen-all OF his
: own raising Speed is not only one OF the
most sensible and conservative men OF
his race, who is not content with Sec
: ondary place in his profession, but he is
! evidently good gardener as well.
J. A large crowd of cOlOred people from
: Durham spent the day in Henderson
Tuesday, coming down on Il special ex-
, cursion train in the morning. They ap-
q parently had good time, as the average
r darkey does when he is not at work
q and returned home in high spirits. 1t
was an orderly and well behaved crowd
This fact was remarked on by many o.
Il our citizens.
a The illustrated matter descriptive O
n the Johnstown food, which We publish
this week, was intended for our last issue
but did not reach us in time. 1t is a lit
~ tie out OF season perhaps, in the light @
u more recent Developments, but it is
'e fuller account of that awful affair thai
ID we have heretofore published, and the il
u. Illustrations will convey a better idea c
m it to our readers.
The editor of the GAINESVILLE (Va.) Ctl
H. per wants to know if the people OF tina
T. town take him and his paper to be
c. lemon. He has not been i'll the bushes
a. long, or else he has different cOnstitr
ID ency to deal with from most countr
4, papers if he cannot give correct answt
n himself Some people appear to think
of newspaper is made to squeeze-to get
the free advertising possible out OF 1T.
I'd The polls for the new telegraph line b
i'll tween Durham and Henderson are u
ps and ready for the wires to be strun,
of The line is being built by the Durham
d. Northern Railroad Company, the Yves
ern Union refusing to take hold OF
The Durham Sun OF Tuesday says: 81.
80 Lumley went down to Henderson yeste
rs day, where he will begin the work
~, stretching a line OF telegraph from tn;
~ place to Durham, for the ID. 4 \. Ra
way.
=. Mrs. Jennie Gregory, wife of Mr.. Arcl
"S bald Gregory, OF Granville county, dlt
au at the house OF Mr.. Charlie l.. Lewis,
Nv w this county last week. She went there {
~ a visit and was stricken with paralys
lu- soon after reaching the house. She cou
not be removed and continued to gre
M, worse until she died. Deceased was
W. daughter OF Mrs. Lizzie BrOdie, wi
Int lives near this town, and this is the 81
mo- ond daughter whose death she has be
ppn called upon to mourn within the pa
,f month or two,
The spring term OF Henderson Mi
tn Academy, Prof. W. '. Savage, Princlp
oas closed last week. There We're no pub
md exercises, the principal preferring not
orc take from his patrons the time necessa
not to prepare for such. The attendance b
on been good and the success OF the sch(
so far has been encouraging. Prof. 81
age is thoroughly competent instr
his tor, careful and painstaking as teach
II The outlook is encouragi ing and the pr
at poets fattering for building up la1
rye and fourishing school under the pres'
nay management.
}en-
A GOOD TIME.-Capt. Ward Of
Will enterprising and gentlemanly tt
re- Ward. .Chevasse Il Macy" who p
4 no pose running the Bonanza Excurs
bie to Norfolk, on July Srd, says it will
ton one of the best of the kind ever got
up. Everything will be done to r
der the occasion comfortable. and.
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