The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-07
TOWN AND COUNTRY,
LOCAL LAcoHIcS PICKED UP HERS AM
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORT Frs.

DO vou want TO buy good home Tor III
IL. money! If 50. call at this Office ana we
will tell you how you can d" II.
Thc windows have been put in the new
Methodist church 1t will not be long now
before the seats are put in and 1t Is feads
for use we hope.
you don't believe I'm advertising? just
Won advertise to have give ava! ni' '.nra
and see how many will dock to your store.
Ask Them how they knew OF 1t ana my
will answer Il saw it in the paper. -Ohe-
NOT Gazette.
A good opportunity is offered t" bay a
desirable dwelling house and lot in Hen
d.rsou on very reasonable terms. See ad-
yertissment in another column and apply
70 the editor for particulars
Receipts of tobacco have been very large
thIs week all the warehouses having goo"
breaks. Prices of all desirable stock are
satisfactory to sellers, while the common
grades are bringing their value
We will thank our friends in the diner
ent sections of the county if they Will seha
us all items of interest from their sections.
1t will enable us to give them more newsy
and consequently better paper.
Weare requested to state that compe-
tent surveyor (young man preferred) can
get a good salary and permanent position
0y applying or writing to G- W. Hate'leIt,
real estate dealer, Yazoo City, MISSISSIPPI.
If the people of Henderson would see
the TOWN grow and prosper they should be
willing to assist in bringing about the pros
perity. We cannot expect outside capital
a. "a N r.
selves.
Snrinr goods will soon begin to arrive,
and the merchants who want their share OF
the trade should not be slowto let the BUY
ing public know through the columns OF
the GOLD LEAF what inducements they
have to offer.
The Raleigh Nea,s- Obsercer has recently
puiliotined (tiguratively speaking the SAN
ford Erpress and the Lexington D'sp6tch
In the past few years this sort of vengeance
has been taken on quite number OF news new,
papers NV that broad minded paper W.
son idcGnrs.
TN. Durham < Northern Railroad Is COM
pleted with the exception ot part OF q
bridge. THIS will open up one of the hneSt
t9l,acco sections in the country. 1t also
couneets Durham with Henderson, one OF
our brightest tobacco towns. he trains
are expected to i4s running in a short while
ISotthera Iobbdcconid.
An exchange tells OF a man who attended
q huyging bee for the benefit Of a church
and while blindfolded Rugged his wife fol-
several minutes without knowing who he
was hugging. When he did find out he
wanted his fifteen cents back.
The GOLD LEAF knows of a good paying
fI,af hi lIa cHuI ucta1 in Hon
derson OH a large scale with few thousand
dollars capital. The product is staple
article and the field of supply broad one
Persons interested can address this office.
The Henderson Storage Warehouse COM
pany have bought the lot just across the
street back of the Raleigh & CASTOR pas.
senger depot from the railroad authorities
and will erect their building thereon. A
side track will be built from the main line
to the warehouse.
Says the Elizabeth City Neos: ITO ge
trade a town must work for it. There is
too much competition for trade to 60 where
It is not sought and worked for with energy
And it is the same way with individual
merchants business that is not wOrtl
talking up is not worth having"
Nash county is preparing to plant at leas
Gne-third more tobacco than it planted las
year. AS we planted twenty times as mucl
last year as we did in 1884 and will increas'
our last years planting to the amount o.
33..per cent, it will be seen that the industr.
is rapidly extending, and Nash Count
will soon become one of the largest tobacco
growing centres in the wOrld.-NashUttt
Arg0nGut.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Ne,ospape
has been sold to Arken for $500, 900 W.
mingtOn Messenger.
Mr.. Arkell has made the mistake of hi
life in not communicating with us befor
buying. He could have got the GOLD LEA
for half that sum and saved $500, 900 to dc
fray expenses of carrying delinquent sui
scribers.
The Ice Factory has started up again an
is running on full time. The company
already receiving orders from abroad fO
future delivery of ice.-G0ldsb0ro Head
light.
Now, why can we not have an ice factor
in Henderson? There is no question abou
demand for the product. 1t would be
paying business enterprise we are sure.
Will not some one at the different pos
Offices in the county send us news items
Don't you feel enough interest in your SEE
ton to let the world know what is goin
on? If so. let us hear from you. The COL
LEAF will be pleased to publish anythin
of loealor general interest that may b
sent to it.
We not only boast of having one of til
livest and most progressive towns in til
State. but one of the healthiest and mo-
pleasant to live in. Besides this our scho.
advantages and religious privileges al
unsurpassed. If You are seeking good L
cation either as a place of residence {
business come to Henderson.
When the Roxboro Courier asks what Il
citizens of that town are doing for its d
velOpment, its remarks apply as we'll
this and other places. 1t says:
If you have not done anything yet, 90
work at once; even if it costs you fe
dollars, you will he amply repaid in Il
future; don't stand back on few dollars
but go to work and build up our town al
county. In so doing You will be workii
Tor your own interest.