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


birds. Our local sportsmen are happy.
The days of the ice man are NUMBERED.
The noise of the coal cart may already be
heard in the land.
Mr.. Parsons meeting will be one week
earlier than expected. He will be here the
last Sunday nj ght in this month
Send your children to school. You owe
1t to yourselves and to them, that they
shall become better citizens, and more
useful, if possible.
The public are cordially invited to at
tend Prof Savage's lecture on the Noun
tains of the Scriptures at the Baptist
church Friday night.
Rev. j. d. Arnold and DR.. W. T. Cheat
ham went to Durham to hear Sam Jones
preach Monday. DR.. Cheatham says he
Is wonderful preacher.
1.-THE sportsman with his gun and dog,
Into the country hieth !;
And then. next day, about his game
The sportsman often lieth.
Remember the Weldon fair will take
place October goth, both, 31st and No
vember 1st This is the Oldest fair in the
State and it is always one OF the best.
Fall and winter goods are beginning to
come in quite lively. Sales will begin as
soon as the advertisements appearl Ill this
paper. First come, first served is our
motto.
Our market will compare favorable with
that of any CITY OF twice the population.
There ia no finer beef butched, and vege-
tables, fruits, country produce, &c, are
usually abundant at fair prices.
There are people who come in and sub
scribe to help you along, but who fail to
think that unless they pay for their paper
they are asking you to lend them so much
cash. There is food for reflection in these
lines-Sahsbury Herald.
Some one has beautifully said that the
days come and go like muffied and velleC
figures sent from distant friendly party
but they say nothing and II we DO MOI
use the gifts they bring they carry then
as silently away.
Alb, that eager grasp of the hand; tina
anxious inuuiring about your wife ant
babies; that kindly solicitude, concerning
your financial welfare; yes, there's nc
mistaking it. He's either wareh ouse
man or q tobacco drummer.
In opening goods be careful how yo1
dispose of waste paper. Nothing fright
ems horse SO much as piece OF pape
driven by the wind There is an Ordlnanc
against the throwing of such trash on tn
streets but it is not always observed.
Tobacco is bringing fine prices on GU
market this week Last week the sale
werevery heavy and good prices were OF
tanned. As natural consequence tn
growers of the weed were delighted. Hell
derson is the place to sell your tobacc
always.
Saws the Greenville Reflector: While v
are thinking and talking so mucn aoot
trusts we would like to say that it wou
be a good idea to form trust on tt
Young men of our State AID keep the
here at home That would be a tru
worth something.
The Asheville Citizen says the Englis
sparrows have left Asheyilie. They a
also getting scarce in Wilmington, so t
Star says The English sparrow still I
mains with us in large numbers. He
derson never loses it's attractiveness ev
for the fowls of the air.
There is nothing that might be called
boom about Henderson, but there is
continual growth in business, and NJ
buildings are going up all over tow
These latter embrace residences, facto
buildings, tobacco prize houses, &c.
The North Carolina Synod of the Pr
byterian Church convened in the FIJI
Presbyterian Church in Charlotte Tuesd
morning 1t promises to be full me
ing and q very important session. X
Alex. Sprunt is in attendance, but expe
to return home the last of the week.
Our friend Webster of the Reidsv
Weekly seems to have had a very narr
escape recently In the last issue of
paper he says:
Be careful about throwing out wa
from second-story windows. Look
fore you throw it out, as water does l
feel good trickling down the back o
passer-by. 1t is not calculated to eXt
pleasant feelings.
An election has been called by the to
commissioners to be held Nov. 18th, wi
the question of issuing town bonds
the amount of So 900 for the purpose
building a town hall will be voted OF
Louisburg Times.
That sounds like business. Our nei
Dor is evidently in earnest about boz
ing and building. Well, the Times is dc
it's share in encouraging and promot
the good work.
For fresh butter, % cents pound, G
COOPER & MITCHELL