The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-01-31

WANTED.-Two or three good table
bOarders. Can furnish room for two gen
tlenen if desired. Apply at
GoLD LEAF OFFICE.
Here is all item that should be encour-
aging to our people in the way of holding
out inducement to them to engage in SINH
lar enterprises. The Progressire Farmer
says:
The North Carolina Plow Company, at
Cary, n. e., cooperative Alliance en-
terprisee, is booming. On Monday last it
shipped eleven wagons-five of them 60
ing to Cheraw, S. &.
K. j. Switzerland has leased the stables
connected with Massenburg's Hotel and
has fitted them up in frst-class style for
the purpose of conducting livery, sale
and feed stable business. The stables are
new, large and rOomy near the depot and
convenient to the business part Of town.
Good teams and vehicles. Special facili-
ties for conveying drummers and their
| baggage. Horses fed for % cents, and
good attention guaranteed. Lot free.
J. L. Currin, City Collector, gives notice
to all persons who have not paid their cor
poration taxes that they must come for
ward and pay the same ut once The time
is out and further indulgence can not be
permitted. This notice is final and parties
interested should govern themselves ac-
cordngly. 1t will be cheaper to settle
promptly without further delay than if the
collector has to force settlement by Iaw.
See notice in another column.
| The GOLD LEAF is indebted to the Mar
, shallS for a handsome ticket of invitation
to attend the celebration of the fifty fourth
Anniversary of the two Literary Societies
of Wake Forest College Feb. 18th. The
programme is attractive and the occasion
| will be interesting and enjoyable. Public
debate at 2 p. NJ. Query Are the merits
: of the present system of free schools in
/ North Carolina sufficient to justify the
State in supporting it? Orations at night
and social gathering in the Halls.
| Either Henderson is attracting more at
/ tentiOn from abroad or the reputation and
popularity of the GOLD LEAF is increasing
Recently we have received requests for
copies of the paper from persons in Massa-
chusetts, Vermont, New York State Mary
land, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska. Every copy sent away helps Il
advertise Henderson and Vance county.
Printers ink has been the making of many
a town and we are laboring for the up
building of our section in every legitimate
way.
Do you think an eight-page, 10, 000-copy
illustrated industrial edition of the GOLD
| LEAF, containing a full write-up Of the i'll
dustries and resources of the town and
county, setting forth the opportunities and
advantages of this section for the prOtita-
bic investment of capital, the location of
factories and as a place for the home
seeker. would be a good thing for uender-
son? Then contribute toward making
such an issue a success. We mean by your
encouragement and patronage - nothing
else.
! The police Escaped IN a large number
of co!ored boys last week for jumping on
and OF moving trains. This is right, Tor If
! any of them were killed or hurt, the city
! authorities would be blamed for not en-
forcing the iaw.-(foIdsboro Ieadtight.
| Here is an example worthy of imitation
/ by the authorities Of Henderson. If other
towns can "enforce the law" why not
ours? Let such congregating Of idlers
about the station at train time be stopped
that class we mean who make themselves
a nuisance by standing in the way, jump
ing on and off the cars, &c.
| In connection with the concert to be
given next Thursday evening, our Mctho-
dist 90 brethren" desire us to say that they
thank their friends for the help they have
given them, but one more lift" is neces-
sary to the completion of the church. The
public now have an opportunity by many
contributions to enable them soon to finish
the work, and it is hoped the entertainment
Will be of such character as to make a
pleasant and happy return for their free
will Offering. Let us all attend the con-
cert and contribute toward the good work
of finishing the new Methodist church.
Massenburg's Hotel in Henderson is a
more popular stopping place than Massen-
burg's Hotel in FranklntOn was. He has
a better place and more room here and can
keep better house. There were % per
sons stopping there Sunday and nearly as
many the Sunday before. More than 500
registered there this month, up to the goth.
Already more room is needed and Mr.. r
Perry the owner of the building is speak.
ing of running it mp another story. This
ought to be done by all means. j. z. Mas,
senburg can fill up a house that size as
easy as he can smaller one. Who says a
frst-class hotel was not needed in Hender.
son?
GauZe shirts only Is cents pair, worth
$3.50. Size IS. SO and 40. Linen collars
only 10 cents, worth Is and 20. Hats, caps
&c, at your own price.
BURwELL & Co.
WHAT FACTORIES DO FOR Town
Akron, Ohio, is not very large town but
is very prosperous one. Factories are the
cause of it. The gainesville Democrat says
Akron has 100 factories that employ s.,
500 men. The match output last yea
amounted to Sl,150,000 OF all kinds OF
5 grain 5000, 900 bushels were ground up.
This is what makes live towns and cities
5 Suppose we had manufacturing establish
/ ments that employed one-ffth that humble
OF persons, what boom it would give Hen
, derson.