The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-03-14


tents by Sharpe & Peoples. This is an |
asy way to furnish your house.
Read the statementof j. E. Clarke & Co..
nder the heading of "a Card in this is
ne. This announcement is made for the
benefit OF their friends and customers. that
hey may better understand certain adj
which appears elsewhere in
his paper.
Mr.. W. W. Reavis had fine jack which
ne refused $3.50 for week before last A
lay or two ago he sent the animal to the
shop to have shoes put on him.
Being hard to manage he was tied and
thrown down. In the scuf1e his thigh
bone was broken, and what was a few mo-
ments before very valuable animal, high
ly priced by his owner, is now compare
lively worthless.
What is poor farming is a question one
will not have to go far to answer. For
instance, when you see small wagon
come into town with load Of tobacco, and
60 out OF town loaded with big bale of
hay. Moral: Raise your own grass
Necs Of Oxford.
1t is this sort of thing practiced to too
great extent among our farmers that is
running the country. OF course farming
don't pay" when pursued in that way.
All in favor of establishing a cotton fac
tory hold up your right hands.
hashaahAsahsaAkhhs
The thing appears to be about unani-
&c 60 %on
then what's the matter with having it q?
Nothing but little earnest work in that
direction. Who will take hold of the mat
ter and carry it to a successful issue? 1t
can be done. The GOLD LEAF is author.
lied to start the thing with a subscription
Of $4,000. Who next? Let's hear from
others on the subject.
We have received neatly printed PAM
phlet of Al pages, being the brief and ar
gument of Mr.. w. X. Henry. of counsel for
plaintiffs, in the case of Chas. f. Cross and
Samuel Z. White, plaintiffs in error, vs.
the State of North Carolina. &c. The case
is to be argued before the Supreme Court
of the United States, on the eighteenth
inst, Mr.. Henry having already gone to
Washington for that purpose. Mr.. Henry
has worked hard for his clients and wheth.
er he is finally successful or not he de.
serves credit for the able and persistent
manner in which he has conducted the case
ONLY Too TRUE.-Our bright and en-.
PERTAINING little contemporary the Durham
Daily Sun, copies an extract from the GOLD
I Schn cd; ;ol ha IF
State. the manifest improvement displayed
and the effective work being done by the
newspapers for North Carolina, and adds
This is true. Not only is it true but it is
a gratifying sign. There is not a profession
OF industry i'll North Carolina wherein
those engaged in it work harder, endure
more or receive less pay for their services
than that of journalism. We regret to say
this, but it is a fact. The people should
arouse themselves to a more liberal appre
citation of the work of a newspaper.
Beautiful lot OF white and colored ham.
feb. 90. WATKINS.
HONE TALENT.-We publish this week 4
story written 10y Young lady Of Concord
1t is her first effort for publication and is
not without merit.-Concord Times.
The GOLD LEAF wishes it could say as
much for "homc talent" hereabouts. W.
believe there is no lack Of literary talen
sufficient to make good correspondents a
any rate-in Vance county, but it is no
properly shown. One of the best week. l.,
papers in the State (the Statesville Land
mark) has one of the largest and ables
corps of correspondents of any paper W.
know of, and this in our opinion has mucl
to do with its excellence.