The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-10-09

10 see MIN. See advertisement In an
other column and govern yourselve
accordingly.
We have just added to our assert
ment of advertising display type a 10
of new faces which we are anxious t.
employ in setting up some more at
tractive business announcements 70
our live and enterprising merchant
and warehousemen. Can we serv,
you, gentlemen
Only short time remains before tn,
election and Democrats have much t,
do in order to achieve a glorious victory
Let them be up and be stirring them
selves for mutual good. Every maj
must get into the ranks and work fol
all he is worth until the polls clos,
next November.
Henderson is not ashamed of the pas
! or the present, but she is looking steadi
! ly in the eye of the future with the in
tention of improving every opportunity
! that will be calculated to promote hel
growth and prosperity, and make he1
an important manufacturing point anl
railroad centre.
Tobacco! Tobacco !! There has been
oceans of it, so to speak, here for the
past week, and to-day all the ware,
houses are full. Large shipments
have been made from the Eastern part
Of the State and some of the most
prominent farmers of that section are
in town with their product.
The trading public appreciate the
fact thai H. Thomson is one of the
cheapest and most reliable merchants
in Henderson. And to keep up this
reputation he has bought very large
and varied stock and will strive to
maintain reputation for lowest prices
consistent with good quality and honest
quantity.
What do you think of Watkins big
advertisement OH the fourth page Of the
GOLD LEAF? When you see a firm
exhibiting such enterprise they mean
business. Read carefully what they
say and then visit their mammoth es-
Enlistment and see what they have in
stock and take advantage of the great
bargains they are offering this season.
Mr.. Angela, the shoe and hat man of
Henderson, is back from the Northern
markets where he has been to purchase
new stock and tells us he bought bet
ter class of goods this season than he
has ever done. He is now busy re-
ceiving and opening the same, and in
vites his friends and the public generally
to call and see what he has in store for
them.
A scene of great activity is present.
ed at the Graystone granite quarries
below town. At both quarries, Linehan
& Co.'S and the Graystone Granite and
Construction Co., of which Mr.. J. E.
Stagg is manager, large forces of hands
are employed and considerable quanti-
ties of stone for building purposes and
for paving streets, &C., are shipped to
distance.
Says one of our exchanges, and with
a great deal of truth: Some people
raise the objection that everything is
now sold at so small a margin of profit
that they cannot afford to advertise.
This is just why they should advertise.
Where is the advantage of selling
particularly cheap or offering especial
ly great bargains if the people are not
made aware of them?
The VIM. H. S. Burgwyn & Co.
tobacco manufacturing concern has
been merged into corporation called
The Burgwyn Bros. Tobacco Co., with
$500 capital, all subscribed, with
privilege of increasing to $500, 900.
Col. VIM. H. S. Burgwyn is President
and general manager. The company will
manufacture both chewing and smok-
ing tobacco. We will have more to
say about this next week.
The Durham and Oxford papers pro-
nOunce the Colored Aristocracy Com
pany fraud. The company" as it
appeared in those places after canceling
its date here, was onlya remnan Ofits
former self, and appears to have been
the poorest part at that. 1t seems
the concern went to pieces in Green's
boro, which was the connection" they
failed to make when they were comm. |
this way.
We call the attention of our readers to |
the splendid display OF advertisements in
the columns Of the GOLD LEAF. The
firms represented here are the leading
business men of Henderson. The enter
prise they display in advertising and
otherwise in conducting their business
should be appreciated by every one. 1t
will pay you to read our advertisements |
and keep posted as to where to buy.
Heretofore Messrs. S. s. c. Watkins |
have been known as the Merchant
Princes" of Henderson. But a look at |
their big advertisement on the fourth
page of the GOLD LEAF this week and
a visit to their immense establishment
with varied and extensive assort-
ment of merchandise of every descrip-
ton from the first floor to the top, is
enough to make you exclaim ''W(h)at-
kings these merchants be-"
These are busy days in Henderson.
Large quantities of tobacco and other
farm produce are heing sold and mer-
chants have their hands full. But no
business men knows better how to ham
die large volumes of trade with more
case and to greater advantage than
those of Henderson. No warehouse
men pay more for the farmers tobacco,
md no merchants offer greater bar
gains in selling them goods, than ours,
Is will be seen from our ADVERTISING