The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-04

A BRILLIAT MARRIAGE.

BRILLIAT MARRIAGE.
MIR. VIM. F. Hill, Of Henderson, N. c.,
to Marry the Great-Grand Niece of
George Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. August %.
Early next month Mr.. William F.
Hill, a scion Of one Of the old Cape
Fear families, but now prosperous
business man of Henderson, n. c.,
will marry Miss Landon Minor Ball.
one of the most charming ladies of this
city. The bride once spent several
months in Vance county, where she
was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Robert
l. Hicks, formerly of Ravenswood, one
of the handsomest country seats in the
State. 1 hope 1 am not too much
given in genealogy, but as Miss Ball
will soon become a North Carolinian
and be connected with several families
in our State, shall take the liberty OF
telling you who she is. Her father,
Captain George Washington Ball, is
the grand nephew and namesake OF
George Washington, and is really his
nearest living relative. The family
have at their residence, No. 1926
Pennsylvania Avenue, in this city,
many relics, which were inner
tied direct from George Washing
tons estate. Among these is Ma
sonic apron, an antique table, several
pictures and numbers of other things,
~ ,.,l,;ol, %hoxy horo uovor oopeoptod
to part, though the government would
pay handsome price for them. Miss
Balls mother, who died several months
ago, was Mary Randolph, a grand
niece of John Randolph of Roanoke.
Her young ladyhood was partially
spent at Arlington, where she was the
guest of her second cousin, General
Robert E. Lee. Her grandmother was
one of the Fairfaxes, of Greenway
Court. Miss Ball is handsome wo-
man of fine character and is in every
way worthy of her descent. She is
named for an aunt, the widow Of the
gallant Captain Robert Minor, G.. S.
n. The marriage ceremony, it is ex-
pected, will be performed by her cous-
in, the Blight Reverend Alfred Ran
dolph, Bishop of Virginia, September
18th.
The wedding will be very private on
account of the recent death of her
mother. 1t is needless to say that,
not only the Hills with their large
family connection, but everybody in
North Carolina, will extend to her a
most cordial welcome.
The above is from the special Wash
ington correspondent of the Raleigh
State Chronicle. The young gentleman
referred to is son of Mr.. Fred Hill
of this place. and will be remembered
as having lived here awhile fe"
years ago. The marriage has already
been solemnized, change being made
in the original program. 1t took place
last week and was very quiet affair
for reasons mentioned.
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Guinea Pigs for Sale.
have a nice lot of Guinea Pigs for
sale at 81 so per pair.
sep 4 +. "A. STRAUsE.
THEIR NEWSPAPERS DID IT.
The Cause Of the Boom Of Oxford
and Henderson.
Granville and Vance counties have
just cause to be proud of their thrivin
and prosperous towns. They have
sprung up from mere small villages il
a few years to thriving and prosperous
towns that will do credit to any coun
ties in the State, having sprung up like
magic, and now the question arise.
what has been the cause of this sudden
boom? Was it by the lavished be
stowal of money by it's people to make
the place attractive and induce men o.
capital to locate and build up the towns
and build up attractions to induce al
increase of populations? This was mo-
the case, for capital would have never
found out that there were such places
as Oxford and Henderson if it had mo-
been for the excellent newspapers pub
lished at each of these places.
The thrift and progress Of towr
depends largely upon the paper that il
published there, and who conducts it
Henderson ought to be proud of thu
GOLD LEAF, for it has been one of the
main causes of the thrift and prosperity
of the place, for ink and good practica
sense have been lavishly used in Undue
ing migration. Every inducemen1
that could be offered have been strongly
set forth, and the advantages shown tt
the outside world. This statement ap
plies to the Oxford Public Ledger a.
well, as tits undoubtedly the best news
paper ever published in Granville ant
certainly has the farmers interests a
heart, and should be a welcome visitor
to every fireside in the county.
Every thriving town should make i
a duty incumbent on it's citizens tt
not only encourage their home paper
with words of praise, but see that the
finances of the paper are sufficient tt
enable the editor to publish a paper
with an eye single to the prosperity o
the town.
The inhabitants of both Henderson
and Oxford ought to be very proud tina
they have such papers as the COLL
LEAF and Public Ledger published il
their towns. Remember one fact, nj
editor can publish good paper unless
he is backed up by both town ant
county, and the more patrons he ha'
the better paper he can publish. 1
takes money to make any enterprise 6
success. l have been a farmer all my
life and have noticed that merchants o.
any class of business that did the mos
advertising always did more business
than those that did not, and it will con
| tinue to be so. FARMER.
The above is taken from the Oxfort
Public Ledger. We thank our unknown
friend, the writer. for his kind word
about this paper. We appreciate thu
high estimate he places upon it. ant
| the credit en- it as a business enter