The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-08-14

DullC from Nash county to Henderson.
He is capital business man. and has
the energy and pluck to make the en-
terprise grand success.-Oxford Pub
lie Ledger.
After what has been so elegantly
said by a contributor, whose article
will be found elsewhere. we need not
write about the german given compli-
mentary to Mr.. and Mrs. p. b. Clarke
and Miss Lalla Jordan, Of Birmino-
ham, Ala, at Burwell Hall last Thurs
day evening. Suffice it to say it was
very brilliant and enjoyable event in
every way.
If the writer of the article which was
mailed to us in a stamped wrapper
Tuesday, will give us his name we will
take pleasure in publishing the contri-
button. 1t is against our rule and
practice to print anything we do not
know the author of. Our friend need
not be too modest to let us know who
he is for his communication is well
written indeed.
We earnestly invite our county
friends to send us condensed news
items from their respective neighbor-
hoods. We want simply postal card
with the local news in brief To all
who will act as correspondents we will
send copy of the GOLD LEAF free
each week. 1t will make the paper of
special interest to our country friends.
| Let us hear from you.
The earliest shipment Of new tobacco
from any North Carolina market this
year, as far as we have been informed,
was made from Henderson. Our en-
terprising young tobacconist, J. P.
Taylor, shipped a tierce of this years
crop on the End of August. We doubt if
an earlier shipment than this has ever
been made in the State. Henderson is
always i'll the lead.
Mr.. l.. NJ. Warlick, member of the
firm of Strayhorn & Warlick, lawyers,
of Oxford, in certificate testifying to
the merits of Prof. Bells Eureka Scalp
Cleaner, says this of him:
Prof. Bell is polite, intelligent and
merits the confidence of everyone.
Colored men, you ought to be proud Of
such a representative of your race as
Prof. Bell. We wish you had thous-
ands just like him.
Let us work to secure more manufac-
turing enterprises for the town, more
cpaital and more people, until we make
Henderson a city of 1000 population
But to do this we must redOuble our
efforts in every way to induce outsiders
to locate and do business here. We
must have more unity of action and
less local and silly pickering which
simply tends to the general public dis
credit and hindrance.
Here is a lesson some people we
know should take to heart and act
upon. The paragraph is taken from
the Elizabeth City Economist: Peace
harmony, fraternity, Cancellation. Thes.
and these alone can bring us success
and victory. Those who take the swort
die by the sword, is the scriptural idea
Those who seek private revenge by thu
weapons Of envy, hatred. malice ant
venom, reap their retaliatory counter
parts i'll time.
Nearly every merchant takes specia
pains to keep his store looking attrac
tive. The object is to please the eys
of the customer. But first you must &c
his eye. The way to do this is by ju
dicious advertising, and under that hea(
newspaper advertising comes first
But simply putting an advertisement
in the paper is not all that is necessary
A little pains taken to have it brigh
f and attractive will pay you. Adver
Using pays those who harness it prop
, erly and make it work.
Tennis is becoming quite popular il
this bailiwick and the court OppOsit
: the Richmond & Danville depot is KEEP
busy when the weather is cool enoug
| for the sport. Each evening the ball
, and racquets are brought into requisi
: ton and Judging from the merry laugh
| ter and pleasant talk, the young peopl
enjoy themselves greatly indulging il
this exhilarating and healthful pastime
A number of those who just learne
the game are becoming very expert
and the fun, at times. is quito interest
ing.
Town is full of negroes to-day. The
!, are here for the purpose of nominatin
Republican Congressman for tn
district. The delegates with few eS
t ceptions. are all negroes. These te'
e exceptions look rather odd but apparent
5 ly feel that they are quite in their PROF
g er element among those of darker hue
!, While there is some opposition, H. t
G Cheatham, who at present enjoys tn
|, distinction of being the only negr
II elected to Congress from any State
will be nominated to succeed himself
e LATER-Cheatham was the unan
it NOUS nominee of the convention.
e An elegant line of new hats just In at
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