The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-03-06
CAROLINA CULLINGS.
What is Going On in the Old North
State, as Recorded by Her lntelll-
gent and Wide-aVake News
papers.


s beginning to boom.
The new Board of Commissioners
# the town of Winston have elected
capt. D. P. Mast Mayor, and Vernon
W. Long editor of the Winston Sentinel,
Secretary and Treasurer, for the term
IF two years.
At the next convention of the Epis-
,opal church, to be held in Tarboro,
Hon. Kemp 2. Battle is to read
paper on the laymen Of the church in
North Carolinalin colonial times, and
Rev. J. B. Cheshire is to read one on
The colonial clergy.
We learn from reliable source that
a new and handsome hotel for Winston
during this year is one Of the assured
facts. 1t will cost between $75, 900
and 100000 dollars, and will likely be
built in the western portion of our
Daily.
r. B. PEBBLES, Esq, of Northamp-
ton, says the departure Of the negroes
from the Black District will ensure a
Democratic Congressman from that
and that in all probability it
will secure a full Democratic delegation
from Halifax and Northampton in the
Legislature.-StateC Chronicle.
The National angler says that the
North Carolina sounds are to furnish
the future supply of oysters to the
Atlantic cities. Friends. cOuntrymen
and lovers of the old State, guard your
valuable treasure. SchOlasticus once
had a goose that laid a golden egg, etc.
City Economist.
A registered letter was mailed in
Warrenton, this State, on 1st of Febru-
airy for party in Greenville, and was
not delivered to him until the 10Th.
Nineteen days to 60 less than hun
dred miles. This gives some idea as to
the slackness in which the mail service
is conducted at present.-Greenvi1le
Reflector.
The late E. J. Lilly left by the pro-
visions of his will the sum of IS, 900 to
the Hay Street Methodist church-a
liberal bequest in unison with the
generosity witch marked his devotion
to the cause of Christianity and the
interests of vital goodness during an
honored and useful life.-Fayetteville
Observer.
The Spirit Of the Age has been en-
larged to an eight page paper. We
congratulate Mr.. Whitaker upon this
evidence of prosperity, and hope that
his paper may have larger circulation
in the future than it has ever enjoyed.
1t deserves the patronage ofevery tenn
perance man in the State.-Raleigh
Tisitor.
The negro exodus seems to have
lost the ''black district to the North
Carolina Republicans, but in proportion
to their despair will be the desperation
Of their fight i'll the next campaign.
The brunt Of the struggle will be for
a foot-hold in the next Legislature, but
they will resort to colonize in doubtful
Congressional districts.-Fayetteville
Observer.
Mr.. Clemmons Alsbrook says that a
small pig seemingly died at his home,
and was dragged off for dead. About
day and a half afterwards it was
heard to squeal, and upon investigation
the buzzards had pecked some flesh
from the side Of his month. The pig
was carried home and was fed and is
as fine pig as he has.-Scotland Neck
Democrat.
Mr.. W. K. Vanderbilt, ofNew Y ork,
and his party passed through Winning
ton last night in special vestibule train
going North from Florida. When the
train reached this city, the millionaire
tourist gladdened the he hearts of his
trains crew by making each of them
a cash present, beginning with the con-
ductor and going down to the porter
Wilmington Messenger.
Three carloads of exodusters passed
through the city this afternoon, via
Atlantic Coast Line, en- route from
Scotland Neck to Louisiana. Peg Leg
Williams, we are informed was on the
train with them. One colored man
told us that Peg Leg would cease his
operations in North Carolina with the
present crowd, until next fall.-Golds
boro Dispatch.
Our worthy friend, Joe Caldwell, i.
a most remarkable man in many re-
spects. Like any business man, he i.
devoted to his calling, and goes so fal
as to say that he had rather be al
editor than to have the best offic.
within the gift of the people. Every
body who knows Joe Caldwell is sur,
that he means what he says, but sucl
men in these days, are few and far be
tween.-Raleigh Visitor. -- --s.s
The Star does not generally boast o
what it is doing, but it cannot refrain
from giving thanks to its many friends
on the c. F. & Y. V. r. R., who show
their good will to this journal by sub
cribing in such numbers. Last nigh
twenty-seven new subscribers to tn
daily Star were received, and last weel
seventeen were put on the list-makins
forty-four within the last ten days.
w limlnStOn Star.
Wake county is coming to the from
in connection with trotting horses
Captain B. P. Williamson's breedin.
farm is one of the township sights
Mr.. w. P. Bachelor has just been pre-
scented by Mr.. Dean Loge, of Albany
n. Y, with Oberon, son of Messen
ger Duroc, and probably the fastest o
his sons. Messenger Duroc has seven
teen performers in the 2:3O list, an,
seven of them have records of 2:23
and better. His sons have seventeen
with records of 2:3O and better, an,
his daughters twelve with records from
2:30~ to 2:104-Col. F. A. OIds il
Wilmington Messenger.
Who invented the Telephone?
this question is asked in any audienc,
in our land, the answer will be Edison
Yet this not true, for the first tele
phone patented in the United State
was invented by DR.. James Davis, Q
Fayetteville. He also invented th