The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-01-09
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACOHiCS PICKED UP HERE AND
rRERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS

REPORTERS.
Parties were here this week making
a survey OF the town with Il view to
building waterworks.
Very few changes have been made
by our merchants in their clerical force
for the new year. This speaks well for
the statesmen.
Capt. J. III. Ellis, who lives i'll War
rem county. near the Vance line, pro-
duced the largest turnip we have seen
of last years growth. 1t weighed 102
pounds.
The man who pretends not to believe
in the value of advertising is generally
the very first one to complain about
anything i'll the papers that does not
please him.-Printers' Ink.
NJ Dorsey advertises Ragland's cele-
brated tobacco seed for sale. The best
varieties for producing the finest types of
tobacco. Price 10 cents an ounce. Call
and supply yourselves early. The sooner
the seed are planted the better.
Several valuable town lots will be
sold at public auction, at - O'Clock
Saturday, by H. T. Watkins, attorney.
This is the property advertised i'll an
other column in this paper, with the
exception of the Henderson Hotel lot.
Wr. w. w. Rowland. of the enter
prising firm of Rowland & Walker plug
tobacco manufacturers, is off on an eX-
tended business trip in the interest of
their goods. 1t is gratifying to know
that they are building up an extensive
trade in this and more remote Southern
States.
The reported sale of all the big ciga-
rette concerns to Il Northern syndicate
backed by English capital, created a
ripple of excitement among the trade
here for awhile. 1t is not generally
believed that bona tide sale has been
made, but that all OF them have pooled
their interests and formed gigantic
combination for their mutual interest
and protection. However, future de-
velopments will be watched with i'll
tcreSt.
\ friend Of ours who happened to be
in the office of Davis & Gregory, the
energetic and enterprising proprietors
of the New Johnson Warehouse in
Oxford, when they received a large
shipment of tobacco from Virginia
tells lis that in one lot from Cumberland
county was Il leaf which was q feet long
and l3 inches wide. \ pretty big leaf
to be sure. but this progressive and
wide-awakc firm do things on Il big
scale.
We take pleasure in calling attention
to the advertisement of Messrs. Row
land & Powell, general merchants,
which appears i'll this paper. These
gentlemen are wholesale and retail
dealers in heavy groceries. feedstuffs,
&c, and sell ut Richmond prices. They
buy in car load lots hay. grain. meat.
meal. flour. salt. molasses. sash. blinds
and doors, and carry general assert
ment of dry goods, notions, boots and
shoes. Call on them when you want
anything in their line.
Mr. Fred Mitchell has shown us the
foot of what must have been one of
the largest owls ever killed in the
county. 1t is nearly as large as a half
grown persons hand. being 81 inches
long and inches broad. One of the
claws measured II inches. The bird
was % inches from tip to tip and while
he was not weighed Mr. Mitchell thinks
he would have pulled the seals down to
at least ten or twelve pounds. His
head was as large as mans fist. The
owl was killed by Charles Brame near
Mr.. Mitehell's place in the country one
day last week.
Rowland & Walker, plug tobacco
manufacture, DESTROYS of encouraging
the cultivation of better grade of plug
stock, with cOmmendable enterprise
and liberality offer cash premiums FOR
the best sun-cured tobacco made in
Vance county and sold in Henderson
during this year. as follows:
Best 100 pounds Wrappers. sl5. 90.
ID best 100 pounds :. $1,000.
Best 100 pounds Filters $1,000.
Cd best 100 pounds - $500.
Two pound samples shall be held by
the warehouseman when tObaccos are
sold, and committee will award pre-
miums.