The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-01
Correspondence of the Nashville Argo-
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[ Correspondence VI tit aiSo-
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HENDERSON, \. c., April IA, 1890.
EDITOR ARGoNAUT:-There was a rous-
ing railroad meeting held here last week
in the court house in the interest of build
ing road from this point to Nashville,
in your county. Mr.. Arthur Arlington
was present, and being called upon, re-
sponded in a speech of some length, Civ
ing d description of the country through
which the proposed road would pass. He
said nature had almost graded the road
from here TO Nashville, and that $780,
900 would grade and place cross ties in
position. He assured us that the differ
ent townships in Franklin and Nash
through which the road would pass were
willing to subscribe literally to the road.
Both the Nash and Henderson people
know the advantage of such connec-
ton, and we stand ready and willing to
subscribe literally to this road. Let us
go to work and build the road, and let
our people be united by links of steel
Politics is becoming to be interesting
in this section. the interest being conferred
principally in the Solicitorship. Mr.. W.
4. Henry, of Vance, is a candidate for
this position, and as a matter Of course
Vance certainly is, and will remain solid
for Mr.. Henry. The truth is, our county
is proud of Mr.. Henry, and the reputa-
ton he has made as q lawyer. He has
been at the bar for ten years and has al
ways been a student, pains-taking and
ambitious, and has taken very high rank
in the profession; and is to-day pro-
nounced by many of the older lawyers, as
being the best criminal pleader in North
Carolina. In addition to his deep and
profound knowledge of the law, he is
pleasing, persuasive, and at times elo-
quent before a jury. He has been fire.
quently engaged in the most noted cases,
before his home courts, and at Raleigh,
notably among them, the Cross and
White case, which he carried by appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, and there argued his case, with
great intellectual force, thereby obtain
ing complimentary notices from the lead
ing Washington, New York and Balti-
more papers, as well as receiving hearty
congratulations from prominent men,
bers of the Washington bar. Here | will
add that perhaps Mr.. Henry was the
youngest attorney who has ever been adj
mitted from North Carolina, to the bar
of the Supreme Court. In addition to all
his well-ftted qualifications for Solicitor,
he has other claims that ought to be con-
sidered. This end of the district has
never been represented In this judicial dis
trict, while the Eastern portion has, hav-
ing now the Judgeship and Solicitorship.
Mr.. Henry has always been a live and
progressive Democrat, always taking
great interest in thepolitics of his county
In the last campaign he canvassed largely
the Eastern portion OF the State, paying
his own expenses and making a favora-
BILE and lasting impression upon the peo-
pie, wherever he was heard. There is
another fact that [ can, and do, with
great pride refer to. Mr.. Henry is now
engaged, and has been for some time, in
writing a law book, and from comments
of those who have examined many chap
tiers that have been finished, pronounced
a success, or rather it will cover field sc
needful to the profession, that it will un
questionably be a great success. Th'
book will be confined to criminal law, an(
it's procedure.
Toi let soaps at Parker's new drug stor
from cents up to so cents a cake.