The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-06-19
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
IoCALLACONIcS PICKED UP HERE AND
THEREBY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.
Bear in mind that the township con-
yentions are to be held Saturday.
We want regular correspondent at
every post office in the county to send
u the news.
Hand this paper to your neighbor
after YOU are done with it and get him
to subscribe.
The thrifty girl graduate will wear
dress that will also serve for bridal,
SAYS the Philadelphia Record.
Don't put off till tomorrow what you
can do to-day, but come right up and
subscribe. Only $3.50 year, cash in
advance.
Mr.. 4. J. Mitchell brother of Messrs.
T. J. and F. G.. Mitchell, who has been
living in Florida for some months, has
returned to Henderson.
The prosperity of our manufacturing
establishments has given the whole
town a business boom this Spring. Let
us have more Of them.
What has become of the Chamber of
Commerce? Has the organization gone
off on summer vacation? We have
heard nothing from it lately.
One of Rev. Thomas Dixon favorite
lectures is entitled 9 Playing the Fool"
Many people know how to do it with
out paving him to tell them.
You are going on the excursion to
Norfolk June both, Of course. A pleas
ant trip is promised all. See adver
tisement in another column.
1t is a duty the public owe, and one
they should take pride and interest
in performing, to extend every real
encouragement to our military company.
Crops throughout this section are
promising. They have been worked
we'll as general thing and the late
rains have put them in excellent grow
ing condition.
Chavasse and Macy's bonanza eX-
cursion to Norfolk the 3Oth inst, is
growing in popular favor and will, no
doubt, be great success. Nearly
everybody is going on it.
The farmers were never Ill better
spirits at this season of the year over
the bright crop prospects than they are
now. If everything continues as tav-
Orable from now on they will be fixed
next fall.
Wheat has been cut but very little
has been threshed out yet. The yield
will be small, not as large as was eX-
pected some weeks back, although 1t
was then known that the crop was a
poor one.
We would impress upon every Demo
crat the Importance OF attending his
township convention next Saturday.
Go and send good men as delegates to
the county convention which meets on
the 2Sth.
DIR. Frank s. Harris requests us to
say he will be absent from his office
next week in attendance upon the
North Carolina Dental Association
which meets this year at Wilmington
Address, Orion House.
Every good Democrat should attend
his township primary next Saturday
and see that good men are selected as
delegates to the county convention
Do not stay away and afterward com.
plain of what is done.
Have you the interest of your tow
at heart: Do you want to see more
people becoming citizens? Are YOU
working with that end in view? Thes'
are questions we hope every man il
Henderson will take to himself.
Having candidate of our own fo
Solicitor. of course it will not do t,
send anything but solid delegation
from this county for him to the Distric
convention July 3rd. Attend you
primary next Saturday, then. and set
to this.
Durham is going to have a Land an,
Improvement Company and is ais
taking steps to organize two factories
one a large cotton mill, on the coop
Grafton plan. Durham is one of tn
truly progressive towns of North Caro-
lima.
Do not fail to attend the TOWNSHIP
convention next Saturday. The onl
way to get good delegates to atten
the county convention is for good me
to select them. You have no right t
neglect this important duty and the
find fault afterwards.
We are getting anxious to see tn
water works company begin to thro'
dirt and lay pipes along our street:
They bought material and gave order
fer machinery TO be made some tim
ago, but we want to see them Operatin
at this end of the line.
Remember Vance county has car
didate for Solicitor. Go to your towI
ship convention and elect delegates I
the county convention who will SUI
port him in that convention. Let l
send solid delegation to Rocky MouI
July Bird. for W. r. Henry.