The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-09-11
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE ANE
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

Mr. liatchett tells Us the 10mdhduE Will
make it's appearance again Saturday.
Mr.. Warner Watkins, of Milton, is here
this week visiting his nephew Mr.. Samue!
Watkins.
Mr.. T. II. Pittman was on the streets
again yesterday, having just come out OF
u week 5 sickness.
Mrs. DIR. V. E. Turner, of Raleigh, is
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. III. Lassi-
ter, in Henderson.
DIR. Arch Cheatham is out again after
being confined to his room couple OF
weeks with sickness.
DO YOU want to buy a secondhand
piano? Ii so you can get one at bar
gain by applying at this office.
Miss Lucy Plummer, of Middleburg,
and her cousin Miss Lucy Hamilton, of
Virginia, were visitors to our town Mon
day.
4 store house in Atlanta, Ga, is built
entirely OF paper.-Er.
We haveknownw whole towns to be built
entirely on paper.
Hon. \. II. A. Williams, OF Oxford,
who will be the next member OF Congress
from his district, was here for short
while yesterday.
Mrs. ". NJ. Watkins and Mrs. Eustice
Hunt, of Milton, and Mrs. DR.. j. l.. Wat
kins, of Durham, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Samusl Watkins in Henderson this
week
Send your children to home schools;
that is the way to build up first-class
schools in our midst, and besides life is
too short to be separated from the little
ones.
Rev. r. Van Deventer is away assisting
in a series of revival meetings at Roxo
bel. His pulpit at the Baptist church
will be occupied Sunday by Prof. j. b.
Carlisle, OF Wake Forest College.
See notice of call for O convention o.
Democratic clubs of the State, to be helt
in the city OF Raleigh Sept. oath. Ih'
call is made by J. s. Carr, President
the Association OF Democratic Clubs.
Mr. Sim Dean, who has been curing to-
bacco near Darlington 5. c., has returned
home. He says the crops are good down
there and the success of those who have
undertaken the cultivation of tobacco II
all they could reasonably wish.
Mrs Garden and her daughther Mis-
Lena left Tuesday for Hickory, whlc
place they will make their home. Mrs
Garden goes to take position in Glare
mont College, while Miss Lena will fms
her course of study at that institution.
As will be seen by reference to motto
published elsewhere, \. {. Zolhcoffe
President, issues IL call for 81 meeting
the Democratic Club, to be held In III
court house at o'clock Saturday afte
noon A full attendance is earnestly q
sired.
There is a real curiosity at Dorsey
drug store in the shape OF section OF
cabbage stalk. The piece is inch
long and weighs 3 pounds and meas
ures Ia inches around 1t was grown 8
the county poor house by Mr.. Charles
Duke, the superintendent.
S &C. Watkins are getting in lots
new fall and winter goods and have
great deal more to come. They are fai
ly going to Guido themselves this seast
and in week or two will make a form
declaration of principles" and pu
poses that will lay all Others in the shad
We were pleased to nave a call fro
Mr.. q. E. Brown, of Hamilton, last F
day. He was gathering what inform
ton he could about tobacco, the chara
ter and nature of the soil adapted to
growth, the mode of cultivation and t
methed OF handling, etc, and says ma
farmers in his section will plant it extt
sIvely next year.
\. r. Anglea, the hat and shoe III
chant, has word of warning for certa
OF his customers, as will be seen by not
in another column. You have got
goods and now he wants your none
Life is too short to wait always to
tend to little matters that could as W
be settled today or tomorrow. If V
are interested take notice and COVE
yourself accordingly.
The performances of the Fitzp atr
Family of Bell Ringers, at Burweli II
lastThursday and Friday evenings, W.
witnessed by small but well pleased u
dlences. NJ. J. Fitzpatrick is a wht
show of himself, and he is the only art
OF real merit in it. But he is hard
Deaf in his special lines, and where the
was so much laughter to be done at
acts and sayings the audience did Il