The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-03-19
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICs PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

A lot of nice sweet potato paintings
for sale at Rowland & POwell's store.
A number Of new advertisements ap-
pear in the GOLD LEAF, to which we
would invite the attention of our read
ers.
The muddy roads have had the effect
of causing the receipts of tobacco to fall
off somewhat. Much of it brought here
is shipped by rail.
The regular monthly children's SER
vice will be held at the NJ. p. church
next Sunday at AIS p. m. All are in
vited, the children especially.
NJ. Dorsey has just received another
supply of Radam's Nicrobe Killer, a
medicine which has had a remarkably
large sale since being introduced here.
telegram just received from Mr.. W.
ii. Lewis conveys the intelligence that
Mr.. Thomas +. York, one of Nash coun-
tvs most successful and well known
tobacco farmers, died at his home near
HilliardstOn at ) O'Clock this morning, of
pneumonia.
DR.. f. S. Harris is absent from his
Office in attendance upon the Annual
Convention of the Y Dung Mems Chris
tan Association of the State, which
meets in Durham to-day. He will be
away until Monday morning.
Advertising is the sun whose radi-
ance blesses and thrills and WHITES the
business and commercial world. Would
you be blessed by its genial and life
giving smiles? Space in the GOLD
LEAF can be had on reasonable terms.
Incendiaries appear to be at work
again in our sister town Oxford. She
has had two fires this week First, q
large prize house and a number of small
tenant houses Monday morning and
again Bullock & Mitchel's warehouse
Wednesday evening. Loss in the first
instance placed at SIC, 900; in the second
$4,000. Covered by insurance.
Rev. NJ. V. McDuf1ie, of New
Brunswick, New Jersey, will arrive in
Henderson Saturday night, and will
probably preach at the Baptist church.
of which he was formerly pastor, Sun
day That he will meet with a cordial
welcome at the hands of many friends
and admirers in Henderson, we need
not add.
The Home Magazine, Washington
which, under the safe and intelligent
management of Mrs. John A. Logan,
has assumed a noteworthy position in
its third year as an extremely useful
and magazine. contains an exception
ally entertaining variety of contents.
dubbed with the GOLD LEAF $l.75 a
year. Call at this office and get free
sample copy.
We take pleasure in recommending
Messrs. Howard & Taylor, Manufact-
urers of and dealers in harness, brides,
collars. saddles, &c, to persons in need
of anything in their line. They are
the only harness makers in Henderson,
and their work cannot be surpassed
anywhere. 1t is strong and substan-
of the ready made goods which you
have to pay as much for.
Barnes, Stainback & Co., Henderson's
enterprising and progressive young
elothiers and gents furnishers, come to
the front with the announcement that
they are now busy receiving their new
spring stock, which bids fair to surpass
anything of the kind ever seen in Hen
derson. Look out for their attractive
new advertisement, This wide awake
firm proposes to make things lively this
season, and moss backs and old fogies in
the business will have to take q back
seat.
Advertising is the mighty trade wind
that watts the white-winged birds of
commerce to peaceful and prosperous
ports. If you would successfully sail
the high seas of business, you can not
make too liberal use of printers ink,
judicioulsly applied. Advertising is
essential to success in any business.
and newspaper advertising is the best
as we'll as cheapest in the end. Try
it; keep on trying it, and success will
surely come.
The Memoir of Jefferson Davis, by
his wife, is out. The work is in two
volumes, Bedford Company. New York,
publishers. 1t has been delayed some
what longer than was originally in
tended, but its reception by the public
will be all the more eager on that ac-
count. We publish partial review of
the work on the first page of our paper
this week. The GOLD LEAF has re-
ceived the two volumes and it is need
less to say it prizes them very highly.
We find the following in an eX-
change. The remedy is so simple it is
worth trying 1t is said the most po-
tent, and most perfect remedy for
sleeplessness is to drink hot water. If
one wakes in the night. as hopelessly
wide awake as if galvanized or electri-
fled with vital activity, an invariable
remedy is a glass of perfectly hot-not
warm-water and slipped while almost
at boiling heat. One who tries it will
find himself going off to. sleep like an
infant, and getting. too. the most
restful and peaceful sleep imaginable.