The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-02
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE By OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.


As clever and successful excursion
managers Capt. Thomas II. Chavasse
and Capt. Henry Macy are intended
to go up head.
\ customer in ones place Of bust
ness, is better than a cuss to mar ones
business place by loafing around and
INDUCING i'll dirty chat.
Our people should look carefully
after the sanitary condition of their
premises. An ounce of protection is bet
ter than pound OF cure.
Mr.. and Mrs II. I. Watkins have
commenced housekeeping, taking up
their residence of Moss Hill in the
dwelling next to DR.. Moss.
DIR. V. f. Turner former well
known citizen Of Henderson, but now
of Raleigh, spent Sunday here the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Lassiter.
Mr. w. f. Smith our excellent young
merchant tailor, leaves us this week
to make his home in Birmingham, Ala,
where he has accepted good position.
ID. w. Hardee advertises a car load
of lime just received. He has secured
from the manufacturers sole control of
this territory and can meet all compe-
ton from whatever source.
Attention is directed to the advertise
ment of Littleton High School for boys
and young men and to Henderson
Female College for young ladies, which
will no found in thiS paper
1t is indisputable that more cases of
dyspepsia, Indigestion, weak stomach,
bilious and gastric arrangement are
cured by Humphreys Specific No. ten
than by all other remedies put together.
An exchange says: s'Never judge
man by appearances. A shabby old
coat may contain ali editor, while the
man wearing a high plug hat and sport
ing dude cane may be delinquent
subscribers
A bachelor is a man who knows
more about buttons than babies-T.
II. Chrystdl IN n. y. Morning Journal.
And an old maid is one who always
knows more about raising babies than
the mother does.
Miss Carrie Coghill returned home
last week from Westminster. Nd,
where she has been at school. 1t will
be gratifying to her friends to learn
that she won first medal again this
wear, distinction which she enjoyed
last session.
A large crowd went on the eXcur-
sion to Norfolk Tuesday. Sixteen
coaches were full when the train left
Henderson and several hundred more
were to get on between here and Wei
don. Chavasse and Macy always catch
'em.
The Fourth of July will be big day
in Greensboro. The GuilfOrd Battle
Ground celebration will doubtless attract
some from Henderson. The editor of the
GOLD LEAF acknowledges receipt of
an invitation from the managers to be
present.
At this season of the year distinctions
should be used freely about the prem
ises. Nothing better to sprinkle in
such places as need cleansing than
lime. d. w. Hardee has just received
car load which he advertises to sell
very cheap.
Circumstances alter cases. For in
stance, if we follow the injunction
to always lain above the mark, - when
we undertake to kiss a girl the seal
of affection would be imprinted upon
her nose instead of her cherry red lips
as nature intended.
This paper has always been a strong
advocate of patronizing home enter
prises, and where one possesses merit
it takes pleasure in saying so. You
know what you are putting your money
in when you buy Crow Il Marston's
vehicles. Their work is tirst-class and
always satisfactory.
\ car load of beautiful cut stone from
the Greystone Granite quarries, three
miles from town, was shipped to
Raleigh Tuesday for use in the new union
depot This company by the way has just
secured large contract to furnish
cobble or paving stone for the city of
Norfolk, undertaking all competitors.
The Oxford Day says:
The Hon. Jerry Simpson, of sockless
fame, will be one of the distinguished
speakers at the Farmers Alliance
rally in Oxford July 7. Those who
have been led by newspaper fun to be-
lleve that he is clown, will find that
they are mistaken in their estimate of
the man. He has brains and educa-
ton, and is a good talker.