The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-02-12
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

Superior Court will open next Monday.
Judge Whitaker will pseside.
Mr. W. l.. Hopkins, of Havana, n.
Y, is visiting his brother-in-law Mr..
NJ. b. Prince, at his home a few miles
from Henderson.
To the Henderson GOLD LEAF: For
Heavens sake what is Pokine?-WilsOn
Adranee Why, Pokine is Pokine, of
course. What in thunder did you think
1t was?
Sales of tobacco have been quite
heavy this week. Prices are sitter
than awhile back, and the backbOnes
of the farmers are correspondingly
stronger.
Miss Mary Belts, of Richmond, who
has been visiting the family of her
brother Mr.. S. B. Belts, returned to
her home last week, much to the regret
Of number of friends and admirers.
Wonder what has become of the bill
Congressman Cheatham expected to
get through at this session providing
for a public building in Henderson
We trust it may yet be forthcoming.
Miss Corinne Scales, sister of Mrs.
T. j. Mitchell, who has been spending
some time very pleasantly in Hender-
son, where she has many friends, will
leave to-day for her home at Blount
Springs, Alabama.
We hear nothing now about the pro-
posed railroad into Nash county. 1t
was thought some time ago it would
certainly be built, but it requires a
of the imagination to see it that way
now.
Sheriff Smith gives notice of the
times and places he will visit through
out the county for the purpose of col
lecting taxes now due. Be ready to
take his receipt when he gets around to
you. See advertisement elsewhere in
this paper.
The man who observed that the
large rivers generally happened to run
close to the large cities, has now dis
covered that the firms that do the
largest amount of business generally
happen to have the largest advertise
ments in the papers.-Dansville (N.Y. }
Breeze.
Mr.. H. H. Burwell yesterday rented
Burwell Hall to Mr.. James S. Poy-
thress, who will manage it in future.
1t is his intention to induce good COM
panies to come here and to conduct the
Hall in such manner as to win the COM
incubation and merit the patronage of
our Dlay-pOinp peODle
We have come to the conclusion that
the county seat papers are the best. If
a man reads at all, he is pretty likely
to read his county paper for the local
and legal news. If he is a man who
reads the large dailies he will be sure
to want the county paper to see what
his neighbors are doing.-Dudley E.
Jones.
DR.. Frank S. Harris will read a
paper next Monday night at the Young
Mems Rooms on 1.-The Teeth" He
will describe the construction and work
of these important organs and give
some plain hints as to the care they
should have. There will be no charge
for admission and all are invited.
Prof. S. B. Nye, the oculist and OPP
tician, who is stopping at Massenburg's
Hotel, is not stranger in Henderson.
He has done work here in the past,
having visited the town professionally
as far back as eighteen years. Each
succeeding visit he makes new friends
apfew patrons. Did his work not
stand the test this would not be so.
The sermon of Rev. W. l.. Cunig-
GIN, preached in the Methodist Prot
estant church Sunday night. on the oc-
caslon of the union service, was list
ened to by very large congregation.
II was an able and interesting dis
course, and was the subject of much
favorable comment. Mr.. Cuniggim
has made many friends in Henderson
during the short tine he has been
amongst us.
1t will be gratifying to us if those of
eur subscribers who are in arrears, or
who have not paid their subscription
for the present year, will call and do so
next week while in town attending
court. We say this by way of re-
minder, because we know that in most
cases this ''little matter fails to re-
ceive attention purely from neglect
nothing else. Look at the date on
your address label this week and see
how you stand.
Henderson has gained largely by the
location of the Allen & Ginter factories
at that point. A third building is now
being erected and fourth will follow
n soon as this one is completed. This
great concern buys largely on the Hen
derson market. And just as the Allen
4 Ginter people make Henderson their
headquarters, so the W. S. Kimball
Co., OF Rochester, does its buying
largely and its Stemminy ut Oxford =