The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-05-14
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

REPORTERS.
Several new advertisements Of i'm
portant land sales appear i'll this paper.
Rev. j. L. Ingle, rector Of the
Church Of Holly Innocents, is attending
the Episcopal Convention in Asheville
this week.
There is complaint among some
farmers Of scarcity of tobacco plants,
and some difficulty is anticipated on
t his account.
In the light of recent events another
lesson is taught against people jumping
at conclusions aud giving credence to
every idle rumor put in circulation by
irresponsible parties.
Advertising induces competition and
competition is the life Of business. An
advertisement in the GOLD LEAF
reaches people that cannot be APP
preached in any other way.
\ glorious rain fell Tuesday night.
1t was much needed and came in good
time. Farmers made the best Of the
opportunity thus afforded and thous-
ands of tobacco plants were set out
yesterday.
We are promised an article next
week by Mr.. Richard Marston along
the line discussed by Rev. Thos. Dixon,
Jr, of New York, as presented in this
paper week before last, on the subject
of labor and capital, etc.
Remember the basket pic mic at Clarke
and AIston's Sulphide Calcium Mineral
Springs next Monday. Music will be
furnished by the Henderson string
band. If the day is favorable there
will no doubt be a large crowd out.
Messrs. Howard and Taylor have
moved their stock of harness, saddles,
&c. to the store room in the Cooper
building. corner Main and Montgomery
streets-Lassiter's old stand-where
they will be pleased to see their friends
and customers in future.
The Germantown independent is
quite right when it says this: Any
one can tell what it means to paint
the town red but a goOd-sized white
wash brush, judiciOusly used, helps
the general appearance OF things to
much better advantage than anything
else this time of year.
In their new Book for Advertisers,
Messrs Geo. Z. ROwell & Co., the well
known newspaper advertising agents
of New York city, accord the GOLD
LEAF distinction by naming it among
1.-THE best, most widely circulated, most
influential papers at each important
center or trade throughout the whole
country"
The many friends Of Rev. and Mrs.
7. J. Ogburn deeply sympathize with
them i'll the loss of their infant child,
a bright and interesting little boy IA
months old. He had been sick about
two weeks and was thought to be i'm
proving when a change for the worse
set in and the little sufferer sank into
the peaceful sleep of death Sunday
morning.
Brother Dibrell, of the Richmond
Southern TObdccOniSt, saw something
mere than the dinner that pleased him
when he attended the bright tobacco
planters convention in Henderson. He
says:
The Ladies, Guild, of Henderson,
the pretty tobacco cap brigade. proved
well drilled waitresses-a feast for
the eyes. Faces we saw were not to
be forgotten.
The GOLD LEAF is indebted to Mr..
Joseph Terrell, of Richmond. for a
splendid new map of that progressive
city and its environments. together
with valuable and interesting data and
statistics showing its metropolitan adj
vantages. manufactures. trade and
business facilities. &c The map was
published under the auspices of the
Richmond Chamber of Commerce,
which is doing good work in the up
building of the city.
We were pleased to have calls this
week from Mr.. W. c. Dodson. dealer
in printers supplies, types, presses.
&c. Atlanta, Ga. y trust worthy and
reliable man, to do business with as
we already knew him to be. we found
him quite as pleasant and agreeble in
person and were glad to make his
acquaintance. Dodson's printers supply
depot is the largest house of the kind
In the South. and enjoys Il reputation
and patronage second to none.
n person can not exercise too great
care of their teeth. Consult Your dem
tist often and il your teeth need work
ing on have it done. You cannot
spend money to better advantage.
Sound teeth and good health usually
60 together. \ pleasant smile may
be marred by decayed or discolored
teeth; there's no better test of refine
ment than a clean, well-cared for
mouth. Then again there is another
way to look at it. Toothaehe. the
torment OF the race, is but the penalty
ofvlolated law. Nature never pardons.
she may reprieve.