The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-04-02

A beautiful carpet has been put on
the floor of the Episcopal church, and
adds much to its already handsome in
terror.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. +. Clarke desire to
publicly extend their thanks to every
person. white and cOlored. who rem
dered service in protecting their prop
erty from the fire Saturday night.
Jim Elam has got another eye. a
few days ago he dropped his glass one
which was inserted III place Of the
diseased member taken out by DIR.
Arch Cheatham a while back-and
broke it.
Mrs. De Wolf and daughter Miss
Susie, of Massachusetts. who have
been spending the winter in Henderson,
where they have made many friends,
left for their home yesterday. They
will probably return next fall and
make this their permanent home.
Capt J. J. Laughinghouse and Mr..
r. r. Gotten. two Of Pitt county's
largest tobacco planters and most pro-
gressiye business men, were here this
week selling tobacco at Cooper's. and
received fine prices. Come again,
gentlemen, and sell upon the Invest
tobacco market in \. c.
Guy Bros Minstrels had a good
sized audience at Opera Hall Saturday
night. Some of the musical specialties
were excellent, the barrel jumping was
good, the rubber man was remarkably
elastic, and the brothers. Geo. r. and
w. II. Guy, were especially good in
whatever they undertook.-St. Adams
(Ver.) Messenger.
The series of revival meetings which
have been conducted at the Presbyte-
rian church for more than a week past,
have been brought to close. The
paster Rev. Alexander Sprunt, was
ably assisted by Rev. Joseph Rennie,
OF Oxford, part Of the time. Some eX-
cellent sermons were preached by both
gentlemen, and the meetings resulted
in much good being done. Several
persons prOfessed conversion.
1t is real treat to 60 through S. &
{. Watkins clothing department and
have Bat Parham show you his ruperb
line of goods. They have a larger
stock than ever this season and of a
better quality. Beautiful shades,
newest styles, superior make, perfect
fit. And when it comes to gents fur
nishing goods, neck wear. hats and
shoes, there seems to be no end. Go
and see them. 1t will do you good TO
examine such goods.
The Durham Consolidated Land and
Improvement Company has a large
and attractive advertisement running
III a number of our exchanges. The
Company controls 2S5 acres of land,
and makes "a most liberal and remark
able announcement as to it's aims and
objects, &c. Mr.. J. S. Carr is Presi-
dent, Col. a. B. Andrews Vice-Presi-
dent, and Mr.. R. H. Wright Secretary
of the Consolidated. Durham is live
and growing town and money put into
this or any other enterprise with which
such gentlemen as those named above
are connected, will be we'll invested.
Upon their second visit to Cornwall, ,
Canada, the Herald of that place said
this of Guy Bros Elite Minstrels,
which are billed to appear at Burwell
Hall next Monday evening:
Guy Bros favorite minstrel COM
pany is to be here tomorrow nj ght to
amusd the people in Cosmopolitan Hall
This company is well-known and
always gives good show here. We
rather take pleasure in calling atten-
ton to their advertisement, because
they never allow anything 'loud'' in
their show, as is so common among
travelling troupes. Any lady can
safely visit their exhibition with no
fear of hearing anything but gentle
manly language.