The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-07-09
WIDE AWAKE MERCHANTS sltss liant ez-

The new advertisement is the fore
runner of trade
Miss Lizzie Clarke returned Friday
from pleasant visit of some weeks TO
to Lynchburg, Va.
Tuesday was a big day in Oxford.
Alllancemen were gathered there in
great numbers and the speeches were
received with enthusiasm.
Crops were feeling greatly the need
OF rain. Tobacco; cotton and corn are
sorry as general thing and the ont
look at present is anything but cncour-
aging.
Housewives should preserve and can
as much fruit as possible. The low
price OF sugar is greatly in their favor
this season and they should make the
most of it.
Alex. J. Field gives notice of having
qualified as administrator of the estate
OF Mrs. Meta A. Capehart. deceased.
Interested parties will take notice and
act accordingly.
July 18th. next Monday, the election
on the graded school will be held. So
| unanimous is everybody in favor of it
that very little is said on the subject.
There is apparently no one opposed to
the measure.
We publish this week an article Of
special interest to tobacco planters.
1t was written by an experienced and
| conservative leaf dealer who has
| watched the tendency of things very
| closely. and what he says is worthy of
consideration.
The Baptist Sunday-school had a
very enjoyable lawn party Friday
night. There was a large attendance
OF the little folks and with an album
dance OF everything necessary to make
1T delightful and successful affair,
the occasion was greatly enjoyed.
\ Crack Advertisement is not nee
essarlly the one that makes the most
! noise. Outlines good solid announce
mcnt OF your business, couched in plain
| language, will have a better effect on
the average mind than the bombastic
style. ''Judicious advertising PAYS"
-Erchange.
From the Oxford Day we learn that
the Granville Institute property has
been sold by Miss Bette Clarke TO
Rev. T. L. Faucette, of Milton. Mrs.
Faucettc, who is an experienced teacher.
will open school in the early fall, while
Miss Clark will go to some other point
i'll the State and engage i'll the same
! line of work.
Mrs r. r. Satterwhite is at Panacea
/ Springs, and friend Ruffin is doing the
! grass wid0wer act and taking his meals
I wherever and whenever he can get
them. He says when the Madam goes
away he realizes the full force and
/ effect of the saying that there is no
place like home At any rate his
is no home like place to him.
! \ physician gives the following for
malaria: Take a good sized lemon and
cut it in small pieces, rind and pulp :;
add one pint of water. Boil down to
half pint, strain and cool. Take a
teaspoonful or more. as the stomach
+ will bear it. an hour before meals. 1t
! is said to do all that has been attributed
to quinine, without affecting the nerves
or head, as quinine does.
Our young friend Master John S.
Hayden has again been promoted
/ Entering the employment of the Rich
/ mond & Danville Railroad Company
at the depot in this place under Capt
/ Voorhees,, it was not long before he
was sent to Stovall and put in charge
of the telegraph office there. Now he
has been transferred to Graham, higher
up the country and higher up in the
| line of promotion and pay.
Persons visiting Norfolk can find ex-
celent accommodations at No. 252
! East Main st. Mrs. Anna NJ. Dyson is
prepared to take transient or perma-
nent boarders on reasonable terms.
Only short distance from the ferry
wharf. convenient to the business CEN
ire of town. Immediately across the
street from the new Hotel Gladstone,
and within q few minutes walk of the
Virginia Beach railroad depot, it is
well situated either for business or
pleasure tourists to stop at.
Bat Parham says they are fairly
outdoing themselves-surpassing all
former efforts in the clothing line at
Watkins. They have largely replen-
ished their stock for the summer be-
sides having purchased upwards of
500 worth of fall and winter goods
already. This is the way they do bus
mess. They have better arrangements
for handling and showing goods in this
department than ever before, and we
are assured they are selling their full
share
The firm of Bourke & thinner, pro-
prietors of the Henderson Marble and
Granite Works. has been dissolved.
The business will be continued by Mr..
=. Bourke, Mr.. thinner remaining
with him as designer and foreman. OF
their work we need not here speak; it
shows for itself. Prompt and reliable
in his dealings. furnishing work as
good as any to be had elsewhere, and
at prices just as reasonable, we COM
mend Mr.. Bourke to those who may
have occasion need anything in his
line.
Just received, a barrel of white wine
vinegar Try it. H. THOMSON.
Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Attention is directed to the adver-
tisement to be found in another column
of this paper, of the North Carolina
College OF Agriculture and Mechanic