The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-01

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ing increase your own happiness. The
man should not be forgotten.
Now Is good time to come and pay
the back subscription and renew for
1891.
The time of many of our subscribers
expires with the old year, and we ex-
tend cordial invitation toall such to
promptly renew. Examine the date
on your address label and see how you
stand. fin arrears your remittance
will be acceptable.
Pay up your subscription to your To-
cal paper before the ''pale boatman"
comes to row you to yonder shore. He
is liable at any time to call upon you
with his summons, and you should be
ready to accompany him and pick out
your harp. -Painesville Democrat.
Don't be afraid to tell your noighbor
that the GOLD LEAF is the only news
paper published in Vance county, and
try to get him to subscribe with you.
1t costs only $3.50 year, and it shall
be our earnest endeavor to make it a
better paper during 1891 than ever
before.
The GOLD LEAF is indebted to Sena-
tor Vance for copy of his recent able
speech in the Senate on the Force bill.
1t is 4 clear, strong and convincing ar
gument and should entitle this great
tribune ofthe people to the thanks OF
every one who views this Infamous
measure as he does.
1t is well understood by fair-minded
business men that local enterprises are
dependent Oh the newspaper, while the
newspaper is, to a certain extent. de-
pendent on local enterprises. When
the enterprises ignore the newspaper,
the newspaper must retaliate in kind
Lancaster On. H. Democrat.
The Christmas number of the Jour.
nalist (New York; the leading paper O
its kind in the country. contains,
among other excellent things. an illus
tratcd article descriptive Of ''News-
paper Stereotyping'', written by Ed
win Arlington, long known to our read
ers by his New York Letter.
Desiring to make this paper more
useful vehicle of thought and communi-
cation among our readers in the
country, we renew the invitation Sc
often given before, for farmers and ALI
ance men to contribute to its columns
and feel at liberty to use it to express
their views and opinions on topics o
: local or public interest. Will you do it
Readers who are wondering wha
| they shall send absent relatives o
| friends for New Years present ar
reminded that years subscription tt
the GOLD LEAF only costs $3.50, ant
being a veritable letter from home
would probably give more pleasure t.
the absent ones than any ten dolla
gift you could send.
Mr.. George w. Bromell, of the Law
renceville, Va, Gazette, spent the hol
DAYS in Henderson. We are pleased
to know that the past year has bee
reasonably prosperous with him, tn
enterprise he is connected with proving
as successful as was expected for be
ginning in a small town. Honest, in
dustrious, straightforward and well
meaning, he deserves all the success h
may have.
Solomon was wise beyond his times
1t is not in reason to suppose that h
had the modern newspaper i'll his min'
when he wrote There is that scatter
eth and yet increaseth; and there is tina
withhold eth more than is meet, but
tendeth TO poverty" but the saying al
plies to newspaper advertising just a
surely as if it had been written in thes
latter days of the 10th century.-Dul
ham Globe.
Prof. Luther b. Edwards, a talente
Young son of Vance county, who
teaching in the graded schools at Dul
ham, spent the Christmas holidays Wit
the sold folks at home'' near this tow
After graduating at Chapel Hill /
taught for awhile in the graded schoo
of Winston. and since talking with hi
we are more enthusiastic on the sui
ject of having a graded school in IIel
derson than ever before.
Reader, are you a subscriber to tn
paper? If you are not, you are invite
to become one, and now while yC
have little spare money to spend du
ing the festive holiday season, is a GOO
time to do so. If you are a subscribe
and arc in arrears you should not sper
all your ''chink' before paying for yol
local paper. A dollar and half il
vested in this way will last you all IL
year, while for many of the catcb-penr
purchases it will be soon gone and TO
gotten.
Mr.. w. w. Reavis s'set 'em up
number of his friends Christm
morning, in the shape Of the regulate
drink of the season. The spread WI
set in a room separate from the ma
place of business and for awhile it W;
popular but vuiet resort for those wi
had been let into the secret. Mr., Jon
was the compounder of the prescriptio
and having the very finest materials
command his ssmedicine' was pr
nounced by all who tried it to be
good egg-nog rs could be made by al
body.
One of the richest musical cntertai
ments Henderson audience has III
the pleasure of enjoying was that
Madame Fry's Concert Company
: Burwell Hall last Saturday evenin
, From the high reputation that pr
coded them much was expected. II
| was the audience disappointed. Ma
anne Fry and her three daughters a
true artists in their line. while Nj
Cheney is bright and winsome lit
woman, as attractive in person as S
is artistic and pleasing as an elocutio
: ist. Want of space prevents as e
+ tended a notice in these columns AS t
ladies and their very meritorlous pc
formance deserve.
Rev. W. L. Cuninggim. the nt
, pastor of the Methodist Episcol
4 church. preached his first sermon to