The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-01-08
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EACLE-EYED
REPORTERS

THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.
We believe that the world moves.
because it is easier to move than to
pay rent.
Take care Of your dimes and the
dimes will return the favor by taking
care of you.
1t is well to start boy on the right
track although it sometime takes good
deal of switching to get him there
We must all hustle this year to Sc
cure more industries for the town and
to increase the trade Of this market.
The old-time hunters horn is now a
thing of the past. The hunter oftoday
carries his ''horn'' in his inside pocket.
1t is a fact that if you have anything
worth selling, you are benefttiny the
public as well as yourself by advertising
You can have sample copies of the
GOLD LEAF mailed to your friends by
leaving their names and addresses at
this office.
Mr. Charles. II Prince, who has been
visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
b. Prince, i'll Sandy Creek, left for
Basic City Va, Monday.
Tobacco planters can get no purer
or more reliable seeds than those grown
by Maj. Ragland. See his advertise
meut in this paper and supply yourself
at once.
1t would be good idea to start the
new year by subscribing to your local
paper. If your name is on our books
already, then get your friends to sub
scribe to the GOLD LEAF.
Never shut the door when you pass
out, especially in cold weather-always
leave it wide open. People had just as
soon warm the corporation you know.
as two or three little rooms.
The friends of Mr.. Ed. T. Peoples.
former popular young salesman Of
this place, who has for several months
been living in Texas, are pleased to see
him i'll our midst again. He will return
to his new home the latter part of the
present month.
While some people croak about Hen
dersOn, not one of them can name Il
town of its size where any more bust
ness Is done. Let us draw up our long
faces and 90 actively and industriouslv
to work and make the town what we
would have it be.
The time of many of our subscribers
expires with the old year, and we ex-
tend a cordial invitation to all such to
promptly renew. Examine the date
on your address label and see how YOU
stand. Ifin arrears your remittance
will be acceptable.
As will be seen by reference to adj
yertisement in another column. MeSsrs
NJ. b. Iledgepth and c. l.. Blacknall.
of kittrell, have a lot of good young
horses and mules for sale. Cash or on
time. Parties desired to purchase
such stock would do well to call on
them.
Don't be afraid TO tell your neighbor
that the GOLD LEAF is the only news
paper published i'll Vance county. and
try to get him to subscribe with YOU.
1t costs only $50 year, and it shall
be our earnest endeavOr to make it
better paper during 1891 than ever
before.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
ing laid on Main street. 1t has been
put down from the source of supply to
where the stand pipe will be situated
and from that point on further into
town. They have a large force of hands
employed and the work will be pushed
iorword as rapidly as possible.
Desiring to make this paper a more
useful vehicle of thought and commune
cation among our readers in the
country, we renew the invitation SO
often given before, for farmers and alli-
ance men to contribute to its columns
and feel at liberty to use it to express
their views and opinions on topics of
local or public interest. Will You do it?
Mr.. Richard Marstcn got back Tues
day from England, where he went in
the summer. This was the first visit
he had paid to the ''old country since
he left, more than % years ago While
there have been many changes in that
time, of course, he says things looked
quite natural and he met many old ac-
qualntances that gave him great
pleasure.
Reader, are You a subscriber to this
paper? If you are not, you are invited
to become one, and now while you
have little spare money to spend dur
ing the festive holiday season, is good
time to do so. If you are subscriber
and are in arrears you should not spend
all your ''chink'' before paying for your
local paper. \ dollar and a half in
vested in this way will last you all the
year, while for many of the catcb-penny
purchases it will be soon gone and for
gotten.
u frlees low, goods pure, profits small at
Davis & Ross's.