The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-12-22
Letter From Ringwood.

RIGwoOD, n. c., Dec. II, 1892.
Tobacco sales made by our citizens
in Rocky Mount this week were quite
satisfactory.
Mrs. John Tyree and Mrs. DR.. Mat
thews and son have returned from the
Wilmington welcome week where they
enjoyed themselves very much. The
fireworks were the grandest ever
seen in the State and the parade, exhi-
billions, &C., were the finest. Hurrah
for our City by the Sea-" Crops are
all gathered and every one looking
around to see what is best for another
year. Don't let the rising cotton turn
your heads but prepare for home sup
plies True independence by the farmer
can only be attained by making every
thing to eat for man and beast at home,
Mr.. John Sexton, Of Nash, near the
Halifax line, is a farmer all could imi-
tate with profit. He has bought no
corn since the war; this year with a
two horse crop made one hundred and
seventy-five barrels Of corn, one hun
dred and seventy-five bushels of black
peas, all nicely gathered, peanuts, to-
bacco, cotton, ten bales, fifteen fine
hogs that will make him twenty-five
hundred pounds Of meat, forty fine
turkeys frolicing around that he will
get one dollar each for, old corn and
old hams, he is independent and don It
have to pay mortgage prices. Why
can't every farmer do so? Mr.. Sexton
made all this by steady work and
economy. so all can do. The Episco-
pal Sunday school will have Christ
mas tree on the night of December 26.
The young folks anticipate much pleas
ure.
The family of Mr. Geo. Davis who
have been so sick at Ir. Thomas H,
Taylor's, are much better.
DR.. John H. Harrison, of Brinkley-
vile, has gone to Baltimore to DR..
Chisholm to operate on his eyes. DR..
Harrison has the sympathy OF num-
Der offriends as no more popular young
man can be found in the county.
Representative-elect Woodland has
a bright future before him. Compare
lively young and exceedingly popular
making friends wherever he went dur
iny the canvass for his conservatism
and manly, noble bearing, he will
represent the district for long time
to come. 1t was very fortunate he
was selected for candidate. He was
undoubtedly the right man to be elected.
May you and all your readers have
an enjoyable season ofrealized anticipa-
tons with no undulating pillows to
disturb the even tenor of fondest hopes.
The meanest man is one for whom
YOU have labored or done favors and
because he owes you is mad with you,
yet such bipeds exist and are to be
pittied for their low, contemplate
little souls. They can't help it, but all
such will get their reward.
We have Just heard with much sor-
row of the death of Mr.. Red Pittman,
well known to you and family. MIR.
Henry Blount who is always apt in
illustrations and feeling in his pathetic
columns to his friends, thus truly
and touchingly alludes to his friend
who has passed from the scenes of this
troublous and unappreciative world:
deaths deep night has come, and our
gifted and fondy loved friend has en-
tered upon the dreamless slumber of
the grave. He was stricken with
paralysis on Thursday, in Rocky Mount,
and on Sunday his noble heart ga
cease to beat. and the current OF life
did stop in its flowing. He had his
i" aults but there was nothing low Or