The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-01-12
We have heard of some cases o

t! at the insistence OF man paving
h:> honest debts is religion OF the prac-
tlcal. robust kind,
The Gem Saloon. Adams & Harris,
propriCtOrs. receives favorable COM
mpnt from every person who visits the
place. Strangers are especially pleased
aid surprised that Henderson has such
a handsome and deliberately fitted up
cs Enlistment Of the kind.
Mai. J. F. Harris adve-ti>es to sell
fcs cash. to the highest bidder. at pub
| Ii auctin.I. o. Tuesd ". January Oath.
a the rent corn, fOpder. shucks. &C..
made on the Yancy farm, near Mid
dIeburg. Sale will take place at IL
o clock. a. M. on the premises.
The climax of cold weather was
rc:ahed Tuesday night, which was
d. cdedly the severest Of the season.
L &c mercury was down to 4 above
Ze~o at o'clock Wednesday morning.
T lis is the coolest weather experienced
h reabouts in a good many years.
1t would be better at this particular
time, while the weather is so bitter
cod. and there is suffering and desti-
tn ion in the land, TO give the poor
arl needy few scuttles full of coal or
a dozen sticks of woods, than heap red
hot Goals on the heads of your enemies.
Gov. Holt has offered a reward of
- 10 for the apprehension of the muir
derers of Ned Parker. the negro who
was brutality murdered by two white
m"n in the edge of Warren county
some weeks ago, an account Of which
was published in the GOLD LEAF at
the time.
Carlo, the old and well known dog
Of DR.. Dorsey, is dead. He was about
9 years old and no member of the
canine family in Henderson was a
mere conspicuous character. Carlo
WIS virtuous, self-respecting dog,
intelligent beyond his tribe and was a
great favorite with all who knew him.
t is creditable to the health of the
town that in place the size of Hen
derson, with more than 5000 inhabi-
tar.s, there was not single death
am ong its people during the month of
De ember. That is the report made
by DR.. Arch Cheatham, Public Health
OFF Ger. What other town in the State
of ike size can show as good record?
rs will be seen by reference to adj
ver,isement in another column, the
fri Of Drs. w. T. & A. Cheatham
has been dissolved by mutual consent.
THY call upon all persons indebted
to them to settle their accounts that
they may straighten up their business
affairs. DR.. Arch Cheatham will prob
abb move to Durham, while DR.. w.
Il. Jheatham will continue to practice
his profession here.
1t is IA rare sight to see a Northern
maze sleigh in these parts, and those
of Messrs. J. f. Stagg and ID. Y.
Co, per have attracted considerable
attention. There have been many
rude and impromptu affairs made, run
ners put on buggy boxes and road
carts. and the boys and girls have had
as lnuch fun as if they were seated in
the most elegant and costly vehicles,
wra oped i'll expensive furs.
Mack Richardson, commonly know n
as Mack Silver. was killed at Sections
store. near Essex, Halifax county,
few days ago, by Geo. w. Sexton.
Ric :ardson and Henry Shearin got to
figh ing, and the former was using his
knife in vigorous manner on the
latter. Sexton undertook to separate
then when Richardson turned upon
and began to cut him. Sexton shot
him the ball entering the left breast
nea the lung, producing death.
Speaking about fine hogs, Mr.. John
D. Cooper killed two that weighed a
littl over 600 pounds. while Mr.. l.. B.
MAJ ming has just slaughtered six that
aver aged 233 pounds each. Some weeks
ago Mr.. J. 2. Hayden killed three that
werr very large although he did not
wei: them. Neighbors who saw
thel, estimated that they would weigh
from $50 to 800 pounds. We have
heard of more and finer hogs being
killel hereabouts this season than at
any time since we have been in Hen
ders III. This speaks we'll for our
people.
That there has been suffering by the
poorer classes during this cold, snowy
wea her can not be denied, and some
public measures should be devised to
help such needy and destitute persons.
1t is not so much their fault perhaps
that they are not able to care for them
selves since many Of them are out of
emp oyment. If there were factories
here to furnish work for this class Of
people it would be quite different.
The. are matters for cur business aud
mon yed men to think about. But in
the mean time thinking will not re-
lieve the suffering and distress now
in orr midst.
While we may not agree with what
the Winston Tooacco Journal says
ahov the GOLD LEAF. as printed on
the FIRST page of our paper this week,
such kind and impartial words are APP
prec ated notwithstanding. And COM
ing s this does on the heels of the
article republished in our last issue,
wherein certain papers charged the
local press with lack of interest in their
resp ctive markets, what the Journal
says of the services of contemporaries
publ shed at the several tobacco mar
kets Of North Carolina, is all the more
grateful and refreshing. Hence its
publication by us this week.
800 Reward. 800.
The readers of the GOLD LEAF will be
nlea sod to learn that there is at least one