The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-21
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Mrs Fred Hunter left Monday to visit
the Worlds Fair.
Miss Pansy Cheek has returned home
from Buffalo Springs.
Mrs. J. R. Young has returned home
from Buffalo Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parker lett Monday
to visit the Worlds Fair.
DR.. ]. r. Moss is improving and hopes
soon to be on duty at the post office
again.
Capt. W. B. Shaw has returned from
professional visit to the Eastern part of
the State.
Rev. T. NJ. johnson is convalescing
from his protracted and severe sickness
of typhoid fever.
Miss Janet Digger, OF Raleigh, who
has been visiting friends in Henderson
for several days, left yesterday.
Rev DR.. Morton is away attending a
meeting of Presbytery, but will be back
in time to fill his pulpit as usual Sunday.
Mr.. II. T. Watkins went up to Jones'
borO Saturday and spent Sunday with
Mrs Watkins and the baby, returning
Monday.
Mrs. I. NJ. Pittman is visiting the
Worlds Fair, having gone in company
with her brother Mr.. James Thrower
and his wife.
Mr. W. E. Gary has joined the list of
pilgrims to the Worlds Fair, having
packed his grip sack and started hence
last Monday.
Rev. I. J. Ogburn is home for awhile
having returned Saturday from Brinkley
| vile where he has been conducting Il
| revival meeting.
Mrs w. ID. Morton, Miss Embra and
| Master Flournoy have returned from
| their summer visit to relatives in Char
| lotte county, Va.
Misses. Mary and Lucy Pretlow, of
| Southampton county, Va, have been
| the guests of Miss Tucker Massenburg
in Hend erson several days.
Capt. j. r. Rem, of the d. & n r. R.,
| left Monday with quite party OF ladies
and gentlemen from Durham and Hen
derson for the Worlds fair.
Master Walton Moss came down from
his home in Franklin county and is as
sisting his brother Willie in the post
office during DR.. Moss sickness.
Mr.. J. \. Harrell returned Saturday
from Washington City where he spent
several days looking after his interest in
the matter of the office of public printer.
Miss Annie May Whitaker, represent
ing the Oxford Orphans Friend, and Miss
Margaret Whitaker, of Enfield, were
guests of Mrs. DR.. F. r. Harris Il few
days the past week.
Henry Macy, the Seaboard Air Lines
clever and efficient agent here, left Mon
day to take in the Worlds Fair. Scott
Parker will balance the opposite side Of
the big Ferris wheel for him.
DR.. J. A. Geoghegan, who is well known
in Henderson, is critically i'll at his home
in Warren county. His son Mr.. George
p. Geoghegan, OF Danvile, was tele
graphed for and came Sunday.
Mrs B. F. Ashburn, of Suffolk, who
has been here several days with her
mother Mrs. Love Lassiter, who con-
tinues very low, was called home yerter-
day by letter announcing the sickness
of Mr.. Ashburn.
Messrs. j. II. Bridgers and John Rose
have returned from their visit to Chicago
and the Worlds Fair. Like everybody
else they are enthusiastic over the big
show and express themselves as having
had a pleasant time of it.
Drew Gill writes US that he has been
forced to refugee to Atlanta on account
of the yellow fever epidemic at Brunswick,
Ga, where he has been living the past
few years. His friends in Henderson
hope he will keep out of the way of
Yellow Jack"
Mr. Tom Hendricks has returned from
a visit to Virginia, and tells us the late
rains did great damage to crops in the
Roanoke river bottoms. Much OF the
| corn is ruined, some farmers losing about
all they had. Thousands of barrels have
been destroyed by the freshets.
Young Mr.. Arch Cree, a student at
Wake Forest college, preached nj the
Baptist church here Sunday night. His
effort was highly spoken of by those who
heard it. The young man will be re-
coming here a few years ago with his
father Mr.. A. Cree from England.
Mr. Sid B. Belts, who has been living
in Richmond since the first OF the year,
has returned to Henderson and his first
love- having taken his old position at
) Cooper's warehouse again. A good bust
ness man, quick and accurate, widely
known among the tobacco planters and
! quite popular, he will be cordially well
coined back to our midst.
Mr.. A. klock, of Rochester, n. Y, who
was some years q resident of Henderson
is here on visit to his daughter Mrs
Hugh kittrell. He tells us he may bring
} his family back and make this his home
again. An honest and Industrious man
and a good citizen, he has many friends
in the community who will welcome his
permanent location among us again.
Mr. W B. Foster, travelling salesman
for j. B. Lewis, shoe manufacturer OF
; Boston, Mass, has been stopping in Hen
derson few days. Mr.. Foster will be
:, remembered as having been sick so long
with typhoid fever here in the summer OF
1890. Mr.. Foster has warm spot il
his affections for Henderson and Hen.
: derson people, and they esteem hin
4 equally as highly.
Call on Thomson for that new hal
j. when you get ready to buy. He has g
e nice line OF stylish goods to select from
), also handsome stock OF gents hose tt
suit all buyers.
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