The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-01-12
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MC,i, FIST and Third Tuesday nights in
eacl n.nI.th AZ 30 u Ill. Reavis Hall.
Oncc we were A. pure as the 5eautl-
full snow, but it was many and many a
year ago.
TIE electric lights were turned on
Mon lay night for the first time since
the cd plant was disposed OF.
Do not fail to attend the meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce Friday
nigh Parkcr's lIall-7:30 O'Clock.
y good deal of sport has been going
on tbs week ut the ice ponds by those
who indulge i'll the delightful exer-
else IF skating.
There have been very few changes
in Il clerical force Of our merchants.
As :; General thing all the clerks re-
tain ;heir positions
WY not send the GOLD LEAF one
The, would enjoy it. 1t would be
like weekly letter to them.
\ german was held in Oxford last
Friday at which Miss Halle Young,
III. Macy. H. Wilma, W. +. Massenburg
and l.. l.. Chava>se were present.
An opportunity 10 rent most hcsir-
able residence is offered by T. \.
Davi~ as VIII be seen by ADVERTISE
memt IN another column of this paper.
The ice is ten inches thick Oh the
neighboriny ponds. and large sheets Of
water not accustomed to freezing are
covered soidly across. This is cold
weather.
The WarrentOn Gazette does not
fail t. state Il fact when it says the
question of better public roads is the
most important one that contronts the
people just now.
ID. {. Loughin has improved and
beautiicd the inside of his place of
business by a liberal application of
paint and wall paper, besides putting
in electric lights.
y reader asks us to enquire of our
lady friends the number and names Of
the various garments worn by the
women of the United States. Is there
any oac of the fair sex who can satisfy
his curiosity?
A. r. Angela will have an auction
sale Saturday and dispose OF his re-
naming stock of shoes, hats, gents
furnishing goods. &c. This will be a
splendid opportunity to buy such
articles cheap.
Mr.. Edwin Stephens has moved his
stock of goods 10 the store room IN the
Young block next to Barnes, Stain
back X Co. Ills business and the
stock he carries seem to have outgrown
his old quarters.
Early to bed and early to rise,
Hustle all day and advertise,
is tie maxim OF 4 successful business
man o. Portland. Oregon. With such
motto as this, well stuck to, Of course
he IS successful.
This is the coolest spell of weather
known in this latitude in many years.
The recollection of the oldest iuhabi-
tant' hardly reaches back to the time
when it was colder than it has been
the past ten days,
Columbian postage stamps are on
sale p, most of the post offices. Hen.
derso'. has not Yet received any as
Post Master Moss has large supply
of old ones on hand. The new stamps
will l.. used only during 1898.
The GOLD LEAF as the medium o
i. Il,
of news in this community has its col
umns open to timely letters. Can yot
not 81 rgcSt something that will be o
interC: t and Indicative of good to thu
community?
While the past year WAS hard one
on our merchants. it is gratifying tc
know that after taking stock and com-
par!.i,. their books. most of them fine
that business was better with them
as compared with the year before. thar
they expected.
Col Burgwyn offers his splenddl
equipped brick tobacco factory in Hen
der>on for sale or rent. 1t is fitted u
With the latest improved modern
machinery and has a capacity of thre
quarters of Il million pounds of plu
and 10000 pounds of smoking Tobacco
annually.
In publishing what its exchange
say Of the G OLD LEAF in connectiO
with ltering upon the twelfth year c
its career, tie editor cares nothing 70
what may be said of him personally
and We give space to such comment
merely because it is customary fO
newspapers to do so and that reader
q may e i'll what estimation their loca
paper Is held abroad,