The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-28
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Mrs. E. W. Harris, who has been quite
sick, is improving.
Henry Strause is back from visit to
the Rocky Mount market.
Mr.. Walter G.. Harris, of Henderson
vile, is here and will remain several days.
DR.. C. T. Sims, of Warren county, is
visiting the family of Mr.. Theo. Stallings.
Messrs. Boyd Kimball and C. J. Bur-
ton, of Middleburg, were in town Mon
day.
Mrs. Joe Person, OF Kittrell, was here
Tuesday interviewing our druggists i'll
the interest of her celebrated blood
remedy.
Drew Gill came in yesterday from At
lanta, having left Brunswick when the
yellow fever broke out there the second
time.
w. r. Henry is back from the Worlds
Fair In a communication to the GOLD
LEAF this week he writes entertainingly
of what he saw at the great Columbian
Exposition.
Mr.. Henry Prize, who moved with his
family to Alabama some time ago, came
back last week and will again make his
home among US. He says Henderson is
the best place he has found.
Miss Mamie Wyche, of Henderson, is in
the city and will remain during the
Winter She is a sister of Wayne Wyche,
Esq, the popular auctioneer OF Jeffreys'
Warehouse.-Rocky Mount Phoenix.
Miss Rosa Thomas left yesterday for
Baltimore to purchase new stock of fall
and winter millinery for S. & c. Watkins.
Her taste and experience in such matters
will enable her to select to best advantage
as to style, quality and price.
Dr. J. A. Geoghegan, of Warren county,
who has recently been SO sick, gave his
friends an agreeable surprise Monday by
coming to town. He is quite feeble, as
might be supposed, but is improving and
hopes to be spared many more days yet.
Mr.. E. O. Purcell, proprietor OF the
Racket Store, has been North buying
new goods and it is safe to say he will
lay in a large assortment and buy to
best possible advantage. The public will
be duly informed when he gets his new
stock in.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. b. Rudolph, of Chester,
Pa, who have been visiting Captain and
Mrs. J. B. White in Henderson, left for
home Saturday. Mr.. Rudolphis passen-
ger ticket agent of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Chester, a very impo rtant
and responsible position.
"Uncle Dick" Henderson comes back
and will make this his home again. He
has taken position with Harris, Gooch
4 Co., and his friends and former pat
rons will hear from him in the interest of
that widely known and popular firm as
of old. A good man and a good house.
Mr. W. E. Gary, a we'll known member
of the Henderson, N. c., Tobacco Trade,
was q welcome visitor on the Cincinnati
market Thursday last. He visited the
manufacturing trade of the vicinity and
has gone further West, end will visit the
Worlds Fair before returning home
Cincinnati Tobacco Journal.
We welcome Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Smith
as citizens of Henderson. They moved
here last week and have taken the
| residence of the late Wilmot Wood, near
the Richmond & Danville depot. Mr..
| Smith will represent the Home Insurance
| Co., OF Brooklyn, he and Mr.. C. J. Parker,
of Raleigh, having charge of the COM
pany's interests in this State.
The Rocky Mount Areonaut says this of
| a gentleman who is we'll known in Hen
derson, and the crops in his section of
old Nash: ct. V. Avent, of Aventsville,
one of our largest and most successful
tobacco planters, was in town on Mon
day last Mr.. Avent says that the crops
up HilliardstOn way are grand. Practi-
caly all OF the tobacco was housed
before the big storm, so the Nash county
farmers Jared better than their friends
up the country. The corn and cotton
crop has never been beaten.
Tells a Sad Story.
During these close times one dollar
bill occasionally finds its way into the
Republican exchequer. Like angels
visits, they may be few and far be-
tween, but do power of good. Upon
the back of a one dollar bill to hand
the past week were written these
words: my all out of 600, 900.
Cards the cause Across each END
the words, 'beware of cards. ap.
peared. A thousand closely printed
pages could not have expressed more
emphatically the sad truth these words
contained. From the experiences oil
others we can learn much. Young
men. take warning. Cards, women
and Intoxicating drinks are the trio
that carry certain moral, social and
physical destruction in their wake
Winston Republican.