The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-05-31
Lemons 10 cents a dozen, at

W. L. MOSS.
ihpcCtor General \. l.. smith ,f
tiiaI lottc, was here "Wednesday and IN
Spected the Vance Guards. The COM
pany passed very creditable exam
nation and was highly complmented
hy General Smith for their excellent
drilling. &c.
IL. II. Burwcll, near WILLIAMSBURG.
y. e., offers Tor sale good farm mare
and Ihrce-nonths-old colt, and 30 head
OF shoats and pigs. ANY or all Of this
stock can be bought at very low prices.
Persons desiring such would do we'll TO
see Mr.. Burwell.
Mr.. w VILLAIN Gotten who has been
engaged IN roof painting here for the
past two months, left yesterday for
Reldsrille, where his partner Mr..
Luther Bryan, will join him in week
or two. During his stay in Hender-
son Mr.. Gotten made many friends
who rc-ret his departure.
Mr.. ID. n Hunt one of the most
worthy and industrious young farmers
OF the Dexter neighborhood, paid us a
brief call this morning, principally to
have the GOLD LEAF sent to his adj
dress i'll future. Mr.. Hunt was at one
time the general secretary of the
4oung Mems Christian Association in
Oxford.
Miss Lizzie Clarke. of Newport
News, Va, spent a few hours here
yesterday, the guest of Mrs. w. O.
Shannon. She was returning from
birmingham, Alabama, where she
represented Virginia in the galaxy of
Southern beauties in the tableauX of
States at the Confederate reunion there
recently.
1herc's music in the treetops,
And fragrance in the air
The sweet graduates inquire,
- What am | going to wear -
-Chen0n Gazette
The life Of San Francisco editor
was saved recently by the bullet which
man shot at him striking silver
dollar i'll his vest pocket. This fact re-
moves the impression that some people
have that editors never have a dollar.
Salisbury UeraM.
The trouble with some Of our sub
scrlbers is that they seem think this
editor has plenty Of money-that he
does not need any more.
Mr.. l.. W. Barnes is having a hand
some residence erected on the Asa
Farrar lot, recently purchased by him,
on West Main street. The plans and
specifications were drawn by Hill G..
Llnthcum, the well known architect,
OF Winston, and this is to say that it
VIII be one OF the most artistic,
conveniently arranged and desirable
dwellings in town when finished. Mr..
NJ. +. Houch, an experienced con-
tractor and builder of Winston, is doing
the work.
We have a copy of the Torrington,
Connecticut, Daily Register, of Friday,
May 18th, containing a very compli-
mentary notice of the performance
given i'll that city the day before by
Robert Hunting's circus, with which
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Loughlin, of Hem
dcrson, are connected. The Register
says: The bare back riding by Dave
CASTILLO was pronounced by some to
be the best ever seen in this town.
The double act of riding by Castillo
and Mile. Ada was '.Out of sight,
The seventeen-year locusts are nu-
merOus in some sections of the county.
At one place between here and Duke
| store :he woods is said to be literally
full Of them and their peculiar noise
| sounds like a thousand little children
| singing in the distance, says one man,
while another describes it as like many
| persons hammering on boiler iron. At
any rate you can't hear your ears
for the locusts down that way. We
have not heard of any damage being
done to growing crops by them. They
comtine themselves to the trees of the
woods so far.
Reversible floor oil cloth, with lining
Ask to see it. At :. 4 {. WATKINS.
See those veranda and hall Chairs at
Watkins. Very cheap,
toX's Corn Whskey, made in Vance
county, for sale by :. S. WRITTEN.
Full line OF Reirigera tors and Ice Cream
| Freezers at 5. 4 {. WATKINS.