The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-11-01

If business needs tonic give it a
dose of advertising.
The farmers are busy harvesting the
fruits Of their labor.
Go to the polls Tuesday and vote for
good men to serve you i'll office.
More hay and other long feed saved
Work and vote for Young, Perry,
Powell, Buchan and the rest OF the
ticket.
Do not fail to hear DR.. Halls
lecture at the Y. Nj. G. a. rooms
tonight.
Henderson is drawing tobacco and
cotton from sections that have hereto
fore cone to other markets.
Every man i'll the county ought to
have peculiar pleasure i'll voting for }.
II. Young for the Legislature.
See the new advertisement of the
Staiuback Company, and give them a
call when in need Of anything in their
line.
The business men Of Henderson
never worked harder in their lives to
catch trade and to advertise their
business.
The farmers in the surrounding
country are fast learning that the
merchants who advertise are the ones
to trade with.
In most cases the merchant who has
no money to spend i'll advertising
eventually has no money to meet
other expenses. -Pyinter'$ Ink.
Mr.. j. w. Gregory has been quite
sick at his home in this place severa
days. At this writing his condition is
such that he cannot live but a short
while.
Alex Check, of Henderson. had one
of the finest exhibits of chickens-pit
games-at the fair last week. Blue
ribbons displayed on his coOps showed
that he was a premium winner.
The Rocky Mount Fair will be held
next November 18th, Sth and 9th.
\ good exhibit and large crowd are
expected. X. II. Kicks is president
and : l.. Arlington secretary of the
association.
Manager McCraw. of the Portal
Telegraph Company, tells us he will
furnish the election news. complete
Tuesday. Those who wish to get the
latest and fullest reports will be accom-
m0dated. rs usual.
The political agony will soon bt
over. With the counting OF the ballots
Tuesday night the struggle will have
ended and the fate of the different
candidates for office, high and low, viii
be settled one way or the other.
The friends of Mr.. G.. ID. Ellsworth
OF Washington City, were pleased It
see him here last week. 1t will bt
remembered that he holds responsible
position in the Treasury Department
having received his appointment Will
teaching school here some years ago.
No good citizen can afford not t
vote. That is both his privilege an'
his duty-hs duty to himself. his fam
lIy, to society and his country. lie
no lover of good government. who ha
the interest and welfare of his count
and State at heart will neglect so grea
responsibility.
The colored people never had {
deal with a more reasonable an
lenient officer than Sheriff Powell. HI
treats everybody right regardless
color or worldly possessions. and hs
oppressed no one. They will sho
their appreciation of this fact by votir
for him next Tuesday.
Speaking of the exhibits at the stat
Fair. the Neps and Observer note
among others the art display of Mi:
Jessca Smith, of Henderson. 1t say
Miss Jessica Smith. a talented your
artist from Henderson, brought sever
lovely specimens of oil painting tn
were much admired
\ successful surgical operation w
performed on Master Alex Cooper, s.
of Mr.. and Mrs. D. y. Cooper. yeStt
day, when his cripple leg was amput
ted. DIR. Tucker was chief operate
SISTED by DR.. W. II. Nicholson!
Louisburg, and Drs w. T. Cheatha
and F. r. Harris, of Henderson. I
patient is doing well at this writing.