The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-11-26

Ohm Is. WATKINS.
Mrs. T. II. Battle, of Rocky Mount,
! visiting the family Of Mr.. G. G..
Lamb, in Henderson.
Miss Edna Hartley, of Yadkin Col
lcse, is visiting her sister Mrs. II. r.
Sattcrwhite in Henderson.
Mrs. L. c. Macon, anI daughter
Miss Lizzie, of Warrenton, are visit
ing the family of DIR. f. A. Macon in
Henderson.
Rev Il. NJ. Johnson and Messrs. 5.
Il. and A. J. Harris attended the Meth
0dst Protestant annual conference in
burlington last week.
As the Oxford Public Ledger well
says, the reason some men do not sue
cced is because they try to use pull
where push is necessary.
Mr.. III. II. Harper, of Oxford, was
here Friday advertising the Democrat
by scattering free sample copies among
oar people. BY his energy and activity
lie gave the paper a booming circula-
liDh Iol tlitt udJ at iCuot.
1t was a real pleasure to us Monday
to see Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Allen, of
Franklin county, i'll town. They were
returning from Durham where Mrs. A.
had been for the past three weeks.
Her health is much improved we are
glad to say.
Because you put an ad i'll paper
once upon time and it didn't pay,
don't be eternally sore. Maybe you
didn't use the right medium or maybe
You didn't say the right thing, or may
be you didn't say it in the right way.
You can't plant a pumpkin seed and
raise a rose bush.-Erchange.
Mr. w. G. Nichols, an employee of
the cotton factory here, died Monday
morning, of typhoid fever. He had
been sick three weeks. He came to
Henderson about three months ago
from Hillsboro and the body was taken
beck there for burial. Mr.. Nichols
was % years of age. He leaves a
young wife having been married only
last March.
ing at the home OF our esteemed towns
man Mr.. ID. W. IIardee Saturday,
when his brothers Messrs. W. j., June
and J. w. IIardee, of Halifax county,
met there. 1t was somewhat uneXpec-
ted, as when they left home neither
knew Of the coming of the other until
after they had left their respective
homes and met on the way. Mr.. June
llardee was accompanied by his daugh-
ter.
Our friend Mr. J. Il. Jones presen :
ted the GOLD LEAF household with
two mammoth punches of celery to 90
along with its Thanksgiving turkey to-
day. 1t was of his own raising and we
never saw finer not even excepting the
famous Kalamazoo article. Indeed, ii
beats the Michigan product "all hol-
low Another evidence that Vance
county is up with any part of the coun-
try and that Mr.. Jones is unexcelled
as a gardener.
This from an exchange is very true;
''In this age of advancement one has SC
many things to remember. When a
man reads your first and only ad it may
strike him in a favorable way. But,
alas, How prone is the mind to for.
get. For most probably when he is i'll
need of the article advertised by you
he has entirely forgotten your eXis t.
ence. A constant ad is constant re
minder, while one ad is but a corner
stone of a future trade
Mr.. Thos. F. Jetfress, managing di
rector of the Allen Il Ginter Branch
OF the American Tobacco Company.
and Mr.. C. D. Wingfield, secretary
and treasurer of the Crystal Ice Com
pany, both of Richmond, were guest:
Of Mr.. J. d. Cooper in Henderson sew
eral days last week. They were on
on hunting expedition shooting bird
and with Mr.. Cooper and Mayor South
erland they had lots of sport in the fiel,
with gun and dogs during their sta,
here.
No people suffer SO much from physioa
disabilities as those whose business re
quireS little muscular eXertiOn The lac]
of exercise causes the liver to becom
sluggish and the result is constant COnst
patton, Indigestion. Billiousness and Sic
Headache. To prevent this take Sim
mons Liver Regulator; it keeps the live
active and makes one condition as com
Portable as those who have much Use
~ he best should be none to
good for you. Majestic Stee
Ranges, Excelsior and Ne,
Lee Cooking Stoves. Bes
goods in the world for tn
money. At WATKINS
Apple Brandy at 60 cents per quart, a
s. S. WHITTEN'S,