The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-11-20

Miss Minna Dunlop, of Baltimore,
l. visiting relatives in Henderson.
Mr.. X. b. Powells condition is
much improved since last week and
H.. is now getting on very nicely.
Saws an exchange: The employe
who drops his tools ut the first stroke
ui hr clock will never become an en-
pIoy"r,
Miss Charlotte Britt, OF Oxford, was
the guest OF Miss Ethel Dorsey in
Henderson from Saturday until We'd
nr~day.
Prof. s. Simpson, OF Westminster,
Md. arrived Tuesday afternoon and
will spend short while among
friends in Henderson.
Mrs. John b. Primer and little
daughter Katherine, of Suffolk, Va,
since Monday.
E. H. BIacknall. kittrelI, advertisps
shingles, floring and ceiling at low
prices Best tongue and grOoved
ceiling - 90 and upward. Best heart
biur shingles $3.50 per thousand.
The little Tankersley child whose
thigh WAS broken by being run over
by II vehicle in the street. is getting
along very we'll and the indications
are that she will soon be all right
again.
Mrs. \. H HOuff left for StauntOn,
Va, Saturday i'll response to a tele-
gram announcing the Serious illness
Of her father Intelligence received
since is that his condition is some
what improved.
After weeks of excessively dry
weather. and unusually warm for the
season of the year, it began to rain
Monday night and the dust is
thoroughly laid, Now we may look
for colder Weat her.
Joe Cole, Sr., the murderer OF Road
master Fred Stevers, whose neck
should have been broken III due form
by law Yesterday, will observe the
27th by feeling thankful that al APP
peal WAS taken i'll his case.
No reasonable man will complain
of Il land owner forbidding the gen
rral public from hunting on his land.
1t is right and reasonable. A privi
lrge worth having is worth asking
for. to say the least of it.
Mr.. L. {. Miller left Tuesday even
Ing for Macon, Ga, which place he
will make his future home. A young
man of fine character and good busl-
Hess qualifications the GOLD LEAF
much regrets his departure.
Andrew J. Harris, trustee. adver-
tiScS to sell IL tract of land contain
iug 774 acres i'll Middleburg town
ship, ut public auction on Monday,
December 22nd. See advertisement
in another column for further partic-
ularS
Mr.. J. r. Clack has a lot of collards
that beat anything we have seen i'll
point of size. Some OF them are larger
around than an ordinary hogshead,
and stand from three to five feet
high. Many of them are heading up
like cabbage.
There will be no preaching in the
Methodist Protestant church next
Sunday, owing to the absence OF Key.
!. :. Williams at Conference which
meets in ASHORE today. This pOpu-
lar and beloved young minister Will
OF course be returned to this charge.
The GOLD LEAF is not content to
appear in Il new dress OF type alone
II has other improvements ahead
which it proposes tOmnke as It's sup
port and encouragement will justify.
Ii Won are interested in having Il bet
ter paper i'll Henderson YOU can help
Us to this end
There is Il suggestion that an M
vcstigatiOn be made into the town 5
finances. Certain public improvements
are needed but the impression pre-
wallis that the town treasury is III no
condition to meet them. Let s have
a full and complete exhibit and see
where We are lat.
Mr. Il. ". Burton last week brought
us turnip weighing e pounds and
measuring 2Oh inches around. The
top was 81 inches long. Mr.. Burton
says he is sure he has had larger ones
from this years crop but he did not
think about bringing one in until he
saw what the GOLD LIAF had to say
about big potatoes.
Mr.. Clarence kerner returned from
Raleigh Saturday having finishing
his course in pharmacy. He passed
Il successful examination having the
second best paper in a class OF ~.
Clarence is u bright and ambitious
Young man and the showing made
10y him is nothing more than what
MS friends expected.
Says the Charlotte Observer OF the
18TH Fresh vegetables from the
garden. a second crop OF early orch,
ara fruits. and roses, magnolias and
cotton plants in bloom is certainly
an unusual record for middle Novem-
Der But it is likely to turn Oil eoid
utter the present rain, and sleet ana
iet may spell fms to all this winter
hIoNsoming."
What a blessing the warm weather
mas been. With a scarcity OF coal
ana wood high many a dollar and
much suffering has been saved to the
people by the mild weather so far
inns tall. And then the farmers have
had every advantage in saving their
tF!ops Ill good time and good condl-
lOn. How much we have to be