The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-08-11

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Mrs. Mamie Garden, OF Greenville.
8 was a visitor here this week
8 Miss Sophie Taylor, of Oxford, is
8 visiting Miss Marie Manning in Hem
q dcrson.
Mr.. Robert Lassiter attended the
fircmens tournament in Salisbury
last week
Mr., Harry Sanderlin, of Norfolk,
Is visiting the family of Capt. J. T.
ElmOrr III Henderson,
Mr. aud Mrs l. W Bass, of Rocky
4 Mount, came up last week to visit
their sons. DR. H. II and b. s. Bass.
The crop prospects were never bet
ter, but III some sections excessive
rains threaten to prove detrimental
to cotton at least.
With the best crops in the country
that have been known in years, trade
PROMISES to be good this fall and
money plentiful.
Mr. Walter Russ, OF Norfolk. who
had been visiting the family of Capt.
J f. Elmore for il week. returned
home Wednesday.
Prof and Mrs. J. T. Alderman and
children, Virginia and John Thomas.
returned home Friday from a stay
OF several weeks ut Nays Head.
Mrs J, \. Kelly, Miss Mabel and
Master lIalstead Kelly, returned
Monday from Nag Head where they
Mrs X. H. Norwood has returned
home from South Boston and Clarks-
VILE Va, where she has been visiting
friends and relatives for several
weeks
Mrs. Fannie Perry and family re-
turned Monday from ''tascine, their
country home III Franklin county,
where they had been staying for ii
month.
Have you Il piano to rent? Anad-
vertiSer i'll the GOLD LEAF wishes
one. Upright preferred. Will be we'll
cared for and treated rs ii the prop
erty of user.
Mrs f. b. Brady and children re-
turned Tuesday from Southwest Vir-
ginia, where they had been visiting
relatives, aud Capt. Brady is again
boarding at home
Miss Amy Butler and Mr.. John But
Ter returned last week from Wavnes-
vile. where they had been enjoying IL
stay in that delightful mountain re
sort for some time.
The time to advertise is when you
want more business And during the
dull season. VIII hISiurSs is slack, is
the time OF All -. e.. when advertis-
ing is most eSseI:' Il.
Mr. John NJ. rs came home
Saturday iron! ', .-,uI where he has
been sick with typhoid fever six or
seven weeks. He is vet weak but is
Improving rapidly.
Never has the local market been
supplied with such quantities of fruits
and vegetables as this year. is too
bad that we haven canneries and
avapOrators to utilize the surplus.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. Y. Cooper, Miss
tienevieve Cooper and Mrs. AleNan-
der Cooper left Tuesday morning for
Toxaway, in the Sapphire country,
Ia be away ten days or two weeks
Mr.. NJ. J. O'Neil lett Saturday for
New York. to be gone about three
weeks Hewent by the Old Dominion
Line and will return by rail, stopping
at Philadelphia. Baltimore and
Washington.
Mrs e, \. Wyche, child and nurse,
Of Rosemary. came yesterday to stay
awhile in Henderson. Accompany
in" them were Rives and Edward
Manning who had been visiting their
sister for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. :. Parker, Misses
Willie and Gloss Parker, Mrs j. Hill
Parham. children and nurse return
rd last week from Toxaway, where
they had been spending some time
very pleasantly in the mountains.
Miss Emma Averett. who has been
visiting friends and relatives in Vir-
ginia for several weeks, will return to
Henderson on Monday, August 10TH.
uIi1IS upSlflllU TO enter VIII Please
call ut Mrs Cora Gre@ory's residence.
Henderson ought to have more
manufacturing enterpriSes-small in
duStries that would not require the
investment of much capital and vet
pay good dividend on the invest
ment and furnish Employment to a
larger number of persons.
The dog tax is again in vogue and
thief of Police Crockett is making the
rounds OF the town after all owners
"i CANNES. All dogs on which the tax
ISl.0o) is not paid are ordered to be
killed and it is made the duty of the
police to do it or see that it is done.
Messrs l.. y. Watson and =. q.
Aston, of Warren county, were
Passengers on the SouthbOund train
Saturday EN- route to Texas. They
We're going to Texarkana to visit
Mr. George Aston, nephew and
brother, and will be- gone about three
weeks.
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