The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-03-29
HENDERSON. N. O., THURSDAY, MARCH 20,

trade and accessibility to the pre-
scribed territory Of The proposed new
county-that demanded it should be
made ii county seat.
The town OF Henderson was incOr-
porhted by the Legislature of 1870
Al. The town was already in exist
ence-dating Hs far back MS 1887, of
which we have recOrd-and it's cor
porate limits were declared to be one
hal mile in every direction from
til" public warehouse. laws Of
1S4O-41, page 2oO.)
In 1897 when the Raleigh & CASTOR
Railroad (thr parent Of the great
Seahoard Air Line svstem) was built
tn" board of directors reported to the
stockholders that they had reached
81 point one mile and u half West of
Chalk Level, where IL station had
been established at Henderson,
(nampd in honor of Chief Justice
Leonard! Henderson, who lived at
William~bOro. in Granville county,
(n',w Vnnre). and conducted Il law
school
The Catalogue of Randolph Macon
C',ll"ye, shows John j. Rpavis a
u,emher OF the Junior Class of that
i,stitnti'n from Henderson in 1889.
TIE President of the Raligh & Gas
TON RaiIr,ni Company. in his report
to hp shareholders on Jan. %, 1888,
-p"nks of 'he Henderson depot; and
he Chief Engineer at he same meet
IN. saws: The Second division of
he road commences rs ] have before
stated. near Chalk Level-at one
nile and z from it's commencement,
Henderson depot is placed. This is
Nv far the most important interme-
late depot on the line
Stage lines from this point are also
mentioned, Henderson being the
railroad station OF all that section
II country living West of here.
The Legislature of 1S4O-'41 (the
= M. session ut which the town of
Henderson WAS ilcorporatrd) order
Il an election to bp held in Hender-
~nn county on th,, last Thursday in
january. 1871. TO determine where
the Court Huns.. should I've located.
aud appointed Commissioners to OBJ
tain hy donation or purchase not
less than fiftr ncrns of land upon
which land Il Town to tie called Hen
Jacksonville. sh uld bp laid off 10y said
Commissioners. or Il ma iority of
hem, in which the Court House and
Jail shall be errrted.' &c.
1t ais, provided for laying off the
land into lots and stllin" them upon
IL credit of one and two years (Laws
of 1910 al. page 177.)
Thus it will be seen that Hender-
son not onl had an existence. but
was an important railroad station
before HendprSOnville WAS ever
hrpnmcd of 1t is HendersOnville
only that is troubled much about
he confusion of mails and other
matters. Henderson is so we'll known
that except in case of an occasional
accident, its mail comes all right.
AS whether Hpndersf nvi!le or
Henderson has the better right of ex-
iStence we will let facts and figures
speak instead OF basing claim upon
priority of name or age. While not
boasting of itself as "A summer resort
Henderson has IL name and fam" that
is more than local based on what the
town is in itself-what it does and
amounts to in-the world OF business
rather than what others make it.
Henderson is a live, progressive,
prosperous town of upwards of 5000
inhabitants. It's people live here and
do business here. giving it II charar-
fer aud stability beyond n mere
health or pleasure resort. 1t has
every convenience and public utility
of a modern, up-to-date city-splen-
did waterwork ks systen, electric lights,
sewerage, telephone system. paved
streets, granolithic sidewalks, i'm
mpnse factories, modern stores. hand
some residences, fire churches, model
schools.
Perhaps no better index to the bus
mess and commercial importance
Of q town can be found than in it's
banks. Henderson has two banks,
one National bunk. One has cap
ital stock of 100000, the other
$5O,OOO. As shown by the last re-
port made TO the North Carolina
Corporation Commission. loans and
discounts of one amounted to SAL
$50 %. total resources S534 123. ii.
OF the other, loans and discounts
800. 1865. total resources $685.
1874 "a. Loans and discounts for the
two banks combined amounted to
SOIL 77OO; total resources s743,-
4716S.
Hendersonvile has two banks. one
with capital of S27 900, the other
$1,000. As shown by the last re-
port made loans and discounts of
one of these was S64. Csc. 26, total
resources SS7. 322 %. W.. have no
statement of the other bank made at
the same time (close business Jan.
% 1905 ! h.fOrp rs bnt according