The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1906-03-29

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sup-rio Age, p'"min NC, ST nd
importance.
A pnrer MP in Western North Caro-
lima "allrd the Times, published ut
HrndersOnvillp. il Henderson comfy.
wants to wipe liz off Of the map. And
all means" II correspondent Jug
y..Sts that the name Of Henh-r> on.
Vile br changed because it Is "rnm-
hrrsnmp and incnnveuient, giving
a. ~ furt her reason that 'trnnblr has
been, and still il, the existence of an.
at her town wit h similar name in
Vance county, causing II mu'ldle IN
mil mntterS.
This innNpnt sun"estiOn 81, the
> art of tie Times correspondent
hrouuht ont this protest from the
editor:
1t seems to us bat he llnrle OF the
Vance county hamlet is he one to b-
changed. Hrndpr>nnvile is The lnyi-
! ''al nHmp f,r the nuntv ~ at Hld IT
| j. up to The nth her {. How to change.
| The truuhl,. Hbont mail. freight and
express would bp .rbvinted il he conn
~ seat Of Vnic" would cfHsn"r it's
rrnme to Vanc-vilh Hend' r~un>ill
il al right
Aud then he Times editor deliver
himself of som" REASONS why the
nailr Of Hendersonvillr >honlI not
IL. changed. while insisting that "'le
town of Henderson could 'IE,nye its
name without any great incnnveil
irnce' He says:
H"n'lersouvillr has he right ofwar.
for it WIS the county seat Of thi,
county before Vance county WAS IN
| existence.
In point of fact Hendrr~Onvlle l.
| far more widely known than the
| ct her place; for tn" reputation OF the
| latter is m.inlv local Will" he r'.pn
tatiOn of he former is rapidly b'rnin-
| inc I.ntiUiIal!
! As il that We're not enough the
| Times takes u fnll ont OF the ''NaIce
county hamlpt' by giving prnmi
hence o tn" following opinion Of us
in its editorial column:
In Vance county. in the black belt
| i North Carolina. there is u town h,
{ he name OF Henderson 1t is not IL
place OF any special prominence; Ill
/ at it's chi. claim to fame l. that 1t
r.rrivr~ II GOOD deal OF mail. express
| and freight which is intended fer Hen
| der~OnVilIe In the case OF mail. there
is aS n rule not much trouble beyond
| he DELAY of II day or two. for the
| post uftrp forwards letters without
extra cost. But when freight or eX-
press matter iutendpd for Henderson,
| lille goes to Henderson, it usually
| tnvs for an indefinite period in the
| Vance county hamlet and Il considers
| rhlt expenditure Of tsme. trouble aud
money issnmet;neS required to bril- =
it to it's proper destination.
| Und. T. hpSe circumstances it would
Gem that the name of the count V
seat of Vance should be- changed.
| This is dreadful-''not place OF
any special prominence; in fact, its
chief claim to fame is that it receives
n good deal of mail. express and
| freight which is intended for Hpnder-
| ~Onvile' What Il rude awakening,
| =, I,,,, ,,.o b,I ,.u,,,,CnI all +bn tir,c
hat Henderson not only had Il loral
| habitutiOn but II name of it's own,
ever dreaming that it lived only in
| he reflected rays of IL more prom
| npnt town OF similar name nestled
| ,monw the mountains two hundred
| nd fiftv miles away. That is what
| the Times editor says and because Ot
| these '.entangling alliances of mail.
| freight aud express matter, brought
| about by IL confusion Of names he
| would have us discard Henderson
md adopt another name-"Nance-
tille," he suggests. Nanpvillp is all
| ight-n0thing he matter with that
I'll good name for n new tOwn-but
W. cannot take it W. like to he
| accommodating but really there is
| no good and satisfactory reason why
we should exercise such qualities in
| his instance On the contrary. there
* every reason why the name of Hen
| Jacksonville should he changed if any
changing is To be done. We are an
| older town. considerably larger and
| better known. the assertion Of the
| Times to the contrary uotwithstand-
ing.
Before HenderSonville was ev-I
mentioned in any legal sense, or even
its place determined. Henderson WAS
Il prosperous tuwn-thp railroad sta
ton of what is now the Henderson.
Vile sectinn-and IL fine shipping
point. in the one item OF tobacco
alone shipping more than 1000
hogsheads year.
The Times contemptuously speaks
uf Us as a ''hamlrt' in Vance county,
adding that Hendersonville was the
county seat OF Henderson county be,
for Vance county was in existence.
Our contemporary loses sight of the
fact tor it does not know that Hen
derson had an existence more than
40 years before Vancecounty was es-
tablished, This county was created
in 1881, the Legislature OF 1SSO'S1
passing an act authorizing the citi-
zens to vote on the question of form
ing the new county. 1t was the prom
ineuce and growing Importance oil