Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-06-22
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

10 the paper.
1t is said that dry June never
begs it's bread. II this saying be
true, then everybody ought to have
plenty of bread this fall and winter,
f,rup till Monday night it had been
one of the dryest Junes in long
tine.
Hon. ". B Daniel and Rev. E. r.
Nelson, OF EPSON, left here Monday
i1r Philadelphia to attend the Bap-
list Worlds Alliance. Both are
duly constituted delegates to this
great meeting.
The taxes OF Vance county have
now all been listed for this year and
the assessor and his assistants are
now busily engaged making up the
sheets to turn in to the county COM
missioners next month.
Mr.. Samuel Watkins went to More
head City yesterday to join Il party
Of Henderson people who had gone
on ahead. He expects to spend
about ten days on the coast fishing
and recreating.
Quite number OF Henderson pcO-
pie are down on the seashore now,
and therefore YOU need not be sur
prispd to read some big fish stories
IN the Gold Leaf right soon. You
will be almost sure to hear them on
the sly anyway.
The Gold Leaf wants a bright
young lady or gentleman in each
part of the county to solicit sub
scriptions for a few days. A good
opportunity will be given the right
persons. Apply to the manager at
the Gold Leaf office.
The young men employees of the
Parham Bros Supply Co. and G. A.
Rose Co played an interesting game
Of ball in the Lassiter field Tuesday
afternoon resulting in favor OF the
Parham boys, Ii to & being the
score. A large crowd witnessed the
game.
Robert Harris was tried Wednes-
day 10y L. S. Commissioners T. l..
Jones for running an illicit distillery
and bound over to the November
term Of the District Court. There
were two charges brought against
Harris. He gave bond in the sum OF
500 leach.
The farmers and cotton experts
are beginning already to figure on
the probable price of cotton during
the new season and the best advices
I I'll hp
the prevailing figure for the season
on account of the prospective short
age throughout the belt.
The Gold Leaf is to be a strictly
tirst-class county paper and there
fore s0licits the patronage and sup
port of every loyal citizen of Vance
county Let us have your subscrip-
ton now and thus encourage the eff
fort to give the county good paper.
The little label on your paper shows
the date to which your subscription
il paid. 1t is we'll enough for the
subscriber to look this up once i'll a
while and see how he stands with the
Gold Leaf, and be- sure to- keep his
standing good.
Whatever may be said of the some
what gloomy outlook for a tobacco
crop in Vance county this year, every
body seems to be agreed that cotton
is the finest and mOstprOmising that
it has been in a long time. Almost
any cotton field one happens to see
now is n delight to look upon.
The Grand Lodge Knights of
Pythias at Asheville last week elect
ed two Henderson men to RESPONSE
BILE positions. Recorder H. II. Pow
ell was elected Grand Master at
Arms, and Nh. r. s. McCOin was ap-
pointed a member OF the Judiciary
Committee.
Following the good season" of
Sunday night, farmers could hardly
desire finer growing weather" than
they have had this week, and it is
needless to add that they are very
much helped up with it. Everything
and everybody seems to have taken
on new life and energy since the good
rain.
The farmers big picnic at Cooper s
grove will be held on Thursday, July
9th. DR.. II. Q. Alexander, president
of the State Farmers Union, will be
present to deliver the address OF the
day, and there will probably be 9th.
er speakers of prominence. The
farmers are preparing for a great oc,
CasiOn.
Every citizen of Vance county who
desires to keep posted on the affairs
of his county should be a regular
reader of his county paper. In fact
this is about the only way he viii
ever be able to keep himself informed
on these matters. He may be Il sub
scriber to all the big daily papers il
the country, but none of these vii
give him very much information
about Vance county.
Policeman Sherman VOWS that h,
caught a great big bullfrOg right VI
on Main street in front of Thomason'I
store few mornings ago, and tina
it made one of the finest dishes h
ever tasted. The big frog, in wander
ing to and fro in the earth, mus
have mistaken Henderson for a sea
port town and decided to stop owe
for while
Two deaths occurred at Nortl
Henderson the past week Mis-
Ethel Falkner, daughter of Mr.. r. P
Falkner, died Wednesday. Funera
services were held from the Nortl
Henderson Baptist church and inter
ment was made at the FGlkner bury
ing ground near Gillburg. Mr.
Walter Reams, son of Mr.. J. T
Reams, died Thursday and wa
buried Friday afternoon near Oxford
The SeabOard Air Line is now sell
ing weekend tickets from Hender
son to Littleton (Panacea Springs
attherate of $1.OO, children between
the ages OF 5 and y years, so cents