Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-06-08

oGFcoUS says. H0 paved streets OF
this city remind us OF small boy
with a patch in the seat of his
"breeches"-the patch being OF new
cloth and the brooches of WORKOUT
stuff"
Thirty thousand soldiers have
been in camp in Texas for several
months and SO far not single case
OF typhoid fever has developed |
among them. Credit for this record
is attributed to the vaccination
against typhoid which the troopers
are forced to undergo. If the claim
be found in fact, it speaks volumes
for the value and efficacy of the pre-
ventive.
A sample copy OF the Gold Leaf is a
personal invitation to you to become
a regular subscriber to the paper. We
are extremely anxious to have every
good man in the county on our mail
ing list as soon as possible We are
going to give you paper that is
we'll worth every cent of the sub
scrlptiOn price and more, and every
progressive citizen of the county
should have it in order to keep up
with the affairs of the county.
The young college graduate who,
for the past four years, has heard
the grand, sweet song about the glo-
rious opportunities that are just
ahead of him, will soon find out that
he is up against it when he mixes
with the business world. Instead of
repeating his college yell, he will be
saying, Life is real, life is earnest. "
To use a breezy western phrase, he
must have a backbone under his
shirt" to hold to these glorious OPP
portunities when they come along.
North Carolina is signally honored
this year by having the largest num-
Der OF native sons of any State grad.
uate from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis. She comes forward with
seven graduates and is the only State
having more than five men in the
first class without at least one drop
ping out. Although none of these
five is among the first fifty, all o
them have done well. and some have
,, distinguished themselves. They art
George B. Ashe. Of Raleigh; Donald
C. Goodwin, of Williamstown; Jay l.
Kerley, OF Morganton; Stanll
; Mitchell, of AshevilIe; Eugene Oates
) oil Charlotte; George F. Porrott, O
: Falling Creek, and Wallace B. Phil
{ lips, of Greensboro.
Messrs. J. o. Jones, travelling pas
senger agent of the Southern Railwa.
}, Company; Fl. S. Leard, division pas
. senger agent of the Seaboard Al
u Line; W. W. CroxtOn, general pas
y senger agent of the Norfolk & West
II ern, and II. l.. LeGrange, travelin
i passenger agent of the Norfolk
e Southern Railway, all met here las
Q Saturday with General Francis A
II Macon to arrange dates and scheC
ules for the military encampment
O this summer. The Third lnfantr
e. will 90 into campat Fort Glenn, nea
If Morehead City, July 1915; the Se
j. ond Infantry, July 2O-27; the tirs
d Infantry, August 3 10, and the Coa'
h Artillery Corps at Fort Caswell, Al
a gust 7-1S.
+ At the commencement exercises
p Trinity College yesterday afternoC
announcement was made that tt
IT, North Carolina and Western Mort
n Carolina Methodist Conferences Ar
b.. the Dukes have entered upon a plf
G, whereby Trinity College is to
n. given million dollar endOwmen
he of which amount two hundred thou
err and dollars will be raised by Il
at Church. This announcement WI
k greeted with prolonged applaus
The gift of 100000 in lands
James Buchanan and Benjamin Ne
ne ton Duke, of $5O,OOOfor new bull
ne ing by James B. Duke, and of 81
as 600 by B. N. Duke for campus il
as provements, was also ann ounc
III Yesterday, thus totaling $780, On
rs; in gifts to the college at this co
III mencement, and running the Du
ice phiIanthropies far above a mill
70 and half to date.
no Jacob Riis, the great Americana
Dane who delivered the common
ment address at Trinity College y
Oh terday, is a man who has labored
EEL cessantly for the country OF
lde adoption for the past forty yea
o,u and has been wisely called the mt
en- useful man in New York" He "
ing horn in Ribe, Denmark, but came
tn this country in his early youth, a
op' after a desperate struggle with
III hardships of life became a police
ors porter on the New York Sun, serV
IN afterward in the same capacity
at the New York Tribune and Asss
Tor sted Press. He is today regarded
one of the wisest and most us'
q in men on the continent, and Is a
on striking example OF what e Pc
the friendless young man with grit
INT. determination can accomplish
rem America if he strives to make
ion best of bis opportunities.
day During the month OF May the d
ork derson postoffice was required by
&C, Department to keep an accoun
ded every piece OF mail, both incom
my and outgoing, that was hah|
lon' through the Office during I
une month. The report, which was c.
Sc pleted and sent to the Departme1
few days ago, shows that llo,
son nieces of incoming mail OF all ella
er OF were handled. VI TINS hGnoel
ming $40 pieces were letters. There ,
me also handled 1915 pieces OF ou'
i for ing mail. During the same n me
ital. the city carriers ueil'eIeu
ly i'll pieces. The office was a,so ie f = :
and to show the average nulnosr y. " u "
here. each piece was nanuieu, anu U,ro :"
,era- age time required in handling
ID as piece. TO Keep sucu an aCeou -
le he curately, as the DeparClnnen t
and ed, was no small task, but l6
sfac- we'll done by Assistant Postms
most ". F. Rowland, and his report