The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-03-23
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

county ulC IOh OCeo ibtibS W ClO5C.
1t i with regret that his friends
learn of the feeble health of Mr.. VIM.
Buchan, and they all hope for his
speedy Improvement.
The good news to the effect that
Mr. Jack Currin has greatly improved
in health is very gratifying to his
muny friends in Henderson.
As soon as the plumber has fin
i~ue! his job, the handsome new resi-
l~nce OF Mr.. Joe Bell, on Garnett
street, will be ready for occupancy.
Dr. c. l.. Pridgeon, OF the State
Board OF Health, spoke to over 600
SCHOOL children yesterday. Diseases
common to children is his speciality.
Mayor Powell and Mr.. r. S. McCoin
will be the speakers at the Cokesbury
school final Friday. Cokesbury
people know good things when they
re them.
The night Hotel Vance is opened
for inspection the ladies of the Bap-
ti7t Aid Society will serve a supper
III the dining room. The date has
not yet been named.
The Christian Endeavor Society,
which is Observation-Disclosures in it's
makeup and work, meets in the
Methodist Protestant church every
Thursday evening at s O'Clock.
Chairman F. NJ Stalings, OF Macon,
one OF the Warren county com
missiOners, was with his sisters, Mrs
n. b, Thorn Is and Mrs A. =. New
comb, last Saturday and Sunday.
Easter Monday night the leading
musical talent of Henderson will
render an Easter cantata by Adam
Giebe in the Methodist church, and,
to this end rehearsals are being fire.
quentIy held.
1t is understood that Mr.. A. A.
Bullock will the first Of the coming
month take charge of what is now
the Massenburg Hotel. The new
and appropriate name will be the
Central Hotel.
The present Island Creek Baptist
church building at WILLIAMSBURG is to
be sold and removed from its present
site. and Il handsome new structure
will be erected in its place at cost OF
from 5000 to 81 900
Work will soon begin on Mrs. W.
T. Hardy's bungalow that she is
going to have built in WILLIAMSBURG
When it is completed it will be occu-
pied by Mrs Hardy, who now lives
at the Hardy old homestead.
Rev. r. NJ Andrews, pastor of
the Methodist Protestant church, is
preaching n series OF sermons on the
Lords PRAYER in his church on Sun
day evenings, and his congregation
IL deeply interested in them.
Mrs. Hal Shaw, and daughter, Miss
Susie Shaw, have recently come from
ShAwbOrO to Henderson to make
their home and will live with Mr..
and Mrs. 5. s. Stevenson on Charles
street Henderson people extend to
them II hearty welcome.
Mr. w l. Peace, travelling rppra-
sentative of the Greensboro Daily
News, and II brother of Mr.. s r.
Peace, cashier of the First National
Bank of this city, WIS in Henderson
Monday and gave the Gold Leaf Of
flee pleasant call.
Prof. j +. Alderman is moving
what is known IN the old Lehman
house to the back OF that lot and
turning it to face Mr. &. A. Lewis
residence. Where the Lehman house
stands at present Prof Alderman will
erect a nice residence for his own use
Three new 1911 model automobiles
are to be seen on our streets. Dr.
Frnuers car is an Overland the first
ui this make in Henderson. Mr.. Il.
ii. HOrner is the owner OF beauti-
full two-seated ElmOre, aud Dr. Per
klns Of Il torpedo boat shaped Max
well
4 meeting of the Knights OF
Pythias OF the Fifth district will be
held on Thursday night, March %, at
Chapel Hill \ banquet will be given
ny the Chapel Hill lodge, after the
business meeting. \ good many
from here expect to be In attendance
and are anticipating II good time
Rev. Julian +. IngIp, who was rec
tor OF the Church of the Holy limo
cents here for thirty years, has been
called to fill the vacancy at Louis
burg. He held services there last
Sunday, but has not yet signifed
what he will do with reference to the
call.
There is just one way and only one
t,x-y IL ~,
county can have n live, up-to-date
newspaper, like other cities and
counties of the State have, and that
Is Tor every progressive, patriotic
citizen to give it his unstinted and
unseltish support from the start and
all the while. Do you want it to that
extent?
The Sunbeam Society OF the Bap-
fist church raised and forwarded the
neat little sum of $50. 65 in one week
for the famine sufferers of China.
Mrs. W. II. Wester is leader of this
branch of the Sunbeams. Another
branch was organized last Sunday
at the North Henderson church with
twelve members and under the lead
ership Of Miss Eva Spruill.
pr. ". MEG. White, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church OF Raleigh,
will preach in the Presbyterian
church here next Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock and again on same
evening at s o'clock DR.. White is
one OF the ablest and best known
ministers OF the Synod OF North
Carolina. Rev. j. A. Mcclure, pas
tor OF Henderson Presbyterian
church, will at the same time fill DR..
Morton's pulpit at Rocky Mount.
IL the real assets of a community
are not Its busy, humming factories,
nor yet It's thronged marts OF trade,
but its citizenship composed OF the
strong, stalwart men within 1t. then