Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-06-01
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.


Henderson Saturday much improv-
ed in health.
Cassie, the little daughter of Mr.
John Edwards, is improving from a
spell OF sickness.
Capt. W. f. Wood has just moved
iuto his handsome home on Burwell
avenue, which he recently purchased.
There will be meeting of the Altar
Guild at Holy Innocents church
Saturday afternoon at 600 O'Clock.
The Junior choir of the Presbyte-
rim church will meet Friday night
at $50 with Miss Mamie Mcintyre.
A marriage license was issued last
week to Mr.. Robert Walker and Miss
Maud l.. Woodlief, both OF Heuder-
son.
Mr.. J. H. Bullock, OF Williamsbo-
70. has recently installed a grist mill
with capacity of 100 bushels per
day.
Capt. j. T. Gilmore is making a de-
cided Improvement upon his home
by charging and extending the
porch.
The Sunbeam Society of the Bap-
list church enjoyed a basket picnic
Tuesday near Southerland's rock
quarry.
Mr.. S. r. Harris made an interest
ing address at the Children's Day
exercises at Union Chapel Sunday
morning.
There was a meeting Of the Minis
ters' Association at Hotel Vance
Monday morning, after which it adj
journed for the summer.
The Mission Study Class of the
Baptist church was unusually we'll
attended and interesting at the last
meeting on Monday afternoon.
The president and faculty of the
State Normal College conferred the
degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy upon
Miss Leila White, of this place, last
week.
Miss SaIlie Reavis is making her
home with her neice, Mrs. S. II. AL
len, and for the first time since it
was built over so years ago, the
Reavis home on Breckenridge street
is closed.
The young women and young men
who have been away attending
schools and colleges this year, are
returning home for vacation. Sew
eral have already arrived and there
are others to come.
Five Dollars will be given for the
best slogan to BIZ used by the Cham
Der of Commerce and business men
for the purpose OF advertising Hen
derson Send slogan to +. c. Toe
pleman by June 5th.
The 19-months-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. W. K. Sturges died last Friday
morning. Funeral services were con-
Quoted at the residence Saturday af-
ternOon by Rev. [. w. Hughes, and
the remains we're laid to rest in Elm
wood cemetery.
All the members of the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Protestant
church are urged to be present at the
church Sunday afternoon at five
o'clock. The special object is to
change the time of meeting from af-
ternoon to night.
There will be a special meeting OF
Henry L. Wyatt Camp Confederate
Veterans in the courthouse next Sat-
urday morning at IL o'clock. All
members OF the Camp, who can con-
veniently do so, are requested to at
tend this meeting.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway is
having railway scales put in on one
OF it's tracks a few hundred yards
south of the passenger depot for the
purpose of weighing loaded incom-
ing and outgoing freight cars. These
large scales are put in only at juno
ton points.
The Alma Club held it's final meet
ing for the year 191O-'11 last Thurs
day afternoon at the home OF Miss
Magdalene Lands. After the pro-
gram for the day, Miss Mabel Harris
read the report from the Federation
at Ashevile. Miss Lands then serv-
ed refreshments to those present.
Mr.. 0. w. Blacknall, president oil
the Continental Plant Company at
kttrell, was in the city Monday on
business. The Continental Plant
Company are the largest shippers Of
strawberry plants in the world, and
is an enterprise that is credit not
only to Vance county but to North
Carolina as we'll.
Capt. J. NJ. B. Hunt and Mr.. R. A
Bullock attended the annual alum
nae meeting at Chapel Hill the past
week This meeting of the associa
ton was of more than usual interest
as the members OF the class OF 1861
who left to join the Confederate ar
my before graduation, were the recip
tents of honorary diplomas.
The last meeting OF the Tuesday
Club was held Tuesday afternoon Al
the home of Mrs J. W. Morgan. Th,
secretary read an interesting repor
Of the years work and the program
committee then distributed the pro
grams for the year 1911-'12, tn
subject of which is "On Island.
This program is said to be UNUSUAL.
fine. The committee consists OF Mrs
j. H. Parham, chairman, Mesdame
T. NJ. Pittman, l. ". Hughes, A. {
Zollieoffer, Asa Parham.
For the past two or three week
the people OF Henderson have bee
fairly reveling in the finest strawber
ries in the world. They are grown a
kittrell in the southern portion c
this county and are shipped her
fresh every day. The Kittrell straw
berries are famous, not only in Her
derson, but in many OF the grea
Northern markets., where they ar
eagerly sought after and bring fanc
prices. No better or finer straWDel