Henderson gold leaf., 1911-08-24

proving very rapidly. The meeting
At Henderson Christian church,
which was to be held in September.
has been postponed on account of
Rev. Mr.. Newman's illness. The date
for the meeting will be announced as
soon AS the pastor is able to fill his
appointments.
A site at Black Mountain has been
donated for the Home of Invalid
Nurses, which the State Association
proposes to build soon. The gift is
from DR.. /. j. Archer, of Cragmont
Sanatorium, at Black Mountain.
he plot is on the beautiful Crag-
mont estate which embraces several
hundred acres in the very heart OF
these splendid mountains.
Miss Mary Judd, of Dallas, Texas,
daughter OF the late DR.. w. J. Judd
OF this place, spent last week here
with her sister, Mrs. j. b. Gee. Miss
Judd will visit number of relatives
and friends in North Carolina and
Virginia and also at Washington
City. On her return about the mid
die OF September, she willspend some
time with her sister, Mrs. Gee
William NewcOmb, the 11-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs A. T. Newcomb
Of this city, had the misfortune one
] day last week to break his arm by
falling off his little pony while out
taking a ride. The pony Jumped and
threw him to the ground with the re-
suit that both bones OF his right
arm were broken. He received
prompt surgical attention and is
/ doing nicely.
! The prOtracted meeting at Browns
Baptist church closed Friday night.
1t was in progress several days and
was very successful meeting Sew
eral accessiOns were made to the
church membership. Rev. J. II.
Taylor, of Warrenton, has been pas
tor of this church for the past twen-
| ty-nine years. He was assisted in
the meeting by Rev. Mr.. Phelps, of
| Roanoke Island.
The Fifth District Meeting of the
Red Men was held with the Roanoke
Tribe, No. 80, at Rosemary August
/ 18th. Mohawk Tribe, OF this city, was
represented by Messrs d. W. Hartipe,
A. j. Harris, James Amos, k W.
Edwards, c. F. Tankersly, George
| Wycoff, o. H. Wycoff. Gustave Roth
and J. l.. Stone. The next district
meeting will be held in Henderson
/ probably in December.
/ The State Farmers Convention
will be held at the A. 4 Nj. College at
Raleigh August % to 81 Three
sessions Il day will be held morning,
afternoon and evening. Theprogram
| includes q variety of subjects that
will be of special interest and hel p to
the farmers. These subjects will be
/ discussed by men who have made Il
close study of the work they are go
! ing to present. At the same time the
/ Women's Farm-Life Convention will
be held at the college in conjunction
with the State Farmers Convention
/ After 81 months vacation spent
most pleasantly in New York and
| Virginia, Rev. and Mrs. J. 4 Mcclure
retured to the city the latter part of
last week, and Rev. Mr.. Mcclure filled
! his regular appointments at the
( Henderson Presbyterian church last
Sunday morning ard night. While
away they visited New York City,
! Margaretsville, n. Y, Staunton, Va,
and other points, at all of which
/ places they spent a short while very
pleasantly with relatives and friends.
/ Prof W. w. Peale, headmaster of
Trinity Park School, filled the en-
gagement of Prof r. L. Flowers of
Trinity College at the Methodist
/ Episcopal church here last Sunday
morning at II o'clock. Prof Peele
was greeted by good congregation
and delivered n strong address on
the subject of Christian Education,
which was highly appreciated by all
who heard him. He also preached
good sermon in the same church at
the evening hour.
Mr.. Eugene Thorne, of this place,
/ has a patch of cotton that has been
badly damaged by what he had up
to the first of this week thought to
be ''rust, j." as it is commonly known
among farmers. But under a strong
microscope it is shown that thou
sands of tiny little insects, too small
to be seen by the natural eye, are
doing the destructive work. These
have almost ruined the patch of cot
ton which up to a short time ago
gave promise of a splendid yield.
Capt. J. T. Elmore, who was very
painfully injured last week by being
| thrown from a motor car between
/ Weldon and Portsmouth, and who
was at once taken to a hospital at
! Norfolk for treatment, was able to
come home last Friday and has since
been getting along very nicely.
While Capt. Elmore sustained pain
| ful sprains and bruises about the
shoulders and back by being run ov-
er by the motor car, no bones were
broken or fractured and he will soon
be all right again. Already he is
able to be up and out.
/ Last Saturday was the occasion of
Children's Day exercises and nice
picnic at Liberty Christian church
few miles from the city. There was
good congregation in attendance
and all greatly enjoyed both the ex
ercises and the splendid picnic. The
good people OF that community are
noted for their unbounded hospital
ity and on occasions like the one of
last Saturday everybody in reach OF
J I ihartr chI1rnh El-ol fn otfonH on6
enjoy the same 1t was both pleas
ant and profitable day for all who
were there.
There was somewhat of a romantic
marriage at the Massenburg Hotel
on Monday of this week, when Rev.
George Tunstall, OF Cokesbury, per-
formed the ceremony that made man
and wife of Mr.. T. l., Williams, of
LaCross,' Va. and Miss Belle Hester,