Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-05-04

ing and has arranged a very inter
e>ting program. His subject will be
! Lessons from Great Lives"
The mn"rirl!' / tan VI ,,,Iay
pissed "ff v~rs quietly Mr. X j.
SouI heiiand wa7 elected mayor with
out opposition. The following gen
tlemen were elected city aldermen:
First Ward. AlpheuS Cooke; Second
Ward. ". ID. Burwell: Third Ward,
Banfieid EIIinyInn; Fourth Ward,
). L. Peace. Only III the third ward
was there more than one candidate.
The operetta at the Kings Daugh-
ters Hall Tuesday night was remark
ably good and the only disappoint-
ing feature was the small crowd in
attendance. This was largely due,
however, to the advertising matter
reaching Henderson only one day in
| advance OF the troupe. As an elOcu-
zionist, Miss Horton was one of the
best ever heard in Henderson. And
Miss May Beck, both in the play and
in the duets and chOruses, was splen-
did.
fellow came up town one day the
first of the week, with cCat off and
hopping the perspiration from his
forehead, declaring that uninter-
rupted spring weather had now set
in and that there would he no more
cool weather until next fall. While
he was yet speaking the cool wave
suddenly swooped down upon him,
and he had to make a precipitate
dash for home to avoid a cOngestive
chill. Thus is spring W. ather in the
good year 1911.
Mrs. J. s. F. Young entertained
the West End Whist Club and a few
friends Tuesday morning at bridge
After the game, delicious cream, cake
and glare nuts were enjoyed by Mrs
1nung's guests. These were: Mes
DANES Thnmls Tyack, W. M. Chal-
mer5, S. 7. Peace, j l. Miller, d. Y.
Cooper, .Jr, f, G. Lands, Asa Par
ham, r. J. Corbitt, +. II. Thomas,
A. j. Cheek, and Misses Julia Cooper,
Julia Tucker, Olivia Lamb, Gene
We've Cooper and Leah Perry.
DR.. Henry G. Herndon, a we'll
known citizen of Oxford, died We'd
nesday at his home in that place, at
the advanced age OF 80 years He
leaves one sister and many nephews
and nieces. Funeral Thursday from
the Episcopal church. DR.. Herndon
was for many years one of the lead
ing merchants of Oxford and after
wards became president of the Hern-
don bank, The last years of his life
were spent quietly in his beautiful
home i'll the center OF Oxford, sur
rounded by the luxuries If wealth.
Fifteen acres of Vance county land
was sold by Sheriff Register last Mon
day to satisfy bond The tract
lies in the WILLIAMSBURG section, some
s or 9 miles from Henderson, and
brought $50 an acre. Considerably
less land was sold for taxes in Vance
county this year than last. 1t is
said by those who ought to know
that the value of lard in this county
has increased from 10 to 100 per
cent i'll the past ten years. But hold
on minute. Wehad forgotten that
tax assessing time is upon us just at
this time.
Rev. j. W. Morgan, Messrs. W. W.
Parker, A. T. Barnes and }. s. Roys-
ter and Willard and Benton Roys- |
ter attended the Vance County Union
at Poplar Greek Sunday. On &C.
count of rain there was no morning
session. In the afternoon there was
q small attendance, and after the
programme Hon. W. b. Daniel was
elected delegate to the Baptist World
Alliance at Philadelphia in June, and
Rev. f. r. Nelson, alternate. The
meeting then adjourned to hold its
next session at New Bethel the fifth
Sunday in July.
Mr.. R S. McCoin took IL party to
Raleigh Monday in his big car and
made the trip in three hours. Mr..
McCoin says the roads were fine all
along the route except in Vance
county, and in 30 days from now the
entire distance to Raleigh, after en-
tering Franklin county, will be over
graded and gravelled road. All of
which would suggest to the mind OF
the thoughtful reader that Vance
county is tagging slightly behind her
neighboring counties in the matter
of good roads. Then let us wake up
and push squarely to the front in
this as we already are in many other
respects.
1t now appears that the new city
high school is an assured fact. A
site for the building has just been
purchased. 1t will be located on
what is known as the Oyerton place
at the corner of Young and Chestnut
streets, opposite the residence OF
Mayor r. J. Switzerland. The lot
fronts 1852 feet on Chestnut street
and runs back 204 feet on Young
street. 1t is probable that with
some necessary improvements the
building now on the lot will be used
the coming year. But a handsome
new high school building that will
be a credit to the city will be erected
in the nearfuture.
In the course of an address dellv-
cred at the Baptist church Sunday,
DR.. F. f. Perkins earnestly urged
that the city aldermen be asked to
pass an ordinance requiring that all
food stuffs offered for sale in the city
be properly screened. Some time
ago the merchants were asked to
screen their stores, and number OF
them complied with the request, but
the unwilingness of Others caused
the defeat of the volunteer plan. SO
it is now urged that the city atder,
men should take the matter in hand
and require all places where food
stuffs are offered for sale to be prop
erly screened.
Honor Roll Exercises.
Honor Roll exercises were held at
the graded school Tuesday morning
and the following program was FOL