Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-06-22

tain two acres, making 80 acres of
floor space in the building. This gil
gantic structure will. be built on the
site OF the famous Madison Square
Garden, now being torn down. 1t is
said the new building will cost $12,-
OOO, 1000, or at the rate of $240, 900
an acre.
Mrs. Mary Rodorignez, native of
Mexico, died at Baskerville, Cal,
Monday, at the age OF 1913 years, z
months and II days. She was born
November /, 1888. A fall in which
she sustained fractured hip COM
PEELED her to spend the last five
/ months Of her life in bed, but hereto
fore she had hardly known illness
and retained all of her faculties.
Four convicts We're killed, II seri-
Ously injured and ID convicts and 3
! guards slightly injured Sunday in
the collapse OF a bull pen near Water
vile, n. G., in the heart of the Smok-
les, where two railroad companies
are engaging in war for the mo-
nopoly of the East. The convicts
were all negroes, the property of the
State of North Carolina, and were
being worked in connection with the
construction work of the Transcon-
tinental Railroad.
The term of the HENDERSON, grad
ed schools which closed on the Goth
OF last month was in many respects
one OF the most successful since the
system was established twelve years
ago. The total enrolment for the
/ township was | ,424 as against 1916
for the previous year. OF the num-
Der enrolled this year, 1872 were
whites. The schools were not closed
a day on account of sickness or for
other reasons, and the average at
tendance shows up well.
| Tobacco is much smaller than it
usually is at this time OF the year,
owing to the long drought and the
lateness OF getting the plants out,
but there are those who believe that
with favorable seasons from now on
and a late fall there is still a good
chance for a fair yield from the acre
age planted. But the latter is by far
smaller in Vance county this year
than in a long time. Much OF the
land that was prepared for tobacco
was finally planted or sown in some
other crop.
The North Carolina College of Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts announces
in another column its opening for an
other year on September I. This
| College continues to grow in num-
bers and in usefulness. Last year it
enrolled $50 students. It's graduates
are taking a leading part in the in
dustrial life of our State, and are in
steady demand at good salaries.
Young men who desire to fit them
selves for success in industrial Oc-
equations will do we'll to consider
such form of education.
In pushing the subscription list OF
the Gold Leaf, we occasionally run
across a fellow who takes a round
about way to Inform us that he is
too big a man to bother his mind
with so insignificant a thing as a
little county paper, and that he has
to go to Richmond, Norfolk or New
York to find a paper that is big
enough or important enough to in
terest him. 1t is pleasure to know
that the community has even a few
such big men. They serve as ballast
and keep the boat from rocking
The school board finds that owing
to the growth of the city and the
constantly increasing patronage of
the city schools, it will be necessary
next year to divide the different
grades up to the fifth grade so that
they will not be so Thoroughly
crowded as has been the case for the
past term or two. This step is made
easily practicable by the establish
ment OF separate high school and
the consequent vacation of two or
three rooms by the pupils of the high
er grades at the central graded
school building. This plan will prove
of great benefit to all concerned.
The House of Representatives. by d
vote of 221 to 100 passed the Under
wood wool tariff bill Tuesday, pro-
Viding for a reduction of the duty on
wool and manufactures of wool
Twenty-four Republicans voted with
the Democrats for the passage of the
measure, and one Democrat, Repre-
sentative Francis of Ohio, voted
against it. Upon the passage of the
bill, Mr.. Underwood of Alabama, the
Democratic leader of the House, re-
ceiyed a tremendous ovation, and
the Democratic side fairly turned it
self loose in jubilating over the oc-
currence.
, Il wish you would have something
= to sayin your columns this week about
people borrowing the Gold Leaf from
their neighbors," said subscriber to
the publisher. Last week four oil
. our neighbors had sent over to our
house to borrow our copy of the pa.
per before any of us had gotten a
chance to look at it," he continued
This is by no means the first com
, plant of the sort we have heard. At
| first we were inclined to say some
! thing rather pointed about it, but on
second thought took a milder view
of the matter. 1t occurred to Us that
i, possibly some of those borrowers
: might not be able to subscribe fol-
: the Gold Leaf, and in that event We
q would not like to deprive them O
the privilege of reading it. We want
+ everybody in the county to read il
every week, and in the meantime We
: want all the subscribers we can DOS
sibly get. 1t costs lots OF money tC
publish a good county paper, anC
unless We have the financial support
: of the people OF the county we shall
I; not be able to succeed very we'll il
\ giving them the sort of paper they
Il want