Henderson gold leaf., 1911-09-07
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

,ar1z upOn his backbone, not on his
wi-hh0nH.
Mr.. George Wortham has about
r,nI ted his new residence at North
Henderson.
Ur ]. K. Moss is building a new
store aud two new cottages at North
Hrudrr-on.
SHOPPERS expect, as a matter Of
.,Dr-r. that store which offers a
lot Of bargains will do a lot OF ad-
vrrtising.
Mrs .. j. White has returned from
fine Northern Markets, where she had
ben to purchase her fall and winter
stock OF goods.
series OF meetings will begin at
fine Methodist Episcopal church on
the first Sunday i'll October and will
continue through the following week.
Tie young peoples service at the
Presbyterian church has been set for
Sunday. October lst. A helpful and
Interesting program has been pre-
pared.
lIr. $. T. Peace is having the lum-
b.r and other material placed on his
lot on Andrews avenue and will be-
gin the erection OF his new residence
at an early date.
4 series OF meetings will begin at
Liberty Christian church the third
Sunday in this month. The meet
ing will he in charge of the pastor,
Rev e. f. Newman.
Mrs. Claudia keele, of Scotland
Neck. has moved her family to Hen
dqrson. They occupy the house re-
Gently vacated by Mrs. Hunter Dunn
on breckenridge street.
Mr.. Carl Fleming has moved his
family from Macon to Henderson.
They are now living in the residence
on breckenridge street that Mrs.
Hunter Dunn recently vacated.
Mr.. W. l.. Garlick, who has been
on an extended business trip through
South Carolina and Georgia in the
interest Of the Capital Buggy Com
pany Of this city, returned home last
week.
1t is said that there are more new
flour mills being put up in North
Carolina this year than in the pre-
yious half dozen years. This means
that the State is growing more
wheat.
Quarterly conference will be held
at North and South Henderson
Methodist Episcopal churches on
Tuesday, September 10Th. Elder j.
L. Underwood will preside at the
.puference.
Mr. and Mrs George E. Perry, Mrs.
Robert Crow, Mrs. Robert Bum and
Mrs X. W Edwards have been at
tending the International Bible Stu
dents Convention at Mountain Lake
Park, Md, this week.
A deacons' conference for the Albe-
marie Presbytery has been called to
meet at Falkland, October 2nd, to
devise means for carrying out the
plan of the General Assembly for I'll Q
benevolent causes of the Church.
The annual convention of the
North Carolina State League of
Poatmasters will be held at Ashe-
vile September 10, 20 and 21 Post
master W. II Jenkins, of Henderson,
il second vice-president of the con-
yrntiOn.
Mrs. Carrie Harris entertained her
Sunday school class at her home on
Chestnut street one evening last
week. There are tWenty-fOur mem
brrs in her class and those who were
present highly enjoyed Mrs. Harris
nt,rtainment.
Mrs. +. II. Adkins, OF Rosemary,
~ visiting her parents, Capt. and
Mrs ]. Il. EImOre Her husband,
DR.. l.. II. Adkins, will Join her Sun
day and they will go to Southport,
his old home, and will spend several
days ut that place.
\ burglar entered the home of Mr..
j. T. Nelson on Burweil avenue Mon
day night and stole $15 in cash. So
quietly was the entrance effected
that the members of the family were
not aroused at the time, and no clue
was left as to the identity of the
burglar.
Mrs. Ann ThOmasOn, aged So
years, died Sunday afternoon about
. clock at her home at North Hen
drrson after an illness of several
months. The remains were buried
Monday afternoon at Elmwood
cemetery. Deceased is survived by
iour children.
MIR. John D. Cooper and family re-
turned home last Friday from Mon
treat, where they spent very pleas
ant summer. Mr.. Cooper owns a
nee cottage at Montreal and they
are in the habit OF spending their
summers in the mountains of West
"rn North Carolina.
Nessrs. Z. l.. d. Hester and 7. II.
Hight, rural letter carriers on routes
Nos. and , respectively from this
place, attended a big rural carriers
barbecue at Oxford Monday, it being
Labor Day and consequently a holi-
day Tor the rural carriers and the
postoftice people generally.
Master Skinner Dickerson, the
tght-year-old son of Mr.. Henry
DIckerson, of Engleside, died Friday
night at the home of his grandfarth-
er, Mr. Harvey Newton, near EPSON,
alter an illness of few days of scar
let fever. The remains were buried
Saturday at Plank Chapel.
Mr.. Al. Harris, Jr. left Tuesday for
Wake Forest Collegs, where he will
graduate at the end OF the incoming
term. In connection with his regu-
lar literary course Mr.. Harris will
also devote portion of his time this
Year to the study OF law and will
later take the full course in law.
Mr. p l.. D. Hester, carrier on R.
+. b. No. 2 from this place, had the