Henderson gold leaf., 1911-07-20

Iue beHerdl many 1rlen0s nope 1t
will net him a nice fortune
There has been quite wonderful
Improvement i'll the general appear
ance OF growing crops in this county
within the past week. All crops are
growing very fast aud have a most
healthy appearance. Some farmers
say that they can discern the fact
each morning that cotton, corn and
tobacco have grown over night.
The protracted meeting at the
North Henderson Baptist sehurch
CLOSED 9 WO weeks session Sunday.
The LOT, Rev. ]. II. Spaulding,
cOnduc ued services the first week and
Mr.. Charlie Horton the second week
There We're 20 professions, and it is
said to have aroused more interest
than any meeting held 10 Henderson
in long time.
/ There will be a grand picnic and
barbecue at Palmer Springs High
School, just across the Virginia line,
on the 9Th of August, to which
everybody is invited. 1t is to be
given for the benefit OF the orphan
age at Richmond. Meals will cost
80, 20 and 10 cents. There will be
two games of ball by good teams.
These will be free to everybody.
Eliza Harris, colored, who has
been waitress at the Seaboard Air
Line passenger depot for the past
seventeen years. gives up her work
! today to take a similar position in
the new postoffice building. Eliza
has given faithful service during the
seventeen years she has been in the
! depot and will no doubt render as
good service in the new pOstOffice.
Mrs. Berry Tucker, of Dabney,
whose death at the age OF "a years,
occurred last Wednesday, was buried
from the Hermon Methodist Episco-
pal church Thursday afternoon.
Rey. r. G.. Stubbins, assisted by Rev
, S. J. Fitzpatrick, conducted the funer-
al service. The body was inferred
| by the side of her husband. No
children survive, Mrs. Mollie Wilson,
of Dabney, Il step daughter, being
/ her nearest relative.
| Mrs. z. G.. Vaughn, of the Towns
vile section, died July 11th, after an
illness of about eight months of con
sumption. The remains were buried
at Rock Springs Baptist church, OF
which she was II faithful and consist
ent member. Her neighbOrs bear
testimony to the fact that she was a
! good Christian woman. She was
born August Is, 1879, and was there
fore about BE years old She is sur
vived by her husband and six child
rem.
/ Mr.. r. j. Corbitt must be whole
chamber of commerce in himself
president, vice president, secretary,
board OF managers, and all. Almost
before anybody knew he was think
ing of such II thing he had gone
ahead and gotten up u 500, 900
automobile factory for Henderson,
had all or practically all of the cap
| itaI stock subscribed and most of it
paid in This is the sort of chamber
of commerce that counts in any com
munity.
The children of the Methodist
Protestant church enjoyed a splen-
did picnic Tuesday out at Dunn's
grove, about mile or 80 from the
city. Heretofore this Sunday school |
has generally held it's picnics at Sat
! terwhite's pond, but for the sake of
the smaller children it was thought
best to have the picnic nearer by this
year Quite a number OF the older
people attended the picnic Tuesday, |
and it proved to be a very pleasant
affair indeed.
The Gold Leaf hears on what it
considers very good authority that
the filtering plant out at the pump !
ing station is to be considerably en-
larged and improved in the near fut- |
ure, although it is even now one of
the largest and best tiltering plants
! for city the size of Henderson in
! the State. The water company no
| doubt foresees what is coming and is
putting itself in readiness to furnish
a much larger water supply to the
greater Henderson that is to be.
/ The Southern Railway Company's
good roads train will reach Hender-
son Friday, August 4th, and at 10
O'Clock on the forenoon of that day
free stereoptican lecture, with prac-
tical instructions for building good
roads, will be given. At the same
/ time there will be an exhibition of
improved road building machinery.
These lectures and demonstrations
will be by experts on the subject of
good roads building. Every wide
awake citizen Of the county should
make it point to attend this meet
/ ing.
! No one can deny that the brick
walls on Garnett street that have re-
Gently received a fresh coat of paint
have thereby been greatly improved
in appearance. The newly painted
buildings look at least 100 per cent
better. There are still Others that
are badly in need of it. 1t would be
a great blessing to this town il every
painter in it could be kept busy for
months to come. Just take square
| look at your house and see how bad
( ly it needs painting and how much it
would be improved by fresh coat of
paint or two.
Signposts ought to be erected at
the forks and crossings of all public
highways in Vance county. This
! would be a great help to strangers
who are of course not familiar with
our roads, and often go wrong for
want of some sign to direct them.
There is nothing more annoying to
strangers when out on the road than
to go wrong for some distance and
then have to spend considerable
time and patience in getting right
again. Signposts do not cost much
and they are a very great conven-
fence to travellers.
The new 100000 automobile
factory, when completed and put in
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