Henderson gold leaf., 1911-07-13
pPIFF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

.o'ati,g at RehObeth this week.
Mr.. 2. Poythress. who has been
uiaht sick for some time, is now i'm
proving.
ur- !. J. Chessom, who has been
-,.,tr sick for some time, is now much
improved.
It-cifv board Of aldermen have
.,|r.,-pd the salary OF the mayor
ram 500 to $500.
Rev. K. {. Stubbins is holding a
meeting at Dabney this week. Two
.arvj.,- are being held each day.
Also swat the band that would
o,.p dare in time like this to play
Sin the Good Old Summer Time"
Miss Kirk, the popular milliner of
t,p Gpo. A. Rose Company, has re-
tnrned to Baltimore for the summer.
Salisbury had a $4,000 fire Tues
Jav morning. The origin OF the fire
il thought to have been caused by
electric wires.
The Baptist Sunday school picnic,
which was to have been held this
week. has been postponed. The new
date will he announced later
Orders for ice have come to this
State from as far south as Augusta,
Gl ! car load OF ice was shipped to
that place from Charlotte this week.
The rood rains this week have
,,Iaddencd the heart Of many Vance
county farmer, and we'll they might,
for seldom have they been more bad
" needed.
Mr.. John Gee, whose residence on
Andrews avenue was burned about
wear ago, is rebuilding on the
same lot and his new residence will
soon be- completed.
Two applications for pensions were
granted by the board OF pensions
last Monday. One was the applica-
tion Of Mr.. James GrissOm and the
other that of Miss Bell Green.
The Gold leaf cOngratulates itself
on the fact that it has some excel
Ipntcountrv correspondents who add
considerably to the interest an at
trartiVeness OF the paper each week
70 say that Vance county has just
had one more thorough soaking
from border to border seems a sufti-
Gent report of the glorious rains
that iell yesterday and the day be-
fore
Mrs. H. W. Barnes was taken to
Watts Hospital at Durham and un-
drrwrnt II very serious operation
last week. The operation was very
Successful and she is getting along
we'll
Arthur Dixon Company's transfer
barns in the city of Chicago were
destroyed by fire Monday and 400
horses were burned to death i'll the
fire The total loss is estimated at
500, 900.
\ horse belonging to Mr.. p. W,
Edwards, of COkesbury, ran away
while in the city last Friday. Mr..
Edwards was thrown out of the
buggy but fortunately was notse-
riously hurt.
Th" Children's Day exercises at Mt
Carmel church last Sunday were
largely attended and highly success
ful The children acquitted them,
selves we'll, and the exercises through
out were highly enjoyed.
Dr. John b. Carlyle, of the faculty
uf Wake Forest College, died Mon.
day morning at his home at Wake
Forest He was Professor of Latin
III that institution and has held this
position for several years.
Lightning struck the twO-story
dwelling Of Mr.. Solly Ayscue, neal
Epson, Tuesday night, wrecking the
chimney and roof of the house and
damaging some of the furniture. But
fortunately no one was hurt.
Miss Julia Tucker has been elected
teacher Of art in the Greenville grad
ed schools. Miss Tucker is young
lady Of tine talent, and the Green
vile people are to be congratulated
0n having secured her services.
fou haven't heard anyone singing
Keep on the Sunny Side" during
tie past two weeks, have your But
YOU have doubtless seen many o
them walking mighty close to tht
high brick walls on the shady sidt
of the street.
1t seems that the city aldermen
have decided not to follow past Gus
tom and publish in the columns o
the Gold Leaf a statement showing
expenditures for the past six month";
as we'll as the present financial con
dItion Of the city.
MIR. George +. Wortham, who's
store iii North Henderson was burn
td few weeks ago, has rebuilt ol
the same lot. The new store wa
completed last week and is large
aud better building than the on
that was burned.
Governor kitchin has appointet
Nr. f.. l.. Travis, of Halifax, as th
successor of the late Henry Cla,
Brown on the Corporation Commits
sion. Mr.. Travis qualified and a:
Sumed the duties of his new offiC
yesterday morning.
\ protracted meeting began a
tuller's Chapel last Sunday an
will continue through the week. Th
pastor, Rev. {. E. Newman, is al
sisted by Rev. ". T. Herndon, {
Durham. The services are held
tile afternoon and at night.
Mr. George b. Cooper gave a mos
delightful sailing party at Morehea
IIty last Friday evening in honor {
Misses Lucille Cooper, of Waco, Tex
and Genevieve Cooper. of Henderson
1t was an ideal night for sailing an
was enjoyed by about forty invite
guests
Work has been commenced on Il
new entrance to Elmwood cemetel
and will probably be completed wit
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