Henderson gold leaf., 1911-09-14


from her home since the Thursday
before. Evidence points almost con.
clusively to the fact that she haG
been chloroformed and later thrown
into the lake. A man was arrested
Tuesday on suspicion OF having
committed the crime.
The Whatsoever Circle OF King.
Daughters had it's first meeting o
the season Tuesday afternoon with
the leader, Mrs. D. Y. Cooper. Since
its last meeting the circle hos made
twenty visits each month to the
sick and has expended forty or fifty
dollars for medicine and provisions
The meetings will be held every
two weeks from now on and the
members are making arrangements
to hold their annual bazaar in No
vember.
The Warfax Telephone and Tele
graph Company at Littleton has
been Incorporated with an authoriz
ed capital of $4,000. The incorpor.
ators are Eugene Johnston, Rev. J
q. Underwood, NJ. J. Grant, w. r
Harvey. S. G. Daniel, T. J. Draper
J. 0. Heptinstall, J. R. Lilies and A.
f. Carter. The object of the Com.
pany is to establish telephone service
throughout the rural districts oi
Warren, Halifax and all adjacent
counties.
The board of town commissioners
Of Oxford has granted franchise to
the North State Hydro Electric
Company to construct and maintain
their lines of transmission of electric
ity into that town. The line will be
built from Henderson to Oxford,
branching OFF from the Henderson
line at point near the Corbitt Bug
gy Company's factory. The surveys
have already been made and the
work of constructing the new line
will begin right away.
The rails and other materials have
been placed along the Seaboard Air
Line through this section for renew
ing the main line track. The old
75-pound rails will be taken up and
replaced with new S5-pound rails OF
even a better grade than the former.
These new rails will make the track
much better and more secure in every
way. This work began at Hamlet
several months ago, and the track
laying force is now in the vicinity OF
Tar river, coming this way.
The Pastime Theatre ran the
Passion Play" Monday and Tues
day nights of this week. 1t is one oi
the very latest films and was gener-
ally pronounced as one of the finest
pictures ever released in Henderson.
The Pastime was thoroughly crowded
both nights In fact it is crowded
every night. The Harriet Cornet
Band was on hand Tuesday night
and added much to the pleasure OF
the large crowds that focked to the
popular Pastime.
The lumber is being sawed and
placed on the grounds for the erec-
tion OF the new Methodist Episcopal
church at North Henderson. Work
on the building will begin this week.
The new church will be much better
and more convenient than the one
that was burned. 1t will be very
plain. The dimensions are 26x4S
feet. A nice bellfry will be built with
steeple 60 feet high. There will be
ample seating capacity in the new
church for its congregation.
For several weeks past we have
been mailing sample copies OF the
Gold Leaf to a number of good citi-
zens of Henderson who are not sub
scribers in the hope that they might
Quite a number OF these have already
responded, for which fact we are tru.
ly grateful. But there are still 9th.
ers who have not yet responded
After this week these samples copies
will be discontinued, and we hope
that all who have been receiving
them will now have their names put
on the regular mailing list.
The Woman's Missionary Union O.
the Tar River Baptist association
will hold its annual meeting with the
Woman's Missionary society at Mid
dleburg, beginning on Thursday af
ternoon, September 2Sth at 2:3C
O'Clock and continuing through Fri
day. Rev. J. W. Morgan, pastor O
the First Baptist church OF this place
will preach the sermon on Thursday
evening and DR.. R. T. Vann, Of Mere
dith College, will deliver an address
on Friday. Delegates from every
society in the association will bt
present at this meeting and home:
will be provided for them.
The Gold Leaf has it on whatit con
siders the very best of authority tha
the proposed new railroad from
Henderson to Castalia will be built
and that most probably by the Sea
Seaboard Air Line. The Sea
board engineer has recently gon'
over the route from here to Castalia
in order to make a preliminary esti
mate of the cost OF building the new
road, and it is understood that b,
was very. favorably impressed will
the results of his Investigations. 81
Quietly was this all done that few
people here knew it was being don
until it was all over with. Leadin!
business men of Henderson have be
lieved all along that if the SeaboarC
Air Line didn't build this road, tn
Atlantic Coast Line or private capi
tai would.
Mr.. B. B. Massenburg, OF Louis
burg, died Thursday OF last wee
from poison he had taken throug
@ mistake. He went into the Aycoc
drug store and went behind the pre-
scription counter, while all the clerk
were in the front part of the store
Upon hearing his outcries they rush
ed to his assistance, but he had tax
en- some formaldehyde through
mistake and was critically i'll. H
was given prompt medical attention
but of no avail, his, death followin
In about five minutes. Deceased wa
sixty-one years old and is survive
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