Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-10-12
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.


Little Miss Katie Joyner, who has
h.aD sick for some time, is now able
to b. up.
Master Alfred Wester, who has had
? severe attack of typhoid fever, is
abb. to be up.
The school at Bobbitt has suspend
pdf,r two weeks on account of the
Iu-F season with crops.
The hour for holding the evening
serlrc-- at the churches has been
changed from s O'Clock to 7:30.
Policeman W. G. Langston, who
has had severe attack of maIarial
lever has recovered and is able to
boon duty again.
Work on grading the Carlton
track began Tuesday morning. The
vnrE sill be in charge of Mr.. J. S.
POlihr-5s.
\ number of people from Hender-
-or aud Vance county are attending
;ha Virginia State Fair this week at
Richmond
TIE new electrical transmission
line from CataWba river to Durham,
III miles, is said to be the longest
haze in the world.
HENDERSON was visited last night
BIZ "a regular London fog, and for
two ur three hours the street lights
yer. rendered almost useless by it.
Mr.. VI. :. Duke, who fell from the
top Of "a building on which lie was
at work last week and was right
painfully hurt, is able to be out
again.
Mr. ". W. Parker attended the
bic annual KaXall convention at
BOSTON last week and enjoyed very
pleasant outing in the New England
metropolis.
Th" bic state fair will be held over
at Raleigh next week, and Hender-
son ana Vance county will as usual
contribute their share of patronage
10 it, success.
Mr. and Mrs. j. w. CulbursOn
have moved to Henderson and have
taken rooms at Mr. w. ID. HOrner's |
Mr. tuiburSOn has charge OF the
work at the oil mill
Mr. y. {. Crabtree, who was right |
badly burned a few weeks ago by APP |
riyiu~ carbolic acid for rheumatism |
instead Of liniment, has recovered |
and is able to be out again.
Mr. Clifton Cheatham will move
his family from kittrell to Hender- |
son this week. They will occupy the
residence on Andrews avenue recent |
" vacated by Mr.. ". w. Rowland
At 1t meeting of the State council |
OF the Farmers Union ut Greensboro |
last week. Wilson was chosen as the |
place for the next annual meeting of
the union. which will be held Deem |
Der II, II, II.
Nr and Mrs. r. II. Burns, who .
moved to Henderson "a few months /
~" and who have been boarding
since their arrival, have gone to
housekeeping, They. occupy the
IurpIrman residence on Charles
street
Thccongregations of Rev. r. {.
Stubbin4' churches have purchased
tn" house and lot on Andrews ave
nue., now occupied by Rev. C. f.
Newman, for their parsonage, and
their pastor will move into the house
ina few days.
Mrs j :. +. Young and children
left Wednesday for Fort Riley, Kan,
to Join her husband. First Lieu
tenant j. $. f. Young has been de-
tailed rs assistant to the officer in
char|" Of the military training school
ut that place.
Miss May Hunter, who has been
teaching in the school for Deaf and
Dumb mt MorgantOn, has been sick
Tor several days in q hospital at
Greensboro. Her mother, Mrs.
lInud Hunter, and her sister. Miss
claudia, are with her.
The very handsome new front to
the store building of f. G. Davis &
Sons Company is now about com
pIrtrd and adds n great deal to the I
effectiveness OF the building. The
new front is almost solid plate glass,
a0d u" show windows are among
til" incest in the city.
Tn" plans have been drawn and
lhe estimates made for the erection
OF til" now Episcopal church, st.
John Mission, at North Henderson. :
Inc work on the new building will /
oeSu right away. Arrangements ]
are also being made to purchase
seats for the church.
Nr Walter Roses ginning plant
ai ANteI was destroyed by fire Sat
ccrday night, together with about
my bales of seed cotton and several
1JhoH~auI bushels of cotton seed. ,
me loss is estimated at $4,000,
WI Th'h Is PARTLY covered by insurance. {
i"' oFIgl1 OF the fire is unknown.
I'm. Inc n"" building for the bank at ,
N'l ,Trlt will he erected on lot next
-" li'dg"ppth's store. which has re-
st1iII been purchased for that pur-
P'>t. hc work on the building will
"[Il rIIht away. Mr.. W. A. Hunt,
h b henderson, is president of the
t D13A. and Mr. T. II. Crudup, of Kit
'FeII, is cashier.
81! Ill" September sales of tobacco on
."l> market this year aggregated I
rr-''.'o' pounds rs against 545, 395
TTT ~ Tor September of last year.
49,, average price this September
Is "S I,'.'4 as against 11.20 Septem-
NJ :, "' I'Sf year. The total amount !
22 IN" GE sales this September was 500
sen ser q. g. while last September it was
bo At th" celebration last week of
I T1nJI'a'Iors day at Trinity College,
S9 pa5-aIn, gifts in the aggregate of
Ln31. ""b were announced. For
n''iuiHr. james Ruchanan DuEa and