Henderson gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1911-19??, 1911-05-11

rectOrS ut high l'pInt last week, and
the Gold Leaf learns that it was one
IF the best speeches of the kind ever
n.ard in High Point. His son, Mr.
Asa Hardee, successfully passed the
State board at this meeting, making
an exceptionally high mark on his
examination.
1t pays to advertise in the Gold
Leaf. A few weeks ago a cow was
wanted in the advertising columns
Of this paper, and the "wanter" ex
/ pectrd, Ire says, to receive IL bid dur
ing the week. but lie was not prepar
! ed to have five COWS offered to hin
before shutdown of the day the paper
was issued. This is just one exam
pie Of several such that have beer
reported at the Gold Leaf office
The city schools will close the pres
ent term on the 2Cth of this month
There will be a graduating class O
about six girls. There are no boys
at all in the class. This is not q
very good showing for the boys, aud
people are naturally wondering VIII y
it is the case. The graduating exer,
Cises will be held on the forenoon o.
the Goth, and there will also be exer-
cises same evening.
Saturday little four year old col.
ored boy named Frazier Edwards
of Dabney, was SO badly burned
| that death resulted few hours later
Attempting to get Il potato out OF
/ the ashes in an open fire place his
clothes caught attire, aud although
the flames were put out by his moth.
ar almost at once and his parched
! flesh was dressed by DR.. T. r. Up
church little later, the burn proved
| fatal
The salary of the mayor of Hen
! dersOn has been decreased from $500
and fees to 800. This change was
made by the city aldermen at a meet
| ing lust prior To the election. Under
the constitution the ordinance reg II
lating this could not be changed dur
ing he mayor 3 term of office, Since
| the Legislature created the Record
er's Court the mayor is relieved o
all judicial matters With the excep
ton of presiding at the commission
ers meeting the office is an honorary
one, and therefore it was thought
right by the aldermen that there
should be a reduction in salary.
The Women's Union, of Albemarlt
Presby terry. will hold its yearly
meeting in the Henderson Presby
terian church next week, May 1G
10 About % delegates are expect
ed from Wilson, Rocky Mount, New
Bern, Littleton, Raleigh, and Other
points in this section of North Caro-
lima. Rev. }. II. Henderlitp. for
mer pastor of this church. will come
from Fredericksburg, Va, to address
the Union. This fact alone viii
draw crowd Wednesday evening
Mrs. Samuel Watkins has the homo
of being president of this body
Quite an extensive program has beeI
arranged.
Henderson has been called the 'cit,
of fences" bnt its people are NOR
and more doing away with thps
"blOts on the landscape" and other
wise making their lawns and yard
more attractive to themselves an
} to pussers by-tutting, grading anC
other improvements along this lin
are to be seen going on in every sec
ton of the town. Mrs. ). ii. Allel
has, by moving n fence to its rear
made visible from the front one O
the most beautiful trees in town
When the rustic arrangement, nos
being built beneath it, is completed
this will be Il restful sight to thOs
, who pass in the intense heat of tn
sun, for summer will get here soon
Or later
Mr.. s. r. Harris is attending tn
+ Joint Commission representing tire
branches of Methodism, the MethC
dist Protestant, Methodist EpiscO
pal, South, and Methodist Churches
at Chattanooga this week. To dis
cusS the question of unity, the 81
million members of these three OF til
nineteen branches of MethOdism i
America have delegated twenty-sey
: en- commissioners to this meeting
. one of the twenty seven being on
townsman, Mr. 5. Il. Harris. To b
the representative of over 200, 90
, people il an Indication that hi
, branch of the body of Christians ha
p faith both in his ability as well as
his conservatism.
: The Whatsoever and the Helpin
+ Hand Circles of the Kings Daugl
e ters held their semi-monthly meetin
e Tuesday afternoon. The Whatst
}. ever Circles appointed Mrs. W. T
r Wester and Mrs. Wiley Carter as il
t next visiting committee and Me
e danes d. Y. Cooper, A. C. Zollicoffe
F. C. Toepleman, Hamilton Beacon
. and j. l. Miller to the convention 6
:. Salisbury in June. Arrangement
were made for defraying the expel
ses of patient at the Bass hospit'
. for several weeks, exclusive of tt
% medical treatment. The visitir
{ committee reported helping 3 dest
4 titute families the past week. III
10 Helping Hand meeting was smaI
but it was reported that two fam
lies had received its help since Il
# last meeting and also that, for tt
!, summer, ice cream should be serve
n twice a week in the afternoons i
q stead of the Saturday dinner.
v The next electrocution schedul,
v to take place at the States prise
d is that of Norman Lewis, the slay
re of Chief of Police Stallinos, of Sprir
ID Hope, Nash county. This is to
at 1890 O'Clock on May -. The
= was sensational pursuit of
~ prisoner following the fatal woun
. ing of the police officer and he W
= = finally taken here in Henderson
~ Policeman Champion as he W
=; about to board a northbound ira
: and hurried to the penitentiary lie
:, he be taken from officers and ync
&c ed if he was carried back into Ma
n county while public Indignation W