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GOLD LF. 4 R Stale Library VOLUME XXX. HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1911. NO. 48. IN RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Runaway Team on Garr.ett Street Dashes Into His Car Headon Car Almost Demolished and Dr. Harris Thrown Down cn Hard Pavement But Escapes With out Serious Injury. jr. F. Pw. Harris had a very i.aiTov; escape from serious in ;ry by a runaway team on North tiarnett street yesterday after !.om just a few minutes before 1 o'clock. The team, which be longed to Bobbitt & Finch, came Mashing down Garnett street with a two-horse dray as hard as i he frightened horses could run. Tney were headed north, and al- hough they were keeping well in iij; middle of the street most of he time everybody was giving in a wide berth until they .. . re passing Poythress' wood a;,ii coal yard. )r. Harris was in his runabout an was coming along North t.aniett stret from toward North Henderson. When in front of .Mr. W. II. Wester's residence he aw the team coming toward him u.-a in time to turn his automo nile out against the curbing next t Mr. Wester's residence and ,me to a standstill. The team had then veered toward the op posite side of the street from him and it appeared that they would iro past him, clearing his machine hy several feet. Just as he was in the act of -tasting to get out of hisautomo hiie and before he had time to aiize fully what had happened, a roioreu man wuri a street oroom in hand sprang from the opposite -:dv of the street in an effort to : in front of trie Hying horses and stop them if possible. Tins ::a 1 the effect in an instant of turning them right into Dr. Har . car headon. They went in to it with all the force that a i Tightened runaway team could uo, and the crashvas fearful. Hy this time Dr. Harris had -oiten on the running board and he was thrown to the hard pave ment of the sidewalk with much force, rolling over and over for a distance of something like fif teen or twenty feet. Fortunate ly he was not hurt to any extent, hut had he not cleared the car just at the moment he did he might have been killed or badly crippled. A great many people rushed to the scene of the ac cident at once to rendei what as sistance they could. The front f the car was almost completely demolished and one of the horses was dangerously bruised and cut up. ! I "il . A ; 1 Will Build Industrial Track. After delaying the matter for a considerable length of time, the Seaboard has fully determin ed to build the much talked of "Industrial Track" in Hender son with as little delay as possi ble. The blue prints for the track were received by Secretary Kittrell of the Chamber of Com merce a few days ago and are r'" in his hands. He will be a: a; any time to show them ; any interested party or par ses with any information that -ay be desired. The track 1 ranches oil from the main line at what is known as the Coley -:' ssing one and seven-tenth a s west of the passenger de !; ' and will run two miles in the 'auction of the pumping station, ! assi no- through the Lassiter, havasse and Buchan lands to t: u south of the city. The Sea !" ;ard also signifies its purpose co-nperating with the Cham ''t' "f Commerce in any way !'"sihle to fill up the track from ' .' tj end with industrial plants. 1 determination of the Sea- ard to build the track and to l'; -'derate with the Chamber of ' " erce in the manner indi :': ' 'tight to mean much in an vi:i way for Henderson. nor W. W. Kitchin has hi Thanksgiving Day a :r. a tion for North Carolina anu s Thursday. November '.' : day already named by 1 ; i nt Taft, this the day to "rved in all the States. ? C. E. Avscue and little iiliam. of Monroe, spent !i 'y with his sisters on An- "s avenue. :0LD WAVE GRIPS SOUTH. Blustering Gale Brings Blizzard Weather to Cotton Belt. Nearly a score of deaths, sev eral million dollars' property loss and much suffering and incon venience resulted from the vio lent change of temperature, pre ceding storms and the succeed ing cold and snow that beset the central portion of the country Saturday and Sunday. After an unusually warm No vember day Saturday, tornadic storms did much damage in Wis consin and Illinois and killed a dozen persons besides injuring more than a score, several fatal ly. A cold wave, almost immediate ly rolled over the wreckage of the storm, extended in a few hours to the Gulf coast and At lantic seaboard. Rain turned to sleet, snapping telegraph and telephone wires and snow fol lowed. The temperature drop ped in several places more than sixty degrees in eighteen hours. Several persons were frozen to death by the sudden cold, ship ping on the Great Lakes was damaged and several boats were cast adrift. In some places gas almost failed. The poor in large cities andthe homeless in storm swept regions suffered severely. Resume of deaths, injuries and damage and conditions: Janesville. Wis., and vicinity, eight persons dead, two dying, dozen injured and 1,000,000 damage. Chicago, two. men frozen to death, seven fishermen missing on Lake Michigan; many persons hurt on the icy pavements; ship ping damaged. Central Illinois, three or more persons dead and a score injured in storms at Easton, Virginia, Pecria and other places; $1,000, 000 property damage. Iowa, one man frozen at Ottu ma; much suffering from cold. North Dakota, one man frozen at Grand Forks. Omaha, one man dead in cold. Indiana, whole State swept by blizzard; $1,000,000 damage by wind. Ohio, much damage and suffer ing caused by cold wind and snow. Michigan, storm damage at several places by wind and sleet. Kentucky, widespread damage by wind; unusually cold. Alabama, one man killed by wind near Montgomery. Gulf coast, unusually severe weather; much suffering. Death of Capt. Wallace White. Capt. Wallace White, a well known and prominent citizen of the Enterprise community, died Thursday of last week at the age of 86 years. He suffered a stroke of paralysis several years ago from which he never recovered, but was able to be up and about until a short time before his death. Mr. White was consider ed one of the best citizens in Vance county. He was a stew ard in Middleburg Methodist church and was a Confederate veteran. The remains were bur ied Friday in the family burying ground near his home. Rev. B. C. Allred conducted the funeral services. Deceased is survived by a wife and nine children who are Mr. Wallace White, of this place, Messrs. Boyd, Ed., Charles, Coopy, George, Henry, Mrs. John Cauthem and Miss Nenia White. A Variety of Weather. When it comes to a period of twenty-four hours furnishing a variety of weather and atmos pherical conditions, last Sunday and Sundav night certainly took the cake. Although bunday mornimr was cloudy and threat- cuing nun. it iu hi, iiiun like an April morning and one could hear manv comments to i that effect. About noon a strong : cale commenced blowing from ! the southwest, followed by heavy ! thunder storms and falling tem- peratures. Just at night there i canie a bright clear streak along the western horizon with brisk, cold winds. The temperature fell very rapidly through the night, possibly thirty degrees or more in all, and by Monday morning everything was frozen up. A 4 'sample copy" is an invita tion to you to become ; i subscriber. MRS. CORBITT ENTERTAINS. Beautiful Evening Reception In Honor o! Guests. Mrs. R. J. Corbitt entertained Monday evening at a beautiful reception at her elegant home on South Garnett street in honor of her guests, who arrived this week from New York. In the hall were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parham, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bridgers, who welcomed the guests and showed them the way to the stairs. Here Miss Julia Cooper, Miss Olevia Lamb, Mr. Ed. Shaw and Mr. Richard Jones showed them up stairs. Miss Elizabeth Corbitt took charge of the lady guests and Mr. William Corbitt the gentlemen. As they descended the stairs punch was served on the landing by Mrs. N. P. Strause, Mr. J. B. Owen and Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Cooper. In the drawing room, which was decorated in pink, the guests were introduced by Mrs. Alex. Cooper to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Corbitt and the honorees, Mrs. Frank Carpenter and Mrs. Mc Corckle, of New York, also Miss Margaret Pruden, of Edenton, and Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Royall. As the guests left the drawing room Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Landis showed them across the hall to the dining room, where they were received by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hunt and Mr. S. T. Peace. The dining room, decorated in yellow, was presided over by Mr. and Mrs. Alex Cheek, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Parham. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Turner greeted the guests at the library door, where coffee was served by Mr. and Mrs. D. Y. Cooper, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Parham. Dr. E. F. Fenner had charge of the den where the gentlemen often slipped away . to take a smoke. Miss Mary Smitherman de lighted the company with some beautiful selections on' the. piano. Henderson a Terminal Point. In the event that the main line of the Seaboard should run from this place through Durham in stead of Raleigh, which it now seems will certainly be the case at no very distant day, Hender son would at once become the logical terminal point for a num ber of train crews. The Cham ber of Commerce is wide awake to the opportunities thus present ed and has appointed a commit tee of representative citizens to present Henderson's claims and advantages to the authorities of the road and to leave no stone unturned in the effort to make this a terminal point. If suc cessful this would have the ef fect of bringing quite a number of good families and desirable citizens to Henderson. In the same event it also seems that this would be a logical point for one of the Seaboard's round houses and repair stations, and if the proper effort is put forth Henderson ought to be able to secure all of these things and more. One Boy Shoots Another. Oxford, Nov. 15. A serious accident occurred here. While John Bragg, a small white boy who lives near the cotton factory, was passing along the street he had a few words with a small negro boy, Toney Jones, and the fuss ended by Toney Jones shoot ing the Bragg boy through the jaw with a No. 22 rifle, knock ing out one of his teeth and fracturing his jaw bone. After Toney shot the boy he ran and was captured by Chief Willi ford Tuesday morning and lodged in jail. Dr. S. H. Cannady was called in and dressed the wound and reposts that the little boy's condition is favorable. j ;jr j0hn Mustian, aged thirty- j flve years, died Thursday after Miss Belle Hicks, who has S noon of last week at his home on been visiting her parents, Mr. j Andrews avenue, after a brief and Mrs. T. T. Hicks, has re-! illness of seven days of pneumo turned to Salisbury where she is nia. Mr. Mustian had been in teacher of Latin in the school of charge of the Geo. A. Rose's that city. j ginning plant up until the time j ne was taken sick. He was Miss Mary Dunn, ir at Scot ts burg. who is teach Va.. visited in iher people in Henderson Sunday. Mrs. T. J. Garrett has been visiting her people at North Wilkesboro the past week. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Prominent People Whom You Know and In Whom You Are Interested. Miss Geneva Barnes has to Durham to visit friends. gone Mrs. Jane Y. Harris is visit ity friends at Littleton. ' Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Farris vis ited relatives near Oxford Sun day. Miss Bettie Carroll, of Alert, is visiting at Mr. G. L. W. Peg ram's. Miss Ida Evans, of Warrenton, visited her people in Henderson Sunday. Mrs. T. M. Pittman is visiting her son, Mr. Robert Lassiter, at Charlotte. Mrs. E. P. Applewhite, of Til lery, is visiting Mrs. S. S. Stevenson. Miss Maggie Reid, of Kittrell, visited Mrs. W. E. Moss Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Spottswood Bur well visited relatives at Warren ton last week. Mrs. A. V. Bobbitt has been visiting Mrs. J. P. Wray at Ra leigh this week. Mrs. S. S. Stephenson has re turned home from a visit to rel atives at Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Davis have been visiting relatives at Drew ry's Bluff, Va., this week. Mr. G. H. Pegram, of Lexing ton, Ky., spent part of last week at Mr. G. L. WT. Pegram' s. Miss Susie Shaw, who has been visiting Miss Carolina Bright at Chapel Hill, has returned home. Mrs. R. S. Mitchell, of Irving ton, Va., is visiting her brother, Mr. A. P. Newcomb, and family. Mr. Edwin Morgan and Mr. John Rose, who are in school at Warrenton, spent Sunday in Hen derson. Mrs. T. R. Manning visited her 'sisters, '"Mrs: M. E. Lyne and Mrs. M. L. Wortham, at Rich mond last week. Miss Bertie Watson, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. T. Alderman, returned to White Plains, N. Y., Friday. Mrs. J. T. Elmore has been visitiner her daughter. Mrs. C. G. IWearn, at Charlotte this week. Mrs. Wearn has been sick but is now improving. A WORD WITH CONTESTANTS. Owing to the fact that Mr. R. Fred Mainor, contest manager, found it necessary to be out of town yesterday and today in the interest of the contest, we very much regret our inability to print in this issue the usual weekly re port showing the standing of contestants. Only the contest manager can prepare this report for publication. Several weekly reports from contestants have come to the office, however, and these show that the contestants who have been earnestly at work have made about equal progress in vote getting. Two or three new contestants have entered since last week's report and have made a good showing. It is now time that those who expect to win the best prizes were getting very busy. Don't put off until the last week or two of the con test what you can do right now toward piling up votes, and don't be discouraged if someone else appears to be a little ahead of you at this time. Two or three days aggressive and determined hustling could very greatly change your present showing in your favor. The contest is now only fairly started, and the work ers from now until its close are going to be the winners. ! Dies After Brief Illness. seriously ill from the start and little hopes of his recovery were entertained by those who knew of his condition. The remains were buried at Brown's church Friday. Deceased is survived by a wife and several children. THE GOLD LEAFS CONTEST ASSUMES LARGER PROPOR TIONS DAILY. New Contestants in the Race All Interested and Have Gone to Work With a Vim and are Making Things Hum-Piano on Display at Hughes-Smaw Furniture Company's Store 5,000 Free Votes This Week. There is a manifest attitude of enthusiam and interest which grows keener and keener every day in regard to the Gold Leafs great voting contest, which has just begun. . Tne young ladies nave taken up the work of securing subscribers earnestly and are determined to fight a good fignt and go on througn to tne golden harvest. NEW CONTESTANTS. Realizing that every passing wind does not throw them a chance to win a i400 piano, a ilU0 bed-room suit, a $50 sideboard or a $40 gold watch, several young ladies have Altered the contest the past week and judging trom the way some have gone to work ihey mean business. This opportunity to win a tine prize ought to ap peal to a large number of young ladies in Henderson and Vance county. If you are interested get in touch with the contest man ager. Don't let this opportunity escape you. The Gold Leal guar antees every contestant a square deal. Every vote will be account ed lor at the close of the contest. PIANO ON DISPLAY. The first prize, a magnificent Cote piano, is on display at Hughes Smaw Furniture Company's Store and we invite tne inspection of all who are interested in ihis contest to stop by and try it. Xsote its beautiful design and sweet tone. The piano has seven and one third octaves, tne keys are made ot tne best quality oi ivory. Panels are hard carved and fall board is ot the latest folding pat tern. Trimmings are nickel plated throughout. Three pedals in cluding muffler. The case is double veueered in and out and the construction is guaranteed by the maker lor a term of ten years. This piano retails in music scores lor $400. OTHER PRIZES LNROUTE. The other prizes to be given in our contest, a beautiful $10U quartered oak bed-room suite or furniture, an elegant $50 side board and a line $40 diamond jeweled gold watch, are now enroute and we hope to have them on display within tne next few days. v 5,000 VOTES FREE. To every contestant sending $15 in subscriptions to the Go:u Leaf during the period from November lGtli to November 2Zua will be given 5,000 votes free in addition to the regular scaie oi votes and to all sending in more than $15 free votes proportionately will be given. This is a splendid opportunity to make your votes grow. Votes are what will win the prizes, and this oner will en able each contestant to get several thousand. CONTEST WILL BE A SUCCESS. It is ou? desire to mak'e this contest the' most successful one ever had in this part of the State and we are going to have just what we want if the contestants will get out and hustle for subscribers. There are hundreds and hundreds of people who desire to subscribe to the Gold Leaf or either renew their subscription and are waiting to see which of the contestants will be the first to ask them for it. Determine to be a winner and work diligently to that end. The manager of this contest desires to offer his assistance to any of the contestants who need help, and will be glad if any of these contestants will call upon him. NOT TOO LATE TO ENTER. It is not too late to enter this great subscription campaign and voting contest. The race has just begun. If you are interested get in communication with the contest manager. The manage ment of the Gold Leaf guarantees to every contestant a square deal. R. FRED MAINOR. Contest Manager. t.'t i-f v. Brightly Lighted Windows Draw Trade With the new Edison flazda Lamps you enn, at small cost, light your store win dows so brilliantly that they will compel the attention of the passerby. Attractive window displays create the kind of desire that results in increased sails. The nzw Edison flazda Lamps burn satisfactorily in any position and are par ticularly well adapted for effective window and store lighting. We have all sizes. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT.COMPANY 1
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