Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-12-14
PROSPECTUS
gsE,,.eryf, OF THE
I'D AlLY PROG RESs
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS NEWSPAPER, TO RE D.,
IN THE Town OF NEwBERS obLlSHE

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COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS NEWSPAPER To Dr. n
IN THE Towx OF NEwBERS 'hlsHED
An Appeal to the Citizens of Newh
4 THE REQUEST of many of your busino~.
~ have made the necessary arrangements tn o men
1855 the publication Of "E BAfT 81 L,
The DAILY PROGRESS will be devntad IN Your town
ySHr interest and to the interest of the citizens b
enterprise to your commercial prosperity? ehsabe
it, and pledge to you in advance what noon Undertake
independent useful and interesting paper b You
your cordial cooperation and support can without
o0h ad a and must fail shall aes@%
aoi0 carry the enterprise through to success and
one of the permanent fixtures of the place 81 d a make
Dar "nreees vs. to point out to the necep ALL
other commercial towns in this and the adio;n T with
the trade of the West. Your interest now oates for
The people of Wilmington, Charleston NJ rE.iands it.
burg and Richmond commune with the ntrk, Peters.
their daily papers, Will you longer suffer tha' through
this important advantage youg The Wes, POSSESS
been brought by rarmd to your very door mas now
knocking with her rich productions fr ,Ju there
natural and inevitable consequences of proc,ns, The
already being felt. No town stand stil n are
prove in its religious moral and social b. and i'm.
ally, or it must decline Now it is for Won t scr ennnu
You will rise or fall in the great contest for t WWehr
trade. You certainly cannot exrect 70 n,; estern
ground unless yuu well prey,rpd ,S rn Your
Experience proves that towns. sometimes ike
when thrown upon their own resources often dsraa's
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tiOuS or natural advantages There il M lh advan
Ncwbern shonl not again crowd her wharve 'Son why
products of foreign countries which, in times ou n The
would be given in exchange for the products Of by
There is no reason why schools should not risa @ est
you, and colleges flourish in your midst Rr up among
renee your Intelligence tells you that you can" s sS
still and witness these things. You conlo Won stand
rely upon the Journals of other towns To adva not
g"ods-o inform the people of the West tina, ron your
That you eo'H trade with them to equal not t %
vantage than other market because Won ava "eer a'
them ana can transport goods and produce win "erer 10
actv and less expense than Others You c,nn, M
upon the Journals of other towns point ont and rely
advantages possessed by Newben FACTORIES ne
which must and will spring into existence as soon as %
are properly and e"ergeticlily advocated ~ do 'ncy
All The worldly interest | have now is or soo, IN
denuhed with your community, and with Won in,a W
sink swim. But in the publication Of NH; I 10
whiie shall use all honorable means To gain your a,
Dation ana give You satisfaction both citizen and
editor shall endeavor to do justice our neirLbnr
at all times and under all circumstances look 10 ho @
mon welfare of the "Good Old North State" " ''n'
Now to you people of Newbem commit this cr,sr,,u
persuaded that you will see the necessity for powcrtI ~
fort in this matter Henceforward for veal or woe a e
VITA you. Having practical knowledge of the prutm
business, and having been engaged for many years Of @
lie upon daily and weekly newspapers 1aer myse t,
can make paper that will meet your wants. and ono
which you, citizens of Newbern NAV po;n with WI,
degree OF sasfactI H. If ncessan toll be one Of tho M
ments OF success | am determined to do my Dart and
confidently expect you to do yours. ~
THE DAILY PROGRESS will be printed with now t
on new press, and will be of respectable size 'p'
Gentlemen into whose hands copy of this prospcctuS
may fall, friendly to the enterprise will please rrocrrc all
the responsible they cam and the same IA te
proprietor by the 2oh of August at which time or sn
thereafter the first number of the paper will be issued
Now 1t is expected that every business man in the town
OF Newbern will take especial interest in procuring sinh
scrbers. The subscription money will not be demanded or
expected until the paper is successfully under way Lot
Newbeln raise two hundred subscribers and the psbtv
of failure is removed. The editor feels confident of heinz
able to secure respectable circulation in the Western
Counties by his eXerohs. But being personally nm
acquainted with most of the citizens he appeals to those in
erested and especially to those who do know him. to ex
ert themselves.
TERMS:
Daily Paper, One Year, IN adrance $500
Daily Paper. Six Months 500
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted on reasonable terms
e. Merchants, Mechanics Manufacturers and others
respectfully requested hand in their advertisements
by the 18th of August that they may appear the first
number of the paper.
In connection with the above would announce that G.
G. Davenport, late editor of the Express" newspaper
formerly published in Newbern has arranged with me ia
fulfil certain specified advertising and subscription
tracts where he had received advance payments
far as specified, promise to fulfill
]. L. PENNINGTON.
Newbern, N. c., July Is, 1858. 81
JOB WORK.-Having arranged the Office and procured
the services of good workmen all orders for Job Printing
can now be attended to. Work executed promptly and il
good style and cheap the be done elsewhere
Orders solicited.
Office on Pollock st. the Post Office in the building
where the Express " was formerly published.