Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-11-30
PROSPECTUS
> DAILY PROCREs
COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS NEWSPAPER To m D.
i In THE Town OF NEwBERs. DE- rcblIsHE
= can Appeal to the Citizens of Ns,,,

A CoanERcIAL AND BusnEss NEWSPAPER NJ
IN THE Town OF NEwBERS 'SLlsHED
g MAn Appeal to the Citizens of Newhe,.
x THE kEeuEST Of many of your bushes.
between the goth Of August and the lst ~
1859 the publication Of DAILY JOURNAL n September
III. DAILY PRoGRESS will be devoted "ar town.
your interest and to the interest of the citizens f
Will you sustain me in tfis important and The State
enterprise to you, commercial prosperty ea~ nnDSs
aPpd iafS the sa and what s
independent, useful and interesting panar you an
your cordial cooperation and support can ~. without
o0snn an. and must fail shall upon
s0U carry the enterprise through to success s and
one of the permanent fixtures tue place 81 aua make
It is unnecessary to point out to you the 10 us ALL
other commercial towns in this and the aoo "a with
the trade of the West Your interest nnw n'ates for
The people Of Wilmington. Charleston Norfolk "ka pa it,
their daily papers Will you longer suffer tb, through
this important advantage you? The Wss, POSSESS
been brought BY railroad to your very doors em mas nav
Knocking with her rich productions for adm;tt There
natural and inevitable consequences of nr ..ahce The
already being felt. No town can stand still;
advance in commercial and general importance mus. either
prove Its religious moral and social cb"", and i'm.
ally, or it must decline. Now is for vr r., contnu
yon will rise or fall in the great contest for t s Wheber
trade You certainly cannot expect to m,"t,; western
ground unless you are as well prepared as vonr your
Experience proves that towns sometimes H. negnbrs
when thrown upon their resources oi % lanas,
prosperity far in advance of those which rev ur'n
titious natural advantages There Is ny upon adran
Newborn should not again crowd her wb,rr reason why
products of foreign countries which, as in 1;n WIN the
would be given in exchange for the products Of i" O
You, and colleges flourish in your midst Bnt among
rence your intelligence tells you that Won cou esle.
still and witness these things You connot Won stand
rely upon the Journals OF other towns advertise r"
goods-to inform the people of the West ha, r" your
that you apiM trade with them equal if not ~ ea9
vantage than any other market because Won are n,
them and can transport goods and produce with greater
facility and less expense than others can Yon cn
upon the Journals of other towns point ont and ~ ~!
advantages possessed by Newbern for Factories and
which must and will spring into existence as soon as Sss
are properly and theoretically advocated 10 "iey
All the worldly interest have now is or soon will /,
identified with your community, and with you intend ~
while shall all honorable means to gain youp
baton and give you satisfaction both as citizen and ~
editor shall endeavor to do justice to our pegbb aa
at all times and under all circumstances look 70 ,h ana
mon welfare of the " Good Old North State" "' ''n'
Now to you, people of Newbern commit this enter,
persuaded that you will the necessity for power
fort in this matter Hencetorward tor veal or woe am
with you. Having practical knowledge of the nrinn
business, and having been engaged for many wears of NV
life upon daily and weekly newspapers haer nv sell .
can make paper that will meet your wants. and one to
which you, as citizens OF Newben, may point with soma
degree Of satisfacti If incessan toll be one of the %
ments of determined to do nv mart and ar
The DAILY PROGRESS will be printed with NOM ,,,,
on new press, and will be of respectable size 'f'
Gentlemen into whose hands copy of this prospectus
may fall, friendly to the enterprise viii please procure ali
the responsible they can and the same 10 The
proprietor by the goth of August at which time or soon
thereafter the first number of the paper will be issued
Now is expected that every business man in the town
of Newbern will take especial interest in procuring sub
scrbers The subscription money will not be demanded
expected until the paper is successfully under way Let
Newbern raise two hundred subscribers and the possibility
of failure is removed The editor feels confident of beny
able to very respectable circulation the Western
Counties by his exertions But being personally un
acquainted with most of the citizens he appeals to those in
terested and especially to those who do know him. to e1
ert themselves.
TERMS:
Daily Paper, One Year, in Advance, $500
Daily Paper. Six Months, 800
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted reasonable TERMS
tB Merchants, Mechanics, Manufacturers and other
respectfully requested to hand in their advertisement
by the 18th of August that they may appear the
number of the paper.
In connection with the above would announce that
G. Davenport, late editor of the Express" a newspape
formerly published in Newbern, has arranged with me
fulfil certain specified advertising and subscription
tracts where he had received advance payments-whh
J. L. PENNINGTON
Newbern, N. e., July 15 1858. So
JOB WORK.-Having arranged the Office and procure
the services Of good workmcn all orders for Job Prntn
now be attended to- Work executed promptly and
good STYLE and cheap the be done elsewhe
Orders solicited.
Office on Pollock St. near the Post Office in the budn
where the Express was formerly published.