The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-03
LOCALS;

The Sampson County Alliance
meets in Atkins Hall tomorrow AT
10 O'Clock.
Mr.. w. s. Patrick has made a |
new entrance TO his neat millinery
establishment on wall street.
We regret to learn Of the death
OF Mrs. Charles Hines, mother of
our townsInan Mr.. Henry Hines,
which occurred at her home at Fai-
son on last Thursday.
We have received an invitation
to attend the opening exercises of
the state A. & NJ. College at Raleigh
On Oct. 3rd-to day. Addresses arc
to be delivered by Pres. Holiday
and others.
Mr.. w. L. Fife, the evangelist
will commence a series of meetings
in the interest of the Y. NJ. G. A. in
Clinton some time next week. The
meeting will probably be conducted
in Atkins Hall.
The CAUCAsIAN's birth day is
Oct. II. Let every one who possibly
can pay up his subscription by that
Cay so that we may be encouraged
and the better able to start upon an
other years labor.
1t is wonderfully expensive to
run a good newspaper. We have
struggled over the dull season, but
now are in pressing need of money.
Let each one come to our assistance
with the amount due.
When we wrote the displayed
head with Pres. Crowell on the first
page we intended to give an abstract
of his lecture as well as his sermon,
but we did not have room. Will
probably give the lecture later.
Rev. DIR. John F. Crowell, Pres.
ident Of Trinity College preached tC
4 large congregation in the Presby'
terrain church in Clinton on last Sun.
day night. His discourse was able
and learned and was listened to with
marked attention by all who were
so fortunate as to be present.
Many of our appreciative read
ers have already answered our call fol
an early settlement of subscription
due, those who have not yet dom
so will please favor us as soon a
, possible. If you come to court mex
week be sure to remember us ant
cali up.
Last week while in Rocky Noun
we visited the cotton mills, machin
8 shop and foundry of that place ant
are thoroughly convinced that w
. need such enterprises in this place
At some future time we will Civ
our readers the benefit of the note
=, we took while there.
Some of our Sampson citizen
went to Goldsboro with their cottO
on last Friday and received 10f pc
E pound. They were much chagrine
n wien comming to Clinton on Satul
day to find cotton selling for 1C
- cents and to learn that it has bee
selling for that price for more tina
= week.
e. The Clinton & Warsaw Telt
graph is in very bad condition
III Whose duty is it to keep it in r.
10 pair? In many places the wire
detached from the insulators and
u several places is prevented fro
touching the ground only by sma
sticks. There must be great To-
Y. of electricity probably enough
= prevent the proper transmission
a message in damp weather. /
. those whose duty it is put it in d
cent condition.
-Wenotice in a recent patent
port that our former townsman, NJ
= Il. B. Ashford, now of Kinston, h
u been granted patent on a fruit ar
vegetable crate. This, we unde
stand, is quite an Improvement
- the old crate and we trust Mr.. AS
fords invention genious may bril-
ma him ample reward from this,
=. latest invention. Some time ago
list of Mr.. Ashtord's inventions W
published in THE CAUCASIAN al
we think, in all, the number "
about fifteen.