The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-12-05

Governor Fowle!

Welcome to the Wilmington
Light Infantry!
Everybody should hear the adj
dress Of Gov. Lee to-day.
Sampson Fair opened yest erday.
Just three weeks till Christmas Day.
The best fair ever held in Samp-
sor county-An exhibit that would
do credit to any county or State.
We are requested 10 state that
the Clinton COlorcd Normal Insti-
tute opens next Monday, the 18th.
The renewed bonds Of the coun-
ty officers were presented to the COM
missioners in sessi IN on Monday and
were accepted.
The Governors Of two great
States honor Us with their presenc e
this week. Hear them speak at the
Fair Grounds to-day.
Don't fail to hear State Commits
sioner CT Agriculture Robinson and
ex-Congressmen Green and Kiiche l
on the Fair Grounds on Friday, AL.
lance Day.
Visitors to our town while here
should not fail to see the Carolina
Veneer Works, the largest and most
complete factory of the kind south
of Petersburg, Va.
The Secretary of the Fair has
received several communications
from parties who did not give their
addresses, therefore he must not be
blamed for not answering.
Every member of Clinton Lodge
No. 124, /. O.O F., is requested to
attend the meeting at their Lodge
room next Monday night at 7 O'Clock
sharp. Important business will be
brought before the brethren.
During the past week THE eau
CAsIAN has added more than thirty
new subscribers to its list. Let 9TH
ers show their appreciation of our
efforts to number 1000 subscribers
before Christmas, and send in their
subscriptions.
Don't fail to read on another
page the partial review of the re-
markable progress made by our PEG =
pie since the last Sampson Fair in
1884. Five more years and we will
show the world even a prouder re-
cord than this.
The names or twenty-five sub.
scribers from Duplin county have
been placed on our books during the
last week. Just few more such
weeks and we will have reached
1000. Friends, help us to reach
this point by the first day of Janu
airy, 1890.
"A daily Edition of THE CAUCA
SIAN will be issued tomorrow
ing, giving an abstract of tn,
speeches of Governors Fowle anC
Lee and notes of the fair and Othe
local items. Don't fail 70 buy
copy.
| Gov. Lee will be escorted from
his private car this morning at
O'Clock by Gov. Fowle and staff
military companies, bard and com
mittee of Fair to the Murphy Hous
where he will hold reception. TIL
procession to march to Fair Ground
will be formed as per programme a
11.30 O'Clock.
Despite the fact that Sampson
County has not been blessed with
good crop year since 1882, she ha
this week one Of the best fairs eve
held in the county. This is an evi
dence of the progress and develop
ment of our people and county, evel
under adverse circumstances. TIL,
nerve and deter mination of our pee
pie will bring success at any tim
and place.
Hon. G. w. Macune, can not
be here OIL Friday, on account of the
National meeting of the Farmers
and Laborers' Union of Americs
which is in session at st. Louis thi
week, but in his stead three dis
tinguished gentlemen will be pres
ent and speak on that day, viz
Hon. John Robinson, State Commits
sioner of Agriculture, Capt. w. II
Kitchen, ex-Congressman from is
district and Col. WhartOn:J. Gree
of Fayetteville, ex-Congressmal
from the 3rd district. Two of thes
gentlemen are prominent member
of the Farmers Alliance.
AT the time OF the last Sampson
Fair, THE Caucasian was a paten
outside sheet, only tw o pages printe,
at home and that on q small hand
press. The subscription list wa
, only about 800. In fact such wa
. it's circulation in the spring OF 1885
Since that time the paper has DOM e.
a new dress, developed into an al
home print, live family newspaper
zone of the handsomest weeklies i
the State" To-day our subscriI
ton list has swelled up to 1 1858
with the prospects of reaching 200
in few months. THE CAT CAsIA
is determined to at least keep pac
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