The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-10-24
LOCALE,

Cotton sold yesterday for 8 IS
cents Wha; market I'm the State
can beat IL for the people of this
ton?
Postmaster Ward requests us
TO say that all who wish money or.
ders should call before O'Clock p.
m. to get them.
We sec that the Rev. J. T. Ken.
dali has been appointed Presiding
Elder Of the Charleston District OF
the Missouri NJ. f. Conference,
The Eastern Carolina Agricur.
al Fair is going on at Goldsboro thu s
week. We understand that several
Sampsonians have entered exhibits.
Through AN oversight quite a
blunder was made In setting up the
type for w. A. JOhnson's ad last
week. 1t appears correct in this
issue.
"A brick pavement is being
placed In front of NJ. Hanstein's on
Wall Street. We hope soon to see
il extended the entire length Of the
street.
We are sorry to learn that our
venerable tOwnsman, Mr.. w. III.
Moore, who has been suffering with
cancer for several months is grow
ing much worse.
MIR. Allen Daughtry, of " est
brooks township, represented Samp
son County at the meeting of the
Confederate Veterans Association al
Raleigh during the Fair.
-Mr.W .L.Jones who has for some
time been kindly furnishing US with
the "MagnOlia Blooms," has accept.
ed position with Mr.. A.H.Holmes
of Wilmington. We wish him sue.
cess in his new field of labor.
The Champion Food offered al
a premium at Ou- coming Fair by
Messrs. Stevenson & Taylor of Will
mingtOn is worth $40 instead of S1(
as published in last issue. See il
adver tised in this issue.
"A detachment of three United
States Soldiers was here Sunday
having come from Atlanta, Ga. We
are told, in pursuit of a man from
this county who some months age
entered In the services snd soon af
ter deserted. The deserter had moi
been captured at last accounts.
The Carrie Stanly Dramatic
Company play two nights in At
kins Hall this week Friday and
Saturday. On Friday night Alex
ander Dumas popular play, Monte
CristO, will be rendered and or
Saturday night East Lynne. Thu
troupe consists of..twelve character
and will doubtless have full house
both nights.
One third of a million butter
dishes were shipped at one time {
few days since by the Carolin,
Veneer Works. We understand
that the enterprising and publ
spirited proprietor will put il
enough additional machines at al
early day to enable him to ship that
number each week. The dishes are
in great dema-d and are bringing /
handsome price.
The Carrie Stanley Company
which will hold forth in Atkins
Hall Friday and Saturday nights
has been in Goldsboro during the
Fair this week. The Goldsboro pa
pers and the correspondent of tn
Wilmington Messenger speak of thu
company in terms of high praise
They say that the comedies are dash
ing and brim full of life and fun
moving the audiences alternately t,
tears and smiles.
Clinton is still beating all mar
kets on cotton. It is worth 81 cent
in Wilmington to-day, it is quotet
ut 81 here, while several bales her
sold for 8 5-8. Now, considerin:
that it costs nearly $500 to ship an
sell bale of cotton in Wilmington
from this point, cotton is worth abou
10 cents here, relative to the VIII
mingtOn market. This fact is bein
appreciated in this whole section
for cotton sold here yesterday from
job nston and other adjoining cour
ties.
/ Atkins Hall! Friday and Satur
day nights! Capt. Smith, of thi
Office, says that the Carrie Stanle,
Company is good one. He say
that when East Lynne, which will
be played Saturday night, first cam
before the foot-lights in Washing
ton City, in the fifties, that it had
run of thi:ty-six consecutive night:
and then stopped only because tn
theatre burned, while Uucle Tom
Cabin had run of only twent
nights. The famous play, Mont
Cristo, will come Friday night.
+. - Every household should be wi
tied once week by at least one fan
lily newspaper. No father can affor
to raise up his children withot
/, putting this great educator
tho mamie into their hands, eve