The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-11-28
THE CENTENNIAL.


Great Event.
(stpf Correspondence TIE CArcAsIAy.l
Tuesday, the 18th inst. was
H. 9.eginning of the celebration
II the one hundreth anniversary |
# the adoption of tn CoDstitu
ion q: the United States by /
20 I'D Ga. Dina at Fayetteville. !
The Centennial and the Agri-
'ulfugal Far of Cumberland /
anne off a. the same time, and /
)y tues ay night the number
If Wis tors in Fa ettcviiie was
at l0,00b On We'd |
nesday, which was really the
Opening day of the &c teuuial,
the number was Increased by Is
many NOR. couingf!OIa every
lOrtiOn OF the State aud nIany
from Dur neighbor,ng States.
GOV. Fnale began the pro-
gramme III an eloquent and or
nate speech Of about fifteen
minutes and was loudly cheered
at its close. The ma shals and
the military had previously
met him at the train on his ar
rival and escorted him to the
grand stand. The marshals
were a handsome body of men,
and were all Representative lien
from their respective sections.
Thursday, the day that was
set apart for the graDdest and
best of the programme, opened
gloomy. From midnight to II
o'clock in the morning the rain
fell increasingly and it was a
blue day for everybody until
about l o'clock, when the clouds
cleared away. All during the
morning trains were coming in
on the various roads, bringing
thousands Of visitors, notwith-
standing the downpour Of rain,
and it was estimated that there
were 10000 people present when
Senator Matt Ransom began the
Centennial Grafton. at 2 o'clock
The grand stand was filed to
its utmost capacity and the
streets Wee blocked by living
mass, pushing and croWding i'll
a vain endeavor to hear the elo-
quent words that fell from the
bps Of cur senior Senator. But
only those on the stand could
catch more than an occasional
OF this great speech.
For two hours Senator Ransom
thrilled his hearers with such
eloquent and patriotic words as
are seldom heard in life time.
1T the conclusion Of Senator
Ransom's address Senator Vance
was called Tor and as the veneer
able and beloved chieftain of
North Cardinals Democracy
arose, cheer after cheer greeted
him from many t hOus an d
throats. The Senator in a few
words stated that he had been
placed upon the program for
Friday aud for this time he
simply wished the people all
tie enjoyments Of the season
The L. S. Marine Band Of
about so pieces arrived Tuesday
night and furnished delightful
music throughout the exercise9.
1t was one of the most attrac-
tive features of the Centennial
and its concerts were, very much
enjoyed.
There were six military Com
panies present. > Wilmington,
Fayetteville, Durham, Lumber
Bridge, Raleigh End Clin ton
At the competitive drill on Fri
day the first prize was awar ded
TO the Governors Guards Of
Raleigh and the second IT, the
Wilmington Light Infantry.
Friday was the big day OF the
Fair. Senator Vance delivered
an able, ana as usual witty and
Wei received address at II o.
clock, s.fte,' which the Agricul-
tural address was delivered by
Hon. W. J. Green.
The number of visitors was
Immense and tie lotels We're
all packed besides many private
houses.
But for tie roughness of the
weather Thursday causing the
leaving off of much Of the pro
gram it would have been a very
pleasant occasion throughout.
The managers Of both Centenni-
al and Fair deserve much praise
for the efforts they put fourth
to make both q success.
Tie citizens of Fayetteville
are always ready and willing to
do anyth :ng in Their power to
carry out whatever the place
undertakes and IS is characte--
istic Of them held out such hos
pitality tn visitors as is found
III bat few places.
More prominent men were
I probably assembled in Fayette-
willie on Thur sday than have
been assembled at any place al
any time in North Carolina
since the adoption of the Fed
eral Constitution 100 years age
at the same PLACE.