The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-09-26
"CLISTON NOTES"

porter for the Wilmington Mes
seEger, who was here last week.
has the following to say Of our
town and it's people
ave thought Clinton was a
little staid, conservative town
like many others in Eastern
Carolina, but our visit has been
quito a revelation. We find it
not only a beautiful but thrifty
and progressive town. While
being shown over the town to-
day your correspondent saw
many handsome residences
which wonld be credit to much
larger places. in one of which
resides one of The youngest and
best judges in the State, the
Hon. f. T. Boyk
ave saw quite d number OF
new residences. and understand
that about forty have been erect
ed and that the population has
increased about four hundred in
the past two years. Several
new buildings are being erected,
as we'll as additions to and i'm
provements on many old ones.
Clinton, it is likely, will also
have many more enterprises in
the near future, as we hear a
canning factory and other pros
pective enterprises frequently
spoken of.
"The Carolina Veneer Works
is big enterprise, and is one of
the most creditable and praise
worthy i'll the whole South.
Every ceut of the $50, 900 invest
ed is home capital, and the
chiefest beauty is that it pro-
duces wealth from hitherto al
most entirely worthless materi-
ais. The main building is 5Ox5O
feet; the saw room, 2Ox7O feet;
the steam dry house, 2Sx63 feet;
engine room 2Ox25 feet; two
warehouses 20x49 and 3Ox75 re-
spectively. There are two large
veneer machines and forty but
ter dish machines, besides all
the other necessary equipments.
The capacity is: For orange
sides, 10000 per day; berry-bas-
kets, 10000; crates, 500; grape
baskets 1000; butter dishes, 49,
900, which will be increased
100000 by April lst. Blackgum,
sweetgum and poplar are the
woods used. The butter dishes
are the finest we ever saw, and
and the factory has standing
order from a northern house for
as many as ii can possibly make.
The enterprise is a fine one and
has a bright future.
"While passing along the
street we saw DR.. McKinnon, ex.
president of Davidson College
sitting in an sasy rocker in front
of his handsome and comforta
bic residence. He is badly at
ficted with rheumatism, an(
can get about only by the ust
of crutches, and it is the hope
: of his many friends throIghou
the State that he may soon re
cover.
"The Sampson people hav'
gore to work in earnest to hOl,
another one of their large ant
successful fairs, for which sh
, was once noted. A large num
ber Of hands are now at worl
repairing the buildings and put
=. ting the grounds in shape. Th
y Sampson fair is to be the las
= held in this State this year, bu
:. will by no means be the leas
1t will be held ON the 4th, st
and 9th Of December.
"Mr. Marion Butler, editor Q
THE CAUCASIAN, who is a gradr
ate of the State University, an
i only twenty six years old, give
y the people Of Clinton and Saml
- son county h fine paper and
dong excellent work for then
. Since he became editor and prt
. prietor, short time ago, he hs
; bought a new press and muc
d new lnaterial, changed from pa
- ent3outside to all home prit
:. and doubled his subscription
u He likes Clinton and Sampso
:. county ana they are proud
- him.
% "T!:is is one of the Messel
q q gers strong holds Its circus
~ tion is very large ard increasiI
,, >, here. 1t has been read by II
~ good people Of this section
10 country for more than twen1
% years, and they would not kno
p" how to do without it.
MANY other things of inte
. est mig ht be mentioned concer
Il ing the good people of Clint'
and Sampson county, whi'
a your correspondent has II
q spoken of. but time and spa
i forbid. We hope to speak
o. them again at some futu
g time"
lo We wish to tn ank our esteel
:. ed friends and cotemporal
ks The Messenger, for the XII
words it has for cur people a
ri for ourself personally and asst
go