The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-05-28
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The "SampSOn Blues" are here.
Several sales of huckleberries were
y ade in town this week.
--"Our Farmers Column" on the
fourth page contains this week some
interesting matter for you.
Go to the Clinton Female Insti-
tute tonight and hear DR.. Lacy's adj
dress. A rare literary treat is in
store for you.
The rain yesterday in the lal ger
part of Eastern Carolina was Excess
sive. Crops are having a bad time
between the late cold snap and the
present flood.
Mr.. G.. A. Clute requests us to
say that he will be on the cotton mar
ket the remainder Of the season and
will pay the highest possible prices
for cotton.
We have received SO many an
swers to Prof Ezzel!'s problem that
we cannot publish them all, so will
submit them to him to select one for
publication and state how many 9TH
ers are correct.
C. w. Herring, principal of the
Colored School, near Clinton, re-
| quests us to say that his school close
will co ne Oh the 4th and 9Th Of June.
John G. Dancy, Collector of Customs
at Wilmington, will lecture On
Thursday night on the "New South, ?"
and will also deliver the annual adj
dress on Friday.
Miss Mamie and Madge Faison
have closed their residence. Their
home was one of the most pleasant
in the place and will be greatly miss
ed by all who have enjoyed their
hospitality. Miss Madge will make
her home at present at Mr.. Howard
Hubbard's and Miss Mamie at Capt
VIM. A. Johnson's,
If you know how to enjoy good
thing when you hearit, dom! fail to
hear DR.. Lacy's address at the col.
lege tonight.
We are glad to state that Mr.. A
+. Johnson, whose sickness was re
ported in last issue, has recovered
sufficiently to be again locking after
the mana cement Of the factory ant
his other business. Many men whC
have a great deal of business on theil
hands unconsciously Overwork them
selves, and here lies Mr.. Johnson!
greatest trouble.
The reception given by thu
graduating class of the Clinton Fee
male Institute on Tuesday evening
was very happy occasion. Thu
young ladies looked charming il
their pretty evening costumes ant
were charming in fact. 1t was no
a time when distance could lend en-
chantment to the view, as the for
tunate young men conld happily ties
tify.
+ We saw a gentleman at the post
. Office few days since mailing wha
D appeared to be an oblong piece q
: wood. We heard buzZing sount
coming frou, the wood, and inquiries
g what was up. The gentleman. Mr.. ,
: e. Alderman, explained that it wa
n a bee case. That there were tw
italian queens in the case and TIL;
, this package went a to gentleman i
Colorado. Mr.. Alderman says tina
: he ships good many bees and gel
from 80 cents to S1.50 each.
IA OOlI BoIAuOllC oI l1ootOA coy
Your articles; on gossip were timel
and to the point, and, as this sectio
of the county has been, and still
scourged by that plague Of his s.
tanic Majesty, it is to be hoped tt
good work will continue until gossi
; as we'll as Misrepresentation will OIL
3 ly be known liz name, and be alt
Q gether and entirely eradicated fro
5 the peoples vocabulary. Some see
to think there is no particular har
IN in it, but the good book says the III
ei shall have no part with Him in III
el kingdom. 1t is as bad as any 9th
0 evil, for the gossipeggenerally dra'
> on the imagination to furnish subje
10 matter to keep his evil tongue wa
ging. If such people would devo
; more time in reading good boo
and nawsnapers they MIGHT pi7ucs