The Raleigh papers of yesterdiiy
announce, what The Argus stated
yesterday morning7 that our county
Tax Collector, Mr. W. T. Dortcb,
was the first to settle with the State
Treasurer for taxes. Ever since Mr.
Dortch was first elected tax collec
tor he has been the first every time
to settle with the St ite, which is in
deed most creditable. In addition
to this, he has made the fullest col
lections of taxes for the county of
any official who has ever had charge
of the taxes, thereby saving large
sums to the respon-ible and perman
ent tax payers of the county. He has
been active, efficient and courteous
always, and his recent flattening re
election was most eminently deserv
ed. Goldsboro Argus.
(ioldsboro People Speak in Glowing
Terms of the Sampson Fair.
Mr. W. S. Herbert, the clever
editor of (hat excellent paper, the
Kiniion Free Press who spent an
day at the Sampson Fair says:
The writei made a very enjoyable
trip to the Sampson county fair, at
Clinton, last week. There was a
j large attendance on Thursday. The
exhibits were very fine, though not
so good, we were told, as heretofore.
The fair was gotten up very hurried
ly this year, but little attent'on hav
ing been paid it on account of the
political excitement.
'. lure was a lot of gambling fakes
in the grounds, we were sorry to ob
serve; but were told such will not be
the case in future. If the fair man
agers do not exclude such hereafter,
and so announce beforehand, the
fair should not be patronized.
Vance was aot ihere to speak as
announced, having sent a telegram
of regrets on the night before that it
was irniossible for him to come.
