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THE SAMPSON DEMOCRAT ha a Arm hold on the peopli They Hk It, and read It SUBSCRIBE TO THE DEMOCRAT It Publithea the Newt, SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: IT PAYS TO ADVERTI8E IN T. I!."- One Year, $1.50; Six Months, 75 Cents, CASH IN ADVANCE. STANDS FOR THE GOOD AND TRUE WHEREVER FOUND. VOLUME XXVII. , CLINTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921 NO. 27 S s s 71 as WE KNOW YOU LIKE THIS WAY OF DOING BUSINESS WE TRY TO SERVE EVERY CUSTOMER AS WE, OURSELVES WOULD LIKE TO BE SERVED. WE ENDEAVOR ALWAYS. TO PLACE OURSELVES IN OUR CUSTOMER'S POSITION WE BUY TO SATISFY YOU. WE PLAN EVERY WAY YOUR COMPLETE SATISFACTION. YOU LIKE TO BUY GOODS YOU CAN DEPEND UPON THE KIND YOU KNOW ARE RIGHT IN TRICE. RIGHT IN STYLE, AND RIGHT IN QUALITY SO WE OFFER NONE BUT THAT SORT OF MERCHANDISE WE KNOW THAT THE BITTERNESS" OF POOP. QUALITY OUTLIVES THE SWEETNESS OF LOW PRICES-THAT GOOD QUALITY IS LONG REMEMBERED AFTER PRICE IS FORGOTTEN SO WE DON'T SELL ANYTHING THAT CANNOT BE DEPENDED UPON t?aorce of satisfaction TO YOU AS LONG AS IF YOU LIKE HIGH QUALITY GOODS AT VERY MODERATE PRICES, YOU'LL LIKE THE GOODS THAT WE SELL. IF YOU LIKE A PAINSTAKING STORE SERVICE THAT WORKS TO MAKE SATISFACTION SURE FOR YOU WE URGE YOU TO MMffllSff OFFERED FORYK L. SLOSSBERG- & BRO , THE STORE THAT SATISFIES. Sampson Hardware Company ONE CAR LOAD OF PORTLAND CEMENT. RE- DUCI) PRICE. 100 COOK STOVES GOING ONE-THIRD ORIGINAL PRICE. SOME BARGAINS IN THESE. CALL AND SEE THEM. Sampson Hardware Company SEnSSmSBmSEmS Increase Your Farm Profits TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT REDUC TION. Board of County Commissioners Make Twenty-Five Per Cent Horizontal Reduction in Real Estate Val uations. A Financial Problem. Oa Monday of last week possibly five hundred farmers came to Clinton in the interest of a redaction of real es tate valuations, supposing that the commissioners would take up the mat ter that day. However, it was not till Tuesday that the commissioners reached the matter, when quite a num ber of farmers were present, but not nearly so many as on Monday. The commissioners frankly stated to the men -the conditions confronting them, which are enough to make any board groan from the burden of the task before them and the responsibil ity resting upon them. Truly, it is a dilemma in which this board and every other board in the state finds itself. The constitutional amendment pass ed last fall limits the tax jfor state and county purposes to fifteen cents on the hundred dollars, the' state, if needs be, having the right to take five cents of the tax. Last year the coun tj levied the limit of ten cents on the hundred upon a basis of about $30,000,000 values in real estate and personal property, and the expenses of the county require the full amount. This year the amount of personal values are sure to shrink five million a, reducing the taxable assets in this line from eight millions to three mil lions. Then, with even a twenty-five per cent reduction in real estate val ues, there is a shrinkage in this re spect from, twenty-two millions to six teen and a half millions. Thus the whole taxable assets are reduced from thirty millions to less than twenty mil lions, while only the ten cent levy can be laid. But, while the commissioners saw plainly and stated frankly the serious plight the reduction would leave the county in, they consented to make a horizontal reduction of twenty-five per cent on the real estate valuations, pro ducing the situation above descritxsd, or in other words making it impossible for the county to raise more than two thirds of the revenue of the last year. I Another serious consideration arises with respect to the school funds. With the real estate and personal values remaining as they were last year the thirty cent levy for schools permitted ;by law would fall short of furnishing the school funds necessary to run the schools of the county the required six months. In such case, the state is under pledge to furnish the additional funds needed. But with a twenty mil. lion dollar total of taxable values. SuptHathcock estimates that there wui ee 8 snortage or thirty thousand dollars in the school funds, which will have to be made good from the state treasury. But if the twenty-five per cent reduction should be general throughout the stata tha atfLtA treats ii rtr j would be overtaxed, and, in any case, ine reauction any one or more coun ties lays an additional burden upon the tax payers) of the counties not re ducing values, or reducing them less than twenty-five per cent. How this county is to meet the en larged expenses of a progressive ad ministration with the funds possibly available is a problem beyond solution, unless the state permits it to levy a fifteen cents tax for county purposes. Otherwise there are only two solutions of the commissioners' dilemma possi ble. The one is to cut off every ex pense possible, and the other is to borrow money. But in the latter case, the county is not allowed to borrow money for ordinary expenses without a special act of the legislature. And there you are. HELD FOR COURT. Alleged Bost-Leggers Have Prelimi nary Before Mayor Brjtt and are Held Under $500 Bonds. A REAL ROAjD-BUILDER. A Ten-Ton Caterpillar Tractor and Great Road Machine Bought by the Road Commission. The Machine Triefd Out on the Streets of Clinton Proves Its Efficiency. -U8E- mmm DIRE DISTRESS BIG CROP Fertilizers "True to Name" J. H. CARR, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE CLINTON, N." C. 8 It is Near at Hand to Hundreds of Clinton Readers. Don't neglect an aching back. Backache is often the kidneys' cry for help. Neglect hurrying to the kidneys'aid Means that Urinary troubles may, follow. Or danger of worse kidney trouble. Here's Clinton testimony. Mrs. R. M. Hall, Fayetteville St., says: "A few years ago I was down with my kidneys; for three weeks I I lay in bed and suffered terribly. My back ached and pained and no matter jwhat I did., I couldn't get relief. I used different kidney remedies, but all I in vain. I often suffered from attacks of blurred sight and dizziness. Doan's tt.ia.ney viua were recommended to me by a friend and it was surprising how quickly they helped me. Before long, my back and kidneys were in good condition again." Prlce 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply' ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Hall had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y: The road commission seems to have secured a really effective aid to keep ing the roads of the county in a pass able condition. This is a great road machine, one of the most modern, which is pulled by a ten-ton cater pillar tractor. The whole outfit cost $8605, but it seems to be a first-class investment. The work on the Clinton streets, which has been done both as a matter of demonstration and in order to allow opportunity for proper adjustment of the machines, indicates that two miles of road can be put in fair shape a day. The machine does not merely scrape the surface, but bites into the earth and clears ditches and heaps the soil to the middle in a thorough-going man ner. Chairman Crumpler states that he had been impressed with the effective ness of a similar machine in Cumber land county even before he became commissioner, and after his installa tion got the consent of the commission to meet a representative of the manu facturers in Cumberland and see some road built. The other commissioners were duly impressed and the result was the order for this machine, which, however, is more modern and more ef fective than the Cumberland one. According to Mr. Crumpler, it is the purpose to work over the .roads formerly built by the county before putting the machine on any new stretches of road. The machine can not work effectively upon roads that have not been cleared of stumps, snags, etc., but where , the roads have been formerly graded the rebuilding is very easy, and the roads stand in crying need of this very thing. As a denouement to the incident re ported in last week's Democrat, when two men approached Mr. L. H. Honey cutt and offered to sell him thirteen gallons of liquor, Walter G. Dodd and Charles Smith, haling from Johnston county, were last Saturday bound over to court by Mayor protem, M. E. Britt. It seems that the men were not sat isfied with- their first visit to Clinton, but returned Friday, when Chief Price recognized one of them as a man that lie had seen, on the streets the day of the reported; incident. He showed him to Mr. Honycutt, who stated that he was the man. ; Securiag a warrant on ful amount of liquor in possession and I for selling it, he arrested the men and they were, brought before Mayor j Grady, whoi desirous of further evi dence, postponed the trial, against the protest of the accused, till Saturday. In the meantime a net was thrown 'out for those suspected of having pur chased liqupr and an array of wit nesses appeared before Mayor-protem Britt, Mr. Grady being out of town. However, n$ne of the men summoned Jgave damaging evidence except Mr. jHoneycutt and Mr. Edens, Mr. Honey (Jutt stating in effect that he had ar ranged with the men last week to de liver thirteen gallons of liquor and had laid hif trap for them; but had not seen the; men later, it having ben reported that they had been put wise. Mr. Edens stated that they went to his office and offered to sell him liquor but declined to feell as little as a half-gallon, stating that they had thirteen gal lons and must sell the whole lot before they delivered any. The defendants were represented by Mr. Buck Grumpier of the local bar and Senator Rayner of Benson. Both thees attorneys contended that the evidence showed at most, no more than an attempt to commit a misde meanor, and that this was not a crime. However, the court held that their ad mission to Mr. Honeycutt and Mr. Edens that they had whiskey consti tuted probable cause and that he felt duty bound ; to hold them for court. Accordingly,' they were placed under bond and the bonds were fixed at $500 each. - . . FITZHUGH WHITFIELD ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. CLINTON. N. C. HOMICIDE IN MINGO. Dennis Baggett, Colored, Found Dead In Road With Bullet Through Neck,. News reached Clinton Saturday of a mysterious homtairie in Mineri rn j Friday morning the body of Dennis .Baggett, colored, was found lying in ( the road near the residence of Mr. Jim Warren. This discovery was made, i we are informed, by Mr. Love Jackson. An examination revealed the fact that a bullet had penetrated the front of 'the neck and gone outarnt the rear. It was stated that an inquest had been held by Coroner Tate Sessoms, but that no evidence to incriminate any :one was discovered. It Was thought that the crime was committed else where and that the body had been , placed later where it was found. Bag- i - i , gen. is saia 10 nave Deen a tenant or Mr. O. H. Bass. "MAGGIE JIGGS" WINS BLUE RIBBON. Mr. James Barbrey was gratified Sat urday by the news from Pinehurst to the effect that his bitch. "Massrie Jiggs", had won first honor in the dog show at Pinehurst last week. "Mag gie" is a year old and was bought last year as a puppy by Mr. L. C. Kerr and Mr. Barbrey from Mr. C. C Ever ett, of Girard, Kansas. Her sire is the famous "Cincinnati Nat", who has a most notable field record. Smoke SENTILLA CIGARS. MISS WALLACE, OF RALEIGH, GAVE A FINE LECTURE HERE. FOR BS0N3 Bought His Fordson in 1918 Read What He Says About It "I purchased my Fordson in October, 1918," writes J. M. Thompson, of Mapleton, North Dakota, "and take pride in writing you that I have just finished ovehauling the engine and consider its condition equal to that of a new one. "I have plowed 950 acres, disked 60 acres (10-foot disc), harvested 800 acres, using an 8-foot binder, and dragged 600 acres with a 32-foot drag, hauled 6,000 bushels of grain and 40 yards of sand, threshed 8,400 bushels of grain with a 20x32 machine. I have used my tractor at nearly every kind of belt work that I know of, viz.: I pull a No. 41 Stover mill, have sawed wood7 shredded corn, and operated a 12-inch rotary pump you may not be familiar with this kind of pump, but this I can say, it has a capacity of 1,200 gallons of water a minute and is a real load. I have done considerable road work for the county with a small road grader and road drag. "My repair bill I consider very light, considering the amount of work I have done, and my fuel consumption is also very light under normal conditions." Machine power on the farm is of the utmost importance to you, and the Fordson comes, to you, we believe, as the best piece of machinery that has yet been devised for , your work. See the Fordson at work. Let me tell you about it. Ask me to demonstrate it on your farm. HENRY VANN Clinton, North Carolina; i 2&ff$Ms y its Miss Maude Wallace, assistant state home demonstrator, Raleigh, N. C, gave fine lectures on dress designs and lines for different figures, urging the women and girls to dress so as to bring out the best features and cover up (or at least keep in the back ground) those not so good. She stress ed the fact that every one has at least one good feature and to dress so as to make that feature the point of interest, will to a great extent, cause the eye to rest on the good ones and not see the bad ones. I feel sure no stout person who heard her will want again to dress in a costume that will bring to them the picture she made in words of the short stout figure dressed in crisp organdy with ruffles dividing her into sections.which increased in appearance size and de creased height. Neither will the tall slender woman forget the stripes and long lines that call attention to height and seemingly add to it Her demonstration in taking accu rate measures and altering the pat tern to fit the figure was fine as. also was her talk on these alterations be- jfore cutting the material in saving I 'of worry and money. The demonstra tion of colors on the different types of women, I am sure, will cause many to think of color in relation to each oth er and to the wearer, more than before. The suggestions as to the approp riateness of garment meant-much to us as any costume, however pretty and costly, loses its beauty when worn on an occasion that it is not suited to. I hope to have-Miss Wallace again and will expect a great many more people to hear her after they have heard her once or heard of her. Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, district home demonstrator agent, of Goldsboro, N. C, gave a splendid demonstration on the possibilities of millinery, making the crinoline frame that is the foun dation of so many hats for children as well as for women. She also gave demonstrations of covering of bucram frames that will be helpful to many people. She also talked very inter estingly on how to wear a hat. The shapes for the different faces, color, style; also appropriateness of the hat to the occasion, warning us not to let our love for pretty fancy hats cause us to put our money in that kind of hat, then have to wear it with a coat suit or tailored dress,- that calls for a tailored hat. We want to get to the place where we know what we want and are not going to want what is not appropriate so we are able to tell the merchants what we want It will be their pleas ure . when they know our wants to keep what their customers demand or want. I want to thank the merchants who were so kind as to loan me goods for demonstrations. MRS. W. B. LAMB. Phones: Office 11303; Residence 117 Notary Public in office. Hours 9 tjt 4. Offices In Johnson Building. A Surveyor in the office. I 3l To Cure a Cold in One Day fake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE fTahlets .t It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the 1.01a. .. w. OKUVfcS signature on each box. 30c ERYPTOE GLASSES The Invisible Bi-Focals Affords a comfort which in armrortntAri by those who want near or far vision in one pair or glasses. They keen your eyes vounz in looks as well as In usefulness. No line, seam or hump to blur the vision. EYES EXAMINED FREE. DR. VINBBBRG MASONIC TEMPLB. WILMINGTON. N. C SENDS THREE DOLLARS AND IN CREASES HIS WEIGHT 20 POUNDS Such is ttoe Story of a Han Who Was Los ing Weight and Stength-Caused by a Run Down System-Seeks the Value of a Bau-to-Nature Remedy When Life and Health Were at Stake. "I gained twenty pounds on three bottles of Garren's tonic "and can truthfully say it did me more good than anything I have ever taken in my life." Exerybody in Henderson County, N. C, knows J. W. Smathers and they also know that what he savs in the following statement is an absolute fact. n Mr. amathers was a selfish man, without any regard for his fellowmen, he would cherish the good that Gar ren's Tonic did him and retain it as a great and glorious secret. But on the other hand, there is' a big heart in his breast and throbs with love and kind ness for other people and that is the reason why Mr. Smathers has so gen erously given us the following state ment for publication: i "-"Sometime ago I found that my sys tem was all run down and I was rap idly losing flesh and strength: I was suffering from rheumatism, which 1 am sure was the result of poor diges tion. I had tried a good many reme dies with no result, and I took a good deal of persuasion on the part of my friends to get me to the point where I would agree to try Garren's Tonic and Blood Purifier. Now I am very grateful to those friends and rue the hours that I delayed in starting. From one bottle I was conscious of an increase in my appetite and strength,-and during the period neces sary to take three bottles according to directions, I gained twenty pounds in weight." "I can truthfully say that Garren's ' Tonic did me more goo4 than anything I have ever taken and I am, sincere when I recommend Garren's Tonic to my fellowmen as a safe and bene ficial remedy." Garren's Tonic is guaranteed to give you satisfaction provided you follow the directions and take as much as three bottles. It is not magi(f but it surely is effective, according to the hundreds of testimonials from people who have taken it. You've got all to gain and nothing to lose, try three or four bottles, and if you are not satisfied, give the druggist your name and address and get your money back that's the kind of a guarantee back of Garren's Tonic. Garren's Tonic is sold in Salemburg by G. L. Sikes. Single bottle $1.25. . , Buy 5 bottles for $5.00. IF YOU HAVE ANY Tubes and Tires that need vulcanizing bring them to the Turlington Garage. You will be satisfied with the work and price. We also change tires. All work guaranteed. F- H. ROUSE. FRUITSand GROCERIES -AT- - i Wholesale and Retail Also connected with the Clinton Bakery. Hot Rolls, Bunns and Bread every day at five o'clock. Your- Custom Solicited. Next to Turlington's Garage, Samp son Street "R. I. HERRING. ap plies Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and yon can Set restful sleeo after the first application. Price 60c NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION. The undersigned, having qualified as administrator of the estate of Marian- na Colwell, deceased, all persons hav ing claims against said estate are noti fied to exhibit the same before him on or-before the 8th day of March, 1922, or this notice will be plead In bar of their recovery. This March 8th, 1921. ROBT. F. COLWELL, Admr., Wilmington, N. C. GOLDS BORO Aiitomobi le how ! Goldsboro's Annual Automobile Show Opens Wednesday , April 20, 1921 The Show this year, with music, dancing and other feature attractions, will exhibit the most complete line of cutomobiles that our people have EVER WITNESSED. Don't Forget "the Dates APRIL 2 ft to Auto Goldsboro m obile Show.