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SAMPSON COUNTY'S ONLY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER * £ NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER WOL.17. NO. 24. CLINTON, N. jfe, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1924 ' ' ' T“' t - '* TWO DOLLARS A YEAR "wS HUM GIVEN 15T020YEARS0N MODIFIED CHARGE Han Charged With Murder Submits to Second Degree Count 4COURT HEARS EVIDENCE •Mgc Daniels Says There Was Some Grands for First Degree Charge Witnesses' Give Accounts of Killing "Alley having entered a plea of not *ui#y to a charge of murder in the fin* degree, June Paircloth, of west •mtm Sampson, was Monday morning 9emutted to change his plea to one of *a21y to a charge of second degree •mder. After hearing the evidence * tte case, Judge Frank A. Daniels Theaday morning imposed a sentence <■£ art less than 15 years, nor 'more SO years in the state peniten Faircloth on the night of May *• stlarlred Willie Matthews when the latter rfturned from Fayetteville. Matthews died a few hours later. The state was represented by Soli ■tritr JL A. Powers, who was aided by George E. Butler in the prose The defendant had the mem* •f the law firm of Fowler, But* Jer sind Crumpler as his lawyers. At the conclusion of the evidence n the case John E. Fowler of the de foue made a lengthy plea for his •cBomt, asking the mercy of the court for the man. Fallowing these remarks Solicitor Powers, who stated that he had not witanded saying anything but felt that, he should make a few remarks am behalf of the deceased, related in m few words the evidence disclosed in the ease that had been brought out If state. In his charge after talks made by the state and the defense Judge Dan ish told the court that though there was some evidence taht the state ■d^kt have based a charge of first murder it did not seem suffi to show the action to be iitated and that he was glad had submitted to second de me doabt that the man woi 4Mt Inure been convicted of the eharge had it been fought. The judge talked An the defendant for some time-giving advice and then passed the sen Hudson Takes Stand f case began the first thing when, opened and the state offered Hudson as their first witness. It disclosed that Hudson was with Matthews prior to the murder on the Saturday afternoon and evening stat ed a the case. He also testified that i he accompanied Matthews to Fayette vQIe on that day and that Mrs. Mary Matthews, wife of the murdered man, Mrs. Amelia Faircloth, wife of the dcftwdsnt and Miss Lula Fann, sister '«f Mrs. Faircloth were also in the car mad' went to Fayetteville with them Ahat day. The witness stated further ■that on the way they passed Faircloth ■wad a Mr. Hudson returning from Sataaburg Mid they spoke; that the futy arrived in Fayetteville about ■ aaaaet and remained there for a show -ntanung about 11 or 11:30. Hudson stated also-that Mrs. Mat gheaa got" out of the car when they swathed her home and that the others i to the car shed a short way from house. All the occupants were the car, according to his tes r, and he was leaving to go to ■ when he saw June Faircloth I Mpoke. The boy stated that Fair told him “to go to hell." After he went on his way home. He {Continued on Pave 41 GHfflTY TAX RATE : SAME AS FOR 1923 <Cmriaioiim Place Coanty Wide Bate at $1.20 for Bach Hflndred Dollar Valaation ■' TVa hoard of county commissioner* nafc their regular monthly meeting this - aanth, placed the tax levy for. this poor, making the amount the same as . rfhat of last year by levying airassess ' -. Mast of $1.20 on each hundred of .X 'valuation for the general county wide The special taxes of the various \'£~ hnraships, while not identical in all -cams, are so near to those of a year Jff that there will be very little ... -«haage~ in taxfes and in many town ;■ * adnpa no change at alL The gross - umannt raised will not be changed at The rate set and the special town T sUy taxes will amount to a gross of >' ■ y i The general county wide aacwt of $1.20 is divided as follows: Jkhooht: for salaries Arid operation ipsa* mes, 68 cents; general county •wapenses, including maintenance of .. newt house, county Jail, bridges and • otter public Institutions, 17 cents; .jraad work and interest payments on -wend bonds, 86 cents. Ihxable property in the smutty is .jiaoad at $23,000,000 by tin hoard , .iar this levy. n :■ ' .Hi : .v-y .... v . -v».. r.t.* WB HAVE ORDERED A LARGER HAT BAND We’re getting all puled op over the many flattering things that we hear regarding the im provement in The Independent, and Sampson County as a whole seems to be with os in making it truly “North Carolina’s Great est Weekly Newepaper.” The following from Miss Bevie Boyette tells its own story: “Please accept my apprecia tion for the Sampson paper. When I read it, it seems like a letter from home. “My home is at Newton Grove but I am now at King’s College, Raleigh, and keep, up with Sampson through The Indepen ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥ CHILD’S FUNERAL WIDELY ATTENDED services ror Billie Hollingsworth Held Sunday—Father Returns for Last Rites The funeral of Billie Hollingsworth the four year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hollingsworth who died suddenly Monday morning August 4, was held Sunday afternoon at 3 j’clock in the Methodist church. The father, J. H. Hollingsworth, who was touring the west at the time of the child’s death, upon.being apprised of it, left immediately for home, arriv ing shortly after noon Sunday. The funeral was unusually large for s child of such tender years and the floral offerings were especially love ly. The services were conducted by Rev. J. E. Holden and Rev. T. H. King. Billy was a member of the primary department of the Methodist Sunday school and the members of Per class attended the services. Beau tiful, but marked by pathos, waa-the rendering of the song, “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know” by the tiny tots. A large number of fiends from here motore<| to, Roseboro where a short service was given by Rev. W. I't' funtuj jif.fijpliin lufomjiinl iijdltw Roseboro cemetery. - ** ■ GEM TO PRESENT FAMOUS PICTURE Harold Lloyd in “Safety Last” to be Shown Here Next Monday No one will be able to question the fact that Harold Lloyd performs his own “thrill stunts” in the seven-reel hair-raising Pathe-comedy, “Safety Last,” which comes to the Gem Theatre August 18, for in practically every scene in the picture Lloyd’s face shows on the screen. Thrills with frills and chills are promised, with the epectacley come dian performing the difficult task of climbing the side of a twelve story building and reaching the roof after overcoming the most hilarious and fearful- hazards. And, although suffer ing part of the time with a disjoint ed shoulder, Harold declined to use a "double” at any stage of the pro duction. Indeed, it will not require a dose inspection to disclose this fact. Thit story has been heard so many times about a picture star that it is now old stuff, but this time it is an actual fact Even the closest observ ers of picture productions will not And a' single double exposure, or un cover one scene in the entire seven reels of “Safety Last” that would tend to question the reality of the thrill stuff. . “Tf .. “Safety Last,” however, is not all thrills. The first part contains the most wholesome and amusing comedy moments and incidents that Harold LloycT has ever put on the screen. In his role of a department store clerk, the spectacled comedian is absolutely at his best. He is the rollicking youth of "A Sailor Made Man”—just Harold Lloyd “himself." The production contains one of the most delightful love (ttories ever screened, with Mildred Davis, of course being the young lady in the case. As the worshipping young man, Harold VLlojnd put all the famous screen rovers .to shame and mingles sentiment with comedy in a most charming manner. "Safety Last” can be trueiy said to be .the greatest com edy ever produced. / r V miss dAuohtrt gives V . LAKB HOUSE PARTY Mis* Eva Daughtry entertained a number of. friends last week at -White Lake.)' Boating and bathing afforded the guests a delightful time. The guests included .Misses May SalKe Perkinson and Emma Dunn of Wise; Abbie Fisher,. ’Gertrude Daughtry, BeMle Daughtry, Lossie Packer; Bessie Daugthry, Mrs. Lossie Packer; Leon Perkinson Of Wise; D. L. Down ing, I. B. Hudson and A. B. BisselL A number of others , motored to the Lakh and were guefta at various tlmea during their stay. ■ . . v/ :> . '■ r- ' : : ■ . , ‘ *** T <1 ■ . . - . - •■■■. ■ ■■■ ... ■ . ■--< \ DAVIS IN AW ONG OP ACCEPTS THE NOMINATION Flays Republican Administration for Coruption and Failure in Government SAYS CONFIDENCE SHAKEN Democratic Nominee, in Delivering Address of Acceptance, Pledges Nation Clean and Impartial Government Clarksburg, W. Va., Aug. 11—The supreme need of the hour is to bring back the people confidence in their government, John W. Davis declared tonight in his address accepting the Democratic Presidential nomination. Formally putting under way the na tional campaign of 1924 he indicted the Republican party “in ital organiz ed capacity for having shaken public confidence to it very foundations,” and laid against it these specific charges: . specific Charges. “Having exhibited deeper and more widespread corruption than any that this generation of- Americans has been called upon to witness. “Complacency in the face of that corruption and with ill will towards the efforts of honest men to expose it. “Gross favoritism to the privileged and utter diseregard of the unprivi leged. “Indifference to world peace and timidity in the conduct of foreign af “Disorganization, division and in coherence.” Declaring that on the record he would ask the voters of the country to pass judgment of condemnation “as a warning to all men who aspire to public office, that dishonesty, eith er in thought, word or deed, will NOT be tolerated in America.” Mr. Davis said the Democratic party was pre pared to offer in exchange - a “pro gram based on Democratic principles and guaranteed by a record of Dem ocratic performance.” __ Davis’ Platform. . " The ^hfertWnifs ttTwhlch ’he pick ed himself were: An honest, impartial, and, so far as I human wisdom will permit, a just government. Opposition to any challenge—"or ganized or unorganized, under what ever name or in whatever character it may appear*’—of the Constitution al guarantees of religious freedom. Enforcement of all laws, including the Prohibition Amendment and staut utes enacted under it. Agricultural aid through revision of the tariff; government assistance in extending cooperative marketing principle and by other means. Reduction in taxation and revision ! of the tariff. Economy in government, but NOT of the kind that deprives government employes of pay equal to that they would receive from private employers for similar work. Approval of the World Court. World Peace. Co-operation officially with all leg itimate endeavors, whether from the League of Nations or from any other source, to lessen the prospect of war to aid in repairing the ravages of past wars; to promote disarmament and to advance the well being of man kind. To maintain the means of adequate national defense “until reason is per mitted to take the place of force.’ In opposition to the impairment, either by injunction or by any other device of the rights of labor to organ ic on tinued on Page 4) YOUTH DROWNS i IN DISMAL POND Jeaae Whitehead Dives Into Water and Fails to Come to Snrface .' - Jesse JWhitehead, aged 19, drowned in Jackson’s mill pond in ~ Dismal township, late Saturday evening. Mr. Whitehead was the son of Lee White head, a Croatan, who has long re sided in this county. ' ‘ Mr. Whitehead went to the pond Saturday~afternoon in company with his younger brother and a man. Mr. Whitehead, according to eye witnesses jumped into the water and never came up. His companions were preparing to join him at the time of ibis death. Aid was quickly summoned "from a near by home and the body was soon re covered. No cause was given for his death. It is not known whether Mr. Whitehead struck something whioh rendered him helpless when he dove Into the water or whether the shock of the cold water caused his heart ac tion to cease. SALEMBURG TRAINING '< k « SCHOOL CLOSES Teachers Training Class whet is undo’ the supervision of Mias Clara Taylor of - Rutherfordton Moses Fri day. The tall torn will open Monday September 19. '} k-i t's*. v j ' - Events in the Lives of Little Men i n -THE FrfbT~£E*50M IN' 5VMII^MING> TAKING ON LIFE Candidate* f<j Job* 1 r Various Court House re Campaigning Quietly Republicarilfeekers for county jobs are . beginning to slight crops and shake hgnda|Jteavily and frequently, and indications, are that the county convention, will see se' places to betwost called in session, nice scraps for the T„ th^« will, contests, with probdMif * more to develop. The office of regis ter of deeds is to be filled this fall and the sheriff’s office is attracting some attention. Battles for the other places in the court house have not materialized as yet. There probably will be a number of applicants for the office of register of deeds. When the vacancy occurred last week, through-the naming ‘Of Mr. J. B. Williams as clerk of the super ior court, there wpre eight applicants before the commissioners for his place. No doubt gome of these will seek the place before the convention. Four persons have already signified their intentions, and hare started campaigning. They are J. W. Burge of Clinton; A* K. Hall of Coopgr; D. B. Rackley and Mgs. J. O. Matthews of Ingold. No date has as yet been set for the county convention, but it is expected that it will be held early in Septem ber. I Mr. J. B. Williams who was named county chairman last spring to fill the vacancy cppsed by Mr, Sessdms’ resignation, will not be a candidate for the permanent election to that office when the convention meets, he says. According to report he accept ed the appointment of the executive oomimittee only as a temporary affair. His duties as clerk, he believes, iure too heavy to permit him to take oh the party work, and he will ask to be relieved. Taking on the clerk's work; as he has, right in the middle of the offices’, heaviest season, has provided him with all that he can handle and necessitates hiB fuff attention. Mr. Williams will be a candidate to succeed himself in the office he now holds. So far as is known, he has no opposition to date, . Members of the board of' county commissioner# have not stated wheth er they will be candidates for re election or not. TWO TOBACCO BARNS ARB LOST BY FIRE The tobacco barn belonging to JUchard Holland on the Waraaw road homed last Thursday evening. The 'bar^, tobacco, which was curing, and a grape arbor were completely de stroyed. It if arid both the bam and its contents wore partially covered by insurance. A tobacco bam belonging to W. P. Parker in the Canaan section is also reported to have burned last week. Both fires are.supposed to have origi nated from Overheated flues. V > MePHAIL REUNION The McPhail family reunion will be held Thursday, August 28 at the home of D. C. McPhail in Herrings town ship. All relatives and friends are invited to be present on the date for the affair. ■.?,£ REVIVAL BBG1N8 A series of revival meetings wi'.l be held next week at Harrels .Store chureh, conducted by Rev. Rollins of In gold. Services will be hsld at 11 a. at. and 8 o’clock p. sa, . , ,, . l’" J .aw «s< PLEASE ! We are forced to again ask that parties sending us news matter for publication SIGN THEIR NAMES. This is not for publication, but that we may know the source of the news. In the past few weeks we have had to throw a number of good news letters away, due to the fact that there was no way to determine their authorship. We are very anxious to have much more news from the - - - b * k country, bpt it must be signed. J Unsigned matter, regardless of J .Its nature, ylH not be pub- , £ m&u.~ PASS SENTENCE IN MANY CASES Pleas of Guilty Feature Heavy . Criminal Docket of Superior Court With record crowds at all hearings, tnd with almost a record number of :ases set for hearing, the Sampson bounty Superior Court ' during the oast week has continued to pass out sentences in large numbers. A fea ture of the session has been the large number of pleas of guilty, thus re ieving the jury of work. The following defendants have ap peared and their cases disposed of as noted: Joe K. Giddens; Larceny, bill changed to forcible trespass. Plead guilty. Prayer for judgment contin uer upon payment of cost. Capias to issue at request of solicitor. Ollie Parker and Almond Parker; store breaking, larceny. Ollie Park er found not guilty. Almond Parker plead guilty and is confined in the county jail for six months. Left to county commissioners to hire out to (Continued on Page 6) KEENER TO HAVE Identical Birthdays of Prominent People Cause Them to Hold Gathering Sunday, August 28, promises to be one of the biggest days in the history of the Keener section of Hall’s town ship. Five families have combined to make the day a big one, a member oi each having been born on that day, and a reunion of the friends and rela tives is - plained to celebrate the event. One of the five, however, is in Flor in, and will not be present. He is Bill Bass, of the Keener section. The other four are G. F. Britt, who will be 57 years old; G. W. Cashwell, who reaches 58; Mrs. LUlie Carr, 49, ant Miss Blanch Lockamy, who is 15 ai this party. The celebration will be held at the home of Mr. Cashwell, and reports are that it will be a record gathering as all of the parties* named are wel known, and besides their relatives, i large number of-friends are expected to be present. The party will be ar all day affair, and all are urged t< oriag baskets and join in the feet! vities. Mrs. Scott Robinson and Miss Man Moore of Kerr were visitors bar •itftjr tb| - < 4, CROP CONDITIONS j ARE MUCH BETTER Outlook for Sampson County Far Ahead of That of a Month Ago . —_ Crop conditions all over Sampson county have improved materially in the past two weeks and indications now are that the county as a whole will produce a much nearer normal (crop than was expected a month ago. Weathet conditions have been ex cellent for the past "three weeks, with "the'front ana tfte cfapwifir be «P* cellent in some sections and is not the total loss that was feared in any part of the county. The northern and western portion of the county will produce a good yield, and the south ern portion will make some cotton. That part of the county east of Clin ton, however, is not so well off. The boll weevil, while still to be greatly feared and combatted, has not done much damage to date, ac cording to available reports. This is attributed to the hot, clear weather of the past two weeks or so, which, it is reported, has prevented the weevil from multiplying. Instances have been reported of fields that were infested a week ago, but from which the weevil has disappeared the first of this week. 's Some cotton will be made in south ern Sampson according to reports from that section received this week, °reviously it was feared that the southern portion of the county was literally “drowned out.” A prominent Kerr farmer, in a let ter to The Independent, says: “Crops have made wonderful improvement since the cessation of the rainy sea son, especially cotton. Most of the corn was too far advanced and will make that crop short. Cotton in this section -does not thus far seem to be bothered with boll weevil and the stalks are laden with blossoms.” WARREN-VANN SK CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY'S A delightful joint birthday celebra tion was held at the W. R. Warren home near here Sunday, August 3, when Mr. Warren and his sister Mrs. Delia Vann celebrated their 43rd and 50th birthdays, respectively. All of their brothers and sisters, with one exception, together with their fami lies were present on this occasion. A bountiful dinner was -spread at the noon hour in the grove on a table pre pared for the event. Those in the immediate family who attended were D. M. Warren, Lovette Warren, H. H. Warren, W. R. War ren and families, Mesdames Ebron Baggett, Delia Vann and families. Other, guests included: Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Vann and son -Earl, Mr. D. C. McPhail, Sr., Dr. and Mrs. J:. M. Lee and daughters Nell and 'Francis; Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Williamson, Mr. Ira Baggett and family; Mr. W. T. Jack son and family. A number of friends called during the afternoon and helped make the affair a memorable one. • DANIELS REUNINON Mr. G. A. Daniels of Cooper will have a birthday reunion of the Dan iels family at. his home in Cooper on Sunday, August 24. DUPLIN CLUBS CAMP The Duplin county Boys and Girls -clubs will encamp at White Lake nex week. Mrs. L. L. McLendon, count] farm agent and Miss Ruth Ehorn home agent will be in charge of th outing which begins on Monday aw closes Saturday the SS. ■-$ - * • . TO GET MEEKINS Tom Boat Says Candidate for Governor Will Not Line Up With Morrison MEEKINS CANNOT AGREE Sampson Man Favors Proposed Im provement, While Meekins is Skeptical and Fears He May Overlook a Political Asset By W. T. BOST Raleigh, Aug. '4.—Special to The Independent —Representative Tawm Owen of the State of Sampson, gen erally wise to all the wiles of his an cient foes, has failed to take Colonel Ike Meekins into camp on the admin istration’s port and terminal bill, and the colonel will not fling away his * chance to comment on this venture if the Democrats submit it to a referen dum. Mr. Owen admits that the folks will '« kill it very dead. And generally he is for corporate murder, being a kind ly man and personally opposed to capital punishment. He never has failed the folks on one of these ruff and radoms which the late Mr. Wilson once called “great and solemn.” But the Sampson statesman will do his duty right now. He was against the state bond issue for roads, without a vote of the people. He justified his position. It was much money and he feared the distribution. Representa tive Tawm, however, lives in the road $ baliwick of John Cameron and Mr. Cameron is a hard surfaced Republi can. The State of Sampson has fared very well. Mr. Owen has both in gress and egress now and having rub bed up against the world he likes it. He will, as the late Dr. Lyman Ab bott said of Colonel Theodore Roose velt, “take the third cup of coffee.” Sees Need of Railroad tauLML cuaoitig. Owen has burgeoned as an adminis tration champion. He sees redemp tion for Eastern North Carolina, around the corner. He will lead the : Republicans to championship of this j pmeijs'm«- nueasura sow balding, both.. ^ 1*m hgtsTstmii', Mr. Owen thinks the acquisition <St the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley railroad a line that either runs through Sampson’s edge or brushes by the Republican commonwealth, is vital to the scheme. Therein he is at loggerheads with Governor Morrison but sound with the commission. His excellency in a protracted argument at the opening of the legislature, con tended that great as had been the •• wrong done the state by the railroads ‘ in dismembering the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley, that road did nothing to lower freight rates while it did run. But Mr. Owen thinks the road is a ne- ' cessary weapon both of defense and aggression. He must have it. But Colonel Meekins mustn’t. He has no confidence in the whole busi ness. He. lives up there in Ncvt York most of the time and see3 subsidized vessels come blowing over the pond 6 into the Big City. They can not come without subsidy. And doubtless the colonel would stand for a sub sidized American marine. But the oceans, rivers and bays are full of rotting boats not earning their feed. The Hudson river is lined with them and they are all steamed up, some of them, with nowhere to go. The col- ■j onel lives in a near sea city and can remember all about boats, but there are virtually none now. He has much 4 the same view of the proposal as Senator Pat Williams of Elizabeth City has. Colonel Meekins thla» ’§ (Continued on Pan H 1 CENT STAMPS • JUST WON’T DO Change In Rating of Clinton Office Prohibits Use of Less Than Two Cents on Letters The use of one cent stamps on let ters through the Clinton.postofice is forbidden, siiAe that office has advanc ed to the carrier class, according to instructions received by Postmaster A. K. Parker It has been the custom to mail let-, ters for local delivery under one oettt stamps. This, the ruling says, fo net' permissable any longer, and meat Cease. --i, The post office complains that many customers of the office here are stilt dropping letters with one cent stamps. These in hte future will not be deliv ered, but will be returned to the send er for ait addition two cents h poet* age. If tits sunder is unknown tai par ty addressed will be notified and will be given the letter upon payment of threexents, instead gf two or one. These regulations ire the same as all cities or towns Uavhig carrier ser vice. They c#ply to all Sail, whether addressed jto box, general*. delivery, carrier delivery or rural ronte. 7M Mr. ^fisrnice Me Elmar? who resided in the Fairs loth community was ahfw- to Fayetteville last week and icsliwprsmt an operation Friday. -; ,, ' . !vi * :’r ■"