22 PAGES our Sections nmmm NORTH CAROLINA’S GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 43. NO. 13. CLINTON, N. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1925 TWO DOLLARS A YEAR MERGE BODY DS FIRST YEAR; MEET MARCH 10 Urged lo At Meeting Here Next Tuesday In future activities »g Will Decide On Next Yearns rogram—Report of Officers Shows Great Good Done County in Past :|V%h a record of accomplishments at up in the hundreds of thou of dollars, the Sampson County ier of Commerce this week its first year as Sampson’s civic :ommercial representative, and ting of the subscribers a idders of the organization has called for Tuesday, March 10, at p. m., to determine li'ie future ties of th? organization, meeting of the directors of the was held last Friday afternoon, hich time a review of the past was^ given, and the next year’s ities talked over. It was decided ver, to wait until after the meet ;of the entire organization next day before taking any definite 8 towards formulating the 1925 prilgram. A condensed report of the activi ties of the chamber, as made by Secretary T. B. Smith, was given the directors and approved by them. This report will be found on page 2 of this section. ' v Had Good Results .Although it is exceptional for such *» organization to get direct results ill: a year of operation, the report shows that Sampson was fortunate ; in this, as results of great) import* j ahee have been secured for the coun •,'y.tjf by the chamber. fvX Starting soon after organization, Camber secured refrigerator car ice from Clinton for truck and; rry shippers, and; helped shippers the distribution of tneiF 'crops, spectors from the government d the state school of agriculture ,(■ Were secured, who aided Sampson shippers in the making of a stand* ::M|rd package and selling to an ad J^rantage. The chamber also saved i|!§he truckers from losing the mar v. feet entirely by getting a change in '■^train and express schedules that per ;’mitted them to ship properly. ;y Throughout the entire year live chamber has worked with other sim ilar chambers in Eastern Carolina in • opposition proposed freight increases that would take millions of dollars Minimally from the section. This njBBftht is still on. Realignment of ex press rates from Roseboro-Und Gar h^and, to give them the same advant ; ages as enjoyed by Clinton and Au • tryville, were sought and obtained by ; the chamber. This permits shippers •to load at these points, instead of • making long hauls to a better sliip firig point. Henefitted Clinton On behalf of Clinton, the chamber succeeded in getting the Clinton f ^Building and Loan association reor •^;jganized and on its feet. It was also ^Instrumental in getting a new hotel , ;|for the county seat, by interesting Sthose now erecting the building in . the project. The secretary also has had several conferences with a hos mill man with a view to getting plant located here. This matter is U'still pending. $?. One of the biggest completed jobs , ;of the chamber was the securing of »an allotment of pickle acreage for Sampson county. Indications for a while were that none of this business ^ would be given to Sampson, but through the efforts of the president s'\ and secretary of the chamber, the deal was closed with a fair yield, ,: Sampson will produce $50,000 or more gi worth of cucumbers this year and 1H have a ready market for them. The chamber has also secured the || efforts of state and national repre sentatives toward* the .formation of f; a branch in Sampson of the state Pruckers association, through which tetter marketing conditions for truck tnd berries will be established. The irst public meeting on this project ;J| will be held here Wednesday, March M In addition to those enumerated, , Jihundreds of lesser activities have gmade the first year of the chamber a «busy one, and have served to show ■fl those who have watched its . course if that it is of tremendous and lasting I value to the county at large as well # as to the individual points that re :Jfceive direct benefits. - The minutes of the directors’ meeting last Friday follow: “At a regular call meeting of the directors of the Sampson County Chamber of Commerce. Roll call shows the following officers and di rectors present: George E. Butler, (Continued on Page Two) \ V Minutes of Meeting THIEVES BUSY IN BEAR SKIN SECTION Last Thursday night prowlers were busy in the Benr Skin section. Mr. Eugene McKoy had two bales of cot ton which were stored in a shed about 400 yards from his house stolen. The theft was discovered the next morn ing when Mr. McKoy went to his barn to feed. It is thougiht that the cotton was taken between dark and 2 a. m. A second robbery was commited that, night when, radiators belonging to J. 1). Crumpler and H. Cl. Holland which were stored in the Crumpler garage were t.akeh. Pickle Plant Representative to Re Here for Two Days to Close Arrangements The actual contracts for cucumbers, which will be made with those who are now listed with the Chamber of Commerce, will be signed in Clinton Friday afternoon and Saturday, March Gi and 7. At that time repre sentatives of the J. Weller Co., will be in Clinton and duplicate contracts will be signed with the growers. The previous arrangements ihave been made by merely listing those who de sired cucumber acreage. It is pointed out by the pickling concern that it is necessary tha.t all who expect to grow the pickles sign contracts, in order that the buyers may know just who to purchase from. Duplicate contracts will bo prepared and signed in each case, and the buyers will thereby agree to take the full yield as provided in the con tract. All of the necessary details of the cucumber project ihave been arranged, including the securing of a delivery point. The G. A. Clute warehouse will be used for this purpose, the growers delivering their crops to that place, where they will be weighed and paid for. From there they will be shipped daily to Wilmington to a large central brining point, it having been decided by the Weller firm not to install brining plants at any point, but to do it all at the central point. It is estimated tha the cucumber acreage alloted to tihe Clinton section of Sampson will bring $.r>0,000 or more this year with a moderate fair crop. The cucumber acreage was se cured by the Chamber of Commerce. Clinton Provides for Tuberculin Test of Animals Furnishing Food Following the passage of an ordi nance to that effect, the town of Clinton has ordered that all milk dealers selling milk within the limits of the town have their cows tested for tuberculosis. Failure to have such tests made prohibits the sale of tiheir milk. Discovery of tubercular germs in their milk bars further sales from their herds until such germs arc eradicated. State, national and community reg ulations of this order have become general in ordgr to safeguard the health of users of milk, and the step is taken here in order to give Clinton the same protection as that enjoyed in other places. The city health department will have charge of the tests, and they will be made without charge to the owner. Tuberculin will be furnished at cost where needed. During February the city health officers condemned 286 pounds of beef; 328 pounds of pork; 40 of lard; 300 of fish; 64 of sausage meat; 28 of liver pudding; 100 of calves and five gallons of oysters. MUSIC MEMORY CONTEST EXAM WEDNESDAY The music memory contest exami nation is being held at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the College street building. Parts of twenty se lections are being played by the music teachers of the city, Mesdames J. R. Best, R. F. Royal, Misses Gladys Newman. and Emily Sessoms. The prizes given by the Woman’s club and Sorosis club will be awarded imme diately following the examination. Three prizes are offered: $5 in gold, and $2 to the three scoring high est. . . A second examination will be lueld fpr all pupils from the fifth to eighth grades inclusive who made a grade of 50 or more in the first exam. The student makjpg the highest grade in this exam will be entitled to go to Raleigh and compete for the state prize in the music contest which will ie held May 2-9. SHOWS BIG SIZE Issue Is More Than Three Times the Size of Predeees sors GREATER GROWTH TO COME End of First Year Finds Publishers Preparing for Even Greater Ex pansion aifil Improvement in Paper This issue of Tlve Sampson Inde pendent, the first, of the second year in the life of the greater Sampson newspaper, finds the paper in a larg er size, with a better equipment, and with a bigger program of expansion than any previously attempted in this county. Established a year ago by the con solidation of The News Dispatch and The Sampson Democrat, the paper has steadily grown in public favor. By the installation of many thousands of dollars worth of new and modern equipment, the paper and its plant have extended its scope of possibili ties, and the coming year promises to see even greater expansion than the one just ending. Covers Entire County This issue of The Independent, in addition to going to our regular list of approximately 4,000 subscribers, also goes to a supplemental list of about 2,000 homes, thus placing it in approximately every home in Samp son county, and giving it a truly county wide circulation. When it is recalled that the combined circula tion of the two former papers was less than 2,000, it will be seen that this is truly a large accomplishment. Modern mauhinery and co-opera tion made this issue possible. Only by the installation of our new press could it have been produced. The is sue took just 2,000 poundb of news print, which would have done the two former papers for two months. In the 22 pages of this issue there are 154 columns of matter. Seventy columns of this are devoted to adver tising, and 84 columns are devoted to news and features. The colored com ic supplement takes 28 of these col umns, and the remainding 50 col umns are devoted to news of interest to all of Sampson. There are 2,224 inches of matter in tihe paper, com pared to !)00, the size of the former papers. Would Reach New York If this issue of The Independent were stretched out in a ribbon, one page wide, it would extend nearly from Clinton to New York, as it would make 570 miles of paper ribbon. In county news this issue excells, we believe, anything previously pub lished in Sampson. Throughout the paper will he found approximately 20 columns of county news, represent ing every section of the county. Thanks for this valuable matter is extended to our staff of regular cor respondents, who have furnished us with letters reviewing the activities of their sections. While it probably will be several months before The Independent offers another paper of this size', such a paper is-not impossible, and, we hope, may be only a forerunner of many big ones to come. Plans are rapidly being compiled for greater expansion ih all lines of endeavor, and the sec ond year of the paper promises to show even, greater advancement than has the first. COLORED CHILD BORNS 10 DEATH Four Year Old Daughter of Robert Royal Catches Fire in Open Fire Place Made Royal, aged four, daughter of'Robert Royal, colored, of near Lon Bests’ store, was burned to death Tuesday afternoon when her clothing became ignited from J an open fire The little girl, with her two sisters, Essie Lee and Beulah, aged 2 and 9 respectively had been left alone while the mother called at the home of Royal’s parents about one eighth of a mile away. The older sister tried to put out the fire in her sister’s clothing and was slightly burned. Finding the fire beyond per control they ran into ttye yard and called for help. The mother heard tiheir cries and ran home, but the child was dead when she reached her, all of the cloth ing having been burned from her iwdy. 1 (Copyright, W. N. U.) ^evidential: INAUGURAL SERVICE^ STATE EXPERTS VISIT SAMPSON Agricultural Extension Men to Show (•rowers How to Combat Spread of Weevil To bring to the attention of cotton fanners in Eastern Carolina the-im portance of preparing in advance for the boll weevil this year, the agricul tural extension service of State Col lege has arranged' a series of public meetings to be held during the week of March !). As now planned, two parties of speakers will be sent into the field. The meetings will be field under the auspices of the local county agent, in each county. In arranging these meetings the extension service is cooperating with the soil improve ment committee of Atlanta which or ganization will have two experts helping with the work. As now arranged, one party con sisting of W. Bruce Malice, extension entomologist for State College and C. 1’. Blackwell, agronomist with the soil improvement committee will hold meetings as follows: Lillington, Marcih 0, with County Agent H. A. Edge; Red Springs, March 10 with County Agent O. O. Dukes; Salem burg, March 11 with J. H. Henley, teacher of agriculture in the high school; Faison, March 12 with County Agent L. E. McLendon; Goldsboro, March 13, with County Agent A. K. Robertson; and Trenton, March 1-1 with County Agent E. F. Fletcher. The second party consisting of E. C. Blair, extension agronomist and C. A. Whittle, of hhe soil improve ment committee, will hold meetings at other points during the same per iod. Each of the meetings will begin promptly at 10:30 on the morning scheduled. The extension service workers state that they have secured the services of two valuable experts to assist in bringing to North Caro lina farmers the message of growing cotton under weevil conditions and all farmers living near the points where meetings are to he held are urged to take advantage of tl'ieni. GARLAND HOME BIJURNS The home of Mr. aud Mrs. B. J. Cromartie of Garland was destroyed by fire last Wednesday. At the time that the fire occurred none of the family were at home Wd so the ori gin of the fire is unknown. %A few neighbors discovering1 the fact that the house was burning hurried to the scene, but too late to save more than a few articles of furniture and cloth ing. For the present Mr. and Mrs. Gfro martie and family are making then home with Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Cro martie. >. CHILDREN GIVE HIKE The pupils of the fourth grade had a hike Friday evening at the close of school for their teacher Miss Marian na Rowe. The youngsters went out in Park Heights where they' enjoyed a lunch. HOLD S. S. CONVENTION New South River Baptists will hold a Sunday school convention at the Spring Branch church near Dunn March 27,, 28 and 29. Everybody is invited. The program has not been completed and will be announced next week. j 1 SHADY GROVE HAS j SIX HOOD WALKERS; Sampson county still has a few pedestrians. Last Saturday Mis.e Alma Jones. Miriam Carter. Lie ; Flynt, Lou Belle West, Maty Wil.-i.n . and Cora Barefoot walked from She.:; ’ drove to Dunn, a distance of alum! LC miles in t hree hours and a h tlf. Former Sampson Man Is Third Detitli In Family In i'asl Four Montiis Mr. Boh Fun'll received a mossnev Tuesday aftervioon from his sister-in l;i\V, Mrs. Janie Pun'll of Brooklyn. X. Y., statin';: that Air. Ben I'm;'.:, his brother had died suddenly in Buf falo and ''that the body wool! he brought here for burial. Mr. Buell was about oO years of ago and was a native of this county and spent his early life lure. Ainu: twenty years atro he left for NX w York state and bojran t.ruvidiin;. He was here in January to attend the funeral of his brother Mr. Oscar Fulfil who died January 17 in Flori la. Buffalo was to have been his last , stop this trip, as he was i i ;ro on t >| his home in Brooklyn. Mr, Fuifh had I made his home with Mrs. Janie Fur ) i his brother's widow, for a number ..f j years. ! ■Mrs. Pu.a'h will arrive Wednesday j at 5 p. in. and i! is no! known whether 1 the body will arrive on the same’ train. The remains are to he con-i veyed to the (!. B. Che rry home on DeYane street where Mr. Bob Pufji resides. The hour for ti'ie funeral has not been determined. Rev. J. E. Holden, pastor of the Methodist church will be in cli'ii'ye. - This is the third death in ll'.e fam ily since September when Mrs. Lilli.* Lamb, who had been a Miss Pujvh, died. Another brother Mr. Jim l'infill of Waycross, (hi., also survives. GEM TO PRESENT GIRTH OF NATION TheBirth of a Nation, recognized as the greatest motion picture ever screened, will play a return engager ntent at the Gem theatre here Men- , day and Tuesday, March 10 and 17. | The picture will be shown afternoon j and nigiht, with one show only at each time. The new organ now being in stalled at the Gem will be in use by that time. H. E. CLASS GIVES LUNCHEON A practice luncheon was given at the high school by a class in home economics last Thursday at o’clock. The table was decorated with jonquils and an appetizing meal was served in three courses. Covers were laid for eight. The guests included Superintendent C. B. Thomas, Mrs. C. C. Corbett, Misses Grace Finley, Eva Culbreth, Gertrude Carrington, members of the faculty; Misses Mary Peterson, Corinna Malpass, Elizabeth Fincth, members of the, class. The waitresses were Misses Francis Dar den and Elizabeth Hobbs. SIXTH GRADE GOES ON HIKE The members of the sixth grade went on a hike Tuesday evening at the close of school, chaperoned by leir teacher Miss Rebecca Hines. war, successful in stage lighting work in New York City be fore i.e ruble to Durham, compli mented At s. (lute very highly after lit* saw the unusual lighting effects used in the Taurian produet inn of ‘■‘Cyrano de Bergerac" last fall. Mr. White said in part, “the lighting was fully as good as tin' professional lighting in New York theatres, and 1 was unusually surprised and pleased wjth it." It is the policy of the General Elec tin' company to hire promising elec tro ial engineering students who \visli to it.) research work in connection with their regular work with the company. Upsides paying a regular salary to Air. Glute, the company will also pay his expenses in Union Col lege, thus enabling him to secure a professional degree at the same time He is doing regular work with the company. At present Mr. Ciute is working on an especially designed switchboard for the Taurian players, one which they may keep and use in till of the future productions. lie will have it finished in time for the production of "Monsieur Boauenire,” in March. KOUfiD DOZEN ENTERTAINED 5drs. W. -M. Bethuno entertained the members of the Round Dozen Wednesday afternoon in a charming manner at her home on Sunset ave nue. A color note of pink and green was prettily carried out. I’ink car nations and boughs of spring blos soms were used., After a number of progressions at bridge an attractive prize was given to the winner of high score. A delicious course of refresh ments was served. The substitutes for the afternoon were Mesdames L. L. A. Moore, S. J. Asbury, Jr., Misses Emma Walker Hubbard, Mar garet Stevens and Mildred Fleming. GUILD HELD MEETING The Guild of the Episcopal church held its regular meeting Monday af ternoon. Plans were perfected for serving lunch Saturday in the room vacated by W. A. Smith & Co. The following week they plan to serve inner from Monday to Friday, ! OFFER SAMPSON TRUCK GROWERS GOOD SALE PLAN Slate. Takes Hand in Organiza tion of Producers for Bet ter Profits TO MEET HERE MARCH 11 Agricultural Experts Will Hold Meet ing in Clinton and Tell Growers of Results in Other Places More equitable sale of their pro duct, a better average price through out the growing season, and a lessen ing of the present sales expense, per mitting of n better price to the pro ducer is offered by North Carolina State College Extension service and the State Bureau of Markets. The plan, and its known results, will be presented for the first time in Samp son county on Wednesday, March 11 at 2 p. m. Organized sales, especially among truck and produce producers, has pi oven exceptionally profitable in other sections, and is rapidly becom ing general, especially in heavy pro duction centers. With the support of .the national and state governments, it is rapidly becoming the means of bettering farming conditions,' and placing the biggest business in the county on a sound footing. Had Marketing Troubles Although a big truck and berry county, Sampson county in years past has had to buck the market organiza tions, and has bad to gamble with its products, shipping blindly to markets and taking what ever it could get for its product. In many eases this has been nothing, and the producer even having to pay the carrying charges ion stuff dumped into a river. | National and state agricultural ex I ports have for years been working i on a sane marketing plan, whereby ! the farmer may have assurance that j his product is to be offered at a ready ! market, and where it will get a fair ! price in proportion to that which the consumer eventually pays. A plan has eventually been worked out that has proven satisfactory in every instance, from the California' and Florida fruit fields to the potato sections of the famous Aristook val ley of Maine. This plan, with modi jfications to meet local conditions,. is i being spread over North Carolina, 'ami an opportunity to put it into ef I feet in this county will be made at I tiie meeting March 11. To Give Details I Two experts in co-operative sales will be here to give information on ! the subject. They are Messrs. E. W. | Gaither, district agent of the Agricul tural Extension Service of the State j College and George R. Foulke, special i representative of the state division of markets. They will tell what has been done in other fields and, if de sired, help Sampson to organize and become a part of the state unit. The Sampson unit, if such is or ganized. will become a part of the big selling unit to be established at Wii mington, where all sales from this territory will he handled. Sales through this unit, it has been proven, will cost less than through the pres ent commission house plan, as the ex pense in the co-operative plan is only five per cent as against the ten per cent charged by the sales agencies. 'Better prices are also obtained, it is | claimed, through regulaticiVi of ship I meats to points that need products, I instead of the present system of glut ting markets at times. Every berry or truck grower in the county is urged to attend this meet ing, which has been arranged by the Chamber of Commerce. - JOLLY EIGHT MEETS Miss Annie Gray Boney entertained the members of tine Jolly Eight club in a pleasing manner at her home on Sampson street last Saturday after noon. After a number of progres sions at bridge Miss Allie Lee Gra ham was found to have high score and received a lovely corsage of sweet peas. Low score was made by Miss Elizabeth Graham who was pre sented a corsage of violets. A delic ious course of refreshments was ' served by the hostess. Favors wpre minature corsages of violets. The club will meet next week with the Misses Graham at their (home on Lis bon street. BARN BURNS ;• The barn of Mr. Hardy Warrfen of • Herrings township, who lives on the Clinton-Dunn. highway, was lost by ’ fire last Tuesday afternoon about S 1 o’clock. All feed stored in the barn was destroyed, but no stock was lost. Vi GIVE BOX PARTY .. 7; There will be a box party given A * Maple Grove school Saturday night, March 7. The public ^s invited.