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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. <i
Jasper Chde Attracts Attention Uy
lii‘- H\cei benco in I‘rod H ring
Li'.1,Id irsg Effects ,
Aisni'i' Ciute, who has his
homo in Cindon sir.ee early childhood
with his axint, Airs, M. .1. Herring,
was highh praised al Duke Univer
sity where lie attends school. The
following article iip]ieared in a recent
issue of a !!urin:m paper.
•Jasper ('lute, the well known Tiu:
rian cleet'ueran, has accepted a post
'd ion with. It"- General Electric cu.n
pa.iy. New York. Soon after he is
graduiiti d .from I hike University in
•ini • lie u ill leav e for New York,
v.’her** he veil! also .in graduate work
is 1 :iii n i 'eiie-re in eeunei'l inn wit h
.his v.-.iri. with Me <! neral Kleel ric
Ai-r, .( .a: e sei ured this pe d i inn
mainly iii.mi.igh the excellence of pi--,
work in the cngin-cring department,
hut his re/..Italian with the Tauriar.s
centriimt.at in Ids success in winning
the posit inn. One id' Denham's most
prominent architects, Air. Gilbert
White, wi; > 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.