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12 Pages Two Sections NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST f WEEKLY NEWSPAPER VOL. 43. NO. 5L CLINTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1925 Si TWO DOLLARS A YEAI CONTRACTS FOR SEVEN SCHOOLS LET TOBUILDERS Record Building Program At tracts Attention to Samp son County START WORK THIS WEEK Contractor Begins Moving Material Immediately and Plans to Have Buildings Under Way in Short Time The largest r!"'r1e rural school con r.-.et over m;. .u the south, and probably the largest ever recorded in the United States was closed here last Friday when Sampson county, through its board of education and board of county commissioners, awarded a contract for seven consolidated schools to the John W. Hudson company. The new contract, plans for which have been under way for several years, places Sampson county in an enviable petition so far as school facilities arc concerned. Housing, as they will,.more than 3,500 school chil dren in modern buildings, education is given impetus that has been the dream of educators and public spirit ed persons for years. When completed, the new buildings will, with, two exceptions, give each of the townships of the county an adequate school center. Equipped, as they are, for high school work, they will permit of the maintenance of accredited schools as soon as the funds necessary for such periods are obtained. Start Work Immediately Following the awarding of the contracts Friday, Mr. Hudson imme diately arranged for materials, and Tuesday he had men and supplies on the Plain View site, seven miles south of Dunn at the Lee’s Chapel cross roads. This building, a ton room structure, will be finished before spring. Within a few days men and mater ials will also be sent to the other lo cations, and all of the buildings are expected to be ready for occupancy by next summer. The construction of the buildings, it was pointed out by t ho contractor, will afford labor for about 150 men all winter and spring, the bulk of the cost of the improve ments being spent in Sampson coun ty. Mr. Linthicum, of the firm of Linthicum & Linthicum, architect: , who have charge of the construction, is the authority for the claim that Sampson has established a new rec ord in school building. He say many cities have more expensive, buildings, but that the wide territory covered, and the number of children housed, have never been equalled in his knowledge. He is loud in his praise of Sampson and tihe effective manner in which the county has worked out its school problem and met the state school laws. Money Is Saved It was also pointed out that there is a decided financial alvantage to the group contracts. Individually, the Hudson firm offered a bid of $193,500 for the erection of the various build ings. However, if given the entire contract, they offered to do the work for $104,500, a saving of $19,000 to the county. This, it was pointed out, is enough to almost give one more building. The price on the buildings under Hudson contract was Taylors Bridge, $21,000; Halls, $24,500; Piney Grove, $29,500; Shqdy Grove, $25,000; Her rings, $24,500; Plain View, $24,500; Dismal, 29,500. BETTER BUS SERVICE FOR THIS SECTION An unconfirmed report has been re ceived here of a decided improvement in the bus service over the Wareaw Clinton-Fayetteville line by the ad , dition of a big 23 passenger coach. \ More frequent trips are also planned ion the line, which now connects with the Goldsboro-Wilmington bus. It is also reported that a new line from Clinton to Dunn, with connec tions for Smithfield and Raleigh, is also to be announced soon, with mod em busses in us^ PAYING FAIR BILLS We have been requested by the secretary of the Sampson County Fair association, Mr. T. B. Smith, to an nounce that all persons holding claims against the association are urged to present them as early as 'possible for settlement. GEORGIA BOYS HERE The Roys’ Drum and Cornet Corps of the ; Georgia Industrial Home, Macon, \ Ga., are to be here Friday evening* giving n free concert at the high school auditorium. y • ' is* *. K ifi,. tili YES, IT WILL BE Following the announcement last week that The Sampson Independent plans to issue, at an early date, a special edition devoted to the advancement of Sampson county, one Clinton merchant, said: . “Well, if The Independent is taking all that time to prepare it, with several men on the job, it sure must he going to he a big one.” The answer is easy. It will be. The number, when issued, will form a complete descrip tive review of all things Samp sonian. Particular stress will be put on the commercial and industrial life of the commun ity. i.\n attempt will be made to get every unit represented. If we have not called on you yet, call on us. .You’ll want to be represented. CRACK SAFE, USE GUN AND ESCAPE Robbers Make Haul in Roseboro and Shake Off Rursurers As They Escape in Auto The stage was well set for the melo-dramatic, and the first act was completed Sunday night wthen robbers after supplying themselves with tools at the railroad section house, tore open the iron safe in the J. M. Starl ing store and made away with its contents. A pistol shot at a curious citizen, and a ruse by which they es caped another, fixed things fine for a movie drama, but there it ended. The men—evidently four of them— were undisturbed during tiheir early operations. They broke open the railroad tool house and secured their tools. They then forced the store door and started work on the safe. In the course of their operation they made enough noise to awake persons living over the store. As the men went out the back door a man stuck his head out of an up stairs window and called to tihem. A bullet whizzed by his head, which was withdrawn to a place of safety. He then called other citizens, and an effort was made to catch the robbers. Four men in an automobile were seen by one of the searchers. How ever, the men quickly approached him, and told him that they in turn had seen some one fleeing, asking where a policeman could be found. Getting the information, they started out ap parently in search of an officer. They mpst be still seeking, as they have not been seen since. KOI NECESSARY TO REBUILD HIGHWAY Engineer Points to Possible Misun derstanding from Article in Form er Newspaper Issue The Independent last week carried an article headed, “To Rebuild Part of New Highway.” This according to Mr. Davis, resident engineer for the state, was misunderstood and was somewhat misleading. He has ex plained the facts concerning the re construction of this road in detail. Mr. Davis says, “Rawhide pavement consists of a mixture of local mater ial of which the road bed is built, and asphaltic oil. The two are thor oughly kneaded together witih me chanical mixers, harrows and tampers and compacted into .a smooth tough surface. The asphalt is mixed with the local material as each application is poured, the mixing process follow ing each application. Under ordinary Conditions six applications are poured. If tv. :n the pavement is not thorough ly bonded the entire road is rescari fid and the mixing process repeated, - > additional asphalt being used. It v.'is meant last week when stated that a part of the road was to be re built, that some of it was not thor oughly bonded and would have to be rescprified and reworked but this is natural in the construction of this type of road and is nothing unusual.” Mr. Dayis, further states that the rawhide pavement is proving entirely satisfactory and that the different phases of construction are exactly as anticipated. ' The part of the road that is being rescari^ed and reworked is the three and one half miles toward Dunn, and not that nearest Clinton as was stat ed last week. RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Mr. L. S. Bell was appointed last week by clerk of superior court, J. B. Williams to fill the unexpired term of justice of peace, John A. Beaman, de ceased. Mr. Bell has served in this Capacity in the past with efficiency and news of his Appointment will be received with much interest. r CLINTON BOOSTER TRIP OVER COUNTY SET NEXT WEEK Better Business League Plans to Tour Sampson on Wednes day and Thursday WELCOME NEW FIRM HERE Business Men Unaminous in Their Belief That Belk-Williams Store Will Prove Tremendous Asset (o Community Next Wednesday and Thursday, December 2 and 3, have been definite ly chosen as the days upon which Clinton will call on tihat part of the county removed from the county seat. At that time, it is hoped that every business house in the town will send a representative with the “Get As quainted” caravan that will tour Sampson in the interest of better business relations. The dates were set at a meeting of the Better Business League Monday night, when it was announced that practically all of the preliminary plans for the big trade trip ihad been completed. The exact routes to be taken, and the hours at which various points will be reached, have not been determined, but are being arranged by a, special committee. A committee of three composed of Messrs. C. F. Collins, J. R. Watson and Isaiah fann were appointed to canvass the town in an effort to de termine who, an dhow many, mer chants and business men would offer their automobiles and services for the purposed "Get Acquainted” trip next week. It was brought in tihe meeting that only ten or twelve had offered their co-operation thus far, and that at least twenty five or thirty cars and as many merchants, business and professional men as possible were needed in order for-this trip to prove successful. Visit AH Points It is the intention of these citizens to visit the different schools and towns in the county in an effort to more widely advertise Clinton in a personal way, to invite them to trade more in Clinton, and to impress upon them the fact tihat a cordial welcome is awaiting them. It was 'also brought out in the meeting that with the opening of the Belk-Williams store a more complete variety of ladies’ and men’s ready to-wear would be handled than has beep the case in the past. It was stated that this store with its com plete variety of seasonable merchan dise would induce shoppers to trade at home who are now leaving Clinton and motoring over to Fayetteville, for instance, and purchasing some little minor item of merchandise, and while there spending several dollars for other merchandise that could be pur chased in Clinton for the same, if not a cheaper price, than they paid. Keep Trade At Home It was stated that there was no question but tihat the opening of this new business would lend greatly in keeping the trade at home and, too, it would induce shoppers in other sec tions of the county to come to Clin ton to do their trading. It was also said that the grocery line which is carried by the local merchants is sec ond to none in the state, but that ready-to-wear lines are somewhat in ferior to those carried by other towns in the nearby counties, that are draw ing considerable ready-to-wear trade from Clinton and Sampson county. It was the general belief of all in at attendance that the Belk-Williams store which is to throw open its doors to the trading public early in Decem ber will be one of Clinton’s greatest assets. It was urged that every progres sive citizen in Clinton lend these committeemen every possible co-op eration in making this “Get Acquaint ed” trip a decided success Their success will be made known next Monday evening at 7:80 o’clock in the Chamber of Commerce quarters. Each and every member is extended an invitation and is expected to be present. MAY PHONE TELEGRAMS Western Union service from its telephones in eacb individual resi dence is the latest improvement giv en Clinton telephone patrons. Fol lowing an agreement between Mr. Sutton of tba, Carolina Telephone and Telegraph company and Western Un ion authorities telegrams may now be phoned to the Western Union office and will be charged to the telephone from which the message comes. The telephone company will make the col lections. ENTERTAINS INFORMALLY ' An informal pairty. was enjoyed Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. G. A; Waller, by a number of- thft teachers and their friends. ^ i V.-W. $■&■■■ Thanksgiving Copyright, w. N. U.) DR. THACKER TO CONDUCT MEETING Norfolk Pastor, .Assisted by Raleigh Man, At the Presbyterian Church Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Thacker of Nor folk, Va., will arrive shortly and Dr. Thacker will- begin a series of meet ings Wednesday evening, December 2 in the Presbyterian church. Dr. Thacker will hi assisted by Mr. J. H. -Smith of Raleigh, as song leader. Mr. Smith arrives the last of this week and will immediately begin re hearsals so that the singers will be in fine shape for the opening service. Mrs. Thacker, who was a Miss Dixon before her marriage, and a member of the famous Dixon family is a sister of Thomas Dixon, Jr., A. C. Dixon and Dr. Delia Dixon Car roll, is a lecturer of note. During her stay here Mrs. Thacker will de liver several lectures, probably in afternoons. The past summer she nad a prominent part on the. pro gram at Montreat and charmed her hearers, so Clinton is especially for tunate in having her accompany her husband here. Three of her topics are: “The Hu man Torch;” “God’s Creation and Christian Science;” “Eve the First Mcdemist and others.” Dr. Thacker will be in Clinton for ten days and a spiritual treat is promised. The pastor Rev. G. M. Mat this hopes every one in town will avail themself of the opportunity of hear ing both these people as often as pos sible. The meetings will begin at seven thirty each evening. The hour for the afternoon meetings are to be announced at a later date. Dr. Thacker who is assembly evangelist of the Southern Presby terian church. One of his subjects which has proved an unusual darwing card is “What Constitutes a Fool” and will be discussed here the date to be announced. SPECIAL SERVICE FOR REV. HOLDEN Societies and Organizations Take Charge of Last Service at the Methodist Church An impressive ceremony was held at the Methodist dhurch Sunday morning in honor of Rev. J. E. Hol den who leavd? for Morehead City some time this week to take the pas torship of a church there. Rev. J. H. Buffalo, formerly of the East Durham Carr Methodist church, is comnig here to succeed (him. The middle row of seats were occu pied exclusively by fraternal orders and by a band of Beaver Boys who Rev. Holden has organized and has been a potent factor in the upbuild ing of character and citizenship among them during his pastorate here. Following speeches by representa tives of each fraternal order and the Beaver Boys, farewell gifts were pre sented to the pastor. The Junior Beaver Boys presenting him with aj | purse containing a $5 gold piece; tihe ( Senior Beavers presenting him with I e beautiful pen and pencil com&i.ia LOOK WHO IS COMING! Kids, old 'uns and young 'uns, do you realize that it is just five weeks until the old boy him self will be here? Well, then, get busy. He has radioed The Indepen dent, and asked that we act as his agent this year, handling his mail matfer for him. His eyes, he says, are getting bad, and his secretary is at work in the toy shop. Therefore we are asked to print the letters for him. The first of the season is here, frpm little Miss Louise Faircloth, anjJ says: •‘Hear Santa Clause: “How are you? I want a wheel for Christmas, and a doll, too, and a stocking full of goodies. I just can’t wait for Christmas day. Please bring me a wheel, nine years old size and a doll like Louise Tad (Here is a tip—write early, as Santa MIGHT run out ■ of things if you wait too long.) COTTON GKO EXCEEDS FORECAST Government Report Indicates That Sampson Will Produce About 40,000 Bales This Fall The semi-monthly government crop •eport, issued Monday, indicates that I , Sampson county this fall will pro-I Juce approximately 40,000 bales of ■otton. The report showed that 27, 190 bales of cotton had been ginned in the county prior to November 14. On the same day last year, 21,110 bales had, been ginned in Sampson, and only 28,000 bales were ginned in the entire year. The government report reversetl itself in tthe last report, forecasting less cotton than in the previous re porting. This naturally had a good effect upon the market, which has been steadily declining, and cotton this week is selling at 20 cents and up on the Clinton market. The ad vance over a week ago was from one to one and one half cents per pound. Many close followers of the cotton raising industry still contend that the government forecast is high, and that further reductions in the yield may be expected. With the mark now set at more than fifteen million bales, these authorities contend that the final figures will show closer to fourteen than fifteen million. If such is the case, it is said, the price of cotton will be materially effected, and will advance to at least 25 cents. STANDARD MANAGERS CHANGE LOCATIONS Mr. Charlie D. Burnett, representa tive of the Standard Oil company, left Monday for Lumberton where he will take charge of the Lumberton territory. Mr J. R. Latham, of Hick ory, will be in charge of this terri tory with headquarters in Clinton. Mr. Latham left last week for Green ville, S. C., to attend the funeral ser vice of his mother whicth was held there recently. _ , tion set. Then came the Odd Fel lows, who presented him with a foun tain pen and. the Junior order pre sented him with a gold watch and purse M money., . ■.' IV- .. N. •.l. , Chamber of Commerce Committee Plans More Effective Arrange Mr. J. B. Long, for several months past secretary of the Sampson County Chamber of Commerce, last vreek tendered his resignation, effective December 1, to tflie directors, of thct organization. The resignation . was accepted and steps immediately taken to secure a man to fill the vacated post. Mr. Long came to Clinton from Morehead City, where he had been en gaged in similar work and had also done insurance work as a side line. In Clinton he thinks that he has found an excellent field for insurance work and has arranged to enter that field of endeavor immediately. The directors, after the resignation of the secretary, appointed a com mittee composed of i^Iessrs. George E. Butler. W. W. Casteel and Henry Vann to find a new man for tihe place. Several persons are already under consideration, and while the place may not be filled immediately, it is hoped to have the new man on the job by the first of the new year. A new and enlarged program for civic work is also being undertaken by the organization, and indications are that the work of the chamber will be' much more effective under the new plans. Greater publicity for Clinton and Sampson county, and more effec tive effort, due to the ground work hat thas been done before, are in prospect. The report of the retiring secre tary, made at the meeting, shows much good results obtained in the past six months, and these, coupled with the prospects in sight, asure another successful year for the organ ization. ■CUES HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE Three Clinton Congregations to Gath* er for Observation of Thanks* giving Day So far as could be learned Thanks giving services will be held this year in three churches, the Episcopal, Presbyterian and Baptist. The service in St. Paul’s Episcopal church will begin at 10:30 o’clock and will be conducted by the rector Rev. Herbert D. Cone. , , Rev. G. M. M^tthis will return front Godwin, where he is conducting ^.series of meetings and deliver his Annual Thanksgiving sermon at If o’clock in the Presbyterian church. As iB customary the offering, at this time will go to the Barium Springs orphanage. . > Services will be conducted in the Clinton Baptist church at eleven o’clock. Rev. S. L. Neff of Mount Olive will occupy the pulpit and will also give a solo. Everyone in town is cordially invited to attend these services. , , . "'’Ai.. , vv ^v. 'u, .. K. ■ CLINTON 10 GET HUGE NEW STORE OF BELK WILLIAMS Well Known Merchandising Firm Decides to Open HopSe, ■ Here BIG ASSET TO THE TR&j^E Opening of Big Department Stoto Looked Upon As Start of Near Era in Commercial Prosperity of Town • Clinton, always rated as a good shopping town, received the biggest addition to its trading facilities in the hstory of Khe town last Saturday when it was announced that the firm of Belk-Williams of Wilmington had , leased the Moses Slossberg building; and woukl soon open a large and ; modern department store here. The announcement, coming unher- j aided and unexpected, was a decided ‘ surprise and furnished the week; tend topic for the town and county. - Al though Mr. Slossberg has been in the : market to lease ihis buildingarjd.‘re tire from business for some time, 1 nothing definite had been done about-* new tenant for the corner locations Naturally, the announcement of-the coming of the new firm was received with applause. Business interests in Clinton have long realized the neces sity here of a large department store, not so much to take care of the” de mand, but to increase the trading fa cilities of the town and draw more trade to the county seat. "j Favors Clinton Location ^ The deal1 was made by Mr. J.' C. Williams, who came ihere last Thurs day to look the situation over. ' Mr. Williams, during the negotiation/ ad mitted that his firm has for several years been considering the advisabil ity of opening a store here. A close study has been made of the field and its possibilities of developtaenti he said, and he is convinced that Clinton as a trading point has among the best advantages in the state. Ue pointed to the fact that the town has long been known as a good trading' point, and the general prosperity ox! the country surrounding it. ’ The availability of the Slossberg location cinched the merchant's decis ion. In former years, he said, When!; Clinton was under consideration, no location was available that would ' suit their demands; The retirement ’ of Mr. Slossberg and the possibility of renting his entire building ipado possible the deal. On his arrival here last Thursday, . Mr. Wiliams was met by a committee J of the Clinton Lions club, composed of Messrs. C. M. Faircloth, J. L. Kerr and Moses Slossberg. After a few ’ minutes with these gentlemen, * the / Wilmington man announced that, if the building could be made over to | suit his demands, and both floors leased for a long term, he would be % ready to deal. Following this he was. turned over to Mr. Slossberg, and thev next day the negotiations were closed/ Will Reopen Soon /' i | The store was immediately closed, . Mr. Williams desiring to return to Wilmington and arrange for stocking it. It will be opened, he said, in few days, and such stock as is. left by the former owner will hfe imme diately sold in order to make room for the new stock.. On January l, th«4 Belk-Williams firm will be given yoo* session of the second floor of the ! building, also, which they will remod el for departments, making the Store one of the largest in this part of-the j state. ■ r- ’V' CS While no announcement has been : made as to the lines of goods to -be carriad by tihe store, it is known tbfct ~ the new firm will carry a general litre !■ of department store features, giving the combined facilities of several. I stores in one. Each of the larger de partments will be complete in itsdlft; While the store will be reopened rla it x few days, the formal opening will' not, : be made until after the upper floor has been made over, new fixtures > stalled, and new stock supplied. While Mr. Williams will retain dt-2 rection of the store from his Wilniing- . ton office, the local management will be in charge’ of Mr. Jennings Theo dore Kennedy, a former SarapsoniaR,; son of Mr. John T. Kennedy, of Mol- y txmville and brother of Attorney J. C.- • Kennedy of Clinton. Mr. Kennedy ihas been with the Belk-Willlams firm for more than five years, and stands % exceptionally high in their estima tion. He will arrive here this week and t’ake charge of stocking and ar ranging the new store. " ..x BOLDS SERVICE Rev. G. M. Matthls left Mot/' for Godwin where he began a s*r of meetings that evening, B Mstthis win conclude the wee' the latter part of the Week.
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