The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10
CHARLTON.
An Enterprising and Progressive
Town-Something of Its Build
ings and Enterprises.

ings and Enterprises.
A Robesonian man took occas-
ion Wednesday to make a visit
to the enterprising and progress
sive little town of Clarkton, which
has it's location on the Seaboard
about twenty-five miles below
Lumberton, in Baden county,
and is about midway between
Elizabethtown and Whiteville,
being twelve miles from Eliza
BEETHOVEN and fourteen from
Whiteville.
The town is we'll situated and
there is no reason why it should
not grow to be a big town some
day. 1t is surrounded by a good
farming section and practically
all the land is we'll adapted to
trucking, and while none of the
farmers are in the business on
an extensive scale, lots of straw
berries and Irish potatoes are
raised. They are now shipping
from three to four car loads of
berries a week and in a few
weeks they expect to be ship
ping potatoes by the car load.
1t is true that Bladen county
abounds in sand, but there is not
much of it around Clarkton. The
town is very much scattered, but
it has two or three nice streets
and a number of handsome resi-
dences and two churches, Presby-
terrain and Methodist, and a fine
school building, which cost some
thing over $4,000. There were
four teachers employed in the
school and it just closed the 23d
OF April, giving eight months of
school. The Presbyterians are
making arrangements to build a
handsome brick church and some
thing like $1,000 of the money
has been raised. Clarkton has
three mercantile establishments,
conducted by O. L. Clark & Co.,
Mr.. N. A. Currie and Mr.. Fuller
Harris. 0. L. Clark & Co. do
business in a large two-story
building on the north side of the
railroad and they carry an i'm
mense stock of goods. They
! have a dry-goods and groceries
department, furniture depart
ment and a millinery department,
and it is in one of the depart
ments of this building that Mr..
Julian Pope is preparing to open
a drug store. Mr.. N. A. Currie
does an immense business in a
! big two-story building on the
South side of the railroad and
!, handles almost everything that
man could need. Mr.. Fuller Har-
e ris does business in a small store
! on the north side of the railroad
and handles very nice stock of
goods. All three of these stores
2 are located right near the depot.
Drs. G. L. Clark and L. B. Evans
0 are the practicing physicians of
the place and they have every
: thing they can do. They have
e an office together in a small
S building next to the O. L. Clark
n & Co. building. Clarkton has q
e good bank, with elegant furni.
s ture and fixtures, and a CAPITA
|. q stock of SIS, 900. Dr.L.B.Evans
e is president of the bank and Mr..
: p. {. Clark cashier. The Clark.
e ton Planning Mill Co. operates &
2 big plant just on the edge Of
Il Il town and most every way one
o could look from the depot can be
e seen the building of some enter
: prise or other. The place has &
5 large tobacco warehouse, and lots
of tobacco has been planted this
e year: The Lyon Mfg. Co.. 10
e Gated IN the town, makes straw
a berry crates and crates for al
n kinds of truck. Clarkton has /;
$ brick X plant, operated by Mr.Geo
e ii. Currie; a job printing office
s run by Mr.. Samuel Meares; tw(
livery stables, managed b,
o Messrs. S.W. Owen and ]. Il. Clark
r and sales stables, run by e. J
e Cox & Co. Mr.. Lee HIGGINS
y formerly of Lumberton, who i!
s living on his plantation a mile Of
i so from Clarkton, is running al
}. up-to-date barber shop in tn,
a town and is doing a good bust
e ness: Clarkton has a good hote
e and the fare and accommodation
5 offered are far superior to thai
IL OF most towns many times it.
size. Ex-Sheriff WIS. Clark. VIII,
3 is the present treasurer of thu
s county, is'the proprietor of tn.
$ hotel. Mr.. Clark says that hi.
). business as treasurer of the coun
: ty does not require his attention
y more than three or four da, s ou
S Of a month and that is ali thu
time he spends at the count,
seat, as he prefers living a,
Clarkton.
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