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RALEIGH --It was only a matter of time. Two owners of a Wal-Mart in Wilson have filed suit in federal court to challenge $2 million in local-government incentives for a planned Target store in the county. "This is a very peculiar thing to have the government decide it wants a particular brand of store, and it's willing to pay it $2 million to come to town," said the plaintiffs' attorney. North Carolina's escalating use of tax subsidies to "close deals" with potential private employers was destined to provoke the state's existing businesses. While there are many different arguments, both legal...

District 1 selects Hilliard Wilder Former Clarendon 2 superintendent to lead Summerton schools By SHARRON HALEY Item Staff Writer shaley@theitem.com SUMMERTON — Dr. Rose Hilliard Wilder was chosen Tuesday to replace Dr. Clarence E. Willie as superintendent of Clarendon School District 1 beginning Oct. 11. After meeting behind closed doors for 40 minutes in a special called meeting Tuesday, the District 1 board of trustees voted unanimously to offer the position to Wilder, who was sitting in the audience. Willie left District 1 to become superintendent of Fairfield County School District, a job Wilder held from July 2001 until July...