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Tax free shopping Clinton's Jaziya Marable, 12, a student at Sampson Middle School, shops at Belk Friday morning. Crowds were waiting at the front door of Belk before opening to take advantage of the deals and a Tax-Free Weekend.(Doug Clark/Sampson Independent)
Tax free shopping Clinton's Jaziya Marable, 12, a student at Sampson Middle School, shops at Belk Friday morning. Crowds were waiting at the front door of Belk before opening to take advantage of the deals and a Tax-Free Weekend.(Doug Clark/Sampson Independent)
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Tax free shopping Kristen Holland, 10, a student at Sunset Avenue School, looks a dress with her grandmother, Tammy Holland, Friday morning at Belk. Not pictured is Holland's sister, Jenna-Grace, 3. (Doug Clark/Sampson Independent)
Tax free shopping Kristen Holland, 10, a student at Sunset Avenue School, looks a dress with her grandmother, Tammy Holland, Friday morning at Belk. Not pictured is Holland's sister, Jenna-Grace, 3. (Doug Clark/Sampson Independent)
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Clinton’s Jaziya Marable, 12, a student at Sampson Middle School, shops at Belk during the tax free holiday. Crowds were waiting at the front door of Belk before doors opened Friday and again Saturday to take advantage of the tax free weekend.

Doug Clark/Sampson Independent

Kristen Holland, 10, a student at Sunset Avenue School, looks at a dress with her grandmother, Tammy Holland, Friday morning at Belk.

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