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if.-",. ' .-f II InlM ' VOL. XIII. NO. 660. ELIZABETH CITY. N. d FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1920 ' : I r tCncered as Second Class Mattel at the Fwt-offlei) ' at Elizabeth City. N C. June 9. l08 $2.00 A YEAR KRAMERS TO PRODUCE READY BlIILX HOMES Elizabeth City Nw Ha eit Plint in Northeastern North Carolina -Sboh Be in Full Operation Elizabeth City is soon to have ;n operation the' biggest lutiber mill-work plant in North- Pistem North Carolina.. That' plant will be the new mill of the. Kramer Brothers Co. now being' erected at the intersection of . . tV l ine Street -and Pennsylvania ' Some of Hyde Gets a Big Help vc. and lacing oh Knobbs' ( reek. It lias a frontage of over. 400 feet on Pennsylvania Avenue,! HYDE COUNTY GETS RAILROAD Toward Promoting Its Farm Possibilities 7iA r.tili :;.cri' Th Over feet on Knobbs Creek, and thmgsi in Hyde County they are doins on a biff scale. Tim 'Knt-tu r., eet on Pine Street and will ; olina Farms Co. which recently re; laim c a site of a little Over five . e1 -i.'KX) acres of land from the bed of , Mattamuskeet lake Is building a railroad s miles long, which together with other .te was secured last January ; related projects will cost a million and ih.' Kichmond Cedar Works which a half dollars. The building of this rail t in. rly carried on the extensire man- road is one o5 the biggest engineering utVturc !" shingles there; but closed tasks ever undertaken in North Caro- uii ;D'ui Hin t mi o oSw "Leu ic . una. n employs the labor of over (JOG dredges, .? A SWORN STATEMENT 1 ' . . Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public In and for Elizabeth ty N. C, Columbia Saunders who iHrfiii.duly sworn says that the fol- lowing Is' a, true statement of the circulation receipts ef THE INDE- DENT published at 505, E. Fearino St., Elizabeth City, N. C. for.theS; month beginning Oct. I5t 1920 vand ending Nov. 15, 1920:-. Renewal subscriptions 206 New subscriptions . 85 - Total number of subscriptions received '. 291 Net cash receipts from sub- scriptions for same period $414.00 COLUMBIA SAUNDERS Sworn to and subscribed before me this 16th day of November, 1920. M. B. CULPEPPER (SEAL) Notary Public J i The Elizabeth City Merchants As- sociation or any advertiser is invit- ed to investigate the above state- ment. THE INDEPENDENT keeps its records- straight and its circuia- tipn. list is an open book to all ad- vertisers. In Many Ways a Leading Citizen li"g been looking around for a sat- Ut'i.t.-rv site upon which to extend- i..:!i!ufa -ture 't ceiiar smngies assum-1 men and utibzes dozens of r . .1.1 . .. t? r . . (i uniiroiuauic biases. a.LLiTZL yv. MTaiiers ana arags. I This road starts at Wenona in Wash. 1 ington Countv and skirtine- Pnn?o Inle accomodate their increasing gtretches its length thru a trackless and bu.in.-s and were quick to take an op- unbroken swamp to New Holland in the ti(,u on it. They found they could util- basin of what once consisted of Mat h, M.me of the old buildings and the tamuskeet jake Today. Mattamuskeet was closcl at once, involving a Lake bed is covered ith corn Corn eon.i l. ranon of about .$-0,000. as far as the eye Q&Q see and more corn The completed plant with its -even sprouted without a touch of rommer iaiar. buildings and modern machine-r J cial fertilizer from a soil that has ab will be the best equipped, and will have sorbed the silt of the lake for ages, the irroatest capacity of any similar sending the stalks upward in an incon plant in this section. It will have on ceivable denseness to a height of 12 to the south side an immense lumber shed . fifteen feet. 61 by 102 feet in which upwards of t 4.(HU.iO ieet oi ramoer can ue siorea. of the insistent demand for THAT BOILER COST $10,000 Power Plant's Delay Cost Small Fortune. Other Folks Lost Money Too The Electric Light & Power Company of Elizabeth City is putting on a new boiler but it is going to cost it something when it gets' through with - it This boiler should have been put in last spring but wasn't. It is reported that j the delay has cost that company the - ..... r ' . .. LARGEST SAW MILL HERE SHUTS DWM THIS WEEK Foreman-Blades MiU on ICiioWs Creek Couldn't Get Enough Logs to Keep Its Reduced Crew Busy ind Had to Stop Running nin omxw okmo The Foreman-Blades saw miii If IK Mil A I I SAYS ln Knobb's Creek and the big- UU UlMA UU KJA. AAV IT DOESN'T PAY j New York World Says He Told Buffalo Audience That Is Why He Quit Congress tidy little sum of $10,000 more than it The railroad was the eventual result should have cost them. For many transpor- weeks the people of Elizabeth City have ever . eroaned and cussed on nrisinp- to tjA Thi shed will have ampie driveways on tation facilities to take out the i. :j l l, H . . . .. . ! o- m 7. . , V - V . i ceasing production oi llyde County no current on in tlyeir homes. Small the storage of finished door and win-1 and to brinff in the ever needed Slipplies manufacturing plant8 have beeQ foreed now irames auu Miuuar uuuwuri. xaere which the farm lands needed. There is i also a larger snea ior tne storage or ( the greatest pumping station, in if"iii5 auu uicoDu world wnien sucKed a million gallons n . . t . - r . . t t ... . ieet wiae Dy iw ieet long wnicn wui ! minute hold practically a nrat miuion ieet ot j lumber. These stovage buildings are , to lose time and the newspapers could the , not be kept up to standard. "Ninety per cent of the mechanical work of a news- fiom the Jake bed so that the . naDer is done bv machinery and that ma- is sufficiently arid to produce good-chmery is' dependent upon electricity for corn. That station with its giant en-. mntivo nnwrr. protected by over 500 feet of fire wall ( gines developing more than 3,000 horse- But this new boiler which has been in two sections. The Jfire wall u 13 , poWeP needs coal and coal enough could coming so long, finally got here abont inches thick by 18 feet fcgh and is madenever t.cme without a railroad. , :,:' A two week ago-and it t being' installed of brick andorete;d-wtrboafj ' August -the North Carolina as rapidly as a public service company V'-,H- Farms Co. which is backed bv the Dol- does things. Men came from Baltimore The planing mill located to the north Ungg CompanVf big bankers of Cplum- do the work and the greater part of of this wall is i4 feet wide by 110 feet bus flnd CincinnatH Ohio, took hold of the boiler is already in place- In a few Ion; and will be thoroly equipped to j tfae rftuation began tbe . project, weeks the people of Elizabeth City ought turn out anything needed m woodwork theQ the Foundation Companv o to be getting enough current for once, f..r home building. It is equipped . Npw York tfae contracting builders have at any rate. uc i.j Dorse nuwer hlcuiu euciuc , ... ... . . . ' 1 E:iipfaaf1of) in fiTtiLnr a rnailirav t'lit-n which will drive two, four-side planning ! . , ' . i this wilderness, ditched up a road bed machines, one surfacer, two gang rip- , . . . . . ... , . , ' j and are laying track with a rapidity cal- saws. one single ripsaw one band saw . , , . , - ... i culated to complete the road enough ami two moulders. Steam for driving . T , , . ... . , ! that Trams may go over it by January this and other machinery will be fur-. i 1 I Vinnpf'hnn.t: will no mflHp tvith th bv two 125 horse power boilers.; , , , f , Norfolk Southern Railroad at Wenona i- part of the plant eosts about $lt.- ;..,. , . , , T 11 IV LI It 111 UUU J L VUUV XZ t-V VP UU'. FORLORN WIFE AND RUINED GIRL in Tin. IVHj. as fast as that shipped from other sec tions and while this road will not con veniently serve all of Hyde, since some of the important farming centers are 2) miles or more away. It will probably be the most important factor ever pro- Dismal Chapter in Misguided Lives of Three Who Might Have Done Better Tin- ntxt most impartant part of the mil! i the milhvork plant occupying H l"!:I !ine Ml by 10S feet in which will be i!:tal!ed all necessary machinery for th.it work such as sash-stickers, morti ins. .lovetainng. sanaing. reiis.i.ng " , moted to develop the agricultural pos- on li.ir .i-i... ....... I .... r. nnr, 111 T III . ... ' T!:n machinery will be driven by a h"i.se jiower high speed Atlas steam 'i .zh.' all of which cost about $6,000. TI,, a 1 1 1. ilt i ic,t' nvo iniisniug xiiaiiis win mn.t- t the rough lumber after it is , from the lumber shed which sibilities of that far.- of hv'.'itrht : frontage on Knobbs Creek of 2-W f .t and a depth of 52 feet. It w:il !'!! iibout 0Of.(iO0 ft. of lumber, and is '"!:v.!,ient to both railroad spur and n-k so that lumber can be readily un- county. Plans ape already underway to erect at Wenona a village of 15 homes for executives of the North Carolina Farms Co. These buildings will be of the latest type and thoroly modernized in 1 every particular with running, water, sewerage and electric lights. The esti mated cost of the village and railroad will be about $1,500,000. 1'.!.-.1 from either barges and rafts, or, CHORAL SOCIETY WILL far- and stored inside the shed with ; GIVE CONCERT TO-NIGHT "'I'ini facility. ; li'!lfs these buildings warehouse , . .i . - - n ' J. iJtr jxvijt vi .J will kfj , , : , , l Elizabeth City Choral Society this even I'-'-r (iiep winch will be used as a painty. . ... . , ... tli-!!ny room and glazing room. This s a'i.iar-ent to the ing at the high school auditorium, be- g.g rou.u. inning promptIy at 8 o'clock Hnennoas office" which R . , . - j Tickets are on sale at Selie's for v'a formprlv tha TJicbinond Cedar V-.rk. office, which is about 20 by 32 .one dollar, or an associate member's Tft in size ' card may De sccl,re Ior one dollar, en- This plant will be supplied with hy- titlin the holder to two tickets- ' di-ants from the street water line. It The Begar Orchestra of Portsmouth l as 1.400 feet of railway sidings and . will accompany the oratorio and a spe- and he was found in Bizabeth City look- lonrs nn fTnKho r.v nri,i.i ha., a ctai soioiML. xv. j. xauiiM:&. una uceu , - .: j: i;i ISonrding in the home of a 15 year old girl the while his wife was working to 1 support his three young children, is the j charge made against E. B. Pugh of Old : Trap who was arrested here this week Pitt county where Pugh had been work- ' ing as a carpenter. Pugh is about 30 years old and was married in June 24, 1905 to a 15 year old girl at Old Trap : and three children aged 11, nine and ; seven years have come of this marriage He has been separated from his wife for sometime and was working on a building project as carpenter, at Farm j ville where he met a 35 year old girl j who was carried away wun tne stranger I Jike young girls usually are with stran 1 gers, fell in love with him and later , when folks suspected something was amiss, fled with Pugh to South Carolina, it is alleged. Pugh left the girl in South Carolina, came back to Camden county and entered a plea for dissolution of matrimony from his wife charging her with adultery with unnamed persons. Meantime the little girl who fled with him from Farm ville could not be locat ed nor could any trace of her where abouts be picked up and a warrant was sworn out for the apprehension of Pugh DR. LEMUEL SHOWELL BLADES FIRST CITIZENSHIP, the monthly bulletin of the First & Citizens National Bank of this city, contains: from time to time interesting biographical sketches of men who are identified with, this bank and who have helped to make Elizabeth City what it is. The current is$ue of First Citizenship carries an excellent portrait of Dr. L. S. Blades and a sketch of his career that should prove interesting to the readers of this newspaper: "In considering the men who have contributed most materially to the up building of Elizabeth City as it is to-day, with flourishing industries, prosperous business concerns, modern civic facilities, educational institutions, religious op portunities and a refined, intellectual, cultured social life, a correct history will give great credit to Dr. Lemuel Showell Blades. For a quarter of a century Dr. Blades has been prominently identified with leading interests here. "Lemuel Showell Blades was born at Bishopville, Maryland, September 9, 186G His parents were Peter C. and Nancy B. Blades. His father was a sea captain, merchant and farmer, and the family was one of substance and importance. "From careful home': and educational training the youth entered St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, and from that historic institution was graduated in June 1888, with the degree of B. S. He then pursued his medical studies in the University of Maryland, " from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D., in June, 1891. . Af ter praCjcing medicine at Berlin, Maryland, for 1' years, he entered" upon a rpost-gTatftfetfe twnrse at "his alma mater, in. preparation fox service as naval surgeon, having awakened ambition in this direction and choice of sea service possibly being an inherited echo from a sea-going father. U hue busy with his post-graduate studies, Dr. Blades acquired an interest in lumber manufactur ing in North Carolina, which subsequently developed into large connections. In March. 1893, he located at Elizabeth City, where he has ever since maintained his home, and from then until 1909 was mainly engaged in the lumber business, hav ing discontinued the practice of medicine. "In 1909 Dr. Blades sold his lumber interests and accepted the presidency of the Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company of North Carolina, which is but one of the important business enterprises of which he is either the Official head or one of the-alert and foresighted directors. He is president of the Norfolk & Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company; president of Spence & Hol lowell Co., Elizabeth City; vice-president of the First & Citizens National Bank of Elizabeth City; director of the First & Citizens National Bank; the Dixie Fire Insurance Company of Greensboro, N. C, and the Savings Bank & Trust Company of Elizabeth City. "Dr. Blades was married at Elizabeth City, September 18, 1895, to Miss Grace Meliek, a daughter of the late Rev. P. W. Melick, and they have four boys, all young men now in college or entering business, and they appear to be follow ing the commercial trend of their successful father. Charles Camden Blades is now identified with Spence & Hollowell Co., of this city as vice-president and one of the managing heads of the firm." Congressman John II. Smali has re tired from Congress because there isn't enough money in the job, according to the Buffalo correspondent of the New York World. This will be news to many people here in northeastern North Car- gest mill in recent operation in Elizabeth City, employing up wards vof 100 laborers when run ning full time, and turning out 80,000 feet of lumber a day, shut down Thursday of this week, and tied up a weekly payroll of thousands of dollars. This saw mill had been running with a re duced force for some time, hav ing with the dropping demand for lumber made decreases of 25 to 50 cents a day in the wages ! of its employes, and thinned out olina. Under date of Nov. 11, 1920 tbe New York World printed the following1 as many as it could well do with correspondence from Buffalo: Special to The World.) Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1920 "The salary of Congressman is too small to attract men of ability unless thoy are in business and can afford to be away from their work," declared Re presentative J. H. Snia'l of North Carolina in an address before the Rotary Club here to-day. "I am retiring from Congress next year after twenty-two years of service .for the simple reason that I cannot afford to eontinue on the job," he said. "I've got to get" out and earn some thing. I know of half a dozen mem bers retiring for the same reason. The type of men now going to Con gress cannot earn $7,500 a year at home. There is a report that sala ries may be raised to $10,000, and I hope it goes through, for, Lord knows, the boys in Washington need it." Friends of Mr. Small here in Eliza beth City say they do not believe that Mr, Small has been correctly quoted by The World and are awaiting some word of correction or explanation from Mr. Small. . ATTEND CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA THIS WEEK Elizabeth City Represented At National Conference on Negro Educa. tiOB APPEAL MADE TO AID I ELIZABETH CITY BEATS ORPHANS OF THE STATE . ROCKY MT. AT FOOTBALL Contributions of One Day's Work Wil Be Requested to Aid Fatherless Local Team Had a Hard Time But Did It With a Score of 27 to 25 In Its Favor 1 s K-l'th of 15 feet and will accomodate any secured, 'ihese are leatureg ot unusu- been. ,0 here and - was to have sselx plying in this section. these al interest in addition to the fact that en tried this week,' but his wife had Matures, and its adjacenee to the steam- the best talent of the city, under the entered a counter plea and the case poar depots make it the most conven- j very capable direction 61 F. R. Hufty, couid not eome off l&rs. Lulu Pugh de lontly located mill in Elizabeth City. j with Miss Ada Lester Burfoot, pianist, nieB any infractions of the duty of a m uow ivramer rrop. jq. naa f i- been iilonfifioj t w.ii-it : abet!. . , ?. . T. changed its name to Kramer Bros. . Co. ; , . , , . Z "nn. ity for nearly half a century. It 6 " - -. . ... , loafed, around stores the while she "d small beginning in a little mill taUn over by Ti. S. Kramer who came ro Mizabeth s.vIania. to and building business here 'h' little mill was located where the Norfolk Southern freieht station now a. 3 l 1 , . i "ue vim lujuj wue ami claims ma i ner , husband severely mistreated her and was City in 1872 from Penn engage in a general, con- " . . . .. ,1 forped to take in sewing for the sup- ration of, Kramers. . Two .grandsons of f ' - . m.; , . if -r TT j xr ..'.port of the family! and that she has to D. ramer, J. ward Kramer and wood Bumberle8f, hard. was in its infancy. treasarer .of . Kramer Bros. Go. Mrs. Pngh resides at 251 W. York St. iveiy .v-: u .u Norfolk to which town she went af in the . management oi me urm. tl ;er leaving her husband. Pugh was required to give bond in and was worked onlv two or - After getting Into :ts new quarters "'p rlncc o l. i it- nr gliAiit .Tanimrv first. 1921 Kramer v. c oi nnn . A r . " i-i-n., wuen Air. xvrauier v" " ' . me miui -ui .pi,vw pciiuiiig inai lur ie ' ake his workmen and run the Bros. Co 'nil! sary T. , . III). IllT.. ! '! Ii !;!, t;i.,. his workmen and run the Bros. Co. intends to begin tne manu- ionioua seduction of the 15 vear old 'is? enough to get out the neces-' facture of ready-made homes, so that girit and violation of the "white slave" ; '!"rials for his building business. ! people miles away can order cut to fit.mw. He comes of a good , family of the business mi ii.nroaat.A nr.H materials from a catalog and erect C!flmr1fn wYiAr Tits ftriAr ie a waII without the aid of carpenters. ' ' -' l. V Ifiai till IJ V L T t. v xyx - fter six yoars two sons, C. E. ' This will 'ie a new industry in North and J. A. Kramer were taken ' Carolina and the biggest industrial step FINED $10 FOR THREAT '''isinoss and the firm was nam-1 ever . undertaken in this city. Tom Albertson, living out Okisko way or "sing disorderly and abusive lan- Ki-anifr & Son. Later a third' The present mill site and buildings ' on the Desert Road was fined $10 and -gage on the street on the night of Oc- uner was taken in and which front 400 feet on Martin street j costs in police court here Tuesday morn- tober 28. under the name of and about 55 feet on Poindexter street ing for threatening James White, a col-1 The publicity committee of the North ; , a i :,,,!. Uaronna urpnan Aim u .u j Iq & dose g&me Friday between the its appeal to tne peop.e i tttlc . . , choos contriDute aunug iue cii.is " i tw tvtot.i- nH Tmw.htli Citv. the giving season something to the support ; fi and maintenance of the orphans of the j Qf tQ in its favor. It was State. l," -W-V . J.UA d Tne "une ay ir m.ou, , o fte begt high school teams movement was inauguraieu several )cm ago and it has been a wonderfully suc cessful means of bringing to the atten tion of the citizens of the State the duty they owe the wards of society. The object of the movement is not par ticularly to care for the orphans who are already in the various institutions in North Carolina, but to make it pos sible for these institutions to reach out and take in the thousands who cannot be accomadated. This request for one day's workis not a large one. Rich and poor can par ticipate in it without inconvenience. It is a worcnj cause uu m t.uc nialwill bring joy to many a lonely heart It is requested that offerings be made' on Thanksgiving and it is an ap- ( propriate - occasion. ;. No better time ' could be selected for one to grre a real j expression of thanks. - Offerings should be sent thru one's church or lodge. The Pythians of Elizabeth City Lodge No. 122, have appointed Matt Baker to so licit and receive offerings, and he will see members of the lodge and others as well. in the state. Elizabeth City seemed a little agitated at the beginning but re gained its nerve when the game was half over. The score then stood 19 to 7 in favor of Rocky Mount. Rocky Mount brad one of the best players seen here this season, but Eliz abeth City far outplayed Rocky Mount both on offensive and defensive.' All 6? its plays were made in practically the last half of the game while Rocky Mount team did very little. By whipping Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City has earned the right to play Red Oaks team tomorrow. If the home team whips Red : Oaks tomorrow, jthe home gridiron win be entitled to a real chairi pionship game. " V. . ' Eastern North Carolina will be re presented at the national conference on industrial education for the Negro to be held in Atlanta, Ga. Friday and Sat urday. Nov. 19 and 20. The white race is represented at this conference by W. O. Saunders, editor and publisher of this newspaper and president of the Board of Managers of the State Normal School at this city. The colored people will be represented by Dr. P. W. Moore principal of the State Normal, also of this city. The Atlanta conference, national in scope, has been called by U. ,S. Commis sioner of Education Dr. P. P. Claxton Leading educators of both races will at tend the conference which is to be held , in the Senate Chamber of the Georg'a State Capitol. Th purpose of the con ference is to draw light upon the Ne gro educational problem. Are the Ne groes getting too much academic edu cation and too little vocational train ing? If vocational education is stress ed, will it impair the work of. teacher training? How much education and what sort of education is most helpful to the Negro anyway? These are some of the questions upon which the best educational authorities in the country are still at loggerheads. Commissioner Claxton believes that much helpful in formation and a better understanding of the Negro educational problem will come out of the ;onf erence in Atlannta this week. That Elizabeth City will be represented at this conferenc is pecu liarly gratifying because one of North Carolina's most important training schools for colored teachers is located at Elizabeth City and the state will spend thousands of dollars in new buildings and equipment for this schoo1 at an early date. PRINTER FINED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT Jack " Wells, printer of a. -Republican I paper here was fined $10 and costs in Vthe Recorder's Court Monday morning K. K un'ss went I'.I'.IS I" K I Wells noted an appeal. until 1K91 when a fourth ; will be sold. The two story office build- ored farm hand who worked for Albert-i BIG REDUCTION rainer and R. O. Prevor. an ine which is about 200 feet long is an son. It developed that there was dis- C. A. Cooke has reduced his entire '-ame nartners in tht hni- ?rir-ii .nnatinn for n new business and it mite over some monev due White and lino nf TVfn's nn "Rot's Suits and Over- "'li was restyled for the third was noised about sometime ago that n . Albertson wouldn't pa. The argument coats, 25 per cent or One Fourth off. th" nan),. ,f Kramer Bros. hosiery mill project had been launched , came to wrds and Albertson threatened from the original prices. See adver Abi.ut two years ago this firm to occupy it. using a gun. tisement on editorial page. adv. Hathaway Says If you; wear glasses, have ybtii eyes". "and glasses both examined from time to time, and go to the place where you can afford to pay a reason able price for real professio nal work. Remember your eyes are your bread-winners. Take care of them. You have your teeth ex amined twice a year. Why not you eyes? . They are more important. Dr. J. D. Hathaway Optometrist Phone 999 Mrs. W. O. Saunders entertained at t linen- shower, Wednesday evening f ron 8 to 10 o'clock in compliment to Miss Lula Garnett Ballance, whose marriage to Mr. Casper Scott Lamb of Belvidere N. C wM take place at City Road -M E. . Church 'on 'Wdnesdarr';Nfcv.F-"24- at BOX SUPPER AT HARBINGER There -will be an oyster and box sap per given at Harbinger schoolhouse, Harbinger, N.- C, Saturday evening November 17, 1920, by the Christiar Women's ' Missionary Society. INFORMANT IN HOT WATER It has leaked out in the younger set that the party who has given the minis ters of the city so much information about immorality in the town is a young married man who is. something of r rounder himself and has figured in sev eral whispered scandals. And now j some of the young fellows who insist j that things are not as bad as painted ; are making it hot for the chap who has been telling the ministers things and ' are tlireatenine to tell his wife a few Bradford Bldg. things in reprisal. out. The Foreman-Blades mill was idle all day yesterday with not a wheel turning thruout th plant; its engines cold and with no smoke pouring from its great stacks and no darkies singing around the yard, it presented a lonesome spectacle to all except the sparrows hopping around thru the machinery. There was hardly a dozen men including foreman and saw filers who had anything to do. -This plant, since the shutdown of the Dare Lumber Company's mill sometime ago has worked probably the largest force worked by 'any saw mill in Eliz abeth City. When lumber was greatly demanded some month.?.ajJ-2 it-JVorked around a hundred men at the sawmill. Besides these it employed several hun dred men in its various logging opera tions in the forests of eastern North Carolina, and kept in operation between these forests and the milL two tugboats and a fleet of barges. This same com pany operates a planing mill on the Pasquotank river neat Pennsylvania Avenue which has a capacity of 60,000 feet of dressed lumber a day and em ploys about 30 hands. This planing mill has been making cuts in its force from time to time recently, and also making cuts in wages in order to keep as many men working as possible. It formerly worked about 60 men, paying from $3 to $4 a day, but now the force is only about half of this number, receiving $2,25 to $2.75 a day. The planing mill gets a great part of its unfinished lum bjer from the sawmill of the same com pany. - While this shutdown comes as a great surpriseto the peopleof this section, it is not unusual in view of the total shut down of thousands of mills thruout the country. It is known that the Foreman-Blades mill has neither been work ing full time nor full force steadily fo several days. It is also apparent tha lumber is steadily decreasing in demand thruout the country in anticipation of lower wages, and many building opera tions have been curtailed or suspended to such an end. The general impres sion among employes of this mill ir' that things will pick up in a few days and that the mill will probably be do ing something next week. On account of stormy weather, the company's tug boats have been unable to put out i" the sound and tow logs to the mills and for that reason the mills haven't enough logs on hand to keep everything going full blast. Besides, the recent removals of several barges from ser vice in order to make repairs, has les sened the number available for taking logs to Elizabeth City. HERTFORD FAIR HAD MANY FINE EXHIBITS The fair held at Hertford: on. Armi stice Day was a very sueecssfnl occa sion as far as exhibits and speakers could go to make it such. Besides it had a wide selection of popular, and patriotic music furnished by the Nerfoflr Navy Sard BancL Among the speakers were, members of the . faenrty of the University . of North Carolina. The addresses made were along present day tines and dealt with the' chief problems of" toe times. The 5 exhibits 'were among-hie : most cre ditable 'that have been ' shown InVt&is sec tion 'and did no small amounjt of credU to the farmers and house wives of Per quimans. There were many interesting displays of juvenile art as well as his torical curios in the way of needle work and the like which had been heirlooms in the families of Perquimans for gene the families of erquimans for genera tions. While agricultural exhibits were few, they were exceptional ones and the livestock and poultry represented thoro breds of their kind. The one noticable thing about it as an Armistice Day celebration, was the absence of uniformed ex-soldiers. The returned soldier boys didn't seem to be so anxious to parade about ' in clothes that earned them so much vapid glory. TURK KNOWS Turk Morrisette's idea of a smart girl is one who can make her complexion taste as good as it looks. v
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