FISHING IS ACOMING INDUSTRY OF N. CAR. Mr. C. H. Grady of Manteo Formerly of Kenly Writes Interesting Article THE HERALD is in receipt of a communication from Mr. Charles H. Grady, formerly of Kenly, but who is now practicing law at Manteo, in the extreme eastern part of North Carolina, telling of the fishing indus try of the State. It is quite an in teresting article and we feel sure will be enlightning to many of our readers, hence we are glad to publish it herewith. “Most people in the inland sections of North Carolina have about as much idea of the Fishing Industry of our State as the people living in the Fishing section have about the growing of Tobacco and Cotton. My idea of Fishing before coming to this part of the State was to dig some earth worms and go down to the old community Mill Pond and sit there all day and probably catch several Robbins and go home that night hungry and tired and think that a man that would spend his time fishing must be lazy as it im pressed me as a lazy man’s job. “Probably that impression is what makes me so interested today in this 1 great industry in our State. We are growing fast and are becoming known as the coming State of the union all over the United States. We are Geographically located and situated so as to be the most inde pendent State in the whole of the United States. We have as our bor ders the extreme on the east and west.' We extend from the Moun tains to the Sea. This naturally gives us a varied climate and nature gives us three great industries or the fields in which these can be de veloped. The Western part of on State can and is fastjaeing develop ed into a great manufacturing cen ter. The central is fast forging ahead in the agricultural develop met. The Eastern is endowed by nature with a great net work of waterways ?md from which are year ly taken a great amount of food which is shipped to the other sections in return for the agricultural and manuactured- products produced there. This connection and situa tion of North Carolina makes it in dependent if all were developed.” “The Fishing Industry is being de veloped and the figures will surprise I all those who have the Same idea that I have entertained about the fishing industry. The Sea Food In dustry yields to the State of North Carolina annually two million dol lars giving employment to 10,900 people with four million dollars in vested in equipment. This is the amount produced and invested for the year 1922. The year 1923 will I hope show a decided increase. The General Assembly has appropriated one half million dollars to be spent in developing this industry. When this amount has been expended the fishing industry will be in a position to be classed among the best in any State and North Carolina will be among the leaders in this indus try as well as many others. f,The value of the fish is as follows: \ Yield of fish 16,915,387 pounds val ued at $694,329.72; Shrimp, 1160,824 pounds valued at $58,041.20; Oys ters 500,000 bushels valued at $125, 000; Clam 41,157 bushels valued at $82,314; Scallops 138,596 gallons valued at $415,707; Soft Crabs 65,434 dozen valued at $48,975; Crab meat 3186 gallons valued at $5,779. There are only two factories in the State at the present producing Crab Meat. They are both located at Manteo, N. C., and one of them just started. Therefore the production of Crab meat will be over double this year what it was when the last year clos ed. The name of the two houses pro lacing Crab meat in North Caro lina is The Ford Sea Food Co., and the Virginia Dare Sea Food Corpo ration. This is a new industry in North Carolina is only being estab lished here at the present. It is looked for that new houses will be coened in North Carolina soon. This industry has almost wholly belong ed to Virginia and Maryland for the past but North Carolina is now ex pecting to prove a strong competitor for those States in the Crab Meat business as well as in all Sea Food Products. MR. HAWLEY PLUNGES THRU WINDSHIELD INTO CREEK Mr. W. A. Hawley, of Wilson, is in the Smithfield Memorial Hospital in a somewhat serious condition following an automo- j bile accident which landed him in a creek three miles beyond Selma Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Hawley was driving alone j from Fayetteville to Wilson in a Studebaker *car, and lost control of the machine as he went on the bridge spanning the creek. The car lurched against the railing throwing Mr. Hawley through the windshield into the stream. ; The car did not get off the bridge. A man living near by rescued Mr. Hawley and brought him to the hospital here. The cold water of the stream chilled him through and through which together with the shock of the j accident necessitated his remainl ing in the hospital for a few days | at least. At the last report he was doing as well as could be ex- j pected. Mr. Hawley is a brother of Mr. j Frank Hawley, one of the pro prietors of the ~ Sanitary Barber Shop of this city. SARAH BERNHARDT PASSES AWAY IN ARMS OF HER SON i _ | Sarah Bernhardt, the great French tragedienne, died late Monday eve ning at her home in Paris at the age of 78. The great actress passed away , in the arms of her son, her last words ' being a message to her friends in America. These are the words: “I ; am deeply touched with the sympa thetic interest of my beloved Ameri- | can friends.” % Her body was removed CO the Church of St. Francois De Salee j yesterday afternoon where a most 1 impressive funeral of any great pub- j lie figure since that of Victor Hugo, was held. Hugo’s funeral was under the auspices of the government white Bernhardt's was at the expense of the city of Par’s. Sanitary Barber Shop To Move. Although the new Hood building being ejected on the corner of Third j and Market Streets is not quite com- | pleted, the Sanitary Barber ' Shop j will move into the basement of the building next week. Mr. C. R. Pittman , is the proprietor of this establishment whichyis at present located on Third j Street near the Market building, i They are to be congratulated upon se- i curing quarters in the handsome new Hood building. I “The total valuation of food fish and shell fish produced annually in North Carolina is $1,430,146.42. , Number of Menhaden taken 201,438, 000 the value of these being $604,000, the total valuation of yield being $2,034,430.42. “This is the value of the Fishing Industry to the State of North Caro lina., This Industry is fast growing to be a Great Industry and its prod ucts are becoming popular and soon ( the demand for North Carolina Sea Food Products will exceed the out put in our own State. At this time a great part of the output is being | shipped out of the ^5tate. The Inland Counties buying‘their Sea Foods from other States. This causes both sections of the State to lose and it is hoped that the inland dealers will , soon wake up and realize that they ; can buy in the State and save mon- i •T ’ ! “The Atlantic Fisherman, a maga zine punblished for the fishermen has an article in its January issue as follows: ‘The largest set of Oys ters reported in many years is in the Oregon Inlet and Crab Slough Beds of North Carolina. This is j 'argely due to the State Law which has been in force forbidding the tak ing of Oysters or the planting of beds. The Oysters are unusually large having fattened on the fresh water which flooded the beds during the past summer.’ “This gives us some idea of the j importance of the great industry and the necessity of preserving and ; cultivation of the same. Oyster Beds j have to be cultivated as well as does a Cotton Field or a Tobacco Field. “This State will be the first in the j union in the three great industries j that nature has so well endowed her with. That is not to say that she I will lead in production as there are j other states that may lead in size but North Carolina will lead in pro- 1 portion within a very few years.” WILL INVESTIGATE THE SUGAR ADVANCE Will Probably Require Six Months for the Federal Investigation WASHINGTON, March 2$.—Out standing developments here today in the sugar situation were the an nouncement by the tariff commission that, in compliance with instructions from President Harding, its inquiry into the effect of the new import du ties on prices would be more far reaching than originally was intend ed, and the prediction by Secretary Hoover that present prices would re sult in decreased consumption and increased production. wnen tne tariit commission met today it had before it the Presi dent’s telegram, sent Tuesday night from St. Augustine, Fla., directing thaJt it establish whether the new tariff was keeping the retail price of sugar at high levels. The commis sion, which already had initiated ar. investigation, at the request of Cu ban producers, to determine whether a reduction in the sugar duties was advisable under flexible provisions of the tariff law, decided at once to increase the scope of its inquriy. Members of the commission pre dicted it probably would be six months before a comprehensive study of production costs in Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii as well as the United States, and of local stocks and world supplies on various dates could be completed and recommenda tions submitted to the President, who has authority to alter the tariff rates: Mr. Hoover’s prediction was made in a letter to Representative Dalfcq ger, Republican, Massachusetts, who had asked for information as to the present situation. * “Sugar consumption a!hd produc tion,” said the commerce secretary, “respond very quickly to price. It would be normal to anitcipate that estimated consumption would de crease as the result of the present over-high price.” Mr. Hoover also forecast that “the present price levels will no doubt stimulate production, especially in Cuba as at this moment planting profits are very large.” Simmons Attacks Tariff. Comments on the sugar situation came during the day from Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, who led the fight in the senate against the administration tariff bill, Basil M. Manly, director of the peo ple’s legislative service, who a week ago urged the President to order a department of justice investigation j of alleged price manipulation, anil j the farmers’ national council. Senator Simmons said in a state- j ment that present high prices were due to the preferential duty on Cuban j sugar. Declaring that President Harding’s instruction to the tariff commission suggests that “he must have considered the tariff as at least a possible cause of the present high prices.”—Associated Press. BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION MEETS IN DURHAM _____ • The Baptist Women’s Missionary union convention which was held in Durham this week, was largely at tended by Baptists from different sections of the state. Wednesday at noon the number of delegates in at tendance reached 663 and many oth ers registered before the close of the convention yesterday. Two of the J outstanding addresses before the con vention were delivered by Dr. W. C. James, of Birmingham, Ala., secre- | tary of the board of education of the j Southern Baptist convention, and Dr. R. T. Vann, of Raleigh, who , spoke on “Christian Education and I Essential Part of the Denomination- \ al Program.” The Mount Zion association with which the convention met, was award ed the banner for the best all round work done in the ldst year. SHIP LINE COMMITTEE TO BEGIN ITS WORK APRIL 11 • The committee appointed by the recent legislature to make investi gations concerning Governor Morri son’s ship building program will make a beginning April 11 by taking a voyage down the Cape Fear River from Fayetteville to Wilmington. CLAYTON LETTER IS FULL OF INTEREST Mrs. D. J. Thurston Hostess To Woman’s Club; Haw aiian Program Good CLAYTON, March 29.—Miss Mab el Ellis, who is teaching school at Smithfield, spent the week end at her home here. Mr. Herman Duncan, of Green ville, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Duncan. Mrs. C. B. Johnson, of Smithfield, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs J. S. Duncan, this week. Miss Anna Smith returned Mon day from Bailey, after a two weeks visit to her sister, Mrs. Fred Poole. Miss Kate Newsome, of Middle sex, spent the week end with Miss Mary Lineberry, of the graded school faculty. Misses Mamie Morgan, Allie Ann Pierce and Penelope Nichols, of the graded school faculty, spent the pas week end at Miss Nichols’ home near Durham. Mrs N. R. Poole spent the week end with her son, Mr. Fred R. Poole at Bailey, returning home Monday. Mrs. W. C. Jordan and son, Billie, have returned to Wilson, after spending some time with Mrs. S. G. Phillips. Mrs. P. C. Duncan after visiting Mrs. John S. Barnes for a few day , re;urned to her home in Raleigh Wednesday. Mr. A. B. HolIowell, of Raleigh, was a business visitor to Clayton Tuffday. Dr. J. T. Gibbs, pastor of Horne Memorial Church, was called to Asheville this morning on account of the illness of his son, and owing to act that he will be out cf town th&SP'H^bejio preaching ser vices at the MethodisF"ci'fS£Sil, day. Mr. J. A. Conley and family of Winston-Salem, have recently moved to Clayton and are occupying the old Tomlinson home. Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Jones and son, Lawrence, of the Amelia section, spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Smith. In the first baseball game of the season, ;a team of town boys de feated the high school boys last Thursday afternoon by the score of 8 to 3. The regular meeting of the Wom an’s Club was held Friday afternoon, March 16, with Mrs. D. J. Thurston as hostess. Spring flowers and ferns attractively arranged in the library and living room enhanced the pleas ant atmosphere of this hospitable home. The program was in the hands of Mrs. W. J. Payne. The sub ject “Hawaiian Islands” was dealt with geographically and picturesque ly in a well prepared paper. Mrs. C. M. Thomas gave a most en joyable musical program. The open ing number, a piano solo, Polonaise No. Six. by Chopin, was rendered by Mrs. C. M Thomas. A group of Hawaiian numbers were given by Misses Winona Poole, violinist, Alta Debnam, guitar, Mesdames C. D. Bass and C. M. Thomas, vocalists with Mrs. Rudolph Barnes at the piano. The colorful costumes worn by thesf^ musicians were so effective it seemed as if one were transport ed to these delightful isles of the Pacific for a native concert. Delightful refreshments consisting of chicken salad, pickle, sandwiches, saltines, coffee and Hawaiian fruit cake with whipped cream were serv ed by members of Mrs. Thurston’’ art class, Misses Violet Cornell, Cor nelia Gulley, Blanche Ellington, Charlotte Thurston and Mrs. Lois Massey Bass. CLARENCE POE NOT IN THE STATE RACE RALEIGH, March 28.—Hr. Clar ence Poe, editor of an agricultural publication, will not be a candidate for commissioner of agriculture * of North Carolina and is not consider ing running “for any other office,” he stated today. Dr. Poe gave out his statement in reply to questions following reports at the capitol that he would be a can didate to succeed W. A. Graham, pres ent commissioner of agriculture, in the Democratic primary of 1924. Several years ago the editor was prominently mentioned as a probable candidate for governor. ! FOUR YEARS AT COLLEGE IS CONTEST AWARD — | WASHINGTON, D. C., March 24 - | For the fourth successive ear, high | school students of the nation are to • be Riven opportunity to win the larg est single educational award offered in the United States, according to a statement by the Highway Education Board today. The award is the H. S. Firestone Four Years University Scholarship, providing not only tuition, but room, board, books and special fees for the student writing the best essay in the annual good roads essay contest. The assigned subject of the essays to be written is “The Influence of Highway Transport Upon the Religious Life of My Community.” Announcement of the contest is be ing made to superintendents of ; schools, high school principals, and ! students as rapidly as possible, and | id! available literature is being listed and tabulated for the information o! the prospective contestants. The Board announces its willingness to answer any inquiry students and teachers may desire to make, but it points out that all that is necessary is compliance with the simple rules of the contest, and the preparation of a 700 word essay on the subject. Es says should be submitted to the high school principal by May 1. The contest, known to thousands of students throughout the United States and territorial possessions as the “annual good roads essay contest” is the most sustained competition o* its kind. Inaugurated in 1920, it has provddi d a college education for three students, ore boy and two girls, and its maintenance from year to year is assured by the donor of the scholar ship, Harvey S. Firestone, Akron, 0. This yeai 4he subject is regarded as unique and unusual, bringing up for discussion the relation of improv ed transportation to the moral tone or the religious life of the commun ity. Leading chuychmen have ex ‘presserT them'affbro val of~tTn"'c/facus sion, the essays are to bring about, while distinguished educators have given their approval to the contest itself. In vast years the subjects have been broader, and more general, the subject for 1922 dealing with the improved transportation a«d the growth of the community as a whole. Previous winners have been Miss Katherine F. Butterfield, Weiser, Idaho. 1920; Miss Garland Johnson, Bridgeport, West Virginia, 1921; and in 1922, Karl G. Pearson, Washing ton, I). C. Miss Butterfield is in col lege, but Miss Johnson and Mr. Pear son, not 1 eing seniors when the schol arship was awarded them have re mained in high school until ti eir courses are completed. They bo4h will enter college this year, Miss Johnson at the University of West Virginia, arid Pearson at a university in Kansa • his home state. The best three essays from oaen nigh school are to he submitted to state headquarters, where the best essay from the commonwealth will be chosen. One essay from each <tate and territory will then come to the Board at. Washington, D, O., there to be handed a national com mittee to be named by Hr. John ,T. Tigert, U. £, Commissioner of Edu cation. The national committee wP! award the scholarship. Inquiries should be addressed to the Highway Education Board, Wil lard Building, Washington, D. C. Death of a Little Boy. It is with a sad heart that I. at tempt to write the death of my little boy, William Clifton Smith. He was taken sick the twelfth of February with what the doctors pronounced meningitis. He was very patient in all his sickness, although he wanted very much to get well. He would of ten say “Mamma I want to get well again so I can play with my little twin brother.” He had been sick one month when the Lord called him away from this world. Out of his pain and suffer ing. It was so hard to give him up but we feel that God knew best. All was done for him that father, moth er, relatives, kind friends and physi cians could do, but none could stay the icy hand of death. He was four years, three months and twenty-two days old. A precious one from us is gone A voice we loved is still, A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. A LOVING MOTHER. Micro, March 28. SEVERAL HURT IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. W. B. Jones, Mrs. Cam Easton and Mrs. W. M. Sanders Injured An automobile accident in which Smitheld people were in jured took place Tuesday after noon about 4:30 o’clock between Clayton and Raleigh, those injur ed being Mrs. W. B. Jones nee Miss Sarah Sanders, of Raleigh. Mrs. Cam Easton, of Oxford and Mrs. W. M. Sanders. Mr. W. B. Jones was driving the car which skidded through a sand pit and dashed into a tree. The automo bile struck a culvert, unse§ji by the occupants of the car, which swerved it into the sand pit. The windshield was shattered from which Mrs. Jones received severe cuts about the face. Mrs. Sanders was thrown from the car but received only minor injuries. Mrs. Easton, who is a sister of Mr. H. L. Skinner, and who is here on a visit, suffered a brok en wrist and a sprained ankle. She was brought back to this city while the others of the party were taken on to Raleigh. The wounds of Mrs. Jones were treat ed at Rex Hospital after which she was removed to the home of her father-in-law, Mr. W. N. Jones. Several stitches were found necessary, but she suffer ed no internal or serious injuries. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who were married about three weeks ago, had just returned on Tuesday from their wedding trip to Cuba and were en route to Raleigh, where they will make their home. CILannual n^c DRAINAGE CONVENTION CHAPEL HILL, March 28.—The 13th Annual North Carolina Drain age Convention will be held at New Bern, N. C., April 18th and 19th, un der the auspices of the North Caro lina Geological and Economic Sur vey and the North Carolina Drainage Association. It is expected that as a result of drainage legislation passed by the General Assembly of 1923 this year will mark another epoch in reclama tion work in North Carolina. GERMANY FAVORS BUSI NESS MEN AS MEDIATORS Late dispatches from Berlin state that the German government is will ing to do everything possible to in sure the payment of its reparations as determined by an international business men’s commission. The Ger mans believe that business men would be the best mediators, and they are asking that such a commis sion be formed. The German For eign Minister von Rosenberg says, however, that the occupied region must be unconditionally evacuated before there can be any negotiations for a settlement of the controversy. EQUIPMENT FOR DUNN HOSPITAL PURCHASED DUNN, March 28.—Equipment for a hospital in Dunn has already been purchased and the new hospital will be opened at an early date. The hospital will be opened in the Tart building, South Magnolia avenue, and ten wards will be provided at first. It is planned to enlarge the hospital as the demands present themselves. Drs. W. E. Coltrane, J. F. Hicks, H. C. Turlington and R. L. Warren are behind the movement. The opening of the hospital will fill a longfelt need in Dunn. ROBBERS AT PRINCETON GET AWAY WITH $1200 IN GOODS I I 1 I News reached here Wednes day of a robbery at Princeton, which occurred Tuesday night. The thief or thieves prized off a Yale lock and another lock from the door of Mr. Ed. A. Holt’s store and entered. They took about $1200 worth of men’s clothing and shoes, but the safe being locked, no money was taken. They left the store in automobiles, and no trace has been found of them.

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