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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
SATURDAY EVEN IN (I, MAY 20, 1!22
FOUR l'A(JES
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Barrel Making
Growing
Turning Off Half Million Barrels Annually,
Elizabeth City Is Center of Industry In North
Eastern North Carolina Pay Roll Is $5,000
A Week
The development and expansion oft
the trucking industry in Northeastern
.North Carolina has resulted in the
expansion of a closely related Indus- j
try namely, the making of barrels;
ind baskets in which to market early
Irish and sweet potatoes, May peas, :
and other truck crops. Elizabeth!
'City is the center of the barrel-mak-j
ins industry in this section, and half j
a million barrels are now made here (
annually, for shipment into the ad-;
jacent counties, as well as to those!
on the south side of Albemarle
Sound. i
It is estimated by A. U. Houtz, one;
of the city's leading barrel and bas
ket manufacturers, that at least 300
men, 70 per cent of whom are ne
groes, are employed in barrel-making
here. The pay roll of the industry J
In Elizabeth City, he says, Is close to,
$5,000 a week, the bulk of which is,
immediately put into circulation
liere. I
The leading local concerns engag-,
d in the manufacture of barrels
are the Foreman-Derrickson Ve
neering Company. A. B. Houtz, T. A.
Commander & Son, Brock & Scott.;
Newbern & Brock, and the Farmers
Ginning & Produce Company. The
last named concern, however, this
year only assembles barrels, obtain-;
ing the materials ready cut from
other firms. i
Wastage Greatly KmI tired
The barrels are made mainly of
pine and gum woods, and or the two
the latter is decidedly the more popu-
lar by reason of its nonsplitting qual-
ities. Then, too, pine stave barrels
must be cut upon a cylinder saw,
and much wastage of materials is the
result. Gum staves are made of
neer stock, or by slicing, and in either
process the loss In cutting Is reduced
to a minimum.
A vlsk to one of the local bar-
rel-making plants at this season her of the Board of School Trustees, i tnree inches in diameter, and the
of the year, when the aggregate out-ja director In the Savings Bank & 8malle8t of which would pass for
put is 8,000 to 10,000 barrels daily, ; Trust Company, and a member of the 'nuraber one gra(le on northprn mar
is most interesting. The mill of A. executive committee of that bank!ket8, were P'sced on exhibit In the
B. Houtz. on West Church street, ex-
tended, is a typical one. There, the
um wood, sawed into rectangular
blocks, is first placed Into a kiln,
where it Is subjected to the action of
live steam for three or four hours.
This renders the wood softer and
more pliable, and therefore more;
easily cut.
The Second ProeesH
Next, the blocks are run through was district chairman of War Sav
a slicing machine, with a heavily 'jngg in thirteen Northeastern North
weighted blade that cuts the barrel Carolina counties. He was active in
staves at a rate or 150 per minute, every Liberty Loan drive, and as
One workman holds the blocks chairman of the Fifth, or Victory
against the frame, and the other Loan Drive, he completed Pasquo
ollects the cut staves, throwing out tank Countv's quota in seven davs
uie ueiecuve ones. in mne uu.r.
V. J.I....I nUn
mint., me wooa is saweu imu cjuu-
drical blocks of the proper length.
n r A . . . !..... , jiirA.nni
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chine.
The staves are then ready for man
ufacture into barrels. Skilled work
men place them on circular frames,
and nail them together in cylindrical
form in the first process, hooped only
at the top and bottom. Other work
men then receive them, put in the
bottoms which by the way, are ma
chine-madeattach the hoops
nail-
ine them on by hand and the barrels
are ready for use. The Foreman-
Derickfon Veneering Company, the
Inrgest local manufacturers of bar-
rels, turn out 3.000 to 4.000 each
day.
The bulk of the barrel output of
the Elizabeth City mills is shipped
by motor truck to points within a
radius of twenty miles of this city.
Large quantities are shipped by boat
and rail to more distant destina
tions. Barrels that sold for 6 cents
each during the era of war prices are
now bringing HS'to 40 cents here.
Another G "owing Industry
The manufacture of May pea bas
kets is another fast-developing indus
try at this city, closely related to the
manufacture of barrels. The Foreman-Derrickson
Veneering Company
and A. B. Houtz am th nniv i
makers of these, and the total outmit
mis year, wnne not large, consider-
ably exceeded that of past years, and
bids fair to increase annually as the
farmers of the section raise May peas
and other truck crops in Increasing
quantities.
One local manufacturer, A. B.
Houtz, Is making peach baskets In
quantity for shipment to New York
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Con
necticut, where thousands of acres
ire devoted to the culture, of the;
-mi LUi ...iw siavea on a uiuncm l ir county are conhrtent that he will win nounced dead today by physicians
of machine. This process is some- out in tne primaries. He says that after hit over the heart with a batted
what slower, for the reason that two he is not running on any particular ball. Coach Tommv Ryan tried ar
processes are required In place of the platform but that. If he is elected, he tificial respiration, the ioy breathed.
Is Fast
Industry Here
Season's First Spuds
Shipped From Tyrrell
Twelve barrels of early Irish
potatoes, the first to be shipped
th la season from North Caro
lina, passed through this city
Friday enroute to the American
Fruit Growers, New York City.
They were shipped by Emanuel
Bateman, of Columbia, Tyrrell
County, through the Columbia
Produce Exchange. Mr. Bate
man declares that his potatoes
are turning eighteen to one, an
exceptionally good yield this
early in the season. The fore
going information reaches this
newspaper through the Albe
marle Fertilizer Company, of
this city, whose fertilizer was
used under this record break
ing potato crop.
Duff Is Candidate
For Representative
Prominent Business Man Enters The
JUre And Promises To Inject
Some Excitement
V. P. Duff, prominent business
man of this city, announced his can-
didacy Saturday morning for Uepre-
sentatlve of Pasquotank County' In
the General Assembly. The only an-
nounced candidate up to this time
waa former Sheriff F. F. Cohoon. and
Mr. Duff's entry into the race prom-
ve-;ises to inject a little excitement Into;
an otherwise uncontested campaign.1:
Mr. Duff hag been in business here ;
ior me lasi twenty years. He Is a
vestryman of Christ church, a mem-
he is chairman of
the Community
Hospital Association, nresldent of thp
j Elizabeth City Shrine Club, former!
president of the Chamber of Com-
i merce, during which time he was ac -
! tlvely Instrumental In establishing
the Community Hospital; he Is a dl -
I rector in the Rotary Club and a
'thirtv-second deeree iwnn '
During the World War, Mr. Duff
. .
mamng tuts County tbe second in the
state to go over the top.
Mr. Duff's friends in this citv and
.
represent me neoD e anrt under-
take to carry out their wishes in any
legislation he may sponsor.
WILL TESTIFY AGAINST
VALENTINO AND WINIFRED
Los Angeles. May 20 (1'y The As
sociated Press) Detectives reported
today that five witnesses were found
wbo will testify that Rodolnh Valen-
,lno and Winifred Hudnut occupied
tne same room at a Palm Springs,
California, hotel. The prosecutor
stated previously that If sufficient
evidence Is obtained to prove that the
actor brought his hri.u hark i,,t
California after the marriage in
Mexico, bigamy proceedings would be
Instituted. Motion picture Interests
have attempted to discourage in-
vestigation the deputy prosecutor
said.
DECLARti K LA X INSIDIOUS
Idikersfleld, Cal May 20 (By The
Associated Press) The grand Jury
today reported "domestic troubles,
jealousies and other evidence of
malice and hate are at the bottom of
the Ku Kux Klan assumptions of
Eovernmen,al "uthority and de-
l:larru 11,1,1 u,r rv'u" 's mniiwouK mm
in
character and gives the
,olmcal
victim no chance to defend himself.
crop. Mr. Houtz
200,000 to 300.000
each year, during the season
begin-
nlng June 15 and closing September
1. None of these are used locally,
tor tne reason that Northeastern
'linn l a rot Inn does not exnort
peaches in quantity.
Baby Week Begins
Here Monday Week
I..- Will lie Award. il For llr.s!
Unities, And Mothers Will Re
ceive Valuable Instruction
Baby Week at this city will begin
Monday, May 29, and continue thru
the following Sunday, following a
decision reached by the Central
Council of Public Welfare at a meet
ing here Saturday. The feature of
the week will be a baby clinic, be
ginning Monday and continuing
probably through Thursday, in which
! ' . ' ' ,,, . .
1 babies in various age classifications
'to be announced In a few days.
The best part of the baby clinic,
according to members of the Council,
is not the prizes that are offered, but
Is, instead, the careful examination
i of each baby by competent physi
cians, and the giving of instructions
and advice to each mother as to the
icare of the child. These instructions
will he of a specific nature, applying
to the special needs of each Indivi
dual baby examined,
i Mrs. T. W. Blckett. widow of the
last Governor of the State, will be
here on Tuesday, May 30. the second
day of the clinic. She is the head
of the Division of Infant and Mater
Inal Information of the State Board
of Health. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, di
rector of the Division, will come, as
i will also the head nurse of the State
Board of Health.
HOITZ ROTARY DELEGATE
A. B. Houtz was elected delegate
to the National Rotary Convention
at Los Angeles in June at Friday's,
weekly luncheon of the Elizabeth
City Rotary Club. Mr. Houtz and
Mrs. Houtz are making plans to at
tend. Anions those called on for five
minute speeches were Miles Clark
and Harry Johnson, newly elected to
membership In the club.
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PotatOGS On DlSDlaV
Fully matured potatoes, grown In
Pasquotank, the largest measuring
nine Inches In circumference and over
-lobby ot the Flrst Citizens National
' Bank Friday.
There are five of these potatoes all j
du rom the Mme nl11- Thev wre
rown bv J- E- Meads, prominent far-
mer of Weeksvllle. Salem township,!
!,he lower Part f tbe County, In
w"in vveeKsvine is situated, usually
, leads all Pasquotank in the shipment
" earlv croI. but from general re-
i ports Mr. Meads appears to toe well
ahead of the rest of his township.
WAS PRONOl'Nt El DEAD
HIT HE WILL GET WELL
Monroe, la.. May 20 (By The As-
soriated Press) Albert Wildering
rUht fielder of Des
Arademv hnxehnii "
Moines Catholic
ten in wfln nrn-
1
and nhvs c ana nnw rii. h
he
has a good chance for recovery,
SUCCESS DEPENDS MAINLY ON
ABILITY TO GET SUBSCRIPTIONS
Clipping Coupons Is a Job For a Rainy Day
Only. Votes May Be Had So Easily And In
Large Number For a Few Subscriptions During
The Large Vote Offer
"
" isn ' harfl ,0 Rp,, ,nHt ",p f,on"
testant who is most successful in se-
curing subscriptions during the huge
600,000 Bonus Vote Offer will emerge
, victorious in the "Everybody Wins"
icampaign. At this stage of the game
it Is sheer folly to "sleep on the your time for anything else but get
Job" as your competitors are ever ting subscribers. If the coupons are
alive to P1"1" votes. And since
the coupons have been diminished In
nunvoer or votes, getting suoscrip- cupping coupons, you have a pros
tions Is practically the only way to pect, for that subscriber is Interested
" in you, and wants to see you win.
You certainly cannot consider It Is up to you to convince them that
yourself with "winning vote total" their renewals are necessary to your
until you have secured every avail- success.
able ubl,crlptlon. The idea Is to
get every subscriber to renew during
. in'8 vte offer. Show them where scrlptlons you can. Get as many
you gain by turning In subscriptions clubs as possible. Only a few more
manufactures before the 27th of May. and the ma- days until the 27th, when a big de
peach baskets jorlty will renew. Each renewal crease will follow In the number of
counts the same as a new suhscrlp-
tion, so
you lose nothing by going
nfter those who are now taking the
paper.
Note that the rnnn, in Ti, ,1
,vance has been changed, so each
Government Project Is
Of Much Interest
Here
J. ('. (hikes, chairman of the Board j
of Tutted States Army Engineers of
the Fifth District, with headquarters!
at Norfolk, Va., is now advertising
for bids on the dredging of the Alll-gutor-Puugo
Kiver cut, a section of
the Inland Waterway twenty to
thirty miles across Hyde County, and
a part of the link that connects Al
bemarle and Pamlico Sounds. The
work will involve the Government
expenditure of $250,000 to $400,000,!
it is estimated.
This particular Government pro
ject is of interest to the people of
Elizabeth City because its completion
... ' ...
will open up a new trade territory in
the heart of Hyde County, one of
Eastern North Carolina's richest ag
ricultural sections, according to Sec
retary Job, of the city Chamber of
Commerce.
Gen. Pershing Leads
Parade At Charlotte
Charlotte, May 20 (By The Asso
ciated Press) General Pershing.
Hanford McNider, General Julian S.
Carr, Governor Morrison and other
notables participated in the celebra
tion of the 147th anniversary of the
signing of the Mecklenburgh Decla
ration of Independence today. Gen
eral Pershing headed the three mile
long parade and spoke at Independ
ence Park.
MEET Tl'ESDAY NIGHT
Origgs Commandry of Knights
Templars will hold their regular con
clave Monday evening in their asy
lum at 8 o'clock. A full attendance
is desired to hear the Eminent Com
mander report from the Grand Com
mandry Conclave, which was held in
the city of Winston-Salem.
LATE BULLETINS
, EDISON SPEAKS KOH FORD
Washington, May 20 (By The As
sociated Press) Thomas A. Edison
told the Senate Agriculture Commlt
i tee today he was convinced that fer
tilizers cheaper than those manufac-
tured by present processes and exist-
: jn(r interests could be manufactured
at Muscle Shoals,
8AV8 DAUGHERTY SHOI LD QUT
Washington, May 20 (By The As-
j "oclated Press) Attorney General
, "auf ,,c'1' -s u nui
, further embarrass the admlnistra-
tion. Senator Caraway told the Sen
ate today during a renewal of the
discussion of Daugherty's alleged
connection with the release from
Atlanta prison of Charles W.
Morse.
AGAINST NAVAL ORDER
Washington. May 20 (By The As
sociated Press I Cse of the naval
radio broadcast addresses at the
dedication of the new headquarters
here tomorrow would contravene the
naval order against employment of
facilities for political purposes. Act
ing Secretary Roosevelt said today In
denying the application of the Na
tional Woman's Party.
counts for only fifty votes now. One
club will earn more votes than ail the
coupons you can possibly gather for
the next six weeks. Do not weaken
your chances for success by using
clipped for you. bring them In, for
they count. For every subscriber
Bend all your efforts during these
next few days to getting all the sub-
votes given on each subscription.
Advise with the eontest manager
about anything pertaining
to tlhs
iVote offer. Send for more receipts,
o n ,1 tta- nn a.. i..
yours If you make your time count.
Methodists Prepare For
Still Further Achievement
At Annual Dinner Pastor Of Church Sets Out
What Has Been Accomplished And What Re
mains To Be Done And Speaks To People
That They Go Forward
SPECIAL NIGHT FOR
DAD AND HIS BOY
kluiinluiis Plan I'nUiiie Uiinciiet To
He Held Probably Hornet line
Diii-inx The Month Of -lune
A night for Dad and his boy, in
which the two will be given oppor
tunity to reach a better plane of mu
tual understanding, will be held by
the local Klwanis Club sometime In
June, as the result of a decision
reached at the Klwanis membership
supper at the Southern Hotel Friday
night. The supper began at 6:30
o'clock with the singing of America,
and closed an hour afterward.
The four or five specially invited
guests present at the supper were
given a rousing ovation the "glad
hand." as Klwanlans term it and
afterward the Club went directly to
the business of the evening. Rev. H.
E. Myers, president of Elizabeth City
Klwanis, and C. n. Pugh were elect
ed delegates to the annual Kiwanls
convention at Toronto.
A feature of the evening was the
singing of two beautiful song num
bers by Mrs. J. P. Greenleaf. Pre
liminary plans were made for the en
tertainment of the local Rotarians at
an early date, and after a paper on
the construction and use of the X
ray, read by Dr. Howard Combs, the
meeting adjourned.
The regular Rotary luncheon was
, held at ibe Southern Hotel Friday
afternoon at one o'clock.
WE UK WINNERS IN CONTESTS
! Jack Jennette for the boys, and
i Miss Leora Griffin, for the girls, were
the winners In the declamation-recitation
contest held at the High
School Friday night. Both declama
tions and recitations were good prac
tically without exception, according
to those who attended. The medals
I were awarded by Prof. S. L. Sheep,
superintendent of the city schools.
!The other entrants among the boys
were Braxton Dawson, Addison Stan
ton. Vance Bailey and Clemant Twl
, ford, and among the girls were Misses
j Jessie Williams, Elolse Aydlett and
Emily Commander.
MOONSHINE FI N A N CI E RS
VERY ACTIVE IN SOITH
Washington. May 20 (By The As
sociated Press) Men with money
are setting up illicit stills and paying
moonshiners to operate them and If
caught give the operators five dollars
a day while in Jail to protect them,
prohibition headquarters stated to
day. An effort is being made to
round up these moonshine financiers
in the South.
CUDS Will Oil
ERRORS OF ELKS
Elks (iive Wonderful Exhibition Of
Chinese Hull Playing I'll
(lay Afternoon
Displaying a brand of ball worse
than could be played by a bunch of
grammar school boys, the Elks lost
Friday's game to the Cubs by the
; score of 1 1! to 1.
Spear and Pinner opposed each
other in the box and both pitchers
jmade a good showing but the Elk
hurler's support was of such a char
acter that In the first four innings
thirteen runs had been scored
against him. Every Elk player was
guilty of a nilscue during the game,
some made two errors and one made
three. While the Infield was shifted
so that Reid was the only player In
his regular position, that fact is hard
ly an alibi for a team's displaying
such poor class as showed by the Elks
Friday.
On the other hand the Cubs played
a consistent game. Spear with his
slow breaking curve was never In
danger and the solitary run scored
i against him was not earned. He
was given good support by his team
mates, however.
Score by innings:
U.
-13
- 1
Cubs
Elks
.4630000
.0 0 0 0 1 0 0-
i (Jeo. J. Spence lays no claim to ln-
fnlllblllty but will try to give exact
Jnstlre to all. adT
With music by the church orches
tra, with a menu that would make
any hungry man's mouth water, with
a program of after dinner speeches
varied and delightful, interspersed
with singing and good fellowship,
the annual membership dinner of the
First Methodist church Friday night
was an occasion of rare enjoyment
and pleasure. The annual dinner Is
the church's outstanding social event
of the year, and the 1922, the first
In the magnificent new church plant
just completed, was pronounced the
most successful yet held.
Covers were laid for 230 guests,
and "practically every plate," In the
language of Pastor N. II. D. Wilson,
"was pretty well used." The spaci
ous social hall in which the dinner
was held will seat comfortably at
table something like 250 people, and
by using every available oot of
space can be made to seat as many
as 300. With so many guests, the
tables were yet so conveniently ar
ranged and the serving of the tables
so well organized and co-ordinated
that the dinner went through almost
as smoothly and evenly as if there
had been but one table to be served
Instead of eleven.
The opening song number was
"Our Church," sung to the tune ot
"Come Thou Almighty King," and
composed especially for the occasion
by Rev. Mr. Wilson himself. Here I
the last stanza:
Here, may God's praise abound,
, Here may His anthems sound,
Triumphantly.
'Children, of Christ here learn;
j Repentant sinners turn; ?
illearts with love flaming burn,
I Oh, Christ, for Thee.
Following the hearty singing ot
this song the Inimitable and original
Bill C. Sawyer arose to the occasion
as toastmaster in his usual happy
style. "Naming the toastmaster,"
said Bill C, "was the only bonehead
play made by the committee In ar
ranging the program of this ban
quet. I told that committee that we
don't have an annual dinner but
I once a year and that It would be a
j shame not to have one of the very
best speakers In the church for such
an occasion. But they assured me
that It didn't take much of a speaker
or much of a man to be toastmaster
and that they wanted to save the
good speakers for a place on the pro
gram, so I was prevailed upon to ac
cept. Here on the program we've
got some good subjects and a good
speaker after each subject. Now for
a regular old fashioned Methodist
love feast."
The first speaker was Miss Mae
Smith, president of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the No'lli
Carolina Conference, and she cer
tainly measured up to the toastmas
ter's specifications In speaking on
"Woman's Work In the Church."
She characterized the W. M. S. as
the biggest woman's club on earth,
and set forth clearly and briefly sonw
of tho achievements of Methodism
working through Its Woman's Mis
sionary Society. Miss Smith ex
press'! I pleasure in being In Elizibetll
City on this occasion and congratu
lated the First Methodists on having
the most beautiful house of worship
in the North Carolina conference.
Introduced as a pastor regarded
by his own flock as the best preacher
In the world, Rev. II. E. Myers spoke
somewhat or the early history of Me
thodism in Elizabeth City which, be
ginning with 150 members in 1828.
has grown to a membership of 1500,
"The diary of some of the early lead
ers in Methodism disclosed frequently
a note of pessimism." he said, "and
among other discouraging features
mentioned was the overwhelmingly
large number of Baptists here. We
have hung some of these Biptlsts
out on the line and dried them nut
a bit.
"iooklng "nek to the past wj are
encouraged at the progress tlut we
see made by our day. And In th
light of this progress I am encour
aged to see In the future a stronger
and greater City Road' Church co
operating with a larger and and finer
First Methodist Church than we
now dream of."
Itev. E. L. Stack, Introduced as a
"live wire circuit rider,"1 spoke
somewhat on "The Reglo'n Round
About." "You people perhaps do
not realize," he said, "how you are
looked up to as the standard bearers
by the smaller churches In the region
round about. Coming here to wor
ship with you In your beautiful new
edifice, they go to their homes no
longer content to worship in their
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