Building Construction
Breaking All Records
In \n I'ri-vion- January lluvr I lon-in^ or ! n?| > i-: --J (???????
at ion* Kt'i'ii < 011<I11< I1<I 011 So Wide a Sralc a
for l.a-l Inn Monili
lly 'I. < KOVI.K
Cop) rivlil 1M24 b> Tin \?lv;in?'
New York, Januarv 21? ?More building construction is jcoiu^
011 in I'nited Stales Unlay than in any previous January in
history.
This is dm' in part l<> the
open weather which has prevail
ed ?iuiti* K' "' rally. but the man
factors li.'iVi 1.11-u tin- compnlM
live stability of material and
labor co.?ts and the confidence
of builders, hankers and ijivcX
tors in the business prospects of
1021.
Tin* last three months, of 1923 1
*?lu>v\ed .hi average gain over tin*
previous year of about i!"? per cent.
'1 he increase was .'So per cent for
October and November ..md 18 per
cent for Decern Iter. The permits
issued so far this month indicate |
that this rate of improvement is
being fully maintained. These in
creases in activity are meusured I
against i period which was Lite
gnatest building year this country,
has ever known."
With these facts in mind, real
estate and construction men feel
that the spring will ghqw- a volume,
of building that will be astounding.'
At present the construction work Is,
confined to the cities, but there -are
indications that when the weather
settles the smaller towns and rural
districts will produce their share of
Ml ivitv.
Investigation of housing condi
tions in t lie cities indicates that the
shortage cannot be relieved for
several years, even al the present
rate of construction. Industrial
construction also H increasing. It is
known that scores of industries are'
extending plant capacities and build-,
ing new mills and factories.
In spite of this fact, however,
producers jud dealers in materials,
have exercised the utmost care not
to allow prices to run away from
from them. They have guar led
carefully against advances which
might check the demand md sone
few building materials have even j
shown price declines. This, however, i
is regarded as usual at this session of
of the year. Production of materials '
has continued brisk. Brick and ce
ment p bints have been kept in ac
tive operation. The lumber mills in
some sections are running "far above '
eight hour normal capacity and the J
stiel plants are well occupied, al
though not producing at the rate of
the 1923 peak.
Some German and Holland brick
is coming into the port of New V ? rk !
where it is offered at $4 and $i? un-j
der the price of the products of the!
Hudson River kilns. However, the
volume of foreign brick is so small
that these shipments have been ab
sorbed without visible effect on Up
market.
About half of the $5,500,000
worth of building in 1923 was done
in 2'i cities but every section of '.lie
country showed improvement over
the preyoiis year. These gains'
ranged from'14 percent in the South
to is per cent in the Ka*t. So ,ier
cent in the Central West and 36 per
ctnt in the Far West.
Now York had I ho greatest vol
ume of hysiness but showud an Mi
crease of only 25 per rent over 19-2
while Los Angeles led ill other com
petitors wiili 65 per cent. St. Loius
was - econd with 04, S;. Paul third!
wi'li 00. Milwaukee 'fourth with' 54.
Chicago fifth with 45, Detroit sixth
with 37. Atlanta seventh with 31,
and Cleveland eighth with 20. Ac
cording to the F. VV. Dodge (Jorpora-,
tlon reports. Philadelphia showed a ;
falling off of sixty per cent in build
ing in December compared with I>e-.
cember 19 22. For the entire yeari
the loss as compared with 1923, was
27 p? f cent. I
Construction men In Detroit de
clare that faith in the immediate and
-rultlmafe^futiwe of the nntoimyHHe in?
dustry.ls shown by decision of land
owners there to proceed immediately
with construction of " I ?rge off|re
buildings. Work will start at once
on three huge structures in the he'.rt
of the city. Two will be 20 stories
in height and cost $5,000,000 each,
while the third, a clul| and office
building, will rise 112 stories ancf will
cost $2,500,000.
The Southern stales are spending
great sums lu construction. Nineteen
hotels costing over $1,000,000 each
have been put up in the l?st year
and others are In course of construc
tion or planned.
%
I he grocrrirn
money run liny itl prifoe J
fuir to I'verymir.
Sl-llM-l IMIIIII'll
I'ithIi friiilo, and
fancy (iroccrii'ii.
M. P. Gallop j
Company
PMONK8 >1 AND 57
Corner Main aihI Wafer At.
Permanent Pastur?
Interests Farmers
Success Of Those Who Have
Tried Them Leading Other
Farmers Plan Likewise
I .Many farmers of this section of
tin* country have become Interested!
in tlx* subject of permanent pastures. .
Tli** siK'C'csri of pastures owneel by
farmers has induced others to plan
pastures of their own and interest
in the subject is keen. Farmers in
oth* r sections of the Albemarle re-'
gion read with interest Ihe account
of the meeting of the boosters Club
in Moyock last Tuesday night and
more details of the proper prepara
tion of pastures are sought after by
them.
The story of Zenas Jenning's pas
ture as related to the boosters crea
ted more real interest than a whole
library of theory. Practical farm-;
ers are willing to listen to actual,
experience while skeptical of plans j
tried only 011 test farms.
.\Ir. Jennings pasture was planted
under the direction of Grover W.
Falls. County agricultural ?agent.
who also addressed the Boosters on
the subject and who is authority for
the information given here.
There is no crop that will give the
returns 011 money invested that a
pasture will, according to .Mr. Falls,
who *idds that the labor required is
slight. This will appeal most strongly
to those who have suffered incon
venience from the shortage of work
eis. Every raiser of live stock 111 11st
harvest his own feed, says .Mr. Falls.
'ihe failures of pastures attempted
ar-? classified as follows:
1. Poor seed. !j
2. Insufficient . preparation of ?
soil.
:t. Not enough liming.
4. Improper mixture of seed.
f?. Lack of ii^occulatio'n.
?5. Over pasturing.
Not loss than two tons of lime '
per acre should he used, according to
Mr. Palls. Then two crops should
he planted and plowed under.. The
first crop may consist of rye or oats *
iind the 'second of soy beans or a \
tdmi!>u* crop. The land should be ?
broken deep and allowed to sottle.
it should then he disced and liar-,
rowed to thoroughly pulverize the
soil.
In preparing the seed for sowing
Mr. -Falls recommends that all
large seed be mixed separately.
Kac h mixture should then be divftled
in half. The farmer should then
sow -.icross the field One way with
half the seed and cover his tracks
sowing the otficr way with the
other half to avoid missing any
spots.
Hem are the mixtures that have
proved satisfactory in this section of,
the State:
For well drained Kind.
X pounds orchard grass
?x pounds red top
S pounds of Italian rye.
S pounds of Alsyke clover
?I pounds red clover
1 pounds white clover
This mixture should be sown in'
the spring. Fred P. Latham of
Iielhaven omits red clover as he says
it will not stana up under his heavy
pasturage with hogs and substitute
Kentucky blue gra.W. Some tann
ers object to t ii?* blue ^russ on the
ground that .t 1^ hard t-' kitl. Others
> 1/ th?\ i'.m': want Hi kill it.
Foi l??u wei lai:d tiii* mixture is
remit; isy-nde i -
1 pun no > t.e?pedeza
|.uiittd? i a: pet gi;i>?
L puaiol- I >;?ll is gras>.
Tli?> mixture is ttfr summer and
tall mixtures.
Until mixtures should be sown
from the last ?>i February to the first
of Mai<h and I runt the list of
Aumi-i to the first of September.
i\ rnianent pastures are the basis
ot hog raising ik demonstrated by
i lie actual experience of both .Mr.
Jennings and -Mr. Latham. The
l';? mjuoi .in k t'ounty farmer with his
.-.II. I., fr :i ot J'.? ,n If* II tiller rit.tiva
t:oii is ac oiuplislting something un
usual in i>* Oii in in": two hogs to the
ore. His pasture is 4 acres and
lie cultivate* several erops an. I lias
about seven head ot cattle.
Ilol.lf MAKKKT (OM Ki;K\(i;
Kaieigh. January *1 ? The Na
tional l'o-op'*rative *lurketihg Con
ference will be held in Washington
on February 7-S-9 of this ywr, ac
cording to a report received here
mi'i:?!i irriii'i.
from haedquarters. The meeting'
of 19 23 was declared to have been
siu-Ji a success. and to have proved so
h<-l]>fitl to the member* that it was
decided to m-ike the meeting a reg
ular annual affair.
Ithlll ll.lt row KK PLANT
Crecnvillc. Jatiti irv 21 ? The filial
w 1 : '% on tin- r<huj'<Jnu of the power
j .it tlii> city has ju?t been com
pleted and with its completion its
? vii-i- is carried to another city
other than those of which it is now
serving. I'nder the new plan the
id ant will s- rve Greenville, Bethel,
Winterville.
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FURNITURE
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ttold on arrival ami 75 per ccnt if to l?e stored.
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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
ALKRAMA Todav
Admission 10c and 30c
Matinee and Night
Closing Out Business
Our entire stock of
Electric Lighting Fix
tures, Vacumn Clean
ers, Toasters, Electric
Fans, Heating Pads,
House Wiring Supplys
and all things Electri
cal, must be sold by
February 1, 1924. 25
to 50 per cent off. To
day is your chance for a
bargain.
W. S. White & Co.
PIIONE 64.
120-122 Poindexter St. Elizabeth City, N. C.
Alkrama Theater
Tuesday and Wednesday
January 22nd and 23rd
Another big tredt
for our ptrronv
MARY
PICKFORD
IN
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