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MONDAY. MARCH 24. 1924.
We are hoping we are done
with last week's court. Know
anything that was left out?
Well, with another utility
suit disposed of, can the City
Council sell its utility bond?
now?
It really pays to advertise.
We got our map of Pasquotank
we were asking for the other
day, but it doesn't show the
township lines. If there is anv
one who can assist us in locat
ing these on our map we should
be glad to hear froraJjjm.
Beginning March 29 John 1).
Foster will write a series of 12
articles for The Advance on
how to manage a baseball nine.
We earnestly hope that The Ad
vance will have, space enough to
print these articles as they are
released.
Sunday was a bit chilly and
the sky for an hour or two of
the day was overcast ; but the
weather was almost ideal for
the morning services Sunday,
and far better throughout th?!
day than the weather man led 1
us to expect. Perhaps now we|
may have a real breath of,
spring. 1
Inland water transportation, j
after having been put on the to- :
boggan by the railroads, seems j
to be doing a comeback, with]
freight rates so high and with I
the railroads so inadequate to |
the transportation needs of the
country. Every i n d 1 ca t i oh
points to a growing importance j
to the inland waterways ot th? {
country, especially as channels
for the transportation of heavy I
and bulky freight.
Brightened His Corner j
In the hurry and rush of ]
court week we overlooked the
following paragraph in the
"Convention Reactions" of tha
Raleigh Times of last Thursday, j
Clarence Pugli of Elizabeth City}
has a speaking voice out of propor- ?
tlon to his size. Mr. Pugh Is In no'
sense a big man; but he Is earnest j
and resonantly soundful. When he!
becomes exercised his accents take
on the color of the coast, with some-!
thing of the booming of the surf and I
much of the tang of the salt air in I
them.
His speeches furnished a diver
sion that did much to ease the in- j
evitable boredom of Ave consecutive!
hours of conversation.
Garment mid (llotli
The Advance regrets the ne
cessity of omitting the two
chapters of Lawrence's story
of Woodrow Wilson that would
have been published today had
we been able to get out an eight
page issue. Nearly all of last
week, however, The Advance
was bigger than its business jus
tified, but we stood the gaff in
order to present to our readeis
full reports of the proceedings
of one of the most eventful
terms of Superior court ever
held here.
Had The Advance anything
in the way of a capital reserve
or unlimited credit it would nev- [
er issue another edition of less
than eight pages except in ense
of a break-down in its mechan
ical department. But necessity
compels us to cut our garment
according to our cloth. Getting
out a four page paper now and
then means a saving of some
thing like $25.00 a day and en
ables us to catch up on job work
and to gather up various other
loose ends in our mechanical de
partment. s
NORFOLK COTTON
March 2 4 ,
Middling (opened today) . ..18 1-Ie
Middling (?loMd today) ...17 1-4a
Manufacturers Of Textiles
Face A Critical Situation
I
Resistance to Price Increases Forces Consideration Reduc
tion of Production Costs Which Is Now Being Clqsely
Studied in Both the South and New England
By 1. C. ROYLK.
(Copyright, IM4. By Th? Advtnc?>
N'?w York, March 24 ? Textile
manufacturers, having seen their
margin of profit curtailed at one end
by resistance to price advances, arc
turning earnes attention to broad
jenlug those margins at the other by
i reduction of production costs. This
I is especially true among makers of
cotton cloths, who are facing a crit
. ical situation both in the South und
New England at present.
"Uncertainty of the future in pro
duction and price fluctuations of raw
I cotton, together with the develop
ment of competition and speclallza
; tion in manufacture, has made it ab
| solutely essential that cotton mills
'develop and maintain the highest ef
ficiency, tooth in machinery and la
bor," says D. W. Holland of the exe
cutive board of the textile operating
executives of Georgia, Alabama and
Florida. Executives from those
states have spent a large part of
t his week in discussion of factory]
practice and methods.
They agree that in both machinery i
and labor, the best is the cheapest |
and most economical in the long!
run. As a result, many plants in |
the South and New England are be- 1
ing remodeled on a more efficient 1
basis. This ha? been noticeable re- 1
cently in Virginia and North Caro
lina, where new and improved ma- )
chlnery is being installed while mills \
are on a curtailed production sched
ule.
The great Amoskeag mills of New
England are adding woolen machin-1
ery in order to take full advantage
of the trained personnel on their
pay i;olls. Consolidations, which
would tend to eliminate overhead i
charges, also have been put into ef-;
feet and other mergers are in pros- >
pect. It is rumored in Boston that 1
the large Arkwright Mills and the;
Bernard Manufacturing Company'
will be combined.
The South, according to Mr. Hol
land. now is reaping the benefit of 1
money spent in welfare work in the
past. "Money so spent and that de- ,
voted to churches, schools and !
amusements," he added, "has pept 1
American born labor contented and'
efficient, and is now bearing fruit In
increased individual" efficiency in
Southern mills. I consider this fac
tor one of the greatest in bringing)
this section to the front rank in the
textile industry."
His attitude is supported by J. J. i
Tregoe, secretary-treasurer of the'
National Association of Credit Men, I
who .is in close touch with condi
tions In all sections of the country.
"Students of industrial relations,"!
Mr. Tregoo said, "strongly advocate1
a closer getting together of ex
ecutives and employes. Personally
I have felt that this idea was not
only human but exceedingly practi
cal.
"I have noticed 4n my recent
travels several large enterprises)
where the chief executives knowi
their men well and it was interest-!
Ing to note that In businesses gov- 1
erned by this direct lntei ;ourse, |
trouble seldom arose. A mutual un-j
derstandlng will help tremendously;
In Rolving problems and establishing
a closer cooperation for production!
on the lowest basis of cost."
At present cotton goods are mov^
Ing in unusually light volume, pri-,
ces are not satisfactory to manufac
turers and mill curtailment is more
marked. Experts attribute this not(
so much to lack of demand by ulti
mate consumers, although there
seem keenly resentful of attempts to
raise prices, but to caution and con
servatism on the part of the retail
distributors. However, stocks In the
hands of retailers and Jobbers are
not large and must be repllnlshed .
They look for lihproved business as
June approaches.
Conditions in Mexico and Central
I America, which absorb a fair volume
of American cotton goods as well as
| other products, have been most un
favorable recently. It is true that
| the Obregon troops in Mexico are
| rapidly scattering the rebel forces,
| but a period of unrest with frequent
! interruption of communication is to
be expected for some time to come.
Scattered -bands from both sides, un
desirous of returning to work in the
fields, often cause considerably dis
turbances of trade and communica
tion following Mexican political dis
turbances. A similar condition is af
fecting trade with Honduras, while
weather conditions In some of the
other Latin-American countries have
not been such as to lead to extensive
buying.
JONES APPEALS TO HlflHEIl
COl'IlT AND GIVES BOND
(Continued from Page 1.)
alleged to have had was never men- ;
tioned until Jones went on the stand.
Jones telling Sheriff Reid when the
sheriff arrested him that he had hit
the negro because the latter was im
pudent in refusing to leave the
Jones lot. Equally damaging to the
defense was the fact, mentioned by
Judge Devin in passing sentence,
that Jones followed the negro to the'
edge of the 'ot.
The theory of the State was that
Jones was chasing the negro with a j
club and that, seeing that he was i
going to be overtaken, Alfred Fer-!
ebee turned just in time to receive i
the blow above the left eye instead
of on the back of the head. The
State contended that such a blow as!
was dealt the defendant, crushing in
a triangular section of the cranium
Just above the left eye. could not j
have been delivered had the two |
men been face to face. The weak- ?
ness of the State's case lay in the I
fact that there was no eyewitness of -
the blow except Jon?s himself and
that Mrs. Jones testified that "Ab
bie,' as she called Alfred Ferebee,
fell nearer the house, than he was at
the last time she saw htm before tho
blow was struck.
This weakness In the State's case,
together with the fact that the prin
cipal witness for the State was a no
gro who admitted that he had been!
active In financing the defense, led ?
many who watched the jury closeiy j
throughout the^rial to look for an j
i
acquittal or a hung Jury. Follow-]
lng the Jury'" verdict finding the de-,
fendant guilty of manslaughter, the;
(Sentence of the court was about in;
line with general expectation.
Mr. Jones admitted owing the ne
|gro $10.00 which, he said. Alfred
i had asked him to keep until Christ
mas. It was the theory of the State
! that after Mr. Jones had told Fere
bee he need not work for him any
more and to get off the place and
stay off Alfred brought up the mat
ter of the $10.00 Mr. Jones was
keeping for him and that it was the
negro's insistence that Mr. Jones pay
him thlr amount that led the white
man to go for the negro with a club.
It was not the contention of State
nor did anyone who attended the
trial have an idea that Mr. Jones
deliberately intended to kill the
negro.
[ Alex Jones is one of the most
widely known and prominent farm
ers in the upper part of Pasquotanlc
I County. His home stands on the
jNewland brick road at the point
where the State highway to South
Mills joins that road, the Newland
road bounding the Jones lot in front
and the South Mills road bounding i
it on the right hand side, as one j
faces the Newland road. Mrs. Jones ,
is a sister of D. E. Williams of
South Mills and of Mrs. W. L. Co
hoon of Elizabeth City. D. E. Wil
liams was one of the witnesses for
the defense. Mrs. W. L. Cohoon sat
beside her sister. Mrs. Jones,
throughout the greater part of the
trial, while between the two women
sat their aged mother. Sire. W. F. J
Williams, widow of the late Frank
Williams. It is the old Williams
home at which Mr. and Mrs. Jones
reside, Mrs. Williams living with j
them. It was suggested in the
course of the plea for mercy Satur-'
day by W. L. Cohoon that Alfred ;
Ferebee, who had long done the bid
ding of the Williams family was re
sentful of the authority of the youn?
son-in-law and so had in late years
grown insolent and hard to manage,
but that Mr. Jones had kept him in
his employ largely for the sake of
the aged mother-in-law.
Mrs. Williams did not go on the
stand and was said to be quite deaf.
However, when some remark during
the trial was made as to her age sheH
interrupted to say that, she was a
year younger.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been
married 12 years and have Ave chil
dren. "It aeems a pity," said Judge
Devin Saturday before passing sen
tence. "that these innocent must suf
fer along with the guilty, ? pro
bably even more than the guilty,
but no way has been devised to pre
vent it."
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Your Groceries
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!? Over Cut Kute Drug Store ???
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' Dancing four night* a welt, Tumdayn , Thursday*
!? Friday * and Saturday .1 *1*
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LAND
Easily drained, located near Crooked
Creek in Camden County about 200
yards from the Main Koao. Will sell
or tiade. Apply to
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Stuffed Dates, Plum Pudding Flc
I*uddlnK* I>rlt*<l Apricots, Dried
Peaches, Dried Prunes.
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Where Every Mun Finds What
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We have Just receive*! an
other shipment of nice fresh
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able for parties, church so
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one pound ami six pouml
cans as well as in bulk.
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To make room for
NEW STOCK PATTERNS
we are closing out two pat
terns at UO per cent reduc
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"Sedan" Nippon China is
one of them.
IOO-PIECE NIPPON SET
H educed $W) to 9SO.
lOO-IMKCK ENGLISH SET,
Reduced 938..V) to 1187.30
Our Stock Pattern* of
High Grade Decora
tions
please the most discriminat
ing buyers, and save them
money.
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FAST FREIGHT AN D PASSENGER
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lina Line, Inc. Steamer Annie L.
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Ing and tlghtpnins: loose wheel f 111
.er hands. We make old wheels as
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Candidate Card*
NOTICE TO TIIK VOTERS OR
Pasquotank County: ? Ladle* and
Gentlemen : ? I am a candidate (or
Sheriff of thla County In tl>e Pri
mary to be heid on the flrit Satur
dar In June 19.4. I unali certainly
appreciate your Influence and your
vote t(rr me for thla office. Re
apectfully, l>. W. Anderaon.
P. a. HAWVKIl Foil TRIAL JIS
tlce ? I hereby announce my?clf can
didate for Trial Juattcel aubject to
the action of the Democratic pil
mary In June. P. O. Sawyer.
mar.lO-tf pd
Fon pRpsncimxo attorney ?
I announce my candidacy for P?oa
ecutlni; Attorney, aubject to 'lie ac
tion of the Democratic primary June
7. Your aupport will be lppreclated.
1. H. LeRoy, Jr. mar,19-tf
FOR TRIAL JUSTICE ? I AX.
nounce my candidacy for Trial Jua
tlce, aubject to the action of the
Democratic primary June 7. Your
aunnnrt will be &?oreel?ted. Thoa.