The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-01-27

the toilet rooms arranged in the building
with a view to the comfort and convent
ence of nnnloyers. On entering the
office | was presented to the new super
intendent. Mr.. A. P. Yopp, l declined ali
introduction. but right gladly clasped
the extended hand of Price Yopp whom
I have known for the past twenty seven
wears, Mr.. Street started to say, "in Mr.
Yopp | have the. best rounded supcs'in-
tendent price Yopp is plump in the
whole South, and you may say, if you
will. we are better prepared than ever
to turn out work in a workman-lke
manner. But l declined to listen to such
abuse (?) of a man | had known so long
and proceeded 10 inform the wide-awake.
progressive president that A. r. Yopp
had experience as well as years be-
hind him. For in serving time" he first
spent five wears with the w. ana w
shops at Wilmington; then T1a years with
the Carolina Central in the shops at
Laurinburg; was years Master Me
chanic at the Wilmington Onslow ana
East Cardinal 5R years as superintend-
ent at Kidders Mills; several years as
Master Mechanic at the Chadbourne
Mills and Railroad; was a number of
years in charge of SINNERS Marion shops
and the Wilmington Iron Works, besides,
doing "a mechanical turn" at Newport
News Yes, in Mr.. Yopp The Acme Ma
chine Works has well, rounded, well
furnished superintendent. He'll com
mand the respect of those over as we'll as
those under him and no shoddy work
will go out while Price Yopp is there.
I almost forgot TO speak of the pattern
shop which is fitted out with band saws,
turning lathes, etc. Likewise I was about
to slight the we'll filled store room
where fittings from a 10-inch valve to
the smallest nut and bolt can be had A
speciality is made of building and repair
ing tram-road and railway locomotives,
but every class Of work incident to a
well ordered machine works is being
turned cut. The shops are lighted with
The Kitson Light--a God-sen to those
in darlzness-and when lighted the work
man has no difficulty in locating any OBJ
ject in the spacious building for dark
ness has taken wings.
The Acme Machine Works are sole
agents for The Kitson Light for tho
following counties in North Cardinal
Wayne, Johnston, Harnett, Cumberland,
Wilson, Greene, Pitt, Lenoir, Beaufort.
HYDE, Wake, Durham, Person. Locally,
they have placed some $4,000 candle pow
er in the city of Goldsboro. Among
those having installed the Kitson Light
here are: w. II. Barnes. l.. J.. Alphin,
Bizzell and WOoten, II. We'll Bros. ICON
tracted for). 1t is claimed by the sell
ing agents and by certain Of those using
the light that it is superior in steadiness,
softness and brightness to the electric
light supplied here and much cheaper. A
1000 candle power light will consume enc
gallon of kerosene oil in 20 hours, which
makes the cost per hour for light just
one penny. The mantle used in this
light is made from a sand found almost
exclusively in North Carolina, namely, in
a small territory in Cleveland county,
near Shelby, known as monozite.
Mr.. w. E. Street, the efficient Secre
tary and Treasurer, gives his personal
attention to the clerical department, and
is ably assisted by Miss May Emma
Giddons, the accomplished stencgranh-
Ell Sober well furnished machinists de-
string change for their bctterment and
corporations or individuals having work
10 be done will do well to open cor
respondencc with The Acme Machine
Works.
c. j. RIVENBARK