The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
|upTON WANTS OUR
HARD SHELL DAINTIES
~. Center of the Hard Crab Industry
VIII Extend Its Operations to
North Carolina Waters

rarNtt> ~ Mn /
n reach down into
rarolina waters for
ra5s to speed up bust
H,ser crabs are scarce IN
], At certain seasons,
I, crabs are hard to get
: then that North Car
ban supply the markets,
\, other times, our crabs
Z desired by the Virgin
,,y 50 long as they can
Induced cheaper than
a crabs.
,sr>parcr has reliable in
], that McMenamin Il Co..
,-n,ou crab kings are look
.a,nr toward the North Car
>.r,i,, and may erect Il plant
I.;,rG IN the near f-I-
v,,rsramin 4 Co. are large
a. crab meat and herring
H. win 20 after both when
s.s here. Last spring their
.,,.;rp> looked over this field
r,i It favorable for their
.,.mi9 X Co. opratc at
n ". what is probably the
Individual crab plant in the
Their plant on Hampton
..gp.p> % frontage of several
l. ;s.,. and extends back 70
! q a' three or four hundred
IT, arc rhr only packers who
5, ,5s 81 >rccc>> IF canning the
4 Hlv.as spent much on adTer-
I VlIrnamiu'~ crab meat -
70 .hs exclusion of all 9th
+ Won honorable mention at
h !, l>>n: a silver medal IN
Is7 sgE 70 bronze medal III Den
/ q '><;: ir>t medal in RaCt-
! 10 I>>I. and honorable men
"a par.> IN 1870.
ban. >nrh q tremendous tFc-
4g..r,> great amount of raw
T.. a-I with numerous compe-
! IL il, own ucighbOrhoOd. u
,a5a5'v hr necessary for this
20 extend its operation in this
% -.rI.sr than it had intended
Igslamia X 60. are not the
pak.r> who are keeping their
% ,ai> section. There are sew
rl.r>. tine Virginia firm was
b. backing IF $1O.OOO local
b. ProviIrd il would locate in
~c;.oa.
Getting Crabs Cheaper
, so.ag to De Il proposition to
.r crabs cheaper than Virginia
ha> 20 thousand crabs in it.
2, 20 ogr ou-. And above that
lgS igIr" a tax of - cents
barre. which the c-abbcr muSt
\ For Instance crabs that sci
'lgaia in- 500 a barrel vii
+ only dollar and Il half IL
r raro,.ua waters. because
/ '--r. mist b" deducted =.
? .o- FAX. second. freight on th'
F 20 Hampton. fo- il must b,
|a''-. 'hrg thar city: third. thu
N I"e .U which 70 ship thu
P, 'asr" being considerable waste
a1!I,ug ir" .u This state. as com
|a With 'ar Hampton plantt
q pl., their ire direct from thu
Pr a. they need il. Moreover
Neat shipped 70 the trade from
n Carolina via Hampton will no
Pn 'l" consumer in 50 good
I,'a anil will not bring Sucl
= Prizes Is Hampton meat. whicl
% shipped out the same day. j
alsi,.
''''- i uu natural scarcity o
y 10 Virginia waters. but Strin
'F> prevent the crabberS iron
~ llauy crabs at certain seas
VIII The methods employed. Il
SPRING when dredging stops
~ aa only b" caught with a bait
At THAI time they are to,
~ F" bite in Chesapeake Bay, bu
may D" ruught i'm this State
Is then that Hampton wi
''' crabs and pay us the beS
~ other seasons HamptO
'oy afford 10 Use them wbe
!, - Them cheaper than Yirgini
Hampton dealers often clos
.o.;, markets to keep up riceS, 5
''a'l. are they at times.
virginia Laws and Ours.
!, t,'a'''sidrnt> are not allowed t
:, crabs FROM Virginia water,
.@ 1'S ar" required to pay Il fe
l., W taking crabs by any mean
;, 'aan ID .r"dgc. Under on
n. ''>'''ntN pay from five to te
~ d week, according to I'll
n. The to" for tue use of III
- ID Virginia is SD but
A, 'aA"> as many as 10 barre
's, For each boat used in bu,
''>' lee Of - is require,
',''''haed on Tage -