The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-12
CROWDS THRONG FAIR
GROUNDS WEATHER FINE
Exhibits of Farm Produce, Poultry and Live
Stock Said To Excel Past Efforts
MANY Interesting Exhibits

The Great Albemarlc Dis
trict fair opened Tuesday with
a big noise, a good opening at
tendance, and the greatest
number of agricultural exhi-
bits ever shown here. Not only
are the agricultural exhibits
unusually fine, but the poultry
and live stock exhibits are
more numerous than ever, and
more attention has been paid
to home demonstration cXhi-
bits.
An exhibit arranged by the Eliz.
abeth City Chamber Of Commerce
is one of the most interesting at
the Fair and visualiZes TO many
Elizabeth City people some things
about their home town that few
people have taken the time to learn
before. The exhibit was made of
products representing the
manufacturing industries of the
city.
The Chamber of Commerce eXhi-
bit included brick, furniture, hoSi-
cry. lumber, awnings, bottled goods.
cOttOn.' truck packages. and many
other things. Many Elizabeth City
industries were not represented,
but those represented showed an
annual turnover of several million
dollars and the employment of more
than 1000 hands.
For instance there are thc mills
Of 7. A. Commander 4 Sons turning
out $25,0O0 worth of lumber a
year: The Elizabeth City Iron
Works with a turnover of $200.O00
4 year: the FOrcman-Bladcs Lum-
ber Company doing n million dollar
business. Then there were other
businesses running like this: Fore
man-DericksOn Veneer Company.
S175,OO: Kramer Brothers Com
pany $325,0O0: Munden & Alex
ander, producing 10000 yards of
awnings annually; one candy fac
tory with 100000 pounds Of candy.
md the II. p. Williams factory with
5000 pounds Of candy annually;
The Elizabeth City Cotton Mills pro.
lucing 100000 pounds Of cotton
yarn: the Crystal Ice e. Coal Com
Dany predicting = tons of ice a
lay: fiv" l.os mills producing
i.lr...Tu I#,i, ui hose annually:
-hror hottliHG plants with a total
annual output Of 2,7S0.0O0 bottles:
he Whitley packing plant produc-
ng half million pounds of pork
products: the Elizabeth City Brick
Yards producing 2,OO0.OO0 bricks
and there is the Tim-
norman mill producing $4,000
worth Of flour and meal; Southern
Roller Stave & Heading Company
lOing n $150,0O0 business; and the
rhcsson Manufacturing Company
with n yearly volume of $4,000.
There were several Industries not
but the more import
INT ones werc. .included. The dis
Ilay of the Elizabeth City Hosiery
Mills included q knitting machine
which knitted stocking all day.
Other things in this exhibit were
BOATS, complexion creams. furni-
ure from the Griggs- Forbes factory:
lud lastly a live 'possum caught in
III Elizabeth City hcnhouse.
Fine County Exhibits
Good shOwings of agricultural
md home products were made by
he counties sending county exhibits
and ChOwan failed to
show up with n county exhibit, and
Gates one of the new counties which
damned to send an exhibit this year.
'ailed altogether in getting it TO the
air. But Hyde County was back
With its big exhibit, and PaSquo-
ank. Currituck and Camden were
m the job as usual.
Camdcn's exhibit carried figures
that the agricultural out
,ut of that county i'm 1920 was
'alued 1t $1,630.74S. Camden's ex-
liliit carried few statistics. but
here was a generous showing of
that grows In the coun.
Y.
The value Of Camdcn's farms was
hOwn to have jumped from $1,0T9,-
40 i'm 1910 to $3,25S,SS1 in 1920.
farm building values were increas-
d from $223,3S7 to G73,2SJ. Cam
len has 302 white form owners and
Is negro farm owners. It has 5&3
White tenant farmers, and 433 nero
enant. There IRE $3.50 Inhabitants
IS compared with $3.50 in 1919.
Among other things, the county has
-123 horses valued at S1OO,560:
;65 mules at $s2202; 2,5i9 cattle
1t $79,545; 1,456 sheep at SG,0S0;
'25 goats at $3G5; and 1891 swine
It S76,611. According TO the fig
Tres with the exhibit, Camden pro-
luced in 1920, $4,000 gallons Of
milk and dairy products valued at
;4,912; 94,70 dozen Of eggs; sold
Al, IA. worth of chickens and eggs,
md $7S5 worth of honey and WAX.