The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-28

IaNl Nfdi'
gIizsbcth City is an agricultural
|cvu: il is dependent largely upon
h. rural population Of many coun-
Es which it serves; when this rural
lOmlatiOn proSpcrS, Elizabeth City
l,DrrS: when disaster strikes the
|,rnrrS in the Elizabeth City trade
|.rOrv. almost every business in
twbcth City feels it. This has
sen an Off year for farmers. They
kaGe no money IRON their fancy
|rck crops. September storms did
40 damage to their CCrn and cot
h. But in the face of it all the
,merS of the Elizabeth City region
are done remarkably we'll in meet
I, their obligations. Many of them
In have little difficulty in finan-
rg themselves for another year.
More Live Things Needed
Some farmers have indeed made
rnnov: they are without exception
rrs farmers who have produced
blltry. pigs and cattle. Pigs and
IhcScn5 have actually saved hun
frn6S of farmers from disaster.
Chpr farmers should get the les
sn and there should be more pigs,
ro7s chickens. more geese, more tur-
prs. more COWS and calves on our
bins next year.
And tight times on tho farms this
bar has resulted in moro conScrva-
he and efficient farm management.
here has been less waste of the
r-pruducts of the farm: better
rre has b2cn taken of farm ma
nrery. One SECS less farm ma
aincry rusting IN the open. And
his has been a chitterling year. Our
srmcrS have been throwing their
ark chitterling away: chi'terlingS
h which North Carolina thrived
,ad become q rarity. There has
sNn an abundance Of chitterlmg.I
rgr and sausage on the marEc'
his fall: the farmer has utilized
h tho bv-DrOClllCtS Of his hOg-kiil-
z=x
Onr OF the worst sufferers from
hr agricultural depression is the
and lord. The landlord relying on
,rnants 10 keep up his lands ana
17ducc a profit for him has been
1a.G hit. And that he would sell
BIZ lands he can't find purchasers.
The first thing the little fellow on
lhc farm wants is an automobile.
Hr will buy an automobile i'll pre-
h-racr TO buyir" land. The pride
Q. IN" rlIraliSt used to be i'll land
to-day his pride Is an
ownership. Farm lands
u Northeastern North Carolina to-
iay arc a drug on the market and
g0IIl is he who holds a mortgag7
On farm.
Jobbcr> Hard ilit
Elizabeth City is "a jobbIu% centre
IhNv wholesale hOUSr, supply th"
p tail stores Of large territory.
lhr rnam stores has played havoc
7nn Elizabeth City jObbCrS. Chain
-Dcorir, supplied from Virginia
-arrhorscs have taken the place OF
Of retail GTOccrS who used
10 buy from Elizabeth City whole
,dc grocery houses. TO meet the
nrnad, or the chain stores. two big
Elizabeth City wholesalers have
rab,ishcd chains of their own and
ar lighting for their lives.
TEJbath City'S biz wholesale dry
ro'd. house. the &. H. Robinson
to. has also bccn hard hit by chain
"r' competition and hasn't fig
jTt ont yet Just where it stands.
This couccn. with many another. is
2'ing a rcadjustmcnt to changed
Cslu ,ons.
Textile Outlook Better
Elizabeth City is something of 4
@Tllc centre. successfully engaged
n the manufacture OF cotton hose
q; many years And then women
and children quit wearing cotton
I0lc. AZ the beginning of this year
L boxed as if the hosiery business
II Elizabeth City was headed for
oNaSfcr. But the local mills have
:2nc long way this year in read
lE.w- themselves. The Pasquo-
.dnk Hosiery Co. turned to the
nsu-.lCtlTC OF fancy half hose Tor
non Tor which it has found ready
Mark, and tho Elizabeth City
Hosiery Mills have turned 10 the
narUJCJmC OF silk and rayon
aoaircy.
So ,uCCCSSful has been the Eliz-
aoe,u City Hosiery Co. in the manu-
'ac,urC OF the higher priced hose
Nat it is now doubling the capacity
O e., Avalon mill on Ehrmghaus
:. and Will manufacture 300 doz-
tn 1a.r> u tull fashioned silk hose
Z day at ILis mill after Jany. lst