Mr. P.W. Barber of near Clayton was in the city Saturday and gave an interesting account of an incident in connection with his lighting system. Mr. Barber has electric lights in his home operated by power which is generated at his mill about half a mile away. One night last week he noticed his lights suddenly grew dim and he went down to the mill to investigate the cause. There he found large eels wrapped around the water wheels, so many of them twisted around the axle that they had clogged it so that the wheel had almost ceased to move, thus holding up the power and causing the lights to dim. Mr. Barber said it too him about half an hour to get them out. They were packed in so tightly that they had to be cut out with a knife and the pieces pulled out with a hook.
Mr. Barber says he has this trouble every fall during the running season. The small ones do not bother, Mr. Barber says.
Mr. Barber has a splendid lighting system. He has all the power he can use, furnishing the brightest of lights, heating irons, etc. the electricity is made at his mill and has given excellent service since the lights were installed.
From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, 1925
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