North Carolina Newspapers

Triiml. July ZS. 1924 LOW RATES AND L IS AIM ONJH (innesota Experimenters Suggest Month, and Set Up Ra KWH After Fb To induce farmers who electrify their farris to use as much as 3<io kilowatt hours of energy a month, by reason <>f attractive rate schedules, is one Of the basic objects of the experimental farm transmission line operation outside the city or Red Win- Minn. On most farms where tfectrlt :) r^y is supplied by a power i company, the farmer Seldom uses over ! 30 or X.i kilowatt hours of energy per j Month?a rather startling difference! between present practice and hoped-1 to. accomplishment. In that gap between 30 kilowatt : hours find 300 kilowatt hours 1* - he ' bidden reason why eiertri'- energy for farm use. when provided by a power company, has heretofore been an economic failure, according tc the projnoti rs if the Red Wing experiment. Spci':Ing for the Joint committee which Is in charge of the farm I tc: . live miles out of Red Wing / I COMMITTEE BACK IN L?ft to Right: Isaac Emerson, farmc Stuart. Ncrtnern States Fowcr Co. College of Agriculture; State Sena Kennedy, Ottsrtail Power Co.; Ja Farm Bureau Federation and chair ecu serving eighteen typical farms, J Cfcar. F. Stuart, assistant to the j Vice-president and general manager of j the Nor;hern States Power Company, which built the line, told cf an investigation just made of more than thirty I Misting farm lines, in various lo- | Why Farm Lines Haven't Paid "It was found." he said, "that every one of these farm lines was losing mom \ The reason why was soon mail- all-apparent, for the average consumption for these 1,4T.? farmers wus only 2S.7 kilowatt hours per month, which Is l? is than the average city r idi nf customer uses. It seems r.-ob:.i .< that this low consumption is due to two factors, one be hi jit rate structures not inviting to liberal use cf currc-nt ;.nd the second being that the farmer never has been shown howto us? electricity liberally to his own advantage. "Farmers have linanced the building of rural lines and deeded them over to the power companies, which, usually charge at least 12 cents per kilowatt hour for the first hundred kilowatt hours, with a minimum hill of $"? a month for the next hundred kilowatt hours, at a step 1 cent lower, and the excess perhaps at a further 1 err;- r dncticn. "T rrt r are ro: exo-l bur do not invite the pror"e?fv e farmer to a liberal consumptioa. in that the farcer never --e'.s down to cheap clectrlcity no matter how much he uses. "Take a rate of 100 kilowatt hours Per month at 12 cents net. with a minimum charge of $5 per month. A **ud_v of lines with this rate reveals that the farmer makes very sure never to exceed his minimum bill. His $.r* entitles him to approximately 41 kilowatt hours, but his average consump tion is about 35. showing that he is determined never to go over his minimum. "Where the minimum bill is 33 per month, his consumption Is held under Believes There Is Money In Farming Raleigh.?"I know that farming can be made to pay if done right for I have made money each year," is the unqualified statement made to 1 County Agent Kope Elias of MeckI len burg County by B. F. Withers of I that county. Mr. Elias states that I F, Withers would be classed by I Some as a rifv. favmor tmf that k doing the kind of farming of whlc dirt farmer could well afford to b* proud. In reporting on a trip to Wither5a farm recently, Mr. Etta* says: "five years ago his doctor told B. ' Withers that he would have to get ef his office if he wanted to live. ? therefore tupped his attention to jbe *orn.out farm of his childhood, bought a few cows, a car of lime, soy beans and cowpeaae in the "Warner and put in some crimson ctover and vetch for winter cover On a recent visit to this farm *_joupd a field of oata that would . _ SB????: IBERAL USE 1 IE ELECTRIC FARM Consumption of 300 KWH Per te of Five Cents Per j i :ed Charges. 2.*. kilowatt "hours, shoeing that h. ! ; j stti! fighting to keep un-ier this miui |l uiom." 1 i Low Rates for Large Usage < Mr. Stuart then showed how the ? carefully studied trae tentatively ectab j lish.'d for the Red Win? experimental line is expected to operate by contrast with rates just alluded to. Having de- ' termined an equitable fixed charge for i each customer of $'?.W a month, cover- ; in? insurance, depreciation, inain- ? tcnance of the line, taxes and overlitrtil peases, the energy rate was; ' made low. It is 5 cents per kilowatt hour f-3r the fir. f 3^ kilowatt hours, and 3 cents per kilowatt hour for the excess. Under th< so rat.** ft develops that the farmer who seeks to secure electric energy solely for electric lights and nothing else has nocess-irllv an! nn avnMab!;.* lnk< :i or: :m exp-n - iv?* propositlon. But, if he uses 6'ectric en erg j __ _ JZSGr |JL! " ' t ' ,- ji G VINNESOTA LIME r; W. J. Bryan, farmer; Charges F. . W. C. Coffey, rier.n of the Minnesota tor Herman otaimechel, farmer; C. S. ! mes F. Rood, president of Minnesota man of committer. I lor various other pn* poses, so that his total consumption increases, and thereby the- bonollt i - . alting from the electric energy on Lis farm also pre| sumahly iucreas it becomes worth while. The rca.-et: for this was shown by an imaginary case, worked out I by Mr. Rtnart Cost Per Kilowatt Hour Decreases It assumed tl::;; a f.::;ner used 20 I kilowatt hours per month, at the energy rate established for the lie ; Wing line. This would cost him the fixed charge of SO : '? plus ?1 for the energy, a total of $7.99, or 39.0 cents per kilowatt hoar. But If he used "?0 kilowatt hours pi r month, his total | | tv.u would amount to only ?y. or 13 : cents p -r k:! lwatt hour. If he used! 100 kilo wan hour*, his hill would he only .'.'KUO, which is 10.5 cents per kilowatt hour: ; : if he used 300 kilo-j watt hour.-:, iiis ' M would amount to S16.no or 5.5 c? n> per kilowatt hour. ( "This." said Mr. Stuart, "is what we call a r3te schedule which would Invite. ruth-T than Prohibit, the liberal use of t ] trie energy." As to Effective Usages The practical tryout of such a rate is one of the two his objectives of the Red Was experiment. The second is a v?*ri*-!:s study of the application of f- if - j -n ;. rri" 'Ifure. 1 "'her ob.W:iv .. \ ry >V. manner. "We ;es?:iz<v.' aid Mr. Stuart, "that there wot;id he r common sense in getting the "armer to consume a large amount of electric energy just to earn a low kilowatt-hour rate, and that the job was ours to show htm how to use. to his own advantage, some ten times as much energy as h<? now consumes. We have got to find that out. and we must not do it at the expense of the farmer." This part of the Red Win* invest* gation Is now being followed through with every indication of some Interesting results, although it Is still too early, the Joint committee declares, to try to indicate these results. make an average of 60 bushels to the acre. In another field, of eleven acres, alfalfa was about three feet high. When Mr. Withers started to I improve this land it would not proI duce as much as ten bushels of corn I' to the aero. Now it is one of the most productive farms in the vicinity.." Rports like this come to the State College Extension Division week after week telling how the use of lei (jumes will improve the soil, build up the fertility of the land and help to convert a worn out farm into a money-making enterprise. ' Agronomists of the extension service state that now is the time to make plans for sowing winter cover crops this fall. Many farmers are making a success of alfsAfa and land can be started this zeli for plaiiiiiig legumes each year state the extension agronomists. Tom Tarheel says that since the, curb market was started in town his wife hasn't asekd him fo rany money; in fact, she has made him one or two small loans. W THE CHEROKEE SCOUT. ? Building Program And Farm Activity Prevent Unemployment Washington, D. C.. July 14.?The milding that is under way in North Carolina, together with th<* demand for labor on the farm has served o prevent any noticeable unemploynent in this state, according to the nonthly review of the United State* Department of I?abor, just made pubic a few days ago. Unemployment n sevoal Southern States was nol;d but th-- industria listuatioR n this section was generally considered satisfactory. Skilful workers find ready mployment on building projects in Virginia, the two casolinas and Georgia according to the review and in n number of states j art of th? surplus pf common labo|fe bting taken rp in farm v.?rk. The c- .-tinned hignivay activity log.the:* with - the;* public improvements in North Carolina i- trving to take up most of the common labor In this state. Textile plants arc starting up and the situation is much brighter than two weeks ago, according to tr. reports. OWL C'.hEK Mrs. Viola Lovingcol is v?--itlng ht r son, W F. T>nc.? 0.1 '' ' '! C:vek. Pinhock sawmill i? tunning again. The l 'tl-.- baby o' Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Marcus has bee ve . >;ck but is now inproving. Born t Mr. ami Mrs. .To? Henry K.Thrift on July :tr . a I in hi'by bor. Mr. C. C Hass Killed two r:.:tle Mink* s last w.ck; otic I cing over four feet in length and on i.v. r tv. feet in length. The farmers have nbo finished working tl.eir corn. Ci * - look nice. SWAYNEY. Hello, everybody. Her- con-*. Swayney for the first time, but hope it is a welcome. The Auto ringing class of Saynej which was suggested by .Mr. anc Mrs. V- !.ne. is progressing nicely Met at Mrs. A. Blankcnsh'.p July t and at Mrs. J. R. Halls July 13th There were ?>0 present. oCme on everybody and lets have the best *inf ir.g class in Swain County. We t\il will meet at Mr*. R. L. Brooks rr.x Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ci. W. Hall and Mr and Mrs. J. Chos. Hall wire pleas am viMioT? ci .Mr. ana Airs. J. .> Hail th pu>i week. Mr. Dan Cole and daughter, Mac and little Son, Ted, of Whittier, an visitors of Mr. and .Mrs. A. L." Blank enship. Last Wednesday evening, July 0 Mustci James K. Hail stepped out t< the viver with his fishing puU am the ii. t fisa he caught being 20 in j-.j;. Cc..:e o_. iolk-. W jus have jiivaCj o; iisli. t..i!.JU0UJ i welcome. Miss Ava Hall and Master J a me Hall have just returned from a weevis it Ij aCtaloochee N. C., wher they visited friends and relatives. Mr. Eli Blankcnship and childre of Whittier, were visitors of Mr. an Mrs. A. L. Blankcnship during th Fourth. | Mis-es Lillian and Helen Blanker OBITTUARY ! Sunday June 15, 1024. The hom | of Mr. and Mrs. Normon Anderso ' was blessed with a dear little bab boy. But the Lord had a place fc him prepared in heaven, so on W? nesday the 18th. He called him awa; ! Joseph Verlan was a very bright eye cheerful b?>y. The very light of oi | home. But he is gone to join tl j ransomed in the blessed glory lan > where sorrow and death can nevt enur, wnerc uuuc uibc mc parun J hand. Our home is loue andcheerle ; with its light passed away but Heave 'seems nearer brighter, dearer, thei we long to live for aye. KEENER MONUMEff COMPANY J. S. Keener, Manager Temotla, N. C. Call or Write if you neea Monument tURFHY. NORTH CAROLINA Forestry Division I 0 Btteer Organized j To Teach and Work The Forestry Division of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Ge Survey is now more completely organized for effective work in fire prevention and control than has been | the case since the adoption of the policy under which state, counties and Federal Govemm nt co-opcrat no in th? work. bo A ni ;:r? s nt organized, the For- Jf < c try Divi.-ior is u-idc -h general .-up : vision if J. S. Holmes, State Forc 'cr, with the work of f. rest fire prev ntion under *h li n | "f A-.i tar.t Forrester Harry Lee j fl< Baker. \ r Assisting in the work of direction 'h there ::.e, in addition. '. ?? ui-t i " ; r' for stcrs, Frtd B. Merrill, station <1 ^ nt Lenoir, n chercc he Nortu-, Vf we tern; Carl I. Peter: r . -tatior >\ ?> at A -hevilie, in chr.' jrt of the West- cr ern and Sc.'a hwe.-tern, rnd K. K. K .r rr Fall, stationed at Fayeitevi'l!;-. in charge of the E .-. .**< .'istriet. Tfces aide-" in direct: n spent a( large pert f their tin in ti; ' oid I in touch with th forest vcrde? (,t 'whom t' y -upcrvis. a ins: m-:, ?: **nu Wi' 'I i; 11... ?: in. > ,i.:\t - ill <>' -hi* to- . iii couuiwith whom th y advise and anions* whom tr they find time to do a gicat mount of educational work. ! t\ , Under the direction of the district ! ; ifurestets there are twenty-four J , cour.tit-s r.o.v co-opt ruling v.:th th- jfT State and F.de:al Government a ^ : <?dy -u three hundred men who as c j ^ I j the actual organize!. and dii r. !' of th- :i:e fighting fere They.'0 , too, ar given duties such as , r carding th" wods with w.o-nivu . -ign?, instructing as sound mei.1i J ?' ods Oi firest pr.'i tiee ami :> ::chin.-. i cure nr.d advantages of timber vii-j!' i tur and con solvation to the peorl.il with whom they ar in most inti-j ;r [jir.i.te c. t.i Thc.-e forest wardens . . in turn have on their lists as depuIties ti he snimoned in time of need i body uf a thousand nun, ready to v: < respond to calls and constantly irr*. ^ prt>\ np in tffectivems; and moraic. T, During the "spring fir a on, u ! which is only recently over in the mountain di^tr t -. the results of fire E prevention organist ion were shown w in dramatic fashion by the extr. me- J* ' ly limited nr. as to which fires, once started, were confined. To prcccnt n ' i fire sorting, it is iicccarr.ry, where n conditions are such as to make th- s< weeds dangerou-. to have cartful- r : suss on th part of those using. ' working in, or traversing forest ' lands. Although much time, thought and cure is given to the effort of i.vuhitirg this spirit of caution, it ' t.? . mo-i' iilil habits . ~|aiui i . .-turns and i'ir? , thecefoie, | * i i :uc c.i f.oqucnt. occurence dur-i ! iim i tir. s'ji-ons. In the organiz-1el J eel counties. however, the warden? i '?]an.d their deputies are acting with L"j greater ccUrity. sometimes with the -! i.i>tan;ancous quality of a city fir j department. As a result, fires that (ir. former years would have swept '?I whole townships are now frequently ^ . held in their tracks, with losses rel^ J stively insignificant wher compared - to t > risk. Is on*- distri t although - ihrv- . ic a .. r . ?;C!Uei,. | ; ?.tis utL.s, ino average- area j j d < \. i was ! ok s th.ui thirteen! acres! s Co-operating in the work of pre- j k vent ion are nine counties in the \\Y> tern and Southwestern District, six! in the Northwestern and nine in the ! Eastern District, r. Harry Lee Baker, Assistant Fore?- _ d ter referred to above, is just taking c up his work with the Survey, having] reported for duly on June 16. Hoj takes over the work formerly car- i t- ried on by W illiam Barrow Clark,! - whose untimely death a little over a i year ago was such a loss to the ser-i vice. The vacancy cased by Mr.] Clark's death was hard to fill, and j IC Mr. Baker was tendered the position! n after long consideration. He i< a j trained irradate in forestry, has had ; 11 a wide experience in the National | Forests in the West, and comes to North Carolina after valable expert** ence in direction of the forestry ir work in the Sothwestern district of ** Virginia.?Natural Resources, id ir * lg TAKE NO THOUGHT saying, What shall we eat? or, What shail M we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we n be clothed? But seek ye first the ^ kingdom of God, and his righteousness: and all these* th'ngs shaN be added unto you.?Matthew 6:31,33. r failed Jesus was victorious. He completely broke the power ?f the enemy that forevermore is the conquered foe of the race. His kingdom j is apparent never real. Thaak God ' Satan is a vanpuished for Aer, however troublesome he may be. GLiCY FAVGR1NG ELECTRTC FARMS sneral Electric Co-operating to Make Electricity Available in Agriculture. Extending electric service to the 0.000 farms of the United States has cn made one of the principal obctives of the General Electric Comny. which is desirons of seeinsr this mease market and field of usefnisr. made accessible. It is the belief men at the head of that company nt 'he way will be found to take "ctririty to the farmer on a prcf.t?le economic basis, and that when s way is discovered, the completo . dnttorfzinK of farm life will r." i.* Practical difficulties have del.a .hI rm plortrffioitlnn jPcow There h!*2 ?!: ?e tnncmi?ini t'nn. - r.- - ' rongh :.rrlr*i!Mir::l KTtion?. f a nsttally ?o rideljr *rated i - -c ake economical elec'ric service to imnracticn]. Tnr?fprmip Ccst a Problem To ! a step-ilc-.rn tnri "nr ihr': tlon to serve a f.~ ^ c Us :ir!y a?* rnui 1 ;.-nr to y a Vm* r?l far;n?. Transformers ; re o*~ n I in tapping a hi:;h-v - t::.::sin lin'-. Ti e r'r pr ' '.. it i* fo rot pleado rrio*? ?t a r >pt low en-rvh to ':p it prol'ahlo f h;n to m . The liii'y company's n-fV. :i ! .o i p'y ^ *<.r\:ce at a r. j- tin* v'M enable to net a fair return on the invsted pital. Agrioaltur t! machinec'urers and clec'rlml m-:* -? v? before them the ft' Vc " rf -! -iirg implements end up" ' '< r in f voj V that . :: I. - sr. nd 'in p^'.-nr A * nt o: rnnira?!:- ! :o-,vn r?? '?* r: Ittc on th'- Relat: of II to \ la tac! ling t-' i ir pr??l?l?'::?s of farr?: elect rifi V* crimittoo rnrr",-r i*. i" : ;v.rtio? on !.">"*i of : e ' farmer? wtto v.-;".: ;ho 'oetrir ic-vice and the mar.;:.*- ctur s htp-iaoss Interest- v.' t vil' H'v it. K.-ve Farm Women in Mind T ' :li '!ri:dg?rv out of rorr "b or' n ' farm is. in th< .. :i:. f C, - il I!!r. rrlr en-Tine* :*?. *;n even r? Titer economic end social necessity inn the improvement of the tool? ! by the farmer himself. An I: mortant feature of the Genera! Ilortric farm electrification program rhtch onot-.s up huge possibilities is tghway lighting. Research by the iKhting experts at Schenectady he.? evolope.'l a hlyhlv efficient .':nd eeoomioal lighting unit, which has been anted the N"? ralax unit. A do r? of th"se nlotlg a mile of awmn oad turn it into a white way. Fifteen farnuis of Union Countj re planning to grow improved ton lis year with a viui to field aekctioi f seed this fall, reports County Ag nt T. \V Bro< m. Take inf ^f^Jbs ? ? - *ak.\ -?^a % 4 for the liver Beware of imitations. Demand the Kenuir<ein 10c and 35c packoccu i.caring above trade mark. PAcr rm* Pres. Eliot Show Hgiv to Livs to '99 I! ^HAHI-P* VV f " - ^ Ea?-nt::r of Ha: . :\t*e ninetieth birth';..; %' lowing r-cipo for s. Wscore of year* to score ycarr .:n.l "How ro live "- f - ; . r.-izri:. Keep i circa he <r . kjx science. Give v.> y:rtir> as '.re:I -'5 >v : ,:-V. E- ri ;-e rc-ar-.; . . tlna a f..!5 . ? A vol-' the hnh'* i Roe^r-n-i; ! tobacco i?-.i . i : President Eliot holds t . t'on A-. .: !. mep " !i ? ?, - ~v lift- the ?' vr ; nt, nt r. T steamships. .-i;. - r planes breech "1 ? ? teleg:..ph. tel?- ^liono. I " ".?? pes',.f r:.r! r r'.np X y , '! .- if rr : 1 He v p; |? > th Gohenrr. - f? he Gem .::, Evp:-_ O. county a;i : *ta! .* n w <&. accurate record oi it' s.-*e? hint on -v day, fnm 21* th;t farjrer want "i . ru: > ; ? 139 diffc:;nt subject. | Housework and Headache There's relief for -vn? housewives who suffe' ..v.-ib aches and pains. When lack of fresh z?x. working over a hot v.ove and the odor of c.viiisg make your head throb, your back ache, your anha. tremble, just take >1 ;?r X Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain They'll relieve you and safely. ? Your druggist sells it pump i town 'lis sign 1 the I&ad M DARIr 5 SOLI NE in the Tank >~aperfect Minli in lln riiniiiiM 1