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*AGE TWO Interesting IN Reported 1 By M. K. DUNN* AG AN (Special Correspondent) Raleigh, N. C.?North Carolina, but for an unexpected trick of fate, wili again be sitting "on top of the worid" when the fall crops are garnered anc sold and the farmers total up then receipts for the summer's work. This State had reduced during tin past few years its cotton crop to t large extent, particularly as a resul of the "live-at-home" campaign o Governor Gardner, and had turned t< food and feed crops. Some slight re duction was also made in the tobacco and peanut crops, before the AAA. re duct ions were made. At this time the cotton and tobacc< crops arc excellent, and but for ai act of Providence, the fieids set t< these crops will produce abundantly Reports that cotton is expected to bt much smaller in production generally than was permitted under the AAA is expected to benefit this State materially, as it has a:i excellent crop, probably even more than the AAA rules allow, and may be able to sell the entire ere-? at the prevailing prices, rather than have to pay onethird of the excess as a penalty for over-production. Ami tobacco, that golden weed. now selling- at an average of around 22 to 24 cents a pound, will bring in a goMen stream to the tobacco-growing sections, even exceeding that of last year. after the price agreement had been reached. Present prices are almost twice those of the opening last year. Moreover, truck and fruits produced in numbers of counties ot the State have been and are bringing good prices, as compared with those of former years Apparently the low price potatoes brought, hurting growers in the northeastern section of the State, is the only complaint North Carolina growers will have this year, if a kind Providence continues to be considerate, and m contrast to the direful conditions that exist in other parts of the country. On top of ali this. North Carolip t growers have been getting reduct.-n; and rental funds in abundance. ^o.014having been distributed t tobacco growers, in addition to CVV A and ERA funds Watauga County has received in tobacco funds, in the past months with more- to come. HO \D MILEAGE IN CREASES VVatu iga County had St.4 miles pi State highways and 374 miles < ] county roads on July 1. 1934, accord ing to i survey maae nv toe ouu Highway and Public Works Comriiis sion, as compared with 76.(5 miles el State highways an! 3.15.6 miles ol county reads as of June 30. 1934 In mc.sc counties there ts an in-y^'T oroage ire . .iu-.ayt- ui b-iili Slate a:.. county highways, but in some instances a shrinkage is shown Tim dues i:u mean that some roads havf not been added durnig that four-yeai period, but in many cases it wn; found that the 1930 survey of count; roads, made as ? preparation for lb< State to lake over the county road: for maintenance, as pushed througl by CJbyemoi Gardner, was maecn rate. In some eases roads were list n that did sot iwsist at all The change: made since then have made the lig ures more accurate, but in most cases some road mileage lias been added throughout. Jr. the State system as a whole ii is shown that the present mileage i: 10,551.25, an addition of 1,630,4c miles to the S.920.80 miles making up the system four years ago. The 10 au1 f>=? i f et.ctam eludes 296.OG miles in the State system which are located in incorporated cities and towns, forming a part of the State system, hut not maintained by the State. This is done by the cities and towns in which they are located. PROTECT NATIVE FLOWERS Protection of native flowers anc shrubs from fire and oepredatior along the Park-to-Park Highway ii urged by Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, who advises tna public sentiment be aroused in com munities adjacent to the Parkway foi such protection. "I am confident this parkway wit annually bring thousands of people into North Carolina from all partr of the nation and if developed accord ing to Federal plans it will be the most outstanding road in the world," said Mr. Jeffress. Co-operation in developing native shrubs and Lowers and their protec ticn would result in "making otn mountain regions oven more attrac tive and the tourist business there fore more profitable," said the high way chairman. Surveying work in this State is ex pected to start this week, he said. WATAUGA'S SAI.ES TAX Watauga County paid a total o: $12,344.89 during the pa3t year it sales tax. Of this, $10,f>05.84 was pah by local merchants and merchant with their main offices in the State Sl.764.33 by chain stores with unit offices outside the State, aud $74.71 as the Si registration fee, by whiel it is seen that, this county has abou 72 stores. The general sales tax brought a to tal of $6,011,7700.16 in revenue to th( . State (not including $3,257.17 pale aud refunded), during the first yeai few* Items | ?rom Raleigh; ! of its operation, to June 30th, as is shown. It is not generally known, however, i that chain stores which have their i main offices outside the State paid i nearly a million dollars of this sum. or $359,653.27, while 85. HS,i75h26 was collected from local merchants 4 and from chain stores which have j their main offices within the State. y j Oi the amount, too. S38.408.30 was cj collected as the $1 registration fee ? J for each merchant doing business in _ i the State, the odd cents in the case j! of each county resulting from pen_ i aities imposed of a few cents for | delayed payment of this fee. i With sufficient allowance for the *1 small penalties, it is seen that there 1 were approximately 36,350 merchants ' paying the registration fee during the past year, this tax being in lieu of J former heavier taxes on merchants and reduced in consideration of their services in collecting the general sales I tax. POWER RATES KEDI CED Announcement of voluntary reduc-1 ta ns "f rates *n the Duke Power r. par.y ?o XortK Carolina users of r will saw more than Sl.OOn.OGO y an d South Carolina users x\ u. $300,000 a year, ls taken to mean rhat the State's largest power , company v i'l not lie down" before :;io TVA. but will, apparently. show f fight. >;vkient'.y to demonstrate the l.tznth of the. assertion if it is the f truiii that a highly organize-:! priii. (/orp?.ii*fltion can stand up and \ >rnp evert with government subI sidy. Thv new rates arc said to he alI most :ts low ;i>* those inaugurated by i the TVA js a '^yardstick," with the j differential u.C about the amount the ! private firm is paying In taxes. As a (pioneer in rati reduction, the puke j company evidently plans to show I that its rates are .sufficiently low as uot t< reqnirt ah invasion; of its territory by the TVA It w.Ji be interesting ' watch the results of a I war. if war ix is. between the pri viug cor md the government subsidy. What fleet the. reduction will have largo North Carolina power : i ' v er and Light, tlte Ti 1 to* ! -wer. Virginia Electric & 1 l ' . md th* Durham Public SCerypoir-jVanj 13 not kftr>wr? Supposedly it \vJ.!l bring reductions in rates of these v a.y..;.t?.v- The Carolina Power and Light Company branch at ; Asltev.Uie may even be taken over or tiiT-rir ) ,w..f r t-V..-. A ? . > u.vi VU -i?v L \ -X, ?A3 At IS U}?" erathig in the closest. proximity to 1 the benefits to bo derived from the ; TV A COMMITTEE MEET NOT CALLED The State Democraitc Executive Committee lias ud$ been r*?ied. to 1 moot yet, and the delay is giving the .vomer, candidates for National Comt mitteewoman. to succeed Mrs. Fal! iror .lerSfoh. resigned because of con dieting offices, a ease of r.erves. The > mooting probafcaly cvill bo held the ' latter part of this month, or early ' in September, in time to get forces > ready for the fall campaign. i , Meantime, the name of Miss Ethel - Parker, Gatcsville. long a member Of 1 the State Democratic Executive Comi mittoe, has been Drought forward. - Others mentioned are Miss Beatrice - Cobb, Morgan ton: Miss Mary Hen dersoii. Salisbury and Chapel Hill: Mrs. Marshall Williams, Faison, who appear active, and Mrs. C. W. Tillett i Jr., Charlotte J. Wallace Winborne, Marion, is expected to be renamed as chairman, Mrs. Thomas O'Berrv, of Goldaboro, n:ay have to give up the vice-chairmnn?h?n 1 m- >. J c? Norman Sheppard and George Rns3 Pou are possible secretary candidates. LVSl'RANCK RATES I/1WT.K North Carolina, again in 1933, pushed still lower the insurance premiums paid for fire insurance, carrying ihc average rate down to 82 cents on the S10O o? property in1 sured, five cents lower than the next i lowest and 54 cents lower than the ' highest paid in the Southeastern . states. Insuran ce Commissioner Dan : C. Boney reports. The report is based t on reports of 195 fire insurance firms - doing business in the State last year and writing more than 88 per cent of the total business, the balance be' ing done by mutual companies, i North Carolina has had the lowest s rate in this territory for years, and her rate last year of 82 cents cem: pares with an 87-cent rate in Virginia. ' 90-cent rate for Louisiana: Tennessee and Florid;-:, 97 cents; Georgia and s South Carolina, 99 cents. North Carolina's record reflects the r deoression in the -' both in decrease in amount of msur J ance carried and in the amount of -1 fire losses paid, due to incindiarism. in part. But last year a slight tn-1 crease was shown in amount of ini suranee in force and a big drop in j the amount paid in fire losses. Poverty owners received 55.4 per cent o.' r the premiums paid in 1933 in fire I losses, almost normal. In 1931, Die II worst year of the depression, fire i losses were 82 4 per cent, of pre, miums paid. ij I SOME HIGHWAY FIGURES i North Carolina's State and county t highways, if laid end to end, would aboift reach two and one-balf times - around the world at the Equator. The ; mileage is 57,302.25, of which 10,1 551.25 miles arc- in the State system r i and 48,751.1 are in the one hundred WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVERY county systems. Of the Slate system,< 296.06 miles are n: incorporated clt-' ies and towns and are not maintained j by the State, hut by the cities and J legislature will be beseiged to have; the State take over and maintain j these State-numbered city and town! streets. The North Carolina Muoici-' -pal League has already asked Chat the cities be relieved of it. I.E V KETIJKXS TO PRISON Col Luke Lea, the State's most distinguished prisoner, returned to the State prison Thursday ueariy an hour before his parole expired at noon, donned his Grade B prison garb and returned to his duties of making N. C. automobile license plates, after attending the funeral in Tennessee on Monday of his youngest son, Percy. 24. killed in an automobile accident in Illinois. Col. Lea was accompanied here by Mrs. l-.es and their young daughter, who will spend a few days in Raleigh. Two State guards, a $10.000 bond and premises of political friends and foes in Tmmessee, including the Governor, were required to insure his safe return to North Carolina by Governor FThnnghaus. THE LIVE AT HOME PROGRAM North Carolina's 'Live at Home" ; program, inaugurated in 1929 by i Governor Gardner and carried th'ru | under a long-time p.'an enlarged by I Governor Ehrlnghaus. has attracted [such nation-wide attention thai the ; Bulletin" of the- Agricultural Comj mission ot the American Bankers Associhtion f-<r August devoted three of its four pages to a. summary, fivejycar report, table.? showing increase jui food and feed crops and thirteen 'pictures of rural live-al-home activities. In the five-year period. J92M-33. it shows that cotton acreage was reduced 34.4 per cent., with slight reductions in acreage of the two other main money crops, tobacco and peanuts. A few of the minor food crops were reduced, such as wheat, oats, barley and rye. but corn was increased in acreage, lo.o per cent, in land development crops, lespedeza increased in acreage 323 per cent, cowp? as, 1"?5 per cent; soybeans. S.2 per cent, and nay. 22.6 per cent; home ! A* wS ( BHZMDnMnBaMmw CHEVROLET 9 HAVE BEER RS AS MUCH AS ? H K^nrv/i&im CH W. 1 THURSDAY?BOONE. N C. gardens mcreased in acreage 111 per p'1' eent; sorghum. SO per cent; truck Our crops. 11.4 per cent: sweet potatoes, v 38.5 per cent: Irish potatoes. 25.8 per ton cent: fruits also increased in bushel spit production: apples. 9P.9 per cent: , Pc? peaches. 32 5 per cent: pears. 11.2 hco per c-en* pecans, 5.4 per cent; live- 13 1 stock nereases in five years were hac d3iry cows. 15 per cent; other cows., too 3.0 per cent, brood sows, 16 per cent; st-n sheep. 4.5 per cent: laying hens. 14.6 j the per cent. ."wa The State grows enough irisb and. he ; sweet potatoes for its own consump- ] ; tio-j. but needs :norc m other basic j the foods It produced only 77 per centla-s of th> cent needed in 1933; only 3o!ofl per cent of the wheat, 23.7 per cent'5'?' of tne oats. 91 per cent of the hay,' th; 67.6 per cent of the beef and veal:! 'f 20 pe: cent of !r.,nb mutton; 73.5 per "" cent i the pork and lard; 61 periP1"' cent of the milk and 65 per cent ofi'lu the noultrv and efrss. i tht The shift (from money to food?fiM l and feed crops) kept thousands of!Hn farmers from losing their farms dur- (Wl Lag The bad times, as they were able | to use cash crop returns mainly toja pay interest on mortgages and to re- 1 ? tire production credit iens," the Bui-i letin /:atesl In ||33 the canned fruitr! and vegetables jumped to 11,570.950 I Cans, as compared with an average ' of around a million cans a year lor | the 12 years up to 11*31. Canning, pre-! j serving, gardens, fields, storage houses. sorghum grinding and boiling and ; other Jive-at-honsc activities arc ; shown in the pictures carried. liAHUEN QUESTION | VVlial vegetables are rocoramended J for planting for the fall and winter | gai <Ion ; Answer: Snap beans, turnips, musi tard and spinach are the main crops, planting at this time. However, i ; in extreme eastern sections it is not I i too late to plant busk lima beans, j i sweet coir, and set plants of celery j 'and tomatoes. The time of seeding alii vegetable crops and tile rate of plant- I iiig for the different sections is given in Extension Circular No. 122, copies of which riay be secured by writing the agricultural editor, State College al Raleigh. klbnC run a RICES :OSCED prices. Large sal purchase prices, H AM Chevrolet now jL|hf.| i obtainable?a bi BH BB merit?safe, weat economy of a va _J dependability. Ir [? lower prices, Ch J measure, for coi CHETV Cornpc EVI R.. Chevro BOONE, NORTI pkussion ov .vr-?a2t-%?'.av dear fr lands: Howe I'e should iike to take this oppor- Brew ity to pay tribute to the beautiful i and it of low and sympathy e- th? pit. c.f Boone and the neighbor- . uesig" d aioiiud about. Over ami over ovt rnr sorrow our thoughts have gone -*rom k to the neighborly interest you k in as, who were comparative w* ingers in your midst, and to your lughtfillness expressed in so many ys. Surely, greater kindness could found nowhere! For the beautiful wcrs which you sent So brighten ??? bedside of one who loved flowers few people do. for your hospitable D< er of rooms ancf automobiles, for ijr personal expressions of sympa- \ If .* and interest, and for the tireless Co orts of doctors ar.d nurses we .are jn. >rc grateful than words can ox- |H :ss. What a comfort it was to feel it we were surrounded not only by j kindest of friends, but also by as j r* e medical aid as could be found ywhere! The things you did for us j gj 11 linger long in our memories, and j ? people of Boone will always have y warm place in our hearts. HUSTLING FOR BUSINESS tal Came! when "low." Soon fatigue an Camels restore your flow of energy. O.K.! Camel's costlier tobaccos d "GeiallS will I WEST PR 1 SIX The exceptional popularity which ( for many years has naturally had i ;es have enabled Chevrolet to mail which were recently lowered even offers you the lowest priced six g, comfortable car with Fisher Bo herproof, cable-controlled brakesIve-in-head, six-cylinder engine?a i offering this car, and the Master ro evrolet hopes to repay the rnoti isistently placing Chevrolet so 1 P.OLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, ] ire Chevrolet's low delivered prices and cosy G.M A General Motors Value let Comp I CAROLINA AUGUST 1(5. 1S?34 At::io fitting to us that the rs which you had sent Mrs. er an" which she had admired appreciated so much were rht to Raleigh and made into a ii which rests at the head of her a beautii'ui expression of love a people who proved themselves real friends. th deep appreciation, we are Yours sincerely. TAUCOTT \Y. BREWER. J. C. W ATKINS, W. H IV ATKINS. 3 You Wear Cotton? necessary, it's hotter to wear tfcoft stockings and life ;iuranee than to wear silk and kc a chanco. RANK M. PAYNE General Agent 5CURITY RIFE AND TRUST COMPANY 7inslon-Salem. North Carolina ces energy, so srnokc o d irritability go...because Steady smoking? That's 0 not upset the nerves* 1 a Camel !w >? i Pc LUt prtv of tjtundanf ?c*uIu,t at Flint, Sfichlgdi^ th bumptrt, spitrv tire and tllnprice U f!8 additional!, ret fo dinnsn ti ithout none?. li?o ?.? . uuo cujwycu ts effect on Chevrolet \tain consistently low further. As a result -cylinder automobile dy styling and refine?the smoothness and ;nd typical Chevrolet odcla, at substantially >ring public in some ugh in public favor. MICHIGAN r * r* - i. /x. u. terras. DCAi_?r> AOVBUnSSMEWr any
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