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Corporation Values Dropped Considerably In ’31 SHOW DECLINE OF OVER 13 MILLION DOLLARS, REPORT Total Assessments On Public Service'Corpora tions In State Suffered Decided Slump Last Year. Total assessments on public service corporations in North Carolina for 1931 were $351,683,433, a decrease of $13,251,578 under 1930, the state board of assements has reported. A $14,000,000 decrease was shown in the assessments for railroads, the 1931 figures being $219,576,509 com pared to $233,593,460 for 1930. In creases were reported for power and telephone companies, but decreases were shown in the assessments for tel egraph companies and the Pullman company. Power company assessments for 1931 were placed at $110,651,173 compared to $110,408,572, in 1930. Telephone company assessments were increased from $16,706,918 in 1930 to $17,830,212 in 1931. The tel egraph companies’ assessments were de creased from $2,188,816 in 1930 to $1,952,416 in 1931. The 1931 assess ment of the Pullman company was $1,150,000 compared to $1,397,450 in 1930. counties levy aa valorem taxes bas ed on the assessment on the public ser vice corporations "property within their bounds.” The Southern Railway company, the largest individual public service cor poration operating in North Carolina, showed a decrease of approximately $5,800,000 in its assessment. The 1931 figure was $90,825,909 compared to $96,648,310 for 1930. The Carolina Telephone and Tele graph showed a greater 1931 valua tion than the American Telephone & Telegraph company, although in 1930 their assessments were the same $2, 750.000. For 1931 the Carolina valu ation was $3,000,000; the American company $2,850,750. The largest valuation few telephone ”' Southerr^Bef^Bfipai^^a^^^^lJ^o" compared to its 1930 valuation of $9, 245.000. The Interstate Telephone company’s valuation was $5 50,000 in 1931 compared to $425,000 in 1930. The total valuation for all bridge and canal, turnpike, steamboat and ferry companies was $25,000 in 1931 compared to $119,910 in 1930. Ex press companies’ valuation remained the same, $337,000. Water companies were valued at $106,500 in 1931 com pared to $121,075 in 1930. Refriger ator companies valuation for 1931 was $54,623 compared to $61,810 in ’930. U. S. TO STICK PINS IN BULLS Washington—A plan to stick pins in bulls to make them bellow for the talkies is being considered by'the de partment of agriculture. Intent upon carrying on a cross breeding experiment, the department has imported a shipment of hearty Africander bulls and heifers from South Africa. Soon they will be tak en to Texas for experiment. In order to develop interest in the Africanders, ] the department is inviting motion pic tur newsreel companies to send cam eramen to photograph the unusual herd, and, aided by a few pins, get their bellows in sound reels for pos terity. Used Stenographers In Blackmail, Claim Dallas, Texas—How certain pretty stenographers allegedly dated up their married employers and then black mailed them has intrigued police here. The self-styled president of the Tir ed Business Men’s Association, indict ed by the county grand jury on a charge of embezzling from a typist, was believed to know the details. Police accused him of operating an employment agency for stenographers that amounted to a racket with busi ness men as the victims. The scheme, police explained, was this: The man got jobs for stenogra phers on the condition that they would sign contracts with him agree ing to go on parties with their em ployers and demand money later for eventualities of misconduct they were to permit. The association president got most of the money, police said. One busi ness man was reported to have paid $3,500. There is a restaurant in New York that serves a full couse dinner for a dime. SESSSSSKSBKS55SSS5SS / 2 0 per cent reduction to customers on all shop labor, effective February 11 th. This reduction in repair cost to you is in keep ing with the trend of the times. We believe our customers will appreciate this opportunity to bring in their cars for necessary repairs, which means economy and safety for them. McCANLESS MOTOR COMPANY Salisbury, N. C. Our Service and Used Car Departments Fix yours and Sell ours RIGHT. _ Big “Dollar Saving” News for Chevrolet Owners! <2S)%c Reduction In Service Prices for Next 60 Days HERE IS JUST ONE OF THE many SPECIALS * : en fender bolts, complete chassis lubrication, Only I i front wheels, generator, steering, motor, dis tributor, door hinges, door locks and check ^ Raney-Cline Motor Co. Phone 633-634 >: b >: £: I I If you are asked-- 1 i I | We cut no corners, re-1 jj gardless of our price. | | * | I Ours is a Service for all, j | irrespective of circum-| I stances. j >: :« g :« g - ® I MRS. GEO. C. PEELER i | g I Lady Attendant H i i I -I-8 . | | Geo. C. Peeler j | j {Funeral Home} j | Funeral Directors and Embalmers I | 1 | 318 5. Main 5t., Salisbury, N. C. | I 1 1 Phone 108 Day or Night | I 1 &:3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g)g3gJg3g^<agJg3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g%C3g)gJg3g3g3g390g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g3g9g3g9g3eQg3g3g North Carolinian Wins Automobile PAUL R. VESTAL, 822 Silver Ave nue, Greensboro, has just been notified that he won the 197th automo bile in the daily nation-wide Cremo contest announced each week-day night over the Columbia network. Mr. Vestal was born in Greensboro in 1910, is unmarried and has been en gaged in the banking business for three years. He has his choice of a Ford, Chevrolet or Plymouth automo bile as a reward for writing the win ning statement. Made World Chew Gumi William Wrigley, Jr., Chicago chewing gum magnate, owner of the Chicago Cubs, Catalina Island, and many millions, died in Phoenix. He established his business in forty countries. Will Always Grow t Cotton And Tobacco ’ North Carolina farmers will always ! grow cotton and tobacco. They know how to grow the two crops; they are trained and equipped to grow them; ancLthey know that during any given . series of years, these two crops have returned the highest acre income. In this manner,. C. B. Williams, head of the department of agronomy at State College, sums up the question of whether Tarheel farmers should plant cotton and tobacco this year. Mr. Williams contends that prices below the cost of production are no new thing. This has been true since 163 0 when the early colonists of Virginia said that only the best quality of to bacco paid the cost of production. In 1894, cotton brought only 4.6 cents a pound on December first. At times since then the price of both crops has been below the cost of production. "But,” says Mr. Williams, "despite these low prices, farmers have reduc ed their acreages, have made good yields on what acres they have plant ed, and, when increased consumption came about, the ruinous prices did not usually remain for any great length of time.” Established Lawn Needs Some Care Once the homeowner has a good lawn established, his problem thereaf ter is to keep it in a thrifty condition. The solution of this is to be found in how he waters, mows and fertilizes his grass. "As it becomes more difficult to get stable manure at reasonable prices, homeowners are finding the use of commercial fertilizers to be more prac tical in supplying plant food to their lasfrns and grounds,” says Glenn O. Randall, floriculturist at State Col lege. "A good lawn mixture would analyze 10 percent phosphoric acid, 6 percent nitrogen and 4 percent pot ash. Other formulas may be satisfac tory if they contain enough of these three plant foods. However, it is de sirable that one-half the nitrogen be from the quickly available inorganic sources such as nitrate of soda and the other half from the slower acting organic sources such as cottonseed meal. This helps to distribute the sup ply of nitrogen over a longer period. Apply these fertilizers at the rate of ten pounds to each 100 square feet.” When the grass is two to three inch es high it should* get its first cutting with the mower blades set high. Then the lawn should be mowed regularly thereafter as the grass reaches this height. It is unnecessary to remove the cut grass unless it has been allowed to grow too long or the weather is ex tremely wet. Thirty Bushels Of Corn Results From Lespedeza An increase of 30 bushels of corn an acre by the simple expedient of growing lespedeza on poor land is the interesting result reported by B. G. Jeffries of Burlington, Alamance County. Enos C. Blair, extension agronomist it State College, reports the incident. 'In February of 1929, Jeffries plant id lespedeza on two acres of land. 1 arm is a typical old belt tobacco farm ,nd the sod is a white sandy loam, in locent of any organic matter,” says dr. Blair. "The slopes are all badly roded. In 1929 and 1930, the lespc leza was harvested for seed but all he stalks and leaves were left on the land. Last year, 1931, the two acres were turned for planting corn. Six ad ditional acres adjoining were also planted at the same time.” Mr. Blair says the corn for the eight acres was fertilized with 200 pounds an acre of a 10-4-4 mixture and plant ing was done on May 15. No top dresser was used. However, the lespe deza land showed the same effects of having been top-dressed with nitrogen fertilizers since the corn grew faster, larger and looked more thrifty than the corn on the six acres without les pedeza. AUDIT REQUIRED Rflleigh—-Superintegdfzftts,l?£,x'vt’lic nstruction in the loo counties of the state have been sent instructions rela tive to the annual audit required of all school records by the new law, by Charles M. Johnson, director of local government. This Is One of the Jobs That Fame Brings ...... ■■■I.... OW wouldn’t you like to be Bing Crosby or at least be in his shoes? He has just been selected to judge a beauty contest at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, so to be quali fied for the job—and he admits it’s go ing to be quite a job—he has been practicing up on some of Broadway and Fifth Avenue’s most famous mod els. Perhaps you recognize some of them from advertisements you have seen in the newspapers and maga zines. Bing, who sings on the Cremo program every week night over the Columbia Broadcasting System, was comparatively unknown a few months ago. Now, because of his original type of singing he is one of Broad way’s reigning theatrical and radio stars. He is, as the New York Tele graph says, ‘‘the boy who went over with a bang with hi- peculiar style of singing songs by tumbling from bar to bar in a pleasing exhibition of vocal musical gymnastics.” If such musical success is apt to give one so pleasant a job as judging beauty contests, we predict an unusual increase in the ranks of the musical gymnasts. Per haps you might listen to Bing to find out how it’s done. CoaldYouPfOUe it? (IFFIRE destroyed C/ your place of busi ness today, could you prove your loss to the insurance adjuster? Would your credit be good? Could you collect your charge accounts? I There's a the some whereto America seen I 58secondsWho'smexff h| Many old safes are not dependable, and f Greproor omkunas orten have their contentsbumed. A Shaw-Walker Execu tive Safe is real protection at moderate cost Then's a safe and interior to fit your requirement Come in anti see itl ROWAN PRINTING CO. ' 126 N. Main St. Salisbury, N. C. Phone ... 532 Notice! Notice! 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