New Power Rates Are Now In Effect
Consumers To
Pay $1,337,000
Less In Yeai
Duke System Makes The
Second Reduction
In Year
Reduction in electric rates ann
ounced by the Duke Power com
pany and Southern Public Utilitie
company, effective with meter read
ings on and after Sept. 1, will sav
users of electricity in the Duke sys
tern in the two Carolinas approxi
mately $1,337,000 annually.
In November, 1932, the com
panics put into effect reduction
in rates that cut down the ag
gregate electric bill on its systen
about $1,357,000 annually.
The total reduction made in les
than two years will amount to ;
savine of $2.694.000 each vear
which is regarded as a phenomena
cut in cost of a utility service.
Effective with bills to be ren
dered for September and thereaft
er, the charges for electric and ga:
service will be at the new rates
which recentlly were approved b)
the North Carolina Utilities com
mission and the South Carolina
Railroad commission.
The Duke companies announcec
the reduction in rates with the fol
lowing explanation:
"The new rate schedules are
simple in structure and will be
easily understood by any customer.
The new residential and commercial
rates for electricity will make it
even more desirable and profitable
for our customers to enjoy the
widest possible use of electrice ser
a r r 11
vice. a maiLci ui lact liic \jmy
justofication for these new rates is
the confident anticipation that our
customers will find it to their ad
vantage to make a larger use of
electric service for all purposes.
"The new schedules of rates, to
be effective for the service that is
now being given, will be markedly
lower than the old. These rates will
apply in all communities served Ey
the Southern Public Utilities com
panyi including the smallest towns
and villages and rural communities.
The new schedules are on file and
available to customers at all of out
branches. The public is invited to
inspect and study these schedules.”
The old schedule No. 1 for resi
dential electric services, available foi
lighting, cooking, heating, refrigera
- i • -1 .1 - • . _1 ..
Liun ailU lllClUCULdl pwti tmuw;
of a residential nature, had a flat
charge of $1 per customer pet
month and a meter charge of 3.75
cents per KWH for the 150 KWH
used per month and three cents pet
KWH for all consumption in ex
cess of 150 KWH per month.
The new schedule No. 1 for resi
dential electric service has a rate of
80 cents for the first 10 KWH, oi
less, used per month; 6.5 cents pei
KWH for the next 20 KWH usee
per month; three cets per KWh
for the next 100 KWH for all ovei
130 KWH used per month.
There are also lower schedules fo
commercial electric lighting servic
and water heating service and
new optional gas schedule is offered
Say "I Saw It In The Watchman.
Population Of
N. C. Greatest
In Southeast
1 Census Bureau Estimate
Of 3,301,000 Leads All
Others In Southeast
Washington.—North Carolina
' continues to maintain its position
* as the most populous state in the
' southeast.
: The state’s population on July
■ 1 was estimated by the .census
■ bureau at 3,301,000 compared with
3,170,276 shown by the official cen
- sus of April 1, 1930.
i Georgia, the state s nearest rival
•jin the southeast fell further behind,
t having an estimated population of
2,911,000 on August 1 compared
! with an official 1930 census of 2,
i 908,506.
, Until 1930, Georgia — the
! "south’s empire state”—wals the
most populous in the southeast.
Census bureau estimates of pop
ulation in southeastern states on
; July 1 follow:
North Carolina, 3,301,000.
Georgia, 2,911,000. _
Alabama, 2,710,000.
Tennessee, 2,676,000.
Virgina, 2,446,000.
Louisana, 2,166,000.
Mississippi, 2,057,000. >
1 South Carolina, 1,750,000.
j Florida, 1,575,000.
in tne soutn as a wnoie, mciuu
ing Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Kentucky, North Carolina was out
ranked only by Texas which had
an estimated population of 6,073,
000 on July 1.
Estimated populations for the
other southern states were: Ok
lahoma, 2,475,000; Arkansas, 1,
876,000, and Kentucky, 2,157,000.
Capone Files
New Plea
;
L Washington.—"Scarface'’ A'l
Capone, one-time overlord of Chi
cago gangland, took his fight for
release from federal prison, to the
United States Supreme Court.
While the former king of mod
ern gangsters became acquainted
with his new home on Alcatraz
Island. America’s "Devil Island’’
in San Francisco Bay, his attorneys
filed a petition with the United
States Supreme Court here asking
his release from federal prison on
the grounds that he had been ille
gally prosecuted in Chicago.
The petition contended that the
tme limit for prosecution on charg
es of income tax avasion had ex
pired under the statute of limita
tions when he was convicted in
Chicago.
The petition will be heard by the
United States Supreme Court on
October 1. It was filed on behalf
of Capone by three attorneys, Wil
' liam E. Leahy and William J.
Hughes, of Washington, and
' Frank A. Doughman, of Atlanta,
: Ga.
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The housing drive is fine, but it
will take a garageing drive to create
real enthusiasm.
Orders Payment Of
Sales Tax Before
Issuing Tag Plate
Maxwell Rules $10 Maximum Levy Must
Be Paid Before License Is Issued
In North Carolina
License plates cannot be issued
in North Carolna for any new
motor vehicle in the future until
the $10 maximuum sales tax has
been paid, according • to an order
issued by A. J. Maxwell, commissi
oner of revenue for the state.
L. S. Harris, director of the
motor vehicle bureau, has for
warded Mr. Maxwell’s instructions
to the various branches of the Car
olina Motor cluub selling license
plates. The order reads in part as
follows:
"To prevent the evasion of the
North Carolina sales tax act, you
are hereby drected and required
to refuse to issue a license plate
for any new motor vehicle until
the $10 maximum tax has been paid
or until you have been furnished
with a certificate by licensed North
Carolina dealer that the tax has
been collected by him and will be
remitted by him to the state, un
less you shall be fully convinced af
ter careful investigation that the
sale of such motor vehicle is not
subject to the North Carolina sales
tax.
If the sale of the car is actually
-\
solicited in North Carolina and
bought by a resident of North
Carolina, it is fair to presume that
it is a North Carolina sale and the
dealer in making such a sale is sub
ject to the North Carolina tax.
"In such a case you should re
fuse to issue a license to a resident
of this state unless you are fully
satisfied that the sale was made
and actually delivered in good faith
out ofthe state of North Carolna.
If it apppears from your investiga
tion that the delivery out of the
state was made for the purpose of
evading the North Carolina sales
tax low, this would be a more
colorable outside delivery and the
car would be subject to the North
Carolina tax.’’
The highway patrol and the
motor chib both havle been re
quested to authorize prosecution of
violators of the law, of cars are
purchased out of the state in an
attempt to avoid paying the sales
tax and then are driven over the
hihways of the state without first
procuring and attaching a state
license.
Premiums Restricted
To Carolina Products
—
The North Carolina State Fair
will restrict its premiums on agri
cultural products to North Caro
lina growers alone and will pay
competitors $10,500 for the agri
cultural exhibits made.
"This means that Tarheel farm
ers should plan to enter more of
their products at the Fair this year,"
says Dean I. O. Schaub, head of the
extension service at State College.
"We are asking our county farm
and home agents to aid growers in
selecting and preparing exhibit ma
terial when possible but we shall
not be able to aid in this work to
any great extent due to emergency
canning and crop adjustment pro
grams now underway. The fair last
fall was an excellent expostion but
failed to measure the agriculture of
the State because of the few agri
cultural exhibits made. I am hope
ful that this will be remedied this
fall.”
The State Fair will be held during
the week of October 8 to 13. The
Snake Beheaded
By Lightning
Jenkinsville, S. C.—Strange
pranks were played by a bolt oi
lightning during a thunderstorrr
here recently.
United States via the lecture
platlorm.
First it struck a tree and snappec
off the head of a snake hidden in :
knot hole. Then it jumped eight
feet to a parked automobile anc
tore two holes in the top.
Still unspent, the bolt plowed ;
furrow in the earth about 10 feet
long and showered loose dirt on th;
top of a house 30 feet away.
As the waltz is said to be com
ing back, the overdue subscriber;
might waltz up to the newspapei
office and pay their old bills.
An explorer has gone a half mill
down into the ocean, but acc'ordinj
to the old song, McGinty wen
'■ deeper than at.
i
Cardui Helped Lady
For Nervousness and
Run-Down Condition
*T have taken Cardui several
times for weak, run-down condi
tion and it has helped me,” writes
Mrs. Walter M. Coulon, of Forsyth,
Ga. “I was nervous and suffering
from a weak condition. There
were davs when I had to lie down
luring tb„ .y. I sent for six bot
S!es of Csr-f\‘\ as it had helped me
before. C;" r’td gave me strength,
Stopped (' nervousness and helped
Sne in e\^j way.” ... Cardui may
be Just what you need. It can’t do
you any harm, so why not try it?
Thousands of women testify Car
dui benefited them. If it does not
benefit YOU, consult a physician.
$1 • bottle, at drug stores.
premium list has been printed and
is now ready for distribuution, Mr.
schaub said. Those desiring copies
of the list should make application
directly to Mr. Norman Y. Cham
bliss, manager, at Raleigh.
Until last fall, county home and
farm agents were able to give con
siderable time to selecting, assem
bling and preparing farm products
for exhibit at the .annual State Fair.
However, the cotton plow-up cam
paign, the tobacco work and the
emergency canning program pre
vented the agents from taking an
active part in helping with the fair
in 1933.
This should not deter individuals
from selecting their choice live
stock, field crop and garden to be
shown at the fair this fall, said Mr.
Schaub.
Truth is said to be stranger than
fiction, but some people say they do
not hear it often enough so they
can form any opinion about it.
Are You More or Less "Culti
vated” Than Your Neighbors? A
Distiguished University Professor
Has Devised a Set of Rules By
Which You Can Measure Culture.
An Interesting and Instructive
Article in the American Weekly,
Which Comes With the BALTI
MORE AMERICAN, Issue of Sep
tember 9. Buy Your Copy From
| Your Favorite Newsboy or News
I dealer.
| NOTICE TO CREDITORS
j Having qualified as Administra
tors of the estate of L. M. Lippard,
this is to notify all persons having
j claims against the said decedent to
file an itemized, verified statement
of same with the undersigned on or
bfore the 30th day of July, 193 5,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their recovery. Persons indebted
■ to said estate are notified to make
prompt settlement.
This July 28th5 1934.
W. O. LIPPARD and V. H. LIP
• PARD, Admrs. of the Estate of L.
I M. Lippard, deceased.
: Aug. 3—Sept. 7.
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May be doubted if the hot wave
would have caused so much suffer
ing if it had not been for fear of
damage to be done to the hair
waves.
Sale of Real Estate In
The Town Of Rock
well For Non-Pay
ment Of Taxes
Pursuant to the provisons of the
Charter of the Town of Rockwell
and as provided by law, for sale of
real estate for non-payment of tax
es, and pursuant to the terms of i
resolution unanimously adopted b)
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the Town of Rockwell
North Carolina, the undersignec
Tax Collector will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder foi
cash at the courthouse door in Sal
isbury, North Carolina, on Mon
day, September 10th, 1934, begin
ning at 11 o’clock a. m., and con
tinuing until completed, for non
payment of taxes, real estate in the
Town of Rockwell on which tax
for 1933 has not been paid, the
name of the owner of said real
estate, description thereof and the
amount of taxes thereon, being as
set out below. To the amount stat
ed as due will be added all cost of
advertising, cost of sale and af
other legitimate charges:
Mrs. W. A. Beaver, house and
lot on Main Street_11.84
T-T W ftnct 97 irrpc 91 lnt«
in the town of Rockwell_42.27
Luther A. Cauble, house and
lot. Crescent Ave_5.04
R. S. Cooper, house and lot on
Main Street-7.35
B. A. Fisher, house and lot on
Gold Hill Ave_8.81
J. A. Heilig estate, house and
lot on Main Street_6.13
Chas. W. Holshouser, 30 acres
in the Town of Rockwell_15.94
J. R. Holshouser, 71 lots in the
Town of Rockwell_3.61
John L. Kluttz, 6 acres, town
of Rockwell_1.16
Mi^j Nora Kluttz Foil, 1 lot
Main, Street_1.18
W. C. Lisk, 1 lot on Main
Street_1.09
a .c .. t_<-» \jr.'
til UlUi *-! J X J )
Street_2.81
John Ray Lyerly, house and
lot, Main Street-' 6.11
Topsy Lyerly, house and lot
Main Street-9.13
Walter A. Miller, house and lot
town of Rockwell-4.48
William McCombs, 3 acres in
Town of Rockwell-2.68
D. L. Miller, house and lot on
Cherry Street-6.12
Homer C. Miller, house and lot
on Main Street-6.43
James C. Miller, house and lot
on Main Street-6.93
Jacob M. Miller, house and lot
on Main Street_ 9.21
Lester A. Miller, house and lot
on Main Street—,-9.34
J. S. M. Miller, 32 lots in the
Town of Rockwell-12.85
Sidney Miller, 16' acres, town
of Rockwell_2.46
George E. Misenheimer, house
and lot on Main Street— 3.98
Mrs. H. L. Misenheimer lot on
Main Street- .81
Raymond, Ralph and Ethel
Misenheimer, house and lot
on Main Street-9.82
A- T. C. Morgan, house and lot
on Crescent Ave_3.33
S. R. and J. B. Palmer, one1 lot
on Main Street-1.21
S. R. Palmer, 56 acres, Town
of Rockwell-..-29.59
James F. Parks, house and lot
on Gold Hill Ave-6.23
L. C. Ridenhour, house and lot
on Gold Hill Ave-6.41
Mrs. Daisy Trexler, house and
lot on Main Street-14.27
Clarence Wagoner, house and
lot on Salisbury Ave_5.61
O. F. Yeltori, house and lot
on Crescent Ave_4.27
COLORED
Mack Heilig, 3 acres, town of
Rockwell_1.15
Will Heilig estate, one acre— .75
J. L. STIKELEATHER
Tax Collector
LEGAL NOTICES
SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
PURSUANT to the terms of ;
certain Mortgage Deed of Trust
dated December 18th, 1924, execut
ed by P. C. Deal, and wife, Mar
tha Ed. Deal, to R. Lee Wright,
Trustee, which is recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds foi
Rowan County, in Book of Mort
gages No. 91, page 247, default
havirig been made in the payment
of the indebtedness thereby secur
ed, and at the request of the hold
er of such indebtedness, the under
signed will expose for sale, at pub
lic auction, for cash, at the Court
House Door, in the City of Salis
bury, on Saturday, the 6th day of
October, 1934, at 12 Noon, the
following described real estate:
One tract of land in Atwell
Township, and bounded as fol
lows:
BEGINNING at a stone in Ed
miston’s corner, running thence
S. 69 deg. W. 12.5 0 chains to a
stone; thence N. 22^2 deg. W. 8.50
chains to a stone; thence N. 53%
deg. W. 4.75 chains to an apple
tree; thence N. 20 deg. W. 7.75
chains to a stone on the old line;
thence N. 82 /z deg. W. 11.50
chains to a cedar tree; thence S. 9
deg. W. 18 chains to a stone;
thence S. 5 5 deg E. 10.20 chains
to a post oak (down); thence S.
86 deg. E. 25.25 chains to a stone;
thence N. 3 W. 15.23 chains to
the beginning, containing 57%
acres, more or less.
For back title see deed from Geo.
B. Woodward and his wife, S. J.
I Woodward, to P. C. Deal, register
ed in Book of Deeds No. 68, page
452 in the Register’s Office of
Rowan County.
A ten per cent cash deposit on
price bid will be required to be
put up by the bidder on day of
sale, otherwise, the next highest
bidder will be declared ;he pur
chaser.
This 1st day of September, 1934.
R. LEE WRIGHT, Trustee.
Sept. 7—28.
SALE OF VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE
PURSUANT to the terms of a
certain Mortage Deed of ■ Trust,
dated August 4th, 1924, executed
by Thomas Pinkston (Widower),
to J. FI. Johnson, Trustee, which is
recorded in the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds for Rowan County, in
Book of Mortgages No. 91, page
198, default having been made in
the payment of the indebtendness
thereby secured, and at the request
of the holder of such indebtedness,
the undersigned will expose for sale,
at public auction, for cash, at the
Court House Door, in the City of
Salisbury, on Saturday, the 6th day
of October, 1934, at 12 noon, the
following described real estate:
Lying in the South Ward of the
Town of Salisbury, N. C., and on
the South side of the N. C. R. R-*
adjoining the lands of Joseph
' Horah, N. C. Railroad and ’Col.
Wiseman, BEGINNING at a stone,
"Col.” Wiseman’s corner on Rail
road line; thence with said Wise
man’s line South 45 E. 3.21 chains
to a Stone on Ditch Bank; thence
South 1.33 chains to a Stone on
Ditch Bank; thence N. 45 W. 4.30
chains to a Stone on Railroad line;
thence with said line N. 60 E. 1.33
1 chains to the beginning, containing
y2 acre (One-half) and being the
same more or less.
It being a portion of Hbrah field
fronting on the N. C. Railroad
' between "Dixonville”, and the Na
; tional Cemetery.
1 For back title see deed from
' James hiorah to 1 nomas hmKston,
duly registered in the register’s
: Office of Rowan County, in Book
of Deeds No. 63, page 393.
; On this lot is located a six-room.
1 dwelling house.
' A ten per cent cash deposit on
> price bid will be requited to be put
! up by the bidder on day of sale,
■ otherwise, the next highest bidder
; will be declared the purchaser.
’ This 1st day of September, 1934.
R. LEE WRIGHT, Assignee and
Substituted Trustee.
■ Sept. 7—28.
■ NORTH CAROLINA,
; ROWAN COUNTY
: IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Nell Walter Foster, Plaintiff
, Vs.
Claude Foster, Defendant.
, NOTICE
lhe defendant Claude roster
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenc
ed in the superior court of Rowan
County, North Carolina, in which
. the plaintiff is asking for an abso
lute divorce from the defendant on
i the statutory grounds of two years
i separation, and the said defendant
, will further take notice' that he is
1 required to appear at the office of
, the clerk of the superior court of
> said county in the courthouse in
■ Salisbury, N. C., on the 15th day
i of September, 1934, or within
: thirty days thereafter and. answer
i or demur to the complaint in said
i action, or the plaintiff will apply
: to the court for the relief demand
, ed in said complaint.
(Signed) B. D. McCTjBBINS,
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Rowan County.
This 14th day of August, 1934.
Roy E. Mills, Attorney for Plain
tiff.
Aug. 17—Sept 7.
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