FEBRUARY FIRE LOSS SBOO.UOO RALEIGH HAS BEST RECORD AMONG LARGER CITIES OF STATE. 34 TOWNS ON HONOR ROLI Principal Class of Property Damaged or Destroyed Includes 144 Dwellings. . Raleigh. The aggregate of loss by fire in\ North Carolina during February was $864,251, according to official reports of each fire on file in the State Insur ance department, made public by Commissiner, Stacy W. Wade. This shows an increase of about $200,P00 over February last year. For the United States and Canda loss is estimated at $31,447,900, a de crease •of about $10,000,000 from last February. » The marked feature of the State’s loss is the small average loss of the 270 fires occurring as compared with the aggregate of 27 fires in which the loss was $5,000 and over. This totals $765,675, an average of $32,062 per tire, while for the remaining total of $98,576 for the other 243 fires, the average loss per fire Was but 405. The heaviest single losses were: a film exchange at Charlotte, $156,000; business building at Wilmington, $55,- 000; oil mill near Henderson, $106,000, fish fertilizer plant at Shallotte, $50,- 000; a store at Littleton, $30,000; dwelling at Pinehurst, $28,000. Charlote heads the cities with heavy losses, having had 28 fires with loss of $172,935, followed by Gastonia with 4 fires and loss erf $67,155; Wil mington with 11 fires, loss $58,915; and Winston-Salem with 37 fires, loss of $49,380. Raleigh has the premier record among the larger- cities, with 8 fires, and loss of $340. The major fire causes were defective flues and shing le roofs, 82; overshot stoves and fur naces, 15; oil stoves, adjoining build ing, smoking and over carelessness, 14; while spontaneous combustiton ac counted for 8 fires, incendiary, short circuit, child and match 6. There was not a single electric iron fire, but there was 3 due to explosion of lamps used under incubators. The principal classes of property damaged or destroyed includes 144 dwellings, 18 stores, 9 barns and stables and 7 werhouses, four schools and dormitories, 3 churches laundries and factories, and four hotels, movie theatres and cases. The statistical table also shows that while out of the 270 fires the losses of buildings was $390,695 and contents $473,556, or just about equal ly divided, in the 27 fires in which the big losses occurred, the contents loss exceeded the building loss by nearly four to one. The total value of property at risk is shown to be $4,938,029, insurance $3,033,924. The following towns and- counties reporting no fire or no damage from fire during February, are placed up on the department’s honor roll for the month. Plymouth, Thomasville, Mt. Olive.. Concord, Mt. Holly, Fairmont, Badin, Fuquay Springs, Spring Hope, Waynes ville, Roxboro, Wake Forest, Jackson ville, Stanley, Creedmoor, Tabor, Rockingham, Randleman, Albemarle, Elkin, Granite Falls, Lumberton, Hunt ersville, Marion, Tryon, Elm City, Forest City, Carthage, Hickory, Louis burg, Kings Mountain, Pilot Mountain, Murphy. Encampment Dates For Guard. Summer encampments for the North Carolina National Guard will commance this year on July 1, when the field Artillery regiment will go into training at Fort Bragg and will close on August 30, according to the April issue of the National Guard bulletin, which is issped monthly by Major Gordan Smith, Assistant Ad jutant General. According to the bul letin, there will be 3,000 guardsmen in camp, the largest number since 1916. The schedule of the training camps follows: Camp Glenn, N. C., July 20; 120th Infantry, StafT Corps and Departments, 30th Signal Company and 117th Mo tor Transport Company. Fort Bragg, N. C., July 1-15: 105th Engineers. Fort Bragg, N. C., April 2-16: 117th Field Artillery. Camp McCellan, Ala., August 4-18: 109th Calvary and 105th Medical Regi ment. Fort Monroe, Va., August 16-30: Coast Artillery. What Good Roads Have Done. Good roads saved each motorist 66 gallons of gasoline last year which at 25 cents the gallon, is a financial ad vantage of $16.50. The State Highway bulletin has figured out. The bulletin has found that the gasoline consumption per car during 1923 was 66 gallons less than 1922. Automobiles have increased and good roads have been conducive of greater use of them so that the estimate of saving is considered reasonably con servative. Governor to Visit Charlotte. Highway Chairman Frank Page has brought Charlotte into the Pan-Ameri can road show, and that city will be host Sunday, June 8, to the South American highway engineers and builders, ambassadors from ' South American countries, governors of seven states, Secretary of Commerae Herbert Hoover and other distingush ed officials and citizens of two contin ents, making up a party that will spend a week watching Tar Heel road builders at work. Receiving the news from Mr. Page Commissioner W. C. Wilkinson, of Charlotte, began devising ways and means of extending the visit at least another day. He will get the local folks behind him in plans for elabor ately entertaining the distinguished guests. And Mr. Page likely will be besought to give the city at least two days so that the visitors may have ample time to see the town and sur roundings. Approximatly 2,000 people are ex pected to be included in the list* ol invited guests to the' road show, which has been designated a “Shirt Sleeves” exhibition, because the visitors will come to see road construction in act ual progress in North Carolina. The state will give one grand show of its good roads, and it will be literally “showing the world” how to build them. • The South American highway engi neers and builders will number half a hundred. Seven ambassadors to the United States from South American countries will be in the party. Secre tary Hoover will represent the federal government. Governor Morrison and the governors of six South Atlantic states have accepted invitations. Sen ators Simmons and Overman, the North Carolina delegations in Con gress and senators and congressmen from other states will be present. In vitations have been extended to mem bers of road governing boards in every county in the South Atlantic states. The “Triangle Cities,” Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point will be the official hosts because of hotel fa cilities available in the three cities. Five hundred automobiles will be used in transporting them over the state. The official party, wihch will num ber about 75, will arrive in Raleigh on a special train June 4. Taking automobiles here it will go to Greens boro. Leaving Greensboro Saturday, the official party and visitors will go by automobile to Charlotte to spend Sunday; and Monday, if Mr. Wilkinson can carry out his plans. From Char lotte automobiles will take them to Asheville ,where they will board a special train for Tennessee June 10. Winston-Salem, Greensboro’ and High Point are raising a large sum to provide for the entertainment of the Visitors, and Commission Wilkin son proposes that Charlotte give them an elaborate reception. The show, with the distinguished visitors, will prove of tremendous ad vertising value to the state and to the cities to be visited. Staff representatives of New York newspapers will be here, and the press will give prominence to the event. Bulletin on 801 l Weevil. “Habits and Control of the Cotton 801 l Weevil” is the title of a new buL letin just issued by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture for the Agricultural Experiment Station. The bulletin is issued as the March 1924 Bulletin and is written by Dr. R. W. Leiby and J. A. Harris, assistant Ento mologists, of the Experiment Station staff. Tlys bulletin sets for the stud ies, experiments and results obtained from work done during 1923 from the field station of the division of Ento mology located at Aberdeen in the Sandhills. According to Professor Franklin Sherman, Chief in Entomology, the bulletin brings out several important facts. Some of the principal findings are stated by Prof. Sherman as fol lows: On April 17 the first weevil out of hibernation was found, but none were found on young cotton until last half of May. Earliest laying of eggs was about mid-June; and the generation ot weevils from these eggp appeared largely from July 10 to 18. It was foiftd that the time for starting the general dust-poisoning (i e. when 10 per cent of squares were being punc tured) averaged about July 25, which agreed with the observations made during 1922. Tests were made with several meth ods for control of the weevil. Fbur applications of home-made sweetened mixture gave a net profit of $1.50 per acre, while seven applications of the material known as Hill’s Mixture gave a net loss of $3.29 per acre. As early season applications of sweetened mix ture did kill many overwintered weev ils, and as later applications ha& but little effect, during the time before blooming, the recommendation for 1924 are to use the home-made mix ture. A test of the “Florida Method" gave net loss of $5.08 per acre; hence while this method may later be adapt ed to our use, it is not yet recom mended. New State Charters. Charters were issued by the secre tary of state’s office as follows: Citizens Insurance and Realty com pany, Fayetteville, authorized capital, $50,000; subscribed, $400; incorpora tors, G. E. Edgerton, L. M. Edgerton, Thomas D. Clark, and F. H. Thomp son, all of Fayetteville. Green Lumber company, Thomas ville, authorized capital, $25,000; sub-, scribed, $16,000; incorporators, W. E. Founts, Z. V. Crutchfield, E. W. E. Founts, Z. V. Crutchfield, E. M. Crutch field, all of Thomasville. CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE ; SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO I CAROLINIAN®. Southern Pines. —Many peach blos soms were killed by the frost, but it is thought the crop will not be dam aged. • Wilmington. —Contract for connec ting Whiteville and Lake Waccamaw with approximately 11 miles of hard surfaced road has been awarded by the North Carolina State Highway commission to the Coastal Construc tion company, of Augusta, Ga. Goldsboro. —The contest to elect a queen to act as “Miss Goldsboro” at the Eastern Carolina Exposition to be held at Kinston terminated here and Miss Eula Fields topped a list of 50 young ladies with 763,400 votes. Miss Catherine Massengill ran second with 673,000. Kinston. Local club women are proposing the planting of crepe mytrle trees in a memorial avenue for soldiers here. Under the plan the flowering trees will be interspersed with shade trees in two long rows, to present a colorful appearance in spring and summer. High Point.—A negro caught by the proprietor of the Kolmes Cash Gro cery, hiding in his store, put up the unusual plea that he had followed Mr. Holmes into the building because he thought the white man was intent upon burglary. Boone.—Miles Love, who was tried at the recent court for the murder of his own child, pleaded guilty of man slaughter and received from Judge Webb the sentence of not more than seven nor less than five years in the State prison at hard labor, which sen tence many think was light consider ing the crime and the circumstances. Gastonia. —‘Machinery is now being installed in the new Art Cloth Mill and manufacturing will begin in the near future. The product will be fancy dress goods with silk mixtures. The yarns, both silk and cotton, will be purchased and prepared for weav ing in the mill. Complete equipment is provided for dyeing and bleaching yams for both warp and filling. • Greensboro.—Contract was award ed here for the construction of a music building at the North Carolina College for Women. The contract went to J. A. Jones Construction Com pany, of Charlotte, the lowest of six bidder*. The price was one hundred eighty four thousand dollars. Lumberton.— Initiating its smart new gasoline motor car which it put i on duty with a regular schedule be tween St. Paul and Elizabethtown, the Virginia and Carolina Southern Rail way company, gave a delightful trip and outing and entertained at dinner three different parties of citizen's last week from towns on its line. Charlotte. —Thomas W. Dixon, na tive of Mecklenburg, and prominent citizen of Charlote, died from heart attack in a local drug store. Mr. Dix on organized and was president of the ■ Southern Hardware Company. For 15 years he had been secretary-tears urer of the Hardware Association of the Carolinas, also official of Hard ware Mutual Insurance Company. Wilmington—Joseph B. Stanley, former postmaster at Bolivia, Bruns wick county, has been indicted by the Government on a charge of stealing and embezzling from the United States mails $3,600. Stanley waived exami nation before the United States Com missioner, A. S. Williams, and gave I bond in the sum of SI,OOO for his ap pearance at the spring term of federal j court to be held here in May. ! Elizabeth City.—More than 500 I boxes of shad and herring caught by I fishermen in Croatan and Pamlico ' sounds were brought to Elizabeth City by boats of the Wanchese line and re ports reaching this city are to the es- I feet that the waters of these sounds are teeming with fish. ,4 j Lenoir.—A shipment of eighty-five head of beef cattle —more than $9,000 worth was made by Powell Bros, to A. Hellstern of Richmond. Mr. Hell stern was here several days ago, and bought the cattle. Dunn. —One of the latest additions to <the business life of Dunn is a whole sile and retail airplane business. The Stephens Wholesale company, 'of Dunn, recently purchased a solid car i load of the machines used for travel through the air. Wilmington. —Detective E. Mack I Godwin, of the local police froce, was •j shot and, it is feared, fatally wounded during a gun battle with a negro des perado in the Brooklyn negro section of the city, who made his escape in the darkness. Kinston. —The Maysville stork is working overtime. Back from a trip through the country south of here, 1 Magistrate Kenneth F. Fosdue told of the birth of 10 children to four fami lies in the section around that town. Three of the youngsters died. High Point. —County officers of Guilford and Davidson have arrested a “traveling” whickey distillery. They found the outfit near the boundary line of the two counties but they haver'not located the owner. The still was mounted on a motor truck and* was abandoned by the road-side. Elizabeth City.—A violin believed to be more than 200 years old and which possibly may be worth a considerable »qum of. money is owned by W. E. Wha lev, of Camden. It purports to have been made by Gasparo De Salo in Brescia, a city in northern Italy, in 1719. Price fcr Wheat Fixed by Demand Farmers Planning on Grow ing Durum Variety Should Consider Conditions. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Farmers who are planning on grow ing. durum wheat this year should consider carefully the market condi tions. Since the early days of durum wheat production there usually has been an active foreign demand. The development of a domestic market did not keep pace with production. In recent years, however, large mills have been constructed for grinding durum wheat exclusively, according to the United States Department of Agri culture. This industry now uses about half the average annual production. With the decrease in the foreign de mand the price for this class of wheat has become more and more depen dent upon the domestic market. Be cause of the overproduction for this market the price of durum wheat has been considerably below that of equal grades of hard red spring wheat, In recent years. Why Durum Is Favored. Because of the greater resistance of durum wheats to rust and drought, which occur frequently in the northern spring wheat region, durum wheat usually yields and weighs more and grades higher in its class than hard red spring wheat grown under the same conditions. The increasing acre ages of durum wheat up to 1922 were largely the result of the superior yields and the higher grades which usually have been obtained. The re cent low prices of durum wheat caused a decrease in its acreage in 1923. A further reduction in the acreage of this class of wheat probably is neces sary if growlers are to receive a profit able return for their 1924 crop. As the domestic demand is increas ing and the foreign demand decreas ing, more careful attention should be given to the requirements of the do mestic market. Firms engaged in the durum trade find it difficult to obtain pure durum wheat. According to the official Inspections supervised by the federal grain supervisors for the three crop years ending August 31, 1919, 1920, and 1921, about 48 per cent of the durum wheat inspected contains over 10 per cent of wheat of other classes and is graded as mixed wheat. Only the remaining 52 per cent is graded as durum. Approximately 30 per cent of all mixed wheat marketed has durum wheat predominating in the mixture. No other one class of wheat forms the basis of so much mixed wheat. The principal class of wheat found mixed with durum is hard red spring. Farmers are urged to obtain and maintain seed stocks of pure durum wheat. When making a change of seed careful consideration also should be given the choice of varieties. The ku banka is the best-adapted variety for all of the varying conditions in the durum wheat sections. It is a high yielding wheat considerably resistant to rust, of good milling quality and well liked for the manufacture of macaroni. The new nodak variety which recently has been developed in North Dakota as a selection from kubanka, is a distinct pure strain of .that variety which is equal or superi or to it in yield, rust resistance and macaroni-making qualities. Other du rum varieties have been found more productive than kubanka In certain sections. Mindum is the best-yielding durum variety in Minnesota. It is about as resistant to rust as kubanka and makes macaroni of excellent light yellow color. Feliss is the best yield ing variety In the higher and drier sections of Montana and Wyoming where rust does not occur. It also gives a good color in macaroni manu fucture. Discontinue Red Variety. Other high-yielding varieties of durum wheat, however, produce mac aroni of a grayish color, which has been found by domestic manufacturers to be unsalable. Principal among these is pentad (D-5), the red durum variety. It is the most rust-resistant variety of durum wheat grown and is a high-yielding wheat in seasons of severe rust. The grain, however, can not be used profitably by domestic manufacturers of semolina from which macaroni is made. It is sold principal ly for export and its price is consid erably below that of equal grades of amber durum. growing of red du rum should be discontinued. Two varieties of amber durum which also are rust resistant and high yielding are not desired by the trade because of the grayish color of the macaroni which they make.' These are the acme afid monad (D-l) varieties. Acme is the highest-yielding durum variety in most of South Dakota, and monad the best-yielding variety in North Dakota. In order to meet the requirements of the domestic market, durum wheat growers should obtain purer and bet ter seed and replace the pentad (D-5), acme and monad (D-l) varieties with other rust-resistant varieties as soon as possible. For this purpose the nodak appears the most promising new variety at this time. Sudan Grass for Hay If the hay crop shows prospects of being short this year or if for any reason a late planted crop is wanted which will produce a great deal of forage, sudan grass will just about fill the bill. It can be planted any time from corn-planting time until July lo and will make two crops in a season aad about four tons to the acre. . Increase Milk Yield 1 by Using Pure Breds ■ i Result of Dairy Improve ment Work in Delaware. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) An increase of over 1,800,000 gallons in the annual milk production of New Castle county, Delaware, without in creasing the number of dairy cows owned , has followed five years’ dairy improvement \york, in which the county agent, progressive dairy farm ers and agricultural organizations co operated. This county is located near a large city, affording, a good market for whole milk, and dairying is an important farm industry. When extension work in dairying was begun in New Castle county, many farmers were In the habit of buying a medium type of grade cow without a guaranty of health. Following a county meeting of dairymen in 1918, four carloads of pure bred cows from herds under federal supervision for tuberculosis control were brought In and distributed as far as possible at the rate of one to a farm, so that as many farmers as possible might learn for themselves whether or not the in vestment paid. The boys and girls on the farms became interested, were or ganized into a club and a pure bred calf secured by each member. New clubs have been organized each year following, and exhibits of club mem bers’ stock are a feature of district shows and the state fair. Club members have produced about one-fifth of the present holdings of pure bred stock in the county. Pure bred bulls and cows have been pur chased by many farmers, after the movement was begun, on their own initiative. There are now about 900 pure bred dairy cattle in the county, while In 1915 there were only 380. A carefully worked out ration is fed. Over 4,000 dairy cattle In the county are under federal supervision for tuber culosis control. Four annual consign ment sales of surplus stock have been held, the 1923 sales totaling over $7,000. , Bigger Profits Possible From Improved Animals Kansas dairy farmers could In crease their returns $20,000,0Q0 a year by better feeding and better stock, ac cording to reported estimates of J. M. Frandsen, a dairy specialist, at a re cent Kansas agricultural convention. This estimate is considered typical of conditions throughout the country by live stock and dairy experts of the United States Department of Agricul ture, which is prepared to assist state organizations and individuals In im proving their methods in breeding and feeding. The use of pure bred sires, particularly, is a practical, economical, and rapid means of improving the quality of domestic animals. Accord ing to department records, more than 12,700 live stock owners have placed their herds and flocks on a strictly pure bred sire basis, and reports from these farmers show that pure bred live stock has about 40 per cent utility value over common stock. As a means of encouraging better feeding methods, the department has developed a simply feeding problem sheet, which may be procured and filled out by any live stock owner. A specialist of a state agricultural col lege, or the department, then makes an analysis of each problem and points out the means for solving it. Kohl-Rabi One of Most Rapid Growing Plants Kohl-rabi, though little known as a garden crop, is one of the most quickly grown vegetables. The plant, belong ing to the cabbage tribe, thrives well in any soil and is at its best under cool, moist conditions. Part of the plant used is the enlarged stem which forms just above the ground. This, when cooked as turnips, tastes similar to cabbage, though somewhat milder in flavor. In fact, the plant is often called the lazy man’s cauliflower. The crop should be used when bulbs are not more than two inches In diameter; that is, before they become fibrous and woody. Succession plantings made from May until July will furnish young, tender bulbs for use during the entire summer. The late crop may be stored for winter use. FAHiLMBEi Better seed, bigger crops, larger prof its, greater satisfaction in farming. «* * • Experience? Yes, but keep an ear cocked for tips from the county agent. * * * High analysis fertilizers mean more pounds of plant food per dollar of cost. • • • A. bolt in time may save nine hours. Repair the farm machinery while yet there is time. • * * How to save more money on the farm in 1924: Use more home-grown products for food and feed. •* • • Co-operative thinking among farm ers is as important as co-operative marketing of farm products. * * * There are many who think that farm life is just one picnic pleasure after ! another, but they are not farmers. * * * ' Dried blood is a good nitrogen sup- . ply and works more slowly than ni- j trate of soda. It may be dug in when j seed is planted to good advantage .. » / SPRING TIME IS TONIC TIME The System Needs “Spring Cleaning/’ Just as the Home Does. TANLAC Has Been Called the World’s Greatest Tonic by Over 100,000 Persons, i Who Have Testified That Tanlac Has Helped Them Regain Their Strength and Health. DON’T GAMBLE WITH YOUR HEALTH; DEMAND THE BEST Tanlac Has Benefited Thou sands of Persons Suffering From Stomach Trouble, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Nervousness and Kindred Ailments—Tanlac Is for Sale by All Good Drug gists—Accept No Substi tute —Over Forty Million Bottles Sold. PAINS ACROSS BAGKAND SIDES Many Severe Change of Life Symptoms Relieved by the Use of Cardui, According to Florida Lady. Grand Ridge, Fla.—“l have used a great many bottles of Cardui,” says Mrs. G. W. Wester, of Grand Ridge, “a medicine I consider above all others for weak women. “I used Cardui during .\. . I got so weak and run-down I was a mere shadow. Some one, at the time, told me of Cardui. I began and . . . kept up Cardui and was so pleased with the results “For some time, then, I did not need Cardui,” Mrs. Wester goes on, “but later, when change of life came on, I had pains across my back and sides. My head ached down into my shoulders ... I was weak and run down, nervous, and did not eat. I couldn’t rest well nights. “My husband, who was a great be liever in Cardui, having seen what it did for me in former years, went and bought six bottles; insisted I take it steadily, which I did. It helped me. I did not suffer so with my head and hack. My limbs that had felt weak and shaky grew stronger and Cardui helped me through this period. I feel it did a great deal for me.’’ For over forty years grateful women have been writing, as did Mrs. Wester, to say that Cardui had bene fited them. It should help you, toe. Try it. At all druggists’. vw rake SCARDUI; £ The Woman’s Tonic S • \wvwvwS ■ MOTHER! Clean Child’s Bowels with “California Fig Syrup” Hurry Mother! Even constipated, bilious, feverish, or sick, colic Babies and Children love to take genuine “Cal ifornia Fig Syrup.” No other laxative regulates the tender little bowels so nicely. Jt sweetens the stomach and starts the liver and bowels without griping. Contains no narcotics or sooth ing drugs. Say “California” to your druggist and avoid counterfeits. Insist upon genuine “California Fig Syrup” which contains directions. Green’s August Rower The remedy with a record of fifty-seven yean of surpassing excellence. All who suffer with nervous dyspepsia, sour stom ach, constipation, indigestion, torpid liver, dizziness, headaches, coming-up of food, wind on stomach, palpitation and other indications of digestive disorder, will find Greens August Flower an effective and efficient remedy. For fifty-seven yean this medicine has been successfully used in millions of households all over the civil ized world. Because of its merit and pop ularity Green’s August Flower can be ! f ound today wherever medicines are sold. I 30 and 99 cent bottles. I ft a TPIITA Send model or drawing fores- U A I L al I V amlnatlon. Highest references. , I II I I IV lal Best results. Promptness *•* ■ nl fall I V sored. Watson B. Coleman, j pookiet ran. rsnmfaw?sr,su as*., *’ , m

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