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HEW SAFETY LAW EFFECTIVE JOE! I WILL BE REQUIRED TO BRING ALL AUTOMOBILES TO STANDSTILL. 50 FEET FROM RAIL TRACK Signs Placed on Right Hand Side of Road Will Bear the Lettering “N. C. Law. Stop.” Kaleigh. •Stop: Look! Listen!” as applied to automobiles becomes a law in North Carolina on July first, according to the terms of a law passed by the last general assembly which becomes ef fective on that date. A ninterpretation of the new law made public here by the attorney gen eral's office says that every person operating a mot^ vehicle on a public road shall be required, "to stop his vehicle at a distance not exceeding 50 feet from the nearest rail” of all train tracks at crossings except where such crossings is one where “there is a gate or watchman.” Neither doe3 the law apply to "an electric railway track in a city, town, or village.” The railroads are required to place a sign board not less than 10 feet from the ground on the right side of the road and 100 feet from the cross ing under the terms of the law. These signs will bear the lettering “N. C. Law. Stop.” Violations of the law. according to (he attorney general's interpretation, will be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than 10 days im prisonment or $10 or both, in the dis cretion of the court. Such cases w-lil ■come under the jurisdiction of the su perior court and not that of justices of the peace. Wade Issues Fire Loss Report. Charlotte led the list of cities in the number of fires during May, but High Point suffered the heaviest monetary Joss. Nineteen fires occurred in Charlotte while only one took place in High Point, that one causing a loss *t $195,368, according to the fire loss report of Insurance Commissioner Wade which issued. Losses in both the state and nation increased over those of April, accord ing’ to the report. Of the 141 fires in Sorthi (Carolina during May, 125 caused a loss of $208,134, while the remaining It caused a loss of $434,000. The total Itrte loss was $642,002. value of prop erty risked $11,850,471, and insurance involved $9,754,780. Single fires of 5,000 and over, says the report, were as follows: High Point, furniture factory and wratent's, 195,36S; Beaufort, a foreign yacht, 50,000; Salisbury, factory and dwellings. 36,000; Greenville, colored school building, 16,500; Greensboro, .bottling plant and garage, 22,000; Spring Hope tobacco warehouse, $14, $00; Kinston, warehouse and storage, 04,000; Winston-Salem, dwelling $14, W0: Onslo wcounty, dry kiln, $11,000; Rocky Mount, store and contents. $10, 400; Rocky Mount, dwelling, $8,200; Rocky Mount, bakery, $6,980; Halifax, business block, $10,000; Clarkton, dwelling, $10,000; Fayetteville, laun dry, $8,000; Moore county, theater and ■tore. $6,600. Losses by cities and number of fires mre shown in the report as follows: Charlotte, 19 fires, loss $4,805; ■ffloldsboro, five fires, loss $2,002; Wil mington, six fires, $3,009; Wilson, six Ares, loss $3,220; Fayetteville, nine ires, loss $8,372; Asheville, eight fires, Joss $5,125; Raleigh, eight fires, loss $1,422; Winston-Salem, 14 fires, loss $15,325; Elizabeth City, two fires, loss tn0; Durham, one fire. $1,450; New Bern, four fires, $2,110; Henderson, sue fire, lobs $1,000, and Monroe, one lire, loss $10. One fire each was the record of High Point, Greensboro, and Salisbury, while Rocky Mount had five. During the month there were 87 dwelling Ares, with loss of $77,041, value $277, 110, and insurance $122,000. The en tire rural and suburban loss was $51, 230, valued at $52,550 and insurance of $29,800. Towns placed on the department’s honor roll for the month are States ville, Huntersville, Morganton, Clinton, Zebulon, Randieman, Lexington, Pine hurst and Wake Forest. Henrietta Mills Increase Stock. A million, five hundred and fifty thousand dollars increase in the capi tal stock of the Henrietta mills, of Rntherfordton county, was authorized by Secretary of State W. N. Everett In u amendment to the corporation’s charter. Mew Corporations. The Secretary of State chartered the following corporations to do busi ness in North Carolina: High Point Terminal Company, of High Point, with $15,000 authorized capital and $1,500 subscribed by F. J. Howard, WT. E. Price and R. P. Royer, all of High Point. Richie Caldwell Company, of Con cord, with $50,000 authorized capital and $14,000 subscribed by H. W. Cald well, B. H. Marsh, and M. F, Richie, •f Concord, and B. H. Marsh of Wrin gfon-Salem . Compare North Carolina Crops. North Carolina crops last year averaged $48 per acre, while those of Illinois brought $20; Iowa. $21; Min nesota .$16; and Nebraska, $14. ac cording to a report mad'? by the crop reporting service of the department of agriculture. The report, comparing North Caro lina's crop values with those of the mid-western states was made at the request of mid-western Interests, fol lowing a speech made during the spring at the bankers’ meeting in the mid-west by Angus W. McLean. Mr. McLean painted the picture of North Carolina in glowing terms, but there were some who dobuted the accuracy of his figures so the department was asked to issue a report on the sub ject. “Considering both crop and live stock values,” the rep * said, “per improved acre of farm L ! includ'rg pasture, North Carolina had ,i callv $61.00 as an average, L. nois $733.50, Iowa 641.00. Nebraska $26.50, and Minnesota $28.00.” Taking up the subject of diversifi cation the report declar s that. “Illi nois and Iowa are more f one crop states” than North Cv.olina. The largest acreage added the report, was devoted to corn in North Carolina, this being 38 per cent. Wheat crops took up 16 per cent of the acreage, hay over 12 per cent, oats 3 per cent, cotton 24 per cent, and togacco 8 per cent. While “these figures should be of considerable interest and gratifica tion.” says the report, "it is undoubt ed that in some sections we devote too much acreage to tobacco and cot ton which results in such communi ties buying the food and feeds they should raise on an economic basis.” Mid-western farmers have the ad vantage over those of North Carolina, according to the report, brought about by the use of “hand labor and commercial fertilizers” in the latter state and “the apparent profits per acre over the middle western farm ers” is offset. The contrast between the shapely fields of the western far mers and the “patches” which are cultivated in this section is pointed out in the report which attributes this to the necessity in North Caro lina for using terraces which inter fere with the best methods of im provement of land and the lack of organic matter in the soil which com pels the North Carolina farmer to use turf grasses to improve pastures. “The big proiem in the south,” con cludes the report, “ig one of an eco nomic nature of which our farm la bor should be more carefully distrib uted throughout the year, and more livestock should be used to convert essential crops as raw products into meats as finished product. Our soil will never become really fertile until this course ig followed.” Weevil investigation Causing Worry. Live boll weevils have been receiv ed by Franklin Sherman, chief of the division of entomology for the state college and department of agricul ture, from counties as far west and north in the state as Cleveland, Mecklengurg, Cabarrus, Lee. Harnett, Lenoir and Beaufort, it has been an nounced. No weevils have been sent in from counties north of these, but specimens should soon arrive, it was stated. "A. number of cowpea pod weevils on young cotton are causing much concern among farmers who suspect this weevil of being the cotton pest,” Mr. Sherman stated. ‘‘However, the cotton boll weevil should soon be ap pearing in all parts of the cotton growing area, and with its appear ance will come the old questions: ‘What shall I do?’ ‘Shall I poison?* What method of poison shall I usa and when?’ “The general problem of boll wee vil control is given in extension cir cular 124. The dust poison method is fully described in extension circu lar 137, just issued to North Carolina farmers. Both of these circulars may be had from county agents or by writing to the editor, extension service, Raleigh.” Mr. Sherman said he believes the dust poison method is the best for actual use in killing the weevil. “We consider the dust-poison method as the standard and o: ly poisoning method which we are justi fied in advising yet for our farmers to depend upon and its limitations and difficulties are plainly discussed in the circular,” he continued. “This is in line with resolutions of south ern agricultural workers at Memphis in February, and with news items of United States department of agricul ture in March. In accordance with these pronouncements other poison ing methods, including the adapta tion of the Florida method, are being tested and studied in this and other I states. “The question of when to begin dusting is so discussed in our circu lar as to allow latitude of judgment acording to abundance of early weevils. Railroads Pay Income Taxes. Railroad income taxes in North Carolina for 1922 were more than double what they were in 1921 and thanks to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States making the taxes for both years payable this year, the inome tax receipts of the state now bid to exceed the Budget Commission estimate of $3,500,000 which appeared at one time to be excessive. During the past few days the two largest railroads operating in th» state have naid their Income taxes. OUR COMIC SECTION On the Concrete JI66E.RS, A WAN IS COMING OOJ SCOLDING' HURRY \\' % (Copyrlfht, W. N. U.) Fire! Doc Will Never Find the Boss I Mmirntowi'i' $•14 Everywhere Tablets or LiquVf Check that Cold and Cat Rid of that Cough It !> danger (run to let them, AtoniclaxaUve^dlr^and For Two ••aerations Pe-ru-na has proved the reliable treatment for ridding the aystem of all catarrhal poisons. 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