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4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949 THE NEWS^JOURNAL Fall Clean-Up On Farms Urged A thorough fall clean-up cam paign will do much to reduce the rapidly growing population of in sect pests, on North Carolina farms, says George D. Jones en tomologist for the State College Extension Service. Jones asserted that infestations of boll weevils and other insects- reached record levels during the past surhmer and immediate ac tion is needed to reduce next year’s crop losses from these sources. “From all indications,” he said, “the number of boll weevils go ing into hibernation in North Carolina will be ]the largest on record. This pest has caused ser ious—in fast, almost total—losses in many parts of the State.” The entoomologist said that de struction of cotton stallcs before frost will reduce the number and vigor of the w'eevils going into hibernation. He m’ged farmers to plow under, disc or cut down the strilks as soon as picking can be completed. Recent observations in aband oned tobacco i'ickis show a ,verv high population of fiea beetles feeclij'.g on the pilant.",, Jo.'.es said. He added tliat comn.mmity coop- eranvii iii tlie dodra-.-'.iCiii oi the old s'.alk.s : nd crop, rosdilues d: ring the c-.wlp 1:11 mo!iths should be' csiiecall!',- hc’pLul in controlling the 'jeclles and nrany otiver pest.'. The o'itomjjolocist said that de- the nici.le ‘.■■.•orm and several otii- er ve,,ot;bic posts have been \'cip.- har-nful this' fall, aiid tl;e iMexi- can bean beetle h.as been e.-pec- iaily destructive in se'vcral com mercial bean plantings. Prompt destruction of the plants by plow ing will kill barge numbers of immature forms as well as starce out others, he asserted. In many cases, Jones pointed out, fall-seeded cover crops can be planted following fall clean up -fiperations. p. ice o*' flue-cured to- btu'c.) .'oli! on all North Carpr.-ta Hi I '-ets cUiNng Auetts: was S47.in, compared with .vjO.94 for the •s.'.!:-,.e month last year, record. . ^'rom 1934 to 1947, .Nona ’Car olina's corn acreage decreased 10.2 per cent but total production in bushels increased 61.5 per cent. Use of hybrid seed and adoption of improved practices by many growers were two major factors re.'-ponsible for this increase in yield per acre. Are You Trading; Cars? REGARDLESS OF WHERE OR WHEN -- LET US FINANCE IT FOR YOU. Lumber River Discount Co. nione 767 / South Elm St- LUMBERTON, N. C. Real Estate LOANS I have 1 new house which I sen seH and finance to F. H. A. approved buyers for as little as 20 percent down. F. H. A. Insured Home Loans for 20 Years at 4 1-2 Per cent Interest. I Will. Handle Your Application Also Lois A.pprovetl For F. II. A. Loans For Sale. Wfigi!!! i Ofl’icc: Central .'Ivenue ! \\ 4 _ ■?) " ^ b J \ . y A-. .i ‘ ... . iii It is a matter of pride to us that since ocir Company was first organized in 1908, There was never a time when we did not have all the pow'er required for all the needs of the ter ritory we serve. There has never been a • power shortage in cur area. During the war our epnapany not only supplied all of the requirements of the war production program, in cluding the many military camps and needs of ail the customers in the territory it served, but in addition furnished several hundred millions of kilowatt hours .of power for aluminum production, furnaces, shipyards, camps and other needs outside of its own territory." The full text of the address by I, V. Sir'ben st t!se new Lumberton Pi.aat C3re?r5.er{y follows; I bring you grceting.s from the more than 1800. officers, directors and employees of Carolina Power & Light Company, also from the thirty-odd thousand stockholders and bondholders who, because of their faith in the Company and the area which it serves, have provided the money with which this plant and other facilities of the Company are being constructed. This Luniberton Plant is an important part of a $78,000,000 postwar expansion program now in progress by our Company. Near the conclusion of this pi-ogram, when Governor Scott puts into operation the first unit of this new plant, he will re lease the useful energy of 60,000 horsepower. During the spring oi next year, another 60,000 horsepower unit which you see here under construction will be placed in serv ice. 750 Million 3Iore Kilowatt Hours This plant is designed to operate around the clock, for use in carrying the “base load” of the Company. It is capable of pro ducing over 750 million kilowatt hours of electrical energy a year. This amount of energy is approximately one-third of the present requirements of the Company and is two and one-half times the nurnber of,^kilo- watt hours used by all of its residential cus tomers, and more than the total kilowatt hours used by all the rural customers in this State. r In order to give you some further idea the magnitude ofthls generating station, would like to cRp^are its capability with that of the Buggs Sland hydro-electric plant now being constructed by the Federal Gov ernment on the Roanoke River just over the State line in Virginia. Now a hydro plant has two kinds of energy—the dependable kind, which always can be counted on for serving customers that require power every day of every year, and the so-called secondary or "dump” pow er, which is available only when there is enough water to make it and, therefore, is only useful to save fuel in steam electric sta tions. The dependable energy capability of the Buggs Island Plant, as determined by the Army Engineers will be 200 million kilowatt hours a year. The 750 million kilowatt hour capability of Lumberton is almost four times this amount. You may also have seen reference, to the proposed hydixi-electric plant at Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, on this same Roa noke River. Its dependable ener.gy is about 188 million kilowatt hours a year. This L'.'.mbcrlcn .stean'i plant can ’.ace about twice t’.ie number oi depeu: 7'.bU; kilov.a'.tt- hours that can be generated l.-y t' e two P'"”',kQ River hydro plants add.d ! "^thcr. New Type of De.sisn No doubt you, who are here, have noticed that the new plant looks unlike any other generating station you have ever seen. It is different. It is the first out-dopr type generating station burning coal ever to be built. Most of the equipment is outdoors, instead of being Inside a big building. It represents the latest developments in power plant engineering and is highly efficient. The plant has an initial capacity of 120,000 horsepower to be supplied from two units of 60,000 horsepower each. Provision has been made for the installation of two additional units when studies of future re quirements foretell their need. The first two units operating under full load will consume coal at the rate of 17 carloads per day. That coal will be fed automatically to the nine-story high boilers, after' it has been pulverized to the consist ency of talcum powder. Gases from the . burning coal will be dispelled by means of a stack 20 feet in diameter and 200 feet high. One hundred thousand gallons of water per hour In the boilers will be exposed to heat at 2700 degrees Fahrenheit. The re sulting steam will be conveyed to the tur bines at 1350 pounds of pressure per square inch and at a temperature of 065 degrees. After steam passes through the turbines, con densers will convert it back into water so that the same boiler water may be used over and over again. The condensers will require approximately 80,000 gallon’s of cooling water per minute. Faith in Area Served Thk plant was planned and the major equipment ordered back in the early part of 1946. There was no need for it at that time —^it was built on our faith in the continued growth of this terHtory and in accordance with oiur long-established policy of making power available in advance of actual de mand. • I You might be Interested to know that this ia the third steam electric plant now in our system, and In addition, we operate nine hydro-electric plants. There was a time when hydro-electric power was more eco nomical than steam power, but the increase in the construction cost of hydros, the im provement in the efficiency of steam plants, as well as the factor of dependability, have ■changed the trend. Nevertheless, North Carolina in 1948 ranked fourth among the twenty-six states c.'=t of the Mississippi River in generation of hydro-electric power. era! rea5 To our knowledge, no industry has ever bean lost to the area served by cur Company becjus: dPa of power. POVi/ER &. LSGHT C-JiVi'PAMV About a , '1 p’ v .0 i; and o'-ilars placed !■ ,• the iir;!: rak-cf lUKthor storm plant at Gold-sboio. F e'i'.ninary con struction work is in progress tlierc, atid we expect to have the first unit of that plant in service-by the early part of 1951. These two new plants, together witli other pro visions made since the war, will provide Carolina Power & Light Company with new sources aggregating more than 2.000 million kilowatt hours of dependable e’''"'’y per year. New power and energy in such quantity is assurance that there will be plenty of power in this area in the foreseeable future, and of course we do not intend to stop build ing facilities so long as our cu-t’-’crs will use more electricity. No Power Shortage It is a matter of pride to us that since our Company icas first orga-nieed in 190S, there has'never been a time when ice did not have all the power required for all the needs of the territory we serve. TherS has never been a pou'er shortage in our area. During the war our Company not only supplied all re quirements of the war production program. Including the many military camps and the needs of all'the customers in the territory'it served, but in addition furnished several 'hundred millions of kilowatt hours of power for aluminum production, furnaces, ship yards, camps, and other needs outside its own territory. Preceding and during the early stages of the war, there were some doleful predictions that the country would be short of power. But the shortages'never materialized. Secre tary of the Interior, J. A. Krug, who was chairman of the War Production Board dur ing the war, is authority for the statement that during World War 11, “The power indus try was never too little nor too late.” When you recall the many shortages experienced during the war, and remember too, how the prices of other commodities Increased, it is significant that electric power was available In plentiful supply at no increase In price. The investor owned utilities supplied more than 80 per cent of wartime electric power requirements. What other industry can offer a better record? Rural Areas Electrified Since V-J Day in 1945 when tiio r.eces- sary materials were released for such pur poses, we have built In North Carolina alone over 5,000 miles of rural lines and cen:'.octed over 40,000 additional rural and farm cus tomers, Also ,our kilo'watt-h.our sa.’..p tj all rural and farm custonaers ha'-.-.v na.' -d than trebled during the period. la. au.ia. a ova ao .. e. ’.V;- .-.re ce-ocerat- ing TO the uiiie-^t w,:h :-.e R.E.A. in pur service area. V,'e recognize the fact that we have a common pr( blein. Together we have the job of bringing service to as many rural and farm customers in the State as possible. I think we have done a good job. Together we will endeavor to make electric service available to the relatively few rural and farm homes in our area which are still with out electricity. Naturally, these are the ones most remote from service lines, and those who do not accept so-viee available to them. Our sales and the -.iso cf A-.'jtrieity have grown rapidly. Since 1933. Ibr exa.mple, delivery of current has increased by mere than 50 per cent every five years. We are serving today 23.3.COO customers, cf which 78.000 are rural a.nd farm cust-eir.evs. Our rates for elect-ric service are low. Practicing Good Citizenship We try to be a good citizen in every town and community reached by cur trans mission system. Not only do our empicyees take an active interest in community affairs, but our Company this year will pay in taxes to State, cityn county, and federal agencies approximately five and one-half million dollars. We realize that good citi zenship is our responsibility in retufn for th« privilege we enjoy as a local industry. I use the word “local” advisely because all our employees live in the area served. All of our directors are citizens of either North or South Carolina. As of the first of this month nearly half of the total investment in our Company’s common and preferred stocks was held by Carolinians. We have no large stockholder. An eastern educational institn- tion which owns less than two per cent, ia our largest stockholder. So there are many people who have a stake in this plant. In cluding the thousands of policyholders of the eleven life insurance comp ---'": V'niding our bonds. We appreciate the responsibility, as well as the privilege, of serving this large section of North and South Carolina. We pledge to you a continuation of our best efforts in be half of the further development of this area —to provide ample power tor all uses—to render the best possible service at the lowest rates comm.nsurate with fair wages to em ployees and a f'.'T.'crur”.'to stockholders and other invest • s ' ' h -ve provided the funds necessary f - • grov -ir. We pren'ise you, Govcri'.-. r d .t. vv 1 7 jcope.r, t-.-n in ad- vancinp f , • o - A ■>,.! ^ of t!t;s C-iipm-" ■— I—iTut ruiw ul i
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