The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-02
NORTH CAROLINA FIGURES
SHOW GREAT PROSPERITY
UNOER PROH|bITIONL LAW


Raleigh, n. c., jan IA letter
containing data bearing upon the
progress OF the state of North Car
DINA under prohibition and showing
that it's material wealth has been
puch increased, has been forwarded
by X. L. Davis, superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon league, TO f. Y.
Webb, representative in congress. in
an effort to furnish the legisLa1o or with
information that will be helpful in
the fight for nation-w prohibition
The letter contains these statements:
Report from Mr.. A. j. Maxwell,
chief clerk Of corporation commits
sion. as follows
Comparative statement, as to state
and national banks OF North Car
olina for July 1908, and June,
1917.
State Banks.
1908, number 2s4: capital stock ST.
477626; 1917. number 443. capital
stock, $12,e62,9S7.
1908, deposits, see, 931,1s5; 1917,
deposits, $S7. 800, $50.
National Banks.
1908, number So, capital stock So
667,0S0; 1917, number so, capital
stock, sg,s10.000.
1917. deposits, s19,457,s17; 1917.
deposits, x49 AT 600.
Report from Mr.. Stacy w Wade.
chief deputy I'm the ONCE OF James r.
Young, insurance commissioner, is
as follows:
'"The reports OF building and loan
| associations as flied with this depart
ment for the year 1907 showed 81 as
sociations doing business in the
state, with assets OF $3.50. 02711. of
which amount s2,142,00457 were
loaned out In the state for the pur-
pose of building homes. The pres
ent report shows for the business OF
1915, 14s associations with assets Of
1B,904.7s9.94. with St5.204826.10I
loaned out. and receipts during tho
year OF si06s476s4s. This is a
remarkable. showing. in fact second
to that of no state and very crafty
ing when Il IS remembered that the
business carried on by building and
loan associations is not one that ac-
cum u1ates money TO be held. but is
continually not only receiving money
but paying out the same on matured
shares"
Mr.. Durham, clerk in the state au-
ditors' office, supplies us with the
following:
Value of real estate, 1908. S28S,369
143: 1915, s423,9sS,o73.
Value OF personal property. 1908,
s172.745.166; 1915, s211,s81.o92.
State income from all SOURCES. 1908,
S3,13a.oS7.S1: 1915. s4.97o.STS.s7.
Report from Mfr Pittman. chief
clerk to the superintendent OF public
instruction. is as follows:
Number - Of schools, 1908. 1885;
1918. 1856. "
Number OF teachers, 1908, 1880;
1916, 1850
-
1908. 715,T16; 1918. S26,320.
Average daily attendance, 1908.
30s,4SS: 1915, 446,191.
Amount paid by the state for pub
lie schools, 1908, s245,4bs.1o; 1918,
! $s73,ss9.74
Amount paid by counties for pub
| lie schools. 1908, S1,676.270.10; 1915,
| s2,550.4se.96.
Amount special tax collected, 1908,
| $3.50. 7S9.4o; 1916. $1,s4o,9s5.S0.
| Value Of school property, 1908. s4,-
| a17.312; 1915. s11s4S9.ss1.7T.
| Number of state rural high schools.
1908. 1855; 1916. 214.
| Report of F. r. McCulloch, clerk
| of the states prison. follows:
| In December, 1908, there were SIT
prisoners.
Received during II e year 1908, 1872.
! December ], 1918. 900.
| Received during the year 1915, 2o1.
| In my own Judgment, the matter
OF more commitments in the state
| prison this year than IN 1905 and
| also more prisoners last year than in
! 1908, can be easily explained. There
| is spirit of lew enforcement going
on all over the state. which enables
us today to catch the criminals and
| punish them, when heretofore. many
| of them were never reported, and
some who were reported were never
caught. and some who were caught
were never convicted under juries OF
| the old liquor regime.
In addition to the facts above
gathered from state officers, and
| therefore authoritative I have gath
cred the following. showing the eff
! feet of prohibition on the church.
| These figures are taken from the
| journals of the North Carolina and
western North Carolina conferences
and the BAPTIST state convention:
| The North Carolina and western
! North Carolina conferences OF the
II churches OF the South.
Value of churches: 1918, $3.1ST,-
447.e6; 1916. s6,b5442f.'
| Number OF churches: 1908, 1895;
| 1916. 1913
r. Number OF members; 1908, 1s0,-
1855: 1915, 20I,255.
| Members received during the year:
l1seS, S002; 1916, 10.a64
| Contributions; 1908, 1855, 682.2s;
] 1916. s1,4es,e7s.
Churches OF the Baptist state conven-
| ton.
/ Number of churches: 1908. 1891;
1915. 2.1s6.
| Number of members: 1aos, 2lo,f54:
1916, 2ss,0SS.
/ Members received during the year:
1905, 12.s49; 1915, 1909.
| Contributions for heneyoleHees
(salaries and church building and
| incidental expenses not included in
this amount: 1908. s12S.595.1s;
/ 1918, s234.262.a6.