Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1922-04-27
MARCH FIRE Loss
SHOWS DECREASE
TOTAL IS $47s,462 IN STATE COM.
PARED WITH ,7,s,,ss GAME
/ %oNrH OF 1921. !
DAILY FIRE Loss il5.ss2
More Than Hall the Entire Loss For
March Resulted From One Flrs,
a Tobacco Warehouse.

Raleigh.
According to the official reports Of
fres made to Insurance Commissioner
Wade, the North Carolina flre loss for
March amounted to S47s.462 % COM
pared with $71S.155 for March, 1871
On the other hand, the fire loss Of
the United States and Canada for
March was $39.910, $50, 1t being an In
crease, states the commissioner, Of
nearly 40 per cent over March 1921.
North Carolina also makes good
comparative showing with the country
at large for the first quarter Of thel
year, the aggregate for January. Feb.
ruary and March being 31,s04.0s7 as
against $1,757,155 for the same period
Of 1921, whereas the United States and
Canada fire loss is 3107,S7S,050 as
against ;Ss,7Ss.s0o for the first quar-.
ter Of 1921.
There were 1ss damage fires during
March, against 1872 In February; Of
these IL fires at II points occasioned
q loss Of $4,000 and over. totaling
$685., 900, leaving for the other Isl hresl
,$141,462 or an average Of less thanl
$1,000 each against an average lossI
for this group Of S5s5 in February
and S1,466 in January.
The average loss Of the Is fires
in the $4,000 group was $22.500
against 32s.sso in February and $685..
363 in January. The average daily
nre loss was 315,S82 for March. $1l,.
$40 for February and $4,000 for Jan.
uary.
More than half Of the entire loss for
March resulted from only one IRE.
. tobacco warehouse and stored cotton
at Goldsboro, with $241, 500 loss.
Three Million For Education.
The state Of North Carolina win
spend this year for educational pur.
poses the sum OF $3,267, 200. not IN
cludiRg any money raised by the couH.
ties Of the state for school purposes
nor any bond money. The sum Of
$3,267 200, as we'll as further sum Of
$345,0OO which Is appropriated to such
institutions as the Caswell Training
school, the Stonewall Jackson Train.
ing school and others not 100 per cent
educational in their nature, making q
grand total of $3.s12.200, comes from
the general state fund secured through
state levies upon incomes, corpora
tipns, railroads etc.
Practically every other state In the
union levies q statewide ad valorem
tax for schools. and there are very
few states where the state rate 10 less
than rs cents on the 500 worth Of
property; and this is In addition tol
the local county taxes which run thsl
total assessment for school purposes|
up to $l,25 to $3.50 per $100 valua-
tion.
Included in the total Of S3,612,2oo
Is not only the cost Of administration
for, the state department Of education
and all appropriations for training OK.
tension work, the medical examination
of children and the\ support of all
state institutions. but \ also $8S2, $50
which goes to suppleme ent the county
funds of 81 counties on the state In
order o\assure q six.monfhs term for
every school in every county. '->--
Each county before participating II
the equalization fund IL required. IN.
der an act Of the recent Legislature.
to levy a county tax Of not less than
80 cents. II the taI thus levied 10 NOT
sufficient to provide q six months
term for each school. then the ded.
cheney is made up by the state board
of education. ~ -,
1t is interesting in this connection t.
note tat, according 10 figures secured
from the commissioner Of internal rev.
enue. there are seven counties In the
state whose levy for school purposes
is 80 cents or under. There were "a
counties whose levy was 80 cents or
less. Nine counties have rate Of %
cents or more and 81 counties have Q.
rate Of so cents OF, more.