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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

ing for its particular occupants.
Frequently rental payments n
only be met by doubling up" and
taking in roomers, with the subse-
ouent undesirable affects of such
action on the familial organization
within the home" the report says.
Wilmington is growing slowly
perhaps-but it is growing. And
what has it to offer those who
come to the city to make their
homes? Of the $685. dwelling units
in the city at the time of the sur
vey, GIG or ga per cent Of the total
were vacant.
'These dwellings can hardly be
considered in terms of the supply
of houses available for an expand
ing city," the report says, "since
almost tlree-fourths # them are
inadequate either because of poor
repair or the lack of necessary IA
cilities, such as installed plumb
ing, heating and lighting. AS a
matt CT fact, a greater proper
tionate incidence of all undesirable
| characteristics is evident among
vacant houses than among owner
or tenant-occupied units.
That a large part of Whining
TONS vacant units have virtually
been abandoned as u%nrentable is
confirmed by the fact tat "A per
cent of all vacancies have not been
occupied fer a year or more, and
of these 1872 per cent r in need OF
major repairs or are unfit for use.
as compared to an incidence of SO
per cent in poor repair among
units vacant for less than a year.
"The median rental value of all
vacant units is fro l IS t, $40. A
rental value of less than SIS is re-
ported. by 40 of these units. Every
one of these 40 units is made
quate in some respect; 1876 pei
cent are in poor condition, 97.1
per cent lack adequate plumbing
facilities; and IS per cent lack
adequate lighting facilities. The
median duration of vacancy fol
the units with a rental value OF less
than S. a month is three years OF
more. Of the 1874 vacant units with
a rental value between S. and $40
95.7 per cent are inadequate IL
some respects; 81.5 per cent are
in poor condition; 90.8 per cen
lack adeq,, tie plumbing facilitie:
l and rs per cent lack adequate light
ing facilities. The median duration
of vacanc. for all units in Thu
t group is from one year to one veal
J and II months. All other (and
) higher) re: t groups reveal mediar
vacancy durations of less than
year. Since units in theSo two low
; rent groups constitute over so pei
cent of all vacant units, it is obvi
Gus that only a small portion Of
vacancies in the city can at pres
EN- be considered habitable," the
; report concludes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Onslow County To Tax
Church-0 wned Propert,

JACKSONVILLE. july a7-o,s.
county is preparing to tax certain
church-owned property in scoN,5
ance with a recent Supreme cor..
ruling that any property not ac,na,
ly used TO" religious or benevolar.
purposes, though owned by such ~,
CARNATIONS, is taxable.
The total property involved in IN.
slow county, however, is comnsr,.
lively small. about $4,000, Accord.
ing to Auditor j. J.-Cole. and ir.
cludes the Masonic building and Ran.
fist parsonage here, woodland nun
ed by Atlantic Christian college in
the county and several church.our.
ed lots at Swansboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Corp. Johnson Bags
14-Foot Alligator

JACKSONVILLE, July 27.-Corr
H. c.. johnson of the state highway
patrol is probably the champion al.
ligator hunter in these parts.
In recent weeks Corporal John.
son, in off-duty hours, has baggea
at least five alligators in night hunt.
ing. The largest fully IA feet LONG.
was slain this week in the mouth Of
Blue creek where he sank in about
80 feet of water. He came up Thurs.
day in a badly decomposed condition
and could not be brought ashore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Majority OF Gunner Occupied Homes
Here Found Badly In Need OF Repair

per cent OF all owners report leiAts
of less than SIS a month, as com
pared with 74.2 per cent OF the ten
ants, and rents of less than STU a
month account for 9.8 per cent OF
the n in contrast to 81 per
cent of the tenants. The difference
between both types OF tenure OF
rent values ranging from SzO 20
$40 a month is smaller than those
in any other rent group, such rent
values occurrin gamong owners IN
1879 per cent of the class as COM
pared with 1871 per cent OF tne
tenants. In rentals about $50 a
month, however, not only is there
a greater proportionate occurrence
among owners OLA per cent? than
among tenants Q1.3 per cent? but
owners exceed tenants in the &C
tual number reporting higher rents
q, 524 owners, 674 tenants), in spite
of the fact that tenants are almost
twice as numerous as owners IN
Wilmington. l
1.-The median rental for all dwell
ings in Wilmington is from $40 to
SIS a month, that for owners an
ges from $25 to $50, while fer
tenants it is the same as for the
city as a whole-$1O to SIS a month.
Rents are little affected by the
inclusion of furniture or facilities
in rent price, since only 146 or %
percent of all tenant-occupied Jno
vacant dwellings report furniture
included in rent.
Owner occupied structures bull
since 1885 show the highest mediar
rent, $40 to $50, for this type O.
tenure. The median drops to from
SIS to $40 for structures built be
fore 1860 and through 1894, anc
to from $50 to $40 for those bull
before 1860. The last two a 6
groups, comprising 81 dwellings,
number among them the well-pre
served, large mansions of historic
old Wilmington, a fact which pro
baby accounts for their high rent
al value. Handicapped dwellings
built from 1925 through 1929 re
port the greatest median rent, be
tween $25 and $50, of all tenan'
age groups. Tenants in all Other
age groups report a median rent
from $40 to SIS, except those built
since 1885, the median for which is
from SIS to $40 a month.
"Of the sixteen reports on rem
for structures under construction
at the time of the survey d938,
four were estimated at between
$50 to SIS a month, one over that
sum, three from $40 to $50, two
from $50 to $40, three from SIS t.
$50, two from $40 to SIS, and one
from S. to $40 a month. The me.
dian rent value for all these i:
from $50 to $40, the same as thai
for all dwellings built during thu
last five years.
Conditions and Rents
THE relationship which the con
dition of structures bears to tn
rents they command has been dis
cussed already. Stated in terms o
rent returns, the survey reveal
!. that of all dwellings which rem
for less than $40 a month, s..
per cent are in the poor condition
categories, as are ILL per cent Q
those which rent for from $40 t
SIS a month, rent groups whic]
include over so per cent of al
dwelling units in Wilmington.
"Other interesting conclusions b
!; drawn from an analysis of tn
; dwellings in the different
> groups and the families livig i
: them. Dwellings reporting low rent
/ ais show a greater proportion c
families with children under Il
than those reporting higher rent
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

It is said that so, 1000 airplanes
a year will C approximately
three and one-half billion dollars;
moreover, it will take approximate
ly four. years time before the air
plane factories can reach that pro.
duction rate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

built before then the proportlon Is
1873 per cent. Owner occupleo
structures in poor repair report d
slightly larger proportion tree
from encumbrance than owners aS
a whole, which is possibly attrlou-
table to the poor loan risk OF pro
perties seriously in need OF re-
pairs
Duration of Occupancy
Duration of occupancy is a mat
ter which affects the deslraDlllty q
rental property as an investment
lust as the tendency OF owners 10
occupy their homes for longer pc
RODS than tenants is important as
a factor which influences the sta
bility of population.
In Wilmington, the survey report
SAYS, the comparative difference
between the duration of owner ano
tenant occupancy are striking.
while 81.4- per cent of owners
occupied the same dwelling for hve
years or more" the report says,
the same is true of only 22.8 per
cent of the tenants. Noteworthy,
too. is the fact that 1925 per cent OF
the tenants in Wilmington have &C.
cupied their present dwellings less
than one year, with 20 per cent re-
porting an occupancy duration Of
less than six months. The med1an
duration of occupancy for the en-
tire city is from three to five years
for owners it is from 10 to 20 years
but that for tenants falls to from
two to three years. There is little
indication of difference in duration
of occupancy by rent groups, ex
cept that among tenants the ex
tremely high brackets above S1s
report a median duration OF three
to five years, and owners whose
rental values are over 500 a month
report median occupancy duratlons
of 20 years or more.
s'Size of dwellings does not seem
to affect duration in Wilmington
nor can any conclusions be drawn
the single family structure is sc
about duration of occupancy among
since the sampling types other thar
the different types of structures
small. Structures in poor repair
also show little variation, o
among tenants and owners, from
the median duration for their re
spective occupancy groups"
What of rentals and rentals val
ues?
although rental prices are de
termined by a number OF factors
including demand" the repor'
says, minimum costs for the con
struction of adequate houses ane
the rents which they should profit
ably command can more or les:
be established" Since minimum
rents can be determined, an analy
sis is attempted, in the next OF thl!
series of articles. of such mini
NUNS and markets for them; tina
is, the number of families now in
adequately housed whose income
would permit them to pay the rem
tai price of adequacy.
Rentals
"First, however, it is essential t.
examine existing rentals in tn
city, and the housing condition
which prevail among the differen
rent groups.
almost IS percent of all dwell
ings units in Wilmington rent TO
less than $40 a month, over hal
rent for less than SIS a month
about 30 per cent rent knder $40
month. The proportion of owner
whose rental values are low i
much smaller than that for ter
ants. While 1877 per cent of owr
ers report rents less than $40
months, the same is true of IS.
per cent of the tenants. Only 80.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
BY ROD SPARROW

A study of the value of housing
property in Wilmington, the dura-
ton OF occupancy, rentals and rem
tai values, the size of existing
dwellings, the amount of physical
equipment they contain, and densl-
ty of population is a matter winch
should be of interest not only to
those interested in housing as a
SOCIOLOGICAL matter but to those en-
gagged in housing as a proht-maK-
Ing venture.
For that reason the contents OF
the real property survey conducted
here in 1899 by the WPA under the
sponsorship of the North Carolina
state planning board should be m
valuable to many people IN Will
mipgton.
The median value for owner-oc-
cupied structures containing n to
four dwelling units in Wilmington
is from So, 900 to 1899, the survey
reveals. For single family owner
occupied dwellings Onto which type
most structures falD, the medlan
lies between ST. 500 and $2,999.
more than one-third of this type
are valued at less than $4,000" the
report says. almost 40 per cent
Of them are valued between $4,000
and 81, 999, while $50 of them, or
25.7 per cent are valued at $4,000
or over. AS is to be expected, a
high percentage of those structures
in need of major repairs or unit
for use falls in the low value
groups. The one-third of all owner
occupied structures valued al
less than 50, 900 claims over three
fourths of the owner structures re-
ported in poo repair, and also con-
stitutes well over 70 percent OF
those structures valued at less than
81, 900, over 40 per cent OF those
valued between $1,000 and $1,499,
and almost 81 percent of those val
ued between $1,500 and $1,999.
"Over half the single family own
er-occupied structures in Whining
ton consist of five or six rooms.
The median value of the five room
structures falls between $1,000 and
81, 499, whereas that for the six
room units is between $500 and
$2,9e9."
The report indicates that more
than a third of the houses in the
city are encountered with mort
cages.
Mortgages
"Of the 3,O27 owner reporting
on mortgage status" the report
says 90 ,159, or 1873 per cent are
so encountered. The highest pro
portion of mortgaged structures oc'
ours in the So, 500 - 3d. 99 value
groups, which represent about one
fourth of all owner-occupied struc'
lures and which report 46.9 pei
cent mortgaged. All other value
groups show little variation from
the percentage of the owners as &
whole.
Houses of more recent construe
ton show a higher mortgage Incl
dence than older structures. Ovel
IS percent of those owner-occupiee
structures built during the five veal
interval 1935-1939 report the ex
istence of mortgages. Of all struc
lures built since 1920, 1873 per cen
are mortgaged, while for those
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28

Editors Note: This is the sec
ond of a series of stories dealing
with the results of the real proper
" survey conducted here in 1889
bv the WPA under the sponsorship
Of the North Carolina state plan
ming board. The third dealing with
the low income housing area sur
vey will appear in The Star-News
in the near future.)
Evening star., 1940-03-17

WATER PUMPS, a. c. r.. u hip, 11O-22O
": girls bicycle, one Foldaway bed springs.
1924 33rd st. Sc.
WHEEL CHAIR, $50; good condition.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

WATER HEATER, electric (Pemco). 3O-gal.
size; one year old. Cost $S5, will sacrifice.
Lincoln 1R35
Evening star., 1940-03-17

REFRIGERATORS-R SALE.
friserators to choose from. All makes. al
models, from $19.95. 8 yrs free service
warranty. large trade allowance. easy
terms. 24-hr refrigeration service. Be-
fore you buy inspect our refrigerator
values they are sensational.
LUX APPLIANCE CO..
Washtngton's Largest Refrigerat House,
7Oe 9th St. NV. RE. 11S5.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

vIOLIN-Genuine Kriner. 1915, SIS.
Shepherd 5S49-J.
WASHERS-Visit our store for real values!
Slightly used 2-tub washers and dryers
that look and operate like new, $29; new
1898 mpdel wringer-type General Electrics
with filler pump hose. only 500. 10 DAYS
TRIAL. Pay 81 weekly. Republic 1890
The Piano Shop, 1015 7th st. NV. OPEN
EVENINGS
Evening star., 1940-03-17

SECRxTARY-Hcnduras mahosany. Au-
thenttc interior. NJ. Green says, Here's
"Youn never beat Il. II you Il. search R Tie
tSxn over. Truly the talk Of the town"
3rssn 8r yyos y1nasasss SS6 esssit n.ris /: sSSs ss
Evening star., 1940-03-17

LIQUOR STORE.
RETAIL PACKAGE STORE
DOING $4,000 YEAR;
$4,000 CASH PLUS INVEN-
TORY. NO BROKERS. BOX
2O7-J. STAR,
Evening star., 1940-03-17

WASHERS ATLAS APPLIANCE CO,
HOUSE. will sacrifice new washing ma
chimes at deep-cut prices: discount OF list
prices are more than 60T. We occupy an
entire 3-story building devoted exclusively
to the sale Of appliances We have repu-
tation OF selling appliances at real low
prices: Used Westinghouse. General Elec-
trio, A. B. c.. Easy. Maytag. Norge, Thor
and others as low as So Liberal trade-in
allowances. Terms as low as 81 weekly.
WASHINGTON'S LARGEST APPLIANCE
HOUSE.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

WASHING MACHINES = Brand-neW. IN
crates: sacrificing sos Oh list price: used
Maytag, Primer and others: S1O and up
J c. HARDING & CO. INC,
ELECTRICAL HEADQUARTERS
Evening star., 1940-03-17

LIVING ROOM-2-pc. tapestry or friezette.
Mr.. Green says, included with these 2 pcs.
Of lovely living room furniture are 2 tables
never strike another opportunity like this
one" Beautiful dinettes and odd chairs. -
Everything marked at talk of the town
good. Green Furniture, 5000 Georgia ave.
GeorRia o223
Evening star., 1940-03-17
RE-UPHOLSTERTNG

Three-piece living suite Upholstered for
$40; COVERING and new inside material in.
cluded; made like new in finest tapestry
and friezstte & &EorkmansiaiP guaranteed.
26OQ 14th ST NV. COLUMBIA IO172.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
RUGS.

Dealer must sell beautiful imported
French rugs. Chinese and other types, ap-
Mr. Harris. MA. S51O. 10s
ANTIQUES Colonial hall table, SI5;
Queen Anne mahogany desk sos. teakwood
GTa'rS:ItoI Ga'rn;: ss.:t stand table s2S nshos.ny
Chinese cabinet. 500; ANTIQUE sideboard
Smiths Transfer h Storage Co.
1918 You st. NV. NO. 3343.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
A SENSATIONAL BARGAIN.

Beautiful 12-piece dining room suite.
Robert Irwin custom built. Consists OF
table buffet. china closet, server, 3 arm
chairs and sidechairs. All chairs up-
holstefed In red antique damask. Walnut
1nleid, with satinwood and other rare woods.
Pad Tor table included A showroom sample
suite whose original price was 81. $50 90.
Tor sale now Only S3H(l m
Lester Dutt q Associates, o'
19Qa 0frAnf ~ M
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
June Is Biggest
Month For B. & l.

June was the biggest loan month
the North Carolina building, savings;
and loan associations have ever had,
according to AL b. Westcr, secretary
Of the Henderson Building and Loan
Association Of this city. He stated
that during this month more than
three million dollars in home loans
were made by these home financing
institutions.
He pointed out that during tho
month Of June the building and loan
and Federal savings and loan aSso-
Citations also broke all previous
records for the amount OF constitute
tiun loans when Sl.354, 900 OF more
than Is percent OF the total amount
loaned out was for the construction
of ia new homes. Loans amounting
10 1892. 600 were made by these N
situations fDr the purchase OF 3i3
homes. He said that 3l2 loans were
made for the rccnnditioning and re-
pair Of homes. amounting to S232,-
600 and PIP loans, aggrCgating $751;
600 were for rCfinancing on the
and Loan plan. The balance
of 27O loans, to the amount OF $685.
600 were for miscellaneous purposes.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
Dorsey Currin
Will Be With
Moore Houses

Dorsey F. Currin. prominent ware
houSVmdn Of OXFORD, has ASSOCIATED
hlmsen with A. II. (BcrU Moore lol
Inc operation OF the Planters ana
Ditnnrr warehouses mere during lhC
coming tobacco auction season, MI.
Moore announced today.
hIT. Culrn is an experienced
WA uhUtlscman, and has been IN
cnatgc Oh houses IN Oxford, Colds
poru .nu BiackShcur, Ga, and IS well
known 10 farmers throughout lhlS
area.
.ur Moore has for several seasons
been al Inc Planters Warehouse IL
ON her OF inc business, ana has Inc
Banner inns year Tor the Inst Tune
lie has been on the Henderson mar
kel lOr many years. Tie also has Tor
several seasons operated warehouses
III ulu Border Bcn, more recently at
WnIiCNliIc.
Illv argument Of Mr.. Currln with
MI Moore brings together two TO-
DIEGO men VINO nave spent much ul
Their lives in the warehouse business.
1t is lIC latest move IN preparations
lGr The coming season on the Hell
dcrSon market.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
Inter-Race
Meet Is Set
For Friday

o,ootino NJ thn Vance county
,,ta,. rnc;aI eonforcnca v,.Is ,nno,nr,
ad tndnv ~ mo held nnxI Fridav
o,.orin" - = n.rio,.l; in thc assembly
,non il tho bn,c,nrn1 uf ,hc Perry
,ibrarv, Several sneakers will be on
fine prorran.
The onrar,I s,,,irr, will he "Hous-
mo" ,TbIrb WINS mo .hcme Of recent
yoctionaI mnc1i,os held n Kinston
md C.cfnri,
\, 49, E,.;d... ,,;o.,, ,,,o,n,u , tall,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
CHESTNUT STREET
PROPERTY is SOLD

Two real estate deeds were filco
Monday with the register of deeds
One involved sale by John H
Bullock and wife to E. A. Jordan and
wife of property on Montgomery ano
Chestnut streets for $40 and Other
considerations.
The other was a timber deed
conveying certain trees on 42.8 acres
and So acres of land in NutbuSh
township. The paper was from
Frank H. Bullock and wife to S. w
Simmons. for $40 and other consid-
orationS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
City Gives
$4,000 Fund
For Library
Appropriated fro m
OF h er Than Tax
Sources; Nordan Is
Given Lease on Fish
ing Rights at Water
works Lakes; Plan Pc
lice Quarters.

An anprOprjItiOn Of $4,000 as its
usIInl contribution tn Inc support of
tbc II Leslie p..rrv Memorial Lib
ruI.v was voted hv The CITY Council
Mond,v niohI m lis AUGUST meeting.
The money will come from revenues
Of thc CITY other than taxes. SO as tu
comply with q Stale regulation that
libraries have been held not to be am
essential, and as such cannot be
levied for in taxes. The money will
be provided from court receipts and
other rcvcnuc than ad vaIUrcm in
come.
M. N. Nurdan was the only bidder
Cor fishing rieni@ Hl the wafer works
lakes. and submitted Il check for 500
to cover the lease Of thc rights for
the year. AT the same time the city
diSclaimcd amy responsibility for
drOWningS or other accidents, for
which Mr.. Nordun must be rcSpon-
siblc. A price Of - cents for I; half
day and 30 cents for an entire day
was fixed.
Mayor Henry r. Powell asked that
committee be named 10 make ar
engagements for repairs and altcra-
tions to the ground floor quarters of
the police department, and Alder
men M. y. Cooper, NJ. ". WcStcr and
j. w. Gill were named to the COM
mlttcc. They VIII have plans pre-
pared for submission al The next
meeting Of the Council.
An amendment was adopted to the
parking ordinance adopted June -,
1887, to provide that no taNIcab on
Tor hIrc car may use inc part OIL
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
Sewage Firm
Turns Down
City Check

A check for S9.949.84, which the
city admits it owes to Wannamaker
& Wells. contractors Of the sewage
disposal plant. has been submitted
to counsel for the firm and the check
was returned as refused. the City
Council was informed by Mayor
Henry T. Powell Monday night.
The check was sent to X. c. Royal
in Raleigh. counsel for the builders
of the plant. who have brought suit
against the city for more than $40
600 as result of a dispute with the
city over the final settlement OF the
account.
The Council was notified some
time AGO of the contractors purpose
of bringing suit, and action has been
begun in the United States District
Court for Eastern North Carolina.
Papers have been served on the
city, which will make answer, and
the case will be dOckcted for trial
in Federal court. Just when II Will
be reached is not known at this time.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-23
Job Service Has
Positions Open
For IntcrVleWers

The State Employment Service
has openings for six or more inter-
viewers to work at points in the
western part of the state at salaries
OF Sl25 monthly plus approximately
$50 monthly for travel expenses, &C
cording 70 statewide order rccclV-
cd today at the local office OF the
employment service.
THE employer prefers applicants
who have had some interviewing
experience CT at least persons with
sufficient knowledge Of interviewing
techniquoS 10 secure maximum oil
information in 4 minimum of time,
the order states.
Either men or women will be con-
sidercd as applicants. A car is re-
CURED.