, Special Term Os
Superior Court To
Begin On Monday
Session Requested Due
To Accumulation of
Many Cases
CIVIL TERM ONLY
Judge A. Hall Johnson
Os Asheville Sched
uled t oPreside
Beginning next Monday morning, a
special term of Chowpn Superior
Court will be held for the trial of
civil cases, the term having been call
ed in order to dispose of cases which
have accumulated due to lack of time
r in. the past several sessions of the ,
regular term. Judge A. Hall John- (
son of Asheville, will preside at the
special session. ]
The calendar as released by Clerk :
I of Court Richard D. Dixon is as
follows r
Monday, April 29th <
Harding et als vs. Southern Loan
and Insurance Co. et als.
Jackson vs. Perry.
Francis vs. Smith.
Leary vs. Perkinson.
Tuesday, April 30th
Edney vs. Edney.
Belch vs. Hassen.
IN RE: Will of McDonald.
Johnson vs. Cooke.
White vs. Chappell et al.
Wednesday, May Ist
Hawkins vs. Edenton Cotton Mills.
Perry & Hofler vs. Hassell.
Bank of Edenton vs. Lowry,
i Thursday, May 2nd
Umphlett vs. Leary.
Scott vs. Holly.
Davis vs. Winslow et al.
Motions and divorce cases at the
convenience of the Court.
1 TYNER £
Mrs. W. 0. Boyce visited Mrs.
Cecil Byrum Friday afternoon.
[ Mrs. Clifton Griffin and son,
L James, called on her mother, Mrs.
1 N. B. Dail, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. E. B. Byrum and Miss Hilda
ißoyce visited Mrs. Arthur Overton
Wednesday 'afternoon. ,
Marjorie Anfte, little of
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Byrum, is im
proving, after being quite ill with
pneumonia.
Mrs. G. L. Twine, Mrs. O. C.
Twine, Mrs. Alonza Mansfield and
Mrs. Melvin Burke were guests of
Mrs. Robert Twine and Mrs. Preston
Dail Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. N. B. Dail called on Mrs. J.
R. Byrum Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Twine visited
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Byrum Sunday
evening.
i Mrs. A. E. Byrum of Suffolk, Va.,
visited relatives here last week. Mr.
Byrum came Sunday and accompa
nied her home.
Mrs. Josie Copeland of Greenville;
Mr. and Mrs. George Forehand and
daughter, Nellie Mae, of Virginia,
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
N. B. Dail Sunday. Additional af
ternoon guests were Mr. and Mrs.
M. Byrum and son, Eugene, of Vir
ginia.
Mrs. Freeland Chappell and Mrs.
Tom Byrum visited Mrs. Robert
Twine and Mrs. Preston Dail Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. G. L. Twine, Mrs. O. C.
Twine, Mrs. Alonza Mansfield and
Mrs. Melvin Burke called to see Mrs.
Arthur Overton Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Howell and
little granddaughter called on Mr.
and Mrs. N. B. Dail Monday morning.
Creswell Senior Play
Displays Fine Acting
The 3-act comedy “Dotty and
Daffy” provided an evening of keen
enjoyment for Creswell school pa
trons and friends and evoked sincere
remarks of appreciation for the good
acting of the Seniors participating.
Irene Spruill as the widow in de
termined pursuit of a rich husband.
Harold Stuart Woodley and Harrell
Spruill as the pursued prospects,
Allen Spear as the son of the sup
posed millionaire, Roxie Furlough
and Esther Davenport as the daugh
ters of the widow, and their boy
friends, John Collins and Thomas
v Spruill, Collia Davenport as the old
maid aunt, Dallas Spruill, who as
the manservant, made love to Evelyn
Swain, the maid, and Myrtle Mae
Roberson, the cook, coiryhosed the
~ cast - U
- BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Adams ‘on Saturday, April 20, a son,
John Milton. ' )
' a Bohemian art colonyrelatedman
“KITTY STEPS OUT” —SHORT
NOVEL YOU’LL ENJOY
t Surprising experiences of a girl in
entertaining short story by Curtis
B. Leland. One of the many fea
tures in the May sth issue^of
The American Weekly
v I%e big Magazine distributed with the
L Baltimore American
On naif at ail HfTTMItIHrff
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PARTY AT COMMUNITY HOUSE
The Womans Club will have a
party at the Community House at
Cross Roads Tuesday night, April
23, beginning at 8 o’clock. Various
games will be played and other forms
of amusement will be provided. A
cake will be sold for the prettiest
giri. A small admission fee will be
charged.
IN REIDSVILLE HOSPITAL
Hubert Williford of Madison, is
recuperating in Memorial Hospital at
Reidsville, after an operation for
appendicitis Wednesday of last week.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B
Williford, visited him Friday.
| ~ ~AT~SiT PAUL’S |
Rev. C. A. ASHBY, Cacique, Rector
Been-away for a short visit to my
son and daughtfiH-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Garnett Ashby of
Jacksonville, Fia. My throat was
bad; much improved, but not well.
Am told Parish dinner Thursday
night of the 11th a success. The
Rev. Jack Roundtree made a splen
did address. I knew he would. Jack
can do it. Presiding warden was or
namental and hungry. Fare excel
lent. A good time had by all. Re
gret I was away. John W. Graham,
Esqr., lawyer and lay reader, gave
the congregation a fine service Sun
day I was away. Looks like these
St. Paulities may discover they do
not need a minister. They surely ■
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What Every Metropolitan Policyholder
Should Know about his Company
Metropolitan presents its Business Report for the year ending December 31, 1939. (In accordance with s
the Annual Statement filed with the New York State Insurance Department.)
§ . . .. \■ ' • .. • .7
ASSETS WHICH ASSURE FULFILLMENT OF OBLIGATIONS OBLIGATIONS TO POLICYHOLDERS, BENEFICIARIES. AND OTHEtS
National Government Secnritins. .
U. S. Government . . . , , . $948,082,869.84
Canadian Government 67,856,044.76
Other Ronds. . . . (
U. S. State AS Municipal 110,055,727.87
Canadian Provincial & Municipal . t • 103,823,959.75
Railroad 573,665,903.43
Public Utilities 689,740,113.65
Industrial & Miscellaneoas . , , ■ . . 405,093,316.15
Stocks
All but $22,561.13 are Preferred or Guaranteed.
Mortgage *fba us on Real Estate
Farms ......... 76,890,988.22
Other property . t * t e » • .876,767,661.85
Leons on Felicias
Real Estate Owned
Includes real estate for Company use, and housing projects.
Cosh
Premiums Outstanding and Deferred . ......
Interest Die and Accrued, etc.
TOTAL ......
V
NOTE-- Assets carried at $221,390,536.99 in the above statement are deposited with various public officials under requirements
of law or regulator? authority. Canadian business embraced in this statement is reported on basis of par of exchange.
TEN YEARS OF PROGRESS
Highlights of Metropolitan's growth and stability over tho past doeado
Insurance in Force
Life Insurance
1*29 . . $17,933,000,000
-vss»\\<ga I*3* . . $23,1*3,000,000
\ Accident & Health Insurance
\ \ \ --\ Weekly Indemnity
s ' |*2» 1*39 I*3* .... $19,894,000
Policy Reserves
rra I*2* . . . $2,659,000,000
1939 .. . $4,493,000,000
/ *9 \ f j Funds held, as required by
law, to assure payments to
1929 1939 policyholders.
Payments
flkot 1929 ... . $335,000,000
| KS 1939 ... . $604,000,000
■"T T J Funds paid or credited to
T—- 1* I / policyholders and their ben
> • 1 / eficiaries.
J 929 1939 >
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company §
(A MVT V A L COM P A NT) Wk
Frederick H. Ecker, Chairman of the Board Leroy A. Lincoln, President pfl
1 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. j |
DIRECTORS
FREDERICK H. ECKER, New York, N. Y.
Chairman of the Board
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
JOHN ANDERSON, New York, N. Y.
Chairman, Executive Committee
Charles Pfizer 6 Co., lac.
MrraiEU, D. POLLANSBEE, Chicago, m.
Member, Follaaabee, Shorey and Schupp
Attorneys at Law
JOSEPH P. DAY. New York, N. Y.
Preeideafc, Joaaph P. Day, Inc., Seal Batata
LANODOMP. MARVIN, New Yotte,N. Y.
Marvin end Martin
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THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940
* • \ •
know how to carry on without one.
i Bishop Darst will be our next
• Parish dinner speaker on the night
of May 24th. The 26th he preaches
1 in Hertford at 11 a. m.; the Com
munity House at Cross Roads (no
service there on second Sunday in
May) at 3 p. m.; St. Paul’s at 8 p.
m. He will confirm at these ser
vices. I want the name of any wish
ing to be confirmed here, as class
will soon form. St. Paul’s is grow
ing. In three years I want us to
have 200 communicants. Can be
done Di V. if I keep as thin as I am
now.
Sunday, April 14, Mr. J. A. Moore
and myseflf told of the diocesan debt
campaign now on, and ending Whit
sunday. Mr. Moore is a member of
the finance committee of The diocese
whose duty it is to raise this debt.
Bishop Darst was consecrated on
January 6, 1915. On his 20th anni
versary as bishop in 1935 diocese
decided as memorial to him to pay
Off within 5 years the $23,000 debt
which. diocese had accumulated dur
ing the depression. Diocese fell
down on this. St. Paul’s and a few
other parishes and missions d.id their
full part, but most of them failed.
Last diocesan convention, held in 1
January 1940, passed a resolution
calling for payment of balance of
this debt by Whitsunday, May 12th,
next. Debt originally $23,000; -
$2,000 spent on Bishop’s house which
was in almost unlivable condition; :
we had a diocesan deficit of $4,621
in 1939, due to certain parishes and
missions failing to pay what prom
ised. We paid ours. These three
items give us $31,621 debt, repairs
and deficit. During the five years
$15,000 was paid on the debt, so that
$16,621 or about that sum, is due
now. There are 8,000 communicants
in the diocese. The finance commit
tee is asking that every communicant
give $2 by Whitsunday, which will
wipe debt out. Some can’t give
anything. Some can give more than
$2. It will balance up. Bishop Darst
writes inf The Mission Herald, “The
debt, while not large, is proving bur
densome, and I earnestly hope that
we may have it out of the way by
Whitsunday so that we may go for
ward without strain to the accom
plishment of the task committed, to
our hands.” St. Paul’s quota is
$330. The vestry passed a resolution
saying this will be paid. A canvass
will soon be on to raise it. A mem
ber of the vestry will call on you,
or you may hand to a vestryman
your contribution, or mail check to
Fred P. Wood, treasurer of St.
Paul’s, stating it is to go on the
diocesan debt. I have given many
times my part on this debt,
but I will most cheerfully respond
again to relieve the Bishop of this
burden. I hope you feel the same
way. Our contributions to our
church are usually small indeed com
pared with what we spend for luxu
ries, amusement, tobacco and so on.
Get up your $2 or more by Whit-
$1,015,938,914.60 .
1,882,379,020.85
86,624,833.01
953,658,650.07
515,495,459.26
407,215,594.74
132,667,027.52
87,666,343.58
60,340,337.46
$5,141,986,181.09
WILLIAM L. DE BOST, New York, N. Y.
President, Union Dime Savings Bank
JEREMIAH MIL BANK, New York, N. Y.
MUbank&Co.
D’ALTON CORRY COLEMAN
Montreal, Canada, Senior Vice-President,
Canadian Pacific Railway
NEWCOMB CARLTON. New York, N. Y.
rhairmnn of the Board
Western Union Telegraph Company
LEROY A. LINCOLN, New York, N. Y.
President, Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company
HARRY W. CROFT, Greenwich, Conn.
Former Chairman -
Harbieon-Walker Rafractoriee Company
Policy Reserve! required by law $-
Amount which, with interest air* future premiums, will assure
payment of policy claims.
Dividends te Policyholders
Set aside for payment during the year 1940.
Reserve for Future Payments on Supplementary Contracts .
Held ter Claims
Including claims awaiting completion of proof and estimated
amount of unreported claims.
Other Policy Obligations
Including reserves for Acciden snd Health Insurance, divi
dends left with Company, premiums paid in advance, etc.
Miscellaneous Liabilities
Liabilities not included above, such as taxes due or accrued,
special reserves, etc. -
TOTAL OBLIGATIONS . . . , . . $
Surplus
This serves as a margin of safety, a cushion against contin
gencies which cannot be foreseen.
TOTAL . . . $
After fulfilling all its contractual obligations (including payment of over
$4,260,000,000 to policyholders and beneficiaries) over tbe 10-year period
of adverse economic conditions from 1929 through 1939, Metropolitan
A
1 1.... added to its contingency reserve, or
surplus, as an extra safety factor, more than . $132,000,000
2.. . strengthened the basis of its policy
reserves to the extent of 45,000,000
3.. .. made expenditures to improve prop
erties acquired through foreclosure, without
increasing their valuation 25,000,000
4.. .. reduced the valuation of securities
and real estate as carried on its books, by
more than 216,000,000
5.. .. expended on health and welfare work
for policyholders more than 58,000,000
... $ 476,000,000
6. VET, over this same 10-year period, and
in addition to the above, Metropolitan also
paid or credited to its policyholders almost
one billion dollars in dividends .... . 992,000,000
TOTAL $1,468,000,000
THOMAS H. BECK, New York, N. Y.
President. The Crowell-CoUier Publishing
l^pmpnpy
WALTER EWING HOPE, New York, N. Y.
Member, Milbank, Tweed and Hope
Attorneys at Law
SAMUEL W. FORDYCE, St. Louis, Mo.
Member, Fordyce, White, Mayne, Williams
and Hartman, Attorneys at Law
GEORGE McANENY, New York, N. Y.
Chairman of the Board
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
ROBERT V. FLEMING, Washington, D. C
President and Chairman of the Board
BlpNstlaisl Bank
FREDERIC W. ECKER, New York, N. Y.
Vice-President
Metropolitan Life Ineurance Company
i Sunday and let’s make our quota.
• Don’t have someone else paying your
( share unless it is absolutely neces
. sary. Two dollars for every con
- firmed person in St. Paul’s is what
it will be.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. M. Bond are
now communicants of St. Paul’s.
We welcome them.
For Representative
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Representative of
Chowan County in the General
Assembly, subject to the Demo
cratic Primary Election on May
25. If elected, I promise to serve
the County to the best of my
ability. Your vote and support
will be greatly appreciated.
J. G. Campen
md Hereford
and Angus
STEERS
fftCSF’Wt. 400 to 900 lbs. Sorted
—S S in even sizes in -carload
lots. 2 loads fine T. B. tested
springer heifers. 2 loads cows, 3
loads spring calves. Will sell one
load or all.
HARRY I. BALL
FAIRFIELD, IOWA
WINTHROP W. ALDRICH, New York, N. Y.
Chairman of the Board
Chase National Bank of New York
EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, Jr„ N. Y. C.
Chairman of the Board
United States Steel Corporation
WILLIAM W. CROCKER, San Francisco. Cat
President
Crocker First National Bank
AMORY HOUGHTON. Comma, N. Y.
. President. Coming Olass Works
LOUIS S. ST. LAURENT. Quebec. Canada
Member, St. Laurent, Gagne, Devlin h
Taacheroau, Attorneys at Law
ERNEST K. NORRIS, Washington, D. C.
rroMueni, aouuwni nSUWiy system
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WHISKEY
CARSEURS
White Seal
FOR THE MAN WHO CARES
86.8 Proof. 72% grain neutral
spirits. Copr., 19+0, Carstairs Bros.
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14,493,833,205.00
112,999,638.00 '
112,986,146.83
22,931,579.79
42,377,943.67
47,140,101.00
54,832,268,614.29
309,717,566.80
55,141,986,181.09
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