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section Two- Commissioner Says Auto Insurance Act Is Not Compulsory 0 ■ How Motorist Meets Fi nancial Obligation Up to Him Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed ward Scheidt explained in an official statement today the insurance fea tures of North Carolina’s new safety Responsibility Law, which goes into effect January 1 and has sometimes been misinterpreted as a compulsory insurance act. Commissioner Scheidt pointed out that 43 other states now have the same type of law in effect and that in each one the same public misunder standing occurred that now exist' in North Carolina. The most commonly misinterpreted section of the Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Law is the one that exempts insured motor ists from the security requirements, which he explained as follows: “It cannot be repeated too often that our Safety Responsibility Law is not a compulsory insurance law. Cer tainly it is true that the only section of the new law that applies to insur ed motorists is the one requiring re ports after an accident. But it con tains nothing whatever that requires a motorist to carry insurance under any condition or circumstances. How a motorist meets his financial obliga tions after an accident is of no con cern to the law, just as long as he meets them.” . “Neither can it be repeated too of-1 ten that ‘just anv kind of insurance’ will not satisfy th° security provisions of our new law. The only kind of in surance capable of doing that is the kind that covers damage claims aris ing out of a motor vehicle accident. We have been informed by other states having this same kind of law that many of their motorists got into hot water because they thought their collision or fire insurance sufficed; a few even banked on their life insur ance. None, of course, would pay off traffic accident damage claims brought by others.” “Our new law says, without at tempting to repeat legal terminology, that the security requirements shall not apply to the operator or owner of a motor vehicle under any of the following conditions: To the operator or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of , «HSrWI 1 I "Imagine...we got better^ \ , Walls and Ceilings, !' I '7/ -~r-\'/2 thetimeW’ I : (and moved in weeks"earlyi :f' ¥WP ] thanks to ' Thank* to SheeTrock, thousand* of Amtr* % \ „ , , lean familia* art moving into their new fm M nHlfln AAI ts home* month* ahead of schedule ... for i IUI| If |UI II If Sheetrock make* smooth wall* and ceil { UHJili 1 J\V/V/J\ ing* in half the tima, with half th* troubltl j < f. ■.*(.*. I. M.M. Save* decorating time, tco and will makt j ; WjUebuiy or ramodal. tg,'.j j l Our entire plant will close for the Christ- | [ mas holidays on the evening of December 1 I 23rd, and will remain closed until the 1 morning of December 31st, when we will j be open for business as usual. We wish to thank our customers for | their patronage during the past year and | we wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. | I iWe Carry a Complete Line of Lumber, Millwork and Quality Building Materials J J M. G. Brown Co., Inc. j “Reputation Built on Satisfied. Customers” | Page Eight the accident an automobile liability in surance policy with respect to the car involved. To the operator, if not the owner of the vehicle, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an opera tor’s liability insurance policy or bond with respect to his operator’s liability insurance policy or bond -with respect i to his operation of motor vehicles not owned by him. ■ To the operator or owner if the li ability of such operator or owner for damages resulting from an accident is, in the judgment of the Commission er of Motor Vehicles, covered by any other form of liability insurance or bond.” “The first policy is the kind that is commonly carried by an insured own er of a private passenger car. The second is the kind that is carried by persons who drive but do not own mo tor vehicles. The third applies to form of liability insurance that are carried only by business and indus trial firms. All. it should be noted, protect the public against damages caused by the drivers and owners of motor vehicles.” “It should be remembered, of course, that the law gives uninsured drivers, who are involved in accidents, 60 days in which to furnish proof of non-liability, make satisfactory ar-j rangements for the settlement of ■■ claims, or deposit security up to sll,- 000 to cover claims for damages they cause, before their driving license will be suspended.” Health Officer Warns About Parents Sleeping In Bed With Chiwfren k In commenting upon the recent d"ath of a Gamden County infant, Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health offi cer. had this to say: “This death brings to us the reali zation that many infants, forced to sleep with the parents, are found dead in bed near day break. “Seldom do we see anything writ ten about these cases, because of the sadness in tb e stricken home. “The remedy is simple—don’t sleep with your baby! They can sleep in a crib, a basket with a pillow for a mat tress, in a card board box or the bu reau drawer, each with a pillow for a mattress. “An infant or small child requires only about half as much cover as an adult, so don’t worry about the baby freezing. A water bottle, or fruit jar filled with warm water and a reason able amount of cover is adequate. “Please don’t take a chance on sleep ing with your baby! You may lose the baby, and regret it the balance of 'your life.” THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1953. 1 AFTER THE WADING PARTY, an Army Quartermaster test trooper checks the body temperature of one of his buddies. Such sci entific experiments have made American soldiers the world’s most comfortably dad and lias helped them to lick a formidable enemy— -1 the weather. Grand Opening Os K. L. Nixon Next Saturday Kermit L. Nixon will observe a ! grand opening of his store at Valhalla Saturday, December 12. Mr. Nixon, electrical contractor and dealer in large and small home appliances, in-' vites the public to attend his open-' ing, during which a turkey will be given away. *i W*MW UVVWWWUVW -TO- iBARGAINS GALORE! | AT EDENTON FURNITURE CO. 1 m 'm i Christmas Furniture Store I m > 0 !£ 0 m m A five piece Modern Breakfast Room Suite —Plastic Table and Four Matching Chairs with black 0 LLJ L m f cast legs A beauty, will be given away during this Christmas Sale. Nothing to buy and you do !£ 0 * IVIjJLj • not have to be present to win. All you do is visit our store and register. Suite will be given away !£ 0 Thursday afternoon, December 24th, Christmas Eve at 5 o’clock. Be sure and register, you may be the winner ... !££ « ' » 1 * I _.. Si iEdenton Furniture Company! i&MMjlllf*************************!*!******************^ ’I Mrs. Virginia Oliver, VFW district president, and Mrs. Ellie Mae Parrish, president of the Edenton Auxiliary, attended the sixth annual birthday dinner held in Elizabeth City Wednes day night of last week. At the meet ing Mrs. Margaret Hurchet, president 'of the Elizabeth City, Auxiliary, pre sented Mrs. Oliver a lovely orchid cor sage in recognition of her work as district president. $2.30 JH $3- 65 I Clenmore I ■ UNTVCKY I ■ fTKAicrr ■ ■ BOVIBOH ■ ■ ■ /kentucky\ / STRAIGHT \ * / BOURBON \ M V | GLENMORE ] gai-fIM DISTILLERIES COMPANY-* LOUISVILLE, KY.B6 PROP* Z-~ZZ--KT- - t-LVu-Jxryy s^wwy»
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