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SECTION TWO— Population On Farms 1 Continues To Decline More Than Six Persons To One In Non-agri- | cultural Employment j i The long-term migration from the farm to the city, accelerated since the early Forties by war and by the gTeat increase in non-agricultural employ ment opportunities, has brought the farm population down to a new low. 1 Figures compiled jointly by the IT. S. Bureau of the Census and the ‘ Department of Agriculture put the ' number of persons on farms at 21.9 million in April this year. This was equal to 1344 per cent of the country’s entire population, the lowest proper-;' tion on record. ]■ In 1950, the number of persons liv ing on farms was over 25 million and the proportion to the total population. was 16.6 per cent. Just before Pearl Harbor, in 1941, the farm population, was 30 million and represented 22.71 per cent of the entire IT, S. popula- 1 tion. Back in 1910, the first year so which figures are available, the farm population exceeded 32 million and, represented more than a third of the country’s total population. Farm vs. Nonfarm Thus over the last four and one half decades the number of persons living on farms has declined by near -1 v a third and the ratio to the total 11. S. population almost twice as much. There are now more than six persons in the nonagricultureJ oomdatipn so” every one living on a farm ■’« compar ed with a two to one ratio in 1910. Despite the drop in the number of; farmers, however, agricultural produr-! tion set new records over the last dec ade, thanks to mechanization and bet ter farming techniques. The figures show a substantial de- • cline in agricultural employment in ( recent years and a higher proportion , of those living on farms earning their livelihood in nonagricultural in dustries as off-the-farm job oppor-1 tunities have increased. Os the farm working population in Anri! this year only 5 million were empoved in agri culture as compared with 6.6 million so employed in 1950. Nearly 3 mil lion of the farm labor force were then employed in non-agriculaural indus- ( tries, and they represented 20 per cent of the entire farm population of work ing age as against 16 per cent in 1950. Trend By Age Groups A decline in the number of persons living on farms between 1950 and 1954 occurred in all age groups, but | was relatively greater for those of i the younger working ages. There | were 1.1 million fewer children and l teen-agers on farms in April this year than in the 1950 month, but their 1954 j proportion of the total farm popula tion was higher than in 1950. Simi larly. the proportion of those between 45 and 64. and the 65 and over group also moved up. On the other hand the number of those between 20 and 44 dropped by 1.4 million in the four year period, and their proportion of the total farm population went down from 30 % per cent to 28 ’4 per cent. The following table gives the trend of the farm population tin millions'). ! and its relationship to the total U, S. population, for selected years from 1910 to the present: Farm Population 32.1 32.0 30.5 30.5 25.3 27.1 26.0 24.2 22.7 21.9 Year 1910 1920 1930 1940 1945 1947 1949 1951 1953 1954 Sources: U. S. Bureau of the Census; Dept, of Agriculture. 'W'W'V'W'W'W'W'W'W'W f G&W \ t sevejv : nSTAR Proof! rSn ®2"U? < I sqjp. I , 3 JJ < I % - - I 4 **★★★** V »o moor mm 2T m I blended WHISKEY • VMJK SIMNHT .J WHISKEY 6 YEARS OR MORE AU) • CTAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS • AOOOOHAM t WORTS LIMITED, PEORIA, ftjUHOU Page Four .'second 81l SERMONS I TEXT: “To stupid people, sinceri- 1 ty is self-sacrifice.” —Anon. Someone charged David Hume, the * agnostic, with being inconsistant be- 1 cause he wanted to hear the orthodox i Scotch minister, John Brown. Hume replied, “I don’t believe all he says—but. he < does. And once a week I like to hear < a man who believes what he says.” < I The sound most satisfying to the 1 human ear. is sincerity. Whether or ’ not we agree with the man who be- 1 lieves what he says, we must respect j Good Seeds Are Best Investment For Crops : ] “(Investment in good seeds pays j great dividends.” That is the firm i belief of Stewart Lipscomb of Blanch community. Blanch, Route 1. Negro County Agent E. R. T. Car- ■ raway says that Lipscomb who has > met all requirements of the N. C. Crop Improvement Association and is now a member, had 50 bushels of Taylor wheat which tested pure seed 99.81 per cent and germination 93.50 per ' cent. c,-v a other Caswell County farm >.i- "reduced Taylor wheat in 1954 ; but did hot have their seed certified. The pr"v : ons year. 30 bushels of Taylor wheat ••• ’•> seeded :n Caswell . according to Carrawav. His' opinion of the wheat for Piedmont farmers ; with good leaf rust resistance, was as follows: better than-average masaie i resistance, above average cold resist ance. and good straw strength. He believes that the Taylor will hold its own with the best of wheat t varieties now in use. In addition, the Negro County Agent says millers have found Taylor wheat makes an excel lent quality family flour, is an attrac tive wheat with more eye appeal than Atlas. All of the Caswell County farmers who produced Taylor wheat in 1954 were well satisfied, but Lipscomb was especially enthusiastic concerning the variety. Wm. Thomas Francis Dies Unexpectedly! j William Thomas Francis. 87. died (Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock at • | the home of his son. 1.. F. Francis. I Deceased had been in ill health for two years but his death came unex pected. Surviving are two sons, L. E. Fran i cis of Edenton and Henry Francis of Norfolk; one daughter, Mrs. W. A Mansfield of Driver, Va.; one sister, I Mrs. W. A. Veau of Sherwood Oaks , ’ j Calif.: 14 grandchildren and 27 great! ! grandchildren. i He was a member of the Assembly I of God Church. Funeral services were . I held at the Williford Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The i Rev. J. H. Anderson officiated with : HALSEY Id fffl Id j Id tes id tin CO STORE Ratio, to Total U.S. Population 34.9 30.1 24.9 23.2 18.1 18.9 17.5 15.7 14.3 13.5 THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. N. O- ' rTT UBSDAT t NOVEMBER 4, 1954. his sincerity. We owe sincerity more than respect. We have an obligation to defend it against unworthy attack. Too often a heavy penalty must be paid by the man who says what he believes. | While we may not agree with the sincere man’s beliefs, let us not ridi- j cule—let us not belittle —let us not censure his sincerity. Launch a de termined defense of his right to be lieve. Our world has too few men with the courage to say what they be- j lieve. Some day, you, yourself, may i be that man. j burial in Beaver Hill Cemetery, Active pallbearers were: Joseph, Mansfield, William Mansfield, Herbert Mansfield, Percy Mansfield, Robert Francis and Thomas Francis. Honorary pallbearers were: W. J. Berryman, M. A. Hughes, Dr. J. A. Mitchener, Dr. J. W. Davis, Dr. Rich ard Hardin, Dr. J. A. Powell, O. M. El ||||llliiir““-- —""iiiiiiiii ||| miiiii MOUNTAIN M f RIDGE Jk I STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY iflH l NOW 5 YEARS OLD V $3501 $220 Ik Wv,** | APM J "'"SSIuOW Ik 6 TEARS OUi •IS PROOP j/ Wl ”***l • # A.— _ And look what you see iyri _ * •_ a /-xi l . Q -JG-. from the driver’s seat W hat s new with Chevrolet r Chevrolet’s new Sweep-Sight Windshield curves around to M i vertical corner pillars, giving ™ t _ ______ JL I _ _ T I Tjf you a wide, full view. 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Proved tubeless I tires give vou greater protec tion against a blowout . . . \W^m deflate more slowly when punc tured. for hats, hips and shoulders. nw SW Air 4 -Door S^m I ** I\• ; • Chevrolet and General Motors have started something—a whole new age of low-cost motoring—by taking a whole new look at the low-cost car. Here are new ideas, young ideas . . . and some of tomorrow’s ideas, too! And they’re all rolled up in the most glamorous package that ever wore anything like a Chevrolet price tag! | Como in and moot the nwtoramic Chevrolet -more than a now ear- A NEW CONCEPT OF LOW-COST MOTORING - B. B. H. MOTOR COMPANY “YOUR FRIENDLY CHEVROLET DEALER " N. Broad and Oakum Streets Edenton, N. C ~,, . . liott, R. K. Hall, Dr. W. S. Griffin, W. M. Wilkins, Ernest Kehayes, Pat | tie Perry, Ernest Ward, Joe Vail, Skinner White, T. J. Wilder, Lloyd Ferry, W. B. Small, Eli Byrum, John ny Bunch, Mark Bunch, W. H. Pierce, W. H. Hollowed, Gus Beasley, Clyde Berry, W. J. Taylor, C. E. Byrum, M. S. Elliott, B. L. Knox, S. J. Sutton, Jessie Perry, Dr. L. P. Williams, J. A. Bunch, William Privott, R. C. Hol land, R. W. Carden, Gibson Mitchell, J. C. Williams, J. E. Bufflap, W. O. Speight and Walter Small. Clean. Os Course Is it a big firm where you are a clerk ? Rather. It takes a good fortnight before a joke goes from the general 1 office to the chief. i ON CHILD CARE I Children have their problems, tooj .. . sometimes it’s their parents! Bea- I trice Fairfax, nationally known expert ] ,on family affairs, sounds an urgent ' warning to mothers and fathers. Look 1 for this revealing, helpful story in the November 14th issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY Magazine in Cologravure with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN Order From Your Local Newsdealer STATEMENT Coastal Plain life In ™ r , a "<v C° mpany SOeSYMjMWT., Filed Condition December 31, » isccllnnoous, Income From Policyholders, $1,06-,036-', $1,106,467.88 Disbursetneifts—To* al P oficyhoiders, Miscellaneous, $828,030.90; Total ASSMS . „$ 109,298.93 Bonds 60,000.00 Stocks ——— —— " 259,762.70 Mortgage Loans on Real Estate _ ggg o-^t Policy loans —-—-- 138,339.1<M Life insurance premiums and annuity considerations deferred n 308 9? and uncollected —, —■ —-j — ’ 998 10 Interest and other investments due and accrued - ’ _„ . . . $ 580,670.86 Liabilities, Surplus and Other Funds Aggregate reserve for life policies and contracts— • $ ’ Policy and contract claims 18,100.28 Premiums and annuity consideration received in advance Accident and Health premiums—---— 77~~. VonifH 'l2l *ls Commissions to agents due or accrued Accident and health General expense due or accrued————————— 1=7001:1 l Taxes, licenses and fees due or accrued j All other liabilities as detailed in statement- | Total Liabilities (except Capital) 279,306.90 I Capital paid-up —r— •- i * u'wiofi Unassigned surplus 51,363.96 Total - - $ 580,670.86 Business in the State of Durin * ™j* USTRIAL No. Amt. No. Amt. ' Policies on the lives of citizens of said State in force December ' _ . „ 000 31st of previous year 293 $623,000 31,516 $ 7,388,235 Policies on the lives of citizens of Sr ---.----------141 345.000 39,473 9,128,130 Tota l :• ~434 $968,000 70,789 $16,516,365 Deduct ceased to be in force during the year ————— 59 $114,000 42,546 $ 8,671,836 Policies in force Dec. 31st 375 $854,000 28,443 $ (,844,529 Losses and Claims incurred during , year —————— 169 $ 49,039 Total - 169 $ 49,039 Losses and Claims settled during the year, in full———— l® 9 $. Premium Income—Ordinary, $26,089.63; Credit, $589,331.15; Industrial, $446,- 615.49: Total, $1,062,036.27. , , President, S. E. Wilson: Treasurer, B. A. Wilson; Actuary, J W. Wooler; Home Office. 224 S-. Church Street, Rocky Mount, N. C. Attorney for Service: Charles F. Gold, Commissioner of Insurance, Ra leigh, N. C. NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, Raleigh, October 14th, 1954. 1, CHAS. F. GOLD, Commissioner of Insurance do hereby certify that the above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Coastal Plain Life Insurance Company, of Rocky Mount, N. C., filed with this Department, showing the condition of said Company on the 31st day of December, 1953. Witness my hand and official seal the day and date above written. CHAS. F. GOLD, Commissioner of Insurance. L® —l I Great new VB—two new 6’s New "Turbo-Fire V 8” delivers 162 h.p. with an ultra-high compression ratio of 8 to 1. You can choose from two new 6’s, too — the new "Blue-Flame 136” with Powerglide (optional at extra cost) and the new "Blue- Flame 123.” BBS A ventilating system that really works Chevrolet’s new High-Level Venti lating System takes in cleaner air at hood-high level—away from road heat, fumes and dust. This is the car that began with a great idea—the idea that a low-priced car could be built that would have the style, the per formance, the comfort and convenience features, and the fine quality "feel” of high-priced cars. This is the car that only the world’s leading car builders—Chevrolet and General Motors —could have built. The Motoramic Chevrolet! Come in and see how the Motoramic Chevrolet for ’55 is far more than a new model. It’s more, even, than a completely new car. It’s a whole new idea about can! New Outrigger Rear Springs Rear springs are longer—and they’re attached at the outside of the frame. This means they’re spaced wider apart, outrigger-fashion, to give you greater stability in cornering. And Chevrolet’s new Hotchkiss drive cushions drive line shocks through the rear springs! OVERDRIVE CONVENTIONAL POWERGLIDE DRIVE Three drives, including Overdrive There’s Powerglide teamed with the new V 8 or the new "Blue-Flame 136.” New Over drive teamed with the new V 8 or the new "Blue-Flame 123.” (Powerglide and Overdrive are extra-cost options.) New stand uk ard transmission, too!
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