PAGE TWO
SECTION ONE
Preliminary reports by coun
ties i£' the 1957 farm census
summary show the following
facts Sibout Chowan County:
Total acres, 87,684; harvested
crop -land, 34,998 acres; land
used ipnly for soil improving’
crops and crop failures, 125
, acres; idle crop land, 356 acres;
improved pasture, 2,667 acres;
unimproved open pastures ex
cluding wood and swamp pas
ture, 534 acres; all other land,
woods, waste cutover home sites,
non-farm, etc., 49,004 acres; corn
grown' for all purposes, 14,366
acres; cotton harvested, 2,445
acres; tobacco harvested, 690
? acres; peanuts grown alone for
all purposes, 7,171 acres; wheat
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Bank Notice I
Application of Peoples Rank and Trust Com- fl
pany,’ Rocky Mount, X. C., for Authority to* B
Merge with The Rank of Edenton, Edenton,
Lx. C., and to Establish a Rranch at Eden ton, fl
X. C, has been filed with the State Banking fl
Commission. This application will be heard by B
the Commission at its regular quarterly meeting fl
on Wednesday. January 22, 1958, at 11:00 fl
A. M. in Room 316, Motor Vehicles Building, ■
1100 Xew Bern Avenue, Raleigh, X. C. fl
Any and all persons interested will be heard. B
BEN R. ROBERTS I
Commissioner of Banks I
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oats threshed or combined, 76
acres; all other small grain alone
or mixed threshed or combined,
9 acres; milo and other sorg
hums combined for grain, 142
acres; soybeans combined, 5,722
acres; lespedeza, harvested for
seed, 5 acres; soybeans or cow- •
peas cut for hay, 34 acres; all
other hays cut, 2 acres; Irish j
potatoes grown for sale, 35 acres;
sweet- potatoes grown for sale,
349 acres.
Other vegetables grown for
sale, 3,641 acres; vegetable gar
dens grown for home use, 265
acres; 511 other crops harvested,
80 acres; commercial fertilizers
used, 8,903 tons;.sows and gilts
kept for breeding, 1,975; cows
and heifers kept mainly for milk,
119; mainly for beef, 870; all
liens and pullets of laying age,
18,679; all telephones on land,
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 26,1957.
219; number of acres from which
saw timber was handled for sale
or used on farms, 202 acres; all
television sets on. land, including
those temporarily out of order,
450; people of all ages living on
land, 4,996.
Amended Plan
Announced For
Auto Insurance
Insurance Commissioner Chas.
F. Gold has announced the ap
proval of an amended plan which
had been adopted to provide sos
the assignment of motor vehicle
owners to insurance companies
when the owners are not able to
purchase automobile liability in
surance on 9 voluntary basis. The
Commissioner stated that the
plan was' necessary because of
the Vehicle Financial Responsi
bility Act Pf 1957, which becomes
effective on January 1..1958, and
requires every motor vehicle own
er to show prooj.of financial re
sponsibility at the time of regis
tration.
In announcing the reasons be
hind the plan, the Commissioner
stated that the new Financial Re
sponsibility Act does not require
motor vehicle owners to purchase
insurance. Proof of financial re
sponsibility may be shown by the
purchase of a financial security
bond or by posting a cash deposit.
However, it was noted that the,
majority of motor vehicle owners j
would probably use automobile li
ability insurance to show proof of
financial responsibility. For this
reason, it was necessary to make
the plan applicable to all motor'
vehicle owners in the State who
could not purchase liability insur
ance from an insurance company
in the normal course of trade.
The Commissioner stated that
the new assignment plan was
made effective as early as possi
ble so that individuals who are
unable to obtain automobile lia- i
bility insurance from a company ]
agent or representative could
make application for assignment
immediately. It was thought that
it would be helpful in avoiding a
last minute rush for the purchase 1
of liability insurance and license
plates if the plan could be put :
into effect as early as possible.
The deadline for purchasing 1958
automobile license plates is Feb
ruary l-sth.
*ln order to obtain insurance
through the Plan, an applicant is
required to submit an application
form to the North Carolina Au
tomobile Assigned Risk Plan of
fice in Raleigh. All agents and
representatives of liability insur
ance companies have been sup-
J plied with copies of these applies- 1
tion forms. The application form |
j has been modified and simplified
•so that it is no longer necessary
for the signature of the applicant
to be notarized.
When the application for insur- !
ance on a private passenger ve- j
hide is submitted under the plan,
' -it must be accompanied by a
miimnuißHleposit of $50.00 or the ]
> amount the annas!, ppppjiunp.J
•Th^'apfrticahf will fhen be as- ■
signed to a company licensed to [
J write liability insurance in the
' State, and he will be allowed thir-
I ty days additional time in which
to pay the balance of the pre
| mium if the total cost is in excess
of the deposit.
The Commissioner expressed
, the belief that most motor ve
' hide owners who desired to pur
chase liability insurance in order
' to show proof of financial respon
| sibility would be able to obtain
their insurance from a local in
surance company agent or repre
, sentative. In the event a motor
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FAST SERVICE Putting air in a customer’s tire, this
attendant at a Paris, France, gas station provides fast service
by taking care of his duties on roller skates. All attendants
at the unusual station on the banks of the Seine River roll hap
pily along.during working hours. Skates are used because the
gas pumps are a long way from the main buildings
vehicle owner finds it necessary
to use the assignment plan, he
will be able to obtain a liability
policy within a few days after
submitting the application and
deposit.
Weekly Devotional
Column
By JAMES MacRENZIE
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Whither atheism? In recent
months long-suffering Americans
have been subjected to a good
dieal of premature whoop-de-do
by religious leaders over the ap
parent decline of organized athe
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ism in this country. “Church
membership is up,” we are told,
“and membership in anti-religi
ous societies is down. Therefore
the devil is on the run, if there
is a devil.”
But the millennium is not yet.
In a recent Associated Press in
terview, Joseph Lewis, president
of “The Free-Thinkers of Ameri
ca,” an atheistic organization, said
that organized interest in athe-'
ism has lagged because “the op
position isn’t as strong as it usedj
to be. There’s been a consider-,
! able liberalizing (watering-down)
l of religion. The lines of conflict
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aren’t as clearly drawn. But from
the standpoint of intellectual
growth, atheism is increasing.”
Charles Smith, president of the
American Association, fer the Ad
vancement of Atheism agrees.
He feels that the. churches “go in
for this ‘cheer ’em up stuff now.
This new sort of religion is hot
so bad.”
Now atheists, like pompous re
ligious stuff-shirts, can be guilty
of talking through their hats; and
1 daresay that Mr. Lewis and Mr.
Smith, feeling themselves on the
defensive, have offered excuses
rather than reasons. But there is,
a certain amount of truth in what I
they say, and it does not reflect
credit on our churches.
In effect, they charge that athe
ism no longer fights the churches
because the churches have aban- ,
doned the historic Christian posi
tion for the position of atheism,
or, at least, agnosticism. Is the
charge justified? Have compro
mise and collaboration with the
world, the flesh, and. the devil
(and there is a devil) become the
distinguishing marks of religion?
Is it true that some of our church
es no longer accept the N Bible as
the only infallible, inerrant Word
of God? Is it true that some min
isters disbelieve, or at least play
down, the teachings of the Bible
I concerning sin, hell, and the judg
ment? Do some of our seminary
professors deliberately seek to
undermine the faith of their stu
dents in the supernatural ele
ments of Christianity? In the
Virgin Birth? The miracles of
Christ? His bodily Resurrection?
His Substitutionary Atonement?
Can it be that so-called evangeli
cal Christians knowingly and
willingly fellowship with those
who deny the deity of Christ in
) inter-church organizations like,
say, The National Council of
Churches? Can it be that our
churches have sunk to the level
of the world instead of lifting up
the world to the level of Christ?
Perhaps the time has come for
a little less back-slapping and|
yakety-yak, and a good deal more
of self-examination, repentance,
and a return to ’ the faith of our
fathers.
Some people can stay longer
in an hour than others can in a
week. —Wm. Dean Howells.
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SALE OF the
GEO. V. ASHLEY LANDS
LOCATION; Three tracts nehr Rocky Hock Baptist;
Chuirch in Chowan County.
FIRST TRACT: Known as the “Home Place”
ing 119 acres, more or less, 68 acres cleared. Four
dwelling houses including the main residence which;
has modern conveniences and out building. ALLOT
MENTS: Corn 13.3 acres, cotton 6.5 acres, peanuts
12 acres, tobacco 1.71 acres.
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SECOND TRACT: Known as the “Old Place” contain-,,
ing 50 acres, more or less, 14.3 acres cleared. AL
LOTMENTS: Corn 2.8 acres, cotton 1.4 acres, ptJSSf 1 .
nuts 2.5 acres, tobacco .36 acre. Ideal land for truck
crops.
THIRD TRACT: Known as the “Bunch Place” con*;
taining 54 acres, more or less. 17.7 acres cleared. AL-.;
LOTMENTS: Corn 3.4 acres, cotton 1.7 acres, pea
nuts 3.1 acres, tobacco .44 acre. Ideal land for trutlf*
crops.
ALLOTMENTS for all tracts: Corn 19.5 acres, cotton
9.6 acres, peanuts 17.6 acres, tobacco 2.sDacres. To
tal cleared acres 100. Some timber on all tracts.
TERMS OF SALE: Sealed bids With the right of refus
al reserved. Bids may. be made on each tract sepa
rately and on all tracts- combined. Bids must be
post marked before midnight December! 31, 19 a 57. .
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Mail bids to G. N. Ashley, P. O. Box 171, Roseboro, N/C.