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KNOW YM SOCHI SECM 1 I P '. of Iho Social Security Ad- I ministration, is in Edemon every Thursday at the North Caro. j BuUdhut S ° CUlitV ' Commission in Citizens Bank - nnniWL-i I- Proofs For Social Security Claims Self-employed farmers 65 years of age or older wishing to file claims for old-age insurance can, in most instances, save them selves much time and expense if they would wait until they have filed tlieir Federal income tax returns, including Schedule F, before contacting field represen tatives or the Norfolk office, ac cording to J. A. Morrison, Dis trict Manager, Social Security Administration. Claims filed without furnishing copies of tax returns, and proof that they have been filed, and other proofs such as date of birth, marriage, di vorce and the like cannot be pro cessed until such documents are furnished. Proof of filing may be in the form of tax receipts or cancelled checks covering tax payments. Proof of age for the self-emplojted farmer in the form of some documentary evi dence and birth certificate for any children under 18 years old must be furnished. If he has a wife age 62 or over, proof of her age is also required. j SUNDAY SCHOOL | LESSON f Continued from Page 6—Section 2 then are we not obligated to see to it that we offer that same aid and support to others—who also benefit from fellowship and a sense of working together toward a Christian goal? In short, a completely passive attitude toward our membership places us in the position of ex tracting the strength and moral support and fellowship from our church and church members with out properly attempting to do our part in seeing to it that our example is a source of encourage ment and leadership in others. There are, and always will be, some tasks which church mem oers must share together. The j church member who never wants to snare his load of the burdens, burdens of the church, the mem ber who never has time to take part in solving the problems of 1 the church or in playing his role in deciding important issues ! which arise and affect the church and its members, is not meeting one of the responsibilities of his church membership. On the other hand, there are those who dodge their share of the church’s problems but who can be found in attendance, In regular attendance. And while regular attendance is usually a sign of participation in Christ’s work and the work of the church," it is not always so. There are those who make at tendance a sort of “thing to do” I ritual, such as the politicians who wish to be seen at church and play active roles for the votes that can be won in this way. It is good business, according to cer tain commercially-minded mem bers, to be seen regularly at church. These politicians, and business men, or women, are —fortunately —the exception to the rule. Every politician and every business man who takes his church attendance seriously is not looking to some ulterior motive or reward. But suffice it to say that regular at tendance in church does not al ,ways add up to a sharing of the .11 dl—.f fflEp" 236 Front Street, "iff A pleasant stroll, on afternoon visit with o friend . . . and then, when it's B&vjT time to go, a sudden storm, lut : there'! no need to worry, no need to get wet, either. A telephone call will Sl bring a taxi. The foct is, a telephone cpn bring SHB WXr- help of ony sort. If* at your service «_) ■ ~ always there to help make your '■'/ mm fw ' T y " \ life just a Uttle bit easier, A n more enjoyable. s <- y %. Nor. & Car. TeL & Tel. Co. JP~ , Elizabeth City . Eden ton . Hertford . mm, Manteo . 8 unbury Mr. Morrison further stated that recently field representatives have been swamped by unneces sary contacts with farmers who come in empty-handed, some even without their social securi ty cards. They are forced to make a second contact with the representative or the Norfolk of fice. This proves to be expens ive and time consuming for the farmer and most often he has to wait an undue length of time to be interviewed because of the many calls now being made. By following his suggestion, only one contact should be necessary. In order to give quicker and better service to the self-employ ed farmer in the filing of his claim, Mr. Morrison further sug gested that all who can should come to the Norfolk District of fice located at 220 West Bram bleton Avenue, bringing the doc uments and proofs referred to. He emphasized that social securi ty office has absolutely nothing to do with filing tax returns or the payment of tax. That is strictly a function of the Inter nal Revenue Service. > | church’s burdens and a willing ness to do one’s part when the time comes for support which de mands something more than lip service. > ’ v Thus, in claiming the many ■ privileges, the privilege of work [ ing with and for God in his i house, there are responsibilities we should meet, and some of them require effort, time and inconven ience. , CERTIFIED SWEET POTATO GROWERS INCREASE ACRES Production of certified sweet potatoes in North Carolina is in creasing steadily, according to J. C. Rice, director of the N. C. Crop Improvement Association. Pro duction increased from seven acres in 1953 to 115 acres in 1957. Rice says that the two varieties produced in this state are Porto Rica Louisiana strain grown on 90 acres and Copper Skin Gold Rush produced on 25 acres. Al though most production is in the i eastern part of the state, one cer tified seed producer is located in ) Kings Mountain. C. C. Barefoot of Benson, Route 2, who had 22 acres of Porto Rica strain under certification last sea son, is the largest producer. Joe Edmund of Columbu s County and Roy Keller of Carteret County both had six acres of the Portu Rica variety; Beamon Brothers of Wayne County had 5 1 /> acres and Don Lee, of Araphoe five acres. Rice says the Copper Skin Gold Rush variety is becoming popular in cretain areas of the state. Cla rence Chappell of Belvidere, l Route 1, Perquimans County, pro duced five acres of this variety; J. P. Keel of Robersonville and Vassar Shearon of Wake Forest, Route 2, four acres each; James Bardin of Wilson, Route 2, three acres. All of these fields as well as others listed in the certified seed list for 1958 were field inspected for the presence of off-type plants and freedom from such serious field detectable diseases as wilt. The harvested crop will be in spected again in February at which time it will be determined if internal cork is present in any of the seed potatoes. This infor mation will be available for THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 30. 1958. .1 fiSSfim Ml GOD 18 A GOOD GOD God! What la He? I believe that God is the ere .ator and sustainer of this uni 'verse; that mankind is his pri mary Interest and concern, that God knows every one of us in dividually and every detail of our lives, no matter how insignifi cant, is like an open book to Him. 1 believe God wishes to Bhare our lives with us—to assist us in every phase of its activity—that His chief delight is to make our lives "abundant” in every way. God answers prayer! Not al ways does He answer it with the response we wish, but always His answer, if we will let it,,ulti mately makes our living more joyous, more prosperous and more "abundant.” God is a good God, able and willing to help us. Were He able but not willing, He would be evil. Were He willing but not able. He would be impotent. But God is all good, all powerful. Dr. Alexis Carrel, a distin guished scientist, physician, No bel prize winner, and former bead of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, said this concerning prayer and its re sults: (Man, the Unknown.) “Prayer may set In motion a strange phenomenon; the mira cle. Our present conception of the Influence of prayer . is based upon the observations of patients who have been cured almost* instantaneously of vari ous afflictions, such as peritoneal tuberculosis, cold abscesses, os teitis, suppurating wounds, lu pus, cancer, etc: The process of healing changes little —often an acute pain, then a sudden sensa tion of being cured. In a few seconds, a tew minutes, at the most a few hours, wounds are growers who desire to purchase certified sweet potato seed. Certified baskets of potatoes will have a blue tag which shows both the variety and inspections made on each lot of potatoes. This tag is sealed to the container with a metal seal of the N. C.' Crop Improvement Association,! Rice concludes. Walter Brown, Jr., Now Tech Sergeant j I Walter A. Brown, Jr., a mem ber of Hedron-1 and assistant NCOIC of the Station Supplp De-1 partment at the Edenton Naval' Auxiliary Air Station, was rc-l eently promoted to Technical- Sergeant. Sgt. Brown first enlisted in the Marine Corps August 10, 1951, and took his basic training at Parris Island, S. C. He was in Korea from November, 1953, un til November, 1954. Among the ribbons he rates are: The Ko rean Campaign, the United Na tions ribbon. National Defense and Good Conduct Medal with one star. The new Technical Sergeant is married to the former Miss Grace Davis Thomson of Pawtucket, R. 1., and has two sons. They make their home in Hertford. 1 PER CENT Tax INTEREST Will Be Added To All 1957 Chowan Comity Taxes Which Are Not Paid Before February l*t, 1958 Interest will increase every month your tax es remain unpaid after February Ist, This is required by state law. <“X~xkkxkkkkkkk~x~X“X~xkk~xkk~x~x-x~xkkkk~x~x~x~x~x~x~X“X~x~x~x~x~x~:*' Pay Now And Save AVOID THE INCREASED INTEREST X“>x*x-:~X“X~X“X~x~x-x~x~x~x~>-x~:~x~+*>-X“>»>*^X“X"X“X~:-X"X"X~x~X"X- , » , «’- , »*-*. J. A. BUNCH SHERIFF OF CHOWAN COUNTY cicatrized, pathological symp toms disappear, appetite returns the only condition indispens able to the occurrence of the phe nomenon is prayer. ” Twice, under his direct ob servation, Dr. Carrel states incur able cancer has crystallized and disappeared The only possible conclusion was that healing oc curred in direct answer to prayer. Dr. Carrel should know a cancer when he sees one —he won the Nordhoff-Jung Medal for cancer research. He testifies that once he saw a cancerous sore shrivel up into a scar right be fore his eyes after an earnest prayer. if you and I could have our deepest desire granted, what would it be physically? Simply this I want to live) I do not know what life is. I only know I do not wish to leave it. I know whatever brings pain or suffer ing carries me toward the cessa tion of life That which brings happiness enlarges life. There fore, whatever makes my life more Joyous and more complete is that which I seek, it is that toward which I move. Jesus said, T am come that ye might have life, and that you might have it more 1 abundantly” (John 10:10) Abundant means “literally filled to overflowing.” In this column, I share with my readers my own experiences of direct answers to prayer. Others, unimpeachable authori ties in their fields of medicine, psychiatry, the ministry and other professions relate their own experiences of God answer ing the prayers of his children. I am showing you how, through prayer and faith in God, you can be "abundantly" alive Local Men Attend Furniture Market Jesse Harrell and B. C. Berry j jof the Edenton Furniture Com- I pany, returned from High Point J I Wednesday of last week, where | I they attended the 66th semi-an- j j nual Southern Furniture and I j Rug Market. More than 5,000 retailers at-; I tended the meeting, where new styles and designs in furniture were displayed. I “The year 1953 will be a good \ ; year in furniture for the home | makers of America,” say Harrell i and Berry. Great values in the! | markets came from constant im-! provement in production tech niques. b LISTEN EACH SUNDAY AT 8:45 A. M. to The Melody Five Edenton’s Own Spiritual Group OVER RADIO STATION WCDJ N. C. Farm Wage \ Rates Show Drop Farm wage rates around Janu ary 1, 1958, show a decline in perj day rates of from 10 to 15 cents in North Carolina while an in crease is noted in most of the oth er South Atlantic States. For this period, Tar Heel farm wage rates are estimates to be 57 cents per hour or $4.65 per day with house while those wage rates without room or board are set at 67 cents per hour or $5.50 per day. Os the eight South Atlantic Stales, North Carolina ran kg fifth in farm Wages paid per day with or without room and board. United States For the U. S., all individual' types of farm wage rates were • • higher on January 1, 1958, than I a yeah earlier, The rate per hour without board or room, which is reported for all States, ranged from 51 cents to $1.27 per hour. LATE WINTER MAY MEAN LEAN PICKINGS FOR COW; Late winter in North Carolina j dairyland is often accompanied by! poor pickings for the dairy cow. I according to Fred N. Knott, dairy specialist for the N. C. Agricul tural Extension Service. Knott says this unfortunate and unprofitable situation is brought | about by a number of factors, the. most important of which is the failure of many dairymen to rea- I lize that cow s can consume and i require a tremendous amount of ■ good quality roughage, The ma ture cow can utilize good rough- : age at the rate of seven to 10 tons | of silage or 2' to three ton-; of hay per year. The dairy specialist also points ' | out that despite “Bossy's” amaz ing ability to convert roughage | into mink for human consumption j she is often confronted with al | most unsolvable problems, “Bos- I sy” often faces the problem of i flavor of corn shucks, weather j damaged peanut hays and other' similar roughages of low digesti bility and net energy values. He says that all roughages have to he supplemented with some type of concentrate to give the producing cow the total energy she requires. It may he possible to make up the energy deficiency of such poor roughage with concentrates but this is not economical. Knott ilPf J; ,Nv GATOR QUEEN —Pretty Frances Faye Andrew;', Jack sonville, Fla., girl and sopho more at the University of Florida, has been crowned | Queen of the 1957 Gator Bowl. I Miss Andrews, five feet, four inches and 110 pounds, will preside over festivities marking the football meeting of Texas I A. &M. and Tennessee ■r says recent experimental work in dicates the total ration is not only more expensive but milk produc tion is substantially reduced un-i dor such a feeding program. A poor roughage feeding program consisting of low net energy feeds does not lower feed cost; it only narrows the margin of profit for the dairyman. Maj. Thomas Bembry Is Stationed In Utah Army Maj. Thomas J. Bembry, Jr, whose parents live at 2291 West Gale Street, Edenton, re- j eently was assigned to the Chemi cal Research and Development Command at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Major Bembry, the post trans portation officer, was last station ed in Korea. Tlie 38-year-old major was graduated from Edenton High! School in 1937 and St. Augustine j College at Raleigh in 1941. His] wife is with him at tin- proving ground. G YKARS OLI) Glenmore KENTUCKY I*3 S T UAIG H T UOI'UBO ° I> KO O F Glenmore MNTiX:«v STPA'GHT BOURBON WHISKEY ■ Ufte ido/t I cT&er/t ShtlU/**/ fjdoffded iy \ CIIKMORE DISTILLERIES COMPANY B (MtndSi** he*SmaAy GLERMORE DISTILLL.OES COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY CUCUMBER GRADE CHANGE MAY BENEFIT TAR HEELS Tar Heel cucumber growers; may benefit by proposed changes in standard grades, according toi A1 Banadyga, horticulture spe cialist for the N. C. Agricultural Extension Service. The U. S. Department of Agri culture has announced proposed revisions in the cucumber grades \ in effect since 1953. The princi-1 pal change is the addition of U. S.! Extra No; 1 grade which will bCj a combination of the present U. S. Fancy and U. S. No. 1 grades. The new grade requires that at least 50 per cent of the cucumbers in a lot meet requirements of U. S. Fancy grade and the remainder i | Edenton Beauty Nook j “Your Friendly Neighborhood Shop” j Inquire about our FREE Valentine permanent to our customers. PERMANENTS FROM SB.OO up I FULL LINE OF REVLON COSMETICS 812 N. BROAD STREET EDENTON, N. C j Dial 2210 ret ■ {jS£UA \ SINCLAIR-/?* \\ /i fiat V ? / % I \J Utofaf J. C. PARKS SINCLAIR SERVICE STATION, EDENTON PAGE SEVEN ’—SECTION TWO meet requirements of U. S. No. 1. Banadyga explains that North Carolina growers haven’t had many cucumbers grade fancy be cause of restrictions. But he says under the new grading system, lo cal growers would have more of their crop go into the higher grades. The horticulture specialist says that anyonee desiring to submit written views on the proposed changes should write the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Pro duction and Marketing Admini stration, Washington 25, D. C. There are few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than he governed by others. —Thomas Hobbes.