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PAGE FOUR UaSFCTtQN tv Three Ps i PERSONAL AND I PRIVATE PROBLEMS TkU column will attempt to anawei •amiDiii ami private problems o( in t ' Btotonuto "bo ouiunit their gueotlona to thla column. These inquiries to in einue family and social problems and aIU cover questions that come up in a ijnstins oneself to smiof y; economic • sestions to include adjustment to busi ness life and careers. All innuiries Correaponuence nod names will lie held In the strictest confidence. All inquir ies and questions should be addressed Is “Three f*s”. care of The Chowan IIe*o!d. Kdentou- N. O. —Vladimir T> Kellec. Counselor. Dear Three P’s: The other day I received a threatening letter from a lawyer in which he said he would start euit if I did not send a check in payment for certain goods re ceived by me on a trial bas s. The lawyer pointed out in his letter that the goods were aant ito me on a five-day trial b?sis land if not satisfacto;y they were to be returned at sender’s ex pense, otherwise I would be lia ble for the cost of the goods. About a month ago my wife re ceived a package by parcel post. I opened it up and it was not anything I wanted and put it aside, Where I do not know. I did not order the goods, did not want them and I do not see JOHN E. SHACKELFORD announces opening of his office for General Practice Os Law ROOM 8 Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Building PHONE 2513 EDENTON, N. C. ¥vw —— ; ; im— M | <vr>r^ The same Sinclair Research now brings you a new oil for your car The same Sinclair research that developed a lubricant for the latest jet aircraft engines ffirn/ /ffl i 7 ... and a special lubricant used to protect jj vital parts of America’s satellite-launching fj rocket motors... now brings you a great / new motor oil for your car. , / New Sinclair Triple X, the Multi-Grade y Motor Oil, protects in all driving ranges. / It speeds up cold-engine starting. It cuts ./ / , “drag” for fast engine warm-up. It reduces :|>;7 wear during hard, open highway driving. T / fIHMK / Change to new '■" L ■bEJuajdj 61 a^tTO,l,x - o '** ™ / . See us today \ J ?j v"V ■ ■ jc mm m ■ ■ m m 1 m m ■ ■ « m m W1 W ■ ■ § m 1 ■ Biiim# * J1 b JL JL b < A9wß Jk Jb a a* »> _/■ ' 5 ..j * /^t ivy A T^.TC where I am liable in any way. What should I do? —George D. T. Dear Georgfe: As P. T. Barnum said once a long time ago, there is a sucker bom every minute. There are a great many suckers abroad in, the land and there are a great j many sharp operators who takej advantage of this act to prey | on the suckers and make a great! deal of easy money. It is done! on the basis of an implied con tract where an offer is made to you under certain terms and con- 1 ditions, and if you do not com ply with the terms as to a re fusal, then it is an implied ac ceptance of the offer. These op erators are very sharp and they see to it' that they anerate just within the law. Some time ago a great many people rece ved packages of pencils on a trial! basis; if not returned within five, days then the recipient was to, s-end two dollars. A great many people did not want the pencils, did not do anything about it and were beseiged with letters for payment. Being easy marks and becoming somewhat concern ed about the threats, made pay ment. Then there is the maga zine racket. One day you re ceive a letter stating that some one has paid for a three month . trial subscription to a slleezy magazine. In small print this announcement tells ycu that if you do not cancel the subscrip tion after three months the . magazine will be sent to you as . 1 a regular subscriber and you j | will be liable for a full sub i scription for one year at the reg .Jular rates. You receive the 1 magazine, glance at it and if it !is not interesting to you it is , j thrown in the waste basket. 1 This goes on for some time, past , the original three month trial J subscription. Then one day you | receive a letter that you are li -1 able for six or ten dollars for the continued subsription. There is some real correspondence back : and forth but,in end as a : sucker you pay for it, as the expense cf going to a lawyer about it is more than the sub j scription rate. You become an , other sucker, but you do not want anylbody to say anything * about it, so you keep quiet about it. Then there is a certain type of magazine that carries a great . many sucker ads. They effer , you everything at very low pric es and will be sent to you on a trial basis. So you send in youi first payment cf a dollar ex pecting to receive something! , I worthwhile at a low price. If i j after you receive the goods and j folio winstructions you can re-| turn the goods at your expense’ and you a*re out only the original I dollar and the expense of re-! | turning the goods. If you keep the good; after the trial period then you become liable for the FLOORS SCRAPED, WAXED AND FINISHED—CAN MAKE ANY SHADE—APPEARANCE FOR 1 TO 200 YEARS OLD—CRACKS FILL ED I'P TO Vs INCH. Specializing In Finishing All Types of Paneling John E. Askew Floor Contractor 319 Lloyd St—Ahoskie, N. C. TELEPHONE 3557 ★ All Work Guaranteed ★ 10 Years of Experience “We Don’t Want All of the Business, We Just Want Yours.” ' >1 v ,■ r THE mpp EPEIfIXyW WORTH CAROLIHA* w « 4® - y ', v* Yf 1. ■ X k X,-M UMadM > \'JMm .'.■.'-.s-^.'.s 1 . <-:3 DON’T TOUCH Secondo Nerucci, a cardiac patient in Italy, ponders the apparatus in his lap, but he doesn’t fiddle with the dials. The transistor unit makes electrical impulses keeping his heart beating. balance. And you become an other sucker; for you do not want to be involved in any con troversy and you do not want your friends to learn that you swallowed the bait and became a sucker. The most recent inter esting case was the enterpris ing young man who inserted ads in certain types of magazines suggesting that if you want to make easy money and to become rich all you had to do was to send him a dollar. A great many people sent the dollar and by return mail they received a postcard telling the people to do just as he did. Some peo ple refused to be suckers and wrote to the U. S. Post Office Department. An investigation was made. At the time of the investigation this man had re ceived over one hundred thous and replies with one hundred thousand dollars. The Post Of fice Department on investiga tion found that there was no fraud, no laws were violated and they could not do anything about it. No doubt the opera tor is still taking in the suckers. In your case, if the amount in volved is not too much, you had better pay it and chalk the expense up to experience. If the amount involved is of any sizeable amount you had better see your lawyer and perhaps a letter from him will shut off the correspondence. Otherwise just mark yourself up as one of P. T. Barnum’s suckers. Dear Three P’s I am a widow in my early fif ties. My husband in his will arranged for me to receive a monthly income which is more than sufficient for my needs. Then I have a pleasant position which keeps me busy and where I meet interesting people. Re cently I met a fairly a'tractive man who has taken me out to dinner several times. He h'as suggested that we become mar ried and that both of us give up our postions and take a trip around the world together on my money. I do not like to discount his motives, for he is attractive and a good talker and mixes with people very well. Do you think it advisable? —Abigail. Dear Abigail: From your letter it would seem that you are a sensible woman and as such you have really answered your own prob lem. You describe your gentle man friend as attractive, a good talker and a good mixer. 'ln other words he is a good sales man for himself. Taking a trip, around the world on your money presents to him a great oppor tunity to sell himself to some other'rich widow, for it is well known that lonely women and widows with money take these trips in the hopes that they will meet some one interesting enough to marry them. If you have only known this gentleman for a short tipie and know noth ing of his background, I would recommend a little caution. You might be lonely and want male but you should be sure the kind of companionship you are getting is .the kind you Want A man proposing to take a trip around the world on your money does not seem to tall In that category. «r 1 " - ■ * • I he said to beiofttf to him- KNOW YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY P. E. Bettendorf, representative of the Social Security Ad ministration. is in Edenton every Thursday at the North Caro. Una Employment Security Commission in Citizens Bank Building. V Recently a farmer in 'this, county contacted me to see if j (he could become eligible for so cial security benefits. He had never obtained a social security •account number and had not filed federal income tax returns and paid social security tax on his farm earnings. He had op erated his farm in 1955, 1956 and 1957 raising crops and livestock himself; and had cleared over S4OO each year. In 1958 and agai nin 1959, he had hented his farm for cash rent with no agreement with the renter for him to participate in the farm ing operation. Based on his date of birth, he could have been eligible for 'pay ment if he had reported his earnings in 1955, 1956 and 1957. Since the 1955 income tax re turn was not filed by April 15, 1959, he cannot be given social security credits for his 1955 earnings. The cash rent received in 1958 and 1959 is not covered by the Social Security Act and no credits can be given for those two years. I explained to him JACQWN'S JL ROYALE *2 PDNT Bte§| |fU 1 cuacMt meusn o/smt*o mom grain - to moor *! CHARLES JACQUIN it Cil, lac.. Pbila., Pa. TIRED OF r TIRED OF endless .weekly jkSjk? waxing Then STOP!#* And * j £*/ % STOP Jcl a RUSH M TODAY I^ij// fWhereA , '(plus installation) \«s>_ | Hf SANDRAN STAINLESS VINYL FLOORS j; Mm SW*SOMMNIWMM>i yBHH ' • HEW I Ono Swioh of a Damp Mop Cloonr Sondroo Vinyl In.tcntly ... Tml N«w Hon to Scrub Again I - - | • NEW! cam worn out ocpholt tilo, Unoio.m, or ' ; L ■ '.jlfceJ «oot» with o Momlou ilipcovor of \ j OVER 70 BEAUTIFUL SANDRAN I • NEW I «»♦. Grtow, «**» - ponotroio , ; IBJI patterns and colorsi I SSS-“ " y * NEWI ii 9 J§Km * NEWI Ovioh. oo«y *» bwfßt —w» rntntp^mj' -> 7; - 'T3BBBBBBBW9BBh Coi»#» in wourftu 6 foe# o«*d 9 towt widths , • • 4 -- *;4 -^ ***''" • v H t v - . ' 'n .; ■. v ?&) jT if 9*. • that he was required by law ,to pay social security tax on his earnings in 1956 and 1957 but that these two years alone would not give him sufficient credits for an insured status. Consequently, no benefits can be paid to him and his family at' this time. Other farmers in th ; s area may find themselves in this same situation when they reach age 65 or the'r survivors may not be eligible for payments in case of their vdeath 'before 65 unless they file income tax re turns each year when they are due and report their earnings for social security purposes. The Social Security Administration cannot grant credit for gainings from self-employment if the re port of earnings is not filed with Internal Revenue Service within 3 years of the due date of the return. For more informatior contact your Internal Revenue Office or your Social Security Administration. TRY A HERALiD CI.ASSIFIEP Decision is a sharp knife that cuts clean and straight; indeci sion, a dull one that hacks and tears and leaves ragged edges behind it. I —Gordon Graham. sgrairaarajMsi FOR WORRY-FREE DRIVING, LOOK FOR THIS SIGN OF QUALITY (mi£) VXIRES/ DEPENDABLE FOR 65 YEARS TOP SELLER! GUARANTEED KELLY TRUC MMBB'lj RETREADS' TRAC Delivery oppl ‘** d '° TUBELESS BATON* $9.00 4.70-15 nuon AND mtheadabie tibe scon & ACKISS RECAPPING CO. West Eden Street Edenton,, N. C. PHONES: EDENTON 2688 ELIZABETH CITY 7813 Chnrlotte - New Tor* City V MT.MOH D. K. Warren 2M W.*to St Phone MM Menton
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