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Dietrich. Field Representative or the Social Security
is in Edenlon every Thursday and is located
!|w>RPfch- oJd Municipal Buildino.
*?show your medicare card
O your doctor where you go
: treatment,” advises Mr.
Jfftrsons 65 or over who
• ei, insured under medicare
• i. E, p®ive an identification card
■■•vifc red, white and blue
.•tripes across the top. The
■csrn shov/s their name, claim
and the date that
} '<Jtec4icn begins under hos
'StM P r medical insurance or
■ ‘?Mosf doctors have a. sup
ply* of the forms which are
■tasaj t«p claim benefits under
ihi 9-medical insurance part
of*, (medicare.” Wyatt says.
'‘‘.The patient arranges for the
payment of the first SSO of
doctor bills in a year. Medi
cs ie pays 80 per cent of the
reasonable charges of the
Tesft- of the covered medical
sejfyicCs.”
Payment of doctors' hills
is Ji&nd’ed in either of two
The patient and his
.phygßiarr decide which meth
od will be used Payment
trajf be made (1) directly to
the doctor if he agrees to
send in the claim; or (21 to
the patient who pays the
doctor and gets an itemized
to claim repayment
1 tin; self.
If hospitalization is ne
cessary, the' physician ar
ranges for the admission of
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by putting five percent of your take-home
pay in a savings account with us.
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Saving makes the difference
Helping- people bcl]> themselves has
been our pride since 1905.
cave by the Kth and earn from
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patient. The beneficiary
iccepts responsibility for
payment of the first S4O of
:•> al costs in eah spell
of illness, and the hospital
:;n payment of the re
mainder of the reasonable
cost.
Anyone can get additional
information about the health
nsurance from his social se
curity office. For this area,
‘lie address is; Social Se
curity Administration;' 207
Boyd Avenue, Greenville,
N. C. Telephone number' is
758-3121. We are oped
every Saturday morning
from 9 to 12 in additidn to
every week-day from *8:45 to'
S:GO.
A recent change in thq
i social security law makes if
j possible for farmers to get
social security credit for up
to $1,600 even though they
may have had a loss. For
taxable years ending before
1966 the most social security,
credit they could receive, if
they had a loss, was $1,200.
It works fhis way. Farm
ers can either report their
actual net earnings or use
the optional method of fig'-
uring their net earnings. If
their net earnings exceed
$1,600 they must report the
actual net earnings. If their
net earnings are less than
New Books At
Local Library
New books received this
■ week at Shepard - Pruden
Memorial Library are:
Wild Heiitage by Sally
Carrighar —in natural be
havior of the other animals
we discover much about our
-3 ves.
God Beyond Doubt by
J:. des MacGvegor —an es
in the philosophy of re
ligion.
Death In Rome by Robert
Katz —an episode in World
War 11.
fail Me, Tell Me by Mari
anne Moore—new poems and
prose.
l Dictionary of Foreign
Words and Phrases In Cur
rent English by A. J. Bliss.
The Man Who Knew Ken
nedy by Vance Bcurjaily—
ttys novel begins the day
President Kennedy is mur
dered.
The Bonapartes by David
Stacton —a 200-year bio
graphy of a family from its
obscure origins in Corsica to
its present-day European and
American descendants.
My Appalachia by Re
becca Caudill —a reminis
cence.
Enchantment of America
bocks:
Delaware by Allan Car
penter.
Georgia by Allan Carpen
ter.
Nebraska by Allan Car
penter.
New Mexico by Allan Car
penter.
New York bv Allan Car
penter.
Vermont by Allan Car
penter.
$1,600 and .their gross earn
ings exceed S6OO they can
get social security credit for
two thirds of their gross
farm income between S6OO
and $2,400. This is known
as the optional method.
For example, it a farmer
had gross profits of $3,60'1
but had u net profit of SBOO
or even a loss, he could use
the optional method to figure
his social security and get
credit for SI,OOO by report
ing two-thirds of his first
$2,400 gross earnings. If this
same farmer had net earn
ings of over SI,OOO he would
have to report his actual net
earnings.
Only farmers can use this
•optional method. Other self
employed persons cannot get
my social security credit if
their net earnings are below
S4OO for the year. Congress
made this exception because
.faivners’ net earnings depend
upbn many Uncontrollable
factors such as prices they
get for their products, crop
failures due to drought and
hail. (
Since a person’s retire
ment benefits or survivors
, u.erits are determined by
the amount of earnings sub
ject to social security tax,
this is an important change
in the law. The monthly
social security benefit rate is
figured on a certain amount
of yearly earnings dependent
on the year of birth and
death. Because of this fixed
umber of years used to fig
ure the benefits it is now
.. sr'ble fe • :nr:v farmers
now receiving social secur
ity benefits to get an in
crease: in their monthly rate
by reporting earnings of
$1,600 in 1966 and later
years. The $1,600 year would
be substituted for a lower
year.
I Fanners are urged to visit
I the social security of ice at
207 Boyd Avenue, Green
ville. if they desire further
information. Pamphlet num
ber OASI-25d “Special In
formation For Self-E nploy
d Farmers” contains a more
detailed explanation.
In addif ; -i n lo weekly
hours of 8:45 A. M. to 5
IP. M. Monday through Fri
day. the office is now epen
on Saturday mornings from
.9 A. M. to 12 noon.
Cliurch Dogs
(CFN>—ln ancient Britain,
dogs were permitted in ,J nany
churches, reports the Purina
Pet Care Center. Small doors
cut in the main door per
mitted the animals to enter
at will.
THE CHOWANHERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967.
■■ —I
SENATOR J,
SAMJERVIN
WASHINGTON— I Die Presi
dent has asked Congress to
enact legislation to halt the
spread of crime in this
country, His remarks were
mbedied in a crime message
delivered to the Congress on
February 6th.
The Message on Crime In
America comes at a time
when public concern over
this piob’.em has reached
massive proportions. Last
week, newspapers ih the na
tion’s capital repript'ed a
letter to the President from
an official of"ohp'of the
largest retail ; drug, con
cerns operating , ip. the Dis
trict cf Columbia metropoli
tan area. The company of
ficial stated that “in the
past 56 weeks” his com
pany’s stores had been “the
scene of 31 armed robberies
and 63 burglaries” resulting
in cash the.fts Os $116,257.75.
Tragically, this company’s
experience is not an isolated
one.
One of the President’s
recommended anti - ‘ crime
measures the Safe Streets
and Crime Control Act of
1967—was introduced in the
Senate by Senator' McClel
lan on February Bth. I have
co-sponsored this measure
which would provide federal
assistance to state and -local
govei nments to improve law
enforcement training and
techniques.
The tyll represents, an im
portant means of upgrading
law enforcement activities
and would implement the
Law Enforcement Assistance
Act which Congress enacted
in 1965.
Included in the 1967 act
would be federal grants to
states, cities, regional and
metropolitan bodies to as
sist them in developing
pluas to improve police,
courts and correctional sys
tems. Additional federal
grants would I be available to
approved programs already
in effect. Grants for the
construction of facilities such
as police aea •my centers
and crime laboratories would
be available under the act.
The measure calls for an
initial SSO million appro
priation.::and an anticipated
request of S3OO million for
fiscal year 1969. After that
expenditures would depend
Vpdn the effectiveness of the
act. Considering the magni
tude of the problem, the
anti-crime funds appear to
be the biggest bargain in the
adeninistration’s budget.
The measure continues to
leave law enforcement re
sponsibility in the hands of
the state and local govern
ments. It would provide
federal aid to the states and
communities to prevent crime
and protect those who do not
want to be mugged, raped
or robbed.
Earlier this year. I intro
duced a constitutional amend
ment to permit the use of
voluntary confessions of the
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accused in criminal trials
gnd re-establishment of the
rule of evidence which pre
vailed in this country prito.
to the rendition of the Su
preme Court decision of Mi
randa vs. Arizona., This
amendment deals with an
other essential part of the
problem. The Safe Streets
and Crime Control Act 'P" v s
to strengthen police tech
niques, and the constitu
tional amendment which I
have proposed in separate
legislation would permit an i
effective use of those tech
niques.
The problems that un
checked crime is creating
are immense and pressing. I
think that it is time for
Congress to speak clearly on
this issue' and restore ade
quate law enforcement in
this nation.
Hunting Law
Hearing Slated
North Carolina Wildlife
Resources Commission will
have a public hearing in
Ede.nton on the establishment
of hunting regulations for
the 1967-68 season.
The district meeting will
be held at 7:30 P. M., May
26, at Chowan County Court
House.
The commission will meet
on April 25 to consider pro
posed changes in hunting
regulations for presentation
at the May public hearings.
, Hugh G. Chatham of El
kin. textile manufacturer
and sportsman, was recently
elected as chairman of the
commission. He succeeds
James A. Bridger of Eliza
bethtown.
During the reorganization
el meeting in Raleigh last
week, the Wildlife Resources
Commission voted formal ap
proval of an existing com
mission policy to require
fresh water fishing licenses
in certain coastal waters
where both sport and com
mercial fishing occurs, but
which have not been specie
fically designated as inland
waters. In these waters a
Wildlife Resources Commis
sion license will be required
for hook and line fishing
while a Department of Con-
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This Is The’Law
By ROBERT ft. LEE
For N. C. Bar Association
COMMON LAW
What is the meaning of
the term “common lay”?
Where there is no statute
applicable to determine the
•merits of a controversy be
tween adverse parties, the
common law affords a rule
and a guide. It covers the
whole range of law not cov
ered by constitutions and
statutes.
The great bulk of our legal,
principles are based upon
the common law or legal
precedents. Very few legal
rules are controlled by sta
tutes, which arfe enactments
of the General Assembly.
The term "common law”-
in this country is under
stood to mean the unwritten
law of England so far as it
is lot inconsistent with our
constitutions and statutes;
it consists of broad and
comprehensive principles in
spired by reason and a sense
of justice and receives, its.
binding force from common
consent and immemorial
usage “whence the mind of
man runneth not to the con
trary.”
Therefore, it may be said
to have its beginning in so
remote an antiquity that its
source cannot be traced. It
is the product of evolution
and not legislation. It de
veloped from the customs of
the people, crystallized and
formed by decisions in liti
gated cases. The judges en
deavored to discover the
customs and usages of the
people, which they put in
writing for future reference.
The common law gets its
name from the medieval ju
dicial theory that the law
administered by the king's
superior courts vv a s the
common custom of the
realm, as contrasted with
the custom of the local' jur
isdictions. Just prior to the
Norman conquest of Eng
land in 1066, England was
covered with a network of
local eourts. Every lord of
a manor, every county, every
shire, every village had some
sort of a court.
The law dispensed in one
part of England was often
different from that dis
pensed in another part. The
customs of the communities
differed. The lord as one
manorial court would often
have a different conception
of law from one in another.
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The iferiban kings unified
England and threwgh the” es
tablishment of royal courts
gave it a law that was com
•moty to all England. Hence,
the term “common law”—a
system of jurisprudence that
was common to all the peo
ple of England.
The English people became
very proud of this common
law. Whenever they left
England to establish,. col
onies in America, . they car
ried with them tfcte coihmon
law, which was the only
system of law they were
acquainted with. As a con
sequence, the common law
of England became also tne
common law of the United
States.
A fundamental doctrine of
the common law is that once
a court has laid down a
principle of law as applic
able to a certain -state of
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