;—B PAGE SEVEN County News By Mrs. Roland Evans Sympathy goes out to the John Wright family. ■Mrs. Lillie Mae Elliott had surgery recently. Mrs. Liza Elliott has been released from Cho wan Hospital and has gone to Tarboro to spend several weeks. Mrs. Annie Leary had a Promotion Goes To Rogerson Charles P. Landt, presi dent of Cameron - Brown Company, mortgage bank ers, announced recently that A. Ray Rogerson, Charleston residential pro duction office, was pro moted to assistant vice president at the annual board meeting July 8, 1968. A native of Edenton, Rogerson is a graduate of Wake Forest University. He has also completed MBA Course I and II at Northwestern University, .Chicago, 111. also two courses at the U. S. Army Finance School. Rogerson is a member of the Homebuilders Associa tion of Charleston, S. C., and Charleston Board of Realtors, SREA, the Ser toma Club and the Mort gage Bankers Association of Charleston. He is married to the for mer Gail Edge of Spartan burg. They have three children. He is the son of Henry S. Roberson and the late Gertie Rogerson of 305 East Queen Street. NEW TELEPHONE KTONY GOING TO PRESS Now is the time to check your listings in the current telephone directory to be certain they are the wav you want them. Please notify our Commercial Office now if you wish to make a change. ATTKNTION MR BUSINESSMAN: If your business deals wit ha variety of services, why not consult our Commercial Office today regarding extra listings. These can prove very valuable to you All Changes Desired Must Be Given To Us Before 5:00 P. M. Friday, September 27, 1968. 77/I.VA' YOU, THE NORFOLK & CAROLINA TEL. & TELG. COMPANY ppp»— —-WMI ■ I ™ c “th . in nr p • B^r MORE DOLLARS A Peanut Picking Combine to suit the need of any Peanut Grower or Commercial Operator anywhere peanuts are grown in the world Byrum Implement & Truck Co. PHONE 48M151 EDENTON, N. C. fall last week. The E. L. Wells Circle met Tuesday night with Mrs. Billy Stallings. An ordination service will be held at Edenton Baptist Church Sunday af ternoon at 5 o’clock for new deacons. James Cavanaugh, area representative for Dale Carnegie courses, gave a real good demonstration Thursday night at John A. Holmes High School cafeteria. Frank Byrum has been visiting his father, Herbert Byrum, Sr., and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wilson are spending some time in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Per ry and Elaine of Suffolk, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Keet er and Chris of Elizabeth City visited Mr. and Mrs. Roland Evans and Mrs. Edith Perry on Sunday. Jeffrey Keeter of Eliza beth City spent the week end with Jimmy and Allen Hughes. The Williamston Green Waves defeated Edenton Aces Friday night by a score of 7-6. Mrs. Patre Byrum has been visiting Mrs. Annie Leary. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Evans went to Virginia on Saturday. The Chowan County Fair is being held this week. The Albemarle Crafts man’s Fair is being held in Elizabeth City in the Na tional Guard armory Sep tember 25-27. THE CHOWAN RIBALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2«, IMS Morgan Seeks More Support CHARLOTTE Robert Morgan, Democratic candi date for attorney general, has called! upon North Ca rolina businessmen to sup port a proposal to create a Consumer Division in the office of the attorney gen eral and to back efforts to enact effective consumer protection laws. Morgan, speaking to members of the Charlotte Lions Club, said such ac tion is necessary to protect the state’s consumers and ethical businessmen from an increasing number of unscrupulous operators now being attracted to North Carolina by what Morgan described as “weak laws and a failure to vigorously enforce those now on the books.” “The creation of a Con sumer Protection Division alone is not sufficient,” he said. “We must also have new legislation.” He said officials must be able to act quickly and effectively to stop fraudulent schemes and “make it unprofitable for persons who prey upon us in the marketplace and steal profits from this state's honest business men." The Harnett County at torney cited a need for legislation permitting the Attorney General, whom Morgan refers to as “the people’s attorney,” to go to the courts and enjoin the continuation of fraudulent schemes. He pointed out that in many cases the vic tims of these schemes are the poor and the uneducat- ed. “It is most often those who can least afford it whc 1 fall victim to these sharp operators,” he said. “It is too late to come to their j aid after their money has ; already been taken.” j Morgan discussed fraudu ; lent practices now being j used by several out-of-state j j operators upon North Caro- ! ! lina housewives. He cited j i deceptive magazine sub- j |sc ription “deals,” adver- i tisements designed to re semble bills and false of fers to “give away" home , appliances. “'Offers to give 1 something for nothing,” said Morgan, “always turn out to be nothing for some, thing." Insurance Company Taxes ) NEW YORK lnsurance | companies in the United) 1 States paid nearly $743 j million in premium taxes J to 50 states in 1965. Com ! panies which sell property | and liability insurance paid j about 44 per cent of this ! amount, according to the i Insurance Information In j stitute. Drivers Alerted Regarding Slow Moving Vehicle RALEIGH—The Depart ment of Motor Vehicles called Thursday for addi tional caution on the part of motorists and operators of slow-moving fanning equipment “The beginning of fall does not bring a decrease in the use of public high ways by farm equipment,” said Motor Vehicles Com missioner Ralph. Howland. “Indeed, during the harv est season the traffic of farm equipment on the highways increase in many areas of the state.” Howland said accident records show that an aver age of one person per month has been killed dur ing the past 18 months in collisions between farm equipment and other ve hicles. In addition, 284 persons have suffered seri ous injury during the same period. In 246 of the 473 colli sions during the past 18 months, the commissioner said, farm equipment was struck from the rear. “An - additional 130 collisions occurred when the farm equipment was being pass ed by another faster mov ing vehicle, and many of the passing collisions re- ’ suited from the higher speed vehicle turning out to pass too late.” TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED AD i You Are Cordially Invited To Test Drive And ■ * See The NEW 1969 CHEVROLETS mg™ 69 s Top Secrets are here 1969 Chevrolets THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 OPEN 7:30 A. M. TO 8:30 P. M. A GIFT FOR EACH PERSON - PLUS DOOR PRIZE is 9 Xr COME SEE OUR PRO FOOTBALL DISPLAY Your Satisfaction Is Our Business GEORGE CHEVROLET C 0 INC UPON, Broad St Dial 482-2138 im— N c ■ Report From Washington By Rep. Walter B. Jones During the week ending September 21, the House experienced many long sessions. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, each ses sion continued into the night hours. It is interesting to stop and consider the variance of legislation which Con gress is asked to vote up on. On Monday, Septem ber 16, the House acted on 23 separate bills. In or der to emphasize the vari ety, I will list a few of the titles of these bills: Un lawful Transporting of Forged and Fraudulently Countersigned Travelers’ checks, Reducing the Num ber of Fish Protein Con centrate Experimental Plants, Authorize the Es tablishment of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, North Caro lina, To Empower Postal Inspectors to Serve War rants and Subpoenas and to Make Arrests Without Warrant, to Authorize the Biscayne National Monu- Research and Development. Million-Dollar Loum NEW YORK—The Insujv ance Information Institute reports that there were 13 catastrophes in the United States in 1965 which caus ed $1 million or more each in insured property losses. The worst was Hurricane Betsy, which struck in September and caused $715 million in insured losses. ment, Florida, To Extend the Commercial Fisheries Act of 1964, and to Pro vide For the Rehabilitation of the Eklutna Project, Alaska. This shows the wide range of legislative subjects. Another important vote of the week was the an nual consideration and de bate of the Foreign Aid appropriations bill. Some interesting facts regarding our foreign aid program were developed. For in stance, the bill before the House was only one facet of foreign aid, as many items formerly considered as direct foreign aid have now been placed under ' ~'N seethe’69CHEVROLETS f enter the j»j m Swee^sfakes SEPT. 26 kui if/ George Chevrolet Co., Inc. 1100 N. Broad St. Edenton, N. C. the jurisdiction of inde pendent agencies, each car rying separate budget re quests. An example is the Peace Corps, Public Law 480, Military Assist ance, Inter-American High, way and Foreign Military Sales Fund and others, to taling 21 separate items, yet all of which either di rectly or indirectly must be considered foreign aid. The total of these 21 budget re quests amounts to $lO,- 847,940,000 in addition to the bill passed by the House last week. The ad ministration had originally requested $2.9 billion for this program, but the bill as passed by the House cut this to $1.6 billion. Even with this sharply reduced figure, I did not feel I could support this, there fore, on final passage I voted no. There continues to be speculation as to what the Senate will do regarding the nomination of Justice Fortas as Chief Justice. Based on the information I have, it appears unlike ly that tne Senate will take any ac ion during this session of Congress. Con tingent upon the Senate action on Fortas, it now appears that the 90th Con gress might adjourn be tween the 10th and 15th of October.

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