1 if 5t I si s1- r I' I r, ' V ,. ft f - PulSsitfd evry Friday by The Perquima' Weekly, a partner Ship MBSiHtfaW 1 Joseph 6. Campfc3 ,m4 Mtt B. Campbell, at Hertford, N. & MAX CAMPBELL JkHto SUS5CSIPTI0S RATES o YrtT-TT.. ! n Entered MMfti class matter November IS, iM4, i peetettos at HeitfWd. Kor Careltaa, un der the Aet f Muck 1ST. Advertising t fnnushed by request. Cards of thanks, bituariea, resolutions f respect, etc., wffl be charged fer tU regain slro tiding rates. FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1941 BIBLE THOUGHT FOB WEBB WE ARE NOT WORMS: Hence forth I call you not servants, for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father 1 have made known unto you. Tohn 15:15. Here And There The heavy downpour of rain early Wednesday morning was welcome moisture here in Perquimans. Bad ly in need of rain for some time, farmers report that the rainstorm was worth thousands of dollars to this county in that the benefit to the crops will be tremendous. Hitler, it is reported, is a sick man, having, left the Russian battle front for his mountain home in Berchtes gaden. Could it be that he could not stand those "nasty" tricks of tne Reds? Less than a month remains before the school bells will be ringing for the children, but there is no doubt but that many of the boys would prefer to stay down by the river with their fishing poles. Just because they are killing men in Europe is no reason to forget safety on our highways. Accidents are on the increase ... so let's slow down and save a life. Excellent Advice To Farmers The Perquimans Weekly has urged that the farmers of the United states be given substantial economic justice. We have pointed out the inequality in the distribution of income under which one-fourth of the nation's pop ulation, residing on the farms, re ceive only one-eleventh of the na tional income. Since 1921, American agriculture has had a hard road to travel. The disastrous deflation which reached a climax in the year 1920 threw agri culture into almost complete bank ruptcy. The uphill road has been long and arduous but, in recent years at least, the fanners have been re ceiving the benefits, of legislation passed for the purpose of improving their economic situation. With this introduction, we wish to commend the recent advice of Ed ward 0. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, who warns farmers that he knew of "no more certain method of bringing about wild inflation than for farmers to drive prices now as high as the traffic will bear." Lesser friends of the farmers and particularly those interested in hold ing public office by the .vote of un thinking farmers, will not agree with Mr. O'Neal. They are thinking of votes, not the welfare of the farm families of this country. Mr. O'Neal continues, "I counsel fanners to stick to the reasonable demand we have made for twenty years. We have won parity, there fore, let us be thankful." He sug gests that farmers will make a mis take if they become greedy and in sist on getting more than panty just because we could possibly get .higher prices during the emergency penod." This is excellent advice which thinking farmers will seriously con sider. It is much -better for agricul tures, as a whole, to maintain f stable prograradesigned to gradual ly uplift the economic standards of agricultural people than to seek a temporary prosperity during an emergency. After the emergency is over and there is another ruinous drop in prices, it will be too late for the fanner of the nation to take Mr. O'Neal's advice. "Defense Drivers" "Defense driver is a fitting title for the motorist who has learned con sideration for. the safety of others. He Is the .Nation's defense against highway casualties, He is the back bone of the national , defense drive against golmei waste.1 .'Caspline ra tionings or restriction ,v con fuel sales hold no dismay for him. since limits ' vpBgs w art 'directed ' 11111 ONE TRAFFIC CO?. r 3 DCFFNSE p" jf- V- - f Iff, 1g0gAH j4 SUSAN THAYIR SYMBOL OF OUR WAY OF LIFE They had driven like mad the last 20 miles in an attempt to reach the next gasoline station before 7 o clock. But when they got there the pump was locked and there was a sign say ing "No more gas sold until tomor row morning." "So this is the way we're treated in a democratic country, just be cause we've gone all-out for defense the government is saying when we may and when we may not buy gaso line. It's an outrage. There was no rationing of gasoline in the countries of Europe until things were really critical." ? "Oh yes there was," her companion reminded her. "They began ration ing years ago." "Well we certainly didn't hear much about it. Of course," she add ed honestly, "there was the censor ship. Perhaps the news didn't geti tnrough." '"No, that wasn't the only reason we didn't hear about it," the other woman went on. "There wasnt any particular fuss about rationing gaso line for private cars because there were so few cars. There are some thing like 130 million people in the j United States; 7 of the population of the entire world. But how many of the world's automobiles do you think we have?" The car driver shook her head. "I don't know exactly. A lot I suppose." solely against wasteful driving prac tices. Coincident with filling statibn shut-downs at night along the Atlan tic Seaboard, there is emanating from State executives, safety agen cies and gasoline companies a steady 'flow of "good driver" education. Governor Lehman of New York has released a ten-point driving techni que guaranteed to promote safety while conserving gasoline. The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Ve hicles is "cracking down" on speeds of more than 40 miles an hour and threatening to tag motorists who go over 25 miles an hour in some places. At the same time, drivers are be ing advised over the radio, by street signs, gasoline station placards, and newspaper advertisements and ar ticles how to get the most mileage out of their fuel. Emergencies are sometimes neces sary adjuncts of economy. In the use of gasoline, United States motor ists are notoriously wasteful. Th nation's annual highway toll, ex ceeding the American casualties ol the last World War every year, at test to driving practices that burn gasoline recklessly. Gasoline rationing, if sensibly ad ministered, may provide an instance in which the just need not suffer with the unjust.: For the motorist who has schooled himself in the tech nique of relaxed driving in order to play safe can get twice as much mil eage from his gasoline as the driver who speeds, jams on his brakes, or leaps to the fore at every traffic signal Hence, if rationing comes to the Eastern Seaboard States, it will place a premium on good driving at the same time it penaliezs the careless. The Christian Science Monitor. Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Admin istration, stated Wednesday that the government is prepared to make loans to Russia for the purchases of war supplies her. Jones stated that a loan to Russia was more likely than giving lease-lend d; . WOULD C2 CITTZTJ r--- "We have 72 of them that's an average of one for every 4 persons. So when gasoline is rationed it hits most of us. The boy with a 'flivver' parked under the apple trees in the i back yard as well as the man with a heated, 3-car garage. It's an Ameri can institution the family automo bile a symbol of the opulence and freedom of our way of life which! has grown out of our great, free indus trial system." Oh yes, we're likely to make more fuss than the people in Europe about the small inconveniences that defense will mean to us because we're used to so much more. The good things of life have been spread out among more people than in any other land. But don't mind too much if you have to get along without as much gasoline as you're used to for a little while. There's plenty of it in the ground of this great country, and there's a great system for refining and distributing it. Well have an abundant supply of it again when this crisis is over and what's more the right to use it in our own auto mobiles as we see fit. For the peo ple of our country are determined to defend the American way of life which means freedom of action as well as freedom of speech and reli gion and of business enterprise that had made us the richest, most pow erful nation in the world. CENTER HILL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Turner, their two children, Robert and Peggy, Mr. and- Mrs. Edward Byrum and daugh ter, Doris Jean, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hollowell, at Sunbury, Sun day afternoon. Mrs. Connor and daughter, Miss Pattie Wagner, of Akron, Ohio, spent the week'end with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hobbs. Mrs. Ray Carter and son, Olan, of Richmond, Va., are visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Furry. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ridgeway, of Roanoke, Va., spent the week-end as guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ellis, of Norfolk, V., spent Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Ida Ellis. Mrs. Emmett Jones has returned to her home in Norfolk, Va., after a week's visit with her aunt, Mrs. Ida Reed. Mrs. J. S. Turner, Mrs. Lena As bell and daughters, Misses Wenona and Dorothy Asbell and Mrs. Luke Hollowell, of Portsmouth, Va., Mrs. Clarence Dail and son, of Hertford, visited Mrs. Tom Asbell Sunday af ternoon. Miss Lillian Ellis spent Saturday in Norfolk, Va. Miss Martah VWhite' spent a few day ;bstiweek ,in;EliaUth City as the guest of her cousin, Miss Nellie Mae Lane. ' - ; Rev.' and Mrs. J. T. Stanford and daughter, Miss' Nellie Blanche Stan ford, spent Thursday in Norfolk, Va. Mrs. J. P. Byrum, Mrs. John Dafl, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dafl and son, of near Hertford; visited Mr. ana Mrs. Nearest Jordan Sunday after noon. , : Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Byrum visited: Mr. and Mrs.' Edward Byrum Sunday evening. . , j. . Miss Delate Jordan has returned home after visiting, with relatives iaV WAvCnllr V.' , -1 Mrs. Fat Whiteman and daughter. Mary Elizabeth and Mrs. Lola Jordan visited lira. Patie Perry, in Rocky Hoclt, Monday afternoon. . ,r , Miss Mary fetter Belch has re- her parents, Ir. and Mrs. LyYY Belch. ' ' x f '.'kS-,-! ft Mr.and Jlra.J. I, Boyce wej djinr ner gueetsu w, tax, ana Mra. - jsj, Furry Sunday. " " ;, Mrs, Edward Byrumnd dawghtejf. Dons Jean, ae sptjimg , few days with her parents. Jfriinfit'ters. S. T. Byrum, of near Cannons . lerry. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Baldwin have returned to Baltimore, Md., after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hollowell. ' Misses Mamie and Anna Mae Holl owell attended a showing of "The Lost Colony" at Fort Raleigh on Sunday. ' Peggy Turner spent Monday with Mary Elizabeth Whiteman. , - Mr. J. Frank Miller, Jr., of Edenton, is visiting her parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. R, 0. Furry. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Boyce, Mrs. Say Carter and son, Olan, went to Virginia Beach, Va.r Sunday. Mrs. J. G. White has returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Os wald Wiseman, at- Fayetteville. West Virginia. Miss Frances Bunch, of Franklin, Va., spent the Week-end with Miss Anne Elizabeth. Byrum. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lamb and son, of Edenton, were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Boyce on Sunday. Mrs. A. M Williams and son, Mel vin, of Boykins, Va., are visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elton Jordan, and Mr. Jordan. Who Knows? 1. How many battleships are in volved in the "Two-ocean Navy"? 2. How many Selectees and Na tional Guardsmen are affected by legislation extending1 army service for 18 months? 3. What caused 100,000 filling stations on the Eastern Seaboard to close at night? 4. What is the area and popula tion of the Ukraine? 5. What was the former name of Thailand T 6. Who is the U. S. Ambassador to France? 7. What state leads in the duction of crude petroleum? pro- 8. What is the largest deficit of the Federal Government? 9. How many American Presi dents have visited Europe while in office ? 10. What is erythema Solaris? THE ANSWERS Thirty-two, or more. 669,500 Selectees; Z6i,wvk fp UM? C m il' , She's beard the pilots tax abotit the 014 that can always be depended on to L"' teskt engine heat. That's why she tises Tlolene to her car. If you want It for ' 1 .' ' ywar pat toor iet it In the approved grade at any of the stations listed bebw' ;;vAr nmrrt Guardsmen, : V-.r-v7 , ' 3, A diversion of oil tankers from Llhe Atlantic coast to Britain. - ,k- 450,000 square - ,mile$r 85,000,- One, Woodrow Wilson, who ft oo?; 3eopie.)S 'irf ;p , . - ? ,-A Jfalt ,( t $lO7f.000,009 1910. ' - 9. , :, . , STATEMENT Eagle Fire Insurance Company NEWARK, NEW JERSEY Condition December 3L 1940, as Shown By Statement Filed Amount of Caoital naid in ca4h S 815.000.00 Amount Ledger Assets. Dec. 81st previous year 2,314,990.84 Income -- From Policyholders, $817,154.50; Miscellaneous. Disbursements To Tolicyholders, tCAA A1A A. ' olw.z i Fire Premiums Written or renewed In Force All Otter Premiums Written or $462,732.56 , In 1 ASSETS Value of Real Estate r Mortgage Loans on Real Estate : . Value of .Bonds and Stocks , Cash in Company's Office Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks not on interest Deposited in Trust. Companies and Banks on interest Agents' balances, representing business : written subsequent to October 1, 1940 Agents' balances, representing business written prior to Oc tober 1, 1940 Deduct Ceded Reinsurance Balance Payable . - Interest and Rents due and accrued All other Assets,, as detailed in statement Total Less Assets not admitted Total admitted Assets $2,073,195.20 LIABILITIES Net amount o'f unpaid losses and claims $ 163,192.00 Unearned Premiums , , 783,226.45 Salaries, rents, expenses, accounts, fees, etc., due or accrued 6,290.06 Estimated amount payable for Federal, State, county and mu nicipal taxes due or accrued 4,325.00 Contingent commissions, or other charges due or accrued 17.930.84 All other liabilities, as detailed in statement 18,262.87 Total amount of all liabilities Capital actually paid up in cash : Surplus over all liabilities . Surplus as regards Policyholders Total Liabilities 2 -$2,078,195.20 Business In, North Carolina During 1940 Fire Risks written $523,435; Premiums received $ 9,996 All Other Risks written 171,774; Premiums received 546 Losses incurred Fire 11,978; Paid - 10,392 Losses incurred All other 3; Paid 3 President, Jas. Y. Milne; Treasurer, Arthur L. Bowerman. Home of fice, 18 Washington Place, Newark, N. J- Attorney for service, Dan C. Boney, Insurance Commissioner, Raleigh, N. C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE DEPARTMENT (Beal) Raleigh, May 12th, 1941. I, Dan C. Boney, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby certifv that the above is a true and correct abstract surance Company of Newark. N. J., condition of said Company, on the 31st ! Witness my hand and official seal, van V. G(? W fiy b (J W ffl)oe '?( " Anr A vw tfr a mitt went ttf Europe twice in' lSlr , 10. . Sunburn. .'.(' ? : CAED. OF THANKS . v We wish to express ur heartfelt thank to neighbors and friends for their many, kind expressions of sym pathy during the death, -of 'our .father J. B. Webb. ' THE FAMILY. $502,890.69, Miscellaneous, r . ..... .. tn , ; Total i,vvo,wvAa during year, $2,216,967.42 2,731,584.04 renewed during year, force 438,086.78 404,672.14 534,049.65 824,060,24 M 375.00 f 350,935.46. 6,609.24 298,359.58 6.041.54 -290,188.14 12,3.14.21 79,615.42 $22664.34 163,669.14 except Capital $ 993.226.72i J , $815,000.00 264,968.48 1,079,968.48 of the statement of the Eagle Fire In- ' filed with this Department showinar the day of December, 1940. the day and year above written. HVN'hiX, insurance Commissioner. ARM! ft mi 1 ,,' (pure) i 4 If i.i m '-Ti J 1 ,r V t,v,.,".,,''l!l'1- '..Itfo-'t'IWfV,;..;!:.' . ;vf ra,i & 0 , lis1' "V ""I 'A '

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