. rrjniAKS WEEKLV, lifcltTFORD, N. C FEmATJDECEMBER 18, 1953.
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.j; Accident Toll
Y Carolina'! new Safety Re-1
.ly Law Should aid material
. .cing the traffic accident toll
j Elate, according: to Xleorge S.
.;' local representative-, of ihe
Casualty Company.
T a i.idy pointed out that the av
j motorist does-Jiot fully realize
-"idous number of people that
1 oi injured each . year on
Carolina highways. He cited
e i'rea derived from nationwide State Agriculture and. Extension Ser
vant statistics,' 'to iltatte.lviA--!'l'.Vu-,V-:; ;.?.:.?,-. ii'-'t'
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"Lfcst year on the. highways there
was an automobile accident every 13
' minutes; each 95 minutes someone was
injured; and each 86 hour some per
son lost his life in ah automobile ac
cident Remember, this record went
on around the clock 24 hours a day
$65 days a year.": Kfsi--; ' ; ,
The, new Safety Responsibility Law
; will remove from our highways many
, of the careless,' irresponsible . motor
ists who. cause accident after accident;
and whj never have made any effort
to assume their rightful responsibility
to reimburse the victims "of , their
gross negligence. On and after Jan
uary 1M1954, such individuals will suf
fer a relocation of license after accl-
made by R. E. Aiken, Jr.,' Certified
Public Accountant ; . , .; ...
1 Reports received from Agriculture
Extension Service and Welfare De
partment,.; , ", , i'H'C '
, Report received from J. C. Morgan,
Superintendent County Home. ,, ,
' On motion duly, made and passed,
the Board authorized J. C. Morgan to
purchase a washing' machine for the
County Home. ,
On motion duly made and passed,
the. Board. appointed R. L, Sasser,
County : Agent, effective January: 1,
1954 at same salary paid former
County Agent, subject to approval by
for 1964.
On motion, the Board voted to do
nate S 5.00 to Caswell Training School.
- On motion, the Board voted to do
nate (5X0 to State Hospital, Golds
boro, N. C. - . , .
' On motion, the Board ordered thai
ueraora Banking. Company be re
funded $228.83, for1 taxes collected
through error. .
On motion, the Board ordered that
Wallace Bright be refunded. $19,55 for
taxes listed by error.
On motion, the Board approved
bond renewals for County Officials,
and ordered that they be. filed.
the Board of County Commissioners
for Perquimans County, voted to em
ploy a full time ' Assistant Home
Agent, effective December 7, 1953,
and the County to appropriate and
pay $100.00 per month on her salary.
- On motion duly made and passed,
the rent for Health Department rooms
in Smith Building was increased from
$15.00 to $25.00 per month by. the
Board. ..
On motion duly made and passed,
the Board appointed the . following
list takers 'and crop census reporters
Mrs. T. C. Perry, Belvidere Town
ship; T. Julian Long, Bethel Town
ship; Mrs. Ernest Long, Parkville
ler a relocation oi license alter acci- Township; Percy Rogerson, Hertford
dents.in which they are unable to pro- Townshio: Joshua A. Sutton. New
duce ' evidence
bility. , v
of financial responai-
j , Vets' Question Box
. Q The VA has just -awarded me
' disability compensation for nn ailment
I incurred in service. 'Jan 1 count ou
receiving j compensation checks, for
the same-amount, each month for the
rest of my life T
A Not necessarily. Your compen
sation payments may be subject to
, change, depending on your physical
condition. If medical evidence shows
your disability is improved, payment?
may be reduced or even stopped; or,
if it shows the disability is . worse,
payments' may be increased
Q I'm a teacher and "a World War
1 II veteran, I've been sening my
, summers ; going to school under the
GI Bill. : This coming sumnwr I won
der if I could take a course to get
credits I need in order to it new my
teaching certificate.
A No, you could not Summertime
' GI training by teachers may not be j
taken. Inst to renew a rerr.i'f-nre or
f keep it iti force. But it may be taken
if it will '.lead to a higher or more
advanced certificate than the one you
now have.., -
K j ! Modern Spouse
' A Doyou know your wife is tell
ing it around that you'ean't keep her
in clothes T
B That's nothing. I bought her a
-home and I can't keep her in that
either. V
Township; Joshua A. Sutton, ' New
Hope Township. " v
On motion, the Board ordered a
special meeting of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners to be held at 10
o'clock, Monday, JDecember, 14, 1953.
Instructed Clerk to Board, to notify
list takers to be present at. the meet
ing to receive instructions for listing
taxes and taking farm crop census
Oh motion duly made and passed,
the Board re-appointed ; Julian C.
Powell, Tax Supervisor at same pay
scale.. "kvj
On motion duly made and passed,
the Board of Commissioners for Per
quimans County" joined the Belvidere
Runtan Club, in a request to
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, for additional danger markers to
be erected ' on a road .in Belvidere
Township. Contact Edwin S. White;
Chairman , of Belvidere Ruritan Club
Highway Committee, concerning the
location."' ;;... ;;,''.
The Treasurer was ordered to pay
the following bUls: ' ; '
Winslow Oil Company, $145.27;
Darden Bros., $26.85; Hertford Hard
ware & Supply Co., $24.61; Economy
Typewriter Co., Inc., $32.50; The Per
quimans Weekly, $5.00 ; Johnson,
: White & Co., $226.04; Pitt Farm
Equipment Co., $6.98; Harris Plumb
ing & Building Supply Co., $24.30;
Sam Hourmouzis, $165.75; Melvin G.
Owens, $18.20; Robert A. (White,
$13.80; Sinclair Refining Company,
$12.76 ; Dr. C. A. Davenport, $20.00 ;
Trotman Miller, $50.00; Governmental
State Guide, $3.00; Hertford Banking Co.,
Notice From
SINGER SEWING MACHINE CENTER
In Elizabeth City, N.C.
There is to be .toll free phone calls to our shop. People
in Hertford need only to dial OPERATOR and ask for
ENTERPRISE 601.
Shop SINGER SEWING MACHINE CENTER for
sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, scissors, sewing boxes
and fashion aids. You will find them all at our shop.
Open Any Night By Appointment
$4.76, Eastern Office Equipment Co.,
$22.71; The Office Supply . Store,
$7.17; Owen G. Dunn Co., $68.72; C.
Edear White. t.60:i Mrs. -Lucille
Trueblood, $35.68; Chowan 'Hospital,
$421.50; The Caswell Training School,
$5.00; State Hospital $5.00; Albe
marle Hospital, $129.50; Kimsey Per
ry, $5.00; The Worrell Mfg Co.,
$53.88; R. E. Aiken, Jr.. $550.00; J.
C. Morgan, $315.37; Wallace Bright
$19.55; J. M. Thompson Co., $409.00;
Julian C. Powell (stamps), $21.00;
Julian C. Powell, $80.20.
"The best Christmas Savings plan of all... plan to use
plenty of Smith-Douglass fertilizer on your next crop!"
Smith-Douglass Fertilizer applied to
your oops during the coming year
at the recommtndta rates is a "Christ
mas Savings plan" that will return
mote than $5 (average value of
increased yield) for every $1 you put
into S-D Fertilizer.
High-quality S-D Fertilizer of
the right grade and in the right
amount reduces unit produc
tion cost by increasing yield and
quality per acre. Let the nearby
S-D Fertilizer representative
help you keep your income up!
Saith-Doualass Fertilizers gpjj
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FRIDAY
Proceedings Of
Commissioners
" December 7, 1953
At a regular meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners, held at the
Court House, Monday, December 7,
1953r Present and presiding A. T.
Lane, chairman with Commissioners
Wm. C. Chappell, E. B. Holloweil, R.
L. Spivey and Warner Madre.
On motion duly made and passed,
the Board approved the County Audit
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