Advises Storing Sweet Potato Crop .?! ? r* ''I Since a large crop of ^weet po- ? t a toes is now being harvested j and marketed, particularly in ! Georgia, South Carolina, Louisi ana, and North Carolina, Tar Hell farmers should seriously con sider curing and storing at least a part of their crop on the farm this f^l, believes H. M. Coving ton, hOTticulturist for (he State College Extension Service. Such curing and storing, says Covington, should reduce the glutted market condition during October and early November, when the price is usually the low est of the year. The price usually begins to in crease just before Thanksgiving and slowly increases until the following May. For this reason stored potatoes usually should not be sold before January 1. On the other hand, Covington says, ft is not considered advisable to hold all potatoes until late in the season-^late April and May. fn the marine field turbine blades, valve trim, and galley e quipment contain nickel alloys, and on smaller t>oat propeller shafts, gasoline Mid water tanks, nails and other fastenings are made of Monel, which is" known as the seagoln' metal. The Associated Press first used typewriters in 1885. STATEMENT ORD mutual insurance company Condition December 31, &9-lJshown By Statement Filed Amount ot Capital paid in cash .$. Amount Ledger Assets. Dec. 33?rt . . Previous year, $3,448,878.03; Increase paid up Capital, $ ... .Total, $3,448,878.03 Income ? From Policyholders, $2,885,524.11: Miscellaneous, $105,396.45; Total $2,991,120.56 Disbursements ? To Policyholders, $884,438.98; Miscellaneous, $1,296,108.95; Total $2,180,S47.93 Fire Premiums ? Written or renewed during year, $2,904,661.52 In Force, $4,780,281.62 All Other Premiums ? Written or renewd during year, $804,663.06 ...... In Force, $' 985,806.96 ASESTS Value of Real Estate ?, $ 95,000.00 Mortgage Loans on Real Estate .' . $ 476,091.80 Loans on other than first lien $ Loans secured by pledge of ? 1 . Bonds, Stocks, or other collateral $ 35,000.00 Value of Bonds and Stocks . . . $2,703,546.72 Cash in Company's Office 200.00 Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks not on interest $ 446,061.65 Deposited in Trust Companies and Banks on interest . . $ 50,527.63 Agents' balances, representing business written subsequent to October 1, 1949 $ 489,406.09 Agents balances, representing business written prior to October 1, 1949 . . . $ 2,256.75 ; Deduct Ceded Reinsurance Balances Payable $ ? 11,894.61 Bills receivable for Premiums $ 300.00 Interest and Rents due and accrued $ 29,011.29 AH other Assets, as detailed in statement $ 19,697.64 Total ? $4,305,204.96 Leas Assets not admitted .' $ 10,699,54 Total admitted Assets : $4,294,505.42 LIABILITIES Net amount of unpaid losses and claims $ 170,611.74 Unearned premiums ; $2,560,645.69 Salaries, rents, expenses, bills, accounts, fees, due or accrued $ ' 1,614.33 Estimated amount payable for Federal, State, county and municipal taxes due or aocrued $ 122,656.29 Contingent commissions, or other charges due or accrued $ 15,000.00 Reinsurance and return .? .* premiums due other companies $ 52,495.53 All other liabilities, as detailed in state ? - $ 30,601.09 Total amount of all liabilities except Capital $2,953,621.67 Special surplus funds: $ 15,000.00 Capital paid up $ . Unassigned funds (Surplus) $1,325,883.75 Surplus as regards Policyholders $1,340,883.75 Total Liabilities $4,294,505.42 BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING 1949 Fire Premiums received \i . . . . . $326,831.30; $ All Other Premiums received $114,842.37; $ Losses incurred? Fire $111,410.10: Paid, $106,094.01 Losses incurred? all other $ 23,297.08; Paid, $ 25,519.48 President: Walter W. Welch Secretary: John W. Anderson, Jr. Home Office: 18 Office St.. Bol Air, Md. Attorney for service: WALDO C. CHEEK, Commissioner of Insurance, Raleigh, N. C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. (SEAL) Raleigh, June 22. 1950. ? I, WALDO C. CHEEK, Commissioner of Insurance, do hereby certi fy that tfce above is a true and correct abstract of the statement of the Harford Mutual Insurance Company of Bel Air, Md., filed with tlris Department, showing the condition of said Company, on the 31st day of December, 1949. . Witness my hand and official $eal, the day and year above written. WALDO C. CHEEK, Commissioner of Insurance. - STATEMENT ? HARDWARE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF MINNESOTA MIdiimpoUi< Minn. Condition December 31, 1949, As Shown By Statement Filed Amount of Capital paid in cash a . Amount Ledger Assets, Dec. 31st, . previous year, $12,048,203.41; Increase paid up Capital, $ Total, $12,048,203.41 Income ? From Policyholders, $10,330,062.10; Miscellaneous, $375,569.19; Total, $10,705,631.29 Disbursements ? To Policyholders, $2,919,268.72; Miscellaneous, $5,670,973.47 Total, $ 8,590,242.19 Fire Premiums ? Written or renewed during year, $6, 496, 671.13,. ... In Force," $11,322,953.58 All Other Premiums-rWritten or renewed during year, $4,297,080.71 In Force, $ 5,531,701.33 ASSETS Value of Real Estate ,.,..$ 651,048.17 Mortgage Loans on Peal Estate ?$? Lo&ns on other than first lien $ Loans secured by pledge of Bonds. Stock, or other collateral $ Value of Bonds and Stock $10,982,876.29 Cash in Company's Office $ 820.00 Deposited in Trust ?Companies and Banks not on interest $ 1,927,174.03 Deposited in Trfost ?/ v . Companies and Banks on interest . . $..... Agents' balances, representing business written subsequent to October, 1919 $ ;>3o, 918.77 Agents' balances, representing business written prior to October 1, 1949 $ 8.2Q8.09 Deduct Ceded Reinsurance Balances Payable $ ? 28,435.53 Bills receivable taken for Premiums $ Interest and Rents due and accrued $ 65,842.39 All-other Assets, as detailed in statement $ 331,381.40 Total . . . -;V'; . ; ;V. $14,474,833.64 Less Assets not admitted ^ ; Y $ 27,185.96 ? Total admitted Assets .... , . ?i4, 4- 7,647.68 LIABILITIES Net amount of unpaid losses and claims $ 888,475.00 Unearned premiums v $$ 8,117,326.41 Salaries, rents, expenses, bills, accounts, fees, due or accrued $ 115,102,07 Estimated amount payable for Federal, State, county and municipal taxes due or accrued . v $ 340,794.00 Contingent commissions. or other charges due or acc . ued $ 91,905,70 Reinsurance and return . ^ /J premiums due other companies $ 16,643.001 Jo^pjNfP^lfcibllities, as detailed in statement $ 562,460.88 1 Tota! amount of all liabilities except Capital , . $10,132,707.06] Special surolus funds: $ 300,000.00 Guaranty Fund . . . , . $ 500,000.00 Unassigned funds (surplus) $ 3^514,940.62 Surplus as regards Policyhouden? $ 4,314,940.62 . $14,447,647.68 1 BUSINESS IN NORTH CAROUNA DURING 194* Fire Premiums received ... . .> . 166,066.00; ? $??? All Other Premiums teceived $26454.00? Losses incurred ? Fire $75,554.00; Paid, 122.757.00 Losses incurred ? Other .............. $ 9,656; Paid, $ 9.103.00 President: H. R. Caiey Secretary: R. F. Fenske xMS'ylWMamlNt'iM. E. Hansen y.. Home Office: 2344 Nlcolett Ave., Minneapolis 4, Minn. ; . Attorney for service: WALDO C. CHEEK, Commissioner of Insurance, ' STATK OF'TORTH CAROLINA.' ?" JE! 1 : INSURANCE DEPARTMENT. ?- 22, 1950. I, WALDO C. CHEEK, Commissioner of Insurance, do hereby certi fy tbat the above is a true r.nd correct abstract of the statement of the Hardware Mutual Insurance Company Of Minneapollsi M'nn.. fil- ! ed wJHi this Department, showing the condition of said Company, on the 31st day of December. 1949. /'jj ? met band a no offi.-i > ?i. ?!..< day and year abo- e wr ttsn WALDO CcHEEK, Commission** ot Insurance. ? -IBP : ? ? !p^ and SOCIAL SECURITY By Leo la M. Byerly, Field Rep. Gastonia Social Security Office A farmer came into the Gasrto nia Social Security office the oth er day and said: "I've heard that ?he new social security law cov er; farmers. I operate a farm in Clc Mand County." Well, so.me farm people will come under social security on January first ? but not farm op erators. They will continue to be excluded because farm self -em ployment Is not covered under the amended Social Security Act. Hired farm workers, however, will come under social security the first of the year, if they earn $50 or more cash wages In a calendar quarter and are regularly em ployed by one farm operator. If I were addressing you in a hall, at this point, there would be a number of raised hands. First, you'd want to know what is meant by a regularly employed] farm worker. Well, under the new social security law, in gen eral, he is a person employed by one farm operator on a full-time basis for a period of several mon ths. Now to answer the second question I know you would ask. A calendar quarter is a three month period beginning on Jan uary 1, April 1, July 1, and Oct. 1. But back to the subject of a regularly employed farm worker.' Let's take a typical example. We] will call such a farm worker Ed I Smith. He Is employed by Howard i Jones. Ed has heard about the new social security, too. He nas a wlfetand children, and he's looking foiward to January, when he can start building toward old age and survivors insurance. For tunately for Ed, he is in a posi tion to do just that. He will be working continuously for Jones during the calendar quarter be ginning this October. During thaf time, he will be establishing what is known as a "service re lationship" with Mr. Jones. It will indicate that he wants to work continuously for this one farm operator and that Jones wants him as a regular employ ee. Now let's look forward to Jan uary first. That's the date when regular farm work begins to count towaro social security In surance. Ed will be qualified. However, he must work for Jones on a full-time basis for at least 60 days in the calendar quarter beginning on January first. More over, he must eirn not less than $50 in cash wages for his work on those 60 or more days. As long as he continues to do this much work for Jones in each calendar quarter, and earns $50 or more in cash wages for his work in that quarter, his earnings will be credited toward old-age and sur vivors insurance. But suppose in the calendar quarter beginning April 1, or the one beginning July 1, or in any calendar quarter after thaf, Ed doesn't work as much as 60 days Bargains Bargains TAKE A LOW- COST TRIP IN GOLDEN AUTUMN I Tin* to travel -time ro tare] Yemt'i |fMwt telactioa *f trip* ?nd roan orer gloriouf Aatamn highway*, including: MM ID IMN MttJI to fir. i vinra Hart mora Tan on Charter TVip* to bit |UMi Mtt, Ittltmlp, Toan,to*cMkat?a?,t>If cMw. fcinoric ? pott, ion ptay gnmmit all orer the cowitryl for Jones, although he was paid $50 or more cash wages lor that period. He will be credited to ward social security insurance for that quarter but not for the one to follow, regardless of days of work and amount of cash wa ge's. That less-than-60-days of work broke his continuous em: ployment relationship with Mr. Jones. Ed must start all over a gain. What this all means is that a farm worker, to have his cash wages wunt toward old-age and survivors insurance, mus: first, work continuously through a calendar quarter to establish a service relationship, then be con tinuously employed by the same farm operator, and earn not less $50 cash wages for 60 or more duys work in each consecutive calendar quarter. In my next article I shall de scribe the kinds of work that are classed as farm work under the amended social security law. . DHIA Cow Testing Program Explained The D. H. I. A. (Dairy Herd Im provement Association) cow-test ing program in North Carolina is explained in a new folder issued this week by the State College Extension Service. The publication, illustrated with photographs and a chart showing one year's production of a typical North Carolina herd, is Issued as Extension Folder No. 81. Persons desiring single copies should request them from their local county agent or by writing the Agricultural Editor. State Col lege Station, Raleigh. The folder explains that D. H. I. A is "a complete milk produc tion, feed cost, and breeding rec YOG MB bava (M ItartM eat jroar aruifl trmm tbe OrtMi ?* tfcto little letter ?a?.te. It the .?W> .1 >nJ^k.r! .*** "?*' ta ? ? T. it "t? ,w?" * h W Int um, aabtrart from IB. N?? [J**"1* ???H ??? ??< r??? k?J Utltr It the ??rl OR1RNT at '?*'?? ?' The*. atarllai at the apper left man,, V? ?< r??r !??? tar tottm aa It arnan (raai lef) " IW4" tt* ta? Mtm la ? ? fat annually than the average cow. Mathews Training At Great Lakes. 111. GREAT LAKES. III. ? Thomas Matthews, seaman recruit, l-'-SN, i son of Mr, anil .'Mrs,' T, II. Mat thews of route 2, Kings* Moun tain. N. C., is undergoing recruit training at the world's largest Naval Training Center, Great j Lakes, III. . ? ..I Recruit training is the sharp break between civilian and Naval j life in which the new Navv man! learns the fundamental prlnci- j pies of the Naval service. In the course of his training the recruit is taught seamanship.; Navy customs, terms, basic ord- i nance, gunnery, signaling and j navigation. i Upon completion of his train ] ing -the recruit Is assigned either j to' units of the Fleet or to a ser j vice school for specialized train ing. <0 Rtiiny _ Misery C"r666 DR. NATHAN H. REED ? Optometrist Professional Bldg. ? Over Home Building & Loan Eyes Examined * Visual Care Glasses Fitted Hours ? 9 to 5 p. m. dally Wednesday and Evenings by Appointment Phone 492 Kings Mountain, N. C. 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Others have been quick to step in? first with promises of "security" ?and then "with whips and guns? to run things their way. The evidence is on every front page in the world, every day. FREEDOM COMES UNDER ATTACK. The reality of war has made every American think hard about the things he's willing to work and fight for? and freedom leads the list. But that freedom has been attacked here recently? {ust as it has been attacked in other parts of the world. One of the most serious threats to individual freedom has been the threat of Government-dominated Compulsory Health Insurance, falsely presented as a new guarantee of health "security" for everybody. ?' *? *??'*; ? ' , :? . ?' " V ? ? *? *? - ? , . r.- ... ' . ? " . THE PEOPLE WEIGH THE FACTS. In the American manner, the people studied the case for Socialized Medicine? and the rase agpinst if. They, found that Government domination of the people's medical affairs under Compulsory Health Insurance means low el" standards of medtcrtl care, higher payroll taxes; loss of incentive, damage to research, penalties for the provident, rewards for the improvident. They found that no country on earth can surpass Amer ica's leadership in medical care and progress. They found that able doctors, teachers, nurses and scientists ?working in laboratories where Science, not Politics, is master? are blazing dramatic new trails to health for Americans? and for the world. izations spoke out? giving the great United States Congress its unmistakable Grass Roots signal from home! And ever watchful, ever sensitive to an alert people, The Congress saw that signal, and heard Ihe peopio speak out, loud and plain. That's democracy in action. That's the American way! Today among the 10, OIK) great organizations, on militant j*o!>lk rccord against "Compulsory Health Insurance" arc: General Federation cf America;! Lofton Women's Clubs National Association cf American Farm Bureau Small Business Mm Federation United States Chamber cf National Grange Commerce Veterans of Foreign Wars National Association cf National Conference of Retail Grocers Catholic Charities National Retail Dry Goods American Protestant Association Hospital Association American Bar Association ? Doctors of this Nation are grateful that the people refused to be wooed by the fantastic promises of this un-American excursion into State Socialism. ? Doctors of America are dedicated to serve their fellow citizens at home and their comrades in uniform, wherever serv ice to this Nation may take them. ? And the thing they stand ready to fight for? to sacrifice for? to die for? is not the alien way of life of Socialism, but the prideful security of a free tind self-reliant people! THE "GRASS ROOTS" SIGNALS CONGRESS. In every com munity in the Nation, people stood up to he counted on this im portant issue. Thousands of local women's clubs, civic groups, farm business, religious, taxpayer, medical, educational and patriotic organ An American's great* * f heritage it the right to learn the factt-and to tpeak hit mind. Maintained with honor and uted with sincerity ?that right will guarantee forever that PHYSICIANS Of THIS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATED IN PAYING FOR THIS SPACI AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ? NATIONAL EDUCATION CAMPAM ONE NORTH LA SALIK STRUT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS