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EVERYBODY IS NOW FIGURING INCOME TAX In Order to Be Helpful to Public, Internal Revenue Bureau Has Every Available Officer in Field. f 1 SEVERE PENALTIES IF YOU DELAY BEYOND MARCH 15 With the due date for Income Taxes only a few weeks away, the collection of this far-reaching tax on 191S in comes has started off witn a onng. Everybody is figuring income tax. Payments dnd sworn statements of Income must reach Internal Revenue offices on or before March 15, and there are severe penalties for delinquency. Residents of South Carolina are rejuired to make their returns and pay their taxes to Duncan C. Heyward, Collector of Internal Revenue, Columbia, S. C., or to any of his deputy sollectors who are now doing free adrisory work on Income Tax. "Pay your Income Tax by March 15," is the slogan of the Internal Rev- | enue Bureau, which has sent every j available officer into the field to help j ? tho ronnlrp- I uit; puuiiu t\j uuuvi?i?uu ?x?~ . ments and to prepare the returns. Who Must Make Return. I It Is estimated that many thousands | of single and married persons iu this j section of the United States who have never before made annual returns are I required to do so this year. j Income tax returns must be made | between now and March 15 by persons who come under the following classifications : Any unmarried person whose 1918 ? net income was $1,000 or over. Wid- ? ows and widowers, divorcees and married persons who are living apart from their husbands or wives, are for the purposes of the Income Tax classed as unmarried. Any married person living with wife or husband whose 1918 net income was $2,000 or over. The income of both husband and wife must be considered, together with the earnings of minor children, if any. Revenue Bureau Offers Aid. Each person in the United States who Is in either of these classifications must get busy at once if penalties are to be avoided. He should secure a blank Form 1040 A for reporting net 8 Income up to $5,000, or Form 1040 if v his net income exceeded that amount g Forms are being distributed by Coflec- 6 tors and their Deputies, also by banks, j By following the instructions on the i E forms a correct return can be prepared ! ^ at home. If a person needs advice or aid, the Deputy Collectors in the field will furnish this without charge. t The new Revenue law places the Income Tax duty on citizens and residents. The Internal Revenue Bureau Is sending its men to work right with the public to get the tax and the returns in. With active co-operation i every tax due March 15 will be paid and every return required by law will be in the Revenue offices on time. Exemptions Are Allowed. A single person is allowed a personal exemption of $1,000. If he is supporting in his household relatives who are dependent upon him he may claim the status of the head of a family who-has j the same exemption as if married. A married person who lives with wrife or husband is allowed a personal exemption of $2,000. The head of a family is entitled to claim a similar personal exempuon. An additional exemption of $200 is I allowed for each person under eight- * een or incapable of self support who i was dependent upon and received his chief support from the taxpayer. A husband and wife living together j are entitled to but one personal ex- E emption of $2,000. If they make sep- r arate returns the exemption may be ( claimed by either or divided. f Accuracy Required. t Absolute accuracy is necessary in j making up income figures. Any per- 8 boii who is working for wages should find out exactly how much he received j c during the whole year 1!)18. Fees, ! c bank interest, bond interest, dividends, j 8 rents received and ail oilier items j ( must be reported correctly. Mere f t I guesses are not accepted, for they are unjust alike to the taxpayer and the 1 Government and defeat the proper administration of the law. A * * k INCOME TAX IS * * TRULY. POPULAR. i ic I * "The payment of income taxes k takes on a new significance, k which should he understood by k every citizen. The taxation sys k tern of this country is truly pop- * k ular, of the people, by the peo * pie and for the people. Every k citizen is liable to tax, and the * * amount of the tax is graduated I* according to the success ami for- , tune attained by each individual ] in availing himself of tlio oppor- ( tunities created and preserved j by our free institutions. The * method and degree of the tax is determined by no favored class, but by the representatives of tlie peopfo. The proceeds of the tax should be regarded as a national investment."?Daniel C. lloper, , Commissioner of Internal fleve- * nr?. * * i RED CROSS GIFTS 5400,000,000 te R War Council on Retirement An- sh nounces Cash and Supplies J[! Contributed. Fl ai > be WORKERS WILL "CARRY ON." f to ZE Five Big Societies In World Wide Plan. F?i H. P. Davison Heads International ' of American Red Cross Commission. sj Dr. Livingston Farrand Permanent so ro Leader of Peace Organization. Wl Washington.?(Special.)?Henry P. er Davison as chairman issues the follow- fr ng statement on behalf of the War P Z!ouncil of the American Red Cross: ha 'To the American People: ac "The War Council of the American sj, Red Cross, appointed by President Wil- is! jon on May 10, 1917, to carry on the ar irrtfL- nf the Ampripnn Red Cross dur- Si ng the war, at their request and by rote of the Central Committee, ceased en it midnight, February 28. Jj' "Immediately the armistice was ilgned the War Council instituted ^ studies to determine when the strict- rg y war work of the organization would lave been sufficiently matured to enible the direction of affairs to be reiumed by the permanent staff. Henry Sl ?. Davison, being in Paris when the irmistice was signed, summoned a tIc inference there of the heads of all 21' he Red Cross Commissions in Europe a" ;o canvass the situation. After con- be lidering all the factors it was con- Pe :luded to make the transition on ?* Harch 1. The very fortunate choice ha >f Dr. Livingston Farrand as the new sl( :hairman of the Central Committee, ha ind thereby the permanent chief ex- T1 jcutlve of the Red Cross, makes possi- thl - - - ? bu tie tne consummation 01 uus piuu uu- ler the most favorable conditions. an v m< Accounts Audited by War Department "Detailed reports to Congress and a w( :omplete audit of Its accounts by the vjj Var Department will constitute the th] Inal record of Red Cross activity dur- ^rj ng the war. Although it has been he rule to make public all expendi- es ures when authorized and to give de- r( ailed information relative to all work au mdertaken, the War Council in turn- pri ng over its responsibilities to Dr. Farund and bia associatea desire to give iai i brief raaoaa ef IM Oraaa war time ^ ictivities to the American people, to an ehom the Red Cross belong, and whose (jc :enerous contributions have made pos- to ible all that has been accomplished. Bi8 "During the past nearly twenty-one pr] oonths the American people have 1 >l?nn < * noeti ond onnnllpe tn thft ' rwr American Red Cross more than $400,- we 00,000. No value can be placed upon he contributions of service which He lave been given without stint and of- ag entimes at great sacrifice by millions tei ?f our people. "The effort of the American Red , 3ross in this war has constituted by jt ar the largest voluntary gifts of m( ooney, of hand and heart, ever con- . ributed purely for the relief of hu- Jn nan suffering. Through the Red Cross Tll he heart and spirit of the whole Lmerican people have been mobilized o take care of our own, to relieve the olsery incident to the war, and also ^ o reveal to the world the supreme f deals of our national life. wi "Everyone who has had any part in Qr his war effort of the Red Cross is en- ^ Itled to congratulate himself. No kn hanks from anyone could be equal in {c? alue to the self satisfaction every- wI me should feel for the part taken. , fully 8,000,000 American women have ta] iierted themselves in Red Cross serv- ^ ce. gri Has Over 17,000,000 Adult Members, to "When we entered the war the th Lmerican Red Cross had about 500,000 T1 oembers. Today, as the result of the fo ecent Christmas membership Roll to 2all, there are upwards of 17,000.000 j by ull paid members outside of the mem- J bu tets of the junior Red Cross, number- j a rig perhaps 9,000,000 school children j we idditional. ou "The chief effort of the Red Cross idi luring the war has been to cure fgr su ?ur men In service and to aid our | itr irmy and navy wherever the Red ] m< 2ross may be called on to assist. As ta! o this phase of tire woj-k Surgeon Gen- ac >ral Ireland of the U. S. Army recent- fe y said: 'The Red Cross has been an cr ;nterprise as vast as the war itself. U> ?rom the beginning it has done those hinjis which the Army Medical Corps th vanted done, but could not do itself.' ah "The Red Cross endeavor in France th ias naturally been upon an exception- nn illy large scale where service has j po >een rendered to the American Army | of ind to the French Army and the j pa French people as well, the latter par- i as leularly during the trying period he rhen the Allied World was waiting of for the American Army to arise in i ' "...I . A.,./.,.,...,,,!- i Of IUIVC tllMi 1'UHCl. ilV;3JMl?l CUIV1^,VIIV%? ? service for our nrmy in France lias th jreatly diminished, hut the Red Cross wi Is still being called upon for service tl< upon a larjre scale in the firear base of tiospitals, where thousands of American sick and wounded are still receiving attention. At these hospitals the te Red Cross supplies huts and facilities for the amusement and recreation of re the men as they become convalescent. P1 Our Army of Occupation in GeMnany ?(' was followed with Medical unit? prepared to fender the same emergency aid and supply service which \vi?s the et primary business of the Red Cross ? during hostilities. The Army Canteen serric* along the lines of travel ha* itually increased since the armistice. "As for work among the French peoe, now that hostilities have ceased, ie French themselves naturally pre- 1 r as far as possible to provide for t leir own. It lias accordingly been de- t rmined that the guiding principle of ^ ed Cross policy in France henceforth tall be to have punctilious regard to * 3 every responsibility, but to direct J s efforts primarily to assisting t rench relief societies. The liberated id devastated regions of France have " :en divided by the government Into | nail districts, each officially assigned a designated French relief organlition. "The American Red Cross work in ranee was Initiated by a commission ' eighteen men who landed on French lores June 13, 1917. Since then >rae 9,000 persons have been upon the lis in France, of whom 7,000 were rtively engaged when the armistice as signed. An indication of the presit scale of the work will be obtained om the fact that the sen-ices of 6,000 irsons are still required. "Our American Expeditionary Force i.ving largely evacuated England, the tlvities of the Red Cross Commis5n there are naturally upon a dlmintiing scale period. Active operations e still in progress m Archangel and beria. "The work in Italy has been almost itirely on behalf of the civilian popnUnn nf that pnnntnr Tn fho r?rifirnl mrs of Italy's struggle the American I ople, through their Red Cross, sent practical message of sympathy and lief, for which the government and ople of Italy have never ceased to press their gratitude. jpplies and Personnel to Near East. "The occasion for such concentra>n of effort in Italy, England, Bellm and even In France having natur[y and normally diminished, It has en possible to divert supplies and rsonnel in large measure to the aid those people in the Near East who ve hitherto been inaccessible to outle assistance, but whose sufferings ve been upon an appalling scale, le needs of these peoples are so vast at government alone can meet them, t the American Red Cross is making effort to relieve immediately the )re acute distress. "An extensive group of American >rkers has been dispatched to carry tally needed supplies, and to work Is winter in the various Balkan counes. In order to co-ordinate their acitles, a Balkan commission has been tablished, with headquarters at >me, Italy, from wmcn point aione the Balkan centers can be reached omptly. "A commission has just reached Pond with doctors and nurses, medical pplles, and food for sick children d invalids. An American Red Cross mmission has also been appointed aid in relieving the suffering of RusLn prisoners still confined in German [son camps. "An Important commission is still >rking in Palestine. Through the tr special co-operation has been ren to the Armenian and Syrian Ref Commission, which was the only ency able to carry relief in the in ior of Turkish dominions. Red Cross Will Continue. "Red Cross effort is thus far flung, will continue to be so. But the jvement represented by this work ?. s likewise assumed an intimate place |. the daily life of our people at borne. ie army of workers which has been suited and trained during the war jst not be demobilized. All our exrlence in the war shows clearly that are is an unlimited field for service the kind which can be performed th peculiar effectiveness by the Red oss. What its future tasks may be is yet impossible to forecast. We ow that so long as there Is an Amerin army in the field the Red Cross 11 have a special function to perform. "Nothing could be of greater imporQce to the American Red Cross than e plans Just set in motion by the five eat Red Cross societies of the world develop a program of extended acities in the interest of humanity, ie conception involves not alone efrts to relieve human suffering, but prevent it; not alone a movement the people of an individual nation, t an attempt to nrouse all people to sense of their responsibility for the ilfare of their follow beings through- ' t the world. It is a program both 1 ?al and practical. Ideal in that its ; prenie aim is nothing less than ver- t ible "Peace on earth good will to >11," and practical in that it seeks to ' ke means and measures which are j| rtually available and make thorn ef- J ctive in meeting without delay the j isis which is daily recurrent in the J .'es of all peoples. "For accomplishing its mission in ! e years of peace which must lie ead of us ttoo Red Cross will require e ablest possible leadership, and 1 jst enjoy the continued support, sym-1 thy, and participation in its work the whole American people. It is rticularly fortunate that such a man Dr. Livingston Farrand should have en selected as the permanent head ilie organization. The unstinted ' rhion in which all our people pave themselves throughout the war Is' e best assurance that our Red Cross I '11 nnniJi.uo /* t'A/'rtiva flinf r?A-nnnrn. )n which will make its work a source pride ami inspiration (o every Atneran." Mr. Davison, as chairman of the Inrnaiional Commission of the Amerin Red Cross, lias undertaken to repsent the American Red Cross in the reparation of the program for extendI Red Cross activities,.and will spend e next several months in Europe In msultation with other Red Cross socites for that purpose. Hi" R COUNCIL OF THE AMER-, " ICAN. RED CROSS. I Henry P. 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