The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 12, 1942, Image 5
Thursday, November 12,1942
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Page Five
lent among the low income groups
■ainst the taxing of the smallest in-
cxnes, but the greatest concern \yas
mong those of middle income who
rant a plan worked out for deduct^
ig the tax from their incomes. They
jurfd widfc approval of the Ruml
lan suggested by the areasurer of
ic R. H. Macey department store,
rhich would put taxes on a pay-as-
ou-go basis.
Supporters of the Ryml plan point
ut %st the present method of tax
ayments, whereby we pay our taxes
year after the income is earned, is
poor method and is particularly
urdensome when the taxes are as
igh as they are today. Mr. Ruml’s
iiggestion that we forget about taxes
n 1942 income and, instead, pay on
>43 income as we earn the money,
ley argue, would put taxation on a
under basis and would mean no
^Bcome to the government. In
ct, because of rapidly mounting
lyrolls, they point out that the gov-
nment would collect more money
iring 1943 if it collected on 1943
comes than it would if it were col-
cting on 1942 incomes. It is he
wed that the finance committees of
e house and senate will be asked
reconsider the Ruml plan as a pos-
)le source of increasing government
income and at the same time easing
the burden of the taxpayer.
Under the new tax bill, as signed
-by the President, all single persons
earning more than $624 a year are
subject to the Victory tax of 5 per
cent. In addition, any single person
earning over $500 a year, and any
married person earning over $1,200
is subject to a tax, the tax starting
at 19 per cent on each taxable dol
lar. Under the new set-up a married
man earning $40 a week and without
dependents will pay v about seven
times as much tax as he paid this
year, and a man earning between
$2,000 to $5,000 a year, will pay about
2% times the amount he paid this
year. In addition, all will pay higher
taxes on such' purchases as cigarettes,
railroad tickets, telephone messages
and alcoholic beverages.
There is considerable uneasiness
over whether people will actually get
these high taxes paid, or if there will
be a large number who will be forced
to default on their payments or
have to go in debt to make the pay
ments. There is also considerable fear
that payroll deductions for the pur
chase of iwar bonds will fall off when
deductions begin for the 5 per cent
Victory tax.
Although congress has put through
Citizens Using
Food Substitutes
Dallas, Texas, Nov. 10. — The girl
cashier in the grocery tucked in her
shirttail, hitched up her slacks and
indulged in p man-sized sigh.
“I can’t help thinking it’s Satur
day,” she said. “We’ve been busy like
this all day.”
Customers were lined up behind
her counter.
Asked whether people are eating
more nowadays, she said:
"It seems to me they are—particu
larly less expensive foods, like beans
and potatoes.
Let it lie, then, the legend that
only soldiers spend a big part of their
time eating beans and peeling pota
toes. The civilians are doing it in this
the tax bill and the President has
signed it, it is a growing feeling here
that collection must be given greater
consideration before the beginning of
tne new year. It is also knpwn that
the treasury will soon ask congress
to consider still further methods of
taxation.
SAT. SAW rriNTHE CHRON-
ICLE." THANK YOU.
war.
v The girl was on the right track. A
check of food stores brought this
information.
There are no important permanent
changes in civilian eating habits, but
shortages have brought about a num
ber of substitutions.
For example, because of military
and lend-lease orders, there is fre
quently insufficient bacon and pork
to go around. Thus many persorts are
increasing their consumption of beef,
Some varieties of canned vegeta
bles are scarce, with the result that
grocery customers take, instead, oth
er foods, including beans and pota
toes. ,
Transportation schedules are likely
to go askew. Six days used to be the
time needed to bring goods here from
California. Now the grocer may have
to wait 1 or 12 days.
Coffee is getting pretty scarce, and
grocers have taken steps to conserve
their supply against hoarders. At
some stores, customers are limited to
one pound.
Other store operators put on no
such limit, but try to persuade the
buyers not to overstock, in view of
the forthcoming rationing program.
These arguments, grocers say, are
only moderately successful.
LYDIA MILLS NEWS
FOR THE WEEK
Mrs. W. P. McLendon, Correspondent
x.
£
Mr. and Mrs. James Bailey and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coleman and
family visited Robert Bobo in Co- tersted to know he has been promot-
Grover Mclnville of near Mountville,
were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Smith. 1
Mrs. S. J. Todd and Mrs. Homer
Fuller spent the week-end in Green
wood with Mrs. J. W. Harper.
Friends of Carson Neal will be in-
lumbia Sunday.
Walter Fuller of Laurens, spent
the week-end with his daughter, Mrs.
Mattie Lou Jarrett.
Mrs. Kate McDaniel visited Mr.
and Mrs. Justine McLendon in Clin
ton the past week-end. y
Mrs. Jack Wilcher of Spartanburg,
the former Miss Sarah Bell Fuller
of this community, and her sister-
in-law, Mrs. Louise Scale, also of
Spartanburg, have joined the Wom
an’s Auxiliary Army Corps and are
to leave in December for Fort Des-
Moines, Iowa, for training.
Mrs. Alice G^m, Misses Sarah and
Mildred Fuller anff C. V. Gillham
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs
J. S. Navy Sunday. _
Mrs. Rosa Cole and Granny Cole
visited relatives in Cross Hill Sun
day.
• Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson of Lau
rens, James Mclnville of Greenwood,
Clarence Mclnville of Kershaw and
edjo the rank of technical sergeant.
Mr. and > Mrs. C. H. Snugs of
Greenville, and Mrs. C. M. Clayton of
Spartanburg, visited Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Bishop Sunday.
Miss Kat Shaw of Greenwood,
'spent Sunday' with Misses Margie
and Evelyn Moseley.
Mrs. Ben Harvey and family and
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris of Lau
rens, visited relatives in Henderson
ville N. C., Sunday. v , '
Sgt. Melvin Stroud of New York,
is spending a few days here with
Mrs. Stroud.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oakley and *
family of near Mountville, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Oakley.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A.Xand of Buffa
lo, and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Abbott
of Clinton, were Sunday gu^ts of
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Willard.
Mrs. H. D. Thomas is visiting her
mother, Mrs. W. A. Wright, in And
erson this week.
Misses Mary Williams and Virginia
Sharpton were visitors in Greenville
Monday. "
Dorrah Hairston, James Bailey and
Barry McLendon attended a football
game in Greenville Saturday.
Miss Evelyn Caldwell visited
friends in Chester over the weekend.
Mrs. Willie Webb and son of Gold-
ville, visited her mother, Mrs. Mary
Fuller, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F.. E, Brown and
daughter, spent Sunday in Whitmire
with Mr.' and Mrs. Boyd Grant.
Friends of Mrs. Ernest Kellett of
Newberry, will regret to know she is
ill at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Blackwell.
Miss Evelyn Caldwell has accepted
a position with Royal Cleaners.
Misses Annette and Amber Eskew
of Greenville, and Miss Sarah
Huckabee of Laurens, visited Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Kuykendall Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Thomas’ are
making their h^rpo in Charleston.
Lily Sprouse spent Sunday in
Laurens with friends.
Carl Abercrombie of Norfolk, Va.,
spent a few days with his mother,
Mrs. Alice Motts, last week.
Miss Vivian Alford spent the
week-end with Miss Ruby MgElhan-
non in Clinton.
Mrs. Earl Barbee and daughter of
Goldville, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Smith Saturday.
Miss Virginia Blackwell has ac
cepted a position with the Lydia Mill
i store.
Baptist W. M. U. Meets
The Baptist Woman’s 4 Missionary
Society held its monthly meeting
at the church Sunday afternoon at
4 o’clock.
The president, Mrs. Paul Mc
Cauley, had charge of the businett
session. Mrs. W. J. Dabbs conducted
the devotional and program.
The topic for the month was
"Whatsoever Things Seen in His
Work.” Those taking part on the
program were Mrs. Nell Kuykendall,
Mrs. Homer Richey, Mrs. S. L. Oak
ley, and Mrs. McCauley.
Rev. W. A. Tinsley dismissed thS
society with prayer.
Birthdays and Wedding
Anniversaries
Bobby Henson was nine years old
Sunday, November 8th.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Davis celebrat
ed their 16th wedding anniversary
November 7th.
Mrs. Woodrow McLendon and Joan
Kuykendall will celebrate birthdays
November 12.
Mrs. James Nelson observed * a
birthday November 10.
Jerry Cauble had a birthday No
vember 9.
Birth Announcement
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Whitman an
nounce^ the birth of a son, Ray Don
ald, on November 5.
Tinsley Accepts Call
Rev. W. A. Tinsley, formerly pas
tor of the First Baptist church at
LaFrance, has accepted a call to the
Lydia Baptist church. He was pastor
for several years of the Riverside
Baptist church of Anderson and is
well known throughout the state.
He has done evangeslistic work in
many communities and has been
pastor of a number of churches. Mr.
Tinsley will move here at an early
date.
Mr. Tinsley's pastorate _ at La
France " has resulted in marked
growth in the church there and
members were reluctant to accept his
resignation. On last Sunday the
church gave the pastor a large love
offering.
The Lydia church, a brick struc
ture, is being remodeled and addi
tions made. When completed the
church will have 17 Sunday school
rooms. .
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