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Thursday, March 22, 1956 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Nine Fanners Must File Tax Returns To Get Social Security Credit “Many Laurens county farmers have laready filed ttx returns for the 1955 calendar year,” Miss Martha Pressly of the Social Se curity administration, Green wood office, announced today. “This year for the first time they have paid self-employment tax for social security protection. Miss Pressly emphasized that all farm ers who netted $400 or more in 1955 from farming must file these returns by April 15. Proper tax returns and advice concerning taxes can be botained from the district director of Internal reve nue, Columbia. Miss Pressly explained, “This social security credit will mean much to farm families. Suppose we take the case of a young and prosperous farmer with a wife and child. His earnings up to $4200 a year are taxable for so cial security. In the event he should die soon after the close of his second crop year under social security and had made the maxi mum of $4200 in both yeacs, the widow and small child woul ceixe a monthly benefit of $162.1 “Few fanners make $4200 a year”. Miss Pressly continued. “Let us consider an instance where the farmer makes $1200 a year on an average. At that rate he can qualify for $55 per month when he is 65. His wife, after reaching 65, may qualify* for $27.50 per month, or a total of , , k ^ 'Ftrc$tOne Bargain Days SIOANS coupfs C ^ r-wNT S.jUS 1395 UP 5-95 COMPLETE LINE CHOICE ★ Fiber, Plastic or Gard-Loa ★ Numerous Patterns v ★ Variety of Colors ★ Choice of Trimming ★ All Prico Ranges ★ All Sizes and Types •- ' r * : i '^1 SMALL DOWN PAYMENT LET'S INSTALL TODAY- MANY MONTHS TO PAY 115# P*rf*#'MHP0r for m Average-Size Loom fitootono IS-litch GASOLINE I0TARY MOWER TUe lightweight, awy-oper- ntiag mwhine ajpo through high gmoo and tough wends almost aa easily at k lawn. 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If e farmer who makes $1200-each year (two crop years is the minimum re quirement) fa ter 1954 should die, survived by a widow and two young children, $82.60 could be paid them every month, termi nating when the youngest child reaches 18. Payments to the wid ow could be resumed when she reaches 65. “Write your social security of- 1 fice. Greenwood, for a booklet showing the benefits -payable farm families under social secur ity,” Miss Pressly invited. “And don’t overlook the filing of that tax return before April 15,” she cuationed. Davidson Alumni Banquet Set For Greenville March 23 URM0:i3 RLE Davidson college alumni in the Greenville-Laurens - Clinton area will hold their annual ladies night banquet on March 23 at the Bun combe Street Methodist church in ’ gram. Greenville. The banquet will begin at 7:00 p. m., in the church’s fellowship hall. The Rev. Alfred G. Taylor, of Greenville,‘alumni chapter presi dent, said today that Davidson alumni from all over the Pied mont are expected to attend. An appropriate program has been ar ranged. FARM BILL WEAKENED The Senate farm bill, which once considered to be a good pro gram for alleviating many of our farm problems, has been weaken ed by the adoption lof several » ■ P crippling amendments and the re jection of several more designed to give relief to our farmers. The first blow to the bill came when 90 per cent of parity was defeated by an amendment which woulc^ continue the flexible support pro- POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS PHONE 12 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the State Senate from Laurens County, and pledge to abide by the rules and regu lations of the Democratic pri- mary. The George amendment restor ing T-8 inch middling cotton as the basis for cotton price support loans was likewise defeated by a close vote. Our cotton produc ers suffered another loss last week when the Russell amend ment establishing a two price sys tem for cotton was rejected. This program would have ope- i rated similar to the two price wheat program which was adopt ed earlieo in the week. It would have given each cotton grower a guarantee of 100 per cent of par ity to the extent of cotton grown for home use through domestic marketing quotas. In addition, producers would have been al lowed to grow unlimited qualities of cotton beyond their domestic quotas for sale on the world mar ROBERT C. WASSON STATE SENATE I hereby announce myself a candidate for the State Senate from Laurens County, and pledge to abide by the rules and regula tions of the Democratic party. KING DIXON ket at emopetitive prices. At tho same time, protection would have been given our domestic textile mills against the influx "of cheap- manufactured products from for eign countries. ' MINIMUM COTTON ALLOTMENT DEFEATED By another close vote, 46 to 43, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; the Senate knocked out of the bill I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Repre sentatives from Laurens County, and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic pnniary. ' ' W PAUL CULBERTSON I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Laurens County, and pledge to abide by the rules and regula tions of the Democratci party. CHARLES L. MILAM I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the.?,House of Rep resentatives from Laurens Coun ty, and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. T. DAVID SLOAN, JR. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the House of Represen tatives from Laurens county and pledge to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary MARSHALL ABERCROMBIE I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Rep resentatives from Laurens county and pledge to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. C. J. HART a provision which would have guaranteed our small cotton farm ers a four-acre minimum allot ment or 100 per cent of their av erage for ^ the preceding three 1 years. In order to get the acre age necessary to accomplish this goal, 174,000 acres of cotton would have been re-allocated among the cotton states. For instance, South Carolina would have given up 7,262 acres and received in return 13,900 acres to be used for this protection program. GOOD POINTS APPROVED I was gratified, however, that we were able to win approval of the following amendments for the PUBLIC RECORDS benefit of our small fanners and I farm families: 7. No further cotton acreage cuts in 1957 and 1958. 2. A 100,000-dollar limit on price support payments I for any one farmer. 3. A 25,000-dollar limit on the aihount of soil bank payments for any one farmer. An attempt to remove the dual party provision from the bill was turned back by a one-vote mar gin. Senator Laird (D-W. Va) was sworn in one hour before the vote, and he cast his vote with those of us who favor giving the farmers the choice of using either the old or modernized parity for mulas. COMPROMISE ELECTORAL AMENDMENT OFFERED On Thursday Senator Daniel of Texas, Senator Mundt of South Dakota, and I joined together in introducing legislation providing for a reform in our system of electing the President o< the United States. This legislation is in the form of a compromise amendment to Senator Daniel’s electoral reform bill now pend ing on the Senate calendar. The compromise is based on the elec tion plans offered by Senator Daniel. Senator self. All these plans were de signed to accurately reflect in the electoral voting the popular vote received by each presidential can didate. The present system of voting nl the electoral college encourages bloc voting by giving weight to the votes of minority elements in the huge metropolitan areas, such as New York. Under the present system, the 45 electoral votes of New York could go to one candi date by a one-vote margin in pop ular vote^, This means millions of votes actually amount to nothing, thus discouraging many | voters from even going to the: bolls. Fifty-one senators have joined 1 us as co-sponsors. I predict we' will be (ible to gain the necessarv : two-thirds majority vote to win passage in the -Senate ton, for $10 00 and other consid erations. , ' Diverts ' The following public records I A Hu % E - i° + w i e \ Jr - vs W,ni< were filed last week in the office' Ajfncs ® ar ^ tt Fowler of the Clerk of Cuort of l-aurens Maniag* Licaoaaa Iaaa*d County; i Rufus McKinley Chafin, Clin- , Proparty Transfer. ton ’ and B * tt Y Vincent, Clin- Ralph T. Wilson, Jr . to James ton R. and Ruby B Pitts, lot in For- James Paul Woodward, Clin- est Hills Sub-Division, I^aurens. i ton ' an< * Dd* Jean Gooch, Clinton, for $1,000.00 and other consid-i Manley Ray Gossett. Cross An- erations. chor, and Margaret Elizabeth Ralph T. WlisoV Sr . to Ralph! U "“’5 rOS *,'\3 Cl l ro ^ „ T. Wilson, Jr, 3 lit. m Forest , I"'** 'J***?* Laurens, and Betty. JeraldineOw- Hills Sub-Division- Laurens, ^ dnQ 1 $1,950.00 Y rvv , Irene Wallace ot Mary Gaddy. N c and Florence Freeman, Greenville. Thomas Wilton Stewart. Foun- 7 22 acres bounded by lands of Annie Sue Bagwell, for $900 00 E. P. and Mary J. Boazman to J. T Hollingsworth, 114 acres in Ctass Hill Township, for $2,850 00 Norman A. Hindman to Clar ence Kittlelsen, lot on Lake Greenwood, for $50000 Louise S. Kirby and Jessie S. Smith to Jerline Mildred Threatt, 74 acres in Waterloo Township, fro $2,220 00 . H. E. Cooper to A. J Ferrell and Jessie Ferrell. 108 acres in Sullivan No. 7 school district, fro $3,000 00 Fred Hill to W. Carlisle Neely, 109 acres in Cross Hill Town ship, for $10.00 and other valu able considerations. Fred Hill to Estelle Faircloth, 10 acres in Cross Hill Township, for $10.00 and other considera tions. W. G. Abbott to Margaret L. Poole, lot on Lake Greenwood. Cross Hill Township, for $400 00. R. A. Kilgo to Marshall W Ab ercrombie, Justin A. Bridges, and M. Paul Culbertson, lot on Walk er Avenue. Wattsville, for $500 mortgage Eileene P. Bolt to David R. Blakely, lot adjacent to Route 276 By-Pass. Laurens, for $500 Annie H. Harris, Louise S. Kir by. and Jessie S. Smith, 107 acres in Waterloo Township, for $3,210. Joe H Bonds to Everette T Bryant and Edith S Bryant, lot on Shands Street, Clinton, for $6.800 00. Joe H. Bonds to George H. Trammell and Dorothy F. Tram mell. lot on Phillips Street. Clin- Wen- Lmma tain Inn, and Doris Jena Thack- ston. Fountain Inn. Ray Kermeth Cathcart. Watts ville. and Elizabeth Ann Ridge way, Ware Shoals. Homer Deri Jacks. Joanna and Geraldine Bowen Satterfield, Jo anna. SAY— "I Saw It In THE CHRONICLE" J. R. Crawford SURVEYING CLINTON. S. C. um WRESTLING —Main Event— FARMER JONES And His Educated Pig IF VOTT ^ONT READ J THE CHMUNICLE YOU DON'T GET NEWS Phon* 74 NERVOUS? . Tr y Chiropractic DR. C. J. HART Laurens, S. C. PHONE HOURS 22501 3-f 2723 9-12 —vs.— JAUK WENTWORTH f ' I—Co-Feature— DOC & MIKE , GALLAGHER vs. ANGELO MARTINELLI & MIKE PAUDOUSK —Special Attraction— LOUISE GREEN —vs.— KATHLEEN WIMBERLY SATURDAY MARCH 24 — 8 P. M. MEMORIAL ARENA COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself aa a candidate for County Commis sioner of Lauren* county and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of .the Democratic pri mary. J. 'WARREN CRAENE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Commis sioner of Laurens county, and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic pri mary. FORMAN E. THOMASON I hereby announce myself a can didate for County Commissioner of Laurens county and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. PAUL S. O’DELL I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Commis sioner of Laurens County and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic pri mary. G. FOWLER BRWONLEE CORONER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Coroner of Laur ens county and pledge to abide by the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. JOE F. SMITH SHERIFF I hereby announce myself a candidate for sheriff of Laurens county and pledge •to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. CALDWELL W. WIER I hereby announce thyself a candidate for sheriff of Laurens county and pledge to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. WILLIAM A. LOWERY FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection as magis- 1 trate of Hunter Township at Clin ton, and pledge to abide by the j rules and regulations of the Dem ocratic primary. * - SAM H. McCRARY I hereby announce myself a can didate for Magistrate of Hunter Township at Mountville, and pledge to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary. J. RAY SURRATT bo YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY? Has your old car been costing you a lot of money in repairs and upkeep? Then why not trade it for a new DODGE or PLYMOUTH? Have many carefree miles of driving during spring and summer. 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