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» rm THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., March 12, 1970—5-B but gradually if you make no tvXvXWXvX-Vvx.v*^ sudden moves toward him he will not be frightened of you. You ■ / V II AI should talk to him anytime you are Ipt C I all# Ahmit I ^ hear the cage repeating the words ■ uai% «-twvu«i d -i r iv:#/ you wish hirn to learn BY KATHY SHIELDS vX*XvXvX'XvX*X , X«X*’*'.\W.v.v.W.v.v.v.v.sv«v.'.v.v.v.v,v.v.\v.v.v.‘. ••*•••••••••••• •••••••••••• •% ••••••••• ••••••••••• Enjoying Your Parakeet In many homes today is found the perky, talkative, and friend ly little bird known as the para keet. This special species of the bird kingdom can bring a lot of fun into your home and will give the children a pastime that will lead to an accomplishment to be en joyed for many years. When you purchase your para keet you will want to consider a few basic facts. First of all you should be sure you are getting a young bird, for an older one is not as easily tamed nor taught. A choice may be made between a male or female and you should consider the fact that a female parakeet has the tendency to be more aggressive than the male. The color variations play no spe cific part in the characteristic of the bird, this will simply be a matter of preference. Upon deciding on the particu lar bird you will need a cage that will allow the bird to have ample room to hop and climb about. A cage that is too small will cramp your bird and cause shreaded feathers. Traveling home with the bird will be a frightening experience to him so don’t be alarmed when he flutters frantically. When you get him home put him where he will not be disturbed for about 24 hours. Allow him to become acus- tomed to his environment before becoming acustomed to you. At first when you aproach his cage he will respond with fright Cecil MoCoig Thomas McCoig TO MAKE YOUR CAR BODY LIKE NEW BRING IT TO: CECIL'S BODY WORKS l-ocated At Comer of F Caro Ave and S. Woodrow St We Are Expert In BODY WORK And PAINTING Now giving you a total of 40 years experience* RUFUS LEE After you have had him for several days put your hand in the cage encouraging him to step onto your finger. This won’t be an easy task but time and patience will be the determining factor in accomplishing this feat. Try not to frighten him and don’t tire him for he will learn faster if you spend several short intervals ra ther than one long period. Be prepared to get bitten, and you are entitled to one good scream but please don’t yell so loudly that you frighten the poor bird to death. Keep in mind that the second time he bites you isn’t nearly as bad as the first be cause now you know it doesn’t hurt as much as you thought it would. After you have him stepping onto your finger without hesi tation remove him from his cage. He will fly around and perch him self upon the drapes, or a lamp shade or possibly even the top of your head. If by chance you are bald you are entitled to duck but if not please remain still. When he lights encourage him to step onto your finger. Repeat this process talking to him all the while and you will soon find that this little bitty monster that bit you so hard is quite lovable after all. Little Theatre Production Set The Young People’s Theatre Workshop, sponsored by the Greenville Little Theatre, will present “Aesop’s Fables", a folk rock musical based on Aesop's Fables, April 3,4,5 and 10, 11, 12 at the Little Theatre, 444 Col lege Street. It has been hailed as one of the cleverest and most original productions for young people in years. Tickets are $2.50 and go on sale March 25 at the theatre box office 10-4 or by mail to Box 962 * ♦ * Hardest Wood The hardest wood is that of the desert ironwood of the Southwest. The tree has wood as heavy as stone; it blunts tools and can hardly be cut with a saw. Minding Your Business Income Averaging ’We Hcve To Run Fast To Keep Up* BY JOHN J. SUTHERLAND Certified Public Accountant If your income has increased substantially this year you may be even luckier than you think be cause of a tax break known as income averaging. The basic principle of income averaging is to adjust your taxes to what they would have been if you had ear ned the income eve:i!y over the last 5 years instead of in one year. This applies to most kinds of income from nearly all sour ces except those noted below. The mathematics involve short-cut principles of arithmetic which I will not attempt to explain here but will stick to the underlying principles in showing the effects of certain situations. You are eligible for income averaging if you are a citizen and a resident of the UnitedStates and if you have been supporting yourself for the last 5 years. If you have been a full-time stu dent during any of the last 5 years you are not eligible. You have ave rage able income if the income this year exceeds one-third of the total taxable in come for the years 1965, 1966, 1967, and 1968, by $3,000. Certain types of income cannot be averaged and must be excluded in determining the average. These include long-term capital gains, income received on pro perty which was given to you, and income from wagering or ot her items. Certain of these other items will be discussed in a later column. Accordingly, it is appa rent that the basic spirit of the law is to give the taxpayer a break if his usual income is from sources which fluctuate greatly from year to year. People most apt to benefit from income ave raging might be authors, inven tors, artists, businessmen, far mers, and other people who may suffer bleak income years and then suddenly one year have an enormous amount of taxable in come. Without income averaging this person would not get much tax benefit in the bleak years but in the profitable year would be in a high tax bracket and would pay most of his income out in taxes. After you have determined your averageable income, divide this amount by 5 and compute taxes on this small amount as though it were your only income, in cluding, of course, surtax. Mul tiply this result again by 5. This will be your tax on averageable income. If you then compute your tax without averaging, you will find that you have saved money because none of your income was taxed in the high bracket. You must then compute the income tax on all your nonaverageable income according to the tax rules in effect including alternate tax advantages on capital gains, if available, and add this to the tax on averageable income. This will be your total income tax which is carried to your tax return. Be sure, then, to make an “X" mark in the block indicating you used Schedule G. As usual, iiyoufollowSchedule G carefully, much of what seems complicated will be worked out for you on the form itself. “We have to run pretty fast to keep from getting farther be hind,” the state’s Deputy Super intendent of Education told Clin ton Rotarians Tuesday. Deputy Superintendent Ralph A Durham of Columbia said, “The money we spend on educa tion in this state has increased in recent years but we’re still behind our neighboring states of Georgia and North Carolina. We spend about $550 per child on education in South Carolina and the other two states spend $600 or better per child. We were so far behind for such a long, long time that we have to run pretty fast now to keep from getting farther behind.” Durham pointed out that over $200 million in state funds is budgeted for education this year and the state also receives a- bout $50 million in federal funds for education. He also noted that School District 56’s budget is over $1 million with over $800,- 000 coming from the state. Mr. Durham also said, “We hear a great deal about pollu tion these days and I’m con cerned about the pollution of our air and water. But pollu- sloaSTT CONSTRUCTION COMMNY U COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL - SUB DIVISIONS - ASPHALT CURBS MIVIWAVJ . HKKIHG LOTS • FAYING . tAAINTSNANCS FOR ESTIMATES CALL: 4517912 Stoney Point Greenwood, S. C. tion of the minds of men bothers me more. You can clean up the streams and the air, at great expense, but cleaning up the minds of men is pretty diffi cult. They hear so many half- truths and, too often, they listen to emotion rather than to reason.” Concerning the integration of schools, Mr. Durham said that court decisions have shown that total integration can be ordered in a school system regardless of whether the system receives federal funds. Mr. Durham said, “We’ve got to keep our cool. We’ve got to build on the image of South Carolina. Are we going to have anarchy or are we eoine to be law-abid ing citizens. We need to trate on what we can do tor our students and tor education. We must do what we can through education. We can't be neutral any longer about government, law and order and education. Through education, we most fight the pollution of men’s minds.* Ballard Accepted By Honor Society William B. Ballard, a Clem- son University graduate stu dent from Clinton, has been ac cepted for membership in Gamma Sigma Delta, an honor society of agriculture. He is among 27 Clemson stu dents who will be initiated into the fraternity at a banquet April 8. on A horticulture major, Ballard is the sot of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Ballard of 404 West Maple St. 'Come In Todoyi LET BLOCK PUT A INCOME TAX You II purr with pleasure at the satisfaction you II receive at H & R BLOCK. Point your paws in the direction of the nearest BLOCK office and re ceive prompt and guaranteed accurate preparation of your return. 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