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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 26, 1938
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Old-Age Insurance
Queries Answered
By Miss Martha Pressly, Man
ager, Bureau of Old-Age In
surance, 502 Hodges Build
ing, Greenwood, S. C.
(Whenever the term “wages” is
used, it refers to wages for serv
ices performed after 1926, and be
fore the age of 65 in included
employment.)
of eligibility for old-age benefits.
However, the wages you pay your
son for working in the store are
counted for the purpose of de
termining old-age benefits,
whether those wages are in cash,
room and board, clothing or other
form of remuneration.
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Unemployment In-
surance-What It
Means To The State
Swndav School Lesson
REV. CHARI.TS F. HUNV
Q. I am a farm hand, age 25
Will I ever receive a Government
old-age pension?
A. If you mean Federal Old-Age
Insurance benefits, yes, you pos
sibly will. While agricultural em
ployment is excluded under the
Act, many now engaged in farm-
Ewsson for Today. Mark 12:28-31. ing may before the age of 65 shift
to included employment and be-
Cloldcn Text: Mark 12:31. come eligible for Federal Old-Age
• Insurance benefits. Americans
Thou shalt make frequent changes in their
occupations. Relatively few spend
Serving ^-ou^h Christian
Citizenship.
Our Golden Text,
thy neighbor as thyself,
sounds the keynote of our lesson, their entire working lives in one
many this is interpreted to type of work.
m that the Christian should Q- Until recently I worked in a
be genuinely kindhearted without cotton mill where one cent of
taking an active part in the high- every dollar of my pay was de-
Ip controversial battles of con- ducted for Federal Old-Age In-
temporary society. surance. I am now farming and
When Robert Leighton, Arch- am paying nothing into Social
*>iShop of Glasgow 300 years ago. Security. Will I lose the amount
vims publicly rebuked by his fellow that was deducted at the cotton
pastors for not “preaching up the mill?
times,” he replied with this cogent t A. No indeed. The wages you
apology, “If all of you preach up received at the mill will be count-
tiie times, you may surely allow ed as wages for the purpose of
preach up determining Federal Old-Age In
surance benefits, even if you con-
of tinue farming the remainder of
is your life.
Q. I am a high school boy. I
a job in a
pay my way
(This is the first of four storie?
on unemployment insurance re
leased by the South Carolina un
employment compensation com
mission. The stories tell in simple
English what unemployment in
surance means to a community
and its people.)
poor brother to
CSirist and eternity.”
While admitting the force
Dr. Leighton’s contention it
fidly to expect the Christian So
cfcety to hold itself aloof from the j hope to get
tomning social Issues of each age. drug store to
m matter of fact it has never through school and later
so. It has always had a so- hope to continue that sort of work
gospel, and never more so through college. Will that make
than today. The Bible is so per- j me eligible for Old-Age Insur-
zne&ted with social vision and ance?
passion that no full-blooded fol- 1 A. Yes. Wages for work in a
loroer of Christ can possibly avoid drug store, and perhaps for other
a stand on those tremendous • employment during the summer,
pTGbtems upon the solution of may be sufficient to entitle you to
which the destiny of mankind so monthly old-age retirement bene-
vltaQy depends. The Christian fits.
disciple must do more than herald
Q. I don’t receive much cash
the reality of God and eternal pay—$60 a month—working at a
life. He must champion that di- hotel, but I get my room and
vnr*. commonwealth Jesus called! board. Will that add to my Old-
the Kingdom of God.
To do this is far from easy.
“Here Is a task for all that a man
has of fortitude and delicacy,” to
cpxote Robert Louis Stevenson.
Cfce must be very careful to
patently garner the full facts. As
St. James advises, “Let every man
toe swift to hear, slow to speak,
fi&rar to wrath.” And the Chris
tian must not be a partisan.
Avoiding sectional and party cries
toe should seek the good of all.
Best this does not mean that he
KBsrst be content with vague
generalities which hurt no one.
On the contrary he should form-
vda&e a definite social creed and
fight for it tenaciously, recogniz
ing. however, that every creed, in
fche light of changing conditions,
sCazuts in need of revision.
Age Insurance benefits? If so,
how much?
A. Yes. The cash value of your
room and board will be considered
as a part of your wages. r ih.
amount added depends on the
value of your room and board
For example, if the cash value of
your room and board were de
termined at $30 a month, thk
amount would be added to youi
monthly wage of $60, making a
total of $90 a month to be
counted toward your wages.
Q. I own a small store and mj
son works for me after school
hours. Are we included in the
Government pension?
A. As the owner and operator
of an unincorporated store, youi
earnings are not ^ages and undei
the law cannot be used as a bash
In 1936 the South Carolina un
employment compensation act
was passed by the state legisla
ture.
This law provides something for
working people to live on when
they are out of work. It calls for
weekly payments to workers who
are laid off or lose their jobs.
The payments will come from a
fund made up of cash contribu
tions collected from employers of
South Carolina for this specific
purpose. Those payments will not
be equal to a worker’s regular
pay, but they will usually tide him
over until he can find a new job.
Beginning in July of this year
claims for benefits will be re
ceived from unemployed workers
whose records show their former
employers contributed to the un
employment compensation fund.
To apply for weekly payments,
the worker will report to the
nearest employment office in
South Carolina and apply for
work, so that he may get a job if
it is available. After two weeks,
if no job is found which the
worker can reasonably be expect
ed to accept and if he meets
other requirements of the law, he
will begin to receive weekly out-
of-work payments. These pay
ments will continue for a certain
number of weeks, depending upon
how regularly he has worked in
the past two years in “insured”
employment.
Aid to Recovery
Unemployment compensation, or
unemployment “insurance”, as it
is popularly called, is being un
dertaken by the state to protect
the working people against the
risk of losing their jobs. But the
whole community suffers when
workers are unemployed, and the
weekly payments to those workers
protect the community. Men and
women who have jobs can spend
money for food and clothing and
the other necessities and comforts
of life. What they spend is often
the largest part of all the money
spent in the community, or even
in the state, and what they buy
keeps stores and factories running.
On the other hand, when many
vorkers are without wages for
any considerable time, stores lose
business. When this happens, fac
tories lose orders. This means
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lay-offs, more people without
wages to spend, still less busines:
and more unemployment.
This also means that the farm
er, who depends upon the indus
trial worker for most of his sales
also suffers from a lack of trade.
With their weekly payments
from the unemployment fund
jobless workers can keep on buy
ing. They are saved from want
What they spend helps to save
the business life of the commu
nity and the state, and the pecple
of the community are relieved of
some of the taxes they would
have to pay for public relief.
Unemployment compensation is
national social
fostered by the
act passed by
This state, how-
one part of the
security program
Social Security
Congress in 1935.
ever, has its own distinct unem
ployment compensation law which
is administered by the South Car
olina unemployment compensation
commission. The federal govern
ment cooperates with the state in
the administration of the unem
ployment compensation program.
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SPENCER GLASGOW, Representative
(The second in this series of
articles will appear in this news
paper next week.)
POLITICAL
CARDS
For Treasurer
I appreciate the splendid co
operation that my friends have
given me since my appointment
as Treasurer for McCormick
County to fill the unexpired term
of my father, the late T. J. Price,
and with your continued support
and cooperation, I am announc
ing myself as candidate for the
office of County Treasurer for
McCormick County, term begin
ning July 1st, 1939, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Dem
ocratic Primary.
Your support will be greatly ap
preciated and I will assure you
that I will execute the duties of
County Treasurer according to law
and try to satisfy all.
MRS. RUTH PRICE DUNCAN.
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stimulates appetite and aids nature by
supplying the substance which makes
rich, red blood. When this happens,
energy and strength usually return.
You feel like new. Get Pursang from
your druggist.
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