Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, February 1, 1940 Triple A Notes On 12 per cent of our land area : ore than three-fourths of the J nsoil has been lost through erosion. y * * * / Under the grant-of-aid program tf the AAA, farmers in 1939 re ceived more than 660,000 tons of lime for soil improvement—more than 19 times the amount they received under this program in 1938. * * * Through a change in rates of credit for AAA soil-building prac- tlces in the 1940 program, many farmers will carry out conserva tion practices they do not normal- Iv use, such as tree planting and application of lime. * * * A national soil-depleting goal of between 270 and 285 million acres has been provided under the 1940 AAA Farm Program which is in tended to furnish ample supplies for all domestic needs, for export requirements, and for an adequate reserve. txt_ Convention Of Muni cipal Association Of S. C. In Columbia February 8th Tax Commission Agents To Assist In Making Income Tax Returns Largest USC Class To Finish In June Columbia, Jan. 22.—The largest rraduating class in the history of the University of South Carolina was virtually assured this week •when 275 undergraduates filed applications for degrees. John A. Chase, Jr., dean of ad ministration, said that applica tions for graduate degrees will not be filed until April 1. A total of 259 undergraduates mplied for degrees last year, Dean Chase said. The 1939 graduating class, which totaled 273 students including graduates, was the lar gest up to that time. Applicants for baccalaureate de grees this year include 185 men rid 90 women. Nearly all degrees r^owed gains over last year. 121 -applying for the degree of Bache- Vir of Arts, compared.with 107 last ’■ear. Applications were received for other degrees as follows: Paohelor of Arts in Educatibn, >ight; Bachelor of Arts in Journal- i3m, seven; Bachelor of Science, / i; Bachelor of Science in Com merce, 38; Bachelor of Science in Education, one; Bachelor of Science in Engineering Adminis tration. one; Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, five; Bache lor of Science in Electrical Engi neering, two; Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, 11; Bachelor of 7 aws, 40. N. CALDWELL Auditor’s Notice FOR TEAR 1940. I will be at the different places on dates given below for the pur pose of taking tax returns on all personal property, except the kind that is returned to the tax commission. All owners, agents, guardians, administrators, attor neys, etc., please take notice and snake returns: Office all of January and February 13th. J. C. Talbert’s Store, Feb. 14th ; 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Bordeaux, Cade’s Store, Feb. 14th. 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. 1ft. Carmel, Feb. 15th —Mrs. N. S. Scott’s Store, Feb. 15th, 9 a. m. to 10 a. m.; W. A. Scott’s Store, Feb. 15th, 10 a. m. to 11 a. m.; W. H. Horton's Store, Feb. 15th, 11 a. m. to 12 noon. Willington, Feb. 15th—Wright Andrews’ Store, Feb. 15th, 3 p. m. to 4 p. m.; Mrs. L. F. McNair’s Store, Feb. 15th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. Plum Branch, Feb. 16th—G. A. Talbert’s Store, Fesb. 16th, 1 p. m. to 2 p. m.; J. L. fpracknell’s Store, Feb. 16th, 2 p. m^to 3 p. m.; J. J. Collier’s Store, Feb. 16th, 3 p. m. to 4 p. m.; T. W. Lanham’s Store, Feb. 16th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. Mrs. Joe J. Link’s Store, Feb. 10th, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. E. M. Morgan’s Store, Feb. 20th, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Mrs. Mattie Hollingsworth’s Store, Feb. 21st, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Vernon Church, Feb. 21st, 3 p. n. to 5 p. m. „ ^ j Young’s School House, Feb. 22nd, 10 a. m. to 12 noon. Modoc. Feb. 22nd—C. T. Bussev’s Store, Feb. 22nd, 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Parksville, Feb. 23rd—J. P. brun- ren's Store, Feb. 23rd, 1 p. m. to ' n. m.; W. T. Self’s Store, Feb. 23rd, 2 p. m. to 3 p. m.; J. H. *• ercival’s Store, Feb. 23rd. 3 p. m. 4 p. m.; D. M. Blackwell’s Store, Feb. 23rd, 4 p. m. to 5 p m. Clarks Hill, Feb. 27th—Jeff Sharpton’s Store, Feb. 27th, 3 p. m. 4 p. m.; W. W. Hammond’s Store, Feb. 27th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. Meriwether, Feb. 28th—J. O. Marshall’s Store, Feb. 28th, 3 p. m. t-* 4 p. m.; J. M. Rich’s Store, Feb. r.8th, 4 p. m. to 5 p. m. After February 28th 10 per cent penalty on all who failed or re fused w> make returns. All male persons between 21 and 60 years are liable for poll tax. 21 to 50 years are liable for road tax or street tax. C. W. PENNAL, Auditor. Invitations to attend the annual convention of the Municipal Asso ciation of South Carolina in Co lumbia, February 8, have been sent to mayors and city officials in 222 cities and towns throughout the state by J. N. Caldwell, execu tive secretary of the association. Among the list of mayors invited to attend the conference with L heir municipal officials ,is Mayor T. J. Sibert of McCormick. Problems vital to every munici pality in the state will be discussed at this meeting, the first annual gathering to be held since the association was formed into a per manent organization and state headquarters opened in Columbia last year. This meeting will be held at the Tefferson hotel in Columbia be- Tinning at 10 a. m. The morning and afternoon sessions will be toterspersed with a luncheon in the hotel ballroom: Speakers on the program will include Mayor G. Cullen Sullivan of Anderson, president of the association; Mayor F. B. Creech of Sumter, C. W. F. Spencer, city at torney of Rock Hill; W. H. Ward, director of . the University of South Carolina extension division; R. W. Wade, city attorney of Clin ton, and Mayor L. B. Owens of Columbia, who will welcome the officials to the city. Legislation relating to the muni cipalities will be discussed, reports heard and officers elected. Due to the fact that the asso ciation is functioning for the first time as a permanent organi zation, a record crowd of munici pal officers is expected to attend the meeting February 8. ixx Receipts For Federal Insurance Agents of Income Tax Division of the South Carolina Tax Com mission begin their journeys over the State for the purpose of assisting income taxpayers in the preparation of their returns on the fifth day of February. The Itinerary of Field Agents is attached and their services are at the disposal of the public in the matter of giving aid, advice, or information to income taxpayers. Every individual receiving an income of $1,000.00 net, if single, or $1,800.00 net, if married, is re quired to file a return. A return is also required of every individual receiving a total of more than $500.00 from interest and dividends, regardless of the amount of other classes of income. In addition to the returns of in come, every person, firm, or cor poration making payments of salaries, wages, rents, commissions, etc., in excess of $1,000.00, or inter est or dividends, or both, in excess of $100.00 is required to make re turns of information thereon, giving the names and addresses of those to whom payments are made and the amounts so paid, and by whom paid. Corporations and partnerships are required to file returns re gardless of the amount of income. The agent will be at McCor mick on February 6; Abbeville, Feb. 7; Greenwood, Feb. 8-10; Edgefield, Feb. 5; Saluda, Feb. 12. xx — ' Poland China Sale At Cameron, Feb. 6 Hi - wm 4<,mm % >s ’m M Mm i m TAX DEDUCTIONS MUST GIVEN EMPLOYEES BE Cause Discomforl T ~‘nr quick relief sCai wd*. r nm the mi«erv ' f colds, take 666 xjfepF Liquid - Tablets - Salve - Nose Drops Employers are now required by law to give their employees re ceipts for the money taken out of their wages for old-age and sur vivors 'insurance taxes, according to Miss Martha Pressly, manager of the Social Security Board field office at Greenwood, S. C. This new requirement of the Social Se curity Act, she explained, went into effect the first of this year. Miss Pressly pointed out that formerly the employer was only required to furnish the employee with a notation which would per mit him to check the accuracy of the deduction. “This,” she said, “could be included on a pay check which would, of course, eventually be returned to the employer. But now the law specifically stipulates that the empolyer must furnish a statement ‘suitable for retention by the employee’.” She added that the law provides a $5 penalty for each willful violation of this pro vision. Certain specified information must be included on the receipt but the wording is left to the em ployer. In addition to the amount of tax deducted, the receipt must show the name of the employer, the name of the employee, the oeriod of time covered by the re ceipt, and the total amount of rages paid to the employee during this period. Employers are required to fur nish such receipts at least once a year and may furnish them often- er —every quarter, or every month '.r every pay day, as they see fit The receipt must be given to th'- mplcyee within two months after he end of the pay period which it overs, and, in any case, when the employee leaves the job. Florence, Jan. 29,—A . sale of purebred Poland China hogs to be held at the farm of V T. C. Moss, Cameron, Tuesday, Feb. 6, offers South Carolipa farmers a good op portunity to buy excellent breed- mt? stock of the latest Poland China blood lines, says.A. L. Du rant, livestock specialist of the Clemson College Extension Service. “T. C. Moss, one of the best Poland China breeders of South Carolina and the Southeast will hold a sale of bred gilts at his farm near Cameron on that date”, Mr. DuRant announces. “Mr. 'loss has been raising Poland China hogs for many years and has some of the best blood lines of the breed. He brings in new blood by adding new boars and bred sows to his herd. He is producing the thick easy-feeding type that will feed out well for the farmer and furnish the kind of carcass that the packers desire.” Colin McLaurin, Calhoun county farm agent, speaking from his thorough knowledge of the Moss Poland Chinas, says: “In my judgment Mr. Moss has the best hogs he has ever offered for sale. This offering is well grown out and from the best blood lines of the breed. Mr. Moss has enjoyed a splendid business with his Poland Chinas for a long time and his success is due to his honest and courteous dealings with his customers.” XXI Better Rural Diets One Need, Study Shows Clemson, Jan. 20.—“That all the farm people of South Carolina art not receiving adequate diets i r evident from observation. Some no doubt, are receiving more than the minimum requirement' while others may be deficient in quantity as well as variety of foods.” This statement presents one of several conclusions from a study of landlord-tenant relations or representative farms in variou r counties made by M. C. Rochester extension farm management spe cialist. The study has for its ultimate purpose the working out of mor beneficial relations between land lords and tenants through mor efficient use of all the resource available to the f^rm, whethc land, capital, or labor. Analysi of the study will be publisher later. With special reference to th- lets of farm people, especiall enants, Mr. Rochester continues “Insufficient diets combine dth a lack of variety of foods re suit in a poor physical conditio- f farm people, who besides suf fering thereby from lack of energ ad diseases caused from malm rition, are more susceptible to at Ice-cold Coca-Cola,—pure, whole some and delicious,—has made the pause that refreshes America’s favor- , a. - •. ite moment. Everybody welcomes the refreshed feeling,—the happy after-sense of complete refreshment Coca-Cola always brings. THE PAUSE THAT REF BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO. BY. GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENWOOD, S. C. "plus tax- R tack of other diseases. “Closely associated with the health situation are housing and sanitation”, the specialist con tinues. “A sufficient number of oomy, comfortable, well venti- ated, screened houses is not avail able for all farm people, to say nothing of labor-saving conven-; iences available to the more for- ;unate. Consequently, any im provements in diets should be par allelled by improvement in hous- ng conditions.” Indicating a trend toward im- orovement Mr. Rochester con cludes : “The low price of farm products over a period of years in relation to prices of commodities the far mer buys has induced many far mers to seek other alternatives in utilizing more efficiently the re sources on the farm. These farm- rs have adopted primarily the practice of growing more food and ! eed products for home consump- FRESH SHIPMENT MULES MARES THIS WEEK ion. I This week I received a fresh ship^ ment of nice Tennessee mules and brood mares at my stables here.. { * . ' . 1 All guaranteed to give satisfaction. You are invited to come to my stables on Upper Main Street an-d look them over. -XX- Flashes From Afield Thirty-four Aiken county farm ers who completed cotton contest ’ c .monstrations in 1939 made an verage yield of 673 pounds of lint '>nd an average value of $77.11 per ere.—Frank W. Corley, Aiken. Th** power terracing unit com pleted work on the farms that ^re siened up for terracing on tocember 15. We expect to have "ore farms ready for terracing -jrin<? January.—W. H. Pressly, qendale. We will have considerable work >r the tractor terracing machine "tained through the Soil Con- "rvation Service to do between his and planting time.—W. PI. 'raven, Bamberg. There will be planted more than P0 acres of Sea Island cotton in he ronntv to 1940 because of avorable results from a small a- 'o>*nt "f c^ton l«»*t year.— H. G. Boylston, Barnwell. Several hundred acres of land av** received aopheations of lime r basic slag on the scale indi ted bv soli tests. Vegetable J. L. SMITH McCORMICK, S. C. C. Stribling, Cherokee. Farmers in this county have made reouests for 1,400,000 forest trees. Demonstration plantings are planned for January to show best methods of planting trees.— D. H. Coughman, Chester. Farmers in the county have been ureed to purchase lime through the AAA program and to date we have ordered 57 carloads containing 2811 tons of lime.—R. H. Lemmon, Fairfield. Three regular association hog shipments were held during De cember totalinG: 612 hogs which netted $6,131.80. For the year ending Dec. 1. 1939. the Dorchester Marketing Association handled ft , *11* total of 13,274 hogs.-^J. M. Lewis, owers are particularly interested. D 0rc hester. During December orders wer Placed for 240 tons of dolomitU limestone, this material to be re ceived as a grant of aid through the AAA—J. F. Jones, Edgefield. -T. R. Youngblood, Beaufort Eighty-five farmers filed re- • tests for 300.000 loblolly pine "edlings and 166 farmers have procured 1296 tons of limestone as an AAA grant of aid in 1939.—S. The last of 18 orders for car loads of agricultural limestone as grants of aid in soil-building practices for 1939 was sent to the state office. All 18 cars arrived" hi December and were delivered to farmers.—R. D. Steer, Greenwood. The Jasper Livestock Association* was organized with seven directors and the first sale was held De cember 12. Farmers were pleased generallv with the prices received. —J. P. Graham, Jasper. Applications for terracing work continue to come in, and sincer he Catawba District was formed ' ".st July a year ago, 125 farm ".'ireements with farmers have " "en signed.—F. W. C&nnon, ancaster. Small grams are making satis- •ctory growth and it is noted here fertilizer was applied at the ime of seeding to small grain nuch better growth is being ob— .ained.—C. B. Cannon, Laurens:.