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***** mn* McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 5, 1942 VcCORMICK MESSENGER W Vabllshed Every Thursday ■stabilshed Jane 5, 19M * bdmond j. McCracken, 9 Editor and Owner PMwed at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, s. C.. as mail matter of Me second class. ( SUBSCRIPTION KATES: f One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.60 MONEY TO BURN ed over whether Mr. Jones says he gave $25 or $50 to the church. ‘ As long as his figures are reasonable, there probably will be no ques tions asked. But there is one major exception to this law of averages. That is when a complaint is filed by an outsider. Income tax auditors tell me that tips from acquaintances of a tax payer are the best guide to fraudu lent reports. They say it works this way: Mr. Smith and Mr. Jones discuss their taxes." Mr. Smith asks if Mr. Jones thinks he has a right to take a certain deduction. Mr. Jones, sneering a litfle, answers, It may be difficult to locate peo- “Don’t be a sap. Take the whole pie who are making more money 15 P er cent you’re allowed for de- than they can spend, but the gov- ductions. I always do and I al- ernment estimates that there will * r ays get away with it.” Be over 30 billion dollars of un-! Mr- Smith doesn’t take Mr. spendable money paid to the peo- Jones’ advice, but the more he pie of the United States during links about it the more annoyed Guidepost to Sunrise \ 1942. The experts say our national in come during 1942 will amount to at least 95 billion dollars and that ne becomes over Mr. Jones getting away with such obvious fraud. He decides that it’s time Mr. Jones .topped “getting away with it”— the things available for purchase, >o he sends a tip to Washington, including homes and all kinds of i and that fixes Mr. Jones, merchandise, will amount to only 65 billion dollars worth. When people make more than they can spend, it usually means that prices go up. It means com petition among, purchasers. If there are 100,000 bicycles available and 200,000 people want to buy bicycles, ordinarily the price would soar tc the point where half of those people would be forced out of the bidding. But with price control, the whole picture changes. If prices are stabilized at present levels, there may actually be 30 billion dollars jingling in the pockets of Ameri cans which will be unusable dur ing 1942. This means there would be nothing to do with that money but put it in the bank, buy de fense bonds or bury it in the back yard. We used to talk about “poverty in the midst of plenty”—about producing goods which people couldn’t buy because they didn’t have the money. Now the whole situation is changing to “riches in the midst of scarcity.” But if inflation can be avoided and our people can put up to 30 a® Akjd HOW us t&Sj T 0 Buy vital carm MACWlWERy USE C uow TO KEEP (MPceiUClNJ 1-5 im WOW TO DqqDl/CE Better crops AMD LIVESTOCK-AMli> VV/mAT K.IMO. UOw T| £G;o con «£< J A,^s A hio Services I Yi,*. ihr*! .'Vr * > i -TO l - P> C&f' sO. V1C ' A<f N i U ' PROTECTION honesty A lot of people think of the internal revenue bureau as a sort of gestapo which analyzes each report with the sole aim of prov ing that each taxpayer is trying to cheat the government. Actually, the whole point of checking our blanks is to protect the honest taxpayers among us. Like the police force, the internal revenue department is something that was organized at the sugges tion of the people to see that we all pay our fair share of the cost. Like any other law, the tax law was formulated to make definite rules which would serve the com mon good. It may include weak nesses and injustices, but it is Clemson, Peb. 28.—A co:ifer0np6 aimed at a fair division of the cost | to be held at Clemson College of government according to tb" ~ * ability of each of us to pay. The chief reason that the in come tax regulations have become V/VMA-T KIND and WMEOe TO Buy xup. BEST pearii. HS" T ° c -V ^pe D ~ I T? /' . / / / €'7 —- X /' I ■// / - \Wl A 1 E- ^ ^A Rm ; A/( . Z'HClz 'O/c Marketing Confer ence At Clemson as complicated as they are results from an effort to have a rule to cover every contingency. Anyone who analyzes the tax law w^ll realize that parts of it can be interpreted in many dif ferent ways. Court cases have also billion dollars in defense bonds ! demonstrr r d this. But in spite and other savings, we can certain ly anticipate the highest standard of living we have ever known after the war. When the war ends and indus try Is geared to record production levels, then we can draw out that 30 billion dollars and really go to town. In spite of our nation’s huge debt and its present war problems, it looks as though we may be able to look forward to a future which will fulfill our fond est dreams. —Buy Defense Bonds— TODAY and Don Robinson of its complications, the internal revenue department isn’t apt to bother anyone who fills in his blank guided by the one rule, “Honesty is the best policy. HEADACHES relief This year the government is saving itself a lot of auditing ex pense and saving millions of tax payers a lot of headaches by naming the amount which should be paid by all individuals with in comes up to $3,000. Thus a married man with one child and an income of $2,500 can simply check the government’s tax table and find out immediate ly that his tax is $44. If he pays the $44 he knows that his report will not be questioned—he is paid in full without having had to do any arithmetic whatsoever. The taxpayers in this group have the right to fill in a regular form instead, if they think it will benefit them, but unless the cir cumstances are unusual it is just as economical and much less of a strain, to pay the specified a- mount. The table is set up on a TAX income We are now approaching that one time of the year when $50,- basis of allowing about a 10 per 000-a-year men look with envy cen ^ deduction for contributions, upon those lucky $500-a-year fel- expenses or anything else which low? who don t have to pay a s i n_ i might be deductible. Some may gle cent in income tax. , p r0 fit a little by paying this a- But among the millions who moun t and some may lose a little, have always been in the low in- But in mos t cases, millions of past come brackets or are facing an £ ax re p 0r t s show, it is close to the income tax for the first time, amount that should be paid, there is little shedding of tears This is the first step in many ovrr ° ne PX h:/ tiie poor little y ears toward simplification of the rich men. They are too busy with income tax If it proves popular, cultural agents of several railroads their own problems of figuring 0 th er simplifications will probably and representatives of commercial out what they should pay Uncle follow Some day) perhaps, even concerns. adds, could well be followed by producers of our older products. Mr. Cole relates briefly the story of crotalaria’s spread and popular ity in Chesterfield and the work of the County Cooperative in making good seed available in these war days of scarce nitrates. “A few years ago D. L. White of March 6 and 7 on marketing South Carolina farm products is an nounced by Dr" R. F. Poole, presi dent of Clemson College, who McBee secured fr o m th e Sandhill urges the attendance of every- Experiment Station a few pounds body interested in the develop- 1 ^ a new strain of crotalaria, the ment of plans for satisfactory and Giant Striata. The county agent, sound marketing of farm prod- n °ticing the effect this crotalaria ucts | had on the succeeding crop, in- Expected for the two-dav meet vited a number of other growers are about 250 officials of various agricultural agencies, farm lead ers including officers and direc tors of all types of farmer coop eratives. and representatives of nurchasing agencies, railroads, fertilizer interests, and other busi ness firms. A number of county a- ^ents and renresentatives from counties over the state will also attend. Director D. W. Watkins of the Clemson Extension Service will preside over the sessions, which are to begin at 11 a. m. on Friday, Ma^vh 6. Talks and discussions will fea ture all problems associated with marketing the principal farm products in South Carolina, par ticularly livestock, poultry and eggs, fruits and vegetables, seeds, grains, feeds, and miscellaneous products. T. A. Cole, chief of the Market ing Division of the Clemson Ex tension Service, will present the organization and work of this division and members of his staff will lead in discussing the market ing of poultry and eggs, grains and feeds, and fruits and vegeta bles. Other extension specialists will present matters of interest in > connection with marketing dairy products, forest products, field crons and seeds, hogs, beef cattle, and miscellaneous products. Dr. Frederick V. Waugh of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, will speak on the fed eral government and marketing. Also participating will be agri- *3 see the results. This was the real beginning of the spread of crotalaria over Chesterfield Coun ty. Since the growers knew that Notice—CIA) No. 314.—United States Of America, Western Dis trict Of South Carolina, In The District Court, Greenwood Divi sion. United States of America vs. 214.4 acres of land in McCor mick County, South Carolina,— Estate Of P. W. Weeks. This pro ceeding is brought for the purpose of condemning the following de scribed tract of land: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in Bordeaux Township, McCormick County, South Carolina, on the waters of Little Buffalo Ore*- , a ! tributary oJ Little River, of Savan nah River, situate on Forest Serv ice Road No. 107, about five miles southwest of McCormick, S. C., containing according to survey two hundred fourteen and 4-10 (214.4) acres, more or less, with courses and distances as shown by plat compiled by the U. S. Forest Serv ice, blue print of which is at tached to the petition herein, on file in the office of the Clerk of the United States District Court, at Greenville, to which reference is invited for a more particular description thereof, and known in this proceeding as the P. W. Weeks Estate Tract No. 771, of the Sum ter National Forest, and in which the following named persons, firms or corporations have, or claim to have, ah interest, to wit: Resident Defendants — Paul R. Brown and wife, (adjoining own ers) Rt. No. 3, McCormick, S. C.; Jim Cowen, (Colored) (Occupant) ! R.F.D.. McCormick. S. C.; Pearl W. Deason (Mrs. J. B.) R.F.D., Mc Cormick, S. C.; Delinquent Tax ! eior for McCormick Co., Mc- ; miek, S. C.; M. G. & J. J. Dorn, ( r - ’ oining owners) McCor- ! mick, S. C.; G. P. McCain and f^dmining owners) McCor mick, S. C.; N. Grady Price and wife, individually and representing as a class the heirs at law, or de visees, of Sara L. Price, deceased, (Adioining owner), Rt. No. 3, Mc- 'Cormick, S. C.; Treasurer of Mc- i Cormick County, McCormick. S. ’ C.; B. W. Weeks, R.F.D., McCor- | mick, S. c.; Mrs. Marvie White I Weeks, his wife, R.F.D., McCor- | mick, S. C. The following named ye ons and their respective | spouses, if living, if dead, their II eirs, devisees, creditors and as- Pmiltrv Prnrlnntc sj ns whos e names and addresses 1 x y are not known: James Brown, J. ;C. Brown, Pick Brown, Freeman, wife or widow of Pick Clemson, Feb. 28.—South Caro- Freeman, Lassiter, lina poultry producers are asking ! wife or wid o w of Josiah Lassiter, the coopefaiion of local trade X ofXow of C. §7 Walklr.’ channels in promoting the use of ; The spouses, heirs, devisees, credi- local poultry products, P. H. Good- | tors and assigns of the following ing, secretary of the South Caro- deceased persons whose names and addresses are not known: % - Jf Ipm U.S. - • pA«.M£as -X ■Ms- • -V J •v *®-X0- : To Encourage Sale Of Local Abram Blanding, Elvy Freeman, Sara L. Price (Adjoining owner), and William Tolbert. The said lina Poultry Improvement Asso ciation said. Mr. Gooding made public the following resolution of the Asso- defendants generaly and all and elation- ;singular heirs, husbands, wives, devisees, executors, administrators, ‘WHEREAS farmers in South representatives, alienses. succes- Carolina usually have some trouble sors, assigns of each and every of disposing of eggs during the adov e named persons, firms — . and corporations; and all un soil fertility was essential to pros- ue 10 nens comin g i^to known owners, lienors, claimants perity and nitrogen was essential hc pca ^ Production at this having or claiming any right, title, rvnoira - time and the inflow of out-of- : estate, equity, interest or lien; and to soil fertility their main purpose 5tat d ! all occupants, lessees, licensees and in growing crotalaria was for ni-1 r , 'users and holders and owners of trogen and humus. But soon the , WHEREAS turkeys, fowls, and and claimants to easments in, on, demand for seed exceeded the sup- j broilers are shipped out of the over, acro^ or through said lands; ply. This demand, however, was state , amt at same time there aP % a “ ti ^ s r Xtaing anv title o? 15 alar / e Y Uanti y .°* the f dressed “te^t to or in anf pan of said products shipped into the state, tract of land; are made parties de- which taxes the country’s trans- fendant to the end that they may pertation facilities in this nation- come into court and by proper sary processing and it was too ex- ' f 1 cmergency f and als0 tends 10 finds ot J the p'r^eeds^arlfing pens,verora,man grower WUh I ‘ 0Wer pnceS f0r pro “ and ln - ^from. Take Notice, that O. the assistance of the Extension for recleaned and scarified seed of known purity and germination. “Hundreds of small growers were unprepared to do the neces- Service they organized their own grower-owned and grower-con trolled cooperative, elected a- man ager, and brought their seed to a central warehouse. There under supervision of an inspector from the Clemson Extension Marketing Division the seed were run through a modern recleaner and standardized as to quality, scari fied to insure better germination, sacked in new printed bags, seal ed, and samples drawn for ger mination and purity test. They were then stored in a bonded warehouse to be shipped out to those growers who want insurance against nitrate deficiency in 1943.” X Leading Cows Named For January Honors crease prices for consumers: |H. Doyle. United States Attorney Be it RESOLVED: That the for the Western District of South Q^ntv. tq ixt- Carolina, under the direction of South Carolina Poultry Improve-; the Attorney General of the ment Association requests all gro- United States, has filed an appli- cerymen, poultry buyers, egg buy- 1 cation in the District Court of the ers, state organizations, state in stitutions, and colleges to assist United States for the Western District of South Carolina, stating that the United States is desirous in furthering the poultry industry j of purchasing the above described by using locally grown or locally land, and that you are the owner, dressed noultrv and locallv nro- I ^ supposed owners of the said aiessea poultry ana locaiiy P™ land or haye some ri ht title or duced eggs whenever possible; and! 1nterest therein, and demands Sam, what deductions they are r j c j 1 men may be able to face entitled to, how to fill in the without nightmares. blank to Mr. Morgenthau’s satis faction and what the chances are, in spite of their conscientious ness about it, of avoiding the fate of A1 Capone for errors in calcu lations. The income tax is the most dif ficult mathematical and —Buy Defense Bonds— WANT ADV. Milch Cows and Pigs for sale or legal trade. J. L. Smith, McCormick, problem which many of us en- S. C. counter during any year, and this — - - — ■ Clemson, Feb. 28.—Rosabel of ; Edisto Farms, a Guernsey cow 1 owned by J. B. Guess, Jr., of Den mark, topped the list of 18 cows | completing records during the T> *1J month of January. She made a r>lllla Cooperative record of 12,620 pounds of milk of butterfat. Crotalaria Growers That the secretary be instructed to give this matter wide publicity.” “The Poultry Improvement Asso ciation feels that the people who handle poultry produce can render a great service by increasing the use of locally produced eggs and dressed- poultry”, says Mr. Good ing. “There have been observa tions of live poultry being shipped oiit of the state, dressed, and ship ped back into the state for sale. that all issues of fact arising, or to arise in this action, particularly those of value, compensation and acreage, be determined by jury trial in the due course of this pro ceeding. Wherefore, you are re quired to come forward on the 13th day of April, 1942, at three o’clock p. m.. at the United States District Court to be held at Green ville. South Carolina, and file ob jections. if any you have, to the proposed purchase of said land, otherwise a judgment will be en tered against you. The infant de year it far exceeds anything we have faced in the past. FRAUD tips WANTED—Scrap Iron & Metals. It is your duty to answer the call of your nation. We are paying The "government" makes 'itVestl- excellent prices but If you can’t mates according to what average ‘ rade w th us s f, u “ 40 s ° me dealer - payments have been in the past. D « lay 'f, ^ asting Procous t.me And. unless you make a glaring which a11 of 118 are tT‘ng to save, error, you are probably pretty safe Alf °rds Ginnery, Edge re , . . if you keep within the average for ! your income. FOR SALE—Just arrived, a fresh Those auditors who check up on load of young mules, for sale or millions of income blanks aren’t trade. J. L. Smith, McCormick, ordinarily going to be too concern- S. C. Columbia, Feb. 28. — Over in Chesterfield County a supply of hundreds of pounds of certified crotalaria seed and the develop ment of one of the state’s most modern farmer cooperatives are tangible evidence of growers ac complishing collectively a jam-up good job which they could not possibly have done individually. So states T. A. Cole, chief of the Division of Markets or the Clemson Extension Service, telling of the activities of the Chester field County Cooperative, McBee, •in providing a source of good cro talaria seed badly needed during the Shortage of nitrate of soda. Their example in cooperation, he and 802.1 pounds which is 61.2 percent above the average of the breed for Class E, the class in which she made her record. Placing second was another young Guernsey cow owned by Mr. Guess. Edisto Farms Flash pro duced 14,096 pounds of milk and 599.8 pounds of fat. This means she is 29.4 percent above the av erage Advanced Register Guernsey ■^ow in Class G. Watershed’s Majesty Scarlett, a senior three-year-old Guernsey cow owned by Caughman Broth ers, Lexington, led all cows in the state in January for fat produc tion with a yield of 92.0 pounds of fat. Out of state eggs are now coming fondants and persons under any mto the state in large quantities i ot:her le " al disability hereinabove , . , .... f i named are further notified that while in some localities our farm- ' t j le order G f CO urt provides that ers are having trouble finding unless they procure the appoint- markets for their eggs. ; ment of a guardian ad litem to “The association realizes that represent j" 11 ®” 1 said , , . .. within twenty days after personal trade channels cannot be dia- serv i ce G f the said notice upon rupte_d or changed overnight, but them, or in case service is made it does feel that all buyers can upon them by publication, within hPin <snmp It further feels that twenty days after the said service help some. It turtner teeis mat j ias been com pi e ted, the court, there is an urgent need for poultry upon petition of the undersigned, dressing plants and for a business will appoint a guardian ad litem man in every town in the state for said defendants, By or “ who will devote some thought and F^ruary, A. C D^ 1942 13 O. H. Doyle, time to purchasing and reselling united States Attorney. Witness eggs. Under such conditions a my hand and official seal this 11th sfpadv flow of cgtes and noultrv d &y of February, A. D., 1942. W. D. steaay now oi eggs ana pouiuy ^ Clerk United states Dis- meat from producer to consumer tr j ct court for the Western Dis- would develop and a regular mar- trict of South Carolina. (Official ket for the poultry products would Seal). result.” To relieve Misery of COLDS LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS Try “Rub-My-Tism” - a Wonderful Liniment 666 INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, ; McCORMICK, S. C i