Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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• ■ • t. ‘-4.- TxJ^f ■ \ v .,*■ <! I 't’i tf RM1CK MESSENGEH. WctlOKMlCK, SOUTH t^ROLINA Thursday; January 7, 1943 - *r'* ^vMkMx itioning ■ ■stem Of FoojJ; Assures Equitable ' Share For All > r the tax. ‘ Thus,, of the u, $5 ^xiillioh persons in his country who received income in one form or another during the calendar, year 1941, only some 26 nillion persons were required , to file Federal income tax returns for that year, while of these same 26 million, more than 9 -nillion were not taxable due to credits and deductions allowable. As a result of the lowering - of exemptions, many more persons are now subject to the Federal in- come tax ihata before, and for the or | calendar year 1942 It is estimated 33 | that more than 35 million persons tax re- of FOR TODAY BY PATRICIA DOW of the increasing food- Z+uff needs 6f the ever growing ' " forces. Food Administrator Wiclcard told the nation 46 pound average con- of ^^Uined, t frozen drtfd foods will he cut to pounds, or 13 pounds less per rfer- I will file Federal income son per year. turns. To the large number He further showed that during persons now subject to the Fteder- 1942 one-third of the nation’s pro- al income tax, who have never re duction of canned, frozen or dried ported income before for Federal fruits was used by the armed f ax purposes, an understanding of rervices. But during 1943 this the law and applicable regulations amount will be increased to nearly Is of prime importance. -cne-half. An income tax return is a dec- The new rationing program will I laration on the part of the tax- ^ rut. approximately one-third of payer of his total taxable income the usual, everyday foodstuff for the year, together ^ith the va- | Tram the diet of the American 1 rious deductions, Exemptions, and people. For the duration of the I credits to which he is entitled. It war, and perhaps for some time {is in reliance upon voluntary dis- rfterwards, there won’t be as I closure, and the integrity of tax- nneh pleasure in eating as here- payers, generally, that the cost of tofore. Secretary Wickard said, administration of the income tax But there-will still be plenty of can be . kept , at a minimum, foodstuffs to maintain a healthy I Though tpc return is a voluntary life, he added. statement, any person who will- Processed foods which are to be fully make a return which he does rationed include canned and bot- not believe to be true and correct tied fruits and fruit juices; can- in every material matter is sub- ned and bottled vegetables and I ject to the penalties provided by vegetable juices; all types and vari- law.' rties of soups; dried and dehy- The first requirement of the drated fruits; frozen fruits and law is the filing of an appropriate frozen vegetables. return. For individuals generally, Price Administrator I*on Hen- this must be done by March 15 /r'ewon, OWI director Elmer Davis, following the end of the calendar rnd Secretary of Agriculture Wick- [year. The return must be filed r-d, all emphasized the danger of with the appropriate Collector of T warding before the plan v goes into Internal Revenue for the district r'fect. "If you want to h^elp tne Un which is located the legal resi- / yUt one of the best ways js to pence or principal place of busi- 7 - ?rd ” Wickard said. . I ness of the person making the BOstness of the rationing set^ud return. r?>n..be noted from the fact that Under the present law every ^ least one and a half million single person, and every married volunteers will be needed to put person not living with husband or .; in service i^tfe, having a total income (earn- *Itie point rationing system, if it j ings, together with other income) ?3 to be put into effect, would be s imilar to the system that has ’ ^en used in Eiigland for some <*me. ’hie OPA has announced lhat the new so-called universal T " tioning book is designed to han dle two or three ration programs rixmdtaneously. Book coupons are numbered to rermit the rationing of consumer Items by the expenditure of an al lotted number of points by each ndividual, rather than the simple coupon system in effect for sugar .end coffee. . .The point system of itioning, OPA officials say, pro- rides an equitable share for every one, and permits freedom of choice Tot* the consumer. Different commodities will have different point values. Using meat 'V an example, a pound of one kind of meat might be valued at 4 en points, and a pound of anoth er kind of meat, slightly more plen- 4 Ifni, might be valued at eight mints. A supply and demand of $500 or more, and married per sons living with husband or wife throughout the taxable year, who have an aggregate income (total earnings of both husband and wife, together with other income) of $1200 or more, regardless of the amount of net income, must file a return. Wheat Acreage In i This County "Shows Big Increase 11*19 Flowered Frock Pattern No. 8272—We can’t give I P er cen ^ The wheat acrear r/ ? of - McCor mick County has grown from 600 in 1927 and 300 acres in 1933 to 2,723 acres this year," states coun ty agent G. W. Bonnette of Mc Cormick County. "This is enough wheat to feed the entire farm population of 7,604 people. Prog ress has also been made with gar dens, feedstuffs, truck patches and livestock products for home use. Realizing that food will pla3 r a large part in winning this war, the farmers of this county are playing an important part by making their farms more self-sus taining with a variety of things that can be grown here," he con cludes. "It should be a source of satis faction to every South Carolinian to know that the farms of his state are more nearly self-sus taining now during this critical war period than they have been at any time since the commercial age dawned at about the turn of the century,” states Director D. W. Watkins of the Clemson Ex tension Service. The facts relating to wheat pro duction in the state bear out what Director Watkins was say ing. As late as 1927 only 24 counties in the state planted over a thou sand acres of wheat, 12 planted less than a thousand, and 10 planted no wheat at all. The state total was 72,000 acres. In 1942 there were 40 counties with over a thousand acres, 5 with less than a thousand, and only one with no wheat harvested. The state total had grown to 307,- $24 acres. This is an increase of 15 years. This Auditor’s Notice 1943 _ _ „ January 13th through *ast8 will be used by the govern the 18th meat to determine the point value <-T each commodity. As the supnly cr demand of a certain commodity ructuates the point value could be 'hanged accordingly. TTie stamps in the new universal ration books are designated as -'orth eight, five, two or on* 1 points. By using combinations of these stamps, virtually any point value can be computed and the ropropriate stamps turned in to the dealer when the purchase is made. -7 X What Is Income Tax? The federal income tax is, as the name implies a tax levied upon in comes, and it is payable in rela- to the amount of income. In come, for Federal income tax pur poses, means in general any com- nsation for one’s services, whether the compensation be in money or in goods or other ser- v;ces; it includes also the net val- ce received for the product of one’s labor, as farm produce in the case cf a farmer; income from invest ments; profit from business opera tions; and other gains from sales and exchanges of goods and prop erty. Certain limited categories of income are, however, tax exempt, and to the extent of such exemp tion are excluded in computing the t*ax. Because of exemptions from the tax given to persons having • less than certain stated amounts of in come, as well as because of various deductions and credits allowable, only a small proportion of the aumoijr^oj..persons receiving in- »£ome have ? untU Recently befn I will be at the different places on the dates given below to take tax/returns on all personal proper ty, except the kind that is return ed to the tax commission. All owners, agents, guardians administrators, attorneys, etc please take notice and make re turns for 1943. / Office, January 1st through the 11th. E. M. Morgan’s Store, January 12th, 10 to 12 a. m. Plum Branch, January 12th, to 5 p. m. Office, v. Parksville, January 20th, 9 to 12 a. m. Modoc, January 20th, 12 to 2 p m. ; Jeff Sharpton’s Store, January 20th, 2 to 3:30 p. m. J. O. Marshall’s Store, January 20th, 3:30 to 5 p». m. Office, January 21st through the 27th. Bordeaux, January 28th, 10 to 12 a. m. Willington, January 28th, 12 to 2 p. m. v.m Mt. Canael, January 28th, 2 to 5 p. m. Office, January 29th through February 9th. J. C. Talbert’s Store, February 10th, 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mrs. Joe Link’s Store, February 10th, 3:30 to 5 p. m. Office, February 11th through the 16th. Vernon Church, February 17th. 1:30 to 3 p. m. Mrs. Mattie Hollingsworth’s Store, February 17th, 3:30 to 5 p m. Office, February the 18 th through February the 28th. After that date, the law says adf 10% for refusing or failing tc make returns. All male persons between 21 am 60 are liable for poll tax, excep’ those in the armed forces of the U. S. All between 21 and 50 years are liable for cap. road tax, or street tax, except those in the armed forces of the U. S. The above schedule Is the best I could make on account of gas rationing. C. W. PENNAL, ' Auditor. AT FIRST SIGN OF A USE 6G6,TABIETS. SALVE, NOSE DROPS you any name for these flowers, jut they DO add unlimited glam our to this young, slim fitting, back buttoning princess frock. Imagine this style in a subtly checked wool or rayon crepe with a flash of color applied 'n these giant size poises — the couldn’t be anything but a WIN NER. Pattern No. 8272 is in sizes 11, 13, 15, 17 and 19. Size 13 with short sleeves takes 3 1-4 yards 39- inch material, 1-4 yard con trast for appliques. Name of paper Pattern No. Size Send 15 eents in coin, (for each pattern desired) to— Patricia Dow Patterns 296 W. 17th St., New York, N. Y. gives the state enough wheat now to feed its farm population. Revolutionary changes of this sort in the agriculture of a state come rather slowly along thru the years, and of necessity, be cause basic changes in farm and dress \ cro P set-u P can’t be wisely made in a year," states Director Wat kins. “But what the farmers of the state have done with wheat here of late is nothing short of remarkable. And they have done a similar job with commercial hog growing and other diversified en terprises.” Many farmers planted wheat the past year for the first time, and in many sections it was a very poor wheat year. Farmers are reminded that 1942 is no criterion by wheih to judge wheat as a practical farm crop. All crops have off years, and this year was just that for wheat. Experience shows that with the new early maturing, rust resistant sorts of wheat, that the breeders have de veloped in recent years, this crop can be produced satisfactorily in practically all sections of .the state on an average year. The wheat failure in 1942 was not as great as the cotton calamity of 1941. To continue their good work CITATION OF LETTERS I and as a ^ ar rn easur e. fa ™ers OF ADMINISTRATION | are urged to produce their wheat along with all other food and STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BY J. FRANK MAT3TSON, PRO BATE .TUDGE: WHEREAS, Frances R. Price made suit to me to grant her Let ters of Administration of the Es tate and effects of P. J. Robinson; feed products to make their farms strong in the Nation’s defense in 1943. W. C. Nettles cautions that seed wheat should be treated to pre vent smut, and H. A. Woodle re- to I minds that fertilizing wheat pays -xx- New Use for Mallet THESE ARE THEREFORE. cite and admonish all and singular I especially potash. the Kindred and Creditors of the 1 said P. J. Robinson, deceased, that they be and anpear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on January 19th, 1943, Next, after publication here of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this 5th day of January, Anno Domini, 2t J.' FRANK MATTISON. Probate Judge. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specially Eyes Exam)' **d Spectacles And Eye Glaa^n Professionally Fitted. PSfl Kmart Rtmpt. August' INSURANCE Fir« Insurance An<l Other Kinds of Insurance eluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McGORMIGR S. C. Only a few weeks ago Corp. CIlf ord C. Keith was wielding his mal- let as city judge of Midland, Texas. Now he’s putting it to another use as one of the air force’s ’‘keep ’em dying’’ ground crew men at this world’s largest bombardier college. Keep ’em firing—with junk! WANT ADV. Lost — My A gas ration book F3628 ocr> . Reward for recovery. Whit Cunningham, R. 1, Plum Branch, S. C. as 'Meet the People...” tn this space .will be presented a. picture ana word portrait of someone whose name is news.) •When Eddie Rickenbacker went to France in 1917 as a staff chauffeur for General Per shing, he was already famous as a racing driver who lived up to his slogan, "Get put in front and drive like heU." There's a legend that General Pershing finally had him trans ferred to the air corps in self defense. eWhat actually happened was somewhat less dramatic. Rickenbacker, who had been work-' ing in factories and machine shops since he was 12, went to the flight school at Tours to work in the shops, on condition that he be given a chance to learn to fly. At the end of two months he had downed his first German plane and had begun the magnificent work that made him our greatest flyer In World War I. •He enjoys being a hero, but he takes the job seriously. No mere daredevil, he has a lot of real courage. The famous smile that west him the title of "glamour boy” In the first World war was still in evidence after his part In this one had nearly cost hiss his Ufa i ■■■■■■ Eddie Rickenbacker Time Out for Quick Game on Guadalcanal J* Three inveterate marine card players settle down for a short game under the eyes of two kibitzers, just outside of their hut on Guadalcanal in the Solomons. Jap attempts to dislodge the Americans from this strategic island have been progressively unsuccessful. The marines and the army are there to stay. Cleanup—After Cleanup on Tunisian Road This soundphoto shows an Allied tank soldier cleaning up the gun on a U. S. built General Lee tank, after capture of the village of Mejes-El- Bab in Tunisia. German detachments were shelled ahd forced to retire from a farm in the same area west of Tunis. Casualties were inflicted on the Germans and several prisoners were captured. Connecting Link Between Alcan and Ssa m m Sergt. William H. Howard collects the tickets of civilian passengers on the White Pass and Yukon narrow gauge railway, the 111-mile link between Skagway and Whitehorse in the Yukon territory. The line is the only link between the just-finished Alcan highway and the sea. Built 40 years ago to haul gold out of the Klondike, the railway has been leased and is being run by the army for the duration. [win your race!£ For Business Supremacy By Advertising ^ r TO SELL ’EM, TELL ’EM- With An Ad