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Six Inch Sermon
REV. ROBERT H. HARFER
God) Provides for His People.
Lesson for August 15: Exodus
3E:11-18; 17:3-6.
Golden Text: Matthew 6:11.
It has been said that an army
advances on its stomach. Either
supply lines must be maintained
or the army must live on the
•suntry. With no supply lines, in
a barren country, and food run
ning low, the Israelites resumed
their complaints against Moses—
Eds time for leading them out tc
die of hunger. And - Ood gave
dbem the making of quail on
boast.
As God had employed the east
wind at the sea, He used the
aqpring migration of quails to feed
Ms people. But they ever re-
the manna as a miracu-
gift direct from God. It was
am unfamiliar that the name they
gave it is the Hebrew inquiry.
TOhat is it?” and as a special
the manna ceased when the
^aoople crossed the Jordan.
Resembling a small seed, it was
gruand and made into bread. On-
a d|iy’s supply could be
ijred, it would spoil if
hoarder!. Thus were the people
ttaught^as we should be, to use
Eod'k gifts for the day and trust
EBe providence for the morrow.
Again the Israelites complained
—Ctey had no water. Moses lost
nee—told God the people
almost ready to stone him.
God was still patient and
Moses strike the rock.
As God provided for a murmur-
people in training them for
great destiny. He will surely
provide fqr those who are con-
iocmed to His will and who daily
bless the Hand that feeds them.
Above all, let us daily partake of
Jtaos as the Bread from heaven,
the Manna of God to the soul.
TODAY
and
TOMORROW
Bj DON ROBINSON
TAXES . • . nightmare
Some people seem to be har
boring the pleasant illusion that
all income tax problems are tak
en care of through the payment
of that 20 per cent which is de
ducted from wages and salaries
each week.
It would certainly simplify the
work of our home bookkeeping
departments if this were the case,
but, unfortunately, that 20 per
cent deduction is just the begin
ning of a series of frightening fi
nancial dealings which each of
us must have with Uncle Sam be
tween now and next March 15.
To get our reports straight will
even be a strain on those who
always got A in arithmetic dur
ing their schooldays. For those
who flunked arithmetic it might
be easier for them to resign
themselves to serving whatever
jail sentence is required for the
filing of an improper return.
But, if you refuse to give up
without a struggle^ you might
like to continue reading this col
umn which gives a quick peep at
what the internal revenue de
partment expects us to work out
during the next eight months.
SEPTEMBER 15 . . reports
Until September 15 we can just
coast along as if nothing had
happened. But on that day we
must file an estimate of what we
think our taxes will be for the
whole year of 1943.
I suppose blanks will be pro
vided for that purpose. But what
ever form is used for the esti
mate, we will have to report
these facts to .the government at
jhat time:
a. Our estimate of what our
1943 tax should be. (If the in
come and credits are exactly the
same as '-•zt year, the estimate
will be the same as last year,
plus 5 per cent for Victory tax.)
b. A report on the amount of
tax we will have paid by the end
of the year. This will include the
amount of Victory tax paid up to
the first of July (when deductions
for Victory tax stopped), the pay
ments which were made in 1943
on 1942 incomes, and the amount
Which will have been deducted
from our pay, under the pay-as-
you-go plan, by the end of the
year.
c. An estimate of the difference
between the amount owed and the
amount paid.
If the estimated tax is greater
than the amount which will have
been paid by the end of the year,
the tax-payer must then pay # half
of that^ difference in September
and the other half in December.
If, after making a payment in
September, your September esti
mate is found to be incorrect, a
revised report and revised pay
ment can be filed in December.
MARCH ... 1942, 1943, 1944
If some canny reader has fol
lowed this outline so far, we will
then pass on to March 15, 1944.
On March 15 another report on
what your actual income was dur
ing 1943 must be filed. At that
time, if this report shows your
actual income was greater than
the estimate filed in September, a
tax on the difference must be
paid.
Also on March 15, you must file
an estimate of what you expect
your tax and deductions to be for
1944. If your estimate shows your
tax will be greater than your de
ductions, you must begin on that
day to make quarterly payments
on the difference.
And that’s not all. On March
‘15, 1944, if your tax for 1942 and
1943 was over $50, you will be
required to pay 12 1-2 per cent
of your 1942 tax. Another 12 1-2
per cent will have to be paid in
1945 and then—believe it or not—
your payment on 1942 will be clear.
Oh, yes—there’s another thing
on March 15. If your income was
higher in 1942 than in 1943, you
must also pay a tax on the differ
ence at that time.
That, briefly, is all there is to
it. Of course, there are dozens of
exceptions, special cases, etc., but
if you get, together with half a
dozen good lawyers these can eas
ily be worked out.
But there’s no us* worrying too
much about it. By the end of the
year there will probably be new
taxes, new reports to be filed and
new interpretations of the present
law. It might be best to just send
all your income to Washington
and ask them politely if there is
any change.
His Ear to the Ground
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Colored Registrants
To Be Inducted
Into Armed Forces
In Near Future
R. W. Dunlap, chairman of the
local Selective Service Board, has
submitted for publication the
names of colored registrants to be
inducted into the armed forces
in the near future, as follows:
James Ealom,
Eddie Qunnion Thompkins,
Thomas Louis Lomax,
Grover Thurmond, Jr.,
Emuel Callaham,
William David Lasker,
Robert (Bo) Parker,
Willie Murray,
Oliver Harris,
George Martin,
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Walter Talbert Morgan,
Lewis Wiley,
Willie Mackey,
Henry Holloway,
Tony Johnson,
Daniel (Buddy) Anderson,
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Joe Nelson,
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Claude Cowan,
Alexander Edwards,
Arthur Broadwater,
Ralph Williams,
Howard Franklin Harrison,
Heyward Roy Harrison,
Elbert Randolph Crawford,
T. J. Robertson, Jr.,
Charles LeRoy Turman,
Willie David Wideman.
Guadalcanal Hero
‘World One Family’ \
His ship, carrying: a cargo of
gasoline, was struck and set af:re.
James Stalp, above, 23-year-old
gunner from Nashville, Tenn., ran
the length of the craft through the
flames, rescued three men, then
returned to his post despite the
blaze and shot down a Japanese
s omber.
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