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' VOLUME SEVENTEEN VIENNA, GA . THURSDAY. January 3rd f*>!8 NUMBER 24 SCHOOL SU$K$ED (INCOME AND PROFIT TAX SPECIAL PROliRAM ^ cja S OF INTEREST! UNTIL JAft&RY 14 ! GATHERING BEGAN JAN. I! FORi BAPTIST WOMEN SUGAR AND FLOUR REC.ULA- BOARD TAKES ACTION RVvUSE TIOMS PREPARED BY AUGUS- J TA ADMINISTRATOR. OF inability TO C FUEL. AIN Vl \*C* Atlanta, Ga., Jan.—The quantity | Contrary to the announcement^ * sale of sugar and flour, which has just I weel; that the Vienna Public atliool befcn fixed by the food control t*u-L. ould rC5U mo its duties January 1st, thorities, is the most important cur- teachers and pupils are being given rent owder issued from tho office of S r. Soule, Federal Food Ad- Jnistrator. While the sugar famine has been dissipated almost without realisation by the people of Georgia, through the manner.in which it was handled by the an extended vacation. The hoard did not arrive at a definite decision to this effect until Monday night, hence all connected with the school could *: . UNMARRIED MEN EARNING $1,-i MISSIONARY PROGRAM TO BE 000,AND MARRIED MEN OVER *2,000 MUST FILE REPORT BY MARCH I. . Washington, Dec.—The great task of gathering income tax and excess profits returns began with the New year.' Every unmarried person earning more than *1,000 during the last, year and every married person ‘ or head of a family who made more than not be informed of thc Change,'and in \ *2,000, must file with the internal consequence, a. goodly' number of tho revenue collector of his district a re- i faithful attendants were on hand , RENDERED AT THE BAPTISf CHURCH NEXT WEEK. COUNTY DRAFT WJ K PROGRESSING AUCTION satE . X NETS NTCE SUM ADVISORY BOARD DOING EF- FECT1VE WORK. • CALL WILL PROBABLY BE MADE IN FEB. RUARY. SIXTY DOLLARS FOR THE RED CROSS FROM SALfcgF LEJPT- " OVER XMAS STOCK. port any time between January 1 and Administration, Dr. Soule ejuplia- 1 Tuesday morning ready to begin work. March 1. He will be notified before sizes strongly the fact that the sup-;Some of the teachers.who had been June 1 of the tax due* and, payment . ply must be rigidly conserved to meet j at their homes at other points for the will be due by June 15. Army export demands. . holidrj s could riot bo «otified in time • The government expedts; to receive. So comprehensive is the digest of | and braved the cold to beTiere to as-.; 1,201,000,000 from income taxes he-, the sugar and Hour regulation as j sume their duties. i? ore * nc ^ u ^! n .S-.$006,000,000. prepared by N. L. Willct, Administra- The board is being commended for i from individuals and .$638,000,000 tor for Richmond County, it has be«5ri their wisdom in deferring the reas-! from corporations. This is more than "^ujopted by the state office of the: sertibling of the school foreo. . It is 'bne-third of the $3 ; 4QO,000,000 esti- .JTood. Administration for Promuiga- impossible to supply adequate heat * j—au - rioii; .It is as follows: jfoi* the building and with the preva- (By M. L. Willet, Augusta, Ga.) ‘Here are some food regulations licafcle to retail and wholesale grocers* which should be carefully studied by them, and which I give be low: ' “Retail Sugar: The retail grocers price for this at present is 10 .cents cash and carry, and 1*1 cents’ credit and delivered. There is sonic hope from 3omc'quarters to the effect that . sugar in a month or more may be lowered in price. The supply now is more plentiful. But we are goin£ to have a shortage in 1918, arid every .pound that we save here, helps us bp lent colds and other contagious dis eases it would have been unwise to have attempted to begin at the time mated receipts under the war revenue act passed by Congress at the last sess ! on.. . From excess profits taxes, the Gov ernment expects to realize about $1,- shin the more to our allies who are orH arc hoping that there' will be no ice a basis per month of almost no sugar at .all. . The candy people who have be eh all’ll* d 50 per cent of tneir us- it was first announced. Many patrons I 220,000,000 before July 1. had already determined to keep their j The rae of tax for a married man children at home anyway and the at- or the head of a family te.2 per cpnt tendance would have doubtless been j on the amount of his net fncome ex- «, ma n. I ceeding $2,000, but less than $4,000, Many of the little folks are jubi-jand 4 . per cent on the amount of his lant ovei* the prolonged vacation, | net incoipe above $4,000 but. less than while others more* farsighted arc | $5,000. An unm^ried person, not somewhat gloomy wer *.the prospect I the head of a family will pay 2 per of making up the time next summer cent on the ittnount of net income when the thermometier will be trying above $1,000' but- less than $3 4 000, as hard to go “over the top” as it has and 4 per cent above $3*000 but less - than $5,000. recently to reach the bottom limit and arc hoping that thr.roT will be n shortage when that time comes. DOOLY PEOPLE OF COUNTY Sunday*.11 a. m‘, Subject—“Fruits on Foreign Fields"—Rev. A. N. Mor- ris. -The Woman’s Missionary Society will meet in circles January 7 at 3 o’clock at tie following homes. No. 1. Miss Kate Morgan. No.,2. " Mrs.' D. A. Taylor. No. 3- Mrs. T. A. Adkins. No 4. Mrs. Alberta Howell. All day meeting Tuesday, January 8, at 10: 7 0 o’clock at the church. Song—*Stand Up for Jesus.” '.Devotional—-Bible Lesson led by Mrs. Carrie Heard. Responsibility of the \V. M. U. to Foreign fjissions by Mrs. D. L. Hen derson. */ Prayer? for the Missionary Nurses qncf Pii3»3i l *ians—Mrs. J. J. Morgan. Reading—“Loyalty to Our Crops Bearers”--Mrs. T. F. Bivins, ijofig—“Loyalty to Christ.” Thlk—'jfaoman's Work in Brazil” —Mts. Sail ie Davis. Prayer'for the Native Baptist Worn en of South America—Mrs. H. O. Davio.. V 9ong---‘ : Blessed Assurance.” Reading—“Mexico”—Mrs. E. Hill. PraycrT -Lunch. . Soup'— 1 •‘Moy to the World.” ^Prayei—Mrs. M. T. Lytle. "*** Talk—“Woman's Work in China” Mrs. A. N. Morris. tion to the notmal tax, Is imposed on incomes above $6‘,000; so. tt&txthc amount of income beween *5',000'and Japan—Mfc;. J. M. Whitehead. Gentlemen: $7,$00 is subject to a total income |tav, including both normal and extra T . . . „ r • * .‘of 6 per cent; and between $7,600 In defiance of every pel.t.cal P™-; an(J . $10j000( 0 pcr cent . Thc surt ax TO. THE u£|j)lt J!fration, are now being, al lowed 8? per cent. But a large num ber of tjheso factories are shut down today because they could not get sug- at all. s should his gld >y a . .. . , _ _ . . sji'^r-corisume&Tu*rt« mofifc sfoaR not be small enough to ask your * taxable at 6b" per cent vnth one per consideration based solely upon the , c ™t additional fo reach half million . ... v T • Vka. T up to two-million dollars. ..All- in- fact that I am your neighbor, but 1 M1HV . r .. 7 .^. r ^ 9 * * comes over the latter amount ore the farm and to customers who l\ve in shall ask you to consider me along taxable at 67/ per cent. . thcc ountry a sale of five to ten (with the other cahdidates without; _ Typical income tax levies on heads pounds is allowed, for it is more diffi- bias or prejudice. I am carrying my; of families are as follows:’ Income ; w . cr % I have dared to announce my candi- ! farther increases-with higher incrihi^s re tail- Aiy lor the United'States Senate. *.Iso that amounts, of $J.,GQ0,00G are’ .. v-. a. - Tho machinery of Dooly’s draft op eration continues to move without interruption. C. P. Noles, clerk of the County Board is looking after thu clerical work of the board and mail ing out the Questionnaires. Up to dato Questionnaires have been mailed to 1,480 registrants, and 453 remain yet to be mailed. By the end of an other week every registered man in thee ounty will have received one. Since the mailing first began a quota from the advisory board appointed to serve in the county has been at the court house to assist the registrants in properly filling out thc blanks. These men have rendered invaluable service. Their duties will continue for seven days following the mailing of the last questionnaires. Tho work of classification is to start at once and as each registrant is classified, he will be mailed a notice stating in wliat class ho has been placed. With the completion of this everything will bo in readiness for the next call which will probably be mado sometime in February. * An extra levy or 3urlax, in addi-' J. J. Heard and Mrs. •Southern. Baptist W^rk 4n The auction sale conducted for X - the benefit of -the Red Cross Thurs day, Friday and Saturday cf last week netted about $60 for the organiza tion. The officials of tho local chap ter accepted a proposition from the Vienna Hardware Co. to take over the remains of their holiday goods at a very small sum. The lot contained many beautiful and useful articles to gether with a larger assortment of toys. Tho use of a vacant building was very generously donated by Mr. W. R. Vaughn, and Mr. Virgil Hender son contributed.his services as salea manager for tho three days. The spirit of willingness exhibited by practically all who were asked to as sist with the work was good to see. A - squad of boys helped in the transfer^, ring of tho goods to the new quarters without charge, several of the young ;, ladies supplied the sales service and / older heads assisted. The said waa well patronized. A considetabh* p©** jnt of stuff is left and ".'Hi be offered for ram Saturday. * . HENRY fORD TO NA!¥i£ SITE SOON NOTICF Notice is hereby given that tho INSPECTION OF SITES TO BE- Amoricus & Atlantic Railroad* Com- five pound- at a tii.ro, EearhaKoKY bint iltcn that the con sumer is not allowed to duplicate. To I 5g*yerT--Sire, A J. Morgan. /Reading -'“Cur First Woman Del egate”—Jfas. W._ S. Reese. Reading- -.-‘^Getting the Lost Hun dred”- -M Taylor. r >• _ bmitejv.t Prayer. Dismission. All the. ladies urged to be present at these meetings. GIN IMMEDIATELY ALL RED! pany h “ 3 mado appUcation V '- thc j Railroad Commission of Georgia foi* TAPE TO BE ELIMINATED. | nat hority to issue *160,000.00 of Common Capital Stock and 1.450,000 of. 50 year $ per cent Gold Bonds. cult, for the man in the couqtiy get a now supply. “Sugar Wholesale: Wholesale grocers should r.ot sell sugar in ex cess of one thousand pounds at a time i to a retailer. Sugar should not be shipped on back orders without a positive order from the buyer. Whole- | suk grocers should use evey prccau- i tion at their command to prevent du- case to the Jury of the whole people,! $2,500, tax is $10; income of $3,- * t v ii •* l 000, tax is $20; income of $3,500, tax and I shall export a fmr, honest and jis ?30 . income ’ o{ J4i000i tax is j 40; ;cienti0U3 verdict. I have t v °r |income of $4i600| ^ i8 {c0 . incomt . served the mass and not tho class. 1 0 f *6,0110, tax is *80. Hence, tho opposition of tho class or- Unmarried persons would , pay in gatra who ignore auS and who would «>i3 way: Income of *1,600, tar. is' build a sentiment against mo «v.n a *10! income of *2,000, tax it *20 year before thc nomination^- I knew income of *2,600, tax is *80; income full well I had to fight the daily press. | of *3,000 tax is *40; income of *3,- plication of sales which would allow, j have-never oervdd them or stood. 000 tax is *60; income of *4,000, tax the retailer the opportunity to have j {m what thcy atood f or , an d I was ex- is *80; income of *4,600 tax is *1OC more sugar than necessary, for con-1 poctinK nothing but their worst nnd income of *6,000, tax is *120. sccutivo distribution. } a m getting no less than I expected. * Flour: Thc wholesaler of flour; can furnish news items of tho I get? 25 to 6 OcenU a barrel profit, jhocsting type for even a negro bishop I while the retailer is allowed *1 per can us0 t hcr editorial and news barrel and upward. But here is one . tcma to dc f end n big plutocratic important" point in flour selling to1 j criminal, but me a fifth generation the retailer. Flour in towns and cit-j GeorfriaJ1 %vith a "Grandfather and ies should be told in not over 1-8 or j Q reat Grandfather buried in South j 1-4 barrel quantities. - The -retailer ■ Georgians’ bosoms finds nothing but Taxes may be paid in four install ments between now and Juno. 16, if this arrangement is preferred, but the Ttrcasury will open a deerniined cam paign soon o encourage persons to pay their tax in full immediately, and ro- ceivo interest on tho advance pay ment. A small army of .accountants, Washington, Jsst.^A big new Year's Burprlse’for the South was an nounced hero when it became known that within the next ten days, in all probability,, the site for the selection of one of the largest shipbuilding f The Post Office Department has es tablished coastwise parcel-post water routes to facilitate service for the tonments, which will operate to relieve war-timp railroad congestion. also, but op a different basis. Then- net income is subject to a tax of C per cent under the new war revenue act, and certain technical deductions are allowed.. Corporation returns are due between Jar- I and March 1 for the calendar year.1917, and com panies operating on afiscnl year basis must report within 60 days after the end. of he fiscal year. This petition will be heard by. the Railroad Commission of. Georgia to j^held ip iW&fljjjas in tVe State Cap- -• 'clod: a. m,, Jgs ,1 parties uesiring to be. hoard in con plants in the world will be selected I>y ; nectioa with this matter should com- Henry Ford, the plant’s chief promot- j munlcate with the Cbnwiission on or er, with assistance of Chairman Hur- ■ before the date above mentioned. ley, of the Uniteff States Shipping Board, and n score of expert steel men and slripbuildcrsA From a brief announcement of what was made a few days ago, it is almost certain that one of the fol lowing localities will be chosen: Sa vannah, Charleston, Brunswick, Jack- This notice is published in accord ance with the requirements of tho Railroad Commission of Gcritgiri. . 7 AMERICUS & ATLANTIC. RAIL ROAD CO., By J. S. MORTON, Pres. M Estimates show the Guvcrauient ,, Printing Office will use 100,000,060 ”^ ,e ’ Fcrnaml,,m ’ lampa or P8n i pounds of paper costing about *4,- 000,000, this year. Men working in many coal mines sacola. Inspection of sites will begin im mediately and although Ford’s friends here are not prepared to make public their itenerary of Southern cities to be visited, it was stated that practi cally al! plans had been agreed upon Individuals making more than at a conference between Mr. Ford and *G;000 during the year also arc sub-; l he Government authorities, and that ject to an' fii'jmr cent tax on their in-; a U that is lacking is an available site, come above' that amount, indepoml- j I* was explained, however, that there eat of the regular income taxes. This. would bo no long delays in the matter .r cent levy is imposed on individ-j '-' ll 1,0 rc< ' Lnpo. Ford is ready to usls with no capital or with only nom- j begin building the stool chips ir.nl capital, such as professional men I Bs l' e ean K ct ' an<1 ' throughout tlie country voluntarily cut dpwn tho Christinas holiday to keep factories burning and houses warm. The heaviest food contracts in the history of thc world have been let recently to 14 of the great packing houses of tho United States.' w can sell to farm communities jn 1-4 j ( .y 10 ca4( j k n if c 0 f pilent con'.empt. I peclally trained for the work in | wth mondy invested in books, dentist: I urn a dosen ships a day and that the COAL AND WOOD PROBLEM SOLVED—26c silver for informn- He ::;rc \ tion ’ hurry - b °* i7 °‘ c ° rdc J c > g »- „.y 1-2 barrel quantities. The ' dca have not been able to get into but schools conducted by district collec-j and physicians’ instruments, or other, pay roll would be the largest whies i nmnnu’ rutailcrfi and con- t. ...l l i... tuac* : for t.ho nnsf. twn wpolfa will ot% I eouinment.' n- .. . anyone in any section of thc Unitou j ^cut out among retailers .and con- a | )out twenty counties. Those twenty 'tors for tho past two weeks will go j equipment.: Isumern, tho whole barrel-business. jiook as good as could be ‘expected, into the field on the 2nd to assist per-i Another kind,of tax is laid on ex “Th'*re has comer econtJy c ased Hour demand in anyone In any j .States has ever seen. Ilia head me ecently an The Amerjcua. paper is going crazy cons in filing their returns, anU will | cess profits .of Visinesses having in-, r.lone receives a salary of $45,000 in barrels, f^is but I can’t hedp it They have polled an travel on prearranged itineraries for'vested rat>ital. On this-basis, taxes j year, and having already periected a is certainly for thc specific purpose of f ; un t y, c y ( ‘ ar before it was to come a month o more. In addition federal; on net incomes or profits in exoe.ss of • V^ ns ^ own sma ‘_ * 1 I hoard: romes either from greed -c j nte - m t u c nex t year . How they agricultural agents and represonto- i certain deductions are at the rate of; using the ships, the [cr fea* o both. Now, if every home t |Q. urc thcir*agents know how all the lives of State and Coupty Coui^ils of * 20 per. cenVof the*amount of net in- mm FOR COMING WEEK I 11 * c "„ 1-rol of J.lias b- I ^youlci 11 he absolut . j iclay. Although these ship: :es3 of tho-deduction andj WI ^ be of steel, there must be ni..-j Hfi per cent riji thViii-i !ions of fliet of Goor - !a ’ Fk)Vl,i:i ® n<i ! ^ 25 per cent ‘ on the Carolina lumber which will fir.' j m Sf 15 per cent on: a nso in then* construction and tli :, capital; 25 per cent on j feature alone will mean that mu 1 neck with Mr. Harris over.in your : failure © file a return through ignor-1 the-nmount* In excess of 15 per cent! money will bo jpent in thc^c t r^..- Please give me a chance to be anro of the requirements. j and nt In excess of 20 per cent; 35 ; States alone m neir pm c r.ses. i barrel of flour it would rep- rura [ f 0 )k s a s well as the town peoplo National Defense, hqve enlisted in-! come itt^e, -O jf our annual production. a „ e go i n g to vote a year ahead is, the campaign of education- By this j m>t in mar. sets aside now one bar- !rhoa j of me p ran k Mangum is some' extensive campaign of education, In-1 vested our for the family where ho p.-nphet, Elisha would be jealous. I ternal Revenue Commissionar Roper j amount 1 buying it in quarters, it^tice Mr. Unshiw. is'running nock, hopes to eliminate the' chances of ] the' invesl q impossible for the Food Ad- jninistr.-tibn to keep up, on account (y , l)n jy > ^ ^ _ _ ,c ( tW^ hoar-ding, as to what our cx- ^,. an { ] a t er 0 n when the eampaigni In fact, officials in charge of the j per cent on-the amount in excess of j poni' a-ourecs in flour would bo. Deal- j 01 , uns up- u jg too early to bother j tux gatbprlng machine expect- to.eli-120 per cent and not in excess of 25 j orstrf iellall you that there has been jy ou on jy passively now. I shall nev-;minato the usual grudging spirit of per cent; 40 per ccnt.on the amount g quite a,,large demand for flour re-1 cr f or(fe 't Dooly County. T knAv Dooly, taxpayers. They have called this a j in excess of-26 per cent and not in ex-; centi-.' ijlwooden bn rels. Home peo-j county will give mo a fair hearing I “Liberty Tax,” because its proceeds j excess of 36 per cent; nnd CO per r.!e jlre Hfrding salt and matehesjmd i atl( ; earnest consideration. - jgo to (he same war cause as the Lib-. cent on the amount in excess of 33 ' her tiilfes in thus ame way. This ' Wishing every eitixen of Dooly a. erty Bond issues, and every effort will j per cent. • i lce - * ' ' K >e made to eneouragethe spirit of wil- Definitions of terms, particularly | Thanking you one and nil for yoer- ing giving amopg those on whom the : the items making up “invested capital JP^st patronage and soliciting a con- ax fails. ’ j have been made in a number of re- tinuance of same, assuring y. AhooMT,000,000 persona will payjccn regulations issued by Commis MONDAY “Borrowed Plum afro” A Triangle with Bessie Barriscalo “Scul Matos”---lCoirucly # • TUESDAY TUESDAY—No Show NOTICE TO J?IY CUSTOMERS On account of thc hijrh price - and tho government control • prices on all food products*. I will unr.ble to continue my delivery »er WEDNESDAY “Tho Voice of Conscience” - A Metro with Bachman and Bayne* in thes ame way. This I wishing every eitisen of Dooly »Sin|Jthows a bad spirit and a | P rent 1018, I am,' vit thjwis not creditable to any man, Yours truly, O doll it. It is quite Beam why, EMMETT R. SHAW. I flour l e bought by .the consumer, in | —— - larger amount 'ivp. The unis at« time, than ns! t ), e y (f cr a combination sale of ; income taxes, it Is estimated, and most tioner Roperi ie retail grocer who is foodstuffs along with it The ruling 'wiltbo subject to a direct federal tax! Excess.’ profits taxes and incomes asked no' to put in advertisements J j, ere j a that these combination sales --~%r the firsft tjme, for less than 500,- taxi 4 may be . imposed on the snnp w • r Induce consumers to in-, w ^ich include two or more food com-^"0^0 haid income taxes last year un- Tax return • form3 Th< tho best service and lowest price* possible, I am. Yours truly, R. R. BURKE th ' * purchases of flour * and oddities, are forbidden. And the sale ^ ' -hu'old lr.w. i decidedly against pub- j c f oa2 food-commodity with clothmp: have Ven made as simple as posrihle i- end ther rfooda is ensidered . against 'those for incomes of loss.than '$3,00^ Y.ynb : vtF)n Sales: There are pnblic rnUcy. It is hope4 that all racr- yripv r ~'\vrb r - nnkc combir-atlon c hart< will desist *from cnmbijmtion . ate a clotnjng or she5,'^ a j - - -Mch include food^. - ■ r -j>ec^,ily free from tcehniee! .- l 'ircz or in^uiritorial it:mi. C^rpoaa.tfdn; will nay income tax?* ,j, irthev nre*rufffc\pntly hi?h •a rteciftrs ^wiv^r, that the I The working hcv ; of tr.x payable under the cx-flur rio” Depfcrtn o r t'^. - ov»ieio(fn may bo ded tfe'laeb iur-vr,'* er v.-h' of clerks in the Building at Washington have h^eif chirked to ru - fi.rrri Jv:*?"- to -1:! inj-tead of 0 to 4 .k r . THURSDAY • 't;1URSDAY—N» Show FRIDAY “The Beloved Adventuress” A World with Kitty Go-:! m “His Uncle Dudley”—C - te- SATURDAY “Mader., Do-Pecp” With Seen* Owoa “HI* Y/idow’* Might”—Comedy' "The Other lie If” For. !g Trx.il J » .jg- - • -rJ •V ! »J - * ■ : s jm