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THE FARMER AND THE INCOME
TAX
any farmer* have become
jurbcd over the income.
*ie levied by the govern-
i, and among there are
.ve enjoyed the greatest
are exhibiting a spirit that
Jg icspcak patriotic allegiance.
rebelling against this new
pon their incomes. There are
who arc willing to be taxed
e liberal enough to concede
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The Vienna News
PubiUhed Weekly
MIBS EMILY WOODWARD
Managing Editor
. Entered at the post office in Vlen-
an da., as second class mail matt*-
weerding to tho sat of Cong
rtr.Tih 3rd, 1873.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918
The United States has recently
the
that it is just for them toabare
great financial burden of the war.
Many are ignorant as to the manner
in which'the levy will be made. The
following from the Bureau of Inter
nal Revenue gives a general idea of
the deductions allowed a farmer in
making out his income tax returns:
This 4s one of the many questions
which revenue officers who will visit
every county in the United States dar
ing January and February will an
swer in detail. Briefly, they include
the amount expended for labor Jn the
preparation of land for crops -and in
the cultivation -havesting and market
ing of the crop. Deductions may be
made for the cost of seed and ferti
lizer, the amount expended for labor
in caring for live stock, cost of feed/
repairs to farm and other farm build
ing, but not the cost of repairs to the
dwelling. The cost of repairs to -farm
fences and machinery is deductible,
as well as the cost cf small tools and
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the effects-of the
made another little loan of two mil- materials which! are used up In the
lic-n dollars to Serbia, this carries th-i
amount of our credits to the allies'to
74,238,400,000.
course of a year or two, such as bind
ing twine, pitchforks, spades, etc.
The cost of machinery, such as trac
tors and thrashing machines, can not
be deducted, but the cost of their op
eration is a deductable item.
The value of farm products is not
considered taxable until reduced to
cash or its equivalent. If crops and
stocks were produced in -1916 and
sold in 1917, the amount received
therefor is to be included in the farm
er’s tax return for the calendar year
1917. Crops produced in 1917 and
on hand December 31 need not be
considered. Persons in doubt as to
any of the provisions of the income
tax section of tho war-revenue act are
advised by the Bureau of Internal Rev
The war bids fair to revolutionize onuo ^ see the revenue officer who
The delegation from Georgia in
the House of Representatives voted
solidly against the woman’s suffrage
amendment and in so doing they
gained th6 approval of the majority
of the white women in the state.
There is too darned much hospital
ity in the South. Except upon the
theory that we want to make all these
Yankee soldiers Teel at home can this
succession of cold waves be explained.
—Savannah Press.
the girls' colleges in the United
States. Investigation has shown that
important, changes have been mndc
in the courses of study in more than
160 universities and colleges. In
stead of the strictly academic course
adhered to before the war, courses in
business, hygiene, social service and
home economics are being introduced
into the curriculum*. This is a war
product that will prove immensely
valuable to present and future civili
zation.
will visit this county to assist taxpay
ers in making out their returns.
A campaign Is on in Macon to se
euro funds with which to provide
clean and entertaining amusement
for the men at Camp Wheeler. The
location of the camp at Macon has
given marked impetus to ber commer
cial activities. She has profited
largely because of it, but she has not
been niggardly in responding to the
many calls for help that have arisen
.jilt of.thsyariaaifcW!?^* of the camp.
Tho "inen and women ofMacim have
given generona assistanco in ''caring"
for the nick at the camp and innum
erable ways hnvo contributed to the
comfort and welfare of the men there.
Macon is out after $10,000 now to
invest as a sort of moral welfare fund
for the men at Camp Wheeler. The
high purpose, as expressed by those
promoting the campaign being
"return tho men to their homes after
thb war with no Bears save those of
honorable warfare.” With tho sta
tioning of tho camp at Macon there
camo a serious responsibility to the
Central City and the splendid way in
which she is meeting it shows that
she fully appreciates the advantages
derived therefrom.
DOOLY PRAISED BY VISITOR
In last week’s issue of the Madison
ian, a wide-awake weekly, published
at Madison, Ga., Moproe County,
there appeared under the caption,
Down in Dooly" a generous tribute
to Vienna and Dooly from the pen of
stranger who has been in our midst.
Wo are pleased to reproduce this ar
ticle and much gratified that the
writer was so favorably impressed
with our town and county that he
has seen fit, in so excellent a manner
to exploit their virtues to the many
readers of the Madisonian. The ar
ticle Follows:
Vienna, Ga., away down in the
’State of Dooly,” is a town about tho
cize of Madison, with electric lights,
water, paved side walks (in the busi
ness section), a beautiful court house,
attractive park in the public, square;
wlth a well kept hotel (The Virginia');
up-to-date post office, with-city deliv
ery, a town clock that keeps correct
time, and a telephone system inde
pendent of the Southern Bell.
Dooly is a great big, prosperous,
healthy county, with wonderful re-
sources and splendid development.
Dooly ginned 37,309 bales of cotton
in 1916 und has gathered 82,629 to
December 1st, 1917. Nor is cotton all
that Dooly produces. There are pen
nuts, corn, potatoes, hogs cattle, vel
vet beans hay and other farm prod
ucts in abundance. The people of
Dooly are rolling in wealth, as are the
people of the whole of South Georgia.
world-wide war.
Their corn cribs and smoke houses
are bursting open with corn and home
raised meat.
South Georgia is building' good
toads.. She has the road material.
Ndture has been lavish with, her sup
ply. All that needs to be done down
in Dooly is for the road gang to
scrape up, or round up the road bee)
'of natural cldy, and there is a read
for many months to come. Occasion
ally there is too much sand, and t
little leaven of lumps of clay is nepd-
ed. This can be found nearby, and a
mixture of sand and clay gives a fine
hard road bed, that stands the sum
mer sun and winter raini.
The Georgia pine is in all of its
glory down in Dooly, and we found
thejieople burning what we “hill bil
lies” would call “lightwood” in their
stoves and grates. The odor of pine
knots .could be smelled as we rode
along the country highways, and the
air was dense with smoke. The Vir
ginia Hotel porter filled our grate
with pine knots and “black jack”
(oak) at 36 cents per fire. The lady
who runs the hotel, Mrs. Thornley,
told us that the farmers have so much
money that they have ceased hauling
wood to town, and as coal could not be
had, the fuel question in Vienna is
acute—to those who do not own farm
and Ijave no way of hauling wood to
town. _
“The boll weevil is (somewhat dis
turbing the cotton growers of Dooly
as the pest had made some raids on
the cotton fields in 1916 and 1917.
Tho farmers are anxiosly watching
results of the ree’ent extremely cold
weather as they believe it will give the
weevil another back-set Authorities
claim that the weevil cannot exist
where the temperature goes as low as
20 or 21 degrees below freezing. Re
cently it is claimed that the mercury
dropped to 13 above zero,, down
Dooly.
The Empire Cotton Oil Company
has a branch mill at Vienna, manag
ed by a formal* Madison boy, Mr. W.
S. Reese. The mill- is hardly as fine a
product as the Madison plant but it
is far above the average cotton oil
mill, with one of the best ginneries to
bo found anywhere. Mr. Reese tells
us he has already ginned over-8,200
bales, which is far in excess of the
output of Morgan’s largest ginnery
for the present season. And the sea
son is not quite closed. . y,
Mr. Reese showed us about' 100
tons of peanuts, purchased from
Dooly farmers at 6 cents a pound, in
the hulls. His mill is prepared to
crush them, but owing to the fact
that the Gordele plant of the same
corporation handles peanuts in larger
quantities, Mr. Reese told us that
U.ese would be shipped to Conjele,
just-nine miles away. Mr. Reese is
a member ~ot thf City Council - bf'Vi*
enna, and no man in the town stands
higher in the estimation of his fellow
citizen than he docs. We are under
obligations to him for many courte
sies shown us while “Down in Deoly.’ -
C. M. F.
Mr. C. C. Scott, of Ashburn,. is
visiting the family of Mr. R. S. M.
Lilly.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McGough, Mr.
Walker McGough-and Master L. V.
McGough have returned home after
a month’s visit to Eustis, Fla. \
Mr. Golden Brooks has accepted a
position in Lilly and will reside here
in the future.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Woodruff spent
Sunday as the guests of Mrs. M. T.
Ingram’s family at Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. C. H. Murray, of Vienna, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. M, T. Ingram.
Little.Miss Elizabeth Teasley is on
the sick list this week.
Just Returned From Tennessee
-' With a Carload of
Government barges have been plac
ed in service on the uppef Mississippi
and through government-assistance a]
ne^ fleet, is to he uuilt for this, serv-
Sugar is being moved by barge
from Louisiana plantations to New
Orleans.
A fireproof solution for treating
airplane fabrics is a thing which may
be realized in the near future, exper
iments in a private plant having al
ready developed a comparatively
successful solution.
ASTONISHING REPORT
FOR VIENNA
The wife of a merchant had stom
ach trouble so bad she could eat noth
ing but toast, fruit and hot water.
Everything else would sour and fer
ment. ONE SPOONFUL buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Ad-
ler-i-ka benefitted her INSTANTLY.
Because Adler-i-ka flushes the EN
TIRE alimentary tract it relieves
ANY CASE constipation, sour stom
ach or gas and prevents appendicitis.
It has quickest action of anything we
ever sold. FORBES DRUG CO.
If you need mules
these before
see
buying.
Am also in market for Dooly
hogs at the highest
market price
S. M. NESBITT
- The manufacture and consumption
of pastry regarded as a luxury in
France has been entirely suppressed,
except on Sundays and holidays.
Cable rates have been reduced be
tween North and South America.
Caulette, the best variety long
staple cotton seed brought premium'^
of 3 cents per pound over other va-
rietics last season; $3.76 per bushel
in five bushel lots.
l-I0-4t J. 3. & 3. L. LASHLEY.
Misses Adrian and Ima Lockerman
of Montezuma, were recent visitors to
The farm lands of Dooly are level, Mrs. J. H. Butler and Miss Annie Lee
THE HEALTH LAW AGAIN
Tho State Board of Health is ask
ing the cooperation of all physicians
and county and city boards of health
in the work of health conservation.
Physicians are requested to report
promptly every case of communicable
disease in order that tho proper steps
may be token to prevent epidemics.
Health boards are being urged to or
ganize more thbroughly looking to
ward tho more zealous performance
of their duties with regard to tho
preservation of the health of the
people.
Some time ago the necesspry ac
tion Was taken for the adoption of
tho Ellis Health Law in Dooly. For
reasons, which those whose duty it
was to see that tho law was put into
effect,'considered feasible, putting the
law into operation has been deferred.
This is too important a law to be set
aside without some good cause. At,
this time when there is such a pro-
r. >unced effort to conserve the health
ot the nation, the County Health
Board'should lend its'cooperation and
there is no more effective way to do
this than to set about <procuring
health officer and further complying
with the Health Law that has already
been officially adopted by the county.
of a rich, loamy, sandy combination,
easily cultivated and highly product
ive. Beautiful country Homes dot the
landscape, and the country is thickly
populated. Vienna, Pinehurst, Una-
dilla and other, smaller towns are
centers of trade and community ac
tivity. A trip over the county last
week revealed the fact that there is
an abundance of food, plenty of fuel
and that the people down there, es
pecially in the country arc not feeling
LILLY NEWS
Butler.
Mr. H. D. Royal spent Saturday in
Vienna,
Mr. W .B. Bothwcll spent a few
days with homefolks last week. He
has been in Albany for the past few
months.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Graham, of
Unadilla, visited relatives here a few,
days this week.
Mr. W. H. Pope has returned af
ter a two weeks’ visit to Florida.
Bargains
in Used Cars
We have for sale the following
used cars:
Two 1917 490 Chevrolet Touring
Cars.
Two 1917 model Ford Touring
Cars. . ' * ’ - ;
These cars are in first-class me
chanical condition. For sale at a bar
gain. - _
FORD & CALHOUN
Pinehurst, Ga.
For The New Year
WHAT better way to demonstrate that you are thor
oughly in sympathy with (Uncle Sam in his present policy
of “conservation and economy” than by using a Ford Sedan,
combining comfort with low cost of operation?
Immediate Deliveries Can Be Made
on This Model
Price $095 f. o. b. Detroit
Phone 142
Dr. J. M. Whitehead & Co.
Vienna, Gn.^ S
Authorized Ford Dealers
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