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Organs, Buggies. VOL. XX.—l2 Pages INCOME TAX HAS VERY WISE SCOPE 111 Wti Gal S3, GOG ar Out a Year Taxable. WILL PUNISH ALL DODGERS. Government Requires That All of the Returns Be Made Under Oath—Ex tent of the Law Is Broad—All Who Are Liable and Fail to Make Pay ment Will Be Fined. k Washington.—lt now behooves all those with an Income of more than $3,000 a year to lay a hand upon a fur rowed brow and try to tind out how they are going to pay the income tax to the government and what will hap pen to them if they do not Representative Cordell Hull of Ten nessee, who framed the income tax bill, issued a statement intended to help the taxable persons, and the In ternal revenue bureau of the treasury department is already at work on a set of instructions which will be issued later. In the first place, the law about to go into effect includes within its scope ail citizens of the United States residing at home or abroad, all persons living In the United States though not citi zens thereof and all net incomes from property and business owned or car ried on in the United States by aliens. In every case a deduction of $3,000 is allowed for living expenses. In the case of a husband who is living with his wife or a wife who is living with her husband an additional SI,OOO ex emption is allowed, so that all told a married person is entitled to an ex emption of $-1,000. Only one $4,000 however, is to be allowed from the aggregate income of both husband and wife. Under ordinary circumstances in comes are to be computed for the cal endar year. In the case of the present year, however, the tax is to be com puted only on that portion of the in come accruing from March 1 to Dec. 31 next. The treasury department is prepar ing blank forms, which will be distrib uted by the district internal revenue collectors to each taxable person, if you fail to get such a blank you are required under a penalty to apply to the collector or Ins deputy for one. Blanks will be on deposit with post masters for the convenience of taxpay- WILL GET ONE-THIRD Of Entire Cottcn Crop Ificwy of Nation Is Opinion of Cotton Expert. The current cotAon crop Vill be no larger than 13,500,000 hales, at least 1,000,000 short of world de mand. The whole cotton belt will re ceive for the crop, over and above the receipts of last year, $ 10t),690,- 000. Of this “velvet” the single state of Georgia will receive nearly one third, or $46,185,000. These figures on an assumption •of 14-cent cotton, already a fact. The prophecy of 10-cent cotton, based on logical conditions, may give these figures all along the line a big boost, but will pot alter rela tive proportions or Georgia suprem acy. The foregoing paragraphs jbthe substance and forecast of an ex p-pert, who in the past has been cor- Npect ir* his estimates as to price and Irentent of the cotton crop * Notice. My store will he! closed Sat urday October lltli until 6:30 in thq evening on account of a Jewish holiday. J. L. Saul. JJ JV W - •SW - ' • ' VP • v t ,jr% m 1 l Photo @ by American Press Association. OOBDELIi'HtmJj. ers. “Every taxable person Is to fill out and return one of these blanks to the internal revenue collector of his dis trict before Jan. 1 and March 1 nexL The taxpayer must fill out under oath a true and accurate statement of his Income of $3,000 or more for the calendar year. This return shall set forth specifically the gross amount of income from all separate sources, and from this total shall be deducted the aggregate items of the expenses and allowances authorized under the law. Any taxpayer who fails to make a return on or before March 1 will be liable to a penalty of not less than S2O nor more than SI,OOO. If his return is fraudulent it will be a misdemeanor, and he will be subject to a fine of $2,- 000 or imprisonment for one year, or both. Each taxpayer will be notified by, the Internal revenue commissioner by June 1. 1014. of the amount of the tax due from him. and the payment must be made by June 30 following. In the event of failure to pay the tax by June 30 and after ten days’ further notice 5 per cent will be added to the amount of the tax and interest at the rate of 1 per cent a month from the time the tax falls due. Exceptions are made in regard to penalties in the cases of incomes from the estates of insane, deceased or in solvent persons. In the case of neglect or refusal to make returns or in case of false re turns the commissioner of internal revenue may make such return him self any time within three years of the date when the return was due. PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. Bathing to Reduce Weight. For reduction of flesh a sim ple hot bath is supplied with 'four pounds of washing soda and one pound of bicarbonate of soda. First the feet and wrists are warmed used then gradually the lK>dy. so that the shook is not too great. The tub should be well tilled, (lot water should be slowly added as It cools. The treatment requires one to stay in the bath for twenty minutes. A flannel dressing gown, full length, is then slipped on. and the patient goes to i>ed between blankets. A glass of hot water is also taken at this time. Pro fuse perspiration naturally fol lows. and one should stay in bed for an hour or longer. After leaving the bed care should be taken to keep out of drafts and to remain indoors for the rest of the day. as the pores are o^pn. ; and a slight chill might result in a cold or something more seri ! ous. These baths are somewhat ' weakening, so must be used , sparingly. A hot bath Without ; the addition of soda will fre , quenti.v break up a cold that Is ■ just starting. The above preeau- I tlons should likewise be carried | out. , Lost/. One Locket and Chain between Mrs. Foster’s and the Christian church. Finder will please re turn to News office and secure reward. Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, October 9, 1913. BROAD GAUGE ROAD IS NOW ASSURED. Work On The Gainesville Mid land To Begin Immediately, Forced by the march of prog ress and material developnien of the section which it traverses, “the last cl the Narrow guag roads in Georgia” is soon to b< a memory with citizens who have lived along its route and travellers who have used it s mo dus operandi in their migrations and who will alike rejoice tied thy demands of the moment have saved it from the ravages of the •great alchemist Time, and made its successor, a modern railroad, over the entire system possible- These few brief comments will serve to introduce to our readers the following chmmunication, sent to tlie agent of the road at this place by General Beaupree with the request that same he handed to “Rost Char lie Iloss,” for publication: Savannah, Ga., October —lt is with great pleasure tha + I am aide to announce to the friends and customers of the Ga’nesville Midland Railwway, and particu larly to those residing along its narrow gauge division, that work will begin immediately in broad ening the erauge of this division so that we may be able to trans-' port the business offering with facility and dispatch. Conditions existing during the past year or two have made 't impossible to secure investment money in sufficient amount to do the necessary work and 1 should like to say of our friends that the funds required for this construction and to provide tor other needs of the Railway, amounting to $325,000 have been supplied by the present security holders of the Railway in the full belief and hope that the conse quent betterments will lead to a sufficiently increased business to warrant the expenditure. 1 earnestly request every merchant and individual living along the line of the Gainesville Midland Railway to accord to it tln-ir mos active eo-operation from now on. No short line railway can hope to serve the public along its line adequately unless they give S it the fullest possible benefit of their business and personal :n --tercst. We confidently rely upon receiving this from our patrons. Goo. J. Baldwin, Hres. Gainesville Midland Railway. Death at Statham. News reaches Winder just as we go to press of the death of Mrs. R. W. Bradley at Statham, Ga. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church. Her remains will be interred at Bo gart Friday morning at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Bradley is a sis ter of our fellow townsman, Mr. J. R. N. Baugh. Hot Race on in Sccctd. Hon Rosooe Luke and Judge \V\ A. Covington have announced for the seat in the national house re cently left vacant by the death of Congressman S. A, Roddenbury from the Second Georgia. Both of these gentlemen are good campaign ers and a hot race is own in the Sec ond district. SAYS WHALEY BOUGHT SEAT. Mayer Grace of Charleston Accuses South Carolina Representative. Washington.—John 1’ (Since, mayor of Charleston. S. C.. has filed with Speaker Clark a sensational petition under oath in whic h he charges that Representative Richard S. Whaley. Democratic member of congress from the first South Carolina district, bought his seat, alleging that during the cum paign. Mr. Whaley spent SOO,OOO. Mayor Grace demands that the right of Mr. Whaley to retain his seat be In vestigated and that expulsion follow if charges are substantiated. The federal campaign publicity law prohibits the expenditure of more than REPRESENTATIVE WHALEY. $3,000 by a candidate for congress in any campaign. According to Grace’s charge, Mr. Whaley spent an average of $lO for every vote he received. The petition was referred to the house elec tions committee. Mr. Whaley has denied every charge. He asserts that he never had SOO,OOO in nil his life. This is the first time that a statement of any candidate for congress filed under the campaign pub licity acts has ever been questioned. BALES OF COTTON GINNED IN JACKSON. Returns from Ginners Show 2,146 Bales Prior to Sent. 25th. The tabulated returns from tin* ginners for the September 25th report shows there were 21*4’0 Rales of cotton ginned in Jack son county, from the crop of 1013 prior to September 25, as com pared with 1,060 bales gilnned prior to September 25, 1912. REGISTER NOW The registarticn hook is now open in the ofifiee of the Clerk ot Council for the purpose of regis tering the names of the qualifier voters desiring to participate in the Primary Election of the City of Winder to he held on Novell her sth., 1913. Book will close on night of October, 25th. 11. N. Rainey, Jr. Clerk of Council. Sell Their Farm. We learn from various sources that the present price of cotton has served to stimulate trading to the greatest extent. A num bdr of small trades have taken place during the past few weeks and more are certain to follow. Lamar & Perry closed trades last Saturday involving some thing more than fifteen thousand dollars in which they transfered their Wilkinson county farm to its new owner. Shingleman. 12 Pages—No. 26 STUDIES PRISON FROM THE INSIDE Osborns Servos Sell Inflicted Term For Purpose. I TREATED JUST AS A CONVICT Gets the Seme Far* and Dona Regu lar Prison Clothes—ls Bathed as Ha Enters and Assigned to Cell—Will Determine Effects of Prison Life on Mind. Auburn, N. Y.—Emulating the ex ample of Governor Hunt of Arizona, who in March, 1912, had himself lock ed up with convicts to share their ex perience of prison life, Tbcrnns Mott Osborne, chairman of the state com mission for prison reform, has entered Auburn prison and is serving a self imposed sentence for the purpose of studying the effect of discipline, food, labor and the general prison system on a convict’s mind. Mr. Osborne entered the prison as any new convict would do, went through the routine, such ns being taken for a hath, a session with the prison barber and prison tailor, and went through the same grind as a con victed felon. In reply to a question he said he was ready to “take all his medicine" and would not balk at the dungeon should his conduct at any time justify his Incarceration there* The results of the study are to be em bodied In a report to be made by the commission that Is studying prison re form with a view' to legislation next year. Chairman Osborne spoke to the con victs in chapel and said In part: “As chairman of the commission on prison reform appointed by Governor Sulzer the superintendent of prisons and Warden Ruttigan have kindly giv en uie permission to carry out ft plan to determine the psychological effect of the prison system on the prisoners. If sympathy and understanding from a vivid personal experience are desira ble to studying, say. some foreign country, they are even more necessary in the case of a group of men set apart by society such as this prison com munity. For in your cases the condi tions under which you live are more unnatural and less easy for most per sons to grasp than those of a foreign country. - “Moreover, most of the books that have been written about yon by so called ‘penologists’ are written largely from the outside standpoint and with so little intelligent sympathy and vital understanding that few are of real value. They seem to be based on the assumption that the prisoner Is not a human being like the rest of us, but is a strange sort of animal called a ‘criminal,’ wholly different In his in stincts, feelings and actions from the rest of mankind. “I want to find out whether our prison system Is unintelligent; whether it flies in the face of all common sense and human nature, as I think it does; whether, guided by sympathy and ex perience. we cannot And something far better to take its place, as I believe we can. “1 am coming here to learn what I can at first band. In the court of con science 1 have been found guilty of having lived many years indifferent to and ignorant of what has been going on behind these walls and have been sentenced to a short term at hard la bor in Auburn prison. I expect to be gin serving my sentence this week and am coming here to live your life, to be housed, clothed, fed, treated In all re spects like one of you. I want to see for myself exactly what your life is like —not as viewed from the outside in, but from the inside out.” J Nc. Rent For Thirty Year*. '***** Columbus. Ind.—John Zimmerman, seventy-nine, known popularly as John Cinnamon, is dead here in n home he had occupied for thirty ‘years without paying a cent of rental. Francis T. Crump, a capitalist, owner of the build ing. recently called on Zimmerman and mentioned the matter of rent, with the result Zimmerman said he had just repaired the roof and would call the rent bill squared. Crump receipted the bill. T. A. Maynard and W. C. Hor ton left last night for New York.