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12 NUMBER 9
INCOME TAX
RETURNS OOE
Business Men, Farmers and Wage
Workers Must File Schedules
of Income for 1919.
MARCH 15 LAST FILING DATE.
Income, of $1,000 or Over, if Sin
|«; or $2,000 or Over if Married,
8
Must Be Reported.
The Income Tax imposed by .Act
of Congress on earnings of Ibe yem
1919 is now being collected.
Return* under math'must be made
before March 15 by every eiti
m or
ami resident who bad a net in¬
mi
come for 1911) amounting to:
$1000 or over, it' single; or if mar
fled and living apart from wife (oi
husband); or if widowed or divorced.
jo.OOO or over, if married and living
with wife (or husband).
The status of llie person on (be last
day of the year fixes the status for
the year with respect to the above
requirements.
I’nder any of these circumstances a
return must be made, even though
r.o tax is due.
Husband and wife must considei
the income of both, plus that of de¬
pendent minor children, in meeting
this requirement; and, if sutlicient to
[require a return, all items must be
shown in a joint return or in separate
returns of husband and wife.
A single person with minor depend¬
ent* must include the income of such
^pendents.
A minor who has a net income of
*■1,000 or more is not considered a
lependent, and must tile a separate
return.
Personal returns should be made on
Form I01HA, unless the net income
xeeeded $5,000, in which case Form
>d0 should be used.
Kesidents of Georgia should file
heir returns with, and make payments
f Income Tax to. Aaron t>. Blalock,
Collector i>f Internal Revenue, At
jlunta.
How to Figure Income.
The best way to find out whether
One must file a return is to get a Form
IOWA and follow the instructions
printed on it. That form will serve as
* reminder of every item of income,
and if a return is due it tells how to
prepare and file it.
If in doubt on any point as to income
(a deductions, a person may secure free
advice and aid from the nearest Inter¬
nal Revenue office.
Guesswork, estimates and other hit
er intss methods are barred when a per
Si>H is making out his Income Tux re¬
turn. Accuracy and completeness must
be insisted upon. The return is o
sworn statement. As such it must be
thorough and accurate.
salaried persons and wage earners
sinst ascertain the actual compensation
received. Overtime, bonuses, shares In
ibe profits of a business, value of quar
ier> and hoard furnished by the em¬
ployer and other items which are com¬
pensations for services must lie in¬
cluded.
h must be borne in mind (hat com
pens*iion may tie paid in other forms
Gore hi cash. A bonus paid in Liberty
u * is taxable at tlie market value
" , >he bonds.
A note received in pay
u*em f«r services is taxable income at
1W value and the interest upon
>
11 . '* also taxable.
Other Returns Due.
* “7'.* ’ hlle P***tnersliip ' 1 doing business in
must file a return
lwr ': *"‘<1 every personal
rellr " J,lst r “e a similar
Corporation* must file annual re
vecss no Forni 1120
PX e , 'utors, administrators
Itv J'.' 111 to 51 file fiduciary capac
»m. t e 1 returns. In
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others, Fonn ^. ^ 1 * uw,,; ln
,rns both , —”’ s <ill others,
on forms „ are required,
“‘formation return on Forms 1099
M(l 1090, must 'o,. 1,10,1 by
™-tion, evCry 0r ‘
during 1919 person who paid,
•Hilary, an Hinmint of $1,000 in
fix*! JT*' pert ln,erest - in< or other
ether 0, "e to an
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Quids: To Commend Not Afraid To Condemn
ANNOUNCES PROBE
RENT PROFITEERS
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SAYS xHat ()WNEBS KEl l SK T0
REPAIR HOUSES BECAUSE
TENANTS ARE HELPLESS.
GEORGIA LAWS AP¬
PLICABLE.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17.—(Special.) —
Following his announcement several
days ago that the rent profiteers of
Georgia would undergo a probe at the
hands of the State Fair Price Com
mission, John A. Manget, state fail
price eommissioner, in a telegram from
Hot Springs, Ark., where lie is reeov
ering from a nervous breakdown, yes¬
terday appealed to the city ccuncil of
Atlanta to appoint immediately a rent
commission, to investigate a situation
the commissioner describes as “dis
tressing.”
Such action was advocated at a re
cent meeting of the Atlanta Federa
tion of Labor, whenc omplaints from
more than 250 rent-payers wen
brought to the attention of the laboi
men for consideration. Mr. Manget
declared shortly before lie left for A;
kansas that approximately,' this sam
number of renters had applied at hi:
office for relief, stating they were
forced to reside in houses badly in
need of repairs, made to pay exhorhi
tant rentals for homes that were
stant menaces to the health and live
of the occupants.
Mr. Manget declared such conditions
were not confined to Atlanta alone
that he was in receipt of complaint
fro every section of the s tate, plead
ing for instant relief. The fair price
commissioner asserted that lack of
houses all over the state gave the rent
profiteers excellent opportunity to
gouge his tenants, and that the rentei
were forced to pay the unreasonab!
prices, or be ejected to rhe street.
Records compiled at Mr. Manger
office disclosed the alarming fact tha;
in more than half of the i nstanci
reported to him, the r «pi had freer
raised more than 100 per cenl within
the past year. “Such practice as ihb
must stop,’’ Mr. Manget said. "Tin
poor people of Georgia are being made
to feel the tortures of ruthless land
lords’’gras. The needs of suffering
humanity demand that this distressing
situation be brought to an end.
“Owners refuse to repair roofs an;;
make houses habitable, simply beeau.-i
they realize tenants are forced to re¬
main in the houses. They know the
penalty outlined in the Lever act dot-s¬
not apply to rent profiteers, and that
all we can do is to protect the tenants
under the Georgia laws. But we hav,
the Georgia laws back of us, and the
fight will soon begin.
“In the meantime, all we can do i.
urge that city councils throughout the
state appoint rent commissions to pr<
pare data concerning the situation in
their respective communities, and give
the renters of the state what little pro
teetion he Georgia laws eprmit. Re
forms and amendments might latei
change the status of the rent laws, and
immediate relief will come then
surely.’’
RETAIL FOOD PRICES
SOAR SO TO 100 PGT.
Figures Given By U. S. Bureau
For Last Six Years.
Washington.—Increase of from 50 to
200 per cent in retail prices of the
principal food products of the country
and from 70 to more than 200 per
cent in wholesale during the last six
years are shown in figures issued to¬
day by the bureau of labor statistics.
Taking the year 1913 as the normal
year for basing comparative prices,
the bureau shows that by December,
1919, retail prices of meats had ad¬
vanced from 50 to 80 per cent over
the average of 1913. Bacon and ham
led meat prices with increases of 80
per cent each and pork chops stood
second highest with an advance of 81
per cent. Butter rose 104 per cent,
eggs 161 per cent, hens 84 per cent
and lard 121 per cent.
Breadstu°s and dairy products
climbed to higher levels than the
meat group. Flour advanced 133 per
cent, bread 179 per cent, rice 103 per
cent and potatoes 152 per cent.
fee, tea and sugar showed
of 64, 27 and 64 per cent respectively.
Cheese went up 96 per cent and milk
88 per cent.
Wholesale clothing prices, accord
ing to the bureau's figures, showed
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,THURSDAY , FF.BRFAFY 2fi, 1920
SUFFERS
HEAVIEST LOSSES III
SOUTHEASTERN STAT
CASULIT1ES FOR GEORGIA GIVEN
AT 4,125 OTHER FACTS THAT
SHOULD BE PRESERVED
BY READERS
Washington, D. O.—Tennessee suf
fered heaviest of the nine southern
states east of the Mississippi river,
in casualties among her officers and
men who were members of the ex¬
peditionary forces during the world
war. Virginia's losses were second,
North Carolina’s third and Alabama’s
and Georgia’s fourth and fifst, respec¬
tively. uveiy. vi A statistical swmsucai summary summary of oi all
casualties prepared in the office of Uh
adjutant-general of the army and just
announced shows the total casualties
of these southern states to have been
157,260, including officers and men, out
of a grand total of 302,612 for the en¬
tire country. These casualties in
elude losses from every cause which
put the men out of action.
The total casualties for each state
follow: Tennessee, 6,190; Virginia,
6,130; North Carolina, 5,799; Alabama,
5,160; Georgia, 4,425; South Carolina,
3,919; Mississippi, 2,303; Louisiana,
2,169-; Florida, 1,171.
North Carolina’s losses from offi
cers and men kiIled in aotion v - ' ! P
heaviest, numbering 684; Tennessee’s
losses from that cause were
totaling 680, and Virginia’s third, .ag
gregating 664. In death from wounds
Virginia was first with 291, Tennessee
seeoijd with 250 and North Carolina
third with 238.
The summary of the casualties for
Georgia follows;
Deceased— Officers Men
Killed in action . . . 43 306
Died of wounds . . . 12 140
Died of disease . . . 20 773
Died of accident . . 139
Drowned...... 0 li
Suicide....... ' 2
M-wrder or 4mmtcldeA 0
Execution—general
court-martial .... . 0 1
Other known causes . . 1 12
Cases undetermined , , 1 27
Presumed dead..... 0 19
Total dead...... To
—1530
Prisoners— Officers Men
Accounted for .... 0 0
Died......... 1 0
Repatriated • 7 36
Total prisoners . , . 8 36
- -44
Wounded— Officers Men
Slightly........ . . 101 1003
Severely........ . 71 1044
Degree undetermined . . 51 581
Total wounded..... . 223 262S
Missing in action . . . 0 0
Total casualties . . . . . 316 4109
—4423
INCOME TAX
IN NUTSHELL
WHO—Single persons who had
net income of $1,000 or more
for the year 1019.
Married tuples who had net
income of $'2,000 or mere,
WHEN--March 13, 1920, is final
date for tiling returns and mak¬
ing first payments.
WHERE—Collector of internal
Revenue for District in which
ihb person resid.s.
HOW—Full direction#; on Form
i040A and Form 1040; also the
law and regulations.
WHAT--Four per cent normal
tax on taxable income up to
$4,000 In excess of exemption.
Eight pgr cent normal tax on
balance ->f taxable income. Sur¬
tax, from one per cent to sixty
five per cent on net incomes over
$5,000.
an increase of 235 per cent last De¬
cember over the 1913 levels, and house
furnishings went up 203 per cent. An
advance of 134 per cent in food as
,a commodity was shown, while farm
products rose 144 per cent, Lumber
and buildin materials climbed 153
per cent in the six years, while the
average pru e of all the commodities
tabulated ro ?e 138 per cent. ^
Increases of 3 per cent «in whole
*ale prices were comparative figures
1 and November
‘ Farm product remained the
food went up 5 per cent, clothing 3
per cent, fuel and lighting and
hold ber'and furnishings 1 per cent each.
building materials showed
increase of 5 per cent.
BROWN
MODS
EHUM
Agricultural Production Will Be
Cat D-jvvti As R: ?yu't—Forry*
ers Cannot Compete With
City Prices.
Atlanta, Ga.—Agricultural condi¬
tion in the opinion of Commissioner
J. J. Brown, who lias just returned
from the rural districts, was
as sericus as at this time. 1
“So much hat be n said about
shortag, oi farm labor,” ays
Brown, “that every time any comment
on it appears in print now the public
’*• disl ' )0 sed to pass it up as ‘just an
; 0uU ’ r UR . °1 t agitation. It is present
ing - to m Y a most serious as
(here need be'no revival of that
ialk about the ‘farmers striking’ be
cause labor in every other line
using the strike to force its desires
The truth of the present
that the farmer is going to find him
self, compelled to restrict his opera¬
tions very largely to the production
of what will be required to provision
and care for his own family, and pass
by all thought of a surplus for the
market through sheer inability to find
help to carry forward his production,
should lie attempt it. To that end it
I will be an enforced ‘strike’ of the
farmers. /
1 “In the past week T have visited a
number of farms, where, as I sav. it,
the situation is just about
Tlie high rate of pay and the
((dented short hours of work
held out - inducements by the city
enterprises has robbed the country of
just about all the labor there ever
to he had. I went into one town my
self the other day and spent the en
tire day trying to pick up two or three
men to put to farm work. At the
( close of the day I not only was no bel¬
j ter off than when I started, but my
eyes were opened to the fact that it
is utterly useless for the farmer to
attempt to try to enter into a com¬
petition with city business in the race
for labor.
“The upshot, of this whole thing, in
my opinion, is going to be that Geor¬
gia will be one of the states this year
wbich will fall in production and
fear there is danger that we may
dow n numerically ‘ in the agricultural
production list.
“This condition of affairs is not at¬
tributable to any disinclination on the
part , cf the farmer, for it certainly
isn’t to his advantage to let his
acreage lie idle when he has it, if he
could in any way keep these acres at
work. At the same time, how can
the farmer produce sufficient for
marketable surplus when every bit of
Iris production, over and above the
demands of his own family, is
to prove an expense to hip
than a profit? But, even more
ricus titan that, taking this prospec
tive result as a whole into considera¬
tion, is the actual fact that he can’t
produce as he has in recent past years,
even with a loss to himself, because
he can’t get the men with which to
carry on his work.
“I found farmers in the past
who are seriously disposed to sell off
their work stock and implements,
down to just what they can use with
members of their families, and re¬
strict their entire operations to that
basis.
“I a sstime that the conditions in the
rural s ections of the whole South are
probably the same, but I only know,
of my own knowledge, what they are
in Georgia. In this state they are
serious—quite serious.”
MR. EMMETT MOORE DIED
HERE MONDAY \FTEl5NOO
Mr. Emmett More, contractor, forty
two years of age, died at his home o
Floyd street Monday afternoon af
ter an illness of two weeks with fiu
pneumonia.
Mr. Moore, who was an exeellen
citizen, is survived by his widow, on
son, Laree: two sisters. Mrs.
Crawford, of Leghin district; Mrs
George Day, of Hope Bluff, Ala..
two brothers, Earle Moore, of T i „
guin district, and Crate Moore,
Snapping Shoals.
Announcement of Mr. Moore's
was ibet , occasion • „ of f mucti regit
relatives and fiends , of „ tne
among the
family, who were entended every kind
ness during his illness.
The fur.cfat servicces were
ted . at the in f the ... m mil reidonoe •, of Tuesday „ a , _«* „#
ternoon presence
of distessed relatives and
Mneds, after which the interment was
was noted in West View cemetery.
NEWTON m mu ooino
I
WHAT THE NEWTON
COUNTY FARM
BUREAU IS DOING
INTERESTING DEMONSTRATIONS
WITNESSED BY LARGE CROWDS
OTHERS WILL BE GIVEN
(PON REQUEST
The Newton County Farm Bureau
lieId several spraying and pruning
demonstrations last week in co-opeYa
lion with farmers w'lio are interested
in the earin S for the home orchard,
Practical demonstrations were given
in pruning anu spraying, and every¬
one present was made to take part
in the work.
On Tuesday demonstrations were
held at the homes of Mr. C. N. Skin¬
ner and Dr, R. L. Hollis, near Starrs
ville; Wednesday at the homes of Mr.
Homer Halefield and Mr. O. P. Mc
Cord, in Stansell district, near Salem
camp ground; Thursday at the homes
of Mr. J. B. Reeves and Prof. G. C.
Adams, in Brickstore district; Friday
at the farm of Mr. C. D. Gibson.
The bureau has several more or¬
chard demonstrations to hold and if
anyone is interested in orchard work
they should plan to attend one of
these demonstrations.
fwo night meetings were- held last
week in the interest of the fight
the boll weevil aid the organizing
of committees as a branch cf
FarmJBureau. The first, one was held
on Wednesday night in the Stansell
district and the school-house was lull
of both,men, women,-boys and girls,
Slides on the boll weevil were first,
I shown, and then the proper method
I of fighting him was taken up.
The Farm Bureau organization was
next taken up and those present voted
that Stansell district be represented
in this new organization. Mr. Homer
Halefield was elected chairman and
Mr. T. J. Ramsey as secretary and
treasurer.
The program of work for that corn
munity was taken up next and the
fight to beat the boil weevil was
placed first. Everyone realized that
we must work together if we are to
beat the boll weevil.
A co-operative sale of hogs for'the
county was endorsed by this coni
A co-operative potato storage
house for the county was highly en¬
1 dorsed by all present and everyone
j agreed that if they could save their
potatoes and find a good market for
same that they could live in spite of
the boll weevil.
Club work for tlie boys and girls
and community development along ah:
lines was included in this program
of work.
It is the plan of this community to
j hold meetings similar to these
throughout the year, realizing that it
they are io succeed with tlieir faint
work they must meet togethei am
discuss the problems that are holding
back community development and sm
eessful farming.
Reports of other meetings will be
given out soon.
1‘lans to raise more hogs and po¬
tatoes to help us in cur tight were
di scussed.
J. K. LUCK,
j Secretary.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPEED
Aviator and Motorist Didn't Have the
Same Kind of Comparison as
They Traveled.
The motorist was taking an aviator
friend, recently returned from the
army air service, out for a spin.
Thinking of the 125-tnlle-an-hour speed
to which the airman was accustomed,
the motorist felt that it was incumbent
upmi him to “let ’er out.” His friend.
It.• felt, would feel badly ambling along
at riie land rate folks are used to trav¬
eling. So he cut loose- and tlie car
was zipping along at something like
50 miles an hour.
Then (!:•> motorist felt a bait! laid
upon his arm.
“Going pretty fast, aren’t you?” re¬
marked tlie aviator, a trifle uneasily.
After the motorist had slowed down
), „ s k e d ; “Why. 1 thought the best
speed I could make would seem slow
to you. How is it that it appeared so
faM?"
( ‘You see. In the :dr. even at our
1 greatest speed, we seem more or less
tat 'onary unless ^vo look below us and
i see see objects flitting past,” explained
the aviator, “You know speed can
■ onlv • he reckoned ■ visually—by things
on. is leaving behind. Now, the .. gait
i you were moving a few minutes ago
j j o0kr ^ , n ;g!:ty fast, uncomfortably fast
j thiims I might we say. are to having me. behind. I kept noticing
I “Well. I'll he darned.” said the mo
. torI .... ,sf. ., T . “1 never never t i imi ght **f it in that
wny ! )( ,f ore ”
>, n ,i the hand of the sjieed clock jijg
hack to the SS-tnJle mark.-Kan
City Star.
An Ad in The News Is
vVorth Four On
The Fence.
$1.50 Per. Year in Advance
MEETING OF
THE IfJil.ll. WAS OF
GREAT INTEREST
COMMITTEES APPOINTED FOR
FOR EACH MONTH OF 1920
AND OTHER ANNOUNCE¬
MENTS M \DE AND CO-OP¬
ERATION URGED
A cordial welcome awaited tlie
loyal members of the W. C,. T. U.
when they met in the bright, warm,
cosy home of Mrs. J. 15. Hutchens on
February 10th.
After an appropriate Bible reading,
by Mrs J. N. Gary, the pres dent,
and an earnest prayer, by Mrs. W.
C. Clark, the business of the hour
was disposed of.
Important subjects were discussed.
Among the most interesting was one
on ways and means for providing our
young people with innocent amuse¬
ment. Christian people are waking
up to the fact, that our precious young
people can and should be led bv.o
paths of pure, elevating pie: -.ires.
This can ho done by the mothers
and fathers, who should not forget
that when they were young they loved
to have a “good time’’ and enjoy the
pleasures of youth. The Union has
been divided up into circles. The list
of committees for each month is as
follows:
March, literature: Mrs. J. E. Hut¬
chens, Supt.; Mrs. Joe Pittman, Mrs.
W. Cohen, Mrs. A. D. Meador, Mrs. D.
M. Rogers, Mrs. S, P. Thomnson. Mrs.
Count D. Gibson, Mrs. S. Steadman,
Mrs. Henry Pickett, Mrs. Mary Hollis.
April, work among colored people:
Mrs. W. V. Clark, Supt.; Mrs. G^nie
Thompson, Mrs. J. G. Howell, Mrs. R.
P. Lester, Miss Florence Thompson;
Mrs. Charlie Hill, Mrs. Henry Odom,
Mrs. W. P. Odom, Mrs. F. A. Bris oe,
Mrs. W. F. McCrary, Mrs. Hiram Ding¬
ier, Miss Bobbie Murphrev.
May, mothers’ meetings: Mrs. Ho¬
mer Hitchcock, Supt.; Mrs. T. G. Cal
loway, Mrs. Annie Wootten, Mrs. R.
C. Guinn, Mrs. E. G. Martin, Miss
Maggie Davis, Mrs. Paul Walker, Mr,-.
F. M. Jackson.
.Tune, anti narcotics: Mrs. R. W.
Milner, Supt.; Mrs. J. W. Sockwell,
Mrs. W. W. St. John, Mrs. R E. Ever¬
ett, Mrs. G. R. Dorman, Mrs. Dr. Stan¬
ley, Mrs. O. II. Morris, Miss Sallic- Mae
Sockwell, Miss Junie Lunsford.
July, medal contest: Mrs. J. F. Rog¬
ers, Supt.; Mrs. J. N. Gary. Mrs. W.
W. Childs, Mrs. R. R. Fowler, Mrs.
Walker Combs, Mrs. C. H. White, Mrs.
R Ki , patrick
August, ... prison reform; „ Mrs. „ r F. „ W. Tvr
Simmons, Supt.; Mrs. W. H. Gaither,
Mrs. J. C. Aiken, Mrs. C. L. Harwell,
Mrs. (’. W. Dial, Mrs. M. E. Parker,
Mrs. 15. E. Calloway. Mrs. J. L.
Leonard.
September, fairs and exhibits: Mrs.
15. O. Lee, Supt.: Mrs. Robert Webb,
Mrs R A, Norris. Mrs. W. H. Bran¬
ham, Mrs. Jennie Camp, Mrs. J. S.
Peek, Mrs. J. L. Elliott, Mrs. G. T.
Smith, Mrs. Ida Whitehead. Mrs. Pearl
Taylor, Miss Ethel Belcher.
October, scientific temperance: Mrs.
S. L. Waites, Supt.; Mrs. Wood Aiken,
Mrs. Stradlev, Mrs. C. A. Harwell,
Mrs. T. J. Christian. Mrs. W. B. R.
Pennington, Mrs. A. N. Hays, Mrs. J.
C. Upshaw, Mrs. C. I. Cash, Miss Mol
lie Wilson.
MRS. J W. LEE,
Supt. Press-Work.
TO PRESERVE OLD LANDMARK
Creation of National Monument Area
Assures Security to Posterity of
Famous Multan Tree.
The Malian tree, landmark of Hie
;>?d Million trail, tlie first highway
connecting Montana and Idaho with
the const, will he preserved to pos¬
terity through flic creation of a na¬
tional monmner,? nr<>:i by the presi¬
dent.
On Inly 4. 18(51. Capt. John Mulhtn,
lender of the-party having charge of
the survey and construction of the
Multan trail from Walla Walla. Wash.,
to Fort Renton, Mont., closed his work
at the connecting point of tin* roads
from flic east and west, at the head
of the Fourth of July canon, between
Wallace. Idaho, and Ceeur d'Alene,
Idaho. There he marked appropriate¬
ly a huge white-pine tree, which since
that time has been known as the Mul¬
tan tree. Tourists seeking souvenirs
of their jaunt along the Telmwstotiw
trail have damaged the ancient tree so
much that forest service officers have
found it necessary to take steps to
protect it, and, to accomplish tins,
have submitted a petition proposing
that a national monument area he
created, which has been approved.
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