The Covington news. (Covington, Ga.) 1908-current, March 04, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text,, Advertiser ^ c vcr i** s pe* s-— ' He Shouts. plK 12 X1 M l‘> [ - f! !) ry Person Who Had Income in 1919 Must Determine Own Liability. RCH 15 LAST FILING DATE. Et Way ls t0 Follow Form 1040A - Advice in Doubtful Cases. ree Severe Penalties in Law. «1V '* , Tni , nuu , T . )X . obligation is laid directly on the U] ers of encli citizen and resident it insider jiL own ease and to get lus (n, in mi time if one is due. I'itli «k , ]i' return showing a tax due iiyment must a'company the return lif full amount of the fax or at it one-quarter of the rax. ]] returns for 1919 must be tiled on iefore March FI ✓ Must Show True Figures, i figuring up his earnings for in ie tax purposes a person must take oaiisiderntion all items of taxable iiiiis, anil cucli. item itself must be irate in amount. Guesses and es ites unis! !)'■ avoided, for the re i is Wile under oath, tveryboily who had an income dur- 1910 must now determine whether or lief net income was suflicient in Vint to require an Income Tax re L i The best wav to find out is to a Form 10-toA and follow tlie dons printed mi it. That form jnnmie; [serve as and a reminder if of every is due, item it a return . bgw to prepare and tile it. jie V“' of the important points to 1 is that a ! "' rMm ' s , " M in(, :; in « lUtid by a computation Jie law, and tluit each item of In from every source must l>e eon •el, unless speeificallv exempted. other thing ,o remember is that personal exemption allowed tax ;rs bv law has no relation wliatevei lie requirement to tile return. This option i* not to lf.e considered until Vi son has figured out his net in e and determined whether it t iicieut In require him to tile a re n. ‘Then, if a return must be filed .slmuhl lead carefully the instrue is fur claiming exemption, and com #e liis return. ]f it) doubt on any point tts to incomi [deductions, a person may securt fc advice and aid from the nearest eniiil Itcvemic ollice. Many banki trust companies are ;ilso furnish similar service during baukini Jurs. Heavy Penalties in Law. I or fadin'.* to make n return on tlini p penalty is a fine of not more thai Poland tlic tax, if ,-ui .dditiou of 25 per cem any. For making a falsi . r.i u fit It 'j 11 return the penalty is a at not more than $10,(HH) or im “Oilment not exceeding one year, o; 3di. and. in addition, 50 per cent o ( e ta x. There are other penalties fo i ilin S pay tax when due and fo' Mri statement of the lax througl pgligence. Many Sources of rscome. -Uide fmm what one may earn bj services, there are many othei 11,1 '' 01 income. If h- sold figuri an* ,lui "i > J949 he must !*! k.mi realized. If he rentei ' i ' > ‘ !■ ! ’■ 1 1, apartments or room? II un,s "mst lie considered taxa a***! be may claim deductions fo gees-mi-y expenses incidental to rents i "c.u interest is' a common sourct ■ meoine and is taxable whether with 'y llot Any amount of interes ' 1 1,1 a depositor is income depositor. ti r Interest on mortgages and notes it ' • also bond interest receivei om corporations. . tixp .1 jfi who.cashed bis insur hr-e ‘'.' Ug 11,10 nn,st me report as in l” ' Premiums r( ' s " paid, received over the to “partnerships or persona a ,H ' no ^ t ' ia ries o' hare's 'of 'nT ’’ US ' ,lSlributabte '. ,,uist n ’Port (hell dietln.,■ , t0 lll en Bivjd, ! •<-tually withdrawn, ' ) '•“'"‘‘Stic tits, i„ corporation) hcome tax is OUE MARSH li e "p mM 0 / D f Jfak.e Returns—Early p y and Fai| uo hompliasce Urged. Ali income t., ' T e u ' U!S t ‘ ar 1919 ; covering th* Iunl “ccontpa, ‘ KwhtxS , 10,(1 hy c» »»us • ;r fur the j-., i* ' ........ ' ' l0, k °r.money or ‘ uut °f '"Mm Cist) p*.y«H?ut on,.,..... tax due. he Collector'. lrt “ accepted only a fiil they ‘ ; 11 " i,ice ; if fiesta > a ,. the sender’s sent bj •aim Georgia risk. should Ob Cowl Quick To Commend Not Afraid To Condemn COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MARCH 4 1920. ilWION FARM BIH | BOLDS GOUNTY-WIDE WEEVIL MEETING : INTERESTING ADDRESS DELIV¬ ERED by PROFESSOR OLIVER, of STATE COLLEGE of AGRICUL¬ TURE—OTHER IMPORTANT IS¬ SUES DISCUSS!D. The Newton County Farm Bureau ueld a county-wide boll weevil meet¬ ing at the Court House Friday morn :ng, February 27th. There was a good ! jrowd Present, although (he weather ’ VaS X6ry Coid - ^ofessor Oliver, from the State College of Agriculture, gave a very interesting talk on how to beat the boll weevil. Professor Oliver has studied the boll weevil problem for nine years and has farmed under boll weevil conditions in South Georgia. He stressed the importance of using good, pure cotton seed, planting only your fertile well-drained soil, use plenty of fertilizer and a fertilizer that is high in phosphate, acreage so you can work cotton at east once a week, by all means hunt the “old weevil” early on young cot on hud; pick up squares when they first start falling and continue to do n o July until and the August first of that July. the If weevil you find j taking your crop spray with arsenic. I He emphasized the importance the| ofj mising plenty of feed for all of a mity and for work stock. j All agreed that, heard bis lecture I that it was the best they had ever! j heard on the holt weevil. j The Newton County Farm Bureau! l-j lle]d a n)eeting at Flin( Hm 8C f 100 house on Friday night, Februan 20th, 1 1 the - interest of the - Farm Bureau !Slides were shown on the boll weevil j and lnct lhen as a \ branch he or eanizing °‘ thc ’ ol ruuni this v dis-j Bu ‘ - ! plans reau vva ' s this ,aken u l’- After heaHn S &•' j 1 of organization they all vot-j j ed that their district, should a j branch of this organization. I j Mr. J. B. George was elected chair Mr. T. G. Boggus vice-chairman :and Mr. Brooks secretary and treas lurer. A program of work for the com was next taken up. Organized effort to heat the boll weevil was put first on this program. a co-operative sweet potato curing house for the community, orchard demonstration, co-operative buymgi and selling of some ot the leading! farm products, club work tor boys I and girls and community development were included on this program. This is the third district to come info this new organization and we are.j expecting at least three more. | If interested in seeing that your community doesn’t fall behind in this new movement get busy and work up some real community spirit and we will be glad to help you get started along lines that will develop your community. J. K. LUCK, Sec. of Newton Co. Farm Bureau. iVliiicdgeviile Banquets Soidiers Milledgeville.—One of the most en¬ joyable occasions of recent date in .Milledgeville was that of the banquet given the men of this city and county who ser ed in the recent war at the Elks’ hall here. About one hundred and seventy-five were present. Toasts v, ere exchanged. The ministers of the our churches made very impressive speeches, and several of the boys who spent some time “ever the:to. : f same of their experiences on tHo biB defield. Moj. Joseph Muklrow, head of the military post here, made a very in¬ teresting speech. Her Shopping Tour. The other day the missus went shopping. She returned ami reported that they showed her a simple little tailored suit for $185; another that site liked fairly well for $210 and one that gave her a thrill that made her feel that she would like to own it for $325. “They didn’t charge you anything for looking at them?” we asked. “No,” she replied. “Something wrotig there,'’ said we. “If those simple little suits are really worth that much they’re worth charg¬ ing an admission fee to see.”— Exchange tlieir retiit; v. .tip and make payment) of Income Tux to, Aaron O. Blalock Collector of Internal Revenue, At lanta. Those who must tile returns bu have not done so are warned that tin revenue law Imposes heavy penalties for failure to get returns in on time o to make payments an time. Early tiling and early payments ar> urged, in order to relieve the interna revefiue offices as much as possible o an overload on the final day, March 15 'COUNIY PRIARY HAS BEEN POSTPONED 10 TBESDAV, I APRIL 2310 EXECUTIVE COMMITTIVE FIXES ASSESSMENTS AND COMPLETES DETAILS FOR HOLDING POLLS In SEVERAL DISTRICTS—EN TR1TS CLOSE APRIL 1ST. With Chairman (’. C. King, of th Covington District, presiding, the Newton County Democratic Executive Committee held an important meeting at the Court House at 2 o’clock last Saturday afternoon for the purpose of completing details for holding the county primary. The members of the committee wisely concluded to post pone the date originally announced for holding the primary from Tues¬ day, April 6th, to Tuesday, April 20th, order that the voters of Newton County might be afforded an oppor for expressing their preference for president of the. United States in presidential primary. The action changing the primary date to April 20th was unanimous, it being the gen¬ eral belief that none of the candi¬ dates for county offices would lose prestige by the postponement, and Bn committee urges the voters to bear in that the county primary election be held on Tuesday, April 2Pth, under the usual rules and regulations and at the customary voting pre¬ cinets - Assessments Fixed. The assessments for the various of flees were announced as follows: Sheriff, Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Clerk the Superior Court, Ordi nary,~ County School Superintendent, >15. Treasurer, $10. County Commissioner, $5. County Surveyor and Coroner, $2.50. The time for the payment of the assessments to Jack L. Patterson, secretary and treasurer of the com¬ mittee, was extended from midnight, March 23d, to midnight of April 1st, at which time the entries will close. The secretary may be found at the office of The Covington News, where he will issue receipts and furnish all the desired information to the candi¬ dates. Up to date candidates have made public announcements for the offices of Sheriff, B. L. Johnson and \V. H Gaither; Tax Collecl()1 , w . 3 Ra7)1 and am , Q O. M. , f Neely; Neely . Tax Receiver H ( Horton and Archie C. Lunsford; Ordinary, A. I). Meador and Abe L Loyd; Treasurer, Joe Wright; for Clerk of the Superior Court, C. O County Commissioner, R. I’ Boyd, R. F. Dick, F. D Ballard and V J. Huson. Five commissioners will be voted for on April 20th, but each candidal must be a resident of the district in which lie is a candidate, the one re¬ ceiving the highest vote in the county being declared the nominee. State Fair Finances Good Macon.—Two years ago the Geor¬ gia state fair was thirty thousand dol¬ lars in the hole, due to a combination of circumstances over which the fair association had no control. The in¬ debtedness was underwritten by Ma con business men and the fair was saved to Macon. Today the associa tion is free of all debt and has a good surplus in the bank. Lowell Quotation Barred From Shafi Savannah.—The \\ omanis Fedeia tion, at a meeting here, announced that the tablet to Chatham’s dead he roes ot the world war, which was tc have been unveiled at the municipal auditorium, will be recast, errors in names • corrected and the inscription taken from a poem by Lowell, the ab olitionist. replaced with a suitable in scription from a Southern author. Sumter Forms Cotton Association Americus.— R. W. Maddox of New R. C. Frost and J. Q- Nolan ol nan. Hodges Atlanta are working with A. F. in organizing a Sumter county unn of the Georgia branch. .American Cot ton Association, here. Four orga > zation meetings already held by then resulted in farmers signing 100 pei cent as association members. Brunswick H^bor Conference Subjeo Brunswick.—Secretary A. At. Smitl of the Brunswick board of trade won’ to Washington to confer with the Geer gia delegation on improvements an: appropriations for the Brunswick bar bor. He is en route to Brunswick, at ter attending the mid-west-Galt. Soutl Atlantic and GnU '•ports trade r“ transportation committee meeting a Cincinnati where they considered establishment of the proposed impov rues through South Atlantic and Gul norts to the central freight territory Jilin CSPli) s PfiiZt OFFERED f R LARGEST II HMD MADISON C’OI NTY MAN WON THE j PRIZE OF $1,000 OFFERED by FARM .JOURNAL—OTHER AN¬ NOUNCEMENTS MADE of GENERAL INTEREST. j J. O. .M. Smith, of Commerce, Jack son County, Georgia, captures the gold medal and $1,000 cash prize for the largest yield of lint cotton in the United State for 1919. This prize was one of eighteen offered by the Farm Jourm.i el Philadelphia for the best three yields of six important crops—corn, wheat, cotton, oats, ai faita and potatoes. For each cron a gold medal and $1,000, a silver medai and $500 and a bronze medal and $250 were Cue prizes for the best yields This contest was announced in 1910 a a time when everyone expected the war to last well into 191.9. The pur¬ pose of the contest was to stimulau production of those crops which would help to win the war and helji to feed and clothe ihe world after it w;» over. Five acre. v. as io be the minimum for each entry. Thirteen slates cap lured the eighteen prize*. In the ecu ton contest the awards were a.s fti lows: Gold medal and $1,000 to J. (). M Smith, of Georgia, with 1,360 29 pounds of lint, cot ton per acre. Silver medal and $500 to S. J White, of Sumter county, South Caro¬ lina, with 1.197.35 pounds of lint cot¬ ton per acre. _ Bronze medal and $250 to Willien Peterson, of Clinton, Sampson county North Carolina, with 1,040.87 pound of lint cotton per acre. Great interest was shown through hut the country in this contest. State extension departments, farm bureaus county agents, banks and farm or ganizationn going tbs limit in an ef fort to land the prizes for their own localities. ■ : ho wvepigo .yb d ot cotton for th ast ten yeav; in C ’’ has been J.92 pounds. The. prize v inning yield i almost seven times the average for ti e state. This shows The great op portunitv there is for the cotton grower if lie uses, a.s Mr. Smith did. ti e best seed and reinforces it with good methods. g-fFOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER^ “[ announce m\ candidacy for Coin ty Commissioner from distric t Nun - “ber Five, composed of Gaithers L«* guilt, Brewers and Rooky Plains Dt; ■ triots, i most respectfully solicit t! e support of the voters, to whom *|I pledge my best efforts for the county in the performance of every duty, y , Resuectfully R. F. .Dick FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner from the Covington District, promising in the event of my election to exert my best effort in behalf of every district and every citizen, believing in equal jus¬ tice to all. 1 would greatly appreciate the support of the voters, to whom i extend my thanks in advance. Respectfully, Frank I>. Bali,arm FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner from the Covington District and earnestly so¬ licit the support and influence of the voters, to whom I make the promise of performing the duties of the office to the best of my ability if elected. Respectfully, I\ J. Huson To Organize Labor Party Savannah.—Indications p int to d^f nite efforts to organize the Labor par¬ s' in Georg* The Savanah cham oer of industry has sent out a call o aiTunions in the stale affiliated with he federation looking to the forma ion of a state chamber of industry, it is proposed to organie this body lust prior to. the annual convention of he Georgia Federation of Labor in Savannah. April 20. The local chain oer’s* aims and purposes were avow j dly the advancement of the interests f organied labor Plane Crashes At Washington Washington. -— Washington’s first airplane accident occurred recently, resulting in the complete wreck of tin plane and slight personal injuries t pilot Atkey and his passenger, John Norris, of this city, who were return¬ ing from Augusta. When the plane was just ready to alight at the East Georgia fair grounds a sudden gust of wind threw it out of its landing course into an electric light pole. The pro peller was splintered and the wings tbe L ,laUt! ' vcre badly damaged. f W LKSHBCr UL PRESIDE OVER SUPERIOR LIST OF GRAND AND TRAVERSE JURORS WHO WILL SERVE DURING CIVIL AND CRIMINAL WEEKS— JUDGE HUTCHESON TO FAYETTTEVILLE. Newton Superior Court will convene '! iday. March 15th with Judge U iiiam K. H. Searcy. Jr., of tiic Flint ( lr *' ,n b presiding for Judge John B iliitchcson. who will preside for Judge Searcy in Fayetteville. Tiic Civil docket will be cleared by Judge Searcy, hut Judge Hutcheson " Ul profile during criminal week. Solicitor General George M. Napier "Ul be present as prosecuting attor¬ ney. GRAND JURORS F. E. Heard. T O. Luinmus. 1 II. Adams. ■ E- VV. Fowler, T J. Kitchens, s. 1. Day. L. Elliott. UR. Barnett. •L " Burns. . J. M. Smith. B. H. Cowan. ■b II. Roquemore. R. L. Epps. ‘L J- -Anderson. ( ' A. Canito).. v ' R Canqihell. • * Adams. J. Tom Ellington. D AJ. <Tibbs S R. Smith. C. D. Ramsey. -T. J. < Ovens. T. W. Hill. B. H. Guinn. F II. Motiley. • W. R. Porter. A. J. Johnson. W. E. Gray. H- B. Rogers. Cverton Lawrence. TRAVERSE H R\ W. E. Gaines. •I L. Ramsey. J. E. Rollins. F: D. Balia ril. Frank Wayne. H. F. George. H. J. Neely. C. E. Giles. R. II. Byrd. \\\ D. Weldon. W. C. Moore. II, li. Evans. Samp Aiken. M. G. Turner. Chester King. C. E. Hardman. •T. A. Middlehrooks. D. J. Adams. AV. C. Williams. E. F. Campbell. Grant D. MeCart. H. T. Huson. F. A, Briscoe. T. M. Mitchell. C. E. r>iek. L. L. Edmonud. \V. H. Corley. E. M. Piper. B. IT. Willingham. W. A. Adams. W. E. Herring, c. H. Hunt. T. J. Huson. S. V. Farmer. J. W. Morgan. AV. G. Biggers. SECOND WEEK 11. A. Henderson H T. Dingier. c. T. AViUiams. c. E. Sullivan. D. B. Crowell. A. U. Smith. An Ad in The News Is vVorth Four On The Fence. SI.50 Per. Year In Advance 'MRS. GRADY GROWELL ELOPES (III SAIUROAY WITH TOM SOCKWEIL KEWRAD OF $50 EACH HAS BEEN OFFERED THROUGH OFFICE SHERIFF S. M. HAY FOR AR¬ REST of COUPLE—NO TIDINGS RELIEVED Warrants were issued on Monday morning of this week lor the arrest of yAli's. Pauline Crowell, the pretty nine¬ teen year-old wife of Grady Crowell, a prosperous young farmer, and Thom¬ as Rockwell, a farmer about thirty years of age. whose sensational elope¬ ment late Saturday afternoon was a great shock and surprise to the many abends of several families. Mrs. Crowell and her husband and the former's step-father. J. W. Gapes, came to Covington from their homes near Almon Saturday afternoon, and Airs. Crowell was not seen by either later than three o'clock, it being sup¬ posed tlutt she was at the motion pic¬ ture theatre. Failing to find hiswife at the op poiied hour for returning home. Mr Crowell conducted a search that re¬ sitted in the reluctant l rlief that she had eloped with his trus ed friend, Thomas Sookwo.ll, a widower and the father of two small children, who are being cared for by his mother. The eloping couple departed from Covington in a Hanson automobile and were registered at a hotel in Madison Saturday night under assmved names, were seen and recognized in Lawrenco ville. Sunday, since which time no ti¬ dings have been receivml of toluu lit the once comfortable and hapy home near the city. The Hanson car was found parked in front of Weaver and Pittman’s Ga¬ rage early Tuesday morning, where i; had been left during the night, which necessitated the belief that the couple had continued their flight by train or established quarters in some remote section of Georgia. The car was owned by Sockwell. the presumption being that be was assisted fn its return b,v • eeonfederate. Airs, Cr< il had been married -bout th years and had many i fiends j Covington who accepted vi*h iv v .dance the theory of (lie ■ jopcinent. S' .-I;well had been a widower about i year and had in some mysferotis manor succeeded in winning the affec¬ tion of tlu> idol of the country homo whose popularity is attested by the in¬ terest being manifested in the efforts that are being made to return her to her distressed mother and step-father dollars each for their apprehension. \ 1!. Loyd. L. A. Biggers. B. F. Dooley. \V. G. Treadwell. li. F. Herring. W. M. Cook, U. Middlehrooks. A. M. Griffin. E. M. Sigma n. AV. H. Crenshaw. II. D. Bush. AV. T. Berry. Carey Cook. R. E. Lee. .1. 1*. Moseley, .7. J). Boyd. Jr. (’. W. Berry. <). T, Briscoe. , J. M. Lay field. Otis Ilardaman. Paul Stewart. S. J. Hays. A . C. Belcher. N, B. Freeman. Paul Cowan. Evans Haygood . J. S. Morgan. P. M . MeCullers. C. X. Hill. W. A. Heard. G. W. Goiter 7. I.. Marks. D. M Thompson. * —V" V F. AT, Jackson. * n B. 1). Dial. - * J. AW Combs. *• • G. H. Davis. J. o. Weldon. *. - .•* G P. Adams. J. N. Lunsford. M r . M. Pope. ’ ; "' I.