Tabic Shows What You Owe Uncle Sam Under Nation s New Income Tax Schedule Tbe following table shows U* ,to?rpl.v increased Federal Income *xes under the new *3.563.400.000 tax bU!. Met income" Is entire Income af ur didncttons for contributions, in tereCT paid, bud debts. etc., but be fore the personal exemption is sub tracted. Personal exemptions will be ?750 lor single persons and $1500 for married couples. S400 is allowed for each dependent. No: Income am?. No Marricc. No Qepcndenu Old Tax Nem Tax old Tax New Tat $ 800 * 3 00 ? 900 S 0.44 11.40 1.000 4.40 21.00 1.500 ?4.20 80.00 1.600 28.16 78.60 2.000 44.00 117 00 2.500 63.80 165.00 $ n qo 3.000 83.60 220 50 30 B0 4.000 123.2? 346.50 70 40 5.000 ; 171.60 482.50 none ?.000 255.20 648.50 14960 7.000 S43 M 825.50 233 20 8.000 448.80 1.030.50 316 80 9,000 558.80 1.246.50 422 40 10.000 686 40 1.492.50 528 00 15.000 1.476.20 2.994 00 1.258 40 20,000 2.666.40 4529.00 2,336 40 25.000 4.252.60 7.224.00 3.843.40 QUICK .RELIEF. FROM Symptoms of Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS we to EXCESS ACID hwll?oliTilb?>W?o?Tr?iltrtlM bst Mu w H WllCnt Yh NoIM? tvrr two million botliMauribfWILIJLRO VRE ATMENTh**?b*an ?<???< for relief of ^pnpUuntofdlatnMkrlMvr ??I PiiOimI m.i? &m? to the madnit DRUG CO. Bill Miler Sends Cable To Mother: "All Is Well" Mrs. Mel Miller has received a cablegram from her son. First Lieu tenant "Bill" Miller, stationed in Manila, bringing her tlie brief, but welcome news: "All is well". "Bill" Miller, born and reared In Murphy, quit his post as resident physician of a hospital in St. Peters I burg, Fla , to enter the medical carps immediately after Uncle Sam's I first call for men. ? 6 Groat Truck EnglnesI ? 18 Whoolbaso Lengths! ?112 Standard Chault and Body Modottl HORSEPOVQ III MICE Z MORE POWER 115 ? KONOMICAl POWER, TOO, betause it's Job-Ra*edl ? Vonr Dodge Job-Rated truck will be engineered, built and "sized" to fit YOUR job. It will be powerful, ye? economical, with exactly the right one of six great 1?" engines to pull your londs most satisfactorily. Every other '"lit will he "sized" for the work at hand. Still priced witn Ihe lowest ? . . easy budget terms! Come in today! A?d your Dodge Dealer "KEEPS 'EM ROILING WITH A-l SERVICE! 1 ??d Spcctfeoitora Subf^l *o Chnm^m WMiaat No?e* E. C. MOORE Murphy, S. C. LETTER TO EDITOR A good many residents ot this sec tio nhave suffered, financially ?t least. through the shortage In hous ing .ilcilities. but the Seoul believes that few have liad as difficult a me as the writer of the letter, re printed below. The name ol the ?Tit er is withheld, at her request. Her letter terminu with good num.>,- despite haidship* that would have downed most men. follows: Boom* are not so good. Some imi s they mean cannon, and war. Ev-n in industrial d-vr!opment- they d -n t i verjb.-.dy The Murpln E ) m. for instance. lvis certainly b.-tn anything but a help to thfe v.idow without two pennies to rub tovethe;. Then was a man %hu could pav more rent than I could, and so I r> id to start out. with two babic. with the whoopin" couch, looking fo. I packed my few things Two bed a lew chairs and my canned Roods, lor which I had gathered tvrnes and fruits that God made so plenti ful Two boys were kind enough to lake me. on their truck, to a log house in the hills It was one mile from water, but I moved in. grate fully. and went to bed. "The next thins I knew, here came copperhead snikes. wanting to know why whooping cough babies should disturb their quiet "I moved to another log cabin When I got there I found the place had been used as a chicken house, and it was full of mites. So it was move again. I went to my Aunt's house. She was so glad to see me?at least she said so. But there was no place in her seven-room house, with only two grown-up occupants, for sick babies So it was a case of move again. "I found a house. I was supposed to pay $3 .i month; but when I got there 1 found someone else had of fered $6 "I find another mountain cabin. The roof leaks. No matter. But there are panthers. They scream and scream and scream They may be hungry, and we are helpless So I must move again. This time I go up a rocky branch. I meet lots of friends, along the way and we have lots of fun. Finally I ' reach the house. It is deep in the mountains, and the pole-cat stink is i so strong we cant eat. Now comes some good luck I get a work card to go back on the WPA So we move again I am lucky enough to find a house. I have no money, but I show my work card, and the woman accepts my promise to pay That was Thursday I was supposed to move In next day. "I get a truck Saturday, and the . woman sits on her porch and *| watches us get my poor stuff into ?i the house; watches the boys put up J my stove, watches the truck drive "j > off. Then she comes rushing over 3 screaming: "Stop that Truck!" 5 "When I ask what is wrong she1J tells me: "I have this house rented, -j You get out." 3 Then I learn that Friday, the day ]i r was supposed to move in. she had ?; rented the house to a man who had paid her four dollars in advance ;j "I laughed myself to sleep that ;; night Playing Kitty wants a Comer j is such a joy game' y "I go house huntinc a train My beds art thrown in the yard, and lay ;i ?here all night: bu; I say my prav- ?] ers. When you have love ' Gc1. .j .md f"st in Him he will lend yon J throw. He led the Children of Israel throueh thi Red Sea. ant! hp .j is the sam< God today. < "A 'Good Samaritan' actually came j hunting me :o tell me he had shelter ?; for n homeless widow and helples* babies. So here we are. It Is a log ; cabin, but I? me it seems like a man- ?_ slon. T' vis raining when we got . here, but this roof does not leak. I "As soon as it stopped raining I ; took my two year old grandchild, and ? ' went in the yard, and knelt and 1 1 thanked God. This new home is in ; the woods, and T can pray. In soil- ! ? ? tude .every day. just as Jesus prayed ' on the mountain top. That Is my ; happiest moment?when I can stand ? ' in the great woods, and pray. "It doesn't take much to make j me happy?enough to eat. a place to sleep and keep warn?good health ?a baby's smile. And, also, to be ? able to do something for those worse off than I. "I envy no man his home, his money or his car. I have good health .and a clear conscience. "May God bless my "Good Saroari n.' Thr homr he gave m? was all* u had H v\\ ix iv^dtncf burned to liit g:ound last year I did washing yesterday and ui.ii.. n men to feed my babi? ^ Aiid cue unt:! cSark Today I .ill ? *r :n ?ixi 1 kixrw that I ?? .1 much perhaps more? |h . r- si t*-!' SAVE TIME! SAVt MONkYl SAVE WORK! UNIVERSAL WliiM i li Range?the range at "Precision Cooking." Ask for a demonstration of its many exclusive features that possible "Precision ( . .ing", the new idea in i iiv. trie cookerv. MAGIC EYE OVEN CONTROL switches automat k-allv from preheat to hakin*, lights up to ?How when oven i? ?**. HLECT A TROl po-nUt. at Timer Control wHli oven, economy cooker ?r convenience o??tlet. HfllRPHY ELECTRICAL SHOP Mrs. H G. Elkins. Prop. Ph'ne 1 34-R AVAILABLE NOW IN MURPHY 4 COMPLETE LINE OF PLUMBING j FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES Bath-rooms Furnaces?Stokers and n l other Types of Heating Equipment ALSO A COMPLETE LINE OF ELECTRIC FIXTURES AND SUPPLIES Wiring?Tubing- Parts Gadgets S'lEET METAL WORK?ROOFING Licensed Exp??rt PHjmb^rs Licensed Expert Electricians Skilled Heaters and Sheet Metal Workers Free Estimates on Any cf ihc Above Work ALL Work Guaranteed and Backed By Onr Years of Service THE ROGERS PLUMBING COMPANY Mnrphy Branch Manatfd by the President of the N. C. Afwoelatlon of rinmhine and Hcatlnr Contractor*. Office* Located. for the present. In rear of ( arrinrer> Store or call Clierokee Scout. Phone 20.

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