WHAT’S WHAT
ABOUT
SOCIAL SECURITY
|2 As another service to its read
ers, The Herald each week will
give authoritative answers to
questions on the Social Security
Law. By special arrangement
with Mr. George N. Adams in
i Rocky Mount, N. C* the Social
Security Board has consented to
: pass on the accuracy of answers
to questions on Social Security,
which may be asked by employ
ers, employees, and others,
through The Herald. Address
inquiries to the Editor. Answers
will be given here in the order
in which questions are received.
This is an informational service
and is not legal advice or ser
vice. In keeping with Social Se
curity Board policy names will
not be published.
Question: Cgn a farmer receive
old-age benefits? If so, to" whom
would he pay taxes? I am 53 years
of age.
Answer: The obligations and bene
fits under the Social Security Act
ore not optional. Agricultural labor
is specifically excepted under the
Act. Earners and farm workers,
however, come under the act when
they engage in any other employ
mpnt. which is not specifically ex
cepted under Title VIII of the Social
Security Act. For example, canning,
public road building, lumbering, em
ployment in the tobacco markets and
such things are not excepted agricul
tural labor within the meaning of the
law, according to rulings made by
the Bureau of Internal Revenue which
is charged with administering the
tax provisions of the Social Securi
ty Act. Employers, as such, may not
pay taxes on themselves and receive
■a benefit. A man might ordinarily
*be an employer but might also be an
employee if he worked for someone
else. As an employee, engaged in a
covered employment, he would be
eligible to qualify for benefits. As
long as you engage in purely farm
work you can not come under the
old-age benefits provision of the Act.
As a farmer and as an employer,
however, you benefit from the bene
fits provisions of the Act inasmuch
as it is obvious that the amounts
paid employees in old-age benefits,
and in unemployment compensation
will be expanded principally for food
grown by the farmer and the gen
uine necessities of life. Study shows
very real and definite re
lationship between the economic wel
fare of the industrial worker and
the income of the farmer.
' Question: Suppose I die shortly
after I reach 65 years of age and had
begun to draw monthly old-age bene
fits checks under the Social Security
Act? What will happen then?
V Answer: Your monthly benefits
check Will be sent you as long as you
live after you reach 65 and other
wise qualify under the law. The
amount of the monthly check will
depend on the total amount of wages
you have earned. If, when you die,
the total of your monthly benefits
has not amounted to 3 1-2 per cent of
the total wages you have earned in j
covered employment, after December!
31, 1936, and prior to reaching 65, up I
to $3,000 a year from any one em
ployer, your estate will be paid the
difference between the total benefits
which were paid before you died and
3 1-2 per cent of your total covered
wages. The amount of your estate
would be made in one final lump
sum payment.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1937
Question: I have just married.
My wife worked before we were mar
ried and had an account number and
paid taxes on her salary. She does
not work now and possibly will not
work any more. Can she get any
money under the Social Security Act
for the time she has already worked?
Answer: The wages she has
earned will stand to her credit until
she reaches 65. If she should earn
more wages between this date and
the time she reaches 65, these, like
wise, will be credited to her account.
She will not draw monthly benefits,
however, until she reaches 65. Should
she die before she is 66 a lump-sum
payment equal to 3 1-2 per cent of
her wages earned since December 31,
1936, in employment not specifically
excepted under Title VIII of the So
cial Security Act,’ will be made her
estate.
Board of Education
Proceedings
The meeting was called to order
by the Chaifbian, Mr.- S. E.- Morris.
The following members were pre
sent: Bjlr. T. L. Ward, Mr. Isaac
" Byrum,' Mr. Z. T. Evans, Mrs. George
C. Wood and Mr. S. E. Morris.
The minutes of the August meet
ing were read by the Secretary and
duly approved.
The Treasurer’s Report was read
and duly approved.
Motion was made and seconded
that Frank W- Benton be given con
sideration in the event in the future
a gymnasium •at Chowan High
School was constructed, in conside
ration of the work Mr. Benton has
already done on this project in the
way of drawing plans and making
estimates of same.
Motion was made by Mr. W. B.
Shepard and seconded by Mr. Z. T.
Evans that all elementary children
be restricted to the respective school
districts in which they now reside,
irrespective as to where they have
attended heretofore, and that no
child be transported to these schools
where transportation is not designat
ed.
Motion was made and duly se
conded that the State School bus
routes for Chowan County be ap
proved.
The Superintendent was authoriz
ed to petition the Committee of the
State School Commission relative to
making a change in the bus route
by Rocky Hock Landing.
Motion was made and seconded
that the Superintendent be authoriz
ed to continue with the work on the
Chowan School site in a manner
which Ke thinks Vfsely.
Motion was made and duly second
ed to approve the following County
Bills:
J R Bunch, for paint War
rens Grove School —-—$ 37.50
Stephen Privott, for labor on
Chowan grounds 3.85
Robert Privott, for labor on
Chowan grounds 3.85
Willie Reed, for labor on
Chowan grounds -45
Porter Byrum, for labor on
Chowan grounds -* 4.83
C M Ward, for labor on Cho
wan grounds 1.75
C T Taylor, for labor on Cho
wan grounds 4.18
j Jodie Williams, for labor on
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EDENTON, N. C.
Monday - Tuesday, Sept. 13-14
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' t FAMILY REUNION
The family and friends of C. T.
Baker entertained him at a surprise
birthday dinner, at his home near
Merry Hill, August 29th celebrating
his 64th birthday. Dinner was serv
ed on the lawn to the following, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Rhea and son, Bob
by, of Franklin, Va., Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Wammock and children, Annie,
Eva, Harry Lee, and Virginia Smith
of Scotland Neck, Herman Tart of
Franklin, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Outlaw and son, Alton, Mr. and Mrs.
George Bazemore and son, Edward,
Mrs. Viola Cowand and son, Horace,
Mrs. Virginia Lane and daughter,
Virginia, Elizabeth, Mr. arid Mrs. C.
T. Baker and daughter, Louise, of
Merry Hill, Mr. and Mrs. D. P.
Mizelle and children, Kermit, Forest,
Rudolph, Doris, Arcie Gray and
Katherine of Edenton, Mr. and Mrs.
L, H. Foxwell and daughters, Estelle
and Marion of Norfolk, Va., Mr. and
Mrs. C. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Cobb and children, Martin, Jr., and
Katherine, Mr. and Mrs. Hershey
Outlaw, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Phelps
and S. A. Adams all of Merry Hill.
Chowan grounds 3.05
Baker Hollowell, 3 bushels of *
peas on Chowan grounds _ 4.50
Norman Hollowell, plowing 3
hours on Chowan grounds- 4.50
P L Baumgardner, for work
on Chowan grounds 16.00
Byrum. Hardware Co., part
payment on roofing mater
ial 200.00
R O Furry, labor 2.75
P L Baumgardner, for work
on Chowan grounds 8.00
Peter Privott, for janitor in
July and August 20.00
Brame Specialty Co., toilet
fixtures 8.62
W T Bunch, labor on Oak
Grove School site 4.15
W T McClinney, painting
Warrens Grove School 30.00
Noland & Co, three labora
tory sinks 12.79
Chowan Reality Co, office
rent „ 15.00
Chowan Herald, proceedings
and legal advertising ll.BO
Chas. M. Johnson, payment
on Literary Fund 1200.00
There being no further business,
motion was made and duly seconded
to adjourn.
S. E. MORRIS, Chairman,
W. J. TAYLOR, Secretary.
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1 EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS 1
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