Rationing
The following questions and
answers ? first of a series design
ed to explain the principal points
ot the forthcoming program for
point rationing of canned, bot;
tied, and frozen, fruits and vege
tables, juices, dried fruits, and
all soups ? were released today
' by the Office of Price Adminis
tration:
1,. Q. When will actual ration
f ing begin?
A. As early in February as
possible. ~ . .. i
2. Q. Why is it necessary to
suspend retail selling at all
A. There are several reasons.
In .the first place, of course, all
food stores throughout the coun
try must be/giverf an opportunity
to prepaije^for the sfart of ration
ing. They must have time, to
build' up supplied, to trwHf clerks,
tp^receive and post the official
/OPA list of point values arid fa
miliarize themselves with those
values; also it will give the re^
; tatler time to take an inventory
- ? of his processed food. Secondtv,
fhe public must be registered for
Book 2, be notified of the actual
point values, and be given timfe
to study them and budget (heir
points for the first ration period.
8f~Q. How will the housewife
know when point values are
changed?
a mu_ j ? if
a. iuc uewsimpera auu raui'J
?will carry the announcements,
and every food store will have an
OPA poster showing the current
point values of each particular
product. A new poster will be
issued when point values changc.
4. Q. Will the point values be
the same in all stores, or will
they vary between high-price and
low-price stores?
A. The point values are the
same in every store in the coun
try, regardless of the price char
ged. Th?r housewife, in buying a
No. 2 can of tomatoes, will have
to surrender the stamps for the
same number of points regardless
of whether the price is 12 cents
or 15 cents, or whether the can
is of Grade A. B. or C. or any
other grade designation such as
"fancy," "choice," or "stand
ard."
5. Q. How long 'will the first
ration period last?
A. Thait will depend very lar
gely on the date when rationing
begins. If it jfere possible to
start February 1, the first ration
period very probably would take
in the entire month of February.
If, as now seems probable, ra
tioning will begin on a later date,
the first period may be an "odd"
oce covering either the balance
of February or possibly. the bal
ance of February and the full
month of March. Thereafter,
however, rationing periods likely
will correspond to. the calendar
months.
6. Q". What is going to be done
about people who have an excess
i stipply of these commodities on
hand?
Everyone applying for War
Ration Book Two will be requir
ed to fill out and sign a "consum
er declaration" form stating ex
actly the stocks of processed
fcods on hand. , Book 2 will have
stamps'.removed for excess stocks
and thus, in effect; will compel
the applicant to use up thesft
stocks before buying any more.
Heavy federal penalties can be
applied to those making a false
declaration.
7 n r?AA>. *?.!. *? ??
.. %(. wuca img ueciurauon
mean that I will have to declare
the fryits and vegetables I canned
at home last Fall
A. No. Nothing you have pack
ed at home need be declared and
no stamps will be deducted for
these home supplies. It is ex
pected, of course, , that you will
use your home canned goods in
stead of buying commercial pro
ducts and thus help your Govern
ment spread food supplies as
Widely as possible.
8. Q. There seems to be some
question about dried and dehy
drated vegetables and things like
dehydrated dog tooQ. Are these
covered by rationing?
A. No. Only dried and dehydra
ted fruits ? apples, peaches, and
the like. Dry vegetables like
navy beans, split peas, and len
tiles are not included.
9. Q. What about chicken soup,
canned beef broth,1 turtle soup,
and other soups made of meat
or poultry stock containing! few.
if any, vegetables?
A. All canned soups are ra
tioned. no matter, what their con
tent. But not dehydrated soups.
10. Q. But why ration all can
ned soaps; why not only those
made air or largely from vegeta
bles? -
A. Because all canned soups
are Interchangeable. If we can't
get one kind, we are very likely
to take another. If we only ra
tioned vegetable soups, a greM
demand would develop for meat
and chicken soups, with the re
sult that these would disappear
from the shelves in a very short
time.
11. Q. Why is not canned sal
mon and canned meat Included In
the present rationing program?
A. Because ordinarily canned
meat* and Bah are not used in
terchangeably with canned vege
LIBERTY UMEtflCKS
a?.
Said an acrobat named
Ali Ooop,
"I'm constantly telling
my troupe ?
Pledge, all you can
i raise
For War Bonds, these
days,
And Hitler will be in the
Soup!"
V. & Trmtury Lhp C
'r ? ?
tables. The present program was
I intended primarily to cover pro
cessed fruits and vegetables.
12. Q. Will the housewife have
to make an inventory of her can
ned goods by products ? so many
cans of peas, so many of beans,
so many of cherries, and so on
\ .A. No, she need report only
the total number of cans that her
household has on hand when ra
| Honing begins.
13. Q. Can the housewife use
the ration books of all the mem
bers of her family when she goes
shopping. How about the maid
I who is furnished meals?
! A. Yes. she may take along
i each ration book Issued to mem
bers of her household, just as she
does now in buying sugar or cof
; fee with Ration Book One.
Beer Campaign
Raleigh. Jan. 4. ? The beer in
dustry's "clean up ,or close up'
campaign resulted in the elimi
nation of 44 objectionably- re^il
beer outlets iii IS counties 'dur
ing 1942. .
Edgar H.I Bain, of Goldsboro,
State Director of the Brewing
Industry Foundation's North Car
olina Committee, said 34 dealers
lost their licenses by revocaUon.
eight were denied renewal of.U
j censes and two outlets surren
dered their licenses after revoca
tion petitions had been filed.
The annual report also dis
closed that 13 retail outlets were
placed on probation, and 145
others were warned to "clean
up" or face more drastic action.
As a part of its selft-regulation
program, the Committee, held 51
industry meetings during the
year, including meetings of retail
| dealers in 41 cities and towns.
Since the "clean up or close
tup" campaign was started in
North Carolina in May, 1939, the
Committee has cooperated with
local/authorities in the elimina
; tian of 241 objectionable retail
jout-lets ? 180 by revocation, three
by surrender of licenses and 58
by refusal of local boards to .re
license.
I" ? *On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ?
POULTRY MINERAL
COMPOUND
j Four or five extra eggs a yeur
per hen will more than pay for
Watkins Poultry Mineral Com
pound.
Watkins PSew, Improved Poul
try Mineral Compound .is mide
especially for poultry. It pro
vides minerals necessary for htgh
egg production, aids digestion
r.nd helps to keep them in good
condition. w
Here are the essential ingred
ients which are included: Ground
Shell Flour, Calcium Carbonate,
(Limestone, 98% pure). Special
Steamed Bone Meal. Defluorinat
ed Phosphate (Purified), Sodium
Chloride, Sodium Bicarbonate,
Ferric Oxide (Iron Oxide), Char
coal, Sulfur, Manganese Sulfate,
Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide.
(Stabilized, Cobalt Sulfate, Zinc
Sulfate.
Lee H. Bell
The W&tkina Man
LOUISBURG, N. 0.
I
TREASURY DEPARTMENT ?
Bureau of Internal Revenue *
Washington, D. C. *
? FEDERAL INCOME TAX *
No. 1 *
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WHAT IS INCOME TAX?
The federal income tax is, as
the natne implies a tax levied- up
on Incomes, and it is payable in
relation to the amount of income.
Income, for Federal income tax
purposes', means in general any
compensation for one's Services,
whether the compensation be'^n
money or in goods or other ser
vices; it includes also the net val
ue received for the product of
one',8 labor, as farm produce in
the case of a farmer; income from
investments; profit from business
operations; and other gains from
sales and exchanges of goods and
property. Certain limited cate
gories of income are, however,
tax exempt, and to the extent' of
such exemption are excluded in
computing the tax. ,
Becau?? of exemptions from the
tax given to persons having less
than certain stated amounts of
income, as well as because of va
rious^ deductions and credits al
lowable. only a small proportion
of the number of persons receiv
j ing Income have until recently
been subject to* the' tax. Thus,
' of the estimated 55 million per
sons in this country who received*
income in one form or another
during the calendar year 1941,
only some 26 million persons
were required to file Federal in
j come tax returns for that year, I
| while of these same 26 million.!
I more than 9 million were not |
I taxable due to credits and deduc
| tions allowable.
As a result of the lowering of
! exemptions, many more persons
'are now subject to the Federal
I income tax than before, and for
the calendar year 1942 it is'esi-|
mated that more, than 34 million!
persons will file Federal income)
tax returns. To the large num-j
ber of persons now subject to the|
Federal income ?Sx. -who have'
never reported income before for]
Federal tax purposes, an under-;
standing of the law and applica
ble regulations is of prime im
I portanc#,
An income tax return is a de
claration on the part of the tax
payer of his total taxable income]
fm- the year, together with the
various deductions, exemptions,
and credits to which he 'is enti
tled. It is in reliance upon vol-!
untary disclosure, and the integ
rity of taxpayers generally, that
!the cost of administration of the
income tax can be kept at a min
imum. Though the return is a
voluntary statement, any person
*v;ho willfully makes a return
! which he does not believe to be
j true and correct in every material
matter is subject to the penalties
provided by law.
The first requirement of the'
law is the filing of an appropriatej
return. For~ individuals .general-;
Fnr F/xcellence in Investment
1 1 W . ?!!! , 1 M : ' ... "? f v ! IHI
f , ? !?
-uwrtwv of Lai An coles Examiner
THE MOST YOU CAN BUY IS THE LEAST -YOU CAN DO
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ly, this must be don^ by March
15 following the end ot the calen
dar year. The return must be
filed with the appropriate Collec
tor of Internal Revenue for the
district in which is located the
legal residence or principal place
of business ot the person making
the return.
Under the present law every
single person, and every married
person not living with husband
or wife, having a total income
(earnings, together with other
income) of $500 or more, and
married persons living with hus
band or wife throughout the tax
able year, who have an aggregate
income (total earnings of both
husband and wife, together with
other income) of $1200 or more,
regdnjless of the amount of net
income, must file a return.
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Tireless
He had taken pains, when he
applied for work, to -'assure the
farmer that he never got tirei.
When his new employer went to
the field where he had put the
man at work, he found him loll
ing on his back -under a tree.
"What does this mean?" asked
the1' farmer. "1 thought you were
a man who never got tired?"
"I don't." said the hired mian,
calmly. "This doesn't tire me.
. ? o
"You ought to brace up and
show your wife who is running
things at your house." a big bos
sy man said to his henpecked
friend.
"It isn't netessary." replied his
friend. "She knows."
o ? r?
? On l*ay Day, Buy Bonds ?
A Sick Man
Friend (visiting hospital pat
ient): "IlQj'ou know, old man,1
that's a swell looking nurse
you've got."
Patient: "I hadn't noticed."
Friend: "Good Lord! I had no
idea you were that sick."
n
The following item appeared in
a pewspaper recently:
"Dr. Biggs is once more among
us for. a brief season. He saysj
and does exactly as he thinks
right, without regard to the opin
ion and belief of others.
"His yilte is not with him."
o
"The girl I married Jias a twin
sister." \ . -
"Gosh! 5ow do you tell 'em
apart?"
"I don't try to, it's up to the
other one to look out for herself."
Ella Cinders says ?
f itS^NPATMOTlC TO HOARD}
PENNIES NOVW-DAYS, FOLKS, \
'CAUSE THERE'S A SHORTAGE Of j
PENH1ES.S0 HELP YOUR /
COUNTRY- POT AIL YOUR ]
PEHHIES INTO WARSTAMPSy
WE'RE PROUD OF OUR NEW
"ROUGH -WEATHER" FRIENDS
We Believe they
Will "Wear Well"
WAR has changed the lives of many people ?
thrusting them into new jobs, creating new needs
and
opportunities.
Some of them has become acquainted for the first
time with the services of this bank, and we have been
happy to cooperate with them in every way possible.
"Fair-weather" friends often drop away quickly.
But we believe that these new-found friends of "rough
days" of trial and stress will be loyal customers of this
bank for years to come.
CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Henderson, North Carolina
Capital ? Surplus and Profits $400,000.00
Since the Year 1889
Always Dependable
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NEW YEAR'S PARTY
The Intermediate boys anil i
girls of the Centerville Baptist
Church gave a New Year's party
at Mrs. P. M. Sykes Thursday
night, December 31, 1942 at 7::!0
o'clock. A lot of games "wore
played and led by Eula Bertlui
Sykes and Rettie Perry Parrish. i
Special music was played by Ar
chie Thompson and Euthrea An
drews.
Refreshments were served and
enjoyed by the following guests:
Edna Dement, Damona Dement', f
Eugene Dement, Joe Perry De
ment, Louise Gupton, Thurman
Thojnas, Christine Thomas, Ho
ward J-ee Griffin, Truitt Griffin,!
Marion Thompson, Euthrea An-j
drews, Archie Thompson, Ray |
Eury, George Eury, Dolorise Eu
ry, Stuart Raynor,,. Robert Louis
Neal, William Earl Neal, Charlie
Raynor, Drake Griffin, Eula Bor- 1
tha Sykes and Bettie Perry Par
rish.
o :
RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
Ovt'r-Hclllhjf
A touriHi atopped in front of
little country Htore, duinfound
??U lit - 1 lit' Night of an enormous
display I>r hiiII piled on lliu prem
ises. Slack after stack, boxes,
barrels and hags. Toiih of Halt,
Inside tlic store and out. "Ye
Cod, iniin, you iniiHt Hell n lot of
ball," exclaimed the tourist.
"No, I don't sell much," replied
I lie storekeeper, "but you ahoulda
seen (lie Kiiy that came here last
week, lie really COULD sell salt."
I'laiiH are now being made to
ImreitHo the number of alios la
Mlthell County In 1943 to insure
a -Ujore adequate supply of suc
culent feed for cattle.
AT FIRST m |Mk
SIGN OF A 4^1.
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6 64 TABLETS; SALVE. NOSE DROPS
NOTICE!
T ? . . : ? . ' f J
Beginning
With The New Year
We will discontinue keeping our
offices open at night. We will close
at 6:00 o'clock every week night with
the exception of Saturday. In case
of an emergency call our homes. We
will appreciate your cooperating with
r
us in this new schedule.
DR. W. C. PERRY.
DR. J. B. WHELESS./
DR. H. G. PERRY.
FARMING
SUPPMES
BRIDLES
$1.39 up
14 TOOTH
HAKES
75c
Kelly AXES
$2.00 and
$2.50
GIRL CHAMPION PLOWS $6.50
PLOW POINTS $2.00 Doz.
STEEL MAULS $2.00
CARPENTERS
TOOLS
HAMMERS, $1.50
Good Quality *
HAND SAWS, $1.35
Low Price *
HENRY DISSTON SAWS $3.50
CROSS CUT SAWS
PAINTS - ROOFING - Etc. |
FLAT WALL PAINT $2.25 Gal.
ROOFING - ONE PLY $1.25
Furniture |
Gold Seal Rugs . . . $6.95
I Odora Wardrobes . $3.25
BED ROOM $jM-50
SUITES, 3 Piece .
H. C. TAYLOR
Hardware & Furniture
Phone 423-1 Looiiburg, N. 0.