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Necessities Of Life Exempt From Sales Tax After July 1 Rep. Uzzell Points Out In Digest Exemptions of the necessities of life from state sales tax levies will become effective July 1, 1937, according to Represen tative George R- Uzzell, who prepared the following digest of the sales tax law upon request of a representative of The Herald. Under the provisions of the new revenue bill, Mr. Uzzell pointed out, that flour, meal, meat, lard, milk, molasses, salt, sugar, coffee, bread and rolls will not be subject to the sales tax, after July 1, the date the new law goes into effect. Changes made in the sales tax law by the 1937 General As sembly, as compiled by Repre sentative Uzzell, follow: “The Sales Tax was enacted into law by the 1933 Legisla ture for the purpose of provid ing emergency revenue for the support of the public schools of the State in substitution for the taxes formerly levied on real property for this purpose. Many changes were made in the 1935 Legislature, the most important of which was the removal of the exemptions provided in the original act. i “The most important changes in this law, which takes effect on July 1st, 1937, are as follows: “(1) The exemptions of the necessities of life, which are considered the following articles; “Flour, meal, meat, lard, milk, molasses, saltj ~sugar, coffee, bread and rolls.” “(21 The maximum tax to be of merchandise has been raised imposed on any single article, from $10.00 to $15.00; ‘((31 Sales of used articles take in trade, or a series of trades, as a credit or“part pay ment on the sale or a new arti cle, are exempt from sales tax, provided i:hat the tax is paid on the full gross sales price of the new article. New articles means the original stock in trade of the merchant, and shall not be limited to newly manufactur ed articles. The resale of arti cles repossessed by the vendor shall likewise be exempt from the gross sales tax; “(The Director of the Budget, the chairman of the Highway Commissioner of Revenue shall quarterly determine the amount of gasoline sold in the State, and the average retail price, in clusive of the tax o? six cents per gallon, and sHa# pa this basis compute the amount of tax liability at the rate of three per cent, and such computed sum shall be deducted from the tax of six cents per gallon, and credited to the sales tax revenue. (With no restrictions this would mean a diversion of more than four million dollars from the Highway Fund.) However, these restrictions are written into the law, which have the ap proval of Governor Hoey, who ic interested in using as much of this money as can possibly be saved in the construction and maintenance of the ' secondary roads of the State: "“These sums shall be available only after full provision is made for the ex pense of collecting highway re venues, for the administration ,f the Highway and Public vVcrks Commission, for the ser* ■ice of the debt, and for reason ible maintenance of State and county highways, nor shall the money be available to the gener al fund unless the Director of the Budget shall fine such sum ,to be reasonably necessary to meet appropriations from the general fund; nor shall the a mount allocated be transferred |to the general fund until the general fund is exhausted, or un til the_ Director of the Budget shall find as a fact that such transfer is necessary to prevent a deficit, and then to be trans ferred only after provisions have been made for the highways, as set out above; “(5)' An excise tax of three per cent is levied on the pur chase price of all tangible per sonal property purchased subse quent to June 30th, 1937, which shall ente£ into or become a part of any buildings or any other kind of struct! . e in this State, including all materials, supplies, fixtures and equipment of every kind and description which shall be annexed thereto or in any manner become a part thereof, except rough and dressed lum ber (but not mill work), brick or hollow tile, sand, gravel, crushed stone, rock and granite. (If the purchase of the building materials are made by a con tractor, there shall be a joint liability for the tax against both the contractor and the owner, but the liability of the. owner shall be satisfied if he is fur nished” by an affidavit of~the contractor, before final settle ment is made, showing that the tax levied has been paid in full.)” READ THE ADS -:-i Outlines Procedures For Filing Of Old-Age Benefits’ Claims Unde Social Security Act Procedures for filing of claims for the payment of lump sums under the Federal old-age bene fits plan of the Social Security Act, surpassing in simplicity any others for similar use yet devised either for government or private business purposes were outlined here by Marvin Shirley, Field Representative, Post Office Building, Salisbury, N. C. Moreover, Mr. Shirley declar ed that when the claims proce dures are in full operation the ad judication of properly completed claims can be accomplished with unusual dispatch following their receipt in the Washington office of the Board- ^Claims already filed range from a few dollars each to $105. A simple form has been de vised by the Social Security Board for the use of each of the five different types of claim ants. Separate forms are pro vided for: (1) wage earners, (2) widows or widowers, (3) other close relatives, (4) execu . . 1 / c* \ tors or aamimsiraiois, <mu guardians or committees. They ask a minimum of from two to a maximum of 12 questions. A sixth form, known as “Statement of Employer,” is a simple report by the employei giving only the total amount oi wages paid the^etppHoyee anc the employment period. Mr. Shirley pointed out tha one means of achieving simpli city in the claims procedure wa by devising a form for each typ< of claim instead of trying to usi one form for all types. Mr. Shirley said forms are ob tainable, and that assistance ii executing them is available a the Salisbury office of the Board in the Post Office Building. Field offices of the Board wil contact claimants when it is in dicated they may be eligible fo a benefit and explain and hel] claimants to execute the neces sary forms. Pointing to the simplicity o the claims forms, Mr. Sflfttey dc dared this makes unnecessar the employment of attorneys o claims agents to assist claimant? Even a notary fee will not b necessary, Mr. Shirley said, o claims of $100 or less. The lump-sum payment provi sions of the Federal old-ag benefits plan became effectiv January 1- Monthly benefits d not become operative until 1942. Persons eligible for lump-sum payments are those in covered employments after 1936, who at age 65 either fail to have total wages of $2,000 or fail to meet the time requirement, or both. To qualify for a monthly bene fit a wage earner must be 65 years old, his total wages from covered employments after 1936 must be $2,000 or more and he must have earned wages after 1936 in covered employment for at least one day in each of five different calendar years Lump-sum payments now pay able amount to three and one half percent of the total wages earned by the individual in cov ered employments after 1936. If a wage earner files a claim the form for “wage earner” is to be used. If the wage earner dies before attaining age 65, or before filing a claim on the “wage earner” form, and does not leave a will, payment will be made to the widow or widow er, if either survives. The widow or widower form is to be used in such cases. | Where the wage earner dies without leaving a will or a sur viving spouse, the “close rela tive” form is to be used for a claim biled by a child or grand child or his legal custodian if under legal disability, or by the : father or mother of the deceased wage earner. >! The “executor or administra tor” form is for the use of th< : executor or administrator of th< j deceased wage earner. Th< ' i “guardian or committee” forn 1 is to be used by the guardian 01 '•'committee of the legally incom »petent wage earner. { The “Statement of Employer’ ‘ is to be filed with each type o " claim. Prompt execution of thi: r;form by the employer will be o: 3 material help to the wage earne "iwho is filing a claim. Thi , “Statement of Employer,” Mr 1 Shirley explained, is required ii adjudicating early claims. Whei >r the Board has completed the set iting up of initial records for eacl ^ of the 26,000,000 wage earner “ under this section of the Act 1 and as employees’ earnings ar reported, there will be less occa “ sion to use the “Statement o ^ Employer” form now required. However, since the first re port ot employee wages are not due from the employer until next July, the “Statement of Employ er” is being used in every case. After wage records of employees are current, the “Statement of Employer” may be used in some cases to supplement the Board’s records. Supporting papers necessary for claims adjudication are: (1) proof of date of birth where the claim is for an amount in excess of $100, (2) proof fo death if: the wage earner is deceased, and (3) proof of appointment where the application is filed by execu tor, administrator guardian or committee. Complete details and assistance regarding the filing of claims may be obtained by employers and employees located in Rowan,. Iredell, Catawba, Alexander, Caldwell, Wilkes, Watauga, Ashe and Alleghany Counties, upon! application to the Salisbury office of the Social Security Board. PARTS BANKS ON 5-DAY WEEK Paris.—Paris banks inaugur ated a five-day banking week with large signs on bank doors informing customers that all de partments would be closed every •Saturday. No unofficial ex change operations were carried jon because of the new closing policy. 40 Used Cars i i SPRING SALE '36 Plymouth Sedan i ’35 Plymouth Coach t| ’29 Chrysler Sedan ’33 Chevrolet Coach ! ’29 Ford Roadster ■ ’31 Buick Sedan ’31 Pontiac Sedan ! ’35 Plymouth Coach ’35 Chevrolet Coach ; ’34 Plymouth Sedan l ’33 Chevrolet Sedan i ’33 Chevrolet Coupe "i ’31 Ford Coach ; 10 Cheap Cars $25 to $75 ; McCANLESS MOTOR CO. Salisbury and Kannapolis ,T0 MAKE CELOTEX ABROAD New York. — Formation of a British corporation to manufac ture and market celotex pro ducts in the British isles and colonial possessions was an nounced by B. G. Dahlberg, pre* sident of Celotex corporation, of Chicago. | - INSPECT PROPOSED PARK j Key West, Fla.—Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and Harry Hopkins, Works Pro gress administrator, inspected from the air the tropical area on the southern tip of the Flor-j ida peninsula proposed for the Everglades National park- They were flown in a coast guard plane. 'change hours to ;SEE QUINTS j Callander, Ont.—The Dionne^ quintuplets will be on public view twice daily this summer, .Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, their phy sician, announced. During the[ [winter they could be seen only! once daily. The visiting hours |vill be 9:30 a. m. to 10 a. m.1 .nd 2:30 p. m. to 3 p. m. ARGENTINE SURPLUS WHEAT LOW Buenos Aires.—A statement )y the ministry of agriculture showed Argentina already al ready has exported most of its available wheat surplus. From January 1 to April 16, inclusive, Argentina exported 3,003,741 tons of wheat, and the ministry estimated the remaining surplus is only 949,922 tons. j Tokoyo.—More than 100 per sons were reported drowned in floods on the Japanese-Russian island of Sakhalin. Whole vil lages were submerged by over flowing rivers. Hedrick Reelected President Of North Carolina Baraca Union GOV- HOEY SPEAKS ON TEMPERANCE Featured by an a*ddress by Governor Hoey on “Temper ance” and the election of offi cers, the 25th annual convention of the North Carolina Baraca Union and Philathea Union came to a close Sunday in High Point. B. V. Hedrick, of Salisbury, was reelected president of the North Carolina Baraca Union and presided over the sessions of the convention. Miss Gladis Kivett, of High Point, was reelected president of the Philathea Union. Temperance as a “safe way of life” was stressed in an address here Sunday afternoon by Gov ernor Clyde Hoey before the closing session of the State Ba raca-Philathea convention. Hoey asserted the world to day needs a temperance lesson and that men should turn back to the old testament, a work, he said, that teaches “temperance and the safe way of life.” He attacked liquor and its use. The Governor was introduced by Judge Lewis E. Teague. Mrs. K. Edwin Fussell of Win ston-Salem was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Philatheas. The office of gen eral secretary is to be filled later by the board of directors. Miss Henrietta Heron of Washington, D. C., general coun selor of the Philathea union, closed the convention with a con secration service. Other officers elected follow: R- L. Pope, of Thomasville, was dected treasurer and A. B. Sa leebv, of Salisbury, was chosen to the Baraca advisory board. | The following vice-presidents were chosen: Baraca, R. N. Simms of Raleigh; D. B. Dunn, Oxford; Wilbur Smith, Reids ville. Philathea, Miss Elizabeth Clark, Wilson; Miss Frances Cunningham, Asheville; Mrs. J. L. Simmons, Kinston, and Mrs. Grace High, Durham. ' The Baraca board of directors elected follows: 1 Dr. D. E. Faust, Salisbury; Dr. Roseby Wilson, Asheville; O- A. Johnson, Durham; Dr. George E. Dennis, Raleigh; M. K. Hall, Greensboro, and H. O. Fisher, Durham. I Philathea directors elected: Mrs. C. A. Walch, Kinston; iMrs. Fred Smith, Salisbury; Miss Florine Robertson, Burl ington ; Mrs. C. E. Siceloff, High |Point, and Mrs Forrest Redden, .Winston-Salem. Following the business session Saturday afternoon the annual nemorial service for all mem ! )ers of Baraca and Philathea classes who have died since the last convention was conducted with Bishop J. K. Pfohl of Win ston-Salem delivering the main address Oxford was chosen as the 1938 convention city at the annual banquet which was featured by an address by Dean P. E. Lind ley of High Point college, on ‘‘Understanding, Appreciation and Participation in Religious Education.” Awards for the year were also announced at the dinner. The Johnson Philathea class of the Edgemont Baptist church, Dur ham, was awarded the banner for the outstanding work during the past year, while the Smoot Baraca class of the First Metho dist church, Salisbury, was a warded the banner for the out standing Baraca class work. Forsyth county received the banner for having the best Ba raca-Philathea county union. .TOBACCO PRICES HIGHER New York. — The average price of U. S. type 12, grade B4F, flue-cured tobacco for the week ended April 17 advanced to 20-2 cents per pound from 20 cents in the preceding week, H. A. Stich, tobacco economist, leported. In the same week of 1936 the average price was 17.8. cOOF FALL ON .WORSHIPERS Lima, Peru.—A church roof crashed down on several score people gathered for prayer dur ing earth tremors at the An dean city of Cajabamba, reports to Lima said. The worshipers rushed madly for the doors, several being injured. F. R.’s ELDEST A MOOSE Baston.—James Roosevelt, the President’s eldest son headed a class of 200 who were initiated with solemn ritual into the Loyal Order of the Moose. High na tional and regional officials and a delegation of 50 from Phila delphia were among the 600' at tending the ceremony, f ^_ CONFESSIONS OF A ‘GOLD DIGGER” Another installment of the as tonishingly frank memoirs of a former stage star who tells how a disappointed suitor killed him self in Paris for love of her. Read this intriguing story in the May 2 issue of the American Weekly, the big magazine which comes regularly with the BAL TIMORE SUNDAY AMERI CAN. 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