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THE BEAUFORT NEWS BEAUFORT, N. C.
JThursday, Januaryj5. 1942,
INCOME TAX
Question And Answers For
This Newspaper's Read
ers From U. S. Treas
ury Department
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WHO MUST FILE A RE
TURN? Every single person hav
ing a gross income of $750 or
more; every married person, not
living with husband or wife, and
having a gross income of $750 or
rrore; and married persons living
with husband or wife, who have an
aggregate gross income of $1,500
or more.
WHEN MUST RETURN'S BE
FILED? For the calendar year
1941, on or before March 16, 1942.
For the fiscal year, on or before
the loth day of the third month
following the close of the fiscal
year.
WHERE AND WITH WHOM
MUST INCOME TAX RETURNS
BE FILED? In the internal reve
nue district in which the person
lives or has his chief place of busi
ness, and with the collector of in
ternal revenue.
HOW DOES ONE MAKE OUT
HIS INCOME TAX RETURN? By
following the detailed instructions
given on the income tax blanks,
Form 1040 and Form 1040A (op
tional simplified form).
WHAT IS THE TAX RATE?
A normal tax of 4 percent on the
amount of the net income in ex
cess of the allowable credits a
gainst net income (personal ex
emption, credits for dependents,
inte'-sst on obligations of the Unit
ed S aies and its instruments and
earn d income credit) jn the com
putation of the normal tax net in
com'?; and a graduated surtax on
the p mount of net income in ex
cess of the allowable credits (per
sonal exemption and credit for de
pendents) against net income in .
the computation of the surtax net j
income.
EVENING
GLITTER
Here's that "flit
ter" so smart for
formal evening
dresses for gala
occasions, high
points of the
: holiday season.
Of ten the bod-
: ice, or bodice
and neplum, are
a mass of gleam
ing sequins,
while the skirt
is in plain fabric.
Or the entire
dress may be
sprinkled over
with sequins, as
in this New York
creation made of
gold taffeta.
Here the glitter
: follows a deli-
: cate spider - web
design, spreads
all over the
; bouffant skirt
and tight fitting,
low-cut bodice.
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Everyone Must Have
Forms
Forms for filing returns of
income for 1941 have been
sent to persons who filed re
turns last year. Failure to re
jeive a form, however, does
not relieve a taxpayer of his
obligation to file his return
and pay the tax on time on
r before March 16 if the return
is made on the calendar-year basis,
iS is the case wit hmost individ
uals. Forms may be obtained upon
request, written or personal, from
che offices of collectors and from
deputy collectors of internal reve
nue in the larger cities and towns.
A person should file his return
on Form 1040, unless his gross in
come for 1941 does not exceed
$3,000 and consists wholly of sal
ary, wages, or other compensation
for personal services, dividends,
interest, rent, annuities, or royal
tita, In T.hLh event he may e!ecf
to file it on Form 1040, a simpli
fied form on which the tax may
be readily ascertained by reference
o a table contained in the form.
The return must be filed with
the collector ot internal revenue
for the district in which the tax
payer has his legal residence or
principal place of business on or
before midnight of March 16,
1942. The tax may be paid in full
at the time of filing the return or
in four equal installments, due on
or before March 16, June 15, Sep
tember 15, and December 15.
In making out your income tax
return read carefully the instruc
tions that accompany the form. If
you need more information, it may
be obtained at the office of the
collector of internal revenue, dep
uty collector, o an internal reve
nue agent in charge.
Remember that single persons
or married persons not living with
husband or wife, who eara as
much as $14.43 a week for the iZ
weeks of the year, and married
persons living together who have
aggregate earnings of as much as
$28.85 a week for the year, ace re
quired to file returns.
Defense Program
Putting Greater
Burden On Welfare
By MRS. W. T. BOST
State Welfare Commissioner
The close of 1911 has placed
upon organized public welfare
service a greater responsibility
than it has ever faced before. Only
a little more than a year ago pub
lic welfare agencies were concern
ed primarily with building econom
ic and social security for the less
fortunate portion of our popula
tion. Now those same agencies are
faced with the huge task of coor
dinating the social security pro
grams with the nation's war effort
to make certain America's total
defense against an all-out war.
That the maintenance of both
home security and military secur
ity will be continued at the high
est possible levels has been shown
in recent Washington announce
ments that the government is plan
ning adoption of a war risk insur
ance plan similar to that protect
ing British homes destroyed by
conflict.
Our soldiers and sailors in ac
tion are already aware of legal
provisions safeguarding their re
turn to their old jobs after their
period of service. The people of
North Carolina and of the nation
have heard the voice of the presi
dent tell them that the social gains
of the past few years will not be
lost in the country's concentration
upon production of the material
of war.
North Carolina's general wel
fare program has been more or
less concurrent with wars. Follow
ing the Civil War, the newly adopt
ed Constitution of 1868 made
mandatory upon the legislature
Quail Hunting Good
In North Carolina
Geese Flew High
At Mattamuskeet
RALEIGH, Jan. 7. Low water
and mild weather generally pre
vailing severely affected hunting
at Lake Mattamuskeet, famed as
one of the best goose-shootine
spots in America, Special Protector
Oscar Chadwick of the State De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment reported.
In 4,695 man-hunting days dur
ing the two-months migratory wild
fowl season which closed on De
cember 31, 4,187 geese and 1.528
ducks were killed at Mattamus
keet and surrounding territory in
Hyde County, Chadwick reported.
Decoys Hit By Priorities
TALEIGH, Jan. 7. Mark up on
vour list of unexpected items hit
y priorities: decoys. Makers or
he life-like geese and ducks that
.ttract wildfowl to Eastern North
Carolina blinds had so much troub
e netting balsa wood and copper
wire that their output was reduc
ed near three-fourths this season.
Bluebird weather disappeared
in North Carolina with the closing
if the migratory wildfowl season.
With another month of the upland
hunting season, State Game Com
missioner Hinton JJames is get
ting nothing but the ,;best reports"
from game protectors on the num
ber of quail in the fields. James
admits that he wouldn't be surpris
ed if "bobwhite" shooting this
month were the best in years.
the establishment of a State Board
of Public Charities. At about the
time of America's entry into
World War I, the State's welfare
plan was reorganized and broaden
ed, and after the close of that con
flict welfare services were estab
lished in all counties of North Car
olina on either a full or a part-time
basis.
Now again we are fighting for
survival of the American way of
life. North Carolina has contrib
uted much to that way in the year
now closing. About 39,300 needy
people each month receive $4,618,
216 in federal, state and local
funds to supplement their regular
income in order to provide a more
decent standard of living.
An average of 23,300 dependent
children were enabled to stay in
their own homes or with relatives
by the expenditure of $1,983,681
in their interest.
The total 1941 public assistance
payments from federal, state and
county funds amounted to $6,601,
110 spent for needy aged and de
pendent children in 1940.
This after four and a half years
of operation North Carolina's pub
lic assistance aid has grown from
little or nothing to a sum suffi
cient to care in part for 67,600 un
fortunate citizens a month and
this does not include aid to the
blind administered by the State
Blind Commission.
At the end of the year 18 spec
ial workers interested in children
were employed in North Carolina,
and 34 counties made use of son
sultative services of trained work
ers in handling their child welfare
problems. Counties and the fed
eral government combined rose to
meet the $53,480 necessary for
this type of work.
Since the first of the year the
State Welfare Department has
supervised selection of 10,278
youths for Civilian Conservation
Corps. This record number of se
lectees returned their relatives al
lotments of $1,099,880; retained
$591,888 for their own immediate
use and deposited to their credit
$497,94 4 to be used upon leaving
the service. An average of 6,168
boys a month were in 33 camps op
erating in the state.
Free lunches have been given
108,914 needy, undernourished
graded school pupils once a day in
1,437 public schools. Thus there
is assured to this many of North
Carolina's future citizens a strong
er, healthier body for their adult
hoiJ. This phase of the commodity
dit.tiibution program has been
stressed even more strongly in
1941 than it was last year. De
cember 1941 showed 2(795 schools
feeding 208,939 children as com
pared with 528 schools aiding 119,
348 children in December 1940.
The department distributed a
total of 48,200,854 pounls of sur
plus commodities worth a i'etail
price of $2,654,056 co needy fam
ilies and to institutions and agen
cies. Not included in this total is
the 17,345,292 pounds valued at
$1,245,503 sent to school lunch
rooms.
A year ago 39,283,650 po.inds
of food worth $2,187,047 was giv
en to 198,042 persons in 42,303
families. At the close of 1941
there were 174,155 persons in 39,
460 families receiving these addi
tional food supplies.
Initial tests in establishing a
merit system for all state and
county welfare employees were
completed near the end of 1941
with supplementary examinations
scheduled shortly after the open
ing of the new year. The plan
will henceforth give a tenure of
office to employees, provide for
uniform standards, salaries and
progressive advancement.
The department's division of in
stitutions and corrections coop
erated with the Osborne Associa
tion in making a survey of the
State's training schools for delin
quents and with other state and
national agencies in the movement
to establish classification and ser
vice centers for delinquents picked
up in North Carolina defense
areas.
Inspection and licensing of
boarding homes, child placing
agencies, recording of adopting,
inspection of state hospitals for
the insane and establishment of
mental hygiene clinics has been
continued as a very important part
of the regular work of the depart
ment. Work among Negroes resulted
in the largest Negro attendance
yet at the Public Welfare Insti
tute and other activities for the
betterment of existing conditions
for this portion of the population
were continued.
County departments found their
work increased through calls from
local selective service boards to
determine dependency of draftees
seeking deferment, but this work
was handled satisfactorily, along
with the regular activities. The
excellent cooperation between the
Welfare Department and the State
Selective Service Commission haa
been an important factor in pro
moting the efficiency of the serv
ice. The impact of the various de
fense programs upon the state
public welfare department has
multiplied social problems in con
nection with transiency, family,
social protection, dislocation of
workers, and additional personnel
have been placed on local staffs in
defense areas. The welfare de
partment is represented on state
and local defense councils and is
coordinating its efforts wherever
needed with other defense agen
cies. Thus far priority unemploy
ment, it is estimated, has been off
set by the development of new
work opportunities in connection
with the various defense programs
and calls for work referral serv
ices have net been so numerous as
in former years.
By reason of the inadequacy of
county general relief funds, North
Carolina is one of the 11 remain
ing states that make no state ap
propriation for general relief.
There are large numbers of people
not eligible for categorical assist
ance and unable to work whose
needs are not being met.
North Carolina is among the
low income states, the Census Bu
reau figures of 1939 indicating
that the average per capita eco
nomic income is $312 as compared
with the national average of $541.
It stands forty-first in the scale.
An equal chance or a reasonably
equal chance is what should be
given the needy aged, the blind,
and dependent children and other
economically underprivileged
ft.:.. i i i
group". J tan uiuy oe Drought
about by Federal assistance grants
to the states on a variable basis
conditioned upon the states' abil'
ity to pay.
All in all, the year has been moat
productive in that the State Board
has been able to be of service to
many more North Carolinians than
ever before, and present indica
tions are that a still greater num.
ber will be touched in the coming
year.
LIST YOUR CARTERET COUNTY
TAXES NOW 10 PERCENT PEN
ALTY FOR FAILURE TO LIST
DURING JANUARY
MOTIfT
According to law, I must advertise all unpaid
executions now in my possession against property
on which delinquent taxes are due for the years
1937 and 1938, by order of Superior Court.
This Sale will be different from previous
Sales conducted by Carteret County. The sheriff
will be forced to put buyer in possession and orig
inal owner out of possession. So in order to save
your property from being sold
PAY YOUR 1937-1938
CARTERET COUNTY TAXES
IMMEDIATELY
Sheriff C. .G HOLLAND
Carteret County
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