What's What About
SOCIAL SECURITY
(As another service to its read
ers, The Elkin Tribune each week
will give authoritative answers to
questions on the Social Security
law. By special arrangement
with J. N. Freeman, Manager of
the Social Security Board office I
at the Nissen Building in Win- J
aton-Salem, the Social Security
Board has consented to pass on
the accuracy of answers to ques
tions on Social Security, which
may be asked by employers, em
ployees, and others, through The
Tribune. Address inquiries to
The Editor, The Elkin Tribune.
Answers will be given here in the
order in which questions are re
ceived. This is an informational
service and is not legal advice or
service. In keeping with Social
Security Board policy names will
not be published.—Editor.)
(48) Question: Can a farmer
receive old-age benefits? If so, to
whom would he pay taxes? I am
53 years of age.
Answer: The obligations and
benefits under the Social Security
Act are not optional. Agricultural
labor is specifically excepted un
der the act. Farmers and farm
workers, however, come under the
act when they engage in any other
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employment which Is not sp«ctfic
ally excepted under Title VIII of
the Social Security Act. For ex
ample, canning, public road build
ing, lumbering, employment in thcr
tobacco markets and such things
are not excepted agricultural la
bor within the meaning of the
law, according to rulings made by
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
which is charged with adminis
tering the tax provisions of the
Social Security Act. Employers, as
such, may not, pay taxes on them
selves and receive a benefit. A
man might ordinarily be an em
ployer but might also be an em
ployee 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 un
der the old-age benefits provis
ions of the Act. As a farmer and
as an employer, however, you ben
efit from the benefits provisions
of the act inasmuch as it is ob
vious that the amounts paid em
ployees in old-age benefits, and in
unemployment compensation will
be expended principally for food
grown by the farmer and the gen
uine necessities of life. Study
shows there is a very real and def
inite relationship between the
economic welfare of the industrial
worker and the income of the
farmer.
(49) Q. Suppose I die shortly
after I reach 65 years of age and
begin to draw monthly old-age
benefits checks under the Social
Security Act. What will happen
then?
A. Your monthly benefits
check will be sent you as long, as
you live after you reach 65 and
otherwise qualify under the law.
The amount of the monthly check
TEE BLK3N TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Urges Firmer Neutrality
BUFFALO, li T. . , , Senator
Arthur H. Vandenberg Of ! Mich
igan speaking at the annual, en
campment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars here, outlined a tour
point policy which he said would
"insulate" the United States from
war.
Convention of Twins
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FORT WATNE, Ind. ... At the
sixth annual national convention
of twins here, tha two oldest twlna
present, 81 rears old, welcome
two younger members 2ft years
old. About 3,000 from 16 states
were present
will depend on the total amount
of wages you have earned. If,
when you die, the total of your
monthly benefits has not amount
ed to 3 per cent of the total
wages you have earned in covered
employment, after December 31,
1936, and prior to reaching 65, up
to $3,000 a year from any one
employer, your estate will be paid
the difference between the total
benefits which were paid before
you died and percent of your
total covered wages. The amount
to your estate would be made in
one final lump-sum payment.
(50) Q. I have just married.
My wife worked before we were
j married and had an account num
ber and paid taxes on her salary,
i She does not work now and pos
| sibly will not work any more. Can
she get any money under the So
cial Security Act for the time she
has already worked?
A. 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,
likewise, will be credited to her
account. She will not draw month
ly benefits, however, until she
reaches 65. Should she die before
she is 65 a lump-sum payment
equal to 3% per cent of her wages
earned since December 31, 1936,
in employment not specifically
excepted under Title vm of the
Social Security Act, will be made
her estate.
(51) Question: I am a school
teacher and have taught in
North Carolina ever since I was
19 years old. I am or was 65
years old March 29, 1937. Will
you advise whether I am eligible
for the Old-Age Pension and how
to get it?
Answer: The Social Security
Act does not provide for old-age
"pensions." By "pension" it 1s
assumed you mean old-age assist
ance. The old-age assistance
provision of the Social Security
Act is based on a Federal-State
cooperative plan and is adminis
tered solely by the Btate and lo
cal government units. For your
information, the last session of
the North Carolina legislature
availed itself to participate in this
Federal-State cooperative plan of
old-age assistance and passed a
law that is administered by the
State and county welfare depart
ments. For detailed information
relative to those who are eligible
under this law you should consult
your local county welfare depart
ment.
52) Q. I am a retired farmer
76 years old and by reason of the
infirmities of age I have no In
come or adequate means of sup
port. Under the Social Security
Act am I entitled to a benefit?
A. Because of your age you are
not covered by Title H, the old
age benefits provision of the So
cial Security Act. However, un-
Title I of the Social Security Act
provision is made for a Federal-
State cooperative program for aid
to the needy aged who are 65
years of age and older. The re
cent session of the North Caro
lina legislature passed an act
availing itself of this cooperative
program. This program is admin
istered solely by the State and
local units of the welfare depart
ment. It is suggested that you
consult your local county welfare
department for information con
cerning your eligibility.
(53) Q. I intend to start work
ing in a canning factory on a
part-time piece-work basis. Do I
come under the old-age benefit
provisions of the Social Security
Act. and should I get an account
number?
A. You do, and you should
apply at your nearest Social Se
curity Board Field Office for an
account number and report it to
your employer. Part-time em
oloyment is not - excepted from
the provisions of the Social Se
curity Act, and the fact that you
will be paid on a piece-work ba
sis has nothing to do with your
being covered under the Act.
(54) Q. I have employed four
to six men. since May, 1937, on
constructing houses. My present
contracts will not end until De
cember 1937 or January 1938 and
I have no assurance that I shall
ever employ these men again.
Does this employment come un
der the Social Security Act end
just what must I do to comply?
A. The Social Security Act
applies to employers of one or
more persons any one of whom is
engaged in any employment
which is not specifically except
ed under Title vm of "the Social
Security Act. Construction of
houses is not an excepted em
ployment. To comply with the
Act you should, as an employer,
file application for an employ
er's identification number, vising
Form SS-4. This form can be
obtained from your Social Secur
ity Board Field Office, post of
fice, or from the Collector of In
ternal Revenue for your district.
Each of your employees should
have a Social. Security account
number. They should apply for
their Social Security account
number on Form SS-5, copies of
which you or they may get from
your Social Board Field Office,
or from your post office. Under
Title vm of the Social Security
Act you are required to make
monthly tfix returns to the Col
lector of Internal Revenue, based
on the wages paid your employ
ees. These taxes became effective
last January. Space forbids a
more detailed answer in this col
umn, and this paper has request
ed your Social Security Board
Field Office to send directly to
you full information in response
to your question.
(55) Q. When can I begin to
draw unemployment compensa
tion?
A. Unemployment compensa
tion laws are in operation thru
out Region IV. that is. in the
District of Columbia, Maryland,
North Carolina. Virginia and
West Virginia. In each of these
unemployment compensation will
be begun to eligible unemployed
workers on and after January 1,
1937.
| THURMOND
Messrs. Linville and Luther
Norman motored to Galax, Va.,
Sunday.
Miss Addle Moody of Pumpkin
Center spent the week-end here.
The community greatly misses
Mr. Thomas Moody and family,
who recently moved to Winston-
Salem.
A large crowd attended the ser
vices here Sunday. Rev. Stokes of
Tennessee delivered the inspiring
message and we are also glad of
the improvement in our Sunday
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Barker of
Virginia, visited the latter's par
ents here this week-end.
The farmers of this section are
quite busy in fodder and tobacco
crops and they appreciate these
pretty autumn days in which to
do their work.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas of
Harmony visited the latter's par
ents here this week-end.
Mrs. Mollie Cockerham and lit
tle son of Winston-Salem spent
the week-end here with her par
ents.
The many friends of Samantha
Sparks here gave her a birthday
dinner Sunday and much fun was
enjoyed.
The community welcomes Msis
Nora Warren of Traphill as our
new neighbor. Miss Warren is em
ployed as one of the teachers at
Mine Ridge for this term.
Rules
If there is any r\ile that does
not have, or should not have, its
exceptions, we have yet to learn
of it.
There came • loud knock on
the door. The doctor, who had
just settled himself for a nap, got
up.
"What is it?" he asked the man
at the door.
"I've been bitten by a dog," said
the man unhappily.
"Well, don't you know that my
hours of consultation are between
twelve and three?"
"Yes," groaned the patient,
"but the dog didn't know. He bit 1
me at twenty to four."
1940 is more nearly correct for
the present year than 1637, due
to an error in the reckoning of,
time 1,000 years ago.
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T! L" \ Eye Troubles Backache
T. STOMACH Lung Troubles
T.SMALL High or Low Blood Pressure
Headaches Goitre
Female Troubles
r. Neuritis Appendicitis
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