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Newspaper
The Dispatch News
Location
Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
8
The piece urges truth telling in daily life from public officials to personal matters and asks why people persist in deception. It notes tax rules allowing tentative returns with forty five day extensions and states preparations for March 15 filing deadlines with forms distributed by Internal Revenue collectors.
Announcement from the Bureau of Internal Revenue states no general extension will be granted for income tax returns. Complete returns with at least one fourth of the tax due must reach Collectors by March 15, 1929, with extensions only in urgent, specific cases. Last year extensions were possible for good reasons if failure to complete by March 15 occurred.
Col lector D C Heyward warns against mailing cash payments for income taxes and urges using money orders or checks payable to the Collector of Internal Revenue. The first payment due by March 15 should be attached to the return and sent to The Palmetto National Bank Buildings in Columbia South Carolina, covering full tax or at least one fourth. Early filing and payment are urged to avoid final date overload.
The community reports good health with no flu spread locally as of now. Residents remain watchful for any signs and continue normal activities while precautions stay in place.
The passage notes several local residents visiting relatives in Boiling Spring and Pineville areas. Pearl Price, Mrs. Margaret Hollis, Alice Ruth Hollis, and the Seigler family are mentioned among those hosting and visiting. A Valentine party at D. A. Hendrurday’s place was enjoyed by many local youths.
Mr S C Kleckley, a valued subscriber, renewed his subscription in town and displayed a rare old coin he found years ago. The German penny dated 1743 is 177 years old with a legible inscription 1 Pfenning Scheide Mintz 1745 on one side.
A terse exchange about shrinking portions and higher prices ends with an invitation to apply at the Dispatch News office for printing services. The tone suggests a bustling, changing city environment and active lawmakers influencing costs.
The lower division union meeting is set for Saturday February 25 and Sunday following at Harmony Church. Programs include devotional led by A W Rodgers enrollment and reports from churches follow up on inter church movement and a round table carry on with the General Board. Individual talks cover education missions benevolence and attitudes toward the inter church movement. A Sunday School session precedes a sermon by H F P Jones or J R McWittrick.
A clerk jokes about sending a baby through the post office as a bemused comment on lost children. The exchange reflects skeptical views of careless parents and the limits of bureaucratic handling in a historical context.
Notice is given to apply to Judge George Crafts for final discharge as administrator of the estate of deceased Glover Ste on February 27, 1920 at 11 in the forenoon in Lexington County South Carolina.
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