The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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£l)c ittatncjorfoa Countn tribune
TO OUR COUNTY, OUR WHIHJ1 COUNTY
BAY CITY. TXAS, ERIDA1
MAY !>. 1919.
VOLUME '«■
M MBEH 19.
El YE ( EMS HIE (OPY,
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Returns.
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day
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t: u n
HtifMi n 1
personal
that
in
tiled
it
Of $ 1.000;
exempli' n
entitled
h and
The
other
under
are
act
or
To
tunlty to hear the man who has
in
21.
the calendar year 19IS?
account
..mount
own
does
What is meant by the taxable
What does the term fiscal year
PUBLISHED IV BEA1 MOIST.
Beaumont, Texas, May 1 — Tb( Hire
(a)
Total tax
Interest
Association
lo
were
23.
1
>
>o
federal district."
Rate of Tax.
What, personal income taxes are
There, they dm
They couldn't
Smithy got their
The
such forces,
$2 .M
and
the
Prepared by the Bureau
HeVnite for the Information and
Assistance of Taxpayers.
for
lado. An adjust-
for
j oxer ami (he iixltf hud given
some praise, somebody
contract or upon sui render of
the contract;
(o’)
Hoel
the
in tile land
line in twain,
AISNE.
1.32d Machine
exceed
amount
bonds,
the a
one
of
prime movers In this
Cu- h
to h.-ii
< hart
of Its ca
changing
Mr
ity, I
has not
fight.
to flight,
move com pb I e ;
could delete
re-
' a
th< JI DGE Si A I ES IAMII M IS
loan KESH.AATIOA 01 (HIKE.
and ■ -
time
;..hie
. a
if;
one
dc-
frotn such
In gross
on the right,
from night
cept as follows:
gallons of the
after September 1.
shall bo exempt only if and to the
i stock
i ntitne
. Title
! II...
They like
I want to
most earnest and urgent
IIH till It A MH It
(HIES TO Ml I I A 1
. His crowd |
ought to be limited only by the size (that "we have reached our limit."
If you fail to hear j these men will turn their guns In the
right direction and become boosters
instead of so "darn wise" and if w«
will concentrate the good brains and
the oodles of money in this town upon
things worth while we can double Hay
City’s population in two years’ time.
And the man who doesn't see tho
possibilities before him just simply
o
IIN'I 11 it T
(IIMI’AM
Th<y drove the Hun hordes backward,
I util they charged Blanc Mont one
their holes, a shiver down their
stand the gaff, this
ticket
village
Devil Hog
ing way
fine October day.
pleen
Devil Hog Marine
Ims been
Ity Bank A
a number
iu Pankin-.
there to tell.
io Hell."
Etienne.
Mai iue.
insured to individual beneficiaries
to th.* estate of the insured.
(bl The amount received
insured as a
enipt from taxation to the taxpayer.
(ci Amount* received, tinot.gh ac-
cident or health insurance or under
worsinen’r, compensation
comepsnsation for personal
authorizing the issue thereof as
.amended and supplemented, and shall
contended all
In the making
ne *<*. All (bat is needed Is for our
| own citizens to quit their silly twnd-
<ll< about this or that "will not pay."
that "things are br ing overdone" and
If
uge
St
and
and
My tax
1917 covered the calendar
Upon what period shall
return for 1918?
1 lit? HUR BUI HV4CU v BIHfWICUHU IM llirvn'
a complete and accurate return for
his principal Such agent assumes
responsibility for making the return
properly, and the penalities provided
for a delinquent, erroneous, false, or
fraudulent return are applicable to
him.
18.
Where .should my personal
turn for the year 191s be filed?
exemptions *
Austin. Texas, May 1.— A 2-cent
i rate for all delegates made up of dis
1 - - . — - . • • - - 1 possibilities before
I doesn't want to see them
MTI ATfOY WSf 01 H AGING.
may be. should not leave that work
for the next four days and give their
time tn their country when others
AND EVERY SECTION Ob' OUR COUNTY TO OUR A’RIDR IN ITS PA.ST AND OUR HOPE EX)R ITS FUTURE, ADI) VIGOROUS WORK IN THE LIVING PRKSENT
“THERE IN NOTHING TOO GOOD FOB Ol K FRIENDS"
to this great cause? I nrn not
too much 1 appeal once morn tn ”v-
cry citizen who has sales nb't" r<-
communicate with his count”
man Immediately and help «<
ioubt and the truth you would know.
Go back to th>' Valley of Death, count the crosse row
There you will fin 1 the ifory, a rev rd in<l< lil h* made
Of th ." dashing. all.inl . bulge by the S.v i ly first Uric.oh*
(received therefrom
.on the return form for showing s
If' |information.
| 25. To what extent is interest
bonds exempt
Anderson closed a deal
Bros., for
lots Noh 1 ami 2, block 107.
<) > him a fifty foot front on
not excuse you from making a return
If you do not receive one. it is your
duty to request the collector to fur- if and to the extent it is wholly ox-1
nisb you with a blank form
extension of 30 days if a request jt° I®,000:
therefor is made to the collector of
your district within the period cov-
ered‘by the extension asked for. In
this request you must state the rea-
son why the return cannot be filed
within the time prescribed by law
17. Would a personal return made
by an agent, for and in my behalf be
accepted?
If, by reason of illness, absence, or
nonresidence a taxpayer is unable
personally to maek his return he may
appoint an agent to act for him and
the return executed by the agent will
required of individuals by the income jbe accepted if he makes affidavit that
tax laws in force prior to the revenue.he has sufficient knowledge to make
act of 1918. May I change the basis
of computing my net income to that
of a fiscal year?
Yes. If you have actually been
keeping your books on the basis of
an accounting period of 12 months
ending or ant day of any month
In the yea^.-iS other than December,
you may make a return for such ac-
counting period. The return should
be made in the same way as a return
for the calendar year 1918, and should
include your entire income for the
accounting period of 12 months
Which the return ii
ment will bo m id
which was also in<
for the cal) Mar year 1917,
| ( Ol (IM I ( EOltt.l II ill I 1
TO SPF4K IX BAI < 11 1,
would < ome In do <*r contact with th<
industry by the removal
------o—o
Dallas. Texas, May R - Frank M
Smith, fed) ial director of war loans,
said today:
"Th)* situation is very discouraging
It may b< that good patriotic citizens
should come forward and offer their
i subscriptions to the loan of their own
. fro* will and without soliciting. The
a large at i American people, however, have not
j t>Mn used to doing that
| to be solicited personally.
i make the
appt al through the press for busi-
ness men to come forward and place
themselves at the disposal of their
Liberty Loan county chairman. I
appeal to these men who have sub-
scribed to the loan themselves to go
out among their fellow citizens under
I the direction of the local chairman
and to cal) upon every man and wom-
an in the territory allotted to them.
The government called our boys awn'
from their home and their work t
serve their country, and they did it
gladly Therefore, I see no reason
why business men of this district. ’
tion with which collector your return
shall be filed; but for administrative
reasons the commissioner of internal
revenue desires that it be filed with
■ the collector of the district in which
|your legal residence*is located.
14 When may my 1918 return be
(filed with a collector of internal rev-
enue?
On any day after December 31. 1918,
but not later than March 15. 1919.
4. On June 15 my wife died, since: r, Will failure to file my return
which time 1 have been hoarding To | within the time prescribed by law
what exemption am 1 entitled? render me liable to any penalty?
Tn <,» Ov,,,ii,Glln of 11.000. . ] He would biei.me Hattie, under th)
, 1918, ray w'fe died, provisions of section 253 of the
the
District of Columbia; or (2) securities . I1(l|ll
issued under the provisions of the i top.”
federal farm loan act of July 1”
1916; or (3) the obligations of the
(United States or its possessions, ex-1 |M„ftfon on the Houston Rost for
in the case of obll- years, and lias done as much as any
United States issued one man to make the Post the great
i. He is corning to Bay
City to speak at the Methodist Chur< h
next Sunday morning nt 11
6.
widow with one dependent child !
years old. both of whom I have sup- .
ported since marriage. To what ex-
emption am I entitled?
12.800.
7. Who is entitled to be considered
the "be.ad of a family"?
A person who is the chief support
of one or more persons living in his
household, who are closely re-
lated to him (or her) by blood, mar-
riage, or adoption
8.
^Jear 1918?
The calendar year 1918 or any fis-
cal year ending during the calendar
year 1918.
9.
mean?
An accounting period of 12 months
ending on the last day of any month
other than December.
10. Upon what period of time shall
by 1918 income-tax return be based?
Upon the calendar year 1918.
11. I have been computing my net
income upon a calendar-year basis as
(a) Th)* proceeda of life insurance (from tax on I
policies paid upon the death of the p0IHiB of the pervious Issues, not to j difference between this and last year
1000. It. H
piejhh'nt and M. \\
i «i hiur Mr
I asHociated
by the ■ Bay City
return of premium or I * ',v
If separate returns ,premiums paid by him under Ilf)* In-i
mad)* the personal exemption of suranee. endowment, or annuity con-
ati Abstract Company
»m... ..-i.... ...
tracts, either during the term
between them. Ithe maturity of the term mentioned |
If a husband and wife make a in th,
return showing net income in
i of $5,000 is the surtax upon
that return based upon the aggregate
amount of net income shown?
If a statement is attached to the re-
turn showing the amount of th)’ wife's
net income included in the return the .
surtax will be assessed only against
th)' separate Income of each in excess
of 15.000, But. as indicated in the an-
swer to quc'-’f n 18, separate returns
should be mam where the net income
of both husband and wife is in excess ,
of $5,000.
20 Where can I get a blank form
upon-wbleh to make my return?
From the collector of internal rev-
enue for your district,
will endeavor to have such forms sent
Through the kindness i 1 The Kiley,
Doubek & Company, of Houston, in-
come tax experts, '1 h) Tribune i< now
able to publish, serially, the "Income
Tax Primer for l-'.irniers.” a very val-
uable piece of necessary literature
just at this time.
It will pay every farmer well
read these articles and study
much of the
eeived during the present war by
person in the military or naval forces
States as salary or
compensation in any form from the
services In
not. exceed
Tiny had fought many buttles on i < iy fi) ids i t l’ran<)*
They won many laurels , s the Allied line advanced.
Bui had loo iiiiiili conceit, which plainly could be seen.
These famous light) rs of old. this Devil Dog Marini'
that headquarters of the
In any event, interest upon j Milk re’ Association and the Southern
3 1-2 per cent liberty bonds ofiRiee Growers’ ‘
ithe first series Is exempt from troth, cated in Beaumont they felt that they do not care how important their work
-------o—o [time to their country when other*
received on $5,000 aggregate , Th)' Tribune has received a letter have given not four days bnt eternity
lament ef bonds and war-savings cer-ifrom Mrs. Gladys Moore Pierce, who j
itiffcntex. i writes us from Ozona that that sec-.
Exempt Income. td) If one originally subscribed tion of Texas never looked bettor She '
What Income of an Individual fr>r Rhoriy bonds of tho fourth series say* the range couldn't be better and j
is exempt from income tax’ I,,. ,. r,j-<, entitled to an exemption , that tho sheep, goats and cattle •r*l
Tb«' proceeds of life insurance jfrom tax „n |ut,.reht received ’’pon ("rolling fat." She says there’s u great ihrt,stoned failure of tho lo-<'
1. 1917, to Mulch 31, 1918 An adjust-
ment will be made for the income
|which was also included in the return
for tin calendar year 1917. Tills will
(serve to establish your fiscal year as
endina on March 31. This return
operating /houhl be filed w ith the collector on
or before March 15, 1919. Section 2_'7
Ial of (he revenue act of 1918 require
that returns made on the basis of <
ifiscal year shall be filed “on or be-
fore the l.Mh day of the third month
following the close of the fiscal year ”
iTherefore, on or before June 15, 1919.
you should file a return of net in-
come
with my three small children
what exemption am I entitled?
To an exemption of $2,000 as
of a family,
drrn If you had not had any
dren dependent upon you and had not;with intent to evade the tax. to
damages received whether by stilt or
on account of such in
u. ------
be computed as follows:
NORMAL TAX
Income from $2,800 to $0,800, at
p per cent
Income from $6,800 to $9,000, at
12 per cent
SURTAX
Income from $5,00 to 6,000, at
1 per cent
Income from $6,000 to $8,000 at
2 per cent
Income from $8,000 to $9,000. at
3 per cent
Mr. R. E’
<■< iii)<l yeHt,,rduy through Magill
er of th<* •'iiHiniss I
, . ) l Bay whi< Ii giv
liii.H Avenue G, and a side frontage of HO
ct A I
South Texiis
of the distance, to the rice
normal fields east and west and the further
fact that headquarters of the Rice
V-
, Colonel Hailey has
( position on the
: years, and has done us much
i'll)* Stat)' hatiking board ha
> d a certificate of authority to do qua-
lm" io ihi< First St.di' Bank, of
.Sxeeuy witli a capital slink <>i $10;
('In n.mil ol Swi'un.v l,<
Ilooplugarui't* is
iloopingartier
I wiiit tho Bay cl
. ol this i iiv
and aland
Thee liiki ,1 ih* kiilos quickly, all . ;i g • |- lor I he
To take that last objective ami pm the
They took the lino ri ht steady and inuili
That they Mould mix ii to a finish, no censor
My principal crop is tobac
p my books of account which
curately show my true gains
jirofits, take annual inventories
close my books on March 31.
return for
year 1917.
I make a i
Since your normal
to Hod is the fiscal year ending
them 31, you should make
well ns they appear in The Tribune ing your true mt income from April
from time to time under the above
Title:
uch 22 years ago, has been moved to
i Beaumont and the .May number will
| 25. To what extent is interest re- apepar under a Beaumont deate line,
crived upon liberty bonds exempt Ben L Brooks, business manager
fn m Income tax’ of the publication, stated that on ac-
3^1 (a) All Interest received from llb-jcount
--erty bonds is exempt from
'tax.
(bl
Itne
inpaign in the
pultinu some of
speakers of the church I
and other churchea out into the 1
field io help put the matter over the*
Among tlio great speakers who
helping, Colon) I George Bailey I
may be counted one of the big inen. 1
bad an important
: developments
|----- ------ • ■ The Tribune has
lai? ,i. . .. . 1 paper that it Is He Is coming to Bay I ,
i. i (qty to speak at the Methodist Chiir) h |il <,h" ,,“‘l a ri,y ,K
The collector shall bo exempt only if and to the ex-! IIPXt Sunday morning m II o’< lock. ■ !>«'
tent provided in tho respective acts and our people will have the oppor-
' tunlty to hear the man who has in-
1 terested them so much anti often in I
be excluded from gross income only i
of a
you are entitled to an additional
emption of $1,000. You are also en-
titled to a t r
After tlie ball) w
Someone was due some praise, somebody had saved tin
VA ho took thill li-l objii^Iiie, the vil1;i'.:c St. Etieniic'"
That glory b..- l e, u claimed by this Devil Do * Min nie
* seen tary of st
mendmeiil to tip
Abstract .A* Til h* (
the increase
to $25,000. anil
from tin* Bay < ity
Co to Bay City '
Is exempt
received on not
!I'xci'edlttg $ iO.OOO pi inclp.il amount of
lib, rty bonds of the fourth I- -lie Is
exempt
*. The iiHiui st upon liberty bonds
,'vbiih is entirely exempt friim*iii< oim
I tax a.s defined above should nut be
I ini'litilcil in ili< gross itieoim of tho
ret nrn
INCOME TAX PRIMER
invuiviu inn ■ iiihil.ii jn^ !n a month other tban nei(,
rnn TUrrAQiyirnQ you most make your return for the
| Ull I HL InlllVlLllv ','1'>val U'18. Tlie revenue ait
!of 1918 and the regulations provide a
i method for making a change in future
of Internal Years, but no change can be made with
respect to the return for the year
1918.
12
I kei
1. Who is a farmer?
The term '’farmer" as used in this
primer embraces persons
stock .dairy, poultry, fruit, or truck
farms, plantations, ranches, or any
land used for fruit raising or agricul-
tural purposes.
2. I am a farmer. Am I required
to make a personal income tax ieturn
for 1918?
Yes; if your net income equals or >°’i should
exceeds the personal exemption to come covering your fiscal year
which you are entitled, r in any *n8’ March 51, 1919.
event if your net income equals or ex- ’
coeds $2,000.
3. To what personal i xemptiou Section 227 (bl of the revenue act |
am I entitled? of 1918 provides that your return i
If you are a single person you are 'shall elt tiled with the collector
internal revenue for <
if you are married and have been Iiv- which you have youri^'ga) resldenci* I
ing with your wile or husband durin or prim ijial place of business
the entire year or have been the head your legal residence is located in
family during the entire year collection district and your principal I
-.place of business in another, it is op-
$ i ,wv. i uu art? cubu rii-
further exemption, wheth-
er single or married or the head of a (
family, of $200 for each person (oth-
er than husband or wife) dependent
upon and receiving his chief support
during the year from you, if such de- (
pendent person is under 18 years of
age, or regardless of age. is incapable
of self-support because mentally or j
physically defective
accounting pc-
Maich
a return show-
With Bloor's do’u hboys mi the lefl ami Jackson's
.Machine gunnel s took position us morning i rept
Ami there they fought in battle, its memory will never lade,
That ila.-hliig. gnllaiit charge of (in Sen nty-firsi Brigade
sent a ruiuuf back, this
'oss that open Hat is a
o' that la -I o ,.ieetive. I he
It didn t strike the ,'um y of thi
come of every individual citizen or
resident of the United States is at tho
rate of 6 per cent upon the first $4,000
of the net income in excess of credits
allowed (see question 101) and 12 per*
cent upon the excess over that amount of the United
A person receiving a net income in
excess of $5,000 is liable to a surtax ;United States for active
prescribed by law. you may obtain an !°I 1 IH*r cent upon income from $5,000,
20 days ■ *" •*nnA- ’’ — —• e~--
To an exemption of $1,000. v
5 On March 31. i»ib, ray wue uieu. provisions of section 253 of the rev-
since which time l.have kept my home enue act of 1918. to a fien of not to
small children. To exceed $10,000, or to one year's im-
iprisonment or both, in the discretion 10 y°u> but faUure to receive one will
head ,of the court, and to the costs of
plus $600 for the chll-iprosecution, and if he made an under-
ehil- statement of the tax which was false
> a pen-
kept your home you would have been 'alty of 5 Oper cent of the amount of
entitled to an exemption of $1,000. the deficiency. If be willfully made
On October 10, 1918, 1 married a "a return which was false or fraudu-
with one dependent child 8 'lent in other respects he would, under
’■ |section 317 6of the revised statutes,
be liable to an additional penalty of
50 per cent of the amount of the en-
tire tax,
16. May an extension of time be-
yond March 15, 1919, be obtained for
the filing of my 1918 return?
Yes. If, on account of illness or
absence from home, you are unable
to file your return within the time
The Gemini pa.-siil the buck Io ih< ilivisliqi In i< ,'n.
Von had better burry up. if your <ountry you would
me.-sage ami sent them Io lliiir ,*i<l
.-i be luul in sl'X'l.. the Sev* i.ty Hi *1 Brigade
2 per cent upon Income
from $6,000 to $8,000; 3 per cent upon « Am I required to make any r>
income from $8,000 to $10 000, etc turn of income wholly except
Assuming that a man's net income for.income tax’
1918 was $9,000 and that he was en .
titled to $2,800 credits Jiis tax would >
Jet Income.
22. W’hat is meant by the term
income”? jnormal tax and surtax
Net income means your total gross] (C| fn addition, a person Is en-.
Income, not including income exempt ntp>d to exemption from tax upon In-
from the tax by law, less the general mrest received on $5,000 aggregate (
deductions allowed by law
cue*half tlim a
fourth Hbeit<
originally subscrilied for
►-till owned nut to exceed In tin
gregiite $45,000.
(e> Tho interest received on not
exceeding $30,000 principal amount of
liberty bonds into which first liberty
bond may h.ivu lieen converted in
the exercise of any privilege nrllsii.g
as a consequeiuii ol the Issue of the
fourtli liberty bonds
| if) The interest
to an
Wharton, Texas, May 5. Judge S
J. Styles of the Twenty third Judicial
District will lender bis resignation,
effective next September lie made
this statement to a press representa-
tive Asked whom he thought would
be named as ills successor, lie would
venture no prediction (or publication,
lie mimed, however, a number of as
pirants of Matagorda. Wharton and
Bruzotlu Counties, whom lie bad been
told would seek the appointment
Judge Styles lias been serving tlie
district tn an official capacity 19
y< irs He was first elected district
■ ittoriii v anil later district ludge He
formerly ilaimid Whurton as his
lio'm . Imt ha entornd into business
it Buy city amt will In th)' future
iituko that place home ll«> Ims many
|W>r’n personal and political friends
in Wharton County.
In tlie im.intlmi tlo political "line
up' lor tin- appidnlincut is being
eutclied with keen Interest The
women are Halil to have n (xilltlenl
lavorlte, and II will be remembered
tbu’ Un' women In nil three counties
phivi d i conspicuous part In the num
Ination <>* Governor Hobby, who will
have th)' power of selecting a man Io
, fill the vacancy.
........ ■! P-
R. E. AJDEBNON
Bl IS ( IIOII E < okneh.
Tin1 prime movers in this new or I
ganizatlon are Wm. Ca. h and L A
'Vlllfuins. The company has li'ased
the second floor nf the Tribune build
The value of lb)' property at-1 Ing lor a term of y,,u-< .nut , ill n ■ v.
)iU'V'‘d by gift, bequest, devise, or de-]'11 June 1.
scent (but the income
property shall be included
income); .
(d) Interest upon (1) the obiiga-( Th) Centenary )■
tions of a State. Territory, or any Methodist Church is
political subdivision thereof, or the ,b'’ gvealest
May a hu.eband and wife living
together make separate returns?
Yes They should In every case
make separate returns where the wife
has a separate Income and the aggre-
gate net income of both husband nnd
wife Is $5 non nr over Where the
combined net Income in excess nf
the income credits fsoo question 101) Is in ex-
*d In the return cess of $4 000 senarete returns must
It you made in order that there shall not
charged soldiers has been granted by
tlie federal railroad adminiHtration to
attend the first convention of th)' .
AVer Veterans Association to be held
at St. I-ouis, Mo., May 8, with a $2 '
minimum for the round trip, accord-|
ing to a telegram just received here
bv Li* utenant James V. Birkhcad,
State chairman of the aUHOCiatlon. ail
vising of the action of Walker Hines
federal director of the railroad It
from iK generally believed that this concee*
sion o nthe part of the railroad ad
The law requires that every per-' ministration will insure g ’
n owning any of the obligations tendance at this convention,
securities, or bonds enumerated in -----o -o.. ■—---
clauses (1), (2), and (3) of paragraph l(|i E J<H RhAL WILL BE
, (d) above shall submit a statement
$240 showing tho number and amount of
such obligations, securities, and
il'^Jionds owned by him and the Income .Journal, which has eon publl.-bed in
There Is a place(Crowley, La., sinte its establishment
" ' 1 --- ‘ ‘
morning
its memory
f (b<* Sev> nty-first
i circles.
H< atid his l.iuiilv bave many
| who, while wishing them all jmsHlbii'
-ii i e - will ri'gri l lIn i
from the i lly
! MAI
'Twas the lulls from Oklahoma to (be silvery Rio Grande.
The brawniest ol the brawn, and the bravest
That took that last objective broke the
And drovi the Boi he to Hight, back a< r< >the
Robert II. Sawyer. Jsi Lieut
feet on 5th Street.
These lots ar< opposite th)' Tribune
building and have been considerod
the < holcest lit the city. I’or some
time an effort lias been made to have
<>me oil) purchase the lots and build
a hotel on them, but Hint point could
; never tie reached.
Mr Anderson will, tn all probabll-
build on the lots, although this
been definitely settled upon
as to time or class of business to be
put up.
Tin purchase of these lots for bus-
in« < purjioscs shows that the square
will have to give way Io the overflow,
and on<*< such an expanttion Is begun
we can reasonably expect a rapid
< hang<* all around and some marked
be an overassessment of tax. Hus-.
Giand and wife living together are en-,
: titled to a personal exemption of not.
Of'to exceed $2,000 against their aggre-
district in net income- lf f-P—gtt' returns ,
are
$2,00’1 may be taken by either or <11
vided
19.
joint t
excess
i writes us from Ozona that that sec-
Hubscribed, tion of Texas never looked better She
bls writing in the Post.
] of the auditorium
this great writer and speaker, you
will regret it for many, many days
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rWO.UEJT RAILROAD RATE
TO WAR VETS CONVENTION
acts, as
injuries
or sickness, plus the amount of any
imposed upon income received during
The normal income tax on the in- ;
agr< ment
(juries or sickness
(t) oS
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Smith, Carey. The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 9, 1919, newspaper, May 9, 1919; Bay City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1346364/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Matagorda County Museum & Bay City Public Library.