The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-03-19
Capital City Making Plans for
Elaborate Reception for
Men of Goth Division. =
EXTRA SESSION PROPA-
GANDA- IN FULL SWING
Gov. Cooper Has Signed Nearly
All Legislative Acts-Exten--
sion of Time for Filing income
Tax Returns.
{By Harold Bookcr)

By Harold Booker)
+. Columbia, March 15.-Columbia is
decorating for the boys Of the
Thirtieth Division. American flags
and banners are flying from many of
the city's business houses and in
few days Main street is expected to be
riot Of color. The men are going
to receive great welcome home.
Elaborate plans for their reception
are already under way.
May Move to Greenville.
The Greenrille News Of Friday car
ries an interesting item to the effect
that an effort is being made to have
D. w. Alderman, now a citizen OF
Alcolu, in Clarendon county, move
to Greenville and make that city his
permanent residence in the future.
Mr.. Alderman is a large lumber
manufacturer and one Of the States
most prominent citizens.
Extra Session Talk.
Extra session talk persists in CO.
lunlbia and throughout the State.
Petitions are being circulated n Hor-
e'y county asking for the. special ses-
sion and it is understood that both
Of the Horny members of the house
have agreed to vote for the good roads
bill if the special session is called.
Both voted against it at the regular
session. The impossible roads al
over the State has caused q wave OF
indignation to sweep over the State
at the failure of the general assem-
Ii, xo1y
Cooper is being bombarded with let
ters urging him to call the special
session. A Columbian who is interest
ed in the matter says that ii the ses-
sion were called that the passage OF
the bill would be accomplished with
very little opposition. Some Of the
members who voted against the
ira session.
Nearly All Acts Signed.
: Governor Cooper has signed prac-
tically all of the acts passed at the
recent session of the general assem-
bly,. The telephone company has
asked for hearing on the bill re-
quiring them to transmit messages
by the shortest possible route and the
governor is Withholding his signature
to this bill pending this hearing. The
governor has not vetoed a measure
yet.
Income Tax Returns.
(. Collector Hayward yesterday stat
ed that in view of the delay in the
final passage Of the Revenue Act Of
1913 and of the preparation of the
forms required hereunder, an extep-
sion of time to include May Is, 1919,
is hereby granted for the filing of re-
turns Of information (forms 1899 and
, 1096}, fiduciary retu-ns Gorm 104D
annual Withholding returns (form
1042, accompanied by form 1896, and
form 1919, returns Of partnerships
which are required to file returns on
the calendar year basis, and all 9TH
er returns which are not the basis
for the assessment of the tax.
This decision shall not be con-
strued as relieving taxpayers from
for assessment, even though the per-
son making the return is not taxable
thereon, nor as relieving benefciaries,
partners and stockholders Of person
al service corporations from including
in their personal returns their dis
tributive share Of the income accru-
ing to the trust or estate or the part
nership or personal service corpor-
alton, whether distributed or not.
Partnerships and corporations
having a fiscal year ending in 1918
which have secured extensions Of
time which have not expired are
hereby granted an extension Of time
to March Is, 1919, for the fling Of
such returns. When the returns are
filed, two forms should be used and
two computations made, one show
ing on the return form used for 1917
the tax calculated on the whole in
come for the entire period under the
provisions and at the rates prescrib-
ed by the act Of October 3, 1917, the
other showing on the form for 1918.
The tax due will be the sum Of SO
many twelfts of the first amount as
there are months in 1917 covered by
the return and of the second as there
are months in 1918.