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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
24
Advertising rates listed include display 25 cents per paragraph and 10 cents per line for notices and tributes with 1.00 per inch for ads. Mentions of banter about costs and a lightweight collection of proverbs follow, reflecting period advertising and editorial tone.
A garbled, satirical critique of politics and public affairs. It riffs on sessions, calendars, coffee prices, prohibition anxieties, Congress, and international law with fragmented, uncertain references to Baldwin, the League of Nations, and the state of political parties.
A fragmented note contrasts upheaval in South America with measured action in North America as puzzle line fragments hint at a broader tension. The message nods to careful rhetoric while weaving references to revolutions and resolutions in distinct hemispheres.
Diplomacy seeks a ten year moratorium and eighty percent time to meet the French loan obligation. France is reportedly willing to pay, with Uncle Sam noting a munificent interest around half a percent. The concern remains whether bankers will lend under these conditions.
The text argues France owes the United States four to five billion dollars for aiding its fight in the French republic. It states one billion was sent after the war, financed by Americans burdened by high costs and taxes. It calls for a definite repayment date with annual interest and shifts the burden to French or American taxpayers accordingly. It urges citizens to write to the President demanding rapid repayment.
Saluda South Carolina reports the first five year agricultural census under way in Aiken County. Frank O Black supervisor of the Third District lists enumerators and townships: Lean M Coward Aiken Gregg Shaw Leon D Black Chinquepin McTier Wards Barney W Garvin Giddy Swamp Ricky Springs Paul R Seigler Hammond Langley Richard G Price Hopewell Rocky Grove Ira E Coward Millbrook Torrance L Harley Schultz Wade H Johnson Silverton Sleepy Hollow Hastings Spiers Tabernacle Windsor.
Edmund Duncan Peacock and Miss Bertha H. Weathersby both of Barnwell were married by Dr. McLean on Saturday at 5 PM at the Baptist parsonage. The couple departed for a wedding trip and will reside in Barnwell after.
Atlanta argues against expanding cotton acreage in 1936 warning farmers that rising cotton area will reduce grain and food output. H. G. Hastings cites past missteps and warns that planting more cotton trades dollars for sustenance, urging farmers to plant food, grain, and forage to secure farm families.
Poem-style tribute praising the Knight of the Soul concept. It contrasts courage with kindness and charity as true bravery. Mentions a teacher who died for the weak, Calvary, and a great law of forgiveness. Kerr signs as author.
Dean James E. Lough of New York University calls cross word puzzles a modern moral equivalent for war. London reports show 36 percent of widows in Britain have remarried, while some men remain willing to fight for their country.
The California senate approved the federal child labor amendment with 36 in favor and three opposed. The assembly followed with a 69 to 9 vote in favor, completing ratification by both houses.
Herbert Hoover outlines three necessities for U S agriculture to be self supporting, to strengthen farmer organization, and to cut waste. Britain’s pension ministry projects forty six years to clear war era obligations as the government lists shrink though 2,215,000 soldiers dependents remain, including 800,000 children.
Aaron Sapiro announces plans to sue Henry Ford for 1 million dollars over articles in the Dearborn Independent. He claims Ford misunderstands the cooperative movement and its aims and effects. Sapiro expects to gain substantial advertising value from the trial regardless of verdict.
A Sioux Falls editor receives a long letter from a loyal subscriber who has read the paper for 24 years. He praises past crossword puzzles but laments increasing difficulty and inability to solve. He says he must switch to a different daily that offers workable puzzles.
A long South Carolina General Assembly session opens amid broad tax relief calls and Clemson College concerns. State finances face strain from highway and education mandates, with pay-as-you-go road funding and 6-0-1 school guarantees reshaping the budget and possibly expanding overall appropriations despite an economy push.
A slate of statewide races includes Chief Game Warden to replace A. A. Richardson, First Circuit Judge to fill the Bowmar vacancy, Seventh and Ninth Circuit judges for four year terms, four Railroad Commissioners, four State Medical College Trustees, and one board member for the State Colored Normal College. Two Senate vacancies from deaths Albert W. Todd and J. B. Black will also be filled.
Frazier and Harris from Kitchings Mill stopped on Richland Avenue near the hospital when their car broke down. Officers Kibler and Napier aided in removing 36 gallons of bootleg liquor from the vehicle.
Salley defeats opponent 70 to 26 to win mayoral race in Salley residents also elect W C Poole B E Yon and H J Salley wardens by same margin. A second race set between N R Salley and W R Boyleston. London visitors expected to arrive for season incl Sir Gilbert Parker Bt and Lady Parker at Highland Park Hotel in Aiken.
An advertisement promises to cure prostate trouble within 24 hours with Walker's Prostate Specifics. It claims free, postpaid delivery in plain wrap, no obligation or cost, and asks the reader to mail name as proof of feeling ten years younger or to repay the favor by telling friends.
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