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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
6
A cluttered legal advertising page combines citations obituaries and light political quips. It includes small notices on taxes and deadlines and assorted aphorisms about politics society and daily life. Numerous fragmented phrases reference law liquor prosperity calendars and international affairs.
The article accuses France of stalling repayment to the United States for a French loan. It notes unofficial talk of a ten year moratorium and eighty years to meet litigation, with about a half percent interest while the U S draws funds. It mentions a Washington Senator and a propagandistic tone from a nation described as insulting.
Atlanta reports H G Hastings warns Southern farmers to stop expanding cotton acreage for 1925 and instead plant more food and forage to protect families and livestock. He notes past gains from favorable seasons masked by losses when prices stay low and warns of risks from boll weevil and drought. Aaron Sapiro plans to sue Henry Ford over cooperative marketing articles, seeking 1 million dollars and gaining broad publicity.
A political statement urges rapid repayment of a multi billion debt from France to the United States, arguing France benefited from American sacrifice in World War I and should compensate with prompt, fixed yearly interest payments.
Saluda D C The enumeration for the first five year country wide agricultural census is under way in Aiken county and should finish by the end of January. Frank O Black supervisor of the Third District lists enumerators and townships covered including Leon Cowards Aiken Gregg Shaw and others.
Edmund Duncan Peacock and Miss Berthe H. Weathersby of Barnwell married Saturday at 5 PM at the Baptist parsonage with Dr. McLean officiating. The couple left for a wedding trip and will reside in Barnwell.
A poem praising inner virtue and moral strength. It contrasts brave spirit bound by charity and kindness with outward bronze. The piece elevates the meek and weak as heirs to nobility, citing Calvary and a universal law of forgiveness.
Dean Lough of New York University argues the crossword craze reflects humanity’s age old urge to fight. London reports show 36 percent of Britain’s war widows have remarried. California senate and assembly ratified the child labor amendment with votes of 36–3 and 69–9 respectively.
Former President Herbert Hoover states three necessities for American agriculture: achieve self sufficiency in food, strengthen farmer organization, and reduce waste. The remarks emphasize national resilience and efficient farming practices.
Britain’s pension ministry estimates it will take 46 years to wind down the pension state from the war. The government list is smaller than since 1917, though 2,215,000 soldiers’ dependents still rely on the state, including 800,000 children.
A long-time subscriber writes that cross word puzzles in the Sioux Falls newspaper have become nearly impossible to solve. He says he will abandon the paper after 24 years and switch to a rival that offers workable puzzles.
In Salley's January 7 municipal contest mayor W H Salley won 70 to 26. Wardens elected with him were W O Poole B E Yon and H J Salley. a second race will pit N R Salley against W R Boyleston. London visitors arrive for season with Sir Gilbert Parker and Lady Parker at Highland Park Hotel.
A lengthy session of the Seventy-six General Assembly of Lone Carolina opens amid pushes for lower taxes and reduced government costs. Clemson College troubles and fallout from the 1924- era tax and road programs loom large, with debates over funding, bond issues, and the impact of the Pay-as-you-go and 6-0-1 acts on state finances. The session faces strained finances as gasoline tax realignments divert funds to highways, potentially increasing demand for appropriations.
Several elections must be held before the General Assembly can convene. Vacancies include Chief Game Warder to replace A Richardson, judges for First, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits, four Railroad Commissioners, four Medical College trustees, one State Colored Normal College Vicors member, and two Senate vacancies from deaths of Albert W Todd and J B Black Bamberg.
Frazier and Harris, two men from Kitchings Mill, were returning from Augusta when their car broke down on Richland avenue near the hospital. Officers Kibler and Napier helped seize 86 gallons of bootleg liquor from the vehicle.
An advertisement claims Geting Up Nights can be stopped in 24 hours with Walker's Prostate Specific. It offers a free postpaid sample to prove effectiveness, with no obligation, asking for name and proof of feeling younger in return for sharing the cure.
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