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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1930
Page
3
A clipped, fragmentary line notes fealty for sixty two consecutive days and a reference to an acclaimed American city. The text is incomplete and reads as a partial archival fragment with unclear context and attribution.
Brookmire and Leredit forecast strong business in the South and central U S while national income may fall about 4 percent from last year and 2 percent from three years ago. The United Press notes a 52 percent rise in automobile fatalities in 82 large cities last year.
State of South Carolina Aiken County Court notice by The Federal Land Bank of Columbia. An order of the Court of Common Pleas directs sale by public outcry at the courthouse in Aiken on February 3, 1930. The tract totals 681 acres near Colemans Bridge Road about six miles southeast of Wagener in Rocky Spring Township. Plat references describe the parcel with metes and bounds.
State of South Carolina and Aiken County publish a detailed assessment notice for 1930 tax returns. It urges property owners and legal agents to file sworn returns with the County Auditor between January 1 and February 28, including railroads, banks, and corporations, with a ten percent penalty for late or missing filings. The notice lists multiple present and upcoming appointment sites and hours across towns, urging compliance to avoid penalties.
A letter from William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, criticizes plans to spread unionism into the Southern cotton mills. The piece argues such efforts threaten Southern industry, warn of strikes and plant shutdowns, and question outsiders’ motives and interests. It contrasts New England unionism failures with South Carolina conditions and questions racial integration promises.
The notice details Edward S. Crofton master sale of a parcel in Aiken County, bounded by Cedar Creek and other properties, conveying to Walter A. Bish previously, with cash or three installment terms. The sale, conducted before the Court House at Aiken, lists a 71 acre tract with boundary references to Community Service Company and Jason W. Woodward, dated February 8, 1910.
In this foreclosure style sale notice Edward Scroft Master for Aiken County S C declares a tract conveyed by DeRose Wamhwhard and dated November 20 with deed recorded in Book of Deeds No 2a page 07 Clerk of Court office Aiken County. Cash bid or four equal annual installments with interest at a stated rate. A $200 005 good faith deposit required. bid not accepted until resolved.
Tax notice warns 19 percent added January 1 1930 and 2 percent February 1930 plus 7 percent March 1 1920. Executions to sheriff for collection after March 4 1920. State district of property must be stated for tax amounts. Mail accepted as postmarked at paying office for penalties. postage stamps not accepted. Personal checks allowed but subject to collection. If property lies in multiple districts pay in each district. Clerk R Timmerman.
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