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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
4
Poetic tribute by James Edwin Kerr extolling a universal God seen in mothers eyes and in nature. The piece affirms God’s presence in sacrifice love and noble womanhood, touching on reverence from child to community through simple acts and natural beauty.
The writer argues about the unknown actions of the current legislature regarding a new tax law. They suggest that if repeal or meaningful relief is not achieved, a different political maneuver may replace the current stance, implying a recurring false narrative.
Mrs Henry Crosland addresses the State Council of Farm Women at Winthrop College on citizenship, suffrage, and public service. She argues women must vote, engage in public life beyond moral issues, and balance home duties with civic responsibility to shape educated leadership for South Carolina.
The piece argues lawyers bear blame for excessive and dilatory U S law, cites Illinois Bar Association and Taft, notes Congress and courts are shaped by lawyers, offers no clear fix and ends with ask a lawyer for answer.
The South Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy chaired by Mrs Peter C Brunson of Orangeburg lists scholarships. A coeducational loan of 125 dollars is offered from the Edisto district with district limit. Statewide division scholarships include Winthrop College 100 dollars and others at Medical College of South Carolina 120 dollars Converse College 100 dollars Furman University 75 dollars College of Charleston 50 dollars and Winthrop College Rock Hill tuition. Last year the group spent 4116.75 educating descendants of those who wore the gray.
South Carolina residents filed 28 225 returns for 1923 reporting total net income of 95 204 234 and total tax of 1 756 820. The average tax paid was 62 24 on an average net income of 3 373 05, with per capita figures at 54 58 net income and 1 01 gross income. Normal tax 969 225 surtaxes 436 976 and 350 619 from the 12 per cent tax on capital net gains.
The Garenville News notes SC has the fewest federal income tax payers in the Southeast with 28,225 returns in 1923, far below North Carolina 68,19! Tennessee and Virginia above 69,000. It cites small growth 1922–23 and urges reforms to tax policy to attract capital and develop resources.
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