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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1925
Page
6
Advertising costs listed include 25 cents per word for display ads 10 cents per line for local notices 1.00 per inch for first probate ad 0.50 per inch for later insertions 50 cents per inch for tributes 10 cents per line for cards of thanks and three dollars per probate citation final discharge debtors and creditors.
The passage contrasts two attitudes toward work and ambition, framing one as loaferly and the other as industrious. It notes old fashioned idioms reappearing in modern speech, using air travel as a metaphor for how desire and effort are perceived.
The article notes that a boarding house serves prunes because many prunes are kept on hand for serving. It highlights the practical reason behind the menu choice and reflects everyday domestic life.
A quoted civic boast argues that weapons should be outlawed while conceding the exception of a woman’s right to cosmetic powder. The remark reflects a paradox on social norms and disarmament in public discourse.
The report notes a lack of prize fighters retiring from the ring and a surprising decline in women leaving their wedding rings, signaling broader social shifts and retirement patterns in entertainment and marriage.
A fragmented fragmenting text mixes chapters titled Barn burns and Man dies with notes on headlines about Miriam Ferguson and Governor Ferguson. It references the Russian government and wartime issues along with a critique of church actions and a foreign debt discussion. The piece also mentions Rev. C P Hojberg and Briand.
Rev Father George F Bennett of New Jersey outlines a justice formula where a minister helps arrest a bootlegger and then leads his congregation in prayers for the bootlegger’s acquittal. The plan frames a moral stance linking enforcement action with spiritual intercession.
A plainspoken critique lists multiple taxes in South Carolina including state and local real estate taxes, personal property taxes, assorted school taxes, income taxes, inheritance taxes, corporation taxes, license and stamp taxes, and high levies on gasoline and tobacco. The piece portrays the tax structure as burdensome and unequal.
The speaker laments the fragmented tax system that burdens property owners especially farmers. They argue real estate mortgage holders escape taxes and that many “special taxes” raise the property levy while the average taxpayer suffers year round.
The W. M. S. Circles of the Baptist church met Tuesday afternoon. The Bobo Patterson circle gathered at Mrs. L. W. McCullough’s on Chesterfield street and the Edwards McLean circle at Mrs. Walter Plunkett’s on South Boundary. B F Wilkes will spend the week in the county checking auto licenses and has noted several cars with 1924 licenses.
The examination for vacant scholarships and new student admission at Winthrop College will be held at the County Court House on Friday July 3 and Saturday July 4 at 9 a m Applicants must be at least sixteen years old Scholarships, if vacant after July 4, will be awarded to those with the highest average at the exam, subject to award rules Applicants should write to President Johnson before the exam for scholarship blanks or obtain them from the County Court House.
Competitive examinations to fill vacant scholarships at Clemson College will be held on Friday July 10 1925 starting at 9 AM under county supervision.
All persons indebted to the estate of Miss Sallie Courtney are asked to pay and all persons having claims against the estate should present them itemized and verified to the undersigned executors W. C. Johnson J. Q. Seigler Alvin W. Weeks.
Notice of sale by order of the Court of Common Pleas in Aiken South Carolina for a lot in the city bounded by Warneke Croft Newberry Henderson and Johnson Vincent to be sold at public outcry on July 6 1925 in front of the courthouse. Cash price terms and a $200.00 good faith deposit required.
In Aiken County South Carolina the Court of Common Pleas hears a proceeding filed by Alexander Frank as Executor of Pauline Frank deceased seeking legal relief in the probate matter.
In the Court of Magistrate Virgil Q. Denny judgment was for Neema Cobb by guardian against T C Craig. On the first Monday in July a Ford Touring Car of T C Craig will be sold at public outcry for cash in front of the courthouse Aiken South Carolina. Nollie Robinson Sheriff June 4 1925.
Rebecca McKie and Robert McKie as Administratrix and Administrator of Horace McKie deceased will file final return on July 6 1925 at noon and seek final discharge. June 3 1925.
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