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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
4
A retrospective compares a harsh old country school with slab benches, open walls, and a wall of switches to today’s brick structures, modern desks, and heated, ventilated rooms. It laments abandoned homes and highway progress while praising strides in education and infrastructure.
The page blends a cryptic crossword with a dedicatory plea on farm desertions in South Carolina. It laments rising taxes, unpaid farm taxes, and rural decline, urging swift remedies to slow farm exodus while criticizing political strife and calling for unity.
Editorial argues against state funded college scholarships in South Carolina. It cites Governor Sheppard’s 1882 proposal for paying tuition upfront or via notes, noting that free scholarships deprive deserving students and waste public funds. The piece urges students to fund their own education if able and to repay later.
The excerpt argues for continued leadership and emergency measures in South Carolina, noting past growth from adversity and calling for a Moses-like plan to reclaim the Promised Land. It suggests extending taxes over years and urges state relief if banks cannot extend credit to farmers until farm conditions improve.
The text argues that infighting among South Carolina towns harms all sectors. It emphasizes interdependence among farmers merchants manufacturers and laborers, noting each supports the others in a cycle of mutual benefit.
The writer urges citizens to replace bile with altruism and work together to restore prosperity. He notes SC lags in tax per capita and warns progress requires effort and increased spending to avoid stagnation, asking what steps are needed to move upward.
A city-bred girl tells her farmer husband she found four duck eggs among twenty four. He asks how she knows they are duck eggs and she replies that she tested them by water and four floated.
A brief note praises the Eskicooks for making tasty pies with the comment credited to Pickens Sentinet about their baking skill.
A brief exchange records a visitor asking a proprietor to itemize a bill correctly and to spell omelette with two ts. The fragment ends with unsure garbled words and no further context.
An exchange about attending a theatre prompts a witty remark. A man refuses to take a woman with an old hat to the show, and she notes his decision as a humorous test. The snippet captures clever banter and social expectations of leisure.
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