Aiken County Tax Plan Faces Hearing On Budget
Aiken County Council prepares for a second reading tonight of the Fiscal 1999 budget amid deep cuts. A proposed 5 mill increase for solid waste and a $5 vehicle fee hike were removed to avoid dipping into reserves, with a $47 million plan needing about $200,000 in savings to balance. The action may affect the industrial park and road projects.
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Aiken
Bill Shepherd
Kathy Rawls
Eddie Butler
Rick Osbon
Dillard's to Acquire Mercantile Stores for 2.9 Billion
Dillard's Inc agreed to buy Mercantile Stores Co for 2.9 billion dollars adding 119 department stores including JB White in Aiken. The Aiken JB White may become Dillard's while other Mercantile locations are divested. Dillard's would run more than 365 stores and about 10 billion dollars in sales after the deal.
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JB White
Aiken
Dillard's Inc
Mercantile Stores Co
Dillard's
Heritage Square
Richland Avenue
Mitchell Shopping Center
Little Rock
Ark
Fairfield
Ohio
Mercantile
South Carolina
Milliken Family
Midwest
South
McAlpin's
Bacons
Joslins
Gayfers
Maison Blanche
Castner Knott
Jones
Roots
deLendrecie's
Glass Block
Hennessy’s
Tim McVicker
Kris Norris
Dillard’s
Augusta
James Bryce White
Georgia
White
Chaflin Co
New York
Ireland
Italy
Mercantile Stores Corp
JB White and Co
National Hills
Augusta Mall
Aiken-Augusta
Columbia
Spartanburg
Greenville
William Carr
Obituary Notices for Five Residents Listed
The page lists death notices for Shirly Samuels of New Ellenton Dorothy L. Richey of Aiken William Henry Stalnaker Jr of Warrenville Mary E Feaster of North Augusta and William W Anderson Jr of Augusta with obituary aces on page 6A.
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Shirly Samuels
New Ellenton
Dorothy L. Richey
Aiken
William Henry Stalnaker Jr
Warrenville
Mary E. Feaster
North Augusta
William W. Anderson Jr
Augusta
JB White Store Chronicle From Belfast to Augusta
A concise history traces JB White and Co from founder James Bryce White leaving Belfast in the 1860s to multiple Augusta stores. Key milestones include Broad Street origins in 1874, retirements in 1904, bankruptcy shifts in 1914, expansions to Aiken 1935 and Regency Mall 1978, Heritage Square 1979, Daniel Village 1984, Regency Mall closure 1997, and Augusta Mall opening in 1998.
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James Bryce White
Belfast
Ireland
New York City
White
Augusta
Fredericksburg
Broad Street
W.T. Anderson
H.W. Landrum
J.B. White and Co
Chaflin Co
New York
Mercantile Stores Corp
Genoa
Italy
JB White
Aiken
National Hills
Regency Mall
Heritage Square
Home
Daniel Village
Augusta Mall
Budget conferees begin balancing act
Columbia budget negotiators start talks to slice state funds for education health care and capital projects with potential fights over teen pregnancy funding and tax cuts. More than 52 million in unappropriated video poker revenue could bridge a 48 million House wish list while capital projects were cut with bond funding disputed between chambers.
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Columbia
House
Senate
Charleston
Judge gives killer 30-year sentence for slaying
Jonathan Green was sentenced to 30 years in prison for knifing Margaret Sissie Smith to death on November 2, 1996, in Clearwater after a dispute over Green staying at her Augusta Road home. The victim’s fiancé planned to move to Florida to sign a house contract. The coroner noted Green called 911 and mutilated himself, then attacked Smith, choking her before cutting her throat.
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New Jersey
Florida
Jonathan Green
Margaret Sissie Smith
Billy Goller
Aiken County
Patricia Corey
Miss Smith
Green
Augusta Road
Clearwater
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Dillard’s Buying
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Rease
Shoneys x
Whiskey Rd
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