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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
7
A 39-year-old Bureau report details severe drought and extreme heat causing widespread crop losses in North and South Carolina. Corn, cotton, hay, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and sorghum suffer, while tobacco and certain regions show mixed yields. Dry streams, water hauling, and forest fires compound the hardship.
In a brief note the Cherokee Times suggests renaming the locomotive front apparatus from cow-catcher to Lizzie lifter, signaling a potential change in railroad terminology and public usage.
The State of South Carolina Aiken County sheriff will auction on October 5 1925 at the courthouse in Aiken all listed parcels for 1922 1923 and 1924 taxes. Properties include multiple tracts in Aiken and Spartans districts with dozens of owners such as Jas M Bean B O Neal Courtney Junius Mathis Mrs Allie Moseley Est J A Rish W E Robinson R E Wingard F W Brownstein Wade Cushman Twiggs Stevens Washington Allen B R Dunbar A P Norris G T McClain Lee Knight Carrie Hickson Everett Hankinson Jr Nathaniel Smith Julia Boyd Eddie Jenkins Mrs Jesse Cushman L A Cushman Mamie Woodward Spartan Land Co J A Franklin Walter Hatcher and others. Nollie Robinson Sheriff Aiken County S C.
Gee McGee of Anderson Mail insists relief comes from living within our means and stopping the surge of tax additions and spending rather than equalizing taxes. The remark condemns current fiscal policy and urges restraint.
The city of St Louis seeks life insurance on two large elm trees for 25000 dollars each The Columbia Record predicts by 1975 the state of South Carolina will insure its remaining trees for at least 50000 dollars each if current destruction continues.
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