Inheritance Tax Not Applied to Pre Act Deaths in South Carolina
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the inheritance tax act is prospective and not retroactive. Estates settled before the act’s February 23 effective date are not taxed if the decedent died earlier. J. Eewin Belser, administrator of John I. Lowry’s estate, secured the ruling preventing tax assessment.
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Columbia
J. Eewin Belser
John I. Lowry
Tax Commission
Mr. Belser
Lowry
The
Garys
Watts, Fraser, Cothran
Marion
Three Piece Suits and Bathing Dresses Stir Fashion
The feature highlights three piece suits with bodice and skirt attachments in wool jersey and gingham, breezy summer styles with wide ribbons and capes, plus new bathing suits and sandals. It notes wool fabrics like kasha cloth and crepe de chine details, and mentions caps and tourists wear. A separate item jokes about a Philadelphia Eagles club member refusing a sick committee role.
Deliberately Unfriendly and Odd Neighbor Tales
A quirky local item notes Ciuly One That Counted and Tommy with siblings, a neighbor asking if he is the only child. He boasts he is the only one working. Mr Grampson is described as eccentric and unpopular for carrying a pocket Bible to challenge golfers by placing their right hand on it.
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J. W. Fleming
Savannah
South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society
R. M. Cooper, Jr
Wisacky
Fair
Frank Milcd
Lexington
David G. Billison
Columbia
Fleming
Fair Society
Ita
United States
Ohio
South
Cooper
Tommy
Mr. Grampson
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Supreme Court
J. Edwin
Belser
Uth
Carolina
State Health Department
Palmeto
Internal Revenue Department
Postoffice
Jefferson Hotel
South Carolina
Wilson Gee
Department of Rural Social Science
University of South Carolina
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Dorchester
Bamberg
Florence
Richland County
National Guard
Robert A. Cooper
Adjt
R. W. Grant
Greer
Howitzer Company
Spartanburg
Greenville
Hkmasley
Baseball
Grant
F. R. Day
Col. T. KE. Marshall
One Hundred and Eighteenth Regiment
Greer Armory
Dixie Highway Association
Jacksonville
Florida
Highway Department
Atutes
Palmetto Concrete Manufacturing and Machinery Company of
State Highway Department
Jersey
Sasasesesasasasasasegaseons
Eseoeoes
Wrigley
ARS
Thomas Robertson
Eagles Club
Robertson
Tin
Undertaker
Kiansis City Star
Ciuly
Ggettyllyers
King Pin Plug Tobacco
Goodyear
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