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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
2
The note lists jurors and officials connected to a Columbia matter. Names include J. C. E., M83, Weeks, Week iene, W. E. Berrie, red Haba, B. F. Holley, J.A. Risty Townsend, and J. H. Richardson. The record is fragmentary and lacks clear context.
A Sunday service at Sunset Baptist drew a full house as the sermon titled The Message of the Cross impressed attendees. The pastor delivered a concise, life-affirming message that audience members described as thoughtful and impactful.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Baptist church announces a cake sale at Holley Hardware Company starting at 10 o'clock tomorrow. A variety of delicious cakes will be available for purchase to support church activities.
Titled as a Union service at 7 45 p m under the auspices of the American Legion Col J Monroe Johnson will deliver the address Special music and a cordial invitation extended to all attendees
Col J Momree Johnson of Marion who commanded the 117th Engineers in France during World War I will speak at the union service of all churches in Aiken at the First Baptist Church Sunday evening. F E Ardrey will sing and Mrs Snelling will play a violin solo.
The Preparatory School boys staged The Princess by Lord Tennyson on the school grounds last Friday. A large audience from Aiken and visiting guests praised the performance, noting the boys’ unusual talent in interpreting the work.
In Greenville Judge Hayne F. Rice expressed shock at a jury verdict of manslaughter, saying the defendant was guilty of murder. A South Carolina judge, Judge Sease, recently acquitted a defendant but called the acquittal a miscarriage of justice and deemed him guilty of murder. Rice told the prisoner he would impose the heaviest sentence he had given for manslaughter, twenty years of hard labor, noting the case as among the worst in the state and urging public reflection on juries and judicial authority.
Sheriff's deputies seized a steam plant about 12 miles from Aiken on the Columbia road near Sanders mill pond. The equipment included a 120 gallon capacity boiler and related vats, with eight hundred gallons of mash taken from the operation.
Everett Edgerton, a Clemson cadet and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Edgerton of Aiken, has been notified he passed the Annapolis Naval Academy entrance examination and received the appointment from former Congressman James F. Byrnes.
The Horse Show yesterday proved the biggest success yet held with many animals described as among the best in the world. The grounds were crowded with spectators.
The Cotting Ginning Report shows 29,332 bales ginned in Aiken County before March 20 1924, up from 26,676 by the same date in 1923, an increase of 2,656 bales.
The Rednath Chautauqua will come to town on May 6. Citizens are urged to attend and support the event as in past years to ensure its success.
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