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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1928
Page
6
Whereas Anna Boram has applied to be appointed administratrix of the estate of Simon Gray deceased. The notice commands all kindred creditors and interested parties to show cause at the Court House in Aiken South Carolina on April 6 1928 at 11 A M why she should not be appointed. Probate Judge George R Webb presiding.
Liberty Hill notes Gov Arner and Mrs Richards visit home for days after fishing trip. Charleston gossip suggests Mike OGrady, an Irish street sweeper, inherited about 70000 from a Savannah estate. The local press ponders his new wealth, a Florida trip, and Cuba plans, predicting crooks may reap much of it. The piece blends humor with commentary on wealth and fate.
The Florence News-Review notes that Florence readers finally heard Governor Richards present his side of the Blue law controversy that has stirred the state for over a year, spanning mountains to sea and reaching a prominent governor personally.
The passage notes the governor linking law enforcement to fear of crime as a political tactic. It recalls a past case where W. B. Harris bounced a worthless check, Harris being arrested in Spartanburg and jailed in Chester. It reports Dixie asparagus profits versus California prices and local farmer attitudes toward asparagus versus cotton.
Greenville bar member and four year state house representative James L. Love declares for state senate to succeed Senator James M. Richardson. Dispatch notes his highway funding work aided Greenville County and others in paving state highways without raising local taxes.
The report indicates positions by James R. B. Coggeshall of Dartington and D. Carl Cook of Hartsville have not made offers or announcements. It is understood neither Coggeshall nor Cook will enter the upcoming reelection race.
Editor The Daily Mail prints a reply from K E McCants Superintendent of Anderson city schools. He agrees with the editorial on salesmanship and condemns merchandise pitches to pupils as a nuisance. He admits responsibility for allowing mottoes and testaments to be offered through children and pledges no further interviews with principals. He ends with a self-deprecating note about learning from the incident.
The Greenwood Index Journal reports a busy week in Aiken with fifty eight acres of vacant land on Whiskey Road selling for sixty thousand dollars cash, a rate above a thousand dollars per acre. Nearby land near Greenwood fetched about a thousand dollars per acre, while three acres on the same road sold for ten thousand dollars. All buyers were Northern land interests attracted to Aiken.
A fragmented excerpt notes Massachusetts Governor Alvan T. Fuller urging the Legislature to grant voters a privilege. The passage suggests the move could add Massachusetts as the eleventh state to adopt a national convention plan, with the idea tied to broader convention discussions.
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