Old-Timer Visits Aiken And Buys Local Goods
In a rambling note from an Aiken visitor, the writer recalls buying flour ham coffee sugar and other goods at Hahn’s and Holley Motor Co. He praises local markets and stores, mentions car shopping Ford products and insurance by Salley Hall, and plans to return to town for future trades with the friendly merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Liza
Beck
Jude
Kerridge
Hahn
Liza Alers
Kingan
Libby
Amity
Holley Motor Co
Fordsons Tracors
Lincon
Holley
Mulley
Notice of Stock Issuance for Lost Certificates
On April 11 1925 at ten oclock I will apply to North Augusta Land Company to issue new stock scripts replacing Certificate No 22 for forty shares and Certificate No 50 for two hundred ten shares lost and not found. The application follows South Carolina 1922 laws and will be at the company office in North Augusta. W H Barse filed the request.
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North Augusta Land Company
North Augusta
Code of Laws of
South Carolina
W. H. Barse
Fowler McCormick in Milwaukee Mill Work
Heir to the Harvester fortune Fowler McCormick is employed for twenty dollars a week at a Milwaukee mill and stays in a four dollar weekly board and room house. A former tenant says he dislikes starting at 5 A.M. but remains willing to work.
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Fowler McCormick
Harvester Millions
Milwaukee
Mac
Pola Negri to Wed Crane Gratz in Paris Return
Pola Negri quiets rumors of engagement with Count Dombinski and declares plans to wed American mult imillionaire Crane Gratz after her Paris trip. A telegram exchange caused a temporary rift but Pola reaffirmed her love for Gratz and said she will marry when she returns home.
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New York
Pola ‘Negri
Pola
Mar
Paris
Ola
Crane Gratz
Count Dombinski
Pasadena
Mr. Gratz
Pars
Warsaw
Berlin
Cannes
Gratz
McDonald Attacks Special Tax Measures as Revaluation Needed
Senator McDonald of Fairfield County declares he will vote against all special tax measures until a general property revaluation is passed. He views such measures as makeshifts and urges a bold move to achieve a fair and equitable distribution of the tax burden in South Carolina.
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McDonald
Fairfield County
South Carolina
The Boy Was Right on the Horizon
Herman claims a distant speck is a Scotch ship and Healy doubts the flag until Herman notes no gulls follow, implying identification by behavior rather than sight. The exchange suggests tension over recognizing a ship afar and the implications of its nationality.
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Herman
Healy
Man
County Federation of Women's Clubs Hold Good Meeting
The Aiken County Federation of Women's Clubs held its semi annual meeting in North Augusta with the School Improvement Association and Civic League as hostesses. Delegates heard addresses on education and health, and Officer elections were held, with Mrs. Marion M. Kershaw named president as the federation joins the national group.
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County Federation OF Women’s Clubs
North Augusta
Aiken
Marion Kershaw
A. L. Franklin
Augusta
County Federation
Franklin
Hich
J. A. Jackson
Jackson Homie
Dinin
George T Jackson
James J. Jackson
Jackson
Helen of
Sheva Cleopatra
Boadicea
Joan
A. H. Brenner
Georgia State Federation
Frances Stebbins
Presi
Business and Professional Woman's Club of
Annie Stee
Augusta City Federation
Jessie Stelling
W. B. Turner
James P. Richards
Beech Island
Nee
Jula Hammond
Julia
Red Cliffe
Elizabeth Page
General Federation
Marion M. Kershaw
James Jackson
Camden Pageant Preview Promises Civic Heritage Show
The Camden pageant, themed Historical Camden, invites all residents to join a townwide portrayal of its past. On April 24, 1925, the event aims to link history with present ideals, celebrating the city’s wealth, culture, and courage through community participation.
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Campen
Camden
Wiiman
Regional Infrastructure and Development Hints Across South Carolina
The column lists multiple construction and development projects across South Carolina. Notable items include new poultry shipments from Colleton and Dillon counties, a hotel in Rock Hill, a paving upgrade in Spartanburg and Inman Tryon corridor, a $45,000 Baptist church project in Seneca, a $35,000 high school in Columbia, annex plans for Southside Baptist in Spartanburg, road and bridge works from Metts Crossroads to Columbia Charleston line, a new Marion poultry shipment, and a Mauldin road construction linking Greenville area with Mauldin and Cheraw bridge over the Savannah River. Additional highway expansions reach from Bells to Bamberg and toward Beaufort County.
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Inman
Tryon
Seneca
Columbia
Southside Baptist Church
Columbia-Charleston
McCormick
Court House
Marion
Marion County
York
Sharon-Lockhart
Greenville
Mauldin
Cheraw
Savannah River
Calhoun
Watterboro
Bells
Bamberg
Beaufort
Cambahoo
South Carolina clubs meet in Rock Hill in late April
The South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs meets April 28, 29 and 30 at Rock Hill. The State Camp of the Woodmen of the World and the Christian Endeavor Society meet in Anderson this week. An early Thursday fire at Clemson College’s Agricultural Building caused an estimated $200,000 loss.
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South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Rock Hil
The
Woodmen of the World and
Chrstian Endeavor Society
Anderson
Clemson College
Agricultural Department
South Carolina Experiment Station
Charter Issued for National Security Bank of Fairfax
A charter is issued to the National Security Bank of Fairfax with capital stock of 25000 dollars. B. F. Thomas serves as president.
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T. National Security Bank of Fairfax
B. F. Thomas
Train strikes fatal crash near Darlington injures woman
Dr FE H Alford of Mullins and his daughter Sarah Byers Alford were killed instantly when the automobile they rode in was struck by a Seaboard Air Line train three miles from Darlington on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Alford was seriously hurt but not life threatening. The Alford family had just left the funeral of Mrs. Alford's mother. Dr Alford was a brother in law of Governor Thomas G McLeod.
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FE. H. Alford
Mullins
Sarah Byers Alford
Greenville cotton broker convicted of forging receipts
B. W. Harrison of Greenville, a young cotton broker, was convicted of forging cotton warehouse receipts and must serve his penitentiary sentence as the Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment.
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B. W. Harrison
Greenville
Supreme Court
Tral Court
Senators Padgett and Spivey named to Land Settlement Commission
Lt. Gov. E. B. Jackson appoints J. G. Padgett of Walterboro and I. D. A. Spivey of Horry as Senate members of the State Land Settlement Commission.
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J. G. Padgett
Walterboro
ID. A. Spivey
Horry
Senate
State Land Settlement Commission
E. B. Jackson
Two youths killed and two others hurt in Camden crash
Levi Shirley aged 19 died at the scene and Willie Trapp aged 17 died hours later after a collision between a Ford and a wagon near Camden Friday morning. Two additional people sustained injuries.
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Levi Shirley
Willie Trapp
Camden
Chief highway commissioner election postponed to Monday
The election of a chief highway commissioner, initially set for yesterday, has been postponed to Monday night of next week.
Union woman killed as car plunges over Buffalo Creek bridge
Afiss Grace Rogers of Union died instantly while her brother Norris Rogers was injured when the automobile they rode in veered through a railing and toppled down an embankment near the Buffalo Creek bridge near Union last Saturday.
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Afiss
Grace Rogers
Union
Norris Rogers
Buffalo Creek
Bartow Walsh Dies at Sumter Home After Wife's Funeral
Bartow Walsh died last Saturday at his Sumter home soon after the funeral of his wife. The obituary notes his residence in Sumter and references the recent family bereavement.
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Hes
Bartow Walsh
Sumter
Hartsville Grammar School Burns Down After Fire
A brick grammar school in Hartsville was destroyed by a blaze last Saturday morning causing about $100,000 in losses. The fire gutted the Hartsville building, with authorities treating the incident as a major fire emergency.
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Hartsville
Bank closes assets balance as panic hits Bamberg
Fires National Bank of Bamberg shuts its doors last Saturday morning after months of operation trouble. The bank reports assets around 190 000 and deposits about 45000 amid a wider financial strain. A separate county tax records fire in Walhalla destroyed 1924 records and a kidnapping case in Charleston county involves Mrs J G Fisher held in jail. A Worley in Warrenville area fatally shoots his son Gerald after a confrontation.
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Walhalla
Worley
Warrenville
Horsecreek Valley
Gerald Worley
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Avery Watkin
Aiken Standard Office
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Jed Pudlick
Pola Negri
Gene Gratz
Chester
Thedford
James A. Jackson
Walter Duncan
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A. A. Walden
T. F Lyon
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David Starr Jordan
W. FE. Mealing
Thomas B. Andrews
Maryland Randall
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Helen Vincent
S.C. Weekly
Inrustril Review
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Colleton
Spartanburg
Gastonia
Piedmont
Northern Rail
Denmark
Dillon
Dillon County
Rock Hill
Denim Park
Sinking Fund Commission
Troyes
France
Jesse F. York
Spartanburg County
Washington Hosital
Memes Parker
House of Representatives
Kennedy
J. M. Heath
New Orleans
Infantrybanks
J. G Fisher
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Charleston County
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Geer
Erie
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