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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1931
Page
6
The passage envisions a faithful life marked by endurance in tribulation and commitment to truth and virtue. It speaks of labor for humanity and keeping God’s love as a guiding power, culminating in the divine commendation and reward.
Legislation on free tuition is ending as the House passes a bill setting tuition for state university students at 75 to 250 dollars by residency and department. The Senate seeks 10 percent pay cuts for legislators, while the revenue plan adds an insurance tax rise and a $240,000 Southern Railway settlement. Tax projections by W G Query suggest higher income collections, funding highway maintenance and state programs.
Horace Cassels, a promoter, builder, and benefactor of Ellenton, died after a night of tragedy when a giant oak fell. He was buried Friday in the new cemetery amid a large, mournful procession. A self-made man, Cassels led the town as mayor, headed major firms, ran the electric plant, and sponsored philanthropy. His farming and club life, along with a devoted family, characterized a life of service. He left a monument in the community and in his descendants.
Next Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church Dr P J McLean will speak on Eternal Life A Present Possession Sunday School at 9 45 a m The B Y P A meets at 7 p m Evening service at 8 p m A welcome for every one at every service The song service features a choir of about forty young people Sermon Behold My Hands.
E. S. Holsonbake of Graniteville is appointed to the County Board of Registration succeeding M. T. Holley whose term expired. Holsonbake has begun his duties on the board.
The Auxiliary Executive Board of the Woman s Auxiliary to the Aiken County Hospital will hold its regular meeting this morning at 10 30 o clock at the Dibble Memorial Library.
Auction style notices list antiques and home items for sale including glass china lamps clocks chairs mirrors and a mahogany sideboard. Also requests for a candle box a car pool to New London Conn and a lawn mower plus a buyer for a drop leaf stand and other ephemera. Contact points include Laurens Street D Edgefield Box 1405 and 329 Aiken.
The Edward Croft Chapter of the U D C will meet Monday afternoon at 4 at Miss Cleo Rothrock's home with Mrs H A Clark as assistant hostess. A notice invites a reliable agent to handle J R Watkins Products established 1886 in Aiken offering an excellent opportunity. Write H R Bordeaux 231 Johnson Avenue Newark NJ.
The 1930 census shows 864 719 Negroes in South Carolina, a drop of 71 088 since 1920, while the white population grew 15.3 percent. Negroes numbered 793 681 in 1930 as whites increased, marking a shift after decades.
Census figures place South Carolina's 1930 total at 1,738,765. Negro population rises to 679,681 males and 414,371 females while whites show 472,312 males to 470,728 females. State totals grow from 818,528 in 1920 to 944,040 in 1930.
The little red memorial poppy is a replica of WWI poppies that grew on battlefields in France and Belgium. It was chosen as the memorial flower because it bloomed where the wounded fell. Disabled World War Veterans make the poppies in hospitals and workrooms under American Legion direction.
Auxiliary volunteers explain every penny buys Legion and Auxiliary welfare work for disabled veterans and families. Poppies carry official badge and label, symbolizing honoring the dead and serving the living.
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