15 Apr 1927
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1927
Page
1
The South Carolina Supreme Court hears whether Sunday golf violates ancient Sunday laws. Henderson argues golf is private and protects religious liberty, noting golf differs from fishing and that residents may play without caddies or public admission.
Mr and Mrs Joe Bell and their little daughter of Buffalo New York visited Aiken this week en route to Florida They are returning to Florida after Mr Bell who is an Aiken native and Harvard Law School graduate has practiced law in the North for about 25 years He is married to Miss Bissell daughter of a high ranking New York judge
Contracts between Frick Manufacturing of York Pennsylvania and Verenes Brothers wholesale grocers establish a Verenes Ice Plant and Coal Company. The $50,000 facility will sit beside the old May warehouse and be ready by June 10. Separate records will be kept, but the plant will be a part of the Verenes establishment.
Now installed in its new home the former Gaston Bank building recently bought by E R Hafers the Hafers Electric Company has one of the prettiest show rooms in this section.
Six nationally famous cooking authorities contribute to a new post graduate cooking series for women readers. Mrs Sarah Tyson Rover Miss Lucy G Allen Mrs Belle DeGraf Miss Margaret Allen Hall Miss Rosa Michaelis and others share favorite recipes and practical household tips in accessible lessons from prominent culinary educators.
City Council votes 4 to 2 to keep the Sunday law as enacted in 1919, resisting a state law conformity change amid weeks of contention. Aldermen Glover Etheredge Holley Plunkett and Duches oppose. Welborn lease of Aiken Opera House declared vacant with 30 days to vacate. Courier: also notes railroad rate approval and new fines for public dances and carnivals near churches.
A New Yorker who recently bought a winter home in Aiken with plans for a long stay visited the Bank of Western Carolina president. He expressed faith in Aiken and interest in buying a large block of bank stock, but the president said none was on the market.
Mr and Mrs William Munsey Kennedy of Washington DC toured widely seeking a climate aiding asthma. They report the Aiken climate cleared the patient’s asthma completely during a ten day stay at the Palmetto Inn. Fes Prevost Clemson College lecturer spoke at the Aiken Agricultural Club meeting last Wednesday.
Worthington Minn notes Will Rogers quip about a phone camera era where privacy fades. He warns even baths and rooms reveal people and objects, taunting detectives for a nickel. The mayor quips Beverly Hills will not install such devices.
Aiken County schools stage their annual field day with a monster parade on Main Street from Miss Bureshakers corner to the post office where silver cups will be awarded to local basketball clubs and school teams. prizes announced by Dr Bodie.
Envoy John Gomillion of the Aiken Post Salvation Army reports the horse show proceeds this year totaled 1.05 dollars and 50 cents, deposited to the headquarters fund. He invites further donations and thanks Aiken residents for the annual self denial fund. The Baptist ministers association met at First Church. next gathering set for May third Monday due to Louisville convention May 4 to 7.
Real estate activity in recent weeks approached half a million dollars with major sales to Mrs. C. O. Iselin at Whitehall for 40,000.06 and Mrs. R. R. McCormick at Whitehall for 32,000.00. Other significant parcels include Ludlow Kramer at Sandhurst with 77,000.00 and Kalmia Lodge at 18,000.0. Also listed are Fitch Gilbert Hunneywell place 35,000.00 Arthur Young Ray place 40,000.06 Dr. Ben Wyman place 13,500.00 and multiple properties ranging from 3,500.00 to 50,000.00 across Crosland, Beac h, and Weatherford.
The Polish painter Albert de Kossack spent time in Aiken with an exhibition at the Highland Park Hotel sun parlor. Before World War I he painted Kaiser Wilhelm in Berlin but quit after the Kaiser cursed Poland at a party. Returns to Poland, learns his name is a household word.
Funeral services for Mrs. J Ray Woodward formerly of Aiken who died in Orlando Florida were held at First Baptist church on Monday afternoon. Interment followed in Bethany Cemetery. She was 29 and survived by her husband two children her parents one sister and one brother. The pallbearers included Walter Plunkett Clarence Courtney Tillman Dyehees Henry Busbee Bruce Johnson and Harry George.
Sunday at St Johns Methodist Graniteville features a youth fellowship class after Sunday School. At 11 am the Aiken Institute Glee Club performs an Easter Cantata followed by Rev Ferguson Jr delivering The Voice of Easter. Sunday evening includes an Easter song service and a sermon The Journey from the Tomb. Rev Taylor Jr assists in revival starting April 24.
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