Aiken School Day Draws Big Crowd and Prize Winners
A large crowd gathered at Aiken School Day to witness numerous prize winners across events. Notable victors include Clarence Collins and George Mealing of North Augusta with top finishes in discus, javelin, shot, and yard dash, along with winners in girls and small girls shoe races and sack races. Other accolades cover grammar and high school declamations, spelling, and six grade reading with multiple small-town contestants from North Augusta, Warrenville, Langley, Ellenton, and Bath. A study center is planned for Saturday at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Collins
North Augusta
George Mealing
Robert Fiorie
Robert Florie
North
Clarence Calf
Ethan Andrews
Downer
Alvie Sands
Warrenville
Charles Buford
David Sholowske
Langtey
Marian Creed
Gloverville
Inella Reams
Langley
Louella Rushton
Willie Mae Wilson
Johnnie Ready
New Holland
Elizabeth Simms
Dwight Mullis
Fiverett Vance
Hawai
James Fair
Willie Black
Aiken
Dick € Sford
Barney Fulmer
Marsuella
William Lybrand
Ridge Spring
Thiel
Julian Jenkins
Bath
Grammar School
Sarah Crossen
Mary Whatley
Mary Hughes
Mt. Beulah
B. C. Wall
F. E. Ergle
Granteville
Dunbar Bush
Ellenton
Neddie Culler
Kitchings Mill
Murray Craig
Louise Jones
Katherine
Bates
Kathleen Harrigal
Graniteville
Gladys Fallon
Monetta
Leona Howard
Stanley Eubanks
Lucy Jones
Oak Grove
Doris Boyd
Talatha
Frank Dunbar
Emma Whitten
Florence Sanders
Bell Rites Held for Warrestville Man
Herman Rudolph Bell aged 34 died Wednesday at his Warrenville residence after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Warrenville Baptist Church at 3:30 yesterday with interment in Graniteville cemetery. Survived by wife Lula Lucile Bell son Herman R Bell Jr mother Mrs W C Bell two brothers William C Bell Albany Ga and Bassey D Bell North Augusta four sisters Mrs B E Cushing Mrs T E Friday Graniteville Mrs H C Howell Macon Ga and Mrs PF B Reece Warrenville. Belonged to the W O W of Graniteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rudolph Bell
Warrestville
Warrenville Baptist Church
Graniteville
Lula Lucile Bell
Herman R. Bell
W.C. Bell
Warrenville
William C. Bell
Albany
Bassey D. Bell
North Augusta
B. E. Cushing
T. E. Friday
H. C. Howell
Macon
PF. B. Reece
Bell
Windsor
Young Worley Buried After Tragic Parental Shooting
The 17 year old Gideon Worley was shot by his father near Warrenville. He died from skull fractures after four bullets entered his head and back. D M George Funeral Home and Warrenville Baptist Church hosted the burial with Rev George Mullins officiating at Warrenville Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Worley
Warrenville Baptist Church
George Mullins
Warrenville Cemetery
Boy Scouts On Field Day At Aiken Park
The Aiken Boy Scouts worked last Friday at Eustis Park selling cold drinks ice cream candy and lemonade for their Scout tent fund. They cleared about 75 dollars and helped the Aiken Horse Show by distributing programs and providing service. The Scouts aim to prove a useful and splendid organization in Aiken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Eustis Park
Aiken County Medical Society Plans Monthly Talks
The Aiken County Medical Society held a meeting featuring Dr. J Moss Bealer from the State Hospital who spoke on Mental Hygiene and a Mental Clinic for Aiken County. The group will hold future meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Funeral services for Walter Couch held at Graniteville
Walter Couch died after nine weeks illness. Funeral at Graniteville Baptist Church with Rev. E O Tes Bow and Rev. Alfred B Fergusson presiding. Interment in Graniteville cemetery. Pallbearers named. Survivors include wife Mrs Bahsaba Davis Couch, three sons Edgar L James J Couch and W L Couch, daughter Mrs D P Franklin, two brothers J P Couch and J C Couch, two sisters Mrs A P Arthur and Mrs Omie Blalock, and eleven grandchildren. Couch was a member of Graniteville Lodge No 20 Knights of Pythias. Floral offerings noted as large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coniteville
Graniteville Baptist Church
E. O. Tes Bow
Alfred B. Fergusson
Graniteville
G. H Leitner
J. L.artin
T. J. Sean
Ernest Sherman
J. B. Williams
Bahsaba Davis Couch
Edgar L
Jas. J. Couch
W. L. Couch
Columbia
D. P. Franklin
J. P Couch
J.C. Couch
Newberry
A. P. Arthur
Vaucluse
Omie Blalock
Couch
Graniteville Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ladies Night At Aiken K of P Lodge No 25
The Aiken K of P Lodge entertained guests on Tuesday with Miss Marie Heinsohn of the Charleston Temple as honor guest and speaker. Ernest L. Allen presented her and urged organizing a Pythian Sisters group in Aiken. A committee was named to visit absent wives and daughters for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
K. of P. Lodge
Marie Heinsohn
Charleston Temple
K. of P
Heinsohn
Ernest L. Allen
Allen
J. L. McCarter
Maggie George
Thos. Cushman
Finley Henderson
B. F. Etheredge
Claus Busch
James Moseley
Aiken B Y P U Convention At Millbrook Baptist Church
The Aiken B Y P U convention opens today at Millbrook Baptist Church with a 2:30 prayer led by Rev. George L. Mullis. Miss Annie Coward welcomes the delegation and Miss Evelyn Couch of Clearwater offers the greeting. The program includes a Sword Drill by North Augusta and Aiken intermediates and talks by Rev. R. H. McReapnon Rev. O. E. Te Bow and Prof. S. H. Moody. Mrs. Leon S. Holley discusses Our Responsibility Towards the Negro in Our Midst and Rev. Phillip J. McLean delivers the evening address. Musicals are featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken B. Y. P. U
Millbrook Baptist Church
George L. Mullis
Annie Coward
Evelyn Couch
Clearwater
North Augusta
Aiken
R. H. Mc Reapnon
Millbrook
O. E. Te. Bow
S. H. Moody
Leon S. Holley
Phillip J. McLean
First Baptist Church
Obituary of J B Oneall Holloway of Elloree
J B Oneall Holloway 70 longtime teacher died at his Elloree home after a life in South Carolina education. He was the son of Col Thomas W Holloway of Pomaria Newberry county and studied at Newberry College. Surviving relatives include his widow, several children in Elloree Savannah and Greenwood, sisters in Newberry, a half sister Ruby Thorpe and half brother Henry J Holloway. He headed a Graniteville school for years and lived in various counties during his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
J. B. O’neall Holloway
Elloree
Col
Savannah
Edwin Irick
Joe Weeks
George Holloway
Greenwood
Ruby Thorpe
E. R. Hipp
Luther Fellers
Newberry
Henry J. Holloway
Holloway
Graniteville
Mrs Minnie Lott 42 Dies Suddenly in Graniteville
Mrs Minnie Lott aged 42 died suddenly Sunday night at her sister Mrs Leora Eubanks home in Graniteville. Funeral held Monday at Graniteville Methodist Church with Rev A B Ferguson Jr officiating. Interment in Warrenville cemetery. Survived by husband J R Lott of Vaucluse, three sons Jacob Offie and Claude Lott of Vaucluse, two daughters Bessie May and Genelle Lott of Graniteville, mother Mrs Ella Bryant of Graniteville, four sisters Jessie Reeves Lula Cochran Efe Toole and Leora Eubanks, and two brothers Tyler Bryant Greenwood and C Bryant of Graniteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lott
Leora Eubanks
Graniteville
Graniteville Methodist Church
A. B. Ferguson, Jr
Warrenville
J. R. Lott
Vaucluse
Jacob Lott
Offie
Claude Lott
Bessie May Lott
Genelle Lott
Ella Bryant
Jessie Reeves
Augusta
Lula Cochran
Hamlet
N. C
Efe Toole
Tyler Bryant
Greenwood
C. Bryant
Will Ask For Bail In Warrenville Case
Sam A Worley the father of a 17 year old boy faces a bail hearing next week before Judge Townsend at Bainberg. His attorney Frampton Toole will apply for bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Worley
Warrenville
Frampton Toole
Bainberg
Townsend
Adult Work Secured for Langley and Bath
Petition drives adult education expansion in Langley and Bath with a nine month program starting September. State aid covers half salaries. Langley Manufacturing Company may fund balance as Rock Hill mills back this effort. Miss Broughton to lead Bath and Langley programs 1925 26. two Bath pupils to attend Lander summer adult school in Greenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Langley School
Seigler
Langley
South Carolina
Langley Manufacturing Company
Rock Hill
Lander College
Greenwood
Columbua
Ways and Means Committee
Education Committee
House
William J. Oliver Dead At Knoxville After Accident
William J. Oliver died at his Knoxville Tennessee home on March 28. He was a prominent manufacturer and railroad contractor formerly based in this county. Oliver built the first railroad through Barnwell and helped extend the Carolina Midland to Allendale, and was long associated with the Southern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
William J. Oliver
Oliver
Barnwell
Carolina Midland
Allendale
The
Southern
Splendid Progress Shown at Friendship Baptist Church
Last fourth Sunday at Friendship Baptist Church in Ziou marked a milestone under Rev. A. W. Hill with over 500 new members added in seven years. The church, now organized with growth across finances and spirit, reports a new parsonage furnace and a recent rally yielding 1,430.86 toward a pipe organ, as recorded by T. P. Hammond and T. C. Crawford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Baptist — Church
A. W. Hill
T. P. Hammond
Treas
T. C. Crawford
Clayton and Middlebrook wed in Tarpon Springs Florida
Alice Ellen Clayton and Harold M. Middlebrook were married March 24 1925 at the Universalist church of the Good Shepherd Tarpon Springs officiated by Rev Louis Richards. Attendants were Virginia Witt Virgil C Clayton. The couple left for a Florida honeymoon after a wedding breakfast at The Grey Miss Inn Clearwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist Church of the Good Shepherd
Tarpon Springs
Florida
Louis Richards
Alice Ellen Clayton
Harold M. Middlebrook
Geo. Innes, Jr
Fowler
Marie Lennon
Philadelphia
Virginia Witt
Tennessee
Virgil C. Clayton
Grey Miss Inn
Clearwater
Court House Offices Entered
The offices of County Auditor P M Hankinson and County Treasurer J D Woodward were broken into Monday night. Desks pried open and rifled in the search for money, which was not found. The safe in the treasurer’s office was undisturbed. Finger prints on the auditor’s window sill suggest the culprits were likely young persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Hankinson
J. D. Woodward
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Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner
Marx
M. Surasky
City of Aiken
Royal Holley
Studebaker Garage
Studebaker
Aiken and
Edgefield Counties
Young Worley
BOY Scouts
Medical Society
Walter
B. Y. P. U. Convention
J. B. Oneall Hollaway
Mrs
Langley and
W. J. Oliver
Clayton
Court House
Merly
Clowe-Coleman Co
Henry Warneke
Fontaine Motor Company
Clove-Coleman CO
Buick
Geddings Cushman
Flint
Michigan
Clowe-Coleman Co., Inc
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