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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
8
Aiken South Carolina April 10 1930 undersigned will after three days apply to the Secretary of State for a charter for Siew White Laundry to be located at Aiken South Carolina A W Mercer M W Owens E Be Platt R B Arender
The South Carolina Gazette notes Representative W W Smoak of Walterboro shifting from denial to consideration of a gubernatorial run. It cites other potential candidates including Solicitor Ira Blackwood Spartanburg Senator Ashton Williams and Olin Johnston with various pledges and health issues affecting entries.
Langley-Bath public schools receive high praise from Aiken County Education Board members and state officials for Shiflett’s leadership. Dr Dennis and ALT Rutland commend improved organization, stronger school spirit, and closer ties with parents. State Superintendent J H Hope notes a well run system with rising enrollment and high attendance.
Business and government leaders fear Australia’s new extreme tariff barrier. The Commerce Department notes Australia buys large US goods yearly and has imposed drastic duties, the harshest in Commonwealth history. Officials warn similar moves by France, Germany and others could curb US building and employment as March contracts slip slightly from last year.
A Reich Health Council meeting of physicians debated compulsory vaccination for smallpox and related topics. The council concluded vaccination is a local operation, endorsing no further central mandates and asserting vaccines introduce a poisonous substance into healthy bodies, while noting most children endure it.
Ellenton High School staged the comedy drama Deacon Dubhe last Tuesday night. The cast featured Deacon Puile Carroll Tehasen Major McNutt William Tmnbar Yennie Yenen Katherine Bush Virginia Baxley and others as a lively set of characters. The performance received praise for period-appropriate style and strong acting despite the era’s rough sentiment about calling a spade a spade.
Mrs. W. C. Cathcart, formerly supervisor of the Child Placing Bureau, has been appointed by Governor Richards as supervisor of the Children’s Bureau of South Carolina. The Senate confirmed the appointment and she was commissioned to serve as supervisor. The bureau, created by recent legislation, succeeds the Child Placing Bureau of the State Board of Health.
A damaged ad discusses pinworms in children and the belief that worm infestations cause itching and restless symptoms. It hawks White's Crean Vermifuge as a cure, selling at 30 cents per bottle from Wood PlatFork Co in Arken.
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