Whiskey Seizure After Aiken Cash Van Incident
In Aiken last Saturday two men in a Studebaker with Louisiana plates were found with 175 to 300 quarts of bottled whiskey hidden behind seats and floor traps. They named Albert Blanding and Joseph Biter of Palm Beach, bonded at $200 each, awaiting funds as the car and whiskey were confiscated.
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Studebaker
Woodward and Sullivan
Albert Blanding
Joseph Biter
Palm Beach
Robinson
Baptist Sunday School Hosts Annual Picnic at Coker Springs
The Primary Department of The Baptist Sunday School held its annual picnic yesterday afternoon at Coker Springs.
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of the Baptist Sunday School
Coker Springs
Political year ahead in South Carolina politics
The piece outlines upcoming elections for insurance commissioner and state librarian plus several university and college boards including Clemson, University of South Carolina, Winthrop, Colored Normal and Industrial College, and The Citadel. It notes no state or U S senate campaign but warns of active races starting with the legislative session and extending into broader campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. McMahon
Virgina G Moody
Sam B. King
Greenwood County
Clemson College
R. H. Timmerman
Batesburg
F. E. Cops
Cope
W. D. Barnette
Columbia
United States Senate
City Council Holds August Meeting and Deliberates on Alley, Franchise
City Council approved closing an alley between Kershaw and Union near Richland Avenue to settle a property debt. It agreed to reimburse David Dow for curb work around his Hayne Avenue residence but warned future improvements require a street committee agreement. A franchise petition from Great Northern Utilities for a Chicago gas plant was filed for consideration. Authorities planned analysis of recently seized liquor and noted license ordinance increases. The City Clerk reported July receipts and the month end balance.
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B. F. Holley
Kershaw
Union Streets
Richland Avenue
Holley
David Dow
Ben Wyman
Hayne Avenue
Great Northern Utilities Company
Chicago
Aiken
Conner
Kiwanis Luncheon Highlights Aiken City Developments
Aiken Kiwanis Club meeting at the Hotel Aiken saw crowd growth as city actions were reviewed. The club urged a colored women rest room be opened by the city and discussed a white rest room in the Opera House. The Department of Physical Education would be placed in the Aiken Institute, and windshield stickers were announced for members. Health Officer Bodie spoke on malaria and typhoid work in flood areas, crop losses, and cotton price implications. A committee was formed to press Graniteville road naming before the County Commissioners. Bodie urged a health facts pamphlet for Aiken winter resorts.
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Kiwanis Club
Commission of Public Works
Opera House
Department of Physical Education
Aiken Institute
Wiliam G. Bodie
Aiken County
Mississippi Valley
George R. Leitner
Graniteville
Aiken-Augusta
Gregg
William Gregg
A. K. Lorenz
J. D. Prothro
Gyles
Bodie
Aiken
Queen of Winter
Aiken County Medical Society Appoints Hospital Staff
The August meeting at Aiken County Hospital planned a three month service term for two medical and two surgical staff to care for charity patients. Supervised by Dr. J R Howell, the plan calls for two local physicians to work with two county doctors and prompts alphabetical selection of all county doctors for ready service.
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Aiken County Medical Society
Aiken County Hospital
J. R. Howell
Aiken
Five More Members Of Dirty Nine Gang Arrested
Five additional suspects from the so called Dirty Nine Gang are in custody in Ellenton. Magistrate Bush issued warrants for Calvin Hill Hampton Walker Herman Washington Allen Eubanks and James Allen.
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Dirty Nine
Ellenton
Bush
Calvin Hill
Hampton Walker
Herman Washington
Allen Eubanks
James Allen
Paving Contract Let in Williston to N C Hughes Company
The one mile paving contract in Williston was awarded today to N C Hughes & Company of Columbia as the lowest bid. Work will start about September 1. The Bank of Williston has purchased paying bonds totaling $25 000.
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Williston
N. C. Hughes & Company of Columbia
Bank of
Negro Child Killed by Train Near Ellenton
A young negro child about eighteen months old was left with a five year old and wandered away from a home near Ellenton last Wednesday morning. After a day and night of searching the body was found near the house close to a railroad track. The coroner's jury ruled death by being struck by a train.
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Ellenton
Engagement announced for Miss Clara Calhoun and Sumter Cassels
Announcement states Miss Clara Hoage Calhoun of Greenwood will wed Sumter Cassels of Ellenton on September 5. Cassels is son of Mr and Mrs Horace Cassels and well known in Aiken and the surrounding region.
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Clara Hoage Calhoun
M. M. Calhoun
Greenwood
Sumter Cassels
Ellenton
Mr. Cassels
Horace Cassels
Aiken
Marriage of Miss Ormanda Prior and Charles Langley
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Ormanda Prior of North Augusta to Charles Langley of Augusta. The ceremony was performed by Probate George R. Webb Monday morning at the record building in the presence of a few relatives and friends.
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Ormanda Prior
North Augusta
Charles Langley
Augusta
George R. Webb
Record Building
Home Sold on Richland Avenue for $6000
H G Plaisted sold his residence on Richland avenue to R L Gunter for six thousand dollars.
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H. G. Plaisted
Richland Avenue
R. L. Gunter
Filling Station Employee Notified Police Says Plunkett
The Aiken report on the arrest of Albert Blanding and Joseph Etter for transporting liquor claimed police were tipped off by a local filling station employee. Walter Co. Plunkett says the statement is wrong and that a nearby citizen alerted authorities, not his employee.
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Aiken
Columbia State
Augusta Herald
Albert Blanding
Joseph Etter
Walter Co. Plunkett
Stockholders Face 100 Percent Liability in Gaston Bank Case
Defunct Gaston Bank & Trust Co stockholders are ordered to pay all judgments totaling about 30000 dollars from a Florence C. Anderson vs Jas Verenes suit filed with 23 judgments ranged from 93 to 18501 dollars. Depositors seek small dividends as some judgments were paid and Windsor bank suit also noted with 43 judgments totaling about 16000 dollars entered June 18.
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Gaston Bank & Trust Co
Court House
Florence C. Anderson
Jas Verenes
Williams, Croft & Busbee
The
Windsor Bank
R. D. Radclift
Hiram Scott
City Council Enacts Health Certificates for Food Establishments
The city requires all public eating places to obtain certificates from reputable physicians confirming absence of communicable diseases. Health tests, including blood examinations, must be certified by the examining physician and filed with the Health Department. After September 1 the Health Department will enforce the law.
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Health Department
WM. G. Bodie
J E Watson of Wagener Dies After Brief Illness
J E Watson a longtime Wagener resident and former Southern Railway official died at his home after a brief illness. He had lived in Wagener 27 years and served 34 years with the railroad. He is survived by wife Miss McCants of Anderson and three children. Funeral held in Wagener with Rev J N Tolar officiating. Wagener Masons led burial services.
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J. E. Watson
Wagener
Watson
Southern Railway
Miss McCants
Anderson
A. S. Lutz
Mrs Hattie Thorpe Heads to Columbia with Mrs Wright
Mrs Hattie Thorpe and her mother Mrs Wright departed yesterday for Columbia to make their arrangements.
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Hattie Thorpe
Mrs. Wright
Columbia
Palmetto Hat Shop to Reopen Under New Manager
Future home announced with Mrs. Thorpe named manager of the Palmetto Hat Shop, indicating a forthcoming reopening.
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Matai
Aiken Kiwanis Club
Hotel Aiken
Ance
County Ond Society
Woolwich
Sir Charles Higham
London Morning Post
Basinene
Calhoun-Cassels
Prior-Langley
Our
Aiken Ice Plant
Carolina-Georgia Service Co
A. L. Lane
Ladies of
H. A. Clark & CO
Aiken, S. C
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