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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1931
Page
2
Letter from K D Smith states seven month pay for many teachers as seven to eight month school terms replace nine months. Grammar schools may trim to eight months while high schools aim for nine months if possible. Trustees urged to accept sacrifices. taxpayers and law compel debt reduction.
Miss Donie Corbett hosts Miss Janie Wright of Clio for the week. Augusta resident Wilhelmina Gantt visits relatives. Ben Tyler and family travel home from the mountains. Baltimore guest Freda Hann visits Mrs. Odom Cook. Otis and Hobson Cook families visit with C. C. and Mrs. Cook. Byrd Lybrand of Saluda visits with parents. Clyde Lybrand returns from Chicago. Visitors include Mrs. M. M. Johnson Aberdeen NC, O. D. Duckett Hartsville, Dr. M. C. Blume and Harry Blume California, staying with Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Brodgen and Mrs. Brodgen.
Public classifieds note a seven room two story furnished cottage at Rocky Bottom Blue Ridge Mountains sixteen miles from Brevard N C 150 dollars monthly contact Mrs Kate R Carey 221 E Park Ave Greenville S C Also six room apartment for summer cooling Box 138 Aiken S C Lost brown imitation leather suitcase on Columbia highway between Ollie Brown Grady Piper owner offers reward for return to Aiken Standard Office Also apartment for rent 1005 Pendleton St or phone ver W 8 14 3 6t Position wanted Lawyer 29 with 12 years experience seeks reliable party married and settled L D Baggarley Roberta Ga 4tp
The Aiken County Hospital auxiliary asks residents to preserve surplus fruit and vegetables for the hospital. Jars are available from Miss Elizabeth Bailey at the Bank of Western Carolina Building and sugar from Tarrant's. The campaign targets housewives to stock the hospital for the coming winter.
Kath erine Slumfield sustained serious injuries in an automobile wreck on the Augusta Ellenton road Tuesday afternoon. Christopher and Keene Hammond remained in University Hospital Wednesday with injuries described as as good as could be expected. John Robinson suffered a fractured jaw and leg in the crash. Prince White, driver of the other car, fled but was later captured and jailed in Aiken. Sheriff J P Howard contacted Augusta authorities at the scene.
Citizens of Wagener and Columbia Chamber of Commerce discussed paving state highway No. 215 from Columbia to Wagener. E B Jackson noted the Columbia to Wagener segment is in the state system but surrounding 30 to 35 miles lack paving. A Wagener meeting was planned to draft resolutions seeking inclusion in the next letting with J A Tyler D K Gantt A L Corbitt and Dr J H Brodie among supporters.
A. F. Arthur operates a 125 acre small farm near Aiken with 20 plus crops. Last year he marketed hay rye straw rye milk cows honey peaches potatoes and vegetables while earning from chickens hogs and rabbits and cane syrup totaling several hundred dollars.
The article notes farmer Arthur recalls selling nine bales of cotton and four and a half tons of cotton seed locally for local consumption. He says he borrowed money briefly but repaid it before due and is expanding production for market while devoting parts of two days weekly to marketing.
The fle srews monetary system followed Babylonian weights with a gold to silver value ratio of 1 to 13 1 3. Details show how trade valued metals and influenced regional exchange.
The article notes a bloc in the Lower House backing Crisp of Georgia as a potential second choice for Speaker. Observers warn the House may fail to organize in time to pass key debt holiday legislation, prompting talk of convening in November or the President assuming authority if Congress remains unorganized.
The text suggests extending German payments is seen as power overreach likely to trigger sharp political backlash. A new, extra congressional session is anticipated in the coming weeks to address the issue.
Testimony described a fatal stabbing during a prison dispute at Sumter where Bumgarner allegedly stabbed Fowler repeatedly after an argument about money. The prison doctor said the left side wound pierced the lung and liver, leading to Fowler's death.
Testimony detailed a prison yard knife incident involving Bumgarner and Fowler over peaches and money. W. D. Pack pressed for a dying declaration while officials noted no visible wounds and Bumgarner claimed Fowler stomped him. The fatal injury marked the prison's first death in four years.
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