Governor Eyes Next Year Budget Amid Veto Constraints
Governor Richards faces a tight budget landscape as lumped line items prevent targeted vetoes. The article explains how salaries and contractual services at Clemson, Winthrop, the University of South Carolina, and other state institutions are listed in large aggregates, tying the governor’s hands while the General Assembly sets totals.
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Richards
General Assembly
Supreme Court
University
Clemson
Winthrop
Eveto Power
Waters
Citadel
Medical College
Negro College
State Hospital
Clemson College
House
Senate
Area Dramatic Arts
Columbia Stage Society
University of South Carolina
State Highway Department
Farmers Week at Clemson College Draws County Farmers
Aiken County farmers will attend Farmers Week at Clemson College from August 29 to September 3. The program features lectures on Rural Leadership Agriculture Engineering Agronomy Animal Husbandry Dairying Forestry Entomology and Plant Diseases Home Horticulture Marketing Poultry and more with contests prizes concerts by the Clemson Band free motion pictures and various games supervised by T B Lanham Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Clemson College
South Carolina
T. B. Lanham
Clemson
Farm Relief Plan Faces Mixed Support as Aid Proposals Move
The proposed farm relief act, backed by Mellon Hoover and Jardine, aims to stabilize markets and curb price swings by creating a general board and commodity advisory boards. It would authorize stabilization corporations to buy surpluses and set up a $300 million revolving fund in the Treasury to loan at 1 percent to stabilization bodies and up to 6 percent to cooperatives. Critics say the plan lacks a direct market mechanism and could repeat cycles of dependence.
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Mellon
Hoover
Jardine
United States Treasury
Rapid City
Treasury
Coolidge
Wife of Former Aiken Boy Heads Bamberg Chamber
Mrs. E. H. Henderson wife of Bamberg County senator and a son of this county has been named head of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Bamberg Chamber of Commerce Her leadership is praised as a boon to local progress and civic work in South Carolina.
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Aiken Boy
Bamberg Chamber
E. H. Henderson
Bamber’s
Bamberg Chamber of Commerce
Death of Infant Boy in Graniteville
Friends of Mr and Mrs Leitner of Graniteville regret the death of their infant son Joseph Bayard Leitner Wednesday night at the Leitner home. The funeral and interment were held yesterday afternoon at Linwood near Harlem Georgia. Who's brave enough to follow the swallow to Florida again.
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George Re. Leitner
Graniteville
Joseph Bayard
Leitner
Linwood
Harlem
Combine Schools: Greater Efficiency Aimed in County
Superintendent Cecil H. Seigler announces bus transportation experiments for Aiken County schools. High school pupils from Downer Institute Beech Island will ride to North Augusta, Round Top students travel here, and Bodie and Pineland pupils join Wagener for higher grades. Additional consolidations link Good Hope with Talatha Hawthorne and Mossy Cedar Creek pupils to Wagener, while Marsuella sends high school students to Monetta. The plan seeks cost savings and improved learning outcomes.
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Downer Institute
Beech Island
North Augusta
Round Top
Aiken
Bodie
Wagener
Piney Branch
Berlin
Pineland
Good Hope
Talatha-Hawthorne
Mossy
Cedar Creek
Marsuella
Monetta
Seigler
County Adult Schools Hold Commencement in Aiken
The annual commencement for Aiken county adult schools was held at the courthouse with ten schools represented. Speakers praised the program, and Mayor Henderson announced a rest room for white ladies, awarding five dollar prizes for best twenty five word sketches on lessons learned.
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Aiken County
Court House
Chas. Barton
Shiloh
P. L. Bouknight
St. John's Methodist Church
Earle School
China Springs
Carolina
Smythe
Pineland
Syphonia Walker
Windsor
Beulah
Bethea
Earle
McLaurin
Aiken
John F. Sentatives
Boyce D. Gantt
W. Jas McGarity
State
Illiams
T. Holley
America
Tax Cut Hopes Dwindle as Navy Plans Face Cuts
Washington report says Senate Finance Committee head Senator Reed Smoot warns a $300 million navy building program and flood relief costs could slash federal tax reductions by half. Analysts note optimism for tax relief fades amid Geneva arms talks collapse and looming new expenditures.
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Washington
Reed Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Rapid City
Congress
Navy
Smoot
Geneva
Senate
Coolidge
Mississippi
Treasury
Sheriff Seizes Another Still in Cable Bridge Area
Sheriff Nellie Robinson and deputies seized a large capacity still in the Cable Bridge section last Thursday. A substantial quantity of corn whiskey mash and several vats were destroyed.
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Cable Bridge
Nellie Robinson
Commencement Awards At Bethcar and Shiloh Schools
The report highlights best enrollment and attendance at the term’s close. Miss Eulah Woodward of Bethcar school won a five dollar prize while Mrs. Felix Goldman of Shiloh took a spelling prize. A large crowd attended the adult schools exercises, urging continued state funding.
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Eulah Woodward
Bethcar School
Felix Goldman
Shiloh
South Carolina
Outlook for Cotton Season Good With Price at 20 Cents
The article notes cotton rising to twenty cents in Aiken with hopes of a higher price. It cites scarcity due to heavy rains and boll weevil damage, plus anticipated smaller Southern crops and Texas shortfalls. Farmers face uneven profits, but overall outlook expects a lengthy season and a strong price if trends hold.
Preliminary Hearing For Ellenton Robbery Gang
Magistrate M L Bush in Aiken held a preliminary hearing Monday for a gang of African American robbers tied to Ellenton stores and filling stations. The group known as the Dirty Nine includes William Bing and others. they were bound over to the court of general sessions for the next term. Solicitor Berte D Carter and William M Smoak represented prosecution and defense respectively. Witnesses included prominent Ellenton citizens and warrants were issued in the names of local leaders and firms.
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M. L. Bush
Ellenton
Aiken
Raborn
Court House
Berte D. Carter
Bamberg
William M. Smoak
Bush
Court of General Sessions
Dirty Nine
William Bing
Joe
Ike
Elmore
Clarence Bing
Henry Walker
Alonzo Moody
Willie Moody
James Allen
Allen Eubanks
New Sub Station Increases Aiken Power Supply
A 1300 horsepower sub station on Hampton Avenue near Newberry and Chesterfield Streets by the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation will draw current from the Augusta Beaufort line. Four copper wires connect to the Newberry Street station to boost capacity and provide constant uninterrupted service to Aiken.
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Hampton Avenue
Newberry
Chesterfield Streets
Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation
Augusta
Beaufort
Newberry Street
Aiken
South Carolina G O P leans toward Lowden
The South Carolina GOP shows limited electoral activity yet wields influence in presidential selections. Joseph W. Tolbert of Ninety Six directs delegates, secures patronage, and maintains tight control over the party machine. He travels to Washington to push requests, keeping others in line and preserving unity in convention voting.
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Republican Party
South Carolina
Charleston
United States
Tolbert
National Republican Party
Washington
St. James Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Sixth Street
White House
Ninety Six
Republican National Executive Committee
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Budget Commission
John K. Aull
Florida
Cecil H. Seigler
South Atlantic
Texas
Lowden
Joe Tolbert
Law
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