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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1927
Page
6
The Aiken Standard Weekly notes its weekly publication format and annual subscription price of two dollars in advance. It lists Walter E. Duncan as President and Editor and confirms postal entry as second class matter on May 1915 under the 1879 act.
The article analyzes how modern presidents seek pliant nominees and the silent half of voters who neglected Harding and Coolidge campaigns may swing the 1930s nominating race. It notes farmers and labor groups want recognition and questions whether independents like Norris or Nebraska will reshape party choices or accept leaders' picks.
A quoted passage argues roads as the ultimate governing force in democracy, surpassing kings, congresses, courts, and ships. It extols the road as the enduring legislature and road as the catalyst of prosperity, unity, efficiency, and peace across societies.
The pastor Rev. P. J. Dendy will administer baptism at Sawyer's Mill Pond on September 4 at 10 a.m. for candidates from Oak Grove New Holland and Rocky Springs churches. Public invited to attend.
Sunday morning at the Baptist church Dr. P. J. McLean speaks on The great need of human hearts. Sunday School at 9 45 a m p a u 7 15 p m popular one hour evening service at 8 15 The Challenge of Omnipotent Love Mid week service Wednesday night at 8
Dr. E A Early of Columbia announced dental clinics for Aiken county during the next school term. The program aims to improve dental care for school children in the area.
A string of neighborhood notices, naming Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Woodward and relatives on Sullivan's Island. Others include Mrs. J. D. Hankinston recovering at home, Mrs. W. H. Quarles visiting Hendersonville, and Roland Murray new Hartsville resident. Adelade Croft leaves for Manning to join the high school faculty. Rebecca Wise plans return to Aiken in early September. Ella Norris sold a house on Lancaster Street to Jason Woodward and Frampton Toole.
The annual Aiken County Junior Agricultural Clubs livestock judging contest is U.S. held in Aiken this morning. Participants meet County Agent Co L Gowan at 9 o clock for preliminary instructions. A county team will go to Denmark for the group contest. the district team will judge at the State Fair in Columbia with expenses paid. The top scorer earns a free trip to the International Livestock and Grain Show in Chicago with all expenses paid.
A diary of local visitors and relatives in Ellenton led by Mrs Charley Wise Sr and family from Charlotte. Guests included Furman Bush of Statesboro and Dr Gallagher of Spartanburg. A Runs Picnic honor for Edyth Pearce featured a congenial group at Friday supper. The Oswald reunion drew about seventy members with guests from multiple towns.
Mrs Cleo Hydrick Goss of Bethea dies after a Charlotte area auto crash. Born in Aiken county, she was the eldest Hydrick daughter. Survived by husband James Goss three children her parents Kindred and Myra Hydrick sisters Jean Spires Doreen Hydrick Eddie Woodward and paternal grandmother Myra Hydrick. Funeral held at Bethea Baptist Church with bearer list including Johnnie Goss and Jean Spires.
Mrs. Mattie Busbee returns home from Charlotte after visiting daughters. A. C. Baker now runs the store formerly operated by W. W. Busbee. Dewey Moon family reports illness of son Leon. Beatrice Knowles returns to Columbia after Langley visit. Mrs. J J Galloway recovered at University Hospital and home in Langley. W W Busbee drove to Charlotte Saturday and back Sunday afternoon.
Walter K Murray of New York visits Laurel Terrace at the Misses Toole home. A wartime Camp Hancock veteran and now a successful architect, he also has a notable singing voice and serves at Trinity Episcopal Church in New York. He will sing at the Baptist church next Sunday morning.
Joseph Taylor a longtime Aiken County resident and Confederate veteran died at his daughter Mrs. W L Boltons home in Greenwood last Wednesday afternoon. He was in his eighty first year and served in Captain Percivals Aiken company. The funeral was held at Montmorenci Baptist Church with Rev C E Tebow officiating and burial in the Montmorenci cemetery. He is survived by his widow three daughters two sons and a brother. Six nephews served as pallbearers.
Announcement of the death of Mrs. Dowdy Beard aged 29 at Warrenville after a lengthy illness. Funeral was held at Warrenville Methodist church with Rev. J A Sanders officiating. Burial in Warrenville cemetery. Survived by husband Dowdy Beard two children Herbert and Louise, father Joe M Clarke sister Mrs R J Southern and brothers Jesse C Clark and Elbert Clark. Pallbearers were W C Wood J W Gregory Tom Britt Dan Hutto Frank Worsham and D C Sanders.
Mrs. B. A. Anderson of Langley mourns the death of her son Carlos E. Bearden of Augusta who died at his home on Wednesday. Half brothers John M. Walter N. and B. A. Anderson of Bath and Langley inherit grief and sympathies from friends.
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen of Hartsville died at her home Sunday, leaving Ernest L. Allen of Aiken as her son. Mr. Allen traveled to Hartsville immediately after receiving word of her death.
Mrs Remson of Carlton Virginia purchased the old Murray residence on Greenville Street for 10000 through Salley and Hall. The house is now occupied by T B Hallman and family. Improvements will be made at once. Mrs Remson has wintered in Aiken for years and now invests in property.
Miss Belle Durden departed last Saturday for visits to Washington and New York, heading to engage in social and family engagements before returning home.
An advertisement touts Fly Tox as a safe stainless killer of household insects. It claims flies spread many diseases and that Fly Tox, developed at Mellon Institute, kills them all with simple bottle instructions.
Boston reports Nicolì Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed at Charleston state prison after six years on death row. Madeiros, first to die, confessed nothing, while Sacco proclaimed anarchist allegiance and innocence, and Vanzetti asserted his innocence before death.
Edisto Academy hosts the formal opening of its thirteenth session on Tuesday at eleven in the morning. Dr. Joseph Plainfield, formerly a Catholic priest, will speak at Edisto Academy Sunday at eleven in the morning and eight in the evening on topics Christ as I know Him and Such As I Am. He is pastor of a leading Tampa Baptist church.
The column notes recoveries and visits among local residents. Mrs. K C Poole is recovering at Baptist Hospital Columbia with Lottie Brodie visiting. George Ables returns home from Government Hospital Johnson City Tennessee. Addie Woodward also recovering after months of illness. Maehaffey and several others visit relatives in Columbia Aiken Monetta and Graniteville.
The Beloit Daily News notes that the subject will view the loans, with different figures involved. The report presents a concise update on financial actions and related expectations.
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