One Day Farm Tour Through Aiken County Planned
A county tour to study farming methods across sections will depart at 8 o clock from the County Agent's office. Stops include McNair & Ward on a half-acre cotton contest, Corley near Salley with a six-acre contest and five-acre fertilizer demo, Prothro's farm for fertilization and boll weevil control, and Williams with top dressing trials. Participants will view rotation, vetch, and Ammo Phos tests, with prizes for closest yield estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Lee Gowan
Kitching's Mill Road
Salley, Perry
Wagener
J. D. Prothro
B. Williams
Jones
Croas
Two Notch Road
J. C. Jones
E. B. Gunter
Willis Blackman
Talatha Road
Thoy Eubanks
W. H. McClain
LeGrone
Augusta Highway
Beech Sealand
Phoa
W. H. Morgan, Jr
Fillmore Edwards
W. A. Franklin, Jr
Shaa W— Davies
Atkinson
Audley
D. Ward
H. E. ‘Savely
Educational Bureau
A. Redfern
Eyankimd Go
Part-Time School Closes Sessions At Edisto Academy
The August part-time school for boys at Edisto academy Seivern closed last Saturday under the state vocational education department. Superintendent Phil B. Waters led a program where Chesterfield to Aiken county boys enrolled. Certificates for three-year attendance were awarded to Raymond Berry and C W Jones, with Rushton Matheny receiving the gold medal for meritorious work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seivern
Edisto Academy
State Department of Vocational Education
Phil B. Waters
Blaney
Chesterfield
Aiken
Sand Hills
Assembly Hall
Raymond Berry
Saluda County
C. W. Jones
Aiken County
Rushton Matheny
Johnson
Leo Corley
Steadman
J. O. Hawkins
Saluda
Waters
P. B. Waters
3Alney
G. W. Sawyer
Manetta
N. Alexander
Leonard Andrea
Trenton
E. W. Sanders
Summerville
F. M. Dwight
Wagoner
W. D. Cannada
John E. Cullum Rites Held At Mt Pleasant Church
Funeral services for John E. Cullum were held last Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant church near Ridge Spring with Rev. T. M. Hedgens officiating. Interment followed in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Cullum, 53, an extensive painter, died after a three month illness. Survived by sisters Mrs. Bil Clayton, Mrs. Ht. EB. Derrick, Mrs. I. I. Sanders, Mrs. Fletcher Nirkland, Mrs. Haskell Kirkland, and S.C. Cullum. brother Ma sons of the Edisto Lodge. He had been a member of the church 26 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callum
Alma Sawyer Callum
Bil Clayton
EB. Derrick
New Holland
Sanders
Menelia
Fletcher Nirkland
Greenville
Haskell Kirkland
S.C. Cullum
Ridge Spring
Yeo
Edisto Lodge
Salley remembered at funeral service at ship Baptist church
Well known colored woman Salley, long a Pre paratory school worker, died last Sunday at her Fairfield Street home. Funeral held yesterday at 4 pm with local and white mourners attending. banks observed Labor Day on Monday, September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ship Baptist Church
Salley
Fairfield St
Graniteville School Prepares for 1929 30 Session
Graniteville public school announces the 1929 30 term starts Tuesday September 3 at 3 o’clock. First faculty meeting is Monday September 2 with a listed faculty including Mary J. Drakeford Isabel Brodie Margaret Platt Jeanette Clere Byrd Sadye Byrd Parker Essie Attebery Mattie Carpenter Rearden Jauhita Schroder Rosa Bates Henry C. Parker principal Jessie Rushe Sadie Jordan Catherine McLeod R L Keaton Attie Phillips principal Margaret H Peace Miranda Stuckey Mildred Dennings Mattie Balye Jesse Rushe Howard Byrd W K Smith principal Fannie Pardue Annie C Smith Sara McLeod Vaucluse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graniteville Public School
Sesson
Mary J.drakeford
York
Isabel Brodie
Ridge
Spring
Margaret Platt
Griffis
Jeannette- Clere Byrd
Sadye Byrd- Parker
Essie E.attebery
Mattie Carpenter 'Rearden
Jauhita C. Schroder
Cof
Graniteville
Rosa Bates
Aiken
Grammar
Henry C. Parker
Jessie’ Rushe
Youngstown
Ohio
Sadie - Jordan
Monetta
Gatherine
McLeod
van Slusey
R.L. Keaton
High H. School
Attie. Phillips
Springfield
Jessie. Garner
Tenn
Margaret.h. Peace
Miranda Stuckey
Mildred Dennings
Augusta
Mattie’ Balye
Louisville
Gay Ola Franklin
Jesse Rushe
Edgar Mitchell
Howard M. Byrd
Vaucluse School
W. K. Smith
Obituary for Joseph A. Seigler of Beaver Dam Area
Joseph A. Seigler, 83, died at his sister’s Beaver Dam home after a weeklong illness. Survived by four daughters, four sons, one sister, 45 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted by Rev. W. R. Corder at 1 a.m. Tuesday in the Seigler family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Siigier
C. V. Johnson
Beaver Dam
W. B. Sanders
Ridge Spring
Jason Locklayer
Edgefield
Allen Rodgers
William Jenigan
Wards
Charles A
A. E
C. L
E. J. Seigler
Johnson
W. R. Corder
Seigler
Warrenville School Opens Week After Summer Break
Warrenville School opens for the 1929 30 session on Tuesday September 3. The district aims for better work with compulsory attendance. Faculty includes Kathryn Du Bose Mary Ulmer Fair Margaret McCullum Elizabeth Shain Bessie Starnes Maxine Lee Sybil Shaffer and S Burnette. Trustees are C G Hall RE Kenney and Gordon Burckhalter. Warrenville seeks to lead county classroom standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrenville
Bessie’Starnes
Lyman
Maxine. Lee
Lydia
Sybil Shaffer
Columbia
Mra
Burnette
C. G. Hall
RE. Kenney
Gordon Burckhalter
Building collapses on Edgefield Road near city limits
A new building owned by G L Toole on Edgefield Road partially collapsed Wednesday afternoon during installation of a gasoline tank. The trench undermined a pillar causing the front to fall outward while the other two pillars caved in. Workmen escaped unharmed. Damage estimated between 500 and 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.L. Toole
Edgefield Road
Wide Open to Brain Fever Visitor from the City
A city visitor declares he could not endure mindless railing and leans against a fence all day, while a native from a small village calmly asserts it is bearable for one who can do a small thing for himself.
Ellenton Schools to Open for 1929 30 Term
Ellenton graded and high schools will start the 1929 30 term on Thursday September 5. Trustees express confidence that with a fine corps of teachers a successful year will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenton
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.M. O'Connor
Broad Street
Augusta, Georgia
Chevrolet
Ford
Jay-Mac Chevrolet Co
John E. Cullum
Bank of Western Carolina
W. W. Mackenfusa
Farmers & Merchants Bank
J. P. McNair
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Graniteville School
Joseph A. Seigler
Warrenville School
Elention
Graniteville High School
Lenz’s
Broad
Oldfield
Firestone
The
Voice of Firestone
Osbon’s
Aiken Tire Shop
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!