General Assembly Advances on Tax and Highway Issues
The General Assembly progresses with the State Highway Investigating Committee and the Tax Solution Committee shaping fiscal reforms. Members include Senator R. M. Jefferies and Representative W. W. Tripp. D. L. McLaurin and Joe P. Lane lead the tax measures amid protests. The Senate backs transferring bus and freight regulation to the Railroad Commission and eyes an early adjournment. Judge Mendel L. Smith handles bank-case defense alongside duties, with Senators Spruill and Colonel Seabrook contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
House of Representatives
House
R. M. Jefferies
Colleton
W. W. Tripp
Anderson
State Highway Investigating Committee
Mr. Tripp
Ways and Means
Jefferies
Senate
D. L. McLaurin
Joe P. Lane
Dillon
Lane
Highway Commission
Railroad Commission
Breway Commission
Mendel L. Smith
Camden
Beaufort County
Judge Smith
J. A. Spruill
Cheraw
E. Mitchell Seabrook
Edisto Island
Spruill
Chesterfield County
Highway Department
Seabrook
Charleston County
Better Polo Fields Urged by G. H. Mead
George H. Mead of Dayton urged the Aiken Kiwanis Club to improve polo fields here. He cited Aiken as a winter resort with a good climate but noted current fields lack proper watering. With Bermuda turf, Aiken could attract more polo players and extend visits beyond six months. The club plans action to upgrade fields to national standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Mead
Dayton
Ohio
Aiken
Mead
Miami
Palm Beach
Kiwanis Club
Boyd acquitted in major murder case at Florence court session
The January term of the Court of General Sessions, led by Judge S W G Shipp, adjourned after 52 cases. The high profile State versus D C Boyd, charged with the April murder of Sterling Rhodes in Aiken County, dominated four days before acquittal. Many pending cases were postponed to May.
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Court of General Sessions
S. W. G. Shipp
Florence
D. C
North Augusta pushes Route 21 paving amid agitation
North Augusta residents meet at the town hall to urge paving of Route 21 from the Savannah River to the Edgefield County line. In a past summer, some residents threatened secession from Aiken County over the issue. Aiken County legislators were asked to secure appropriations. A letter to Senator Williams and Representatives Gantt Holley and Stansfield seeks action on the enabling bill.
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North Augusta
Savannah River
Edgefield
Aiken County
Willams
Gantt, Holley
Stansfield
R. B. Mealing
F. B. Culley
Williams
Keats
Escapee Recaptured After Long Chase Ends in Hampton
Deputy Sheriff R L McElhaney returned from Hampton Virginia with Jim Davis a white man who escaped from Aiken County Chain Gang No 3 in 1925 Davis was serving 12 months for stealing an automobile and had served three months when he escaped He is returned to complete his sentence Miss Mary Tunander of Columbia is visiting Mrs Wilbur Shuler
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. McElhaney
Hampton
Virginia
Jim Davis
Aiken County
Davis
Aiken
Crowded Field Seen in Coming Presidential Campaign
The piece notes seven Republicans and nine Democrats have declared or are pursuing nomination paths for the Kansas City and Houston conventions. It highlights Hoover, Dawes, Lowden, and Senators Norris, Curtis, Watson, Willis among Republicans, and Smith, Ritchie, Reed, Harrison, George, Hull, Pomerene, Hitchcock among Democrats with others like Longworth, Borah, Walsh, Glass, Donahey, and Meredith as hopefuls. Ohio and Pennsylvania factions loom large as primary deadlines approach and intra party battles heat up ahead of April primaries and convention ballots.
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Kansas City
Houston
Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Charles D. Dawes
Frank O. Lowden
Curtis
Norris
Watson
Willis
al Smith
Ritchie
Maryland
Jim Reed
Pat Harrison
Robinson
George
Hull
Pomerene
Hitchcock
Longworth
Borah
Walsh
Montana
Glass
Donahey
Meredith
Coolidge
McAdoo
Ohio
Hoover
Buckeye
Secretary of Commerce
Mississippi
South
Negro Has Leg Broken In Street Collision
Wilbur Miles a worker at Powell Hardware Company sustained a broken leg yesterday morning when his bicycle was struck at the corner of Newberry Street and Park Avenue by Alderman Duncan driving a Buick roadster from the Courthouse. Miles is resting comfortably at Aiken Hospital. Alva M. Gregg spent last weekend in Charleston with relatives.
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Wilbur Miles
Powell Hardware Company
Newberry Street
Park Avenue
Alderman Duncan
Miles
Duncan
Aiken Hospital
Pay-As-You-Go act corrections to county funding
Testimony before the State Highway Investigating Committee shows the 1927 percentage allocations for counties under the Pay-As-You-Go act were rough estimates. Engineers admit miscalculation risks biasing county shares and call for a corrected basis before the General Assembly’s 1928 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State Highway Investigating Committee
Neh
State Highway Eeiencet Oie
George E. Ilson
State Highway Department
Jefferies
Colleton
Charles H. Morefield
Morefield
Aott
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Columbia
John K. Aall
Robert FE. McCaslan
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
G. H. Mead
Mary Tunander
Wilbur Shuler
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Charles E. Hughes
Mellon
Pennsylvania
Metter
Dawes
Mellen
Man
Negro
Alva M. Gregg
Charleston
John K. Aull
Commission
Supreme Court
Smith
State Highway Commission
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