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Aiken Standard

Location

Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1926

Page

2

South Carolina Legislators and Local Affairs Preview

The report covers debates on property revaluation amid farm mortgage prevalence, possible Richards endorsement by Senator Please, and driver license tag delays. It notes McKissick’s school finance changes, a wild game dinner by Senator Gross, Winthrop College needs, Myrtle Beach buyout talks, and editor Col. McKissick selling the Piedmont. Also mentioned are liquor permit records, Duncan’s gubernatorial bid, and Orangeburg’s federal district court request.

Richards Senator Cole John Richards Please United States Mr. Richards Dorchester D. B. Johnson Winthrop College Ways and Means Winthrop

Edmund Bigham Describes Death House Life and Alibis

Edmund Bigham talks from a South Carolina death row cell about testimony against him by Arrow Smith and the drawn will he supposedly authored. He disputes a left hand mark claimed by a solicitor, claims forty months in the death house, and reads magazines while awaiting fate.

Tom Peeples South Carolina Peeples Arrowsmith Bigham Capt. Evans God Edmund Bigham Jas. D. Grist

Death Dip Crossing Urges Stop-at-C crossings Law

A reader near Death Dip in Horsecreek Valley advocates a stop-at-crossings law after recounting a 1925 train auto collision killing two women and a man and a recent fatality at the same crossing. He calls for heavy penalties and widespread enforcement to reduce deaths. An Aiken County voter signs the letter to the editor.

The Standard Horsecreek Valley North Carolina

Windsor High School to Host School Improvement Meeting

The Windsor High School School Improvement Association will meet next Tuesday at 7 30 p m. A feature is a talk by Mrs E P Kennedy County Organizer of School Improvement Associations Refreshments follow The last meeting drew large attendance and this one is hoped to match or exceed it.

School Improvement Association of the Windsor High School E. P.kennedy

Also Mentioned on This Page

State Highway Commission McKissick Sullivan Laurens House Senate State Department House, Ways and Means Committee Senate Finance Committee Myrtle Beach Columbia Woodside Brothers Greenville Horry Horry Strand J. Ryan McKissick Greenville Piedmont Mr. Chandler Birmingham Post Colonel MciKissick Piedmont Northern University Mexico House, Ways and Means Joint Committee State Senate Holliday Flora Beach Floral Beach Dominick Orangeburg Julian S. Wolf Horsecreek Aiken County School Improvement Association Whitehall Estate Whiskey Road Fermata School Palmetto Aiken’s Whitehall C. G. Clark W. A. Lummus
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