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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1925
Page
2
Citizens of Aiken marked Emancipation Day with a noon ceremony. Under PerDean’s direction the program included scripture, prayer, hymns, and the proclamation reading. Dr. D. H. Sims of Allen University delivered the oration. Effingham Municipal Band provided music.
Aiken County Court of General Sessions opens Monday January 12 with Judge Townsend presiding. The second week's petit jurors include J H Keel Silas Cooper Warnie Mills J H Edenfield J G Beard John C Ginger Korey Yonee H M Corley B M Youngblood J Bandy J T Arthur W E Sikes J H Gunter J A Baughman J R Jordan Arthur Quattlebaum L Arthur V Q Denny P Powell J J Galloway R L Holsenback J C Spires E H Brodie S A Yooree J Thompson Robert Payton JR Garbett E P Henderson Jr B F Fanning Kitchings Mill to Langley and other communities.
A bill granting a pension of five thousand dollars annually to Edith Bolling Wilson widow of the war president passed the Senate on Tuesday and moves to the House.
Mrs Frances Toole age 79 wife of Ed Toole was found dead in bed at her Wagener home Saturday morning She leaves nine children Albert Toole Florence Redd Effie Tyler Minnie Busbee and three sisters G W Busbee Nichols Ga Wayne Ables Gantts Ala Addie Johnson Wagener Funeral services were held at Bethear Baptist church Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev A G Baker
Aiken Kiwanis members held their third Ladies Night at the Aiken hotel on Tuesday. Officers were installed by retiring president Dr Ben Wyman, with remarks on Kiwanis goals and friendship building by guest Lt Gov Jim Turner of Albany. Mrs Helena Wyman and Ardrey Ward led tributes and music programs boosted club morale.
F E Sailey a successful farmer in the Sailey section reports his barn burned Sunday night with all contents including an automobile and a large quantity of corn and feedstuffs. Loss estimated around several thousand dollars with no insurance.
Magistrate William B. Rabon set bail at 200 dollars each for L. P. McMillan J. J. McMillan Lawrence Kirkland and Eugene Kirkland all white residents of Bamberg county. They were arrested Sunday by Motorcycle Officer Robert McElhaney for transporting liquor in their car. The confiscated vehicle awaits state court action likely heading to federal court after state proceedings.
John Henry Wood of Aiken and Miss Katie Mae Bell of Augusta were joined in marriage at the Langley Baptist church parsonage on December 23, officiated by Rev. Thomas Walker.
Aiken-Busbee Bojamin Franklin Aiken Jr. of Langley and Miss Ruby Lee Busbee of Langley married at the groom’s parents home on December 29th at 7 p m in the presence of immediate family with Rev Walker officiating.
Holley of Langley wed Miss Sallie Kate Edwards at the Langley Baptist parsonage in a Christmas Day ceremony. Rev. Thomas Walker officiated and the couple will reside with the bride’s parents in New Langley.
Miss Eleanor Laird and Cornelius McLaurin Ryan of Miami were married at the Laird home Norwood with Rev. William Johnson officiating. The couple greeted guests at a buffet luncheon with relatives from South Carolina, Florida and North Carolina in attendance.
A midwestern couple on a train is described with quiet peace after a life of hard farm work. The man’s pale gray eyes show past struggles while his wife gazes from the window at fifty years of familiar countryside and fields.
The Baptist church invites all members to the quarterly communion service next Sunday morning with a New Year address by the pastor. Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m with D C Shuler as supervisor. Evening service follows at 7 30 p m featuring a New Year message. The B Y P U meets at 7 40 with a cordial welcome for all.
A Princeton professor predicts future conflict may hinge on mental tests and clever strategy, dubbing a forthcoming war a war of wits and urging mental exercises amid wartime demands.
The Salvation Army expresses gratitude to the people of Aiken for monetary gifts during Christmas to aid the poor and needy. Captain John Comillion urges continued unity and charitable work, hoping 1925 brings blessings as they join hearts and hands for fellow men.
Describes a wife resting with hands in her lap and a calm, peaceful expression as she arranges her husband’s breakfast. She embodies earned patience and beauty, determined to maintain the habit of caring for him throughout her life.
The speaker extols farmer work and family sacrifice, praising California and Florida as future hubs. They imagine vast, thriving cities, rapid air travel, and nationwide migration drawing energy from the West and South. They foresee vast agricultural capacity and optimistic national development driven by imagination and common sense.
A brief note reports American instructors aiding Nicaraguan police training efforts. The source quotes policy and security concerns linked to regional stability and U.S. assistance programs.
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