Profitable grape vineyard boosts Beech Island farm
A. D. and F. W. Atkinson operate a one acre vineyard in Beech Island Aiken County. In 1924 the 375 vines yielded 805.40 gross with 667.80 net after costs. Grapes marketed at 7.5 to 12.5 cents per lb and five carloads shipped statewide show diversification and growth assisted by Clemson Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D
F. W. Atkinson
Beech Island
Aiken County
South Carolina
Clemson Extension Service
Textile Industry In South Carolina Just In Its Infancy
Kiwanis gathering hears George H Leitner of Graniteville Manufacturing Company praise the textile industry’s growth in South Carolina. He notes Graniteville’s long history, expansion from 10,000 to 132,000 spindles, and a state total of five and a half million spindles. He predicts rapid future power gains and industry advancement across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
George H. Leitner
Granitevil Manufacturing Company
Kiwanis
Leitner
Graniteville Manufacturing Company
South
Graniteville
William Gregg
Sinaie
Frank P. Henderson
Greensboro
Aiken in Ice Showcases Winter Scene and Insects
Aiken in Ice presents a portrait of winter days with farming notes and leisure scenes. Dr Coadh of Tallulah Louisiana warns of live weevils hibernating yet vulnerable to sudden cold. The piece argues for winter crops and reflects on South Carolina’s off-season image and duck presence amid cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeur
Aiken
Mary
Coadh
Tallullah
Louisiana
Chris Hahn
South Carolina
Florida
Leon Coward
Leon
Mark ‘Swain
Young Jackson Wins Big at Aiken County Gits Snow Meet
Wagener's Lybrand Jackson son of Lt Gov E B Jackson took top sweepstakes and both first and second prizes on prolific earn at the Aiken County Gits snow show. This marks his first year in club work. Meanwhile A G Miles of New York rents Periwinkle bungalow for next season and urges farmers to visit Williston Ridge Spring and Trenton to observe asparagus successes. A number of visitors were guests of the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lybrand Jackson
Wagener
E. B. Jackson
Aiken County
Young Jackson
Williston
Ridge Spring
Trerton
Polo Tournament Here March 2 4
New York International polo will be a dead issue with the United States Polo Association during the 1925 season except for the annual match between the American and British army fours. The inter circuit tournament will boost low goal play with elimination tests across eight circuits ending in finals. The army team sails from New York April 19 and matches are set in London mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Polo Association
J. Watson Webb
United States Army
Miami
Fla
London
California
Flamingo
Aiken
S. C
Eighth Corps
Texas
Camden
Sandhill
N. C
Bryn Maowr
Thousand Islands
Boston
Chicago
Louis FE. Stoddard
Association
Bank of Western Carolina stockholders elect new directors at Aiken meeting
President W B Turner announced at the January 27 stockholders meeting in Aiken that the bank remained financially strong. Dividends of 46288 were paid to stockholders and 96251.27 to savings depositors, totaling 142539.27. New directors J D Prothro and Dr Andrew A Walden joined a 32 member board. The board declared a 6 percent quarterly dividend and elected Turner as president, Salley as vice president, and Mackenfuss as cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Turner
Bank of Western Carolina
Aiken
Splendid Financial Coordiier
Savings Department
J. D. Prothro
Andrew A. Walden
North Augusta
Edgar A. Brown
Herman Brown
H. M. Cassels
L. D. Cullum
Geddings Cushman
H. G. Eidson
C. M. Efrid
J. M. Farrell
D. K. Gantt
H. B. Grimes
M. B. Hagood
H. C. Hahn
F. B. Henderson
F. P. Henderson
C. J. Hill
B. F. Holley
J. C. Lamar
W. J. Lemon
A. F. Lever
J. W. Lupo
J. C L. Matthews
W. W. Mackenfiass
FP. Q. O'Neal
Harold E. Platt
C. M. Rauter
L. W. Reese
J. B. Salley
G. L. Sawyer
A. A. Walden
E. L. Vance
W. W. Mackenfuss
Bank of Western Carona
Woolsey Cotton Second in State Variety Test
Woolsey's Cleveland cotton, bred by Convers B. Woolsey, ranked second in lint percentage among 39 varieties tested at Clemson Experiment Station in 1924. Woolsey began cotton breeding in 1917 with Clemson College, and his Cleveland seed has been in high demand, shipped across the South for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glemson Coltse
Woolsey
Clemson College
Cleveland
South Carolina
South
Italian Poet Mistyped as Floods Fade Interest
A fragment notes an Italian remark on the phrase cellar door as a beauty of music in a broken Fijlish tone and laments losing interest in poetic attributes amid a historic flood.
Contributions for Jeff Davis Memorial on Jeffers Davis Highway
The United Daughters of the Confederacy raise funds to erect a granite marker at the Richland avenue York street junction. Contributions received include 25.00 from City of Aiken and 10.00 from Barnard E B Camp U C V plus multiple individuals. more donations supported through Mrs R G Tarrant, treasurer.
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jeffers Davis Highway
Richland Avenue
York Street
R. G. Tarrant
Estelle Croft
City of Aiken
Barnard
E. B. Camp
H. E. Gyles
J. Will McCarter
Frank P. Henderson
Tarver
Henry Clark
Finley Henderson
Oyster Supper for Pine Forest School Friday Evening
Oyster supper to benefit Pine Forest school at the school building Friday night January 30 starting at 7 30. Public invited to attend.
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Pine Forest
Charleston Spirituals Set for Aiken February 14
Aiken audiences will be treated to Charleston Spirituals at the Opera House on February 14 presented by descendants of plantation aristocracy who learned these songs from their nursemaids. The society records and preserves ballad literature by collecting tunes from plantation visits and sharing them with members at meetings. Edna Thomas of New Orleans praises the global appeal of Negro folk songs, and plans another world tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Aiken Opera House
Edna Thomas
New Orleans
Miss Thomas
Pay Day Has Come Ins Says Senator Williams
Senator John F. Williams warns that South Carolina faces a large deficit and revenue shortfalls under the Pay-As-You-Go law. He notes diverted gasoline tax receipts to the Highway Department and counties, pushing up state and local levies and urging a reassessment of funding to cover a projected $10.43 million need.
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Senator Williams
South Carolina
John F. Williams
Ieral Assembly
Williams
General Assembly
Budget Commission
State Treasury
Highway Department
A. Foster McKinssick
Greenville
South Caroli Gazette
Treasury
Williams Sonesel
Williame
Saree Ea Furhet
Negro Held to Avert Lynching by His Own Group
Henry Cauley a 20 year old Black farm hand was jailed in Ai ken by P K Livingston after being accused of assaulting a six year old colored child. For a time a mob of colored residents in the Kitchings Mill area threatened violence, but order was maintained as authorities intervened.
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Henry Cauley
Aiken
P. K. Livingston
Kitchings Mill
Lieut R C Jeter Named Presidential Aide
Lieut R C Jeter, son of the late Rev R C Jeter former rector of St Thaddeus Episcopal church, has been appointed by President Coolidge as one of his aides. The move aligns with efforts to curb naval spending while Jeter serves on the President's staff informing on naval affairs. Jeter was a local boy in Aiken where his father served, and he entered Annapolis in 1916 through Congressman Byrnes. His mother resides in Ensley Alabama.
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R. C. Jeter
St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church
Coolidge
Navy
Jeter
Aiken
St. Thaddeus Church
Annapolis
Congressman Byrnes
Ensley
Ala
William Johnson Buys Powell Tract Near Polo Field
Mrs Meta Summerall and Mrs Rovy al Holley sold 7412 acres to William FE Johnson for 5500 dollars. The Powell tract lies near Polo Field and adjoins parcels used by Johnson from Henry BE Holley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meta Summerall
Rovyal Holley
William FE. Johnson
Powell
Johnson
Henry BE. Holley
Presbyterian Auxiliary Sees Record Attendance at Meeting
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church reported larger attendance than ever before. Mrs. J. B. Henderson led the gathering with Mrs. C. A. Sanders presiding. Devotional work by Mrs. J. F. Ardrey and a China mission program followed, including a letter from a Kuling native and a solo by Miss Jessie Lee Thomas.
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Th ‘ Terian
Wadedes
J. B. Henderson
C. A. Sanders
J. F. Ardrey
Chas. Hill
China
J. J. Sweeney
Kuling
China Solo
Jessie Lee Thomas
McDill
Due West
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Kiwanis Clubs
Carolinas
United States
England
France
Germany
Italy
Roanoke
Wilminetor
Del
Nashville
Tenn
Convers
B. Woolsey
Lee Gowan
Ice
A. G. Miles
Periwinkle Bungalow
Next Sea
Turner
Jeff Davis
Charleston
Belgium
Australia
New Zealand
Senate
Lieut. R. C. Jeter
William Johnson
Presbyterian Auxiliary
Foreign Mission
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