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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
6
A humorous sketch where an insurance agent and other salesfolk pressure the narrator with life, health, and literary pitches. The speaker recounts dodging offers from a salesman, a germicide drummer, a patent medicine man, and a book agent while musing on life, worry, and appetite for consumer schemes.
This month graduates seek jobs as business leaders favor the college educated youth while older workers risk being displaced. The piece asks whether the rising generation grasps the fate awaiting them when aging erodes youth and vigor.
The piece argues that ambitious men must toil relentlessly to rise, noting that even with college training the path to the top favors those of proven grit who have endured tough jobs. It emphasizes merit, persistence, and hands on experience over formal schooling alone.
Miss Janie Frazier of Columbia has been elected supervisor of the Aiken Sanitarium succeeding Miss Bergman who resigns after many years. Dr. W. A. Whitlock will be physician in charge, with Dr. R. H. Wilds resigning.
Frampton Wyman son of Mr and Mrs Vincent Wyman will receive his diploma this week from the Medical College in Augusta He has served as an interne in the University Hospital for several weeks His record shows strong promise as a diagnostician
Friends of Mr and Mrs Monroe Heath mourn their daughter Pearl eleven who died Thursday morning at University Hospital in Augusta. Funeral services are held this morning at Town Creek church. Maud Johnson of Aiken completes a nurse course in Augusta. Emily Cumming Hammond of Rathwood finishes from the Medical College in Augusta as a trained nurse.
Mrs Edward S Croft and her three sons depart for a week at Crosswell cottage Cedar Mountain NC. Eureka Junior Agricultural club meets at the schoolhouse at 6 this afternoon. John A May and Bruce Johnson of Aiken graduate with high honors from Bailey Military Institute Greenwood. Cadet Johnson wins medal as captain of the best drilled corps. Mrs W T Gregory of Lancaster visits daughter Mrs Henry Busbee. Edward C Cushman improves after minor operation. Mrs Lena Croft and others attend Winthrop College commencement where Miss Adelaide Croft graduates. Aiken Civic League meets today at 10 30 AM in Bank of Western Carolina. Mrs Harley of Alfmidale improves at home of daughter Mrs Cleve Thomas. T B Hallman returns from Columbia hospital after several weeks.
A Pacific coast writer and minister asks Governor John G. Richards be considered for the White House. The May 21 1927 letter praises Richards and his family, says he is a strong Republican, and favors a dry southern president. It notes Richards also received suggestions for a possible Democratic ticket placement in 1928.
Fort Mill Times recalls W. Jasper Talbert and John L. McLaurin, long prominent in state and national public life. Talbert, a judge of the penitentiary then congressman, and McLaurin, an early Ways and Means member and senator, both earned lasting fame. Now retired, Talbert at Parksville and McLaurin at Bennettaville receive lingering respect from South Carolina. The paper hopes for many more years of life for both and honors their service to the state.
County game warden Hays Weeks reports a state warning that extreme low water forms fish holes and fish will die. Fishermen may use nets and seines to recover stranded fish with prior notice to Weeks, and large fish may be kept for table use.
The text discusses purposes by the person or persons catching small fish to be returned to running streams. It emphasizes catch and release as a practice linked to conserving stream ecosystems.
Aiken district home demonstration agent Miss Bessie Harper was elected president of the Winthrop College Alumnae Association, which counts about 10 000 alumnae. Greenwood High School senior Edward Randolph Hahn tops his class, born in Aiken. The Outing Club named W B Turner president Lanier Branson vice president and Claus W Busch secretary treasurer.
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