Early peach crop arrives despite cold spell concerns
Roadside stands in the counties report the early peach crop is starting. Farmers note damage from March cold, with half of the early variety affected while mid and late varieties promise better volume. Pine House Flea Market owner says overall yield will be low this year.
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Tracy Childers
Childers and Sons
Ridge Spring
Tony Watson
Clemson University Extension Service
Pine House
Trenton
Doug Williams
Obituary notices listed on page 8A
Deaths announced for Ansel Day Aiken Minnie Sugick Landy Wagener Walter Leon Morris Monetta Fred George Poinsett South Hampton New Jersey Juliet Smalley North Augusta Joseph Walsh Williston obituary notices appear on page 8A with brief burial details and locations.
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Ansel Day
Aiken
Minnie Sugick Landy
Walter Leon Morris
Monetta
Fred George Poinsett
South Hampton
N.J
Juliet
Smalley
North Augusta
Joseph Walsh
Williston
Lottery numbers report for Friday and Saturday draws
Saturday's winning numbers are Cash 3 Midday 5 5 8 and Cash 3 Evening 8 5 0. Cash de 81 4 oe Georgia 68 28 32 93 42. Friday's late numbers include Cash 43 493 and antony Five 4819 20 32.
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Cash
Georgia
Antony Five
Light turnout expected in Aiken primaries
Absentee ballot requests are unusually low with about 128 requests so far, far below the 300 typical when high profile races run. Aiken County projects under 20 000 total voters in the Democratic and Republican primaries with most ballots cast Republican. Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and results will be reported at the County Council Building.
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Frances Pennington
Aiken County
Aiken
Susan Giddings
Gregg Gregory
Jim Bland
Jim Baggot
Phil Napier
Charles Sharpe
Dean Rawls
Dale Stephens
Kathy Rawls
Andy Windham
Pennington
South Carolina Gamble Debates Split Legislature Over Video Poker
South Carolina lawmakers clash on gambling issues as the House seeks a video poker ban but the Senate blocks it. Gov Beasley leads Republican opposition calling the industry a cancer while Democrats push for a referendum amid a broader fight over state lottery and gambling expansion. Aiken County legislators referenced.
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South Carolina
House of Representatives
Senate
David Beasley
Jim
Georgia
Aiken County
Aiken convent a WWII haven for frightened German family
The Piaszczyks, German immigrants in Charleston, hid their 3 year old at St Angela's convent in Aiken during World War II to shield her from possible retaliation and searches for radios and other wartime implements. Betty Sands recalls the fear and efforts to protect the child amid internment camps and volatile loyalties.
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Aiken Convent
St. Angela’s Convent
Theodore Piaszczyk
Piaszczyks
Charleston
Piaszczyk
Poland
Germany
United States
Hitler
America
Buchenwald
Dachau
Fort Lin
Coln
Bismarck
N.C
St Angela's Convent
Aiken
Betty Sands
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