Bail Granted In Black Killing Case In Blackville
Judge grants $2000 bail each to Marvin Cobb and Henry Kelley after preliminary hearing in the James Black case. Testimony describes a night of shots and a car at the Black home with witnesses recalling the Ku Klux reference and the struggle surrounding Black’s death. Dewey Bandy also released on $500 bond as the mystery case moves toward grand jury review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayne F. Rice
Court of Common Pleas
Marvin Cobb
Henry Kelley
James Black
Gloverville
Cobb
Keiley
Dewey Bandy
Cobb and Kelley
Rice
Lowe
Mieler Weathersbee
Black
South Carolina
Nellie Robinson
Bath
Marie Cromer Honored With Home Economics Department
The passage honors Marie Samuela Cromer for her work with South’s farm girls and girls tomato clubs. It notes a department named for her at the Aiken Institute from 1910 to 1925, with a bronze inscription and an oil painting of Jesus in the room. The speech praises Cromer as a guiding force for women’s education and rural uplift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Samuella
Cromer
I Iuance
Aiken Institute
Marie Samuella Cromer
Miss Cromer
Cecil H. Seigler
My Proof to Clarence Darrow Poem and Local Notices
The poem asserts faith in God through acts of love and nature, credited to James Edwin Kerr. In local items, Harry Ludlow Jr. departs for six weeks of intensive training at Camp McClellan Alabama, while Miss Eleanor Henderson recovers from tonsil surgery and is reported to be doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edwin Kerr
Harry Ludlow, Jr
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Eleanor Henderson
Local Society Guests Attend McLean Reception
Mrs. J. L. Mims, Mrs. Mamie Tillman and Mr. and Miss Hightower of Edgefeld attended the McLean reception on Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Mims
Mamie Tillman
Miss Hightower
Edgefeld
McLean
Court of Common Pleas convenes in Aiken with equity focus
Judge Hayne F Rice presides as no jurors are drawn and only equity matters will come before the court. Allen plans to bring Senator Heflin of Alabama to speak at the Opera House on June 30 for Boy Scouts relief, with a minstrel show by the boys scheduled for the same evening.
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Hayne F Rice
Court of Common Pleas
Aiken
Equity
Heflin
Ernest
Allen
Senator Heflin
Alabama
Opera House
S. C
Charleston
R. S. Brown
Dist. Pass. Agt
Augusta
Southern Railway System
Firestone
Firestone Balloons
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Purina
Purina Mills
Schroder’s Grocery
Belvedere
Broad and Fifth Streets
Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation
Southern Bel Telephone Company
State of
Morgan B. Speir
Carolinas
Bell System
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
J. J. Roach
Batesburg
Edgefield
Johnston
Leesville
Aiken, S. C
Cobb and
Kelley
Baptist Parsonage
Mico Wilhemene Cook
William Henry DeWitt
Blackville
Jeanne D’arc
Marie Cromer
Clarence Darrow
A , Ct
Bowker Chemical CO
West Street
New York
The
American Agricultural Chemical Co
Columbia
S.C
Atlanta
Montgomery
Wim Battle of Tires
Indianapolis
Post
de Paolo
Lewis-Hill
Shater-Mc
Hartz
Milton
Duray
Kreis
Shattuc
Bordine
Aiken Tire Shop
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