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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1929
Page
2
An OCR read of a wartime era note quotes a March 3 187H address warning that the future will be decided in ten years. The speaker urges brain over two class bounds and criticizes vulgar college culture urging leadership by a refined elite.
The piece urges June weddings as a romantic time for couples engaged or soon to wed. It reminisces on previous June brides and encourages celebrating enduring love with flowers and songs of birds as the season peaks. It reflects traditional sentiment about June as the ideal month for marriage.
Australia plans land rehabilitation in Victoria eastern district to reclaim thousands of acres from rabbits and bracken. A Central Australia canal aims to improve transport and boost rainfall. An American engineer forms a company to reclaim over 100000 miles of Sahara Desert if approved, seeking to convert barren land into productive farms. These ambitious projects signal rapid agricultural progress and will create new farming challenges as production expands.
South America's population has grown about 40 percent since 1913, outpacing its internal trade and food production, while external exports to the United States rise less rapidly, underscoring economic imbalances and global market shifts.
A manhunt ends as Pete Simmons, an escaped District No. 1 chain gang inmate, is arrested by Chief M. L. Kibler and Officer Darn. In Augusta, the ten month old son of Mr and Mrs L W Richardson dies at Witherord Hospital. funeral at Town Creek Baptist Churchyard with brief graveside rites.
The South Carolina railroad commission held hearings Tuesday on petitions to abandon the Aiken Augusta trolley line and substitute motor freight service. Officials from the South Carolina Power Company attended, along with state and local representatives. Both petitions were taken under advisement and rulings are expected in a few days. A second hearing covered franchises for Augusta Aiken Transportation and Camel City Coach to operate freight and motor bus service between Augusta and Aiken, with the current service to be expanded.
Mrs W Reyburn and Mrs Gen Patterson of Washington and New York have leased the McDonald cottage on South Boundary for next season. Mrs Florence M Laird arranged the lease. Mrs Reyburn will occupy the house during construction of her proposed new residence in the Highland Park development.
Sheriff Howard and deputies captured a giant steamer still last week in Hogard's Hill. The apparatus could produce five thousand gallons of liquor daily. About ten thousand gallons of beer were poured on the ground from twenty vats. Two arrests are expected in connection with the operation.
The South Carolina Power Company plans to pension employees with 25 or more years on the trolley line or aged sixty plus two older workers. Eligible staff may receive 5 percent of current salaries or rehire options with ongoing pensions. If pensioned workers take other jobs at up to 40 percent of pay, their pension may end. The company aims to fill vacancies by using current trolley workers over the next two years, subject to seniority, and extend this pension system to all employees. The move follows the contemplated discontinuation of the trolley line and possible bus-line shifts.
Bo Rushton, wanted for a prohibition law violation, was arrested in Madison by stable Dodge, brought to the county jail, and is now out on bail. Aiken considers reduced water rates for garden irrigation during July August and September under conditions set by Civic League Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club with application to City Clerk and pricing at twenty cents per thousand gallons for excess use.
Miss Margaret Syfrett of Graniteville died Sunday morning after a brief illness. She is survived by a sister, Miss Mary Syfrett. Funeral services conducted by Rev BR L Keahon Rev C E Tebow and Rev E W Leslie were held Monday at Graniteville Methodist Church, with interment in Graniteville Cemetery. The Aiken County Grand Jury has hired L L Wilkinson of Columbia, certified public accountant, to audit county officers. work begins this week.
The engagement of Miss Alice Fesselet and T Ashby Bryant, both of New York City, has been announced. Bryant is a farmer from Aiken. Fesselet was born in Switzerland. The wedding will occur in the near future.
Nora Morgan of Ellenton, a former administratrix of her husband’s estate, is jailed on contempt of probate court and a breach of trust charge from the magistrate’s court. Also noted is the formation of the Aiken Shrine Club with officers Herbert E. Gyles as president J C Pierce as vice president J L McCarter as secretary F L Armstrong as treasurer and W E Ashley Herman H Hahn and F H Shumpert as directors.
Want ads note pure bred White Rocks eggs for hatching at 1.25 for fifteen with delivery. Contact Mrs. Paul M. Hankinson R F D 3 Aiken South Carolina. Also a reliable man is sought to run Me ness Business in Aiken County earning 8 to 12 dollars daily profits no capital or experience required. Write McNess Co Dept C Freeport Illinois.
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