State considers more highway bonds and school book delays
The report details plans for another 5 million dollars in highway bonds and a postponement mechanism that could extend the use of current school books for two to three years. It notes recent acts on textbook adoption and references a South Carolina Supreme Court session honoring Chief Justice Richard Cannon Watts. The article covers debates over state expenses and a historic look at legislature spending and convention allowances, plus tax stamp issues affecting Reynolds Tobacco and Camel Cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State ‘Board of Educa
Ption
State Supreme Court
Richard Cannon Watts
General Assembly
United States
A. C. Latimer
Columbia
Supreme Court
Reynolds Tobacco Company
South Carolina
Tobacco Company
The
Tax Commission
Commission
A. C. Somers
Reynolds Company
Querry
Driver Licenses Revoked for Drunk Driving Rule Adoption
A statewide rule set issued by Chief Highway Commissioner Ben M. Sawyer suspends licenses for drunken driving. First offense 60 day suspension after conviction, second offense 120 days. Offenders must surrender licenses to the State Highway Department. Violations carry fines up to 100 dollars or 30 days in jail. Forest Protective Association joins State Firemen at the Aiken convention featuring a large firefighting display and a Forest Service float promoting wood protection and fire prevention awareness. Twenty five Boy Scouts represent county Fire Fighting Crews with banners on forest fire prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ben M. Sawyer
State Highway Patrol
Commssioner Sawyer
South Carolina
Aiken
State Forest Service
H. Y. Forsythe
Aiken County Forest Protective Association
Boy Scouts
Aiken County
Want Ads for Ai Ken and Aiken Area Rentals and Sales
Mixed local want ads list property for sale near Windsor and depot with 86 by 1 foot lot and residence store barn stables, rent furnished house on Park Avenue, and several employment offers for a man to handle Watkins Products, call Willis Irvin and H R Bordeaux, plus a lifetime chance to call on farmers in S Aiken County with no experience needed and potential earnings from 8 to 20 dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Impr Matty
Windsor
Ll. Hill
Augusta
S. Aiken County
McNess CO
Dept. M
Free- Port
Ill
Seven Plea Guilty Sentences Total Ten Years Eight Months
Seven prisoners appeared before Judge Hayne F. Rice in a civil court term to plead guilty under a constitutional amendment allowing certain criminal cases in civil court. Sentences totaled 10 years 8 months. Names include Arthur Grant, Houston Grant, Charley Nelson, Sambo Bessie, James Stephens, W. T. Jordan, Norman Chavous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayne F. Rice
Rice
Arthur
Houston Grant
Charley Nelson
Clinton
Clearwater Mills
Sambo Bessie
James Stephens
W. T. Jordan
Norman Chavous
Poultry Vaccination Urged for Flocks in County
County farm agent Thos. W. Morgan urges poultrymen to vaccinate flocks against chicken pox and related diseases using a new, cheap, simple vaccine. He cites a near perfect success rate in McCormick County and notes low cost at about one and a half cents per bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. W. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
McCormick County
Morgan
South Carolina Topics Include Stamp Marketing and Executions
The report notes state stamp sales with cellophane packaging issues and local advertising. Columbia liquor crime remarks during a murder case trial. J. P. Moore, a Cherokee county convict, executed in the electric chair with governor approval for sanity review. a 22 year old confessed before death. ongoing deadly automobile accidents in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
A. Fletcher Spigner
J. P. Moore
Cherokee County
South Carolina
Mrs Mattie Fleming Hutto Rites Held at Bath Cemetery
Mrs. Mattie Fleming Hutto aged 49 died at her Bath home after six weeks illness. She is survived by son Bennie Hutto Bath daughter Clara Hataway Greenwood sister C M Polatty Cincinnati Ohio and brothers W E Fleming Hephzibah Ga R C and A J Fleming Langley H Q Fleming Ninety Six and L D Fleming Cremerton N C. Funeral services were conducted at Bath Baptist Church by Rev Thomas Walker with interment in Warrenville Cemetery. Pallbearers: R E Ivey W E Owens D D Wooten J H Wooten Charlie Powell Gordon Burckhalter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Fleming Hutto
Bath
Clara’ Hattaway
Hutto
Bennie Hutto
Clara Hataway
C. M. Polatty
Greenwood
F. E. Pingley
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. E. Fleming
Hephzibah
R. C
A. J. Fleming
Langley
H. Q. Fleming
L. D. Fleming
Cremerton
N. C
Cooking School for Colored People at Robertson Institute
A free cooking school for colored citizens will be held at the Andrew Robertson Institute on June 22 23 and 24. Sessions start at 8 PM each night with demonstrations by a Rumford Baking Powder Company authority who has led similar schools across the South. Prizes will be awarded nightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Robertson Institute
Rumford Baking Powder Company
South
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Forest Protective Association
Aiken, S.C
Park Avenue
James Kerr
DeWitt Ave
Belleville
N. J
Call Willis Irvin
J. R. Watkins
H. R. Bordeaux
Johnson Ave
Newark
Gal. Edelstein
Broad St
Ndmill
Steve
Broad Street
Une Pupilc
Southern Milling Co
Augusta, Ga
Lers
Mattie F. Hutto
Cooking School
Allstate
Sears
Rim
Roebuck Ann
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