South Carolina products exhibition boosts state pride
Florence hosts an exhibit promoting South Carolina products with backing from agriculture officials. The editorial argues home marketing first, citing California as a model and urging statewide booster support to develop resources and a national marketing plan. It praises Ash ton H. Williams and W. Frank Hipp for leading four regional exhibitions and urges business leaders to fund a broad campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Florence
California
City
Department of Agriculture
Columbia
South
Ashton H. Williams
W. Frank Hipp
Dr Howard’s lifelong war against garden pests and disease
The speaker emphasizes Dr. Howard’s tireless work to awaken farmers to insect threats and to develop control methods. He notes insects endanger crops and human life from the pink boll weevil to malaria carriers, praising Howard for a long, underpaid public service dedicated to scientific pest control.
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Dr. Howard
Howard
South
San Jose
Dr. L C Howard Receives Copper Gold Medal Honor
Dr L C Howard chief entomologist for the United States Department of Agriculture is awarded the Copper Gold Medal and a $5000 honorarium for distinguished service to agriculture. The long service cited marks a lifetime of notable work in entomology.
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L. C. Howard
Howard
United States Department of Agriculture
Fall on Pension Despite Oil Scandal Conviction
Albert B. Fall, once secretary of the interior, receives a $72 monthly Spanish American War pension while imprisoned for accepting a bribe tied to the Teapot Dome case. The United Press notes the pension was granted routinely and with no publicity, drawing public ire over perceived justice and presidential silence on the scandal.
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News and Courier
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Harding
United Press
Hoover
Supreme Court of the United States
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Sinclair
Doheny
Fall
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Walton Sudlow Engagement Announced for Grace Walton
Grace Eugenia Walton and William Harry Sudlow Jr. announced their engagement by the Walton family of Ellenton. The wedding is planned for August. Walton is noted as a prominent Ellenton resident with many connections. Sudlow, Clemson College 1926 engineering graduate, is the eldest son of the Sudlow family of Aiken and now located in Ellenton.
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Grace Eugenia Walton
William Harry Sudlow, Jr
William McLain Walton
Ellenton
Miss Walton
Sudlow
Harry Sudlow
Aiken
Clemson College
Creed-Brown wedding in Aiken ties Belvedere and Augusta
Miss Marian Christine Creed daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Creed of Belvedere and Robert Brown of Augusta were married in Aiken last Thursday with only close relatives and intimate friends present. They will reside in Augusta after a short honeymoon to the North Carolina mountains.
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Marian Christine Creed
E. B. Creed
Belvedere
Robert Brown
Augusta
Aiken
North Carolina
Myrtle Dove Partners for a Firm Future
Fonda Love agrees to form a partnership as Myrtle Dove consents to setting firmer boundaries. Both express mutual commitment to a collaborative venture and shared goals.
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Myrtle Dove
Fonda
Near East Shows Remarkable Changes in Desert Life
Dr Maynard Owen Williams reports rapid modernization across the Near East during the Trans Asian expedition. Arabs Turks and Syrians adopt taxis asphalt roads air travel and Western goods while new towns rise around Palmyra Rutba and other desert hubs under French and Allied influence.
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Eder
Near East
Maynard Owen Williams
National Geographic Society
Persia
Asia
Dr. Williams
Bagdad
Syria
Mesopotamia
Iraq
America
Damascus
French Foreign Legion
Caravan Route Through Iraq Welcomes Pilgrims and Scouts
Morning finds a yellow fort ringed with barbed wire beside a dusty Ramadi road. A semi weekly motor convoy serves pilgrims to Christian and Mohammedan holy sites, while Iraqi Boy Scouts in sun helmets greet travelers as two buses arrive near Baghdad, continuing a historic desert journey from Damascus.
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Iraq
Ramadi
Euphrates River
Bagdad
Damascus
New East
Entertain for Newly Weds at Graniteville Shower
Mrs Lonnie Duncan hosted a miscellaneous shower for her daughter Mary who recently married L C Parish. Guests wore orchid chiffon voile blue flat crepe and blue chiffon voile. The home was decorated with ferns and spring flowers. Ruth Devore gave a pink wedding cake. Gifts included bed linen table linen and a set of dishes. Refreshments followed.
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Graniteville
Lonnie Duncan
Mary
L. C. Parish
Ruth Devore
Clifford Watson
Oakland Pontiac Production Surges Past 1929 Levels
Oakland Michigan reports May production of 14 829 cars for the Oakland Pontiac line, up from 11 972 in May last year. The May total tops April’s 14 188 and all prior months this year show gains, with early June operations exceeding 1930 levels and promising a strong month.
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Pontiac, Mich
Oakland Motor Car Company
Ed Smith discusses eight month grammar school plan
Editor notes Ed Smith says eight months of grammar school could be accredited with changes. He urges teachers to accept seven month pay with eight months free to save costs, warns against monthly cuts that reduce state aid, and mentions possible consolidations and tax issues including $50,000 in tax executions.
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Aiken Standard
Jas. H. Hope
School finances and economy urged as taxes collapse
A South Carolina speaker warns trustees and taxpayers that assessed valuations fall, taxes drop, and debt grows. He cites North Augusta cuts and $300,000 in school bonds, blaming persistent underfunding, wartime distortions, and reliance on a struggling cotton economy while urging backers to push for real economy or risk bankrupting schools.
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North Augusta
County Board of Education
For Rent Six Room Apartment in Aiken South Carolina
FOR RENT Six room Apartment very cool for summer Box 138 Ai ken S C GOOD MAN WANTED to handle the genuine old reliable J R Watkins Products Established since 1868 Aiken territory now open Business established Excellent opportunity for right man Write at once H R Bordeaux 231 Johnson Ave Newark N J 6 12 31p
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Aiken, S.C
J. R. Watkins
Aiken Territory
H. R. Bordeaux
Johnson Ave
Newark
N. J
Stand for the children on bond funds dispute
The speaker argues that schools and welfare facilities should receive bond funds without delay, questioning why teachers slept through the bond process and urging a decisive, child‑centered decision. The stance is that giving the money now is best for the children.
Notice of Appeal for Executive Clemency by Lula Lowman
Lula Lowman announces an appeal to Governor I C Blackwood for executive clemency. The notice indicates a pending clemency petition and official channels for review.
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I. C. Blackwood
Lula Lowman
Public Auction of Ford Roadster in Aiken SC
Under an order from the Eastern District of South Carolina a public sale is set for July 3 1981 at 11 am in front of the post office in Aiken. The Ford Roadster Motor No A 2755312 seized in United States versus Lawrence F Gunter will be sold to satisfy a government forfeiture. Allen B Kale United States Marshal.
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United States District Court
South Carolina
Aiken
United States
Lawrence F. Gunter
Allen B. Kale
Chance in lifetime for farmers in South Aiken County
Reliable man wanted to call on farmers in South Aiken County. Wonderful opportunity to make 8 to 20 dollars daily. No experience or capital needed. Write McNess Co Dept M Freeport Illinois.
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S. Aiken County
McNess CO
Dept. M
Free- Port, Il
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Desert Mail
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Tadmur
Palmyra
Zenobia
New Palmyra
Desert
Hawk
Modern Art In
Syrian Desert
Rutba
Cairo-Bagdad
Damascus-Bagdad Airlines
Oakland
Pontiac
Ed. Smith
Rocky Bottom
Blue Ridge Mountains
Brevard
N. C
Kate R. Carey
E. Park Avenue
Greenville
S. C
James’ Kerr
DeWitt Ave
Belleville
Washington
Baltimore
Southern Railway System
Chevrolet
Ford
Jay-Mac Chevrolet Co
Aiken, S. C
Steve’s
Broad Street
Augusta, Ga
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