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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1928
Page
6
The Aiken Standard lists a two dollar annual subscription and credits Walter L. Duncan as President and Editor with C Alderman Duncan as Managing Editor. The notice notes second class mail status and entry under the 1879 act. The post office entry confirms Aiken DC filing and publication standards.
The piece argues against expanding naval power citing Coolidge figures and calls for diverting wartime funds. It questions threats, notes ship costs around 17 million per cruiser, and urges peace to ease tax burdens rather than scrapping existing resources.
The Pan American Congress ends a highly eventful session. United States policy toward interference shows signs of change. Argentine leadership resists concessions, while Charles F. Hughes earns credit for preserving U S standing at the talks and pledges future action.
An article outlines the rise of skilled motor repair trades in America driven by cars, noting improved shop equipment and pay. It then provides a detailed county profile of Chester County, detailing geography, population in 1920 and 1925 estimates, hydroelectric stations, soil types, crops, climate, education, industries, and ties to nearby markets.
The bill reported to the House for flood relief in Mississippi seeks a $473,000,900 appropriation and places the entire expense on the federal government. The army engineers had estimated 266 million dollars with 20 percent charged to benefiting localities. Mississippi communities press for maximum funding amid broad government paternalism.
The article explains that 1926 cotton overproduction caused low prices, but demand recovered by autumn 1927 as buyers restored prices. It highlights the role of voluntary cooperation, with cooperative cotton marketing associations forming across Southern states and the American Cotton Growers Exchange coordinating efforts to stabilize growers and mills alike.
Senator Wagener of New York proposes a Labor Department drive to collect current data on jobless workers including where they live and what they do. The plan seeks ongoing, accurate labor market information to guide public works timing nationwide.
A Chicago paper reports that about 200 million tons of cornstalks grown in the county annually, valued at five dollars a ton, could be turned into silk underwear. The plan faces a hurdle from a Norwegian patent controlled by the Du Ponts, which makes cheap cotton linters yield superior synthetic silk at a lower cost than wool.
J Aldrich Hall buys W E Prothro’s share in the Aiken Motor Co and Prothro leaves the partnership. Hall assumes all debts liabilities and contracts. Prothro disclaims future liabilities. The notice names J Aldrich Hall and W E Prothro as signatories.
R L Red Chickens 14c each C O D Parcel Post 150 ready Feb 16 350 Feb 24 35 March ard Custom hatching 4.00 per 100 Mrs L M Kitching White Pond S C 31p Fancy work Crocheting Tatting Write for prices Mrs F A Moore Box 293 Aiken S C
Fragments indicate county board agenda items with clerk E. E. Woodward referenced. Details are illegible but imply routine motions and potential approvals. Further text needed for precise summary.
The church Army evangelists touring England sponsored by Protestant Episcopal bishops conduct services at the ball park and St Pauls Mission under W. H. Folk. The mission aims to evangelize and train youth for the Church Army of America. The crusade visited Columbia next, inspiring many denominations. Effie Allen Lott returns to Edgefield from a visit with Mrs. Sam Morrall. Marion Wikle of Anderson was in town on business. W. A. Gyles returns from Washington D C after Mason ic meetings tied to Washingtons birthday and an Alexandria Va memorial. Gyles may be elected next grand master in the state. Prof H. M. Byrd leaves for Boston to attend a US public schools superintendent convention, away a week or ten days. S H Swint treasurer of Graniteville Manufacturing Co. called out of town due to a family illness.
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