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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
1
The 1925 26 hunting season closed March 1 in South Carolina with rest and breeding periods for wild turkey and Bob White quail ending until Thanksgiving. Other game seasons followed varied end dates including deer January 15 and ducks January 31. dove and shore birds ran September 1 to December 15.
A discussion notes the dove and partridge shooting issue and argues the main failure is funding for enforcing existing laws and protecting game. It suggests revenue from game could aid conservation, but warns the legislature is unlikely to act soon on sensible changes.
Miss Susan McCreary Moseley known as Mack Moseley died Friday morning at her White Pond home after a two week illness. She leaves three sisters Mary Sarah Septima Moseley of White Pond and numerous nieces and nephews including Kate Patrick Ida Moseley James Moseley Joseph Moseley J F Moseley J H Doscher and G A T Moseley. Funeral services were at the White Pond residence with interment in White Pond cemetery. A devout Christian lifelong member of White Pond Baptist church she was widely regarded for her faith and floral tributes were numerous.
Fermata School will open for the autumn term of 1926 27 with a new principal and a Board of Trustees including Mrs. Maurice Hecksher Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock Mrs. Josef Hofman Mrs. Oliver Iselin Dr. John L. Todd and Dr. Robert H. Wilds. Evangelist Harry Thomas sang at the Baptist church Sunday to large congregations and a warm welcome.
The Standard announces its circulation is larger than any other paper in Aiken County and in this section of the state. It asserts superiority over all competitors in the area for readership and advertising reach.
Tourists Topics notes Augusta plans its third horse show for March 23 24 25 with polo ponies from Thomas Hitchcock and others in Aiken. Judge Harry Worcester Smith leads hunters while Thomas H McCreary judges polo ponies. Fort Benning Camden and others expected to compete, Augusta reliant on Aiken for entries.
Sam T. Carter, South Carolina state treasurer and senior administrative official, died at his Columbia home Tuesday night at age 65. A native of Edgefield County and Clemson graduate, Carter had 55 years in state finance and 13 as treasurer. Funeral services were held Thursday at 11 a.m. with large attendance.
More than a hundred Aiken County youths will receive certificates from the Extension Service tomorrow afternoon. The first Annual Achievement Day for Junior Agricultural Club members starts at 3 30 PM in the Court House with awards for completing projects in pig, calf, corn, cotton and peanut growing. Address by Cecil H. Sigler and Andrey H. Ward precedes public program. Admission cited as 30 and 20 dollars.
Aiken County teachers met at Graniteville School last Saturday for the third association gathering this scholastic year. Demonstrations covered arithmetic, reading, hygiene, geography, English and physical education led by local teachers. Dr. Harry Clark spoke on Eugene Fields, the Home Economics class served lunch, and a tour of Graniteville Manufacturing Co. plants explained cotton dyeing processes. S. H. Moody and H. M. Byrd were elected as county delegates to the South Carolina Teachers' Association Council of Delegates meeting next month.
During February C Lee Gowan county farm agent sold for Aiken county farmers 8503.04 dollars worth of farm products. The products included seeds peanuts beef cattle and other items.
The community organizations were scored on enrollment across six points including program efficiency meetings picnics encampment records and reports monthly meeting attendance and State Fair turnout. Standings show McLaurin 83 percent Downer 17.1 Marsuella 58.8 Jackson 57.5 Hawthorne 57.3 Eureka 56.1 Mt Beulah 54.2 New Holland 42.3 Wagener 45.3 and Salley 45.3
Hon Cecil H Seigler county superintendent presided at Marsuella school Sunday flag raising ceremony. Meeting opened with prayer and America song led by pupils. Bible and flag presented by G R Webb and John E Stansfield. Marsuella district accepted both. Address by C Vernon Elliott followed by Star Spangled Banner and benediction.
The body of a white man believed to be Joe Croft of Edgefield was found Saturday night beside the Southern Railroad tracks near Bath. He was mangled, and authorities think he was struck by Southern train No. 20 traveling from Augusta to Columbia. An inquest was held Sunday at 11 a.m. in Bath.
J. C. Cochran a longtime Aiken resident and First Baptist church member died Monday in Lakeland Florida and was buried there Tuesday according to advices reaching here.
The Aiken County Council of Farm Women met at Kathwood School last Saturday. Mrs C C F Hammond and Miss Elise Wilcom led constructive work for rural children. Miss Mayo warned 37 of 40 children need attention and urged parental action. Mrs Dora Walker urged improvements in homes, parks and plantings. Augusta women attended and invited locals to Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs in April. A county fundraiser window sale supported council work.
The white schools in Aiken County will hold field day events in Aiken on Saturday, April 17, per Cecil H. Seigler county superintendent of education. Colored schools field day is scheduled for tomorrow.
Dr Ben F Wyman is under consideration for the South Carolina state director role of the Department of Rural Sanitation. The post vacant by Dr L A Riser’s resignation March 1 will be filled by the executive committee’s earlier selection of Dr Wyman, who says he will probably accept. The move affects Aiken and surrounding readers.
Dr Wyman native of Aiken son of Dr and Mrs Hastings H Wyman Sr educated at University of South Carolina and Medical College of South Carolina served 30 months as captain of an ambulance corps in World War He is a city council member past president of Aiken Medical Society and former president of the Aiken Kiwanis Club a public spirited worker for local betterment in the community
The Aiken Agricultural Club held its monthly meeting with C R B Woolsey detailing pedigreed Cleveland Big Bell cotton breeding. Widespread seed shortages were noted for cowpea velvet bean and likely soybean may substitute. Otoctan soyben and Otootan soybean praised for hay and soil improvement. County Agent C L Gowan offered seed gathering help, followed by a barbecue dinner.
Representative Mendel L. Smith and colleagues press for constructive tax reform amid calls for relief from the tax system. They condemn successive sessions for postponing revaluation and classification while noting millions in property evade taxation. The Spartanburg Herald editorial addition notes the legislature ends its session with no progress on tax status.
The passage critiques the current tax approach, calling the soft drink tax a temporary expedient and noting the failure to reform property valuation and taxation. It argues agriculture remains unprofitable and warns voters will see little progress on a real program before the next election.
After Clemson College graduation, Harry Sudlow Jr. of Aiken will join General Electric in Schenectady N Y for postgraduate work. He is among about 360 selected from technical schools nationwide and is praised as a standout leader and top student by his family and peers.
Isadore Polier of Aiken selected as USC debater in the Citadel Presbyterian Carolina triangle to be held March 15. The debate will argue that South Carolina should enact a divorce law with Polier and W. D. Simpson arguing the affirmative for Carolina at Charleston against Presbyterian College.
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