Aiken’s Rich Tapestry of Racing Polo and Notable Visitors
The passage recalls Whitney Field hosting premier horses and the International Polo Team training for clashes with Britain. It highlights Tommie Hitchcock Jr as a standout American captain in 1930, and notes visitors famed in literature, journalism, and finance who sought rest in Aiken’s golf courses and environs.
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Gost
Aiken
Whitney Field
Tommie Hitchcock, Jr
Richard Harding Davis
Gouverneur Morris
David Gray
Pelham G. Wodehouse
Archie
Notable Guests At Aiken In The Palmetto Era
Marshall Field hosted H B Ledyard and Robert Todd Lincoln to daily rounds at Palmetto Golf Club with their own cup in early era accounts. Prominent financiers and industrialists including Hadfield Shapleigh and Tiffany figure among visiting magnates and ambassadors at Aiken gatherings.
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Marshall Field
H. B. Ledyard
Michigan Central
Robert Todd Lincoln
Palmetto Golf Course
Jimmie Mackrell
Palmetto Golf Club
Robert Hadfield
Steffield Steel
A. L. Shapleigh
St. Louis
Charles Tiffany
Montgomery Ward
Heinz
Fleischmann
Yeast King
L. D. Dozier
Uneeda Biscuits
County Commissioners Report from Aiken County Board
The report lists expenses for Road Officer No. 1 and No. 2, a physician, sheriff, superintendent of education, and treasurer. It records amounts dated January 13, 1950, including 150.00 225.00 60.00 47.30 and 193.77 25.00 0.65, as part of county financial statements.
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Board of Registration
Vital Statistics Dental Clinic
tClerk
Panbiu Aiken County Hospital
Chaingang
Inc
County
Notable Visitors Made Aiken A Preface to History
The feature recalls famed guests who walked Aiken South Carolina streets in the prewar era. Ambassadors, governors, and railroad magnates mingled at the Palmetto Club while the town’s pines offered famed invigoration. E H Hooper praised the Aiken air as a champagne substitute.
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Nancy
Lady Astor
Bobbie Shaw
Aiken
Palmetto
William Howard Taft
U. S. Supreme Court
Degch
Canada
Thomas Tait
Lord Minto
Lord Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edward Treffey
King Edward
A. J. Cossett
Pennsylvania Railroad
BE. H. Harriman
Northwest
Palmetto Club
John Hays Hammond
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
South Carolina
E. H. Hooper
London Times
Palm Beach
School Census Draws Criticism From South Carolina Legislators
The piece blasts March school census duties as a flawed law that pulls teachers from core classroom work. It argues the timing disrupts the term and amounts to an overburdening assignment for educators already handling busy schedules.
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South Carolina
Utility Firms Grow As Other Industries Wilt In Ames
Financial reports show three utility companies rising amid declines in other industrial earnings in Ames. The note highlights economic shifts and a caution about spending on leisure as costs rise for households.
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Ames
Tomacco
Tribune
Why Pee Dee Farms Pay Clemson College
Economic research in the Pee Dee area identifies best paying farm systems based on long term results. The report Bulletin 269 Pee Dee Farm Management Studies 1925 1930 by W C Jenson and B A Russell is available from Clemson College or county farm agents.
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Clemson College
Pee Dee
W. C. Jenson
B. A. Russell
South Carolina Experiment Station
S. C
South Carolina Parents Choose Cost Over School Quality
The Charleston News and Courier notes that South Carolinians want a high quality common school system but insist on affordability, preferring homes and food to better schools. It adds that U S high school education faces nationwide examination and criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
United States
Charleston News and Courier
War and Taxes. A Call for Peace Through Numbers
A Hartsville Messenger report cites Treasury data on the first half of fiscal 1991 showing the federal government spent about 1.801 billion dollars with over 1.127 billion dollars or 62 percent of each tax dollar going to past wars and ongoing defense costs. This statistic is offered as an argument for world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
New York Times
Hartgvile Messenger
Pasture Land Prospects for Dairying Boosts South
A Marion Star excerpt argues that few pastures exist in South Carolina and the region should shift from cotton to pasture farming. Recognizing pasture and cattle raising could speed prosperity as dairying expands across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Star
Country Sausage Makers offers wholesale hog casings
Easterling Brothers of Augusta Georgia distribute wholesale hog casings with prepaid parcel post. Pricing includes one pound 60 cents two pounds 1.15 five pounds 2.50 ten pounds 4.50 twenty five pounds 10.00. Ship any amount from 1 to 25 pounds to buyers.
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Mattie C. Hall
Park Avenue
R. L. Gunter Gunted
M. A. Wilder
T and
Wilder
Attorneys At Law Bank of Western Carolina Building
D. W. Gaston, JR
First National Bank
G. A. Milner
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Murphy Stationery CO
Kodaks & Supplies
Broad St
Augusta
Norman E. Cullum
Farmers & Merchants Bank Bldg
Aiken, S. C
the Radio Laboratory
L. M. Terry
Institute of Radio Engineers
Park Ave
Hendersons & Salley
State
United State
H. J. Ray
Bidg
Aiken, South Carolina
L. E. Stansfield
Bidg Aiken
Herbert E. Gyles
All Courts
L. W. Boykin, JR
Laurens Street
Henry J. Godin
Broad Street
Augusta, Ga
Mortimer Schiff
Otto Kahn
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Charles H. Sabin
the Guaranty
United Tes
Robert Bacon
Elihu Root
France
General Pershing
Henry White
Italy
U. S
Paris
David R. Frances
Missouri
Russia
George von L. Meyer
George Harvey
England
John W. Davis
County Commissioners
Banka Ies
Sateen
Aiken County Board of Com
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Sage RT
PEE Dee Farms
Ghichesters
Catarina la
Cullum Tire CO
Hayne Ave
Aiken, S.C
Easterling Brothers
Broad St. Augusta, Ga
Bailie Furniture Co
MES
Times Square
New York City
Benadway
West
Selece
W Jonson QuiMa
Nena Teu
Waniareeyedvise
A. G. Murray
Beech Island
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