Final Drive for Near East Relief Launched in Aiken
The final drive for Near East Relief orphans began Sunday in Aiken and will run ten days in the city and county. Mrs. Herbert Gyles is general chairman with Mayor Frank P. Henderson as honorary chair, aided by Mrs. C. J. Hill, Miss Rita Dolan, Miss Claudia Phelps, Lex Klutz, and Albert S. Willcox. Special collections were taken with national and state officers recognizing service to the Near East Relief cause.
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Near East
Aiken
Herbert Gyles
Vehairman
Frank P. Hender
St.” Thaddeus Episcopal
Witch
Near, East
Herbert Gylés
For Sale and For Hire in Aiken South Carolina
Classified items advertise riding school lessons saddle horses ponies and driving horses at Sunny Mead Riding School Colleton Ave Aiken SC with price per hour five dollars for saddle horse. Also sale notices for Camp Wata sso property in Up per Saranac Lake inquiry at Aiken Standard office a walnut handmade book case sold by Mrs Hattie Padgette Neeses SC and a Studebaker Sedan offered for three hundred dollars Box 475 Aiken SC plus a Lost Strayed or Stolen bay mare with one twisted tail reward offered to contact A C Penn Johnston CR BD No B H Btp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
B. Butt
Sunny Mead
Madixon
A.C. Penn Johnston
Aiken Praised For Near East Relief Cooperation
Aiken has thrived as a leading American community in aiding Near East Relief over the past four years. Citizens and organizations have contributed substantial assistance and support to humanitarian efforts in the Near East during this period.
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Aiken
America
Man shoots couple in quarrel near kaolin mines
Ralph Innis, a white worker from Aiken, surrendered after killing Charlie Williams, colored, and wounding his wife during a dispute at C. A. Glover’s Pine Lag Road site near the kaolin mines. Williams was shot twice in the head and the woman once in the body. an open knife was found near the deceased. Innis plans to plead self defense citing a prior threat. The woman remains in serious condition at Aiken County Hospital.
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Ralph Innis
Aiken
Charlie Williams
Inn- May Williams
C. A. Glover
Innis
Williams
Glover
Augusta
Golver's
Wiliams
Aiken County
Spirituals and Melodies at Friendship Baptist Church
On Monday night March 18 at 8 20 the Benedict College quartet from Columbia will perform negro spirituals mélodies classics and plantation songs at Friendship Baptist Church lower Richland Avenue. The group, among the best trained of its kind in South Carolina, recently toured Nashville and Florida and broadcasted on radio. All Aiken residents are invited. no admission, only an offering.
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Benedict Colored College of Columbia
Friendship Baptist Church
Lower Richland Avenue
South Carolina
Nashville
Tenn
Florida
Miami
Aiken
Charles Cushman Dies at 50 in Windsor
Charles P Cushman longtime Aiken County resident died at his Windsor home yesterday at 11 30 am after months of illness He was 50 and is survived by wife Lizzie two sons Calvin and Albert Windsor one brother J Hamp Cushman of Montmorene and seven grandchildren Funeral services set for Friday at Windsor Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery Salvation Army Drive continues next week seeking 4000 to support local work and pay off the mortgage on the new Arms building on Canton Street
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Charles P. Cushman
Aiken County
Windsor
Mr. Cushman
Lizzie Cushman
Calvin A
Albert Cushman
J. Hamp Cushman
Montmorene
Windsor Baptist Church
Salvation Army
Cation Street
Jurors Chosen for March Court in Aiken County
A list of jurors for the two week March Court in Aiken County is announced with names from Bath, Langley, North Augusta, Wagener and neighboring towns. Second week jurors include Cassels, Yancee, Gantt, Green, Buckmeyer, Spradley and many others. Fires in Aiken County cause property damage to a Wagener safehouse and Tendle Windsor barn, with a new Buick burned as well.
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Petit
Jesse ‘Sizemore
Aiken
North Augusta
L. M. Lott
Vaucluse
J. O. LaGrone
Jackson
T. J. M. Scott
O. S. Bushnell
Augusta
D. Geo. W. Ergle
Warrenville
D. L. Cato
Monetta
D.C. Cook
H. M. Cassels, Jr
Ellenton
J. D
Brown
Sackson
L. G. Yancee
Ridge Spring
C. T. Whetstone
Perry
A. Turner
A. B. Beard
Clearwater
J.C. Spradley
E.R. Buckingham
C. V. Gantt
Wagener
J. A. Green
W. L. Beck
Langley
J. T. Rogers
Bath
Napier
J. D. Byers
E. H. Seigler
Seivern
Whitley
H. Prey
R. Fld
W. T. Hite
R. i. H. H. Jackson
Windsor
R. PL Weeks
Wight
Tyler Brothers
Fred Yendle
Tendle
Langley Bath High Class Tours State Legislature
The Lang ley Bath High School graduating class traveled to Columbia last week to observe the state legislature and tour state institutions. Representative John W. Duncan hosted the group and guided them through the capitol building. In the Senate chamber they were welcomed by Senator Williams.
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Langley-Bath High School
Columbia
John W. Duncan
Capitol Building
Senate Chamber
Wiliams
Monetta District Trustees Election Bill Backed by Delegation
Aiken county delegation supports a bill to elect Monetta District No 24 school trustees. The measure requires districts to hold elections and elect the three candidates with the highest vote total. The delegation cites unanimous backing for the bill.
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Aiken County
Monetta Disstrict
Simplicity in Religion at First Baptist Church
Sunday at First Baptist Church features Dr P J McLean speaking on Simplicity in Religion. Sunday school at 9 45 a m and the evening service at 7 45 with a long hymn feature Where I Cross the Crowded Ways of Life and the sermon The Face at the Window. A cordial welcome to all.
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First Baptist Church
P. J. McLean
Relgiion
Fire destroys residence near Aiken in Croft Mill area
Early Sunday fire at the home of Mr and Mrs H W Smith four miles from Aiken in Croft Mill section left the residence destroyed and all belongings lost. Mr Smith is a Southern Railway freight agent. Sheriff J P Howard and deputies captured a large 300 gallon still at Pine Log Bridge on Windsor Wagoner Road. Willie Clark and William Frazier were arrested among seven found operating the still. the other five escaped.
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H. W. Smith
Croft Mill
Aiken
Mr. Smith
Southern Railway
Pine Log Bridge
Windsor-Wagoner Road
Willie Clark
William Frazier
Wagener High School to Present Nothing But the Truth Play
Wagener High School faculty and students will present the play Nothing But the Truth at the school auditorium tonight starting at 8 o clock. Admission will be 20 and 35 cents with proceeds to pay the last installment on the velvet curtain on the stage.
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Wagener
Wagener High School
Tonkeht
Aviece
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Secretary of State
Durban Realty Company
A A. Durban, H. V. Wyman, JR
Mary -Washington
W. C. Smith, Ds
Williston
D. C
Butt
Colleton Avenue
Camp Watasso
Upper
Saranac Lake
Giasa Doora
Hattie Padgette, Neeses
S.C. . Kpd
Studebaker
S. C
Paul M. Hankinson
Friedship Baptist
Charles J. Cushman
Beall
Southeastern
Southeast
Southern Bell System
Pare
Morgan B. Speir
Carolinas
Monetta School
Platt Drug CO
Pood Drug
Harris, Winthrop & Company
NEW York Stock Exchange
York Road
Oliver Perin
Wall Street
Continuus
L. L. Toney
Hayne Avenue
Aiken, S. C
E.N. Potter, Jr
Telephone
New York
Newberry Street
Thre
Firestone
Firesto
Aiken Tire Shop
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