Centennial replica engine to visit Aiken rail station
A replica of The Best Friend, part of a Southern Railway centennial tour, will arrive in Aiken from Charleston and depart tomorrow morning. The event, organized by local officials and businessmen, features Capt W W Williams and Capt Thomas W Coward as ceremonial figures, with the engine on display at the station from today 1 p.m. to tomorrow 8 a.m. The program recalls the old line begun in 1828 and the young engineer Dexter whose choice of route shaped the county's heritage.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Seabene
Southern Railway System
Ety Council
Dexter
Aiken
Aiken Hill
Williams
Dester
Thomas W. Coward
Tevels
Old South Carolina Railroad
William Aiken
Farmers of County Ship Peanuts Through Exchange
County farmers shipped fifty inns of white Spanish peanuts cooperatively last week. County Farm Agent C Lee Gowan announced the sale and shipping were arranged by the Farm Club Exchange which gave farmers $10 to $12 more per ton than selling locally. The freed returns aim to offset cotton crop losses. Farm Club Exchange members plan purebred small grains this fall to market next year as seed.
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Aitken County
C. Lee Gowan
Farm Club Exchange
Gowan
Clih Exchange
Cotton Thefts Reported Across County In Past Week
Several bales of cotton have been stolen from various places in the county over the past week with no clues yet to arrests. Four bales from Aiken were traced to Allendale and found at the station on Wednesday by Sheriff Met Hanes.
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Aiken
Allendale
Metlhanes
Townsend Sells Lots on Hayne and Treflagar Streets
Townsend has sold several lots on Hayne avenue and Treflagar street through John and O. BR. Hutson. Buyers include J.C. Patterson Istanaf cor ner, Dr Chifford Fohnsen, Mrs. D. H. Weedward, and F. LL. Woodward. Total price was $8,000. The Baptial state convention of South Caroling will meet in Columbia December 4 to 8.
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EW. Townsend
John
O. BR. Hutson
Hayne Avenue
Treflagar Street
Will Huild
J.C. Patterson
Istan
Episcopal Woman's Conference Closes After Elections
The Upper South Carolina branch of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Episcopal Church held a three day meeting at St Thaddeus Church Columbia adjourning with Mrs James Cain of Columbia elected president and other officers chosen. Bishop Finlay and Dr Henry D Phillips spoke on spiritual power and church progress. Governor Manning reviewed the Washington convention and attendees noted the size of the opening services.
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Upper South Carolina
Woman's Auxiliary
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Ridge Spring
Aiken
Kirkman G. Finlay
Rufus Morgan
Columbia
Finlay
Bishop Finlay
Laurie E. Croft
Auxiliary
F. H. Garner
Union
Mary A. Remseur
Great Falle
D. D. Taber
Julia A. Clarkson
Eastover
Mariany P. Ford
Daisy Lee Powell
Lettie Green
Joseph Hart
York
Triennal
Washington
Joseph, Hart
M. OH. Hutchinson
Tomes B. Cain
K. G. Finlay
D. D. Tabor
U. T. O. Fisih
Henry D. Phillips
Fel Department
Arcarum
Phillips
Richard I. Manning
Columba
Manning
Ande
Chicago
Comauinien
Beine
Koth Pintay
AL RL Michell
Greenville
Mre
Cainca
Preetor Ropham
Frank P
Reoa Dial Toan Fund
George Diat
Joseph Wart
Sniver
Bareswell
Whitmire
Ben Aiken
Abertanbure
County Delegation Approves Funds for Public Works
Aiken County delegation to the legislature met in the County Commissioners office and approved 23000 to be used for chain gang work and 1500 for a county engineer to be shared among the three commissioners. Senator John F Williams and Representatives Keenan Duncan Williams opposed part of the motion amid campaign criticism.
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Aiken County
John F. Williams
BR Kk. Keenan
John W. Duncan
5S. B. Williams
Tirod
Can
Tosord
Keenan
Court Common Pleas Holding Session Here
The November term of the Court of Common Pleas convened here with Special Judge Ramage presiding. The first case Mrs. Della Key vs Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad was settled out of court. The Hannah R Temple vs Atlantic Coast Line Railroad case began Tuesday with Temple seeking $20 for the death of her husband, engineer Seph BR Temple, in a May train derailment near Beech Island. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff after two days of testimony. The defendants planned an appeal. Other cases mentioned include Mrs. WOP Benner vs Pollan Company and Southern Railway Company with early action anticipated.
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Court of Common Pleas
Jude C. 1
Ramage
Saluda
Della Key
Charleston and Western Carolin Railroad
Hannah R. Temple
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Temple
Seph BR. Temple
Beech Island
Williams, Creft
Dane Kee
Aiken
Phillip HH
Arrow Pondit
Plorence
Che Phaintit
Herbert
Gyles
Aikow
Orgslas Meir
Catambin
Des Fendymt
Benner
Pollan Company
Sothern Railway Company
Bonner
Amarusta
Fifteen Take Airplane Ride From Aiken to Augusta
Fifteen residents from Aiken motored to Augusta for a ride in a Ford Meth Company tri motor aircraft sent by Universal Fliers Inc of Washington DC. The trip over and back covered Aiken and back to Augusta in about 50 minutes with a list of names including Alf Helly and Walter Phinkett among participants.
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cift +zens of Aiken
Augusta
Tri
Ford Meth Company
Universal Fliers, Inc
Washington, D. C
Aiken
Alf. Helley
OB. Turner
Hendon
OL Janes
Taseysh Logan
TL B
Delegates Chosen for Province Synod and Executive Board
Mrs Odin Barnwell and others were chosen as delegates to the province synod. A committee adjourned a service of consecration for the new executive board. The cohort at the time expressed unanimous approval of the resort plans and related civic efforts.
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Odin Barnwell
Hehd
di Legar
Unclear fragmentary notice from New York area
Fragmented OCR text mentions names and times with garbled phrases. The legible bits reference New York, possible dates, and people but do not form a coherent event. No clear outcome, location, or action is identified.
Miss Ip or Man Weather at Days of Christmas Seals
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a Christmas Seals event and a person, but details are unreadable. The readable fragments include garbled phrases about Miss Ip or Man Weather and an apparent context around a Christmas Seals drive. No clear names, places, dates, or outcomes emerge.
Tuberculosis Seal Sale Drive Announces Local Campaign
A chaotic OCR fragment describes a tuberculosis seal sale campaign with goals of raising funds, listing names, dates, and community involvement. It mentions Adrien Canty, Anderson, and various scattered notes about enlisting aid and meeting demand, though many details are garbled and uncertain.
Ruth Hanna McCormick Poised as Next Congress Leader
A Collier's Weekly feature notes Ruth Hanna McCormick, widow of Medill McCormick, winter resident of Aiken, and active suffragist, is seen as a rising force in Illinois politics. The piece highlights her wealth, family newspaper connections, and reputation as a powerful political organizer likely to become United States senator someday.
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Collier's Weekly
Aiken
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Mark Hanna
United States
Medill McCormick
Law
Fredill McCormick
Poe
Ilinois
Uhborg
Ruth Wan
MecCor Iick
Ning
Hak Owen
Chienge
Hinola
Joseph Medi
Terie Harte
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