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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1928
Page
2
Fragments indicate a postage or mailing notice with second class matter stamp and reference to the act of March 3 1879. The readable text names Aiken and dates, signaling a routine mail matter filing at the local post office.
Local notes urge more town support as Aiken's football team remains undefeated with four consecutive victories. Despite strong play by local athletes, attendance at games remains small, and readers are urged to attend and boost town morale.
A reader critiques agricultural reports claiming the Department of Agriculture misstates crop values and conditions. The piece argues Southern crop gains mask floods and boll weevil effects, notes corn shows modest gains, wheat unchanged, and suggests high prices worsen market gluts, urging clearer reporting.
Officials report revenue through October 1 exceeds estimates and project a year end surplus enabling a possible $700,000 to $800,000 use for current needs or debt reduction. The News urges a formal plan to retire the deficit, recommending a dedicated yearly appropriation of about $600,000 to the deficit account rather than leaving a year end balance to cover it.
Aiken voters hear announcements from candidates F Klenke Strubes and B Tillman Duche s for re election to Alderman. The remarks touch on party rules primary outcomes and campaign decorum amid a lingering public dispute. Adelaide Henderson daughter of Mrs Finley Henderson is also named in the fragment.
Henry Holley announces candidacy for re election as Alderman of the City of Aiken subject to the Aiken Municipal Club rules and regulations. He pledges to abide by the primary results and to support the nominees thereof.
A declaration announces candidacy for Commissioner of Public Works in the City of Aiken. The speaker pledges to uphold primary results and urges support for nominee A. W. Wessels.
Greenville News reports renewed deaths from poisoned whisky in New York as the prohibition issue draws renewed scrutiny. Dr. John J. McGrath of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals denounces prohibitionists, saying they created a Frankenstein law and must bear moral responsibility for preventing manufacture and sale, urging federal control and distribution.
Spann H. George and others offer for sale at public outcry the 230.2 acre tract on the Aiken Estenton Whiskey Road in Millbrook Township Aiken County South Carolina. The sale follows a October 16 1928 order of the Court of Common Pleas and will occur November 6 1928 in front of the Court House at Aiken during legal hours. The parcel is described by metes and bounds referencing a 1919 plat by P. S. Norris and several adjoining landowners.
In a Master in Equity sale by Edward S Croft Master for Aiken County the properties include a lot in Baptist Bottom Aiken bounded by Carter Moseley alley and Southern Railway with 60 by 100 feet dimensions. Bids require cash with a $100 good faith deposit and deed stamps. Court dates in October 1928 and sale on Monday November 5.
In the Court of Common Pleas the Federal Land Bank of Columbia credits W H Harvey and others as defendants. A dated September 22 1928 notice indicates a public outcry sale will be offered. The proceeding outlines the master’s sale process under state law and the court’s jurisdiction in this matter.
The sale at the Court House on Monday November 5 1928 offers a 142 acre tract located about 5 miles north of Aiken Township Aiken County South Carolina. Bids must be at least 200.06 dollars with cash payment and no faith bid accepted. Edward S. Croft Master for Aiken County C.
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