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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1927
Page
6
The text shows a historical newspaper masthead stating She Giken Standard Published Weekly Aiken Ishing Co with a price of $2.00 a year in advance. It notes second class matter status dated May 18 1915 at the post office in Aiken South Carolina under the act of March 3 1878.
A chorus of local voices from Punkville delivers humorous garbled directions for finding a place, with a policeman a lawyer a doctor a resident and a garage man offering comically conflicting routes and advice. The pieces mix travel tips with quirky misstatements and local color reflecting rural life.
Governor Leni Small of Hitness faces ouster proceedings amid claims he owed the state 650000 when elected and was ineligible. State Treasurer Small allegedly led a phantom bank and used public funds for speculation. Supreme Court ordered repayment, alleged funded by state official subscriptions, with interest unpaid and more scandals suspected to unfold.
The celebration honored Christopher Columbus as the great navigator and his three ships while noting his faster Atlantic crossing compared to modern airplanes.
Army Navy and Marine planes join in Augusta aviation event marking the opening of Daniel Aviation Field. Lt. Lester Maitland and Willem MacCracken will attend as guests and speaker. The two day program includes 50 government aircraft a blimp and a prize fight and football game with free admission and large crowds expected.
Will Brooks a colored inmate of Chaingang No 1 was shot twice by a trusty Boll Gregory after an escape attempt. Brooks was treated at Aiken Hospital and later recaptured on the Vaucluse road. Gregory was exonerated by the Grand Jury and may seek a governor pardoning.
The Anderson Fair in the Piedmont region of South Carolina and Georgia begins its seventh exhibition next Tuesday, running to Saturday midnight. The grounds are expanded with more livestock poultry hogs and farm products. Twelve daily free acts perform twice daily before the grandstand and Johnny Jones Exposition Shows bring world class rides and amusements to the fair week.
James Yarborough of Bath died last Wednesday at Aiken Hospital at age fifty three. He is survived by his widow and four children Hallie Robert Geneva and Margaret all of Bath. Funeral services were held at the Bath home Thursday afternoon with interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Baptist church members announce preparatory evangelistic services for November 6 to 17 led by Rev. Porter Bailes and B. B. Pickens with Dr. McLean. A Wednesday prayer service is planned and all members are urged to attend. Miss Rena Chafee has returned to Aiken from Hendersonville North Carolina.
The McLaurin Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. J. C. Jones’s home on Tuesday October 6 at 3 30 pm. Officers were elected with Mrs W S Sawyer president and Miss Lottie Fox secretary treasurer. Members approved Exterior Beautification as a project and joined the Garden Budget while stressing nutrition and the upcoming Achievement Day in Aiken on October 29 at the Court House.
The Mt Calvary Lutheran Church five miles south of Ridge Spring near Edgefield County line nears completion with pews and windows to be installed this week. Opening service is planned Sunday with fore noon worship and on grounds dinner. Rev James D Kinard former pastor to preach morning. address in afternoon. Brick Gothic structure begun April 4 and cornerstone laid May 8.
Redrath Lyceum Bureau will present four attractions in Alken this winter. First on the program is A Message from Mars on November 20 followed by The Spanish Orchestra January 12 The Musketeers February 8 and The Easy Mark March 24. Admission priced for adults and children. Twenty five citizens back the course including Herbert E. Gyles J D Prothro Henry Busbee and many others.
The Monetta Home Demonstration Club met Tuesday October 18 at 3 30 in the school building. President Mrs N K Gantt led with Psalm 100 and the Lord's Prayer. Teague demonstration on cleaning and reblocking followed. The club adjourned after minutes, roll call, and a social hour with refreshments.
Mrs. Joseph Wilshire of Greenwich Connecticut has leased the Hofmann residence for the winter. C V V Sewell of Rye New York takes the DuBose cottage on Hayne Avenue and Williams Wallace Lanahan of Baltimore leases the J F Williams house on Hayne Avenue.
The W. M. S. of the Baptist church held Tuesday meetings for circles led by Mrs. EF C Barrett with the Edwards McLean group Mrs John F Williams directing the Bastick Lake circle and Mrs Leon Holley guiding the Bobo Patterson circle.
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