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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
2
A teen publishing company advertises a yearly subscription at $200 in advance. The notice mentions Walter Buncan as a contact or related matter and cites dates May 7 and 8. The fragmentary text implies a promotional or legal notice regarding payment terms.
A new Jarcent coalition unites 3290 United Cigar Stores 200 drug ylares Gold Dust Shoetail Phillip Morris Beech-Nut American Safety Razor Gillette Safety Razor and other firms in a major retail alliance. The text also notes aviation milestones by Hugo Eckener and reflects on medical faith and U S population and wealth growth over fifty years.
Fragmentary paragraph outlines forecasts for peaches and cotton with prices rising next year, notes beef and pork largely controlled by packers, and links a new tariff to a potential extra cent per pound on sugar. Mentions anxiety over wages and employment amid national indebtedness.
A Midwestern raid aimed at enforcing the Volstead Act drew 100 plus officers from many states. Mayors and police chiefs were arrested, and a district attorney faced criticism as rivals framed the operation as a political plot. The piece cites Mabel Willebrandt arguing against federal agents enforcing local order.
The Farm Board aims to stabilize the cotton market by organizing cooperatives to absorb distressed cotton from tenants and mortgaged growers. By grading and releasing stock as needed, the board seeks higher fall prices and a rush to join cooperatives to access up to 90 percent of cotton value before sale.
Consumers question the impact of a government sponsored plan on household incomes and welfare. They consider the possibility of a new board to aid consumers and farmers. Proponents argue co operative growing and marketing will lower costs for housewives and boost farmers’ earnings, while farm leaders warn that wheat prices have risen.
Forty eight members from Methalist and Baptist Churches attended the Cokesburg Training School at Ebenezer Church last week. nine were from Clinton Church. Instructors were Reverend Munnerlyn and Cannon of Columbia. Active Epworth Leaguers included D A Whetstone family members and Guy Leon Hugh Whetstone. Friday closing featured cake and lemonade served by local women.
In a Washington interview printed in The South Carolina Gazette, Senator Colé I Bleade predicts Carolina Piedmont will be textile capital in twenty years and says wages for textile workers in South Carolina are not what they should be while noting a square deal may depend on local conditions and industry profitability. He urges homegrown South Carolina unions and favors direct talks with mill presidents over outside union influence.
A church committee at Ebenezer is to collect five dollars for moving Clinton Church from the highway with members Dora Williams Gertrude Eula Onic Thelma Whetstone Noalie Nettie Lenora Poole Eula Mac Jeffcoat and Cleo Hydrick approved by Rev. W S Goodwin of Wagoner. Social notes mention travels and scholarships for Whetstone family members along with visitors Frances Corbett Florence Langston John Corbitt Jr and Daisy Poole. An editorial anecdote from Cherry Circle critiques a Houston safety slogan.
Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping available with a sink in the kitchen. Convenient to bath. Phone 472-Wo dinp.
Mrs Josephine Dean Cushman aged about 73 to 74 died Wednesday at her son Thomas Cushman's home in Edgefield after a long illness. She was widow of Arthur M Cushman and born October 27, 1855 in Edgefield. Survived by four sons Thomas James Simeon and B W Cushman all of Aiken and three daughters Reginald Courtney Alma Cushman Tryon NC, one sister Laura Sanders of Aiken, six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral by Rev P J McLean at First Baptist Church with burial in Bethlehem Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers Lorne Fenie. active pallbearers listed.
J C Holley aged 72 died at home in Wagener after a long illness. Survived by wife two sons J B Holley and H A Holley of Wagener, daughter Mrs J R Brown of Wagener, brother J E Holley of Leesville, and sisters Mrs A P Detrick of Saluda and Mrs Albert Price of Gilbert. Funeral held Friday at Wagener Baptist Church with interment in Wagener Cemetery.
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