05 Jul 1873
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Newspaper
Aiken Tribune
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1873
Page
1
Aiken Tribune states that readers must include full name and address with communications. The paper notes letter submissions and outlines post office hours and locations including Dunbarton Hammond Greenland Morris's Bridge Leesville Mount Bbal and Walker's Mills with Monday and weekly timing details.
The notice lists trains arriving at Aiken, with times 2:28 am and 12:49 pm, and departures at 6:22 am and 7:40 pm. It notes connections via Branchville and Columbia, Charleston steamers, and the Charlotte Columbia and Angusts line via Graniteville at 58 pm. An accommodation train runs Aiken to Augusta daily except Sunday, at 7:50 am, returning from Augusta at 8:25 pm, arriving 4:35 pm.
The item notes new postage rules requiring prepayment for newspapers, with subscribers to pay at delivery points or remit in advance. It highlights reciprocity for US and Canada post cards starting July 1878, and reviews the July Aldine issue, praising its full page color illustration, art by J D Woodward and others, literary pieces, editorials, and a strong blend of poetry, music, and criticism.
A town meeting recounts delays from a bereaved foreman and railroad shifts while Hopewell and Rocky Grove districts approve a one mill tax for free public schools. James Powell chairs. P. Walker reports school needs. Sparnick outlines use of funds, trustees to allocate by pupil counts. measure passes with near unanimity.
The Association for the Advancement of the Interests of Aiken met Wednesday night with Rev J H Cornish presiding. W Q O Mogare Cammack and John McKay were elected to membership. resignation of Col Filler discussed. by laws adopted and committees named for street work and ditch filling. next meeting set for Wiguland Park Hotel.
The document outlines membership obligations including signing the constitution and payment of four dollars per year with quarterly collection and a life member option on paying one hundred dollars. Fines for absenteeism or committee failures are described, with penalties added to delinquent subscriptions. The text also covers alterations to bylaws, rules of order, and the order of business for meetings, plus a drafted admission letter and a report of a fatal duel between ex-Judge War.
Charleston notes boast of three alarm bells cast by Play nix Tram Works. Rev George Allen dies in Savannah. Rev Dr Baist praised for gift of horse and buggy. Fifty or more richmonds seek Legislature vacancy in Charleston. Trinity College grants Doctor of Divinity to Rev W H Fleming. NY, Norfolk & Charleston surveyed toward state line. railroad to South Atlantic coast planned. Columbia water woes spark indignation meetings. Captain Peter L Miller dies in Charleston. Crops promising in upper counties, issues in sea islands. Abbeville railroad convention planned. monument fund proposals for Hon J L Orr. Northbound tickets via Old Dominion from Charleston. 24‑hour ocean trip touted. State Univ trustees confer honorary degrees. Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta RR thriving. earnings up, debt down. James L Jamison dies in Columbia. Republican leader in Orangeburg. Blooded stock sale at Johnstons Depot. notable horses include Lynchburg. Captain Fenn Peck dies in Charleston. long steamboat career, Mexican War service.
Dozens of terse items cover political, Cuba, Khiva, and Turkey news. Reports note Massachusetts Senate on back pay, New York murder conviction, Thomasville fire losses, and notable acquittals. Dispatches from Khiva, London, and Egypt outline wars, reforms, and treaties. Cotton market notes from Savannah and New Orleans round out this telegraphic summary.
Sallie A Jon died on the 2nd of In Aiken aged 1 day. Daughter of Hoary Saint Parnie A. Jon. Obituary appears in local records with brief family note.
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