Federal Aid and State Highways Report Shows Gains
The 1928 federal aid highway report by Thomas H. MacDonald details 8048 miles of improved road with federal help raising total mileage to 70882. Concrete pavement rose 3131 miles, brick roads 100, bituminous 150, and other surfaces expanded. Paper notes focus on concentrating federal cooperation on key routes and cites traffic averages in Vermont, Ohio, and other states, while discussing bus design and growing congestion near metro areas.
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Washington
Thomas H. ‘McDonald
Bureau of Pubic Roads
American Association [of State
MacDonald
United States
Vermont
Ohio
Richards Had Precedent By John K Aull
Governor Richards granted last minute clemency Friday to two condemned Black men in the Loy murder case, recalling Governor Blease’s 16 year old decision. The secretary to the former governor, now Senator Cole L Blease, witnessed a prior electrocution halted as the prisoner offered a final statement that did not reveal full facts.
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Yiegra
Blease
Richards
Pinckney
Tolbert
Charley Loy
Charleston
Cole L. Blease
Tribute to Chief Justice Watts Highlights Esteem and Service
A Greenville bar dinner honors Chief Justice Watts praising his thirty five years of service to South Carolina. Associate Justice Eugenie Brase lauds Watts as a best loved and able judge whose commitment to truth surpasses legal form. The piece also notes a shift in the fur industry value from 44 million to over 250 million dollars since 1914.
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Greenville
South’ “Carolina
Richard, C
Watts
Eugenie Biease
South’ Carolina
Wee
Wilton H. Earle
Administration For Justice
South Carolina
Bar of
Judge Watts
United States
Tariff History and Effects on Industry and Trade
The piece traces tariff origins as a revenue tool then protector of infant industries, noting 1895 figures on production costs that led to abandoning the plan. It argues tariffs bolster prices, aid trusts, and attract foreign capital, while benefiting a few powerful interests and harming consumers.
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Department, of Labor
Europe
Alabama
Roosevelt
New artificial fibre from herb plant pursued in Britain
A British company has organized to produce a novel artificial fibre from the bark of a herbaceous plant. About 650 acres in England are planted, with expected yields near 900 pounds per acre and selling below an unspecified price. One crop per year in England, two in tropical climates, the fibre can mix with silk or wool and has a silk-like lustre. Results improve when the plant is divided and cultivated from the best seeds.
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England
la Hire. Mills
Erigland
Clichatss
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Lional Farm
Wit ‘Jones, Sac
Croft
Aiken
Hendersons & Salley
de E. Stansfield
AteLaw J
Marchants Bank
Rich
Bley
University of Pennsylvania
Herbert EB. Gyles
All Courts
Aikeis, Sonth Carolina
Claude E. Sawyer
L.gunter
M. A
Wilder Gunter and Wilder
Attorney- At Law Bank of Western Carolina
Williams
Croft & Busbee
D. W. Gaston, JR
First National Bank
Alken
G. A. Milner
Farmers & Merchants Bank Bids
Mums
Offles
Linterry Consulting
Aiken, S. C
Palmetto Engineering Co
L. H. McCullough
Mgr
Surveyors
Sinchesters Pills
Ladigo
Cartui
tneEro
John K. Aull
Chief Justice
Outton
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Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
General Motors
Fisher Body Corporation
Lon
Flint
Mich
Jay-Mac Chevrolet Co
Ellenton, S. C
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