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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1927
Page
3
The piece discusses defects of the Gregorian calendar with varying month lengths and shifting quarters. It notes support for the 13 month, 28 day plan proposed by the Cotsworth method. George Eastman of Rochester mails questionnaires to business leaders to gauge national opinion on calendar reform.
G Walker Duvall of Cheraw spoke at the Twenty-Seventh Annual Convention of the South Carolina Bankers Association at the Battery Park Hotel Asheville NC on June 28 1927. He discussed executive council meetings taxation and legislative work along with banking and cotton industry cooperation and proposals for reform in checking accounts savings rates and state finances.
Travelers along the Calhoun Highway cross Savannah River into Abbeville County and visit historic sites. The route highlights Abbeville’s Covenanter Church and ties to John C. Calhoun, Geo. McDuffie, Edgefield’s Alamo heroes Travis and Bowie, and Preston Brooks. Nearby Ninety-Six preserves Star Fort and Revolutionary tunnels. Laurens County features Rosemont, Haynes Station, and ties to Bloody Bill Cunningham memorials, plus early life of Andrew Johnson in Laurens.
The article describes extensive flood damage across Mississippi with homes and farms ruined, livestock drowned, and a mud-filled landscape halting crops. Refugees face dire poverty as levees threaten renewed flooding, prompting calls for early government relief and rehabilitation measures. Canada readies for a three day jubilee marking Britain's North American union anniversary.
The statement asserts that no one may deny another the same liberty of thought or expression they claim for themselves, emphasizing equal rights and respect for personal beliefs and speech.
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