State Road System Expands Toward 14 Million Dollar 1927 Plan
The state highway department reports progress since 1920 transforming 930 miles of improved roads and 68 miles of pavement into 3,836 miles improved and 400 miles paved by April 1927. A 1927 construction budget aims at 14 million dollars with equal pledges for 1928.
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State Highway Department
Ben M. Sawyer
Sawyer
General Assembly
Highway Department
Highway Commission
Greenville
Pickens
Supreme Court
Department
Bernard Baruch to Speak at Clemson Farmers Week
Bernard M Baruch noted New York financier and South Carolina booster will speak at Clemson College during Farmers Week August 29 to September 3. The program includes Florence Knapp Clarence Poe C A Cobb and E W Sikes with music lantern slides rural talks and lectures on Clemson education and life with student band plays and various demonstrations and contests.
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Clemson College
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
Florence Knapp
Syracuse University
Clarence Poe
The
Progressive Farmer
C. A. Cobb
Southern Ruralist
Charles Schuttler
American Country Life Association
E. W. Sikes
South Carolina
Clemson
Thomas G. Clemson
Milking the Cow Senator Borah Criticized
Senator Borah argues money should stay at home to develop domestic enterprises including Mississippis improvement but internationalists say loans and investments totaling over 12 thousand million dollars are personal. The debate frames exports as draining the milk from the American cow weakening future wealth.
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Borah
Mississippi
Rationalization and its radical in industry across nations
The article compares rationalization to a new creed replacing obsolete systems with efficiency in production and consumption. It notes adoption by European and American economists, driven by engineers and financiers, likening it to writing a new bible and questioning humanity’s capacity for the task.
German Socialists record party strength and membership
The Socialist party of Germany is the strongest political force and grows steadily. It reports 823 520 due paying members with 72 percent manual workers. It holds 24 deputies in the Prussian Council of State, 131 Reichstag seats, 468 in state legislatures, 3 140 in county bodies, 6 773 in city councils, and 20 090 in town and village councils.
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Germany
Socialist Party of Germany
Council of State
Reichstag
Itt
Jailbreak attempt shocks county after-hours
Three men tried to break our jail the other night in Akron. The incident disrupted security and drew attention to the county's hospitality toward offenders.
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Akron Beacon Journal
System expands to 5410 miles in 1926 and big reimbursements
In 1926 the system grew from 5143 miles to 5410 miles and reimbursements since the supreme court decision total 24506051 dollars. Further agreements totaling nearly 2 million dollars are with counties awaiting execution and more are planned for the future.
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Supreme Court
Sawyer
Beware of the deadly dotted line warned by bank and ABA
A public relations piece argues against risky investments and signing contracts without reading. It cautions families about losses from speculative ventures, urges consulting bankers or the National Better Business Bureau, and warns that prominent locals used as scenery can conceal scams.
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W. R. Morehouse
American Bankers Association
National Better Business Bureau
New York
Wul de
Board of Governors
Farmers must adopt business methods to beat rising costs
Dean Russell of Wisconsin College argues that price controls and easy credit fail to solve farm woes. He cites efficiency in industry as the path for agriculture, urging farmers to act as business people, improve methods, and pursue bottom‑up cooperation rather than wait for government cures.
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Dean Russell
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Iowa
Uilanois
Ford model change could reshape auto industry says Frederick
Economist J George Frederick in the Review of Reviews warns that a large scale Ford model may drive consolidation in the auto business. He notes current concentration with six firms holding 85 percent of production and argues Ford will push price control and broad motorization affecting city planning road building and rural commerce as it funds expansion from earnings rather than stock or bonds.
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J. George Frederick
Frederick
Ford
America
Noted Patter of Orders in a Scottish Dining Scene
The Weekly Scotsman records a humorous exchange about meals and bills. The owner requests his own receipt while the waiter details a sequence of beverages and foods including cheese biscuits bitters salmon trout Moselle coffee and cigars.
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The
Weekly
Scotsman
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Southern Railway
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Charleston
Southern Railway System
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