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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1927
Page
3
Teheran says foreign legations and consulates may be barred from attending Persian law courts. Britain seeks concerted action with other nations. In China, Nationalist forces threaten Peking and a Cantonese led United China, while powers offer little help.
A Greenville County mills owner named Gosnell built a self contained turbine mill about 150 years ago using water from a mountain stream. The wooden wheel and iron buckets powered by a pipe system eliminated belts and pulleys, a rare early turbine that predates modern use. Located in Blue Ridge Forests along the Greenville road, the mill draws hundreds of visitors.
Canada produced 17.8 bushels per acre in 1926 versus the United States 14.7. Officials note newer lands and intensive cultivation as factors, while France yields over 20 bushels per acre from centuries of farming. The piece argues soil preservation and a national government role in feeding future generations.
The latest United States life tables indicate that a person aged 22 should have forty three more years of life, a 32 year old thirty six more, a 42 year old twenty eight more, a 52 year old twenty one more, and a 62 year old fourteen more years.
More than 300000 in recent days distributed to cooperative members as an additional one cent per pound advance. Total advances reach 11 cents per pound for Strict Low Middling and better cotton and 8 cents for below. Final settlement awaits. Meetings across eighteen counties hosted strong turnout and support for Cooperative Marketing. Speakers included A B Jordan, Leon L Rice, Henry S Johnson, C H Roper, and L F McKay.
Egypt rises against British rule as Nationalists refuse credits for the Sirdar citing an underarmed 21 000 army with nine machine gun batteries. Britain sends warships and bomb planes to Cairo while the World Court continues to function.
Washington reports indicate Mexican Ambassador Sheffield will resign and return home amid tensions with Calles era policies. Observers note postwar diplomats often tried to steer host governments, but a shift toward normalcy in foreign policy is expected. Ohio records six drownings in one day as youths sought a swimming hole, underscoring risky judgment.
A terse reflection on trust and repair, framed as a parable about promises that cannot be cemented back together. The saying emphasizes that some breaches require more than material fixes.
Ambassador Herrick in France and Mathew Woll of the AFL condemn Bolshevik efforts to undermine governments including the United States. Glenn Frank and others warn of indirect pleas for a monarchical system, while some literature and professors spread such views. Confidence in the republic does not lessen the danger of agitation.
The Southern Pacific line from San Francisco to Mexico is now in full operation after twenty years of work. Delays were caused by internal revolutions and the project has cost about 80 million dollars.
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