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PAGE TEN THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1»24 COTTON REPORT EVERY TWO WEEKS House Passes Rill From Senate Call ing For Additional Reports on Cotton Production. Washington, April 21.—The house tonight passed the senate bill pro viding for issuance semi-monthly of cotton reports by the department of agriculture and for their publication simultaneously with the ginning re ports of the commerce department. The measure now goes to the presi dent. Another bill passed by the house would authorize the census bureau to take a census to determine the amount of cotton in warehouses and other places and to make an estimate of the number of bales on farms. The measure, which was introduced by Represcjitative Byrnes (Democrat) of South Carolina, now goes to the senate. Under the senate bill approved by the house, acreage rcpprts based upon the intention of cotton growers to plant would be discontinued. The re ports of the department of agricul ture as to conditions progress, and same time. The bill, which was sponsored by the “cotton bloc,” will result, in the opinion of the house agriculture com mittee, which ^ecommepded its pas sage, in preventing, among other things, violent fluctuations in price due to different interpretations of the two reports. In its report the committee said that during the critical growing period of the cotton crop, weather and other factors may greatly change the outlook without a week or so. “When such a change occure short ly after a monthly crop report is is sued,” the committee qa : .d, “it leaves the whole situation in a Condition of great uncertainty until the next re port, and many rumors and conflict ing reports are issued which tend to disturb the market. With an official government report coming out once evtery two weeks it is believed that great fluctuations in the price will be materially reduced. It will be par- SCAIFE TESTIFIES FOR FOURTH TIME Daugherty Committee Holds Extra Session. Talks of Whiskey Smuggling. Washington, April 18.—Testimony at an unexpectedely arranged session today of the senate committee inves tigating the department of justice dealt with a variety of subjects, in cluding mysterious disappearances of confiscated liquors, bootlegging and bootlegging prosecutions and war frauds cases. Once or twice committee members balked at the testimony introduced, notably when one witness said he had heard that “two bottles” of confis cated intoxicants had been sent at one time to the office of Speaker GU- lett of the House. Representative Gillett later denied the charge in a formal statement. Adjournment was taken until Monday, when committee ticularly advantageous to the farmers members said the handling of anti in the marketing of their crops.” The bill also provides for three cot ton statisticians to act in cotton crop reporting board. The committee es- trust cases by the department of jus tice and the federal trade commission would be given attention. H. L. Scaife, former investigator of war frauds cases for the department the Luiw”; J. J. Chappell of Newberry college, “The South c£ Tomorrow,” and T. D.^ Caldwell of the Citadel, “Poppies and Promises.’' The judges were Prof. J. Thomp son Brown of Winthrop college, S. B. Grier of Greenwood, Dr. S. H. Ed munds of Sumter, Robert Lide of Orangeburg, and Judge Henry C. Tillman of Greenwood- The me#l» wpre awarded by Dr. Edmunds, who made an ipprepriate apeech of presentation. H. M. Lightaey of the Univeraity of South Carolina, president of the asso ciation, presided. Special music for the occasion waa furnished by the Lander College Gil club and faculty and the Gree^wc male quartet % , The baseball game, scheduled for this afternoon between Wofford and Presbyterian colleges, was cancelled^ on account of rain. “Smilin’ Through,” Great Dramatic Success, at Chautauqua rimated that it would take about $70,- prebabie production would be issued 000 additional to provide for statis-. 0 f justice, spent most of the day on twice a month, between July and De-1 factory semi-monthly reports, the the stand. Called to testify for the cemfcer 1. Between August 1 and I bulk of the money to be used in de- fourth time, he promptly introduced December 1 the crop and ginning re- j fraying the expense for additional the subject _of whiskey smuggling ports woul dbe made public at the statisticians and for their traveling, through Savannah, and was then ex cused to permit Clark Grier, another ! former agent of the department of justice, to tell about that matter from first hand information. 1 i Grier said in 1921 he developed the facts as to extensive conspiracy for importing of liquor through Savan- I nah and was discharged almost im- ] mediately, “through the influence of !john L. Phillips, Republican state , chairman for G eorgia.” Later, “af ter President Coolidge took office,” he added, federal agents went into the situation and 78 persons were sent to the penitentiary, but he insisted the “graft payment” from the whis key ring to federal agents was neg- | lected as an element in the prosecu tions. - Scaife later returned to the stand and told of the accumulation at the department of justice during years prior to 1921 of rather large quanti ties of whiskey, taken at various . times from travelers and peddlers and ; shipments through the Washington union station. Although its value 1 was around $50,000, he said, it all , “disappeared” before April, 1922, when a grand jury investigated the matter, found no ground for indict ment but criticized the seizure and -Smilin' Through," front dramatic .ucccra, will bo t feature attraction at. >Con * a *J ,,tem ' the coining Redpath Chautauqua here. The liquor trickled away through This appealing, whimsical three-act play deala with youth, love, mlwinder! many channels, Scaife said, hut “on standing and a sadly misplaced desire for revenge. Attempting to part two' honest attorney/j he contended, would lovers. An elderly map suddenly Uvea again through the days of his youth and have gotten indictments against per- sees the mistaken manner in which he met his life’s problem, thereby sac rificing years of happiness and service. This overwhelming revelation changes his remaining years and brings joy to the lovers. “Smllln! Through" will be presented by a cast of metropolitan actors organized and coached by the New York City Producing Department of the Redpath Bureau. Pee Gee AUTO ENAMELS mwm Wasuc GavuotCi JOBALT BtL? in as—i mi i i— sons who absorbed it. The alleged contribution to Mr. Gilletts office for mention of which he was given a sharp remonstrance from Senator Wheeler (Democrat) of Montana, the committee “prosecutor,” was one of the minor items bearing upon its dis- In discussing war frauds cases he related a story of “blocking” in the bureau of investigation of the depart ment of justice and civil prosecution ,in the Wright-Martin Aircraft cor poration cases which he alleged to have involved an “overpayment” of $5,000,000 in war contracts. Cfcaixv man Brookhart cited from committee records testimony that H. M. Daugh erty, former attorney general, own ed 500 shares of stock in this cor poration in 1920, and 2,500 in 1922. Cecil H. Kerns, an Ohio drug com pany operator, prior to his conviction in 1022 of violating the prohibition law, took the stand briefly to say that Federal Judge Killita in Ohio was responsible for seeking the revo cation of the parole from Atlanta penitentiary upon which he is now free. 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H- Marion, tonight won the first plgce medal in the 25th annual contest of the South Carolina Inter collegiate Oratorical association, his subject being f‘A Call to State Pa triotism.” Mr. Marion is a member of the junior class at Erskine. J. Erskine Haskins, of the Univer sity of South Carolina, a native of Lake View and a member of the sen ior class, won the second plgce medal with “Twilight ami Dawn.” Thirji place or honorable mention went to Paul flardin, Jr., of Wofford t»i»* 'IBw Un- The pther speakers were /. B. Southern of Furman, with “The Transformation”; W. J. Cherry of Presbyterian college, “Science and the Common People”; M. M. Me* Laughlin of the College of Charleston, “Our National Scandal”; E. L, Bin Mifliaty 'i.» 11 1 RUNABOUT USExtrm r — The Lowest Priced Two-Passenger Car The Ford Runabout is the most economical car for personal transportation known. Priced lower than any other motor car, its maintenance and running expenses are in keeping with its present low cost. 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