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U wiy- ■■'’■■'j/' ". 3H^fc i*’ '. ..■■iir»-,\- •■■ ■ '■ ■- S-i I,-*,..*%' : ■■ • •■■ ,*■ ' ■ ’^.i- ' ■• - ’■ ■ ■■ .’:■. -«-■■■ PAGE TWO THE CUNTON CHRONICEB. CLINTON. S. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1929 MILLIONS LENT BY FARM BOARD Cotton Is First. Wheat and Fruit Come NeJrt To Fleecy Staple In Extent of Help. Washinngton, D. C., Nov. 9.—The BANKERS THINK ADVANCE LIBERAL LIQUOR QUESTION STIRS CAPITAL Heads of Local Banks Endorse Action of Government Farm Board In Extending Aid,To Farmers. The decision of the farm board to federal farm-board has lent or madeladvanve 16 cents per pound on cotton, available to agricultural marketing!midding basis, is regarded hy banking associations a total of $46,805,000 j circles throughout the state, as “a since the first loan was approved un-istep forward in the interest of cotton,” der the agricultural marketing act' according to letters being written to three months ago. jthe manager of the South Carolina i liimbia grand jury tomorrow when it Board officials revealed today that | Cotton Growers* Co-opierative associ-1 resumes consideration of charges first some of the money lent early in Aug- ation. imade on the floor of the senate by Two local bankers, H. D. Henry of Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa, the Commercial bank, and B. H. Boyd | Edward E, Loomis, president of the of the First National bank, have en- i Lehigh Valley railroad, named by District Grand Jury To Probe Charg es. Series Raids In Washington Nets Bootleggers, Gamblers. Washington, Nov. 10.—The question of liquor drinking in the national capi tal in and out of official life and the amount required to appease the appe tites of Washington residents or so- Kreisberg Begins Big Sale Friday an- joumers will face the District of Co- Kreisberg’s Department store nounces a Big Public Sale in a double page advertisement in today’s paper. The curtain for this big event will rise Fiiday morning at 9 o’cl >ck, at which time their big mammoth stock will be thrown on the market at big saving prices. .Mr. Bogen, experienced and highly trained sales manager, has been in the city for the past week getting ready for the big sale which opens tomorrow morning. The store has been attrac tively arranged for the big price- slashing and the price* that are being heralded forth are expected to draw great crowds from this entire section. Read and heed the big sale opportuni ty story as told in the advertising col umns of today’s paper.' , * ust already was being repaid. While the principal work of the board has been to get funds into circulation among qualified marketing associa tions, machinery for receiving it back again has been set up. Announcement dorsed the advance plan of the board, Senator Brookhart as having partaken Scar- in the following letters to Mr borcugh: November 5, 1929. The loans made have ragged from $25,000 to the Arkansas Cotton Grow-! Mr. Alfred Scarborough, Gen. Mgr., ers Co-operative association to be-' S. C. Cottwn Growers’ Co-op. Assn., Iween $10,000,000 and $20,000,000 made available to the American Cot ton Growers’ exchange for the use of Colombia, S. C^ Dear Mr. Scarborough: So much has been said and written of some “alcoholic stuff” at the cele brated “Wafl Street booze party din- iner,” given for a gro\ip''of Republican 'senators, has agreed to testify. Frank H. Hight, manager of the Willard ho tel, where the party was given nearly three years ago, and W. W. Liggett, a contributor to the magazine, Plain | its members. Much of the latter sum about helping the farmers and so lit-'Talk, are among those invited to ap- has not been taken out of the board’s treasury, but it has been difinitely set aside for the use of the exchange. Cotton, fruit and wheat have been We have just added to our force, an expert chef. This will enable us to offer still better pre pared, dainty, appetiz^ ing, delicious food you will enjoy. We are using choice tie actually accomplished that it has pear. Liggett has estimated that 32,- IVfASltG nn 1 v apparently created an under-current'000 gallons of hard liquor per week! iTlCdLS Unij , of skepticism among them. I believe, j are consumed in Washington and ! p^fSOnally Selected, however, the recent agreement of the district attorney, Leo A. Rover, wants ' the principal beneficiaries of $36,000,- Government Farm Board to advance to th gerand jury informed of the situ- OOC, but other commodities have been given substantial aid. The Idaho honey producers received $135,000, and the milk producers of Cleveland were al lotter $400,000 while they were in the midst of a “price war.” Rice produc- them through the Cotton Co-operative I ation in detail. Marketing Association something like | Senator Brookhart gave his story 16c per pound on cotton, 7-8 middling'to the grand jury last week. He was basis, is the key-note to the situation, one of those invited to the party at the In my opinion, this is exceedingly gen-1 Willard hotel and he told the senate of erous, and not only the farmers, but | “beautiful silver flasks,” which were TRY ONE OF OUR STEAKS. ers have been assisted materially, the, the business men as well should ap- passed board having made several advances predate this liberal view taken by the on a percentage basis. ' Government to render substantial as- The first two loans made by the sistance to the agricultural districts, board went to fruit growers. The Flor-1 I just want to write you to assure around the table, but Mr. Loomis was the only one he named specifically as having agreed to ap pear without being subpoenaed. While the grand jury is going about ida Citrus Growers’ exchange received you of our hearty co-rperation to the its task of sifting the charges of law 4300,000 to enable it to construct cool ing and heating equipment necessary .to meet government regulations j against the fruit fly. - , j The total amount of $4,500,000 was made available to the Sunmaid raisin growers of California. At the same time the board made arrangements for California banks to raise the total available for advances' fullest extent, and with my warm per- i violations in the city, the enforcement sonal regards, I am. Yours very truly, H. D. Henry, President. Mr. Alfred Scarborough, Gen. Mgr. & Sec.-Treas., November 5, 1929. S C. Cotton Growers’ Coop. Assn., Columbia, S. C. Dear Mr. Scarborough: authorities are busy in a series of raids, which haYb brought arrests of many persons charged with bootleg- ' ging or gambling. Undercover agents are reported to be operating in the night clubs and a temporary padlock order has already been issued against one. i The operations of purported boot-1 leggers on Capitol Hill brought the 1 Sanitary Cafe “Clinton’s Most Popular Cafe” The agreement of the Farm Board arrest of one man recently near the to make advances to the farmers ^ senate office building. Police said he through the Cooperative Association i was carrying liquor at the time. ;as much as 16c per pound on 7-8” j The district attorney. Rover, said W HEN trouble runs into youjit^s usually —an ‘‘Accideirt”! But when you run into X Trouble, it’s always “Lia bility”! The only safe thing is to- middling cotton, should mean quite an that William J. Fahy, the New York advantage to the farmers in market-^broker, who sponsored the dinner at ing their cotton. All of the farmers the Willard, had not been invited as and business men should appreciate :’et to appear before the grand jury, this and make use of this advance, The grand jury, he said, probably should they decide to hold their cot- would determine early this week ton for a better price. whether Fahy and W. W. Atterbury, On account of the expense of mak- president of the Pennsylvania rail ing a crop this year, I feel that the, road, who Senator Brookhart said, at- price should advance and hope that tended the dinner, would be called, the farmers can get the advantage of Liggett charged in a story he wrote this opportunity. We desire to co-oper- for Plain Talk entitled “How Wet Is ate with your association and help the Washington,” 4,000 persons were en- farmer get the best price possible for gaged in liquor traffic here and that his cotton crop. there was “plenty of drinking in high With kind personal regards and best'government circles; that Capitol Hill wishes, I am, Yours very truly, B. H. Boyd, President. is probably the wettest place in Wash- ingrton.” I ' Three newspaper reporters, Gorman Hendricks, Linton Burkett and Jack Nevin, Jr., are serving 45 days each in jail for contempt of court for re- T N A. I Today! ' Z E to growers by the raisin group to $9, 000,000. Cotton has received nearly^ half the fusing to give the grand jury request-* ed information regarding a series of articles on liquor conditions they wrote S.W. SUMEREL .OTNA-IZER amount so far advanced by the board.' Cotton co-operative orgranizations ap- i plied‘for and received a total of $15,- 1850,000 in the three months, aside from the $10,000,000 made available for the Cotton Growers’ exchange. Fruit marketing organizations have received or will receive $12,000,000. as for the Washington Times. To add to the situation, the senate has adopted a resolution instructing Secretary Mellon to report on the pro hibition enforcement of the country and explain how some of the enforce- the result of board action. Of this: * # . . . amount $500,000 will come from Cali-1”'"* fomia banks, largely as a result of a ' Liggett’s article said that whereas like loan from the farm board. before prohibition there were 300 sa- Livestock interests have had $5,- 000,000 made available to them, all through the national producers’ feed- jer pool. This loan will be of consftler- jable assistance to g;rain growers as I feeder cattle are generally moved into the corn belt for fattening. loons and retail liquor stores in the capital, there now were 650 speak easies and rum flats. He estimated that 1,674,400 gallons of whi.skey and wines were consumed here in 1929 af- 174,000 more gallons than in 191C He* placed the beer consumption for this year at 5,000,000 gallons, against 7,- 2000,000 in 1916. New Shipment of Fall and Winter FOOTWEAR *At least 6,000 gallons of grain and redistilled alcohol (mostly the lattor) are run into Washington ev^ry week by autoniobiie from Baltimore or Phil adelphia and are manufactured into gin, ‘Scotch’ and other sjmthetic drinks,” he said. I Joanna Mills School ! October Honor Roll Now is the time to buy your footwear— we have just the type of footwear to wear on every occasion, in straps, pumps, ties, oxfords and shoes*— for men, women and children. Wear our House “Slipper” for comfort and service. 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