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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.
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