The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-28
28 STILLS DESTROYED IN CLEBURNE COUNTY
Greatest Haul Ever Made In One
 Day By Law Department

MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 27.-- Special. )-Every record was broken Monday when l.. l.. Phillips and John Draper, agents Of the state law en- forcement department, destroyed 2S stills in Cleburne county. It is the greatest number of stills captured in any one county In one day since the law enforcement department was cre- ated In 1919 and this number increased the total for the month to 157, or 27 more than the number last month. The record for captures was broken last month Deputies Phillips and Draper reported their captures by telegraph. In addition to the stills. they poured out 6,3S0 gallons of mash and 23 gallons of liquor and arrested two men.
 Other raiders in Mobile cotnty de- stroyed one still, poured out 1,560 of mash and took one and onehalf gallons of liquor as evidence.
 CLOSE COTTON REPORTING
 The estimate of the total cotton ginned from the crop Of 1922 in Ala bama, which was made in December by the federal and state crop re- porting service, was only 11,000 bales greater than the actual amount gin- statement issued today by F. W. Gist, federal and state agricultural statisGcian.
 The last census report shows that the total cotton ginned from last years crop was S24, 900 bales, while the estimate last December was S3b,- 900, or 11,000 bales greater than the actual number ginned.
 COMMISSIONS ISSUED
 Minor commissions issued by s. H. Elan, secretary of state, today to appointees of Governor Brandon fol- low:
 Justice of the peace, David c. Till. Mount Willing; T. J. Thorwer, Brad leytown; notary public and ex-officio justice of peace. Alex T. Thames. Brooklyn; notaMes public. J. W. Brooks, Athens; P. W. Hall, Bir- mingham; c. F. Fitch, Birmingham; T. C. Stephens, Enterprise; railway policemen, c. B. Doster, Seaboard Air Line, Mont gomery; R. C. Goad, A. NJ Bivens, J. W. Moorer, c. B. Graves and G. W. Bagley, Louisville and Nashville. Birmingham.
 quickly up to the deck, an impress sive figure against an impressive back ground, exclaiming: "Remarka- ble, wonderful sight. It was worth three years waiting to see" Glad To Re In America.
 Tt IS a great uc tinued. "to find myself here at last l have often been invited to come during the past few years and have only now found time. That is why I deferred so long coming to land and nation of such deep and far reaching significance to the rest or humanity"
 Lord Robert said he would begin his lecture tour in New York tomor- TOW, speaking first at private luncheon and later at dinner at which he will meet owners and edi- tors of national weekly and monthly publications. He will return to Eng land April ?.
 '"rhe movement in favor of the league" Sir Robert asserted, lis growing rapidly abroad. The league has functioned without America and can function without her, but it would be great thing for America and for the rest of the world to have America a member"
 The British statesman, who is making his first visit here. said he came at the invitation of the Foreign Policy association and that he would attempt to study Americas attitude toward the league.
 Praises League Court.
 He declared he was in favor of America's entrance into the world court as advised by President Hard ing recently and said such step would be of great advantage to the league, of which the court is a sub sidiary organization and to the cause of world peace.
 The league already had satisfac- torily settled four important inter national disputes. he said. They were the dispute between Finland and Sweden over the Aaland Islands the disputes between Germany and Poland and France and England over Upper Silesia; the dispute over Al banian sovereignty and the matter of Austrian finance. The league, he declared, had saved Austria from ruin by providing loan of f26,0 000.- 900 from 10 countries and by insur- ing Austria's protection from exter- nal aggression.
 But, Lord Robert pointed out, the most important achievements had been in the direction of founding in- ternational legislation of a humani- tarian nature which the league had successfully fostered. The permanent secretariat of the league, he said, was one of it's most important fea- lures and insured it's uninterrupted activity.
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