BECAUSE he has never tried to mix politics with business,
nnnicn
FIGHT REIIEIVED FOR
HIGHER WHEAT PRICES
.Western Senators Back Up the
Gore Proposal ,
Declare That It b JTecewsary in Order
o Ianfe Adeqnato Supplies More ,
Sbttey la BaMne' Otktr
' Cereals. " :
Washington, March 18. Western
senators renewed their fight for a
higher guaranteed wheat price today,
citing the Ability of farmers to make
more . money 'raising other cereals,
shortage and increased cost of farm
labor and vital necessity of insuring
adequate wheat supplies.
The demand was on Senator Gore's
proposal to increase the price for the
1918 crop to 52.50 per busheL A two
thirds majority is required to: suspend
the rules for action on the proposal
and its advocates are said not to be
hopeful of mustering the -necessary
vote? when the test comes--probably
tomorrow. .V T' .'' .
Wheat price-fixing. Senator Nf lson
of Minnesota, republican asserted lias
been "an abject failure. .. He advocat
ed an open market with prices fixed
only by natural laws or extension of
price-fixing to other cereals.
While expressing reluctance to in
crease -the cost of living by raising
wheat prices, Senator Kellogg, of Min
nesota, declared such action absolute
ly necessary in order to stimulate- pro
duction and - prevent a national and
world shortage.
Other senators speaking in support
of the Gore amendment included Bo
rah, of Idaho; Curtis, of Kansas, and
Ivorris. of Nebraska, all republicans.
"The result of fixing wheat prices
much lower than would be obtained
in the . open market," Senator Norris
said, "caused increases in prices of
substitutes which the consumer . was
made to buy by the food administra
tor. So for the sake of getting lower
whttt prices for the allies we raised
the prices of everything else to the
American people. - ,
He added that wheat must Tdo pro
duced regardless of cdst. -
Conservation of wheat substitutes
was urged by Senator Sherman, of Il
linois, republican. He read the Bible
story of the loaves and fishes, observ-r
ing that the bread was of barley end
asserting that two billion gallons of
beer were mad 6 from barley last year.
Use as food of cereals now being used
to make beer . and its imitations was
urged by the .Illinois senator.
PROTESTS AGAINST SUNDAY
BOXING AT DAMP JACKSON
Sumter Baptlat Congregation Adopt
. Resolution.
' (Special Star Correspondence. ) '
Columbia, S. C., March 18. The Sa
lem Baptist church congregation of
Sumter county has unanimously filed
a protest against boxing bouts on
Sunday at Camp Jackson. Resolutions
adopted set forth that information has
reached the Salem members through
the medium of the press that under
the. direction of Captain Driver, dlvis-
.ion athletic . director, six bouts " were
scheduled ' to take place on the Sun
day when the resolutions were pass
ed, and the members most hMt-tnv
condemn "this evil practice." . The
resolutions conclude, "Therefore we
beg the officers in Christ's name to
Stop this presumptious sin and degen
erate practice..
It is understood that Maj. Gen.
Charles J. Bailey, -commanding the
Eighty First division, will issue a
statement in which he will defend the
bouts as an essential part of military
-training and nec Sundays as
well as other days or the' week.
- rerl Ajurwer Charges.
Washington. March 18. Theodore E
Feris. of New York,-chief ship design
er for the shipping board's emereencv
fleet corporation, will, appear before
the senate ship investigating commit
tee Thursday to. answer charges of Ir
regularity in connection with his ser
vice With ' the corporation. He asked
;to be.'heerd and it was announced to
day that he would testify tomorrow but
later the committee learned he could
no come -here until Thursday.
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Jk Child 3 or 3 Years Old
requires something stronger than the
'sweet liquid laxative now on the mar
ket which are prepared, especially for
infants. '.'
AX-FOS WITH PEPSIN fills this
- long-felt want. , It acts on the liver
and regulates the bowels without grip
ing or disturbing the atomach. a
Liquid Digestive Laxative, pleasant to
take, 50o per bottle. Good, for the
.child .good for the Mother,' good for
he Household.- r , u
no Dohncal mends to
END DEBATE T0BAY ON ,
WAR CORPORATION BILL
Kltehla Hopv for Final Vo4e Tonight
But Others IjooIc For Some Determ- -.
lned Fights. V '
Washington, March 18. Debate on
the war finance corporation "bill, de
signed to . help, . finance needed indus
tries during -the warT7. will at 12:10 p.
m. tomorrow'- under an agreement
adopted today by' the house.
Majority Leader Kit chin is hopeful
of a final vote tomorrow night but oth
er members Iook for determined fighis
over amendments and predict that -the
bill will not be'passed before late in
the week.
The first speech in direct opposition
to the bill was made today by Repre
sentative McFadderi; vof . Pennsylvania,
republican, who declared Jthat advo
cates of the' measure "propose to cam
ouflage the public just as the German
government has been doing all through
the war." This measure and the rail
road bill, he added, give complete dom
ination over finance and industries.
Several members of the' ways and
means committe spoke in favor of the
measure. Representative Treadway, of
Massachusetts, republican, said he was
betraying no confidence when he an
nounced that when tn"e original draft
of the bill was received from the treas
ury department, the committee' did not
fayor such legislation. After hearing
Secretary McAdoo explain the neces
sity for the legislation, . however, ev
ery member favored it, he said, adding
that this illustrated the determination
"of congress' to do whatever is necessary
to win the war with no regard for po
litical alignments. ' -'"-';
TIMELY ITEMS ABOUT SEED.
Scarce an A Hard to Gt and Should fee
Saved In Number of Ways.
(Special Star Correspondence)
West Raleigh, March 1 While it is
not generally known,"' there is quite a
shortage of all seeds for planting. This
iB -particularly so with vegetable seed.
Quite a number of people who have had
no-experience in planting and garden
ing are trying to use up all the seed
they can get to get a few vegetables
started.'
Director B. W. Kilgore of the agri
cultural extension service of the State
college and department of agriculture,
received a letter the , other day from
Washington, masking him to please call
it to the attention of everv "would-he"
gardener that no more seed should be
bought than-is actually required, be
cause if some 'people buy more than
they need, others will not be able to
g-et what they actually need.
This waste of seed is taking in sev
eral., different - ways. Many gardeners
seem to think that a garden spot needs
no sunshine, and are putting in good
seed which . germinate but never pro-,
duce vegetables. No land should be
planted which is not suitable to vege
table production. ., .. 1 . '
Since the supply of seed: is low there
is a tendency on'the part "of some deal
ers to speculate, somewhat. This is
especially to be deprecated In this hour
of need, and if it is participated in by
dealers who have a federal license .for
the conduct of their business they will
be dealt with "accordingly, says an an
nouncement from the food administra
tion t Director Kilgore .recently. The
wholesale dealers and retail, dealers
who are ; doing an .annual, business of
'$100,003 or oyer who handle peas, beans,
cottonseed and corn are now operating
under license from the Food Adminis
tration. . ' "
Several jseed growers associations are
now voluntarily handling their seed
with . regard to thevpubli welfare by
charging only, a , reasonable price for
them, and such- associations as thena
are greatly jtov be - commended, states
the., announcement..', .
STATE WINS RATE CASE.
Gets Lower Rate on Brick and Sewer
Pipe Shipments.
' (Special Star Correspondence.)
, Raleigh, March as.-f-The corporation
commission-Is notified by the Interstate
commerce commission , that a decision
in favor of the: corporation commission
contention is rendered . by the. Inter-,
state commission 4n the rate case of
Sewer Pipe and ' Fire Brick Co. . vs.
Southern Railway Co,, - In that lower
rates are ordered In force for North
Carolina iines,' vvery tftuch to the bene
fit of the North, Carolina sewer i pipe
and fire brick "manufacturers. The in
terstate commission at. rst ruled ad
verse to the North Carolina contentions
and then. the -tase'was argued; by Sec
retary A. J . Maxwell, of ; the North
Carolina commission before the inter
state commission and the. reversal tc a
decree favorable to the North Carolina
interests secured.-. ,'. v
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V- ' ' Dies ;Wltb. Broken .Back. .: '
Miami, , 'Fla.', March 18. 'Francis
Langdon, of Boston, a student observ
er at the naval aeronautical station
here, died of Injuries sustained Saturn
day when his seaplane fell into Bis
cayne Bay. Langdon's back was brok
en by his falL . -
- Primary Today. - , C v
- Polls open sunrise, - close at, sunset.
It is important that youYote carl
reward
PEOPLE OF ATLANTIC
ARE FULL OF PRIDE
Reluctant to Accept Money and
, Food Contributed by State
Relief Committee Finds It a Hard Job
to Give Money and Food to Victims
of Severe Winter Had Always
Been Prosperous.
(Special Star Correspondence).
Kinston, March 18. In addition - to
between-$3,000 and ?4,00Q in - money,
about $150 worth of foodstuffs went
to Atlantic, the small Carteret county
town, devastated by - a storm some
weeks ago-, to- relieve the- suffering
population. "We had the hardest time
you ever saw getting rid of that food,"
said Elder L. H. Harcy, a preacher
who is head of the ; relief committee,
here yesterday. A part of the money
was set aside g or groceries. : At every
store was a supply accessible, to the
head of any family in tne village. The
Core sound "bankers" absolutely re
fused to have anything to do with the
food. "It was a -case of pride," said
Elder "Hardy. "It was the first time
these people had ever known want. ..In
ordinary years there is no more pros
perous community along the sounds.".
The man 'who went to a store and
asked :. credits for supplies, only to be
told that the provisions wOuld cost
him nothing, the relief -committed
footing the bills, invariably was in
dignant. "The residents would say to
the grocers, 'If my credit Isn't." good
here it is elsewhere,' and explanations
would have to be made." Thp people
asked no., relief. Only their leaders
knew that they" would have to have
aid or the rehabilitation would be de
layed for years. "Boats repaired have
not. been paid for," said Elder Hardy.
"Many dwellings and churches and
other- buildings have to be rebuilt or
repaired. The expense Is going to be
thousands of dollars. A Red ' Cross
agent is due at Atlantic this week. He
will -have the authority to expend sev
eral -thousand dollars. After - heart-to-heart
talks we have been able to ' dis
tribute more' than 91..000 . in small
checks." : .
The residents of Atlantic ere begin
ning to understand tlrat the people of
the state are not' thrusting charity
upon them but are seeking to do by
them as North Carolina- people are
wont to do by any stricken community
amongst them. Ice, shortage of some
supplies and.-the storm made the win
ter the. most severe., Atlantic ever ex
perienced. ' Men ere leaving their fam-
Hies and, going away to work. - Many
are getting employment at the ship
yards. , In a good fishing season the
average Atlantic citizen wants to work
for no one but himself. His home sits
in a little, green paradise' up on a sandy
bluff. - He makes good money , when
the weather , gives ' him .half a chance.
He has. had no . chance ; at -all' recently.
There are many expert boat carpenters
among . them. A well-known "retired
shipmaster, Capt. Ramon W. Harris, is
expected to head a volunteer construc
tion force recruited in the towh to re
build, churches and other large .build
ings. . ::: ; ' '
WAS OX TUSCANIA. .
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Rocky. Mount Tonne Man, Escaped Safe
ly and . Write. , v
(Special Star Correspondence)
Rocky Mount, . fclarch 18. Mr. N. L
Hales, -of this. city,. has received a let
ter from-his. brother. Corporal Loomis
M. Hales who Is a member 'of one" of
Uncle. Sam's aero, squadrons, with .the
Amrei'can expeditionary forces "l' In
France.. - :: '. ' . ;
Corporal Hales was on" the Tuscania
when - It ' was torpedoed ; and Sunk re
cently by a German submarine off . the
Irisa coast. .He was 'among the-survivors
and' until the news that he had
been landed safely has been received
from the war department much anxiety
was entertained for his safety. : - .
Corporal Hales does not go Inta de
tails and simply says "that he is O. K.
and is somewhere . "over v there." .He
writes that -the boys are pleased with
conditions everywhere and that "every
body is good to everybody, and-we ere
all one big family together."- , "
KAISER HOPES FOR COMPLETE
VICTORY ON WESTERN FRONT
Amsterdam. March -18. -'T have
strong hope that Field r Marshal ' Von
Hindenburg -will soon- win for us com
plete victory on' the 'western , front,
reads a message sent by Emperor Wil
liam to the Pomoranean Provincian
Council, as quoted in the Xokal An
zeiger of Berlin. - :
.'Primary Today. -
' Polls open' sunrise, close at sunset
It is important that .your vpte- earlys.,'
KILLING AT AYDEN.
P. E. Hart 'Is Fatally Injured By J. A.
" " Wlngate. '
(Special Star Telegram)
Kinston, March 18. In art alterca
tion between C. "Hart and J. A. .Win
gate, both prominent, at Ayden last
night, Wlngate struck Hart with ,a
heavy .sick or club, : causing injury
which resulted in his death this morn
ing. '" 4 The ;assault occurred; at Win
gate's stab-ie,: ' The police -sey he was
trying to get "Hart to leave the place.
Hart was a young; married farmer.
Wlngate is a horse dealer. He was
arrested.
MacMillan,s Plitf or
Editor Star : . ' , y '
; I notice Mr. MacMillan's political advertisement in a lo
cal paper asking the voters to support him for the office of
State Senator on a platform of "Good Roads." ,
is Thjs is a. very commendable platform but if was wonder
ing if Mr. MacMillan had not inadvertently gotten the wrong :
platform and I felt that he would like to have the voters call
his attention to the matter and upon reflection, no doubt, he
wilL change his platform. . - r ;
,x V J mention this; on account of Mr. MacMillan's attitude to- v
wards Federal Point township and feel that the voters of this .
township, as well as thousands of others, will question Mr. .
' MacMillan 's undivided allegiance to the platform of "good
roads. , jir His .persistent opposition to repair and improve th6 1
Federal Point township and Carolina Beach road; while a
member of the fioard of County Commissioners, is a, matter
of fact and. record. "Why? Was it because the fisher folk
and farmers in the Federal' Point section, who make their
living by the sweat of their brow, had no standing in court -and
did not count? ' ?
Mr. MacMillan 's opposition to the Carolina Beach road -.
in the face, of N the cries of the school children is astonishing
to say the least. ; . . ' '
' . . Personally, Mr. MacMillan seems to be very fine "gentle- ;",
man but we need a man in the senate who can represent all
of the people and who is not beholding to a small crowd of
special interest who brought him into' .the race at the last
moment at a seeret meetjQg and I take It that those at the
secret meeting have a special axe to grind and I was won- -dering
after they got through grinding the axe-if .there would '
, be much left of . the people's grindstone. A , - -'
.. ' : . ': ' f V ; J' M. BRUNER,
' '.. J. O. LUDWIG. l.
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Why Mr. MacMillan Should Be
Nominated For State Senator
- BECAUSE his services on-the Board of County Com
missioners have given him intimate knowledge of-county
affairs, and qualified him; to represent the county .more
-efficiently than would otherwise be the casei ';
;w' ' BECAUSE his knowledge of the Good Roads problem
is superior tohat of any man Fn the county, and his influ-r
ence in', the Legislature 'on this subject would be greater
- than that of any other man the county could send. '
, - - ' -
' BECAUSE he is a man of both opinion and conviction,
aid has not against his public record failure to voice his
opinion 'and record his vote on any subject under con
sideration. BECAUSE he is a friend ofour County School System, ;
'and ls'not of record as opposing a system which the U. S.
Commissioner of Education says is the best in the South.
. BECAUSE he has never tried to injx politics with busi
ness, has no ulterior motives no political enemies :to pun
ish, no political friends to reward.' v f ' -
( , BECAUSE his integrity has never been doubted, his
veracity questioned, or his character in any way impugned.
Has no ulterior motives, no political enemies to
CONCRETE SHIP ARE BEING
BUILT AT BRUNSWICK,' GA.
Boston, Mass., March 18. In connec
tion with the launching on the Pacific
coast of the first American built con.
crete ship, the Liberty Shipbuilding
company, which has headquarters here,
announced today that the- keel for . the
first of a fleet, of 10 three-thousand ton
concrete ships for the " govejrnmbent
had been laid at- its new plant in
Brunswick, Ga. The -contract calls
for the delivery of the first ship with
in three months and the rest at tne
rate of one .ship a week thereafter. The
esimated complete cost of each ship 13
$375,000. . - . , ; . :
Primary Today.
Polls open sunrise, . close at sunset
It is important that -you: vote early. '
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Give -Quick Belief for
C O L D S imii
LaGRIJPE
Price 25c and 50c per bottle
Adv. ' -J '"V . . . -
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
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Political advertising In. this paper
is strictly cash in advance. Accom
pany your copy with check or cash
for ' the - time ' advertisement is -to
run..;. . , ;, ". ' ' ,.?
FOR REGISTER OF JDEEDS
Your support will be appreciated.
SERVICE EFFICIENCY
J. FELTON HEAD
FOR PUBLIC DEFENDER
New Hanover County
"Will. appreciate your support
FOR COUNT Jf COMMISSIONER.
To the voters of New Hanover County!
. I am a candidate for nomination for
theoffice of County Commissioner' In
the approaching primary to Be held
March 19 th, and will appreciate your
support at the polls. - '
J. HEBBEKT JOHNSTON. "
For Sheriff:
GEO: C; JACKSON
" .:'""-. " ' . . V - - - : - -
Any effort of yours in my behalf
- will be appreciated ' P
For Solicitor 4 ,
New Hanover County
E. T. BURTON
Your Support will be appreciated
BROOKE G. EMPIE
For Recorder
. For Sheriff . -
S. P. COWAN
Your support Will be appreciated
s
Will Serve All Alike . No Favorites
. S. A. MATTHEWS ' - .
QOUNTY COMMISSIONER
- Thank you for your support .
'-, 1 FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. . T"
To the Democratic Voters of New Han
bver County: - ,
I am a candidate for the 'onlceof
County Auditor, subject to the. will of
the voters in Primary to he held'Marcb
19th,- and will appreciate your support.
JOHN A. ORREII- -
EDGAR D. WILLIAMS
FOR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE!
Your Support will be Appreciate
--COUNTY COMMISSI0NEE
Yrar support will be appreciated
. For
- I Register of ;Deeds
W. H. BLAIR
Your support will be appreciate:
-. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
To the Voters of New Hanover CousW
. I will be a candidate at the annrnur)
lng Democratic primary far the noni
nation to the office of Register i
Deeds of New Hanover County.
I will appreciate your support,'
" J. D. EDWARD!
": For County Commissioner
P. McGLAUGI
Your 'Support will be Appreciate
State Senate
W. D. MacMillan Jr.
Your Support Solicited anrf
Appreciated
To the Democratic Voteri of St
; v . v '"-y, Hanover County:
I beg to announce myself a candidaU
for the Office of Register of Deeds ol
New Hanover Cojanty at the Primarj
Election to be held March 19th, 1U
and will appreciate any support givj
me. " JOHN HAAR
m CLAYTON GRANT
For
-1
HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVlSj
I
For State Senate
Your support will be appreciated
W.B. COOPER
! t
For Eegister of Deeds
HENRY
V . ' T y
TTft will annre'eiate your support
.. J- W
For, County. Commissioner
JOHN R. M0RRI
Youf 'support will be appreciated
For
Register bf Deeds
C.H.
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