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LIVED WITH OUTLAWS i Valentine O'Toole, a New York city t policeman on trial charged with hav- ing accepted a bribe not to tsetify t tofc strongly against an alleged silk . J ; thief, described on the witness stand 1 'how he had lived for years in the underworld, posing as an outlaw, to obtain evidence against an organ ized band of burglars which, during that time, had plundered silk manu facturers of goods valued at $10,000, 000. Records were produced to show his work had resulted in the arrest of 172 burglars. O'Toole declared he had cut him self off from home and friends to live in the haunts of pickpockets, burglars and cutthroats, and that on several occasions his life had been at tempted because of suspicions arous ed as to his real character. Once, he said, he was held up by a brother policeman and arrested when he was actually bleeding from seven knife wounds inflicted by crooks who had tried to murder him when they be came convinced he was a "stool pigeon." Call H. D. Hyder for Dry Stove Wood. Phone 56-J. KANSAS WHEAT HARVEST Harvesting of the big Kansas wheat crop, estimated at 218,000,000 bush els, has begun in the southeastern counties of the state and will pro gress northward until the grain plant ed on nearly 11,000,000 acres of land will have been harvested, threshed and prepared for market. Reports of the federal Department of Agriculture indicate that Kansas will harvest nearly one-fourth of the total winter wheat crop of the nation. Based on the government-fixed prices, Kansas wheat growers bid fair to realize $500,000,000 on the crop. Statisticians say that the average American consumes a barrel of flour a year, therefore the Kansas wheat crop will make enough flour to feed the United States for six months. Large Force of Harvest Hands Five government central labor bu reaus are working in unison with the Kansas labor department to obtain and distribute harvest labor. It is estimated that it will take approxi mately 250,000 hamls to harvest and thresh the crop. Harvest wages are from 30 to 40 : per cent greater than paid a year afro. : Wheat growers have agreed to pay ; 50 cents an hour for laborers, 60 cents for sackers and 70 cents for men with teams including board and lodging. SAVE HOUR THIS SUMMER Immediate repeal of the daylight saving law has been disapproved by House interstate commerce commit? tee. The committee, however, has re ported favorably on a bill to repeal the law on the last Sunday in October. The vote of the committee was ten to eight. Supporters of the daylight saving law have not deserted the fight. They will offer a minority report in which Congress will be urged to retain the law in effect permanently. They feel that the benefits to the country war rant the measure for peace times. A bitter fight on the floor of Congress is predicted on the bill. The bil reported by the House com mitee provides for the retention of the interstate commerce commission's power to name the standard time zones of the country. This is to remedy the trouble caused by the '"twilight" sections, where much con fusion was caused under the old nil road time. PUT MEN ON THE JOB Immeditely following the bombing outrages, government officials an nounced that there is need of better immigration laws. That is the usual plea of administrative officers who fail in their duty. As a matter of fact, there were laws prior to 1917 adequate for the exclusion of anar chists. In 1917' Congress passed an even more stringent law giving the administration all the power it could ask or that could be conferred upon it to exclude or deport anarchists or men associated .with anarchistic or ganizations or who assault or en courage others to assault officers of the law, etc. So far as handling the lawless in concerned, the immigration laws are as good now as they can be made. All that is necessary is to throw out a lot of pacifist incumbents of executive offices and put in their places men with iron in cheir blood who will wage war upon the enemies of the United States. BILL TO STOP OUTRAGES I Senator Harry New, of Indiana, has '.introduced a bill in the Senate to deal with the "reds" with the utmost t severity. ;, ': ' Under the bill it is provided that the display, exhibition or appearance of a red flag, red banner or red emblem, or a black flag, banner or emblem at any meeting or parade, held for the purpose of political dis cussion is declared unlawful. The display of any such flag, banner, or emblem in connection with the Amer ican flag is also declared unlawful. The advocacy by speech or writing of the overthrow by violence or any other unlawful means of the represen tative form of government now secured to citizens of the U. S. by the constitutions of the United States and the several States is declared unlaw ful. Organizations having as their object the overthrow of the govern ment by violent means is also declared unlawful. Any person convicted for violation of these provisions of the bill are under its provisions to be fined $5,000 or imprisoned for five years or both. Washington, June 16. As the re sult of bomb outrages menacing the government of the United States, States shipping board, has asked Con gres for a final appropriation of a lit?, tie more than $600,000,000 to wind up the government's, shipbuilding operations. This sum, he observes, will complete the work of raising the United States to first place in the world' as a shipbuilding nation, and will develop the American mercantile marine from a negligible quantity to second place among the nations of the world. In a letter to Chairman Good, of the House appropriations committee, Mr. Hurley points out that contracts for 754 ships have been canceled or suspended, effecting a saving of more than $194,000,000. When all is done, it is stated, $2, 861,755,570 will have been" expended in the country's great effort, which will be shown in 13,885,106 dead weight tons of ships on the seas. 'OWN YOUR HOME" BILL NOW IN SENATE HURLEY ASKS SHIP FUNDS An "own your home" bill, prepared by the Department of Labor, has been introduced into the United States Senate by Senator Calder, of New Chairman Hurley, of the United York Patterson's Sales Mean Big Bar gains. Wait for Great Sale. fn (1 n II II Mill I I I II 1 I BUYS VJ Johnston's Stock Will go Regard less of the Prices r nALj n I m IB Announces one of the Greates i an am dales in ISIJRXJ,"I?'-,,J!W IBI the oistorv oi H endersonville ! I HAVE PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND THE ENTIRE STOCK OF THE STORE OF S. JOHNSTON. THE STORE IS TEMPORARILY CLOSED IN ORDER TO GIVE TIME TO CLEAN UP THE STORE, SHAPE UP THE STOCK, PAINT AND ENTIRELY RENOVATE THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. THE INFERIOR STOCK WILL BE USED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND THE BEST WILL BE PUT IN GOOP SHAPE FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARGAIN SALES EVER MADE IN HENDERSONVILLE. THE GOODS MUST BE SOLD AND WILL BE SOLD AT SACRIFICING PRICES. THE STOCK WILL BE REPLEN ISHED WITH GOODS FROM ANOTHER BIG STOCK I HAVE PURCHASED SO AS TO MAKE THE SALE A VERY ATTRACTIVE ONE. THE STOCK WAS BOUGHT AT A VERY LOW FIGURE AND CAN BE RETAILED AT MOST INDUCING PRICES AND REGARDING THE PRESENT-DAY MARKET PRICES IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO WAIT A FEW DAYS TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASES UNTIL WE PLACE THESE GOODS ON SALE. NOT A PIECE OF THESE GOODS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT STORE. By H. PATTERSON. Wait for the Big Sale EMtriMii iEMKffiMI SHOE LARGEST AND BEST IN HENDERSON COUNTY rr W IN C O VM J Biggest Bargains Ever Heard of in Henderson-ville
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