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STAR CIIIXDY. a C TUESDAY FEB. 15. 1321. coio-ram. DATTC3 TALKS TO THE POINT IN TIIE HOUSE TO ASK AUTHORITY TO GET AT ESCAPE OF 'BERCDOLL CLCVTXLND Farm Legislation. . lWhen congress tackled the prob lem of eon troUinjr speculation in grain and cotton it opened up a ques tion of more far-reaching importance than any it has attacked since 1014. When the hearings were begun by the house committee on agriculture not many witneaws were present, but before toe day was over it was clear that the significance of the movement bad not been overlooked. Represents nves ol big grain exchanges were among the first to Auk for an oppor tunity to be heard, following the tes timony of those who favored the bills. A dozen or more measures are pro posed, ranging all the way from lira. iting future trading of certain class es to plans for price fixing under gov eminent control. As soon us representatives from the cotton-growing states appeared, It was clear that all the old controversy concerning the functions and influ ence of the cotton exchanges would be brought up for consideration. It was aho shown that not only waa the sys tem of trading in grain o trial, but that speculative operations in all lines were involved, and that a new precedent would be set if a law should be passed. Given the Petty Fault-Findera a Jolt That Should Wake Them . "-Saved Civilized World, Wheat Farmer Holding. Thousand of farmers in the wont em grain states are holding their wheat The Wheat Growers' Associa tion of the United States, a new or gankation born yesterday and claim ing 100,000 members' today, boasU that to it is doe the credit for this action. The strong and well-aeasqn-d Farmers' Union also urge hold ing and demands credit for its part in the movement. ' Various other , farm organizations rraka Isimilar claims. -And finally a lot of individual farm ers say they arc holding on their own volition. Thus a number of parents claim the child, but of them all the new association, which has its head quarters in Wichita, Kansas, is most active. About a year and a half ago A. Slaughter, of Manchester, Oklahoma, conceived the idea of a national or ganization of wheat growers banded together for their mutual interest and ..U obtain a price for their product based on cost of production. Dele gates from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas met at the first convention of the Wheat. Growers' Association o the United States in Hutchinson, Kansas, last May, They elected of ficers and fixed the price of $3.13 a .bushel for wheat at the growers' ter minal market as giving cost of pro- . duction plus a profit. It is not neces sary to tell here bow they arrived at this figure, any more than to say that the estimated cost of raising a bushel of wheat derived from data supplied by 144 wheat growers. At a second meeting during the past summer the price asked was reduced to three dol lars. In September came the big , break in wheat. Congress needs to hear more of the kind of plain speech that Carles G., Dawes addretscd to the house sub. committee investigating war expen diture. It should have a wholesome effect Mr. Dawes did not steak Wtl Ti kis not easily ovcruwed or intimidated, The clearness with which be express ed nimsfar left no doubt as to what ,he thought of the methods of parti- n ueiamation and abuse that eon gTes6ional fanne.ttiiratin- have been pursuing. He took no pain m repress his contemnt tar wno naa tried to detract fmm k ! .glory of the American army's achieve. I a. wt . m r ranee ny petty fault-finding o.vw miies away. To one of his que Uoners he administered the Just re. bukc, "There Is no use to try to thro mud when you were not there to kno conditions." ,. , . Mr. Dawes was in Frm- v- American army. He .knows what was done in clearins? bd mmln, a clothing- supplies and in limriUti. uixounifl. ana as a bosiiMM n iw ire tha the United States made an excellent bargain in the finnl euu meat Up to the time of the signing 4t armistice it was a question of winning we war. and fko BM. . . ' BMAUV HI . - . rmnw aaa. co be fed and supplied wiui equipment and niUrj.i art,-. - - . v TV liVU umj righting stopped, the business was to briar , the home and dispose of anrnlna Mr. Dawes taught Che sub-committee a gooa lesson when he told it, "Ob, .It's all right now to aav we hniiht iw mucn cine gar and too many cold wiiwMB, out we saved the civilisation of the world.' It is time that the ot partisan snipers in congress at the expense of the American army in France were stopped. Of course, the war iea to enormous waste and tx- travagance, but that it not th urhnln story. The war was won and "we sav ed the civilization of the world" as Mr. Dawes said. la refuKimr tn .i. apologies for what was done because Ji seemed the wisest thing in the cir cumstancesi in hammering home blunt truths as the best answer to small-minded fault finder, he appeal- ea over uie heads of a parcel of con. gressmen to the common sense of the American people. Three Southern States U? Half Nations Fertilizer. We are using now each year ap proximately 7,000,000 tons of com mercial fertiliser. There are no fig fires available as to the acreage cov ered, but a conservative estimate would be that the average ton is spread over at oast five acres of 'land. This would mean that 35,000,000 acres of crops receive an application of commercial fertiliser wearly. . . The commercial fertilizer industry is relatively new. It had its real be ginning in this country in the sixties of the last century, at which time the large phosphate rock deposits of South Carolina were discovered. The use of the Peruvian guano began ap proximately 20 years earlier, but the utilization of the phosphate deposits may be considered as the real begin ning of the industry a we have it to day. The discovery of phosphate rock "" in" South' Carolina was" followed a abort time later by finding similar large deposits in Tennessee and Flor ida and in various places in the west- : rn states. ' ' ' The four states, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, consume approximately 3,500,000 tons f fertilizer a year, or slightly more than one-half the total consumption of the nation. The grain and hay crops are not grown with fertilizer, mainly because the acre value of the . product is not high enough to make fertilizer application an overwhelm ingly paying proposition. CLEVELAND ALLOTED 63 ORPHAN CHILDREN O. M. Mull is Chairman in This uronty and Contributions Should Go to Him Suffering and starving Armenian and Syrian children today looking to North Carolina for support and Feb ruary 14 is is the date named by State Chairman George H. Bellamy for the beginning of a eeneral relief campaign for the salvation of these homeless tots. North Carolina . been asked to take care of 3,334 or phans now at Trebizond and some relief is necessary at once to keep wese children alive. Investigate Draft Dodgers Charge of Getting 1105,000 in Gold From -United States Treasury - Washington, Feb. 10. After devel oping some of the high spots in the case of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,, the house military committee decided today to ask congress for authority to find out how the rich Philadelphia draft dodger escaped from a military guard and made his way to Germany, the country he had refused to fhrht The committee voted to co to thA bottom of the case, after hearing Dis trict Attorney Charles D. McAvoy of iniladelphia, who declared there waa no evidence to justify the charge that anybody connected with the war de partment had been corrupted with Bergdoll money. The name of D. Clar ence Gibbony, counsel for Bergdoll, was brought into the proceedinirs and Mr. McAvoy was quite positive in as serting the belief that Gibbonev wan drowned in Mexico, despite an anony mous report received by the commit tee that he was alive. Chairman Kahn, who introduced a resolution last May providing for ap pointment of a epecUtf committee to conduct the Bergdoll investigation, an nounced tonight that enough evidence had been developed to indicate the necessity of action at this time. Re cent statements cabled from Germany hy the former military convict prompt ed the committee to renewed effort. In view of the runaway's charge that ne had .obtained from the treasury de partment and concealed in the wood 1105,000 in gold to be used in effect ing his release through bribery of government officials. Leaving aside a multitude of details connected with Bergdoll's escape, the committee will seek to ascertain what influence enabled Bergdoll to obtain so much actual gold from the treasury at a time last year when the supply was being conserved. The ! wore important thread to be followed. members said, was the ability of the prisoners lawyers to obtain his re lease urder guard for the Dumose of proceeding to the end of a rainbow n the hills of Maryland to find and dig up his pot of gold. It was while he was out on the golden chase that Bergdoll, stopping over in Philadel phia, to visit his brother. indicted with him, eluded his soldier guards and slipped away in the same auto mobile he had used manv times for highway speeding. : 3 1 6 () (Vi v i o))q) by We Are Throu 7 When we. mark' our goods we mark them down from our REAL HONEST PRICE. When you buy a thing from us "former price $15.00; now $10.00," you save $5.00 of real money because our GOOD STYLISH goods are always worth the first PRICE we put on them. The quicker you come in the better the picking. We tell you the TRUTH about what you buy for what you NEED. BETTER HURRY. Our GOODS are GOOD; our PRICES LOW. AL JENNINGS FINDS HIMSELF AT WRONG END OF SIX-GUN ava.u WifCi 1 ' " "v. jtvau 1 I Cleveland conty has been allotted a fripndly manner, "I'm Al Jennings' 63 children and to properly anneal to 'Never mind 0181 Ruff," returne 1 ai.- - .i . . . wr I fU l;a . uie peopie to help these needy tots tm 4 i fn n aft a 1 XT . n m . - . in distress the Near East Relief has been fortunate to get the services of 0. M. Mull. Shelbv. as cnimhr rh man. As. head of the campaign in this county he will be surrounded bv a corps of aids who are deeply interest ed in the cause and who will see that every child allotted to the county is given support. Some donations have already been received and they wiil be credited to the county. No general appeal has been made in this stato far the Armenians and Syrians this year, although other or ganizations have asked for funds. The Near East Relief is separate and distinct from the Central Euro Dean relief and not one penny contributed to Mr. Hoovers council goes to the Armenians and Syrians. Chairman Bellamy wants the people to bear in mind that this is the first general appeal he has sent out over the state. It is, therefore, urgent that some aid be extended the starving children of the "Land of Horrors" befor Wl claims its hundreds of victims. "What better is there to save one little soul instead of lettinr it die." appeals Chairman Bellamy. In the United States army thirty- Iwo neraons were sentaneeii tn Amth tiv rnnrt martial durlno tw Inst. 1 1 I tvRnlntinn. snSd "it in tint cal year but in no case was the sen- and is not a sound policy to suspend trrnea carried inln effect. Onlv ntn tst 1 naval ennatrnettMi tar m nmtat t the cases were for military offenses, months nor at all." It urged com- FAVORS A NAVY AS BIG AS ANT OTHER NATIONS An American navy "at least equal to that of any other power" is advo cated iii a report of the senate naval committee filed in the senate. The committee, replying to the Borah practical New York, Feb. 10. Al Jenninm;. reformed train robber and bandit, ad mitted he had been victimized here b; an inconsiderate, discourteous member of his former profession. Returning to his hotel from Brook lyn, Jennings was accosted by. a shab by individual and found himself st the unfamiliar end of a "six gun." He obeyed with celerity the usual "Hands up" command, then soueht immunitr by divulging his identity. 'Oh, come on now," he pleaded i i the other, lifting a jewel and a roll Of bills from Jpnnincrs' nnlr..fi. I'm President Wilson." "There now, I'm leaving you a dim t beat it." Jennings did. LINCOLN FIRST COUNTY TO PAY ITS TAXES IN FULL Raleigh, Feb. 9 Lincoln county. unbroken by revaluation and untuned to calamity music, today sent in a check for $22,708.30, and took the blue ribbon for the first settlement in the state. How imminent is reballion in the state is inferable from the tax bills sent Lincoln for 1920 and 1919 One year ago that county paid Ben Lacy $31,202.89. This is $8,804.53 for state taxes. And the bill has been cut ncarlv S9.- jOOO notwithstanding the millions ad ditional required to run the schools six months and the other millions paid ,to school teachers. ghTak g Stock and We Want to State That We Have On A ANOTHER WHISKEY LADEN CAR CAPTURED BY DEPUTY And Expect to Until These ' Goods Are Sold. Come In and Get Our Prices and You Will Be Convinced That Our Prices Are Right. HULL BROS. HA H a i I V. m m -ALABAMA JOE" A NEGRO STAGES THILLING BATTLE Philadelphia Feb. 10. A six hour battle" early today between a ne gro who Tiad shot and killed a woman in the house where he was living, and nearly a hundred policemen and fire men, resulting in the capture of the man, mortally wounded, and the in juring of four policemen. Pistols, axes, high pressure fire hose, sulphur candles and other chem- Licals were used against the negro, who had barricaded himself in the house. ' . Attention was attracted to the ne gro, who was known as William Dres sen, "Alabama Joe" and other names, Lincoln County News. Thursday afternoon Demitv Baxter i and John Leatherman - captured a! when he shot Grace Robinson, a ne-LAnderson fired at him. ftnmwiMM .-.It. n ft . a ' 1 .t 1 1 1 l . a1 I wwuis-iM wiui, t i-- raiioM oi ii. Kress, ana mrew aer oouy uul di inn quor on board. The driver of the car, 'house, A negro policeman attempted a, was ar-! to arrest him and he waa shot in the Frank Queen, of Gastonia. .rested and given a hearing ' before 'leg. Reserves were sent for and when Justice Leatherman, who bound him they attempted to break into the over to superior court in the sum of ( house, the negro appeared with two SKOn wfoirh Ihm fa!!&4 tft olv. -. 4 tv.la4il miA iad rftnMTv vrnnnrlinfl, T " " AW.mvu HI 4UIU WH : taVV(9 IN.. . y , ..wwiVMtl placed in jail over night, or until the ' another policeman in the head, bond is made. There was another man I Dressen managed to barricade the in the car and he escaped. Queen stat- doors and the police called upon the aA 4Vfr tV fMSiia avtt-Sa VIm A a rX0 VM nn f frt Bdci'alansa A m I A Aa aA . jDecause me iana is so caaiy ton pienon oi ine greai uii naval pro. ed that the man with him was from fire department for assistance. A tip by shell fire many villages in the gram, except that two huge aircraft Charlotte, but that he did not know thigh pressure hore was kept in opera Verdun region of France will never be carriers be built in place of 12 de- him, he having been engaged by theftion and every time the negro appear- . - .. a. . ... - : ' , , , -t -.1 mmmm J ' ..1 ... , f ft.f.t.'l'n l it. A- J ? At:.- ' i.J -A. ! 1 , J ! L 1 ft. have been authorised, but act yet cos 'of supply to get whiskey. Tha arrest ! a rtuh of water, but not before he ww nuHiv m tisna aw . .iiioiuikcw iu icicnii mora IHUk TRV A WANT AD' IN THE STAR, 'traded far. Two other policament were injured. lhe beseigers then resorted to strategy and procured sulphur can dles and other chemicals from a hos pital to drive him out. The negro, how ever, kept all windows open and this mode of attack failed. - Finally Richard Anderson, a negro member of the police vice squad, man aged to get into the house unseen by the barricaded man and the two met at a stairway. There waa a fusilade of shots and 'Alabama Joe" tumbled to the bottom of the stairs. Anderson was not hurt. Six policemen seized the wounded negro and an examina tion of the hospital showed he had been shot six times. It is believed he received some of the wounds' before CHEVROLET AT THE SOUTHERN AUTO SHOW Arey Brothers Say Chevrolet WiU b Featured at the Auto Show in Atlanta The great Souther nAutomebile show, to be held in Atlanta,-Ga., on If arch 6th to 12th, promises to be the most elaborate and extensive exhibi tion the automobile industry has ever held, in, the nnth.'.. "" " --" ' Reports from this aatira section in dicate that unusual interest is Icing manifested in the event by both deal ers and the motoring poublic, and a large attendance seems assured. That there is a decided optimistic feeling in automotive circles over the entire country is evidenced daily; and this activity rs rapidly gaining in the southern state. The show to be held at Atlanta will be strongly demonstrative of the healthy condition of the southern au tomobile business, and should be the mbeans of giving stimulus to all lines of industry. . , ' More than1 150 models of 75 differ ent makes of cars' will be exhibited at this show, together with a compre hensive, display of trucks and auto motive equipinewt. ' , The famous Kilties Band has been engaged to tarnish music for the event'-'; . "Chevrolet bmhW savs "Mr. Arey of the Arey Bros "will be nromhrient- Jy featured at the show; and visitors will be given s opportunity to see all the retswt developments of this fear," .'':. . Beeaase they slafmed exemption from military sarvke during the War oa the visa tkal thrr ' wen ahsns mora than SI ywag men Were dcaied. final dttrtstl tsrptrs in Nftw 1 city. . :.'v; :-: I ff I
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