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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1917)
(Eht Mmxtm . VOL. XXXII. 11. S. RAILROAD MEN TO FRONT Engineers Will Rebuild the Destroyed Lines of the Allies. Special Service to Monitor. Washington.—Nine new regiments of army engineers, to be composed ex clusively of highly trained railway men, will be the first American troops to be sent to France. They will go “at the earliest possible moment,” the war department announced for work on communication lines, but specula tion as to exactly when or to what points they will be sent is forbidden because of the submarine menace. The new forces will be volunteers, raised at nine great railway centers of the country. Each regiment will be commanded by an engineer colonel of the regular army, aided by an adju tant. All other officials will be rail way engineers or officials. . The entire expedition will have a total strength of between eleven thou sand and twelve thousand men, each regiment being composed of two bat talions of three companies each. Ev ery branch of railway workers neces sary to the building or operation of lines will be represented in the ranks and the war department expects a re sponse to the call that will permit a careful selection to he exercised and insure a force already trained to the minute, an army of experts in rail way operation. Recruiting for the regiments and the organization of each force will be di rectly under the colonel of each regi ment. Recruiting machinery of the regular service or the National Guard will be placed at their service and it is hoped the enrollment of the troops will take little time. The recruiting points will be New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Boston, Pittsburg, Detroit, Atlanta, San Francisco and Philadelphia. Taxation for Liquor State of Tennessee. Washington, May 8. — Impo sition by Tennessee authorities of state “privilege,” or business li cense taxes of SSOO annually up on D. M. Hiller and other Mem phis wholesale dealers, although they distribute no liquor in Ten nessee, was upheld today by the supreme court. Tennessee de crees dismissing Hiller’s test suit to enjoin collection of the tax were sustained. The Tennessee courts held that purchase by wholesale dealers, or borrowing of liquor stocks be tween them, even for sale out side of the state, constituted “doing business” in Tennessee and that such business was sub ject to taxation. A Preparedness League Was Organized Monday. Montgomery county citizens had an opportunity Monday of hearing an able talk by Mr. Bradner J. Moore, agricultural expert, located in Savannah. Exercises began at 11 o’clock, court house, and the meeting was well attended. It was a patriotic appeal to the farmers to raise more food supplies, and in every way to con serve the food supply. The season for planting not being over, Mr. Moore stressed the importance of planting food crops. The matter of marketing also came in for exhaustive remarks by Mr. Moore, and those present will no doubt profit by his advice. Following the meeting, the Montgomery County Preparedness and Co-operative League w'as organized with the following officers: President, A. B. Hutcheson: secretary, W. L. Wilson. In addition to those recently appointed by Gov. Harris, the president of the lo cal association will appoint one from each militia district. This will be known as the facilities committee, whose duty it will be to look into the matter of procuring best seeds, fertilizers, etc. It is un derstood that the government authorities will co-operate in every way, looking to the advancement of the farming interest. The marketing committee, whose duties are understood, is as follows: Higgston: B. A. Conner, J. R. Carr, J. W. Linder. Kibbee: G. W. Hamilton, H. B. Braddy, Jr., J. B. O’Conner. Tiger: E. Willis, C. J. Phillips, M. Wilkes. Ailey: W. T. McArthur, Jr., J. M. D. McGregor, W. J. Peterson. Longpond: J. W. Calhoun, C. Mcßride, F. M. Sharpe. Soperton: W. H. Moxley, Jr., Jas. Fowler, Willie Gay. Lothair: M. H. Newsome, A. T. Miller, D. S. Barnhill. Orland: M. R. Davis, W. B. Greenway, D. E. Walker. Tarry town: J. P. Mixon, M. L. Currie, D. F. Warnock. Mt. Vernon: E. G. Smith, W. A. Peterson, F. M. Mcßae. Members of the Facilities committee appointed by the president are: B. Mathias, Ailey: H. K. Lanier, Kibbee; Mack New, A. R. Davis and C. A. Holmes, Soperton; J, D. Taylor, Vidalia. Members who were recently appointed by Gov. Harris are W. T. McArthur, Jr., R. E. Ward, J. E. Hall, H. L. Wilt, E. J. Wells, A. Estroff, D. W. Folsom, S. Z. Salter, M. E. Fountain, A. B. Hutcheson. A section for the colored folks was also organized, with W. E. Johnson, president; John Crawley, secretary; Rev. M. E. Cawthorn, local committeeman, besides committeemen for each district. A special meeting of the committees is called for Saturday, 12th inst., when the organization will begin work on the problems facing the country, and in which Montgomery county must do its part. Let al! attend. At court house, Mt. Vernon. II ack Branch News. Special Correspondence Honor Roll. Lorene Hughes, Lena Mae Mclntyre, Florence Hughes, Lu cile Graham, Gladys Hughes, Ethel Walker, Herbert O’Brien, Hershel O’Brien, Della Hughes, Ruby Graham, Mae Mclntyre, John A. Hughes, Joe B. Garrett, Ray Morris, Ethleen O’Brien. Our Sunday School is progress ing fine. Come and join us. Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hughes attended services at Sadie Sun day afternoon. Mr. Jim Wells of Longnond visited here Sunday afternoon. Miss Zelle Mcßride was the guest of Mrs. C. A. Walker Tues day night last. Mr. E. L. Mclntyre and Miss Jessie Lou Harris attended Sun day school here Sunday. Messrs. Bartow Gibbs, Duncan, Ed and Owen McDougald attend ed the singing at Lyons Sunday. Mr. Omer Burch of Longpong visited his uncle, Mr. J. A. Hughes, Saturday and Sunday. Misses Marie Lett, Florence, Lorene and Della Hughes and Messrs. Omer Burch and B. Hughes attended the ice cream supper at Mr. Golf’s Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Hughes and children attended the sing ing at Lyons Sunday. Miss Kate McDougald is im proving now from a lingering illness. Mr. and Mrs. F. Gibbs and Miss Alma Gibbs visited Sharps Spur Sunday. Mr. Cleve Byrd of Longpond and Miss Neoma Wood attended Sunday school here Sunday. Sunday school is at 10 o’clock next Sunday morning. Come out and be with us. We have been having some nice rain. It sure is fine. Mr. Carlos Dudley of Savan nah was here among friends Sun day. Miss Eula Sharpe and brother, Matthew, were here Sunday. Our school closes May the 18th, with a picnic the day following. Come and be with us. Honor Roll of McGregor School. Ruby Carpenter, Kathleen Con ner, Edna Conner, Martin Mor ris, R. D. O’Neal, Foy Mitchell, Magdalene Rowland, Theodore Mitchell, W. T. O’Neal, Harvey Rowland, Eugene Mitchell, Hen ry McArthur, Sarah McArthur. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1917. RECRUITING STATION ON NOTED CORNER The Twenty-third street corner of the famous Flatiron huildiiiK in New York converted into a recruiting station for the navy. The roof is modeled after the deck of a battleship, and two kuds swing from a turret. MAY TERM COURT WILL NOT BE MELD Several Cases Disposed of in a Day’s Session Held Monday. The May term of Montgomery superior court convened Monday morning, pursuant to an order from Judge E. D. Gradam, con templating one days’s session, in response to petitions to that ef fect by the citizens of this county. Even in the short space of time a number of cases were disposed of. Os criminal cases but two appeared for trial, pleas of guilt having been entered in each case as follows: State vs Henry Bat tles, malicious mischief; $75 or six months. Alex Wilkes, plea of guilt; $45 or four months. Judgments for the plaintiffs were taken in the following cases: T. IT. Smith vs J. A. and Bry ant Allen. Mt. Vernon Bank vs A. C. Gillis et al. M. A. Harrison vs W. J. Whit lock et al. Commercial Credit Co. vs J. B. O’Conner. Central Scientific Co. vs Brew ton-Parker Institute. W. A. Peterson, receiver The Uvalda Bank, vs H. D. Johnson et al. It is understood that there will be no adjourned term of the May term, and this docket will be merged into the regular August term. Besides Solicitor Wooten and Reporter McAllister, there were a number of visiting attor neys present Monday. The far mers appreciate the court having been called off for the present. Appeal to Socialists. London, May 8. —A Stock holm dispatch says that the Dutch delegation to the inter nationl Socialist conference ha 3 addressed an appeal to Socialist parties throughout the world ask ing for support and saying that they have started their labors at Stockholm under great diffi culties. “The thought of peace is grow ing everywhere,” says the ap peal. “Every day that the war con tinues increases the suffering of the people, the hecatomb of the victims and the billions of debt. The situation is becoming intol erable and you should ask for peace terms. In the meanwhile an immediate agreement between the Socialist parties of all coun tries is necessary in order that internationalism may again de velop its strength. NO MORE NEWS FROM STATE DEPARTMENT Interest of Country Demand Secrecy in Moves of Nation. Special Service to Monitor. Washington.—The usual channels of information through which news of America’s relationships to foreign powers have up to now reached the public were closed by Secretary Lan sing. An order bearing his name was dis tributed broadcast to slate department officials instructing them not to talk with newspaper men “even on insig nificant matters of fact or detail.” Henceforth, under (lie order, the press will not be able to discuss the back ground of complicated international questions with the experts at the head of each bureau. The order says that, hereafter all news of the department must lie given out, either by the secretary himself or by the newly created so-called bureau of foreign intelligence. Secretary Lansing sees the newspaper men twice daily, but does not pretend to be able to answer the maze of questions which every hour of the day is raised by newspaper cables. The meetings are becoming more and more perfunctory. The, bureau of foreign intelligence is about a month old and is charged not only with supplying the press, but with supplying news to all American missions abroad. Usually very much behind the press cables because of the need of coding and decoding, the bu reau at (he same time, because of its relative lack of authority, confirms it self mostly to formal statements on news facts and does not attempt to provide the background or explanation which give international news its real value. U-Boat Sinks Trawlers After Battle Paris.—A dispatch to the Havas agency from San Sebastian, Spain, tells of a fight between a submarine and Spanish and French trawlers, in which two French trawlers with small caliber guns, battled for some time with the submarine, but finally were sunk. Two of the Spanish trawlers also were sent to the bottom. Capt. M. D. Hughes Elected Justice Peace. Capt. M. D. Hughes was Sat urday elected justice of the peace of the 1843 d (Mt. Vernon) militia district, to succeed Judge Geo. J. Stanford, who has filled this place for the past several years. His service has been very ac ceptable, but business affairs now demand all of his time. Many years ago Capt. Hughes served as justice of this district, and his recall to the office meets the approval of a large number of friends and admirers. He is a Confederate Veteran, and enjoys the esteem of his fellow citizens. Rather singular that Saturday should have been the 53rd anni versary of the loss of his right arm, in the battle of the Wilder ness, May 5, 1864. Longpond Dots. Special Correspondence. Misses Mary Louise McArthur and Willie Gertrude Johnson had as their week end guests Misses i Gertrude Hudson and Etfie Bed ! ingfield of 8.-P. I. Mrs. Mollie Wall of Atlanta is visiting her niece, Mrs. C. A. | Rackley. I Miss Newtie McAllister went jto Atlanta last Friday, returning Sunday. Several of the younger set at tended preaching at Uvalda last Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Burch visit ed relatives at Hack Branch Sun day last. Misses Lorene Hughes and Marie Lett of Hack Branch were among friends here Saturday. Mr. Felton Clark and Miss Pearl Morrison of near Alston were among friends here Mon day last. Mr. Monroe Bush visited in Macon, Scotland and other places last week. There will be services at the Methodist church Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock and again Sun day evening. Messrs. Jesse Goff. Charlie Armfield and Omer Burch de lighted the young people last Saturday night with an ice cream supper. Everybody reported a nice time. Mr. Frank Mobley is visiting relatives at Vidalia. Mr. Southwell of Vidalia visit ed his daughter, Mrs. A. W. Mobley last Friday, Miss Mae Carpenter attended the Toombs county Singing Con vention at Lyons Sunday. Mr. O. C. Thaxton of Vidalia was a business visitor here last Friday. Mrs. F. D. Carpenter visited her brother, Mr. Burke, at Cedar Crossing, last week. Nash Will Superyise, Atlanta, Ga., May 8. —Gover- nor Harris has decided to desig nate Adjt. Gen. J. Van Holt Nash to be state supervisor of the reg istration to be made under the selective conscription law. General Nash will be in charge of the central headquarters and the work of taking the registra tion will be handled through the state’s military department. Here the returns from each county and each militia district in each coun ty will be assembled and classi fied so that when the call is made for a specified number of men the government will be able to call them into the service im mediately. Buy a U. S. Bond and Serve Your Country. Washington, I). C., May 3. To Mt. Vernon Bank, Mt. Vernon, Ga.: Government will receive subscriptions until June 15th for two billion dollars three and a-half per cent, liberty loan. You can render invaluable service to your country by receiving subscriptions and co-operating with Federal reserve banks in your district. Will you kindly do this? Telegraph me Government expense soon as practi cal, rough estimate amount of bonds you think will be sub scribed by you and your customers. W. G. McADOO, Secretary of the Treasury. The above telegram received by The Mt. Vernon Bank explains itself. Details of the $2,000,000,000 bond issue by the United States, for the purpose of raising sufficient funds to loan the Eng lish, French and other allies, have been perfected, and subscrip tions are being made by banks and individuals throughout the coun try. So eager have been the people to buy the bonds that the en tire issue will be taken up rapidly. The Mt. Vernon Bank at once bought SI,OOO in bonds, strictly for its own use, and is receiving subscriptions for its patrons who desire them. They bear 3 1-2 per cent, interest, and The Mt. Ver non Bank makes no charge for making the transactions for its pa trons. Announcement from Washington yesterday was to the effect that the smallest bond will be in the SIOO denomination, ranging up to $100,000; however, it is possible that a smaller denomination may be issued. Subscriptions may be taken as late as June 15th, and the bonds will be issued July Ist. These bonds are redeemable by the government, optional, in fifteen years, but are due in thirty years. A small per cent, of the bond desired can be deposited with application and the remainder paid on issue. This is an opportunity of serving your country. There is no expense fpr the transactions. Then, too, the buyer, has the option of exchanging the 3 1-2 per cent, bonds for those which may later be issued at even a higher rate of interest. The public is invited to call at The Mt. Vernon Bank and have the terms, conditions, etc., fully explained. It is the duty of those who feel able to buy gov ernment bonds. ADVICE FOR THE COTTON GROWERS Nitrate of Soda and Shallow Cultivation Proper at this Season. Mr. J. Bradner Moore, located in Savannah and connected with the State College of Agriculture, co-operating with the U. S. De partment of Agriculture, for the Southeastern part of Georgia, has just issued a timely letter to the farmers of this section. Mr. Moore having addressed a gathering of Montgomery county people here Monday, his remarks on cotton culture will be appre ciated. He does not advocate cotton as the principal crop, as is understood, but realizing that cotton is being grown extensive ly in this section, he feels it a duty to offer suggestions based on his experience and study. His letter is as follows: “To The Farmers of Southeast Georgia: “The young cotton plant should at this time have an oily, dark green appearance. “A pale and sickly appearance indicates the lack of available ni trogen. This can be remedied by immediate applications of nitrate of soda, and the ultimate yield be greatly increased by a judici ous use of this material. “Ordinarily from 40 to 80 pounds of nitrate of soda will ac complish the desired end. If lib eral applications of high grade fertilizers have been made at the time of planting, 40 pounds will be sufficient. Where light appli cations of low grade fertilizers, or none at all, have been used, 75 to 80 pounds will he required. “Cultivation at this time should be shallow. Avoid plowing deep er than 2 inches. It is very im portant to hasten maturity. Deep cultivation will have the opposite eirect. Applications of fertilizer after the middle of May are like ly to cause delayed maturity. “If you are going to use nitrate of soda, use it at once. Scatter evenly in the middles, either just before or after a shallow cultiva tion. “Where cotton has not already been thinned to stand, it will be well to hear the fact in mind that close spacing makes for early production. Two stalks in a hill is not objectionable on fertile land.” Mr. Moore is a Missis sipian, and has had vast experi ence with the boll weevil. Dur ing his visit here Monday he had occasion to examine a number of specimens of insects submitted to him, but found that they were not the genuine boll weevil. This, however, is not an asser tion that the pest is not in Mont gomery county; there is no doubt as to its existence in certain sec tions of this county. NO. 2.
