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About The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1918)
3!i t Hmtitor. VOL. XXXII. DRAFT LAW IS CONSTITUTIONAL! Supreme Court Renders a Decision Settling the Question. Washington, Jan. 7.—The se-j lective draft act was upheld as| constitutional by the supreme court in an opinion today in the draft cases. Government contentions that the power given congress to de clare war includes power to com pel citizens to render military ser yice both at home and abroad! were sustained by the court. Chief Justice White, who de livered the unanimous opinion, in a brief statement declared that after considering the various con tentions the conclusion had been reached that most of them were imaginary rather than real. Chief Justice White in the opinion said: “The law, as its title declares, was intended to supply temporarily the increased military force which wasrcciuired by the existing emergency, the war then and now flagrant.” Here the chief justice recited the provisions of the act and the contentions of those who attacked its constitutionality. “The possession of authority to enact the statute,” said the chief justice, “must be found in the clauses of the constitution giving congress power to declare war; * * * to raise and support armies, but no appropriation to that use shall be for a longer term than two years; * * * to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and j naval forces. “As the mind cannot conceive an army without the men to com pose it, on the face of the con stitution the objection that it does not give power to provide for such men would seem to be too frivolous for further notice. It is said, however, that since under the constitution as origi nally framed state citizenship wasprimary and United States 1 citizenship but derivative and de pendent thereon, therefore, the power conferred upon congress to raise armies was only cotermi nous with United States citizen ship and could not be exerted so as to cause that citizenship to lose its dependent character and dominate state citizenship. “But the proposition simply de nies to congress the power to raise armies which the constitu tion gives. That power by the very terms of the constitution be ing delegated, is supreme. In truth the contention simply as sails the wisdom of the framers of the constitution in conferring: authority on congress and in not retaining it as it was under the confederation in the several states. Further, it is said, the right to provide is not denied by calling for volunteer enlistments, but it does not and cannot include the power to enact enforced mili tary duty by the citizen. This, however, but challenges the ex istence of all power, for a gov-; ernmental power which has no sanction to it and which there fore can only be exercised pro vided the citizen consents to its exertion is in no substatial sense a power. Mayor and Councilmen Were Elected Yesterday. The Mt. Vernon municipal election was held yesterday, with the following officers elected: Mayor, M. B. Calhoun. Councilmen: G. V. Mason, L. C. Underwood, Lee Mcßae, C. A. Mason, D. A. Mcßae, A. B. Hutcheson. The vote was very light, less than fifty votes having begn polled. Tarry town. Sixei&l correspondence. I Mr. W. B. Kent of Alamo was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Wheeler Monday. Messrs. M. E. Burns, D. F. Warnock and J. A. Beckworth were business visitors to Wadley and Louisville Saturday. j Mrs. J. A. Beckworth and lit ! tie grand-daughter, Alice, and j Miss Jessie Beckworth returned home Saturday after a two weeks visit to relatives at Gibson. Mr. Hershel Kent of Glenwood visited relatives here Monday. Our people were called out about 5 o’clock Tuesday morning on account of a fire. The large i cotton warehouse owned by J. T. Warnock was destroyed with about 300 bales of cotton. It was partly covered by insurance. Miss Vera Moye of Soperton is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W. B. Cadle. Miss Lottie Page of Glenwood was an attractive visitor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Calhoun last week. Miss Gladys Calhoun has re turned to the 8.-B. I. after spending the holidays with home folks here. Mrs. Fannie Simons of Uvalda is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Zeesman, this week. Mrs. Lowanna Stephens of Adrian was an afternoon visitor at Mrs. Crawford’s Friday. FARMERS URGED TO PLANT OATS IN PLENTY Commissioner Brown Fears Shortage of Grain in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 7. “Plant spring oats, plenty of them,” is i the urgent advice of the State ! Department of Agriculture to the farmers of Georgia. • Georgia’s grain crop is going to be short this year and the one way to make it up, and to get the essential supplies for the state, is to put in a liberal acreage of spring oats at once. “After carefully looking over the field, and, upon the basis of I reports made to the department, I find Georgia’s grain acreage is going to be far less this year than is necessary to meet the j State’s urgent demands” said Commissioner J. J. Brown. “The only way to make up any part of this deficiency is by sowing spring oats. Every farmer in the State should put in all the spring oats he can take care of, and should begin planting at once. “Moreover we advise a liberal application of fertilizers on oats, as attention should be given to the best possible yield per acre. By following oats with cowpeas, two crops can be made on the !same land within the year, i “Georgia is going to need ev ery bushel of oats that can be : raised, and it is the hope of the Department that they will be generously planted in every sec tion of the State.” Receiving Hospital for Returned Soldiers. I j The receiving hospital for j United States soldiers brought back from Europe, to be estab lished at Staten Island, N. Y., will have a capacity of 2,500 beds. Tnis marks the beginning of a comprehensive plan for the care of soldiers who are disabled in the line of duty. It will be used only for distribution. From the Staten Island insti tution men will be transferred to general or special treatment hos pitals, sites for which are now being selected throughout the country. Whenever possible, in jured soldiers will be sent to places near their own homes. They will be fitted for trades to which they are adapted, and at the time of discharge the Gov ernment will assist them in re turning to their proper places in industry. MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1918. Makes Success Growing Peanuts in Montgomery. In the cultivation of grain crops. Mr. Carl C. McAllister of the Longpond section ranks as one of the most successful farmers of Montgomery county. During the past year he planted considerable acreage in Spanish peanuts (little white variety) as an experiment, looking to increased acreage and corresponding yields this year. The result of Mr. McAllister’s exDeriment with Spanish pea nuts is worthy of study by the farmers of this section. That the crop is profitable, there is no doubt. He did not endeavor to break records, but simply gain practical results, with profit, and with op portunity of further developing methods and consequent yields. Mr. McAllister has kindly furnished The Monitor with the fol lowing data, using a single acre as a basis for calculation. Omit ting minor details, and allowing all reasonable deductions, the fol lowing is the result: Production. Forty-five bushels peanuts, at $1.50 per bushel $67.50 ! Half ton hay, at S2O per ton 10.00 $77.50 Cost of Production. Breaking land SI.OO Harrowing land .25 One bu. seed peanuts (little white Spanish) 1.50 Planting - - 1.00 Cultivating three times at 50c per acre 1.50 Gathering and stacking 1.00 Threshing, at 25c per bushel 11.25 $17.50 Profit per acre $60.00 This crop was planted on good, clay sub-soil land, without fer tilizer. Rows thirty inches apart, peanuts dropped twelve inches in the drill. Mr. McAllister calculates that this variety of peanuts, planted in two-foot rows, six inches in the drill, fertilized, and the land limed, would increase the yield wonderfully. We take the liberty of saying that under intensive cultivation the yield could be in creased from one to one hundred and fifty per cent. It will be noticed that the value of the peanuts is placed at the price of the seed. Under the suggested plan two bushels of seed would be used per acre. Conditions vary, of course. Before plant ing season seed will have advanced according to the market price of the product, which is now no doubt above that of last season. The demand for the peanut will continue to grow, there being no likelihood of the supply ever exceeding the demand. It is now being used for a variety of food purposes, aside from its common use as a stock fattener. The hand-picking process will be sup planted by machinery before many seasons. Heretofore this has been a drawback. The farmer who plants peanuts and grain crops is safe; cotton may bring exorbitant prices for a while, but it is bound to be curtailed by the boll weevil. SAYS JACKSONVILLE LIQUOR TO SOLDIERS County Commissioners May Call Election on the Question. Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. B.—So many complaints have been made here of liquor being sold to sol diers contrary to United States government requirements, that the board of governors of the Jacksonville Chamber of Com- I merce have undertaken to solve the problem. At a meeting this afternoon resolutions were adopted pledg ing immediate action in getting up a petition under the local op tion law calling upon the county commissioners to order a wet or dry election at an early date. The Chamber of Commerce will throw its full strength to carry the county dry. Immediately following this meeting the liquor dealer’s asso ciation met and adopted resolu tions pledging its members not to sell liquor to soldiers or to any one for the purpose of selling to soldiers. Guilty of Misconduct, Soldier is Reprimanded. Macon, Jan. 8. —In a general order just issued Brigadier Gen !eral John L. Hayden, command er of the Dixie Division, has ad | ministered a severe reprimand to , Lieutenant Thos. E. Jones, 122 d Infantry. This serves as a commutation of the sentence of a general court-marshal, which imposed a sentence of dismissal on the lieu tenant. Lieutenant Jones was investigated several months ago at the same time the conduct of i Colonel Orville Hall, of the 122 d Infantry, was probed. | Lieutenant Jones was found guilty of gambling with enlisted men, of borrowing money from enlisted men, of misappropria- j tion of funds, of issuing checks on a bank where he had no de- j posit of funds, and of absence from a military formation, MT. VERNON BANK DECLARES DIVIDEND At Annual Meeting Held Tuesday all Officers Re-elected. At the annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of The Mt. Vernon Bank Tuesday a div idend of 10 per cent, was de clared, and the following officers re-elected: ! Willie T. McArthur, president; Alex McArthur, vice-president; W A. Peterson, cashier; H. L. Wilt, assistant cashier. Directors: W. A. Peterson, A. B. Hutcheson, Willie T. McAr thur, D. A. Mcßae, I. T. McLe more. During the seventeen years of its existence The Mt. Vernon Bank has established a record en joyed by few if any country banks in the South. Its capital is but $15,000, yet it has assets of $280,000.00. From the year following its organization to date it has paid its stockholders an annual dividend of ten per cent., with the exception of the year 1916, when 20 per cent, was de clared. The Commercial Bank, Uvalda, is owned by The Mount Vernon | Bank, giving it almost unlimited resources, as far as the needs of country banks go. Business en- j terprises conducted on the plans as practiced by The Mt. Vernon Bank always thrive. Numbered among its stockholders are some ! of the most substantial business men of Montgomery county. The Citizens Bank Elected New Officers. • „ , 11 At a recent meeting of the stockholders of The Citizens Bank, Alston, the following of ficers were elected for the year i :1918: i Dr. J. H. Dees, president;Clif ford Mcßride, vice-president; E. S. Martin, vice-president and cashier. 1 The directors chosen were: J. !S. Sharpe, Clifford Mcßride, M. P. Mcßride, E. S. Martin, Dr. J. H. Dees and T. A. Clifton. The Citizens Bank begins the new year under very promising j conditions. Longpond Dots. Special Correspondence. Mr. T. M. Corbin and daugh j ter, Madge, visited friends at Sardis last week. Miss Annie Johnson left last Monday to resume her studies at the State Normal at Athens. Mr. Carl McAllister of Ocilla spent last Sunday with home folks here. Misses Belle and Sarah Louis McAllister visited relatives near Lumber City last week. Mr. Austin W. Bendimire of Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., was among friends here last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Goff visited Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Hughes of Mt. Vernon Sunday last. On Thursday evening last at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. McAllister, Miss es Sarah Louis and Agnes Mc- Allister delightfully entertained in honor of Mr. Austin Bendi mire of Camp Wheeler. Many pleasant games were enjoyed, and delightful music was render ed during the entire evening. A delicious course of refreshment was served during the evening. Misses McAllister were assist ed in entertaining by their cous in, Miss Belle McAllister. SAVANNAH MAY GET SHIPBIILING PLANT Henry Board, Head Board, Will Soon Visit Forest City. Washington, D. C., Jan. B. Savannah stands an excellent chance for the mammoth ship building plant to be established at once on the South Atlantic. Henry Ford is here today look ing into the preliminaries. He is the man who is going to de cide the location at the proper time. Small seaboard cities where labor and housing conditions are not adequate may be eliminated. Wm. V. Davis, president of the Savannah Board of Trade, is in the city today on this matter. A delegation from Savannah will be up later. A Florida delegation, also one from Charleston, are already here. Col. G. Arthur Gordon of Sa vannah and Walter Barnes of Griffin, are among the prominent Georgians here today. Shortage of Wool in Uniforms of Soldiers. Washington, Jan. 7. — Michael E. Driscoll, woolen manufacturer of Raritan, N. J., testified before the Senate military affairs com mittee today that in his opinion the new American uniform is too loose for winter use in the trench | es. The committee placed Mr. Driscoll on the stand in an effort jto learn what advantage, if any, was gained in reducing the qual ity of the uniform. The pure ' wool content of the uniform was ; reduced to conserve the wool sup ply, it has been testified, with j the result that the uniform is 27 per cent, inferior to the British and French uniform. Samples of the uniform cloth used by the different nations , were produced. Senator Shep herd, of Texas, produced a sample cut from the uniform of the first i German prisoner captured by | Pershing’s men. Mr. Driscoll said the German cloth would last about one and one-halftimes as. long as the American cloth. Ever have a puncture? We have the stuff to fix it properly and at small cost. Mason Gro cery Co., Ailey, Ga. ad ABLE ADDRESS PREMIER GEORGE States Plans and Aims of Entente and Clears up Disputes. Washington, Jan. B.—Premier Lloyd George’s declaration of Entente war aims in no way changed the position of the Uni ted States. Neither did it indi cate a new policy to be followed , by this Government. Adminis tration officials made this plain today. The speech of the British Premier was designed, they ex plained, to clear up certain dis puted points which the British and French pacifists had been harping on to embarrass their governments. There was no ne cessity for such action here. The position of the United States re mains exactly as it was outlined by the President in his recentad dress to Congress and in his note to the Pope. Some of the British Premier’s declarations, if literal ly accepted by the United States, would dispose of matters on which the President still is seek ing light. This was carefully pointed out by officials today. The British Premier’s Turkish policy, for instance, was a mat ter that at present at least does not concern the United States, which still is at peace with Tur key and Bulgaria. It is not meant, however, that the United States is not in ac cord with most of the Lloyd George speech. The contrary is the truth. But it is felt that it is just as well to point out that any statement by British or French officials must not be ac cepted as completely binding on the United States. MAY REGISTER ON BECOMING 21 Gen. Crowder Makes Sug gestion in Report to Secretary War. Washington, Jan. 5. —Immedi- ate registration for military ser vice of all men who have become twenty-one years of age since the first selective service registra tion, was urged today by Provost Marshal General Crowder in his annual report to the secretary of war. If this is done and similar reg istrations held each year, 700,- 000 physically fit men of class 1, the provost marshal general stat ed, will be available for service every twelve months, and this would not necessitate taking men from the deferred exemption classes. “The policy and belief of this office is that in all probability it will be possible to fill all our mili tary needs from class 1,” the re port stated. Skilled labor and farmers will be taken from the deferred class es, General Crowder intimates, I “should the situation demand.” “The situation in these re spects is serious now, particular ly in the shipbuilding industry and in factories working on war munitions,” he added. "It is probable there will be a shortage of farm labor in the spring, al though the new draft regulations have relieved that situation.” The report was placed befc re congress with the request for an amendment to the selective ser vice act which would change the plan of allocating quotas. Mr. Will Ricks has been quite ill at the home of his sister, Mrs. R. S. McLendon. He is con valescing. and will doubtless be out in a few days. NO. 37.
