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“TOP DRESSING” MAY
t BE CARRIED TOO FAR
Soil Type Should Be Considered
In Applying Fertilizer
The practice of "top dressing” or
“'aide application” of fertilizers has
been common for many years and in
many instances is carried to extremes.
The object of dividing the entire
amount of fertilizer into two or more
applications is to prevent loss of plant
food by leaching down in the soil be
yond the reach of plant roots. Plant
food leaching is most extensive in
soils of a 3andy texture with rather
porous subsoils. These soils are rep
resented by sands or sandy loams and
soils with a predominance of sand in
the subsoil. Soils with a loam, clay
loam or clay surface or underlain by
fine textured subsoils of clay or com
pact sandy clay are not subject to
leaching to any great extent and,
therefore, will lose little plant food
from fertilizers by leaching.
Soluble phosphoric acid and potash
when added to the soil are not readily
lost through leaching. They are quick
ly &xed in the soil within reach of the
plant roots. Nitrogen is lost to a
much greater extent than any other
plant food and the more soluble the
form when added as a fertilizer the
more It is lost by leaching with the
drainage water.
Organic forms of nitrogen carriers,
such as cotton 3eed meal, dried blood,
tankage or fish scrap, are not as sol
uble as nitrate of soda or sulphate of
ammonia, and are, therefore, not as
liable to loss from leaching. When
complete commercial fertilizers are
applied in amounts of 400 to 600
pounds per acre or less, it is doubtful
If more than one application need be
made. This is certainly true on the
soils of the Piedmont Plateau which
have heavy subsoils as shown by re
sults from the field demonstration
plats of the Agronomy Division of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture.
Complete fertilizer of a 10-3-4 compo
sition was applied at the rate of six
hundred pounds per acre on corn and
cotton. Corn showed the largest yield
where the fertilizer was all applied be
fore planting, while cotton showed no
advantage from side applications.
In the sandy soils of the Coastal
Plain section of the state where ni
trate of soda is used as the source
of nitrogen, side applications may be
made as a means of preventing loss of
nitrogen. However, where other
sources of nitrogen are used, this
method of applying fertilizer will have
little value. Care must be exercised
where side applications of fifty pounds
or more per acre of nitrate of soda are
made. These applications should not
he made late in the growing season.
The application of nitrogen tends to
extend the growing season and to de
lay maturity. Side applications late in
the season may decrease the yield of
corn by prolonging the growth of stalk
and leaves. Where boll weevil is pres
ent the susccess of cotton production
depends upon making the crop as ear
ly as possible, therefore, side appli
cations of nitrogen will tend to delay
maturity and will possibly cause a loss
In yield through Injury by boll wee
vil to the late maturing cotton. —Prof.
George A. Crabb, State College of Agri
culture.
Rehabilitation of
Our Wounded.
Perhaps none of the various
uses to which the proceeds of the
Liberty Loan are to be devoted
appeals more strongly to the
American people than the re
habilitation and the reeducation
of our wounded men. To teach
these men, to train and fit them
for useful and gainful occupa
tions, when by reason of loss of
iight or limbs or other injuries
they are rendered unable to pur
iure ordinary vocations, is a
work in which every American
has a heartfelt interest.
Compensation will be allowed
them and family allowances will
paid their families as if they
Wgre in actual service while they
are taking the training, and
©very method known to science'
will be used to restore our wound
ed men to health and usefulness.
This work has been delegated
by Congress to the Federal Board
for Vocational Education. The j
board publishes at Washington a
monthly bulletin, dealing with its
It, called the Vocational Sum
pi§ry, which will be sent free to
gpyone upon request.
Storage Batteries.
gtorage Batteries recharged and
rebuilt. Rebuilding a specialty.
Batteries exchanged. Agents for
Willard Storage Batteries.
Tarrytown Storage Battery
Company,
Tarrytown, Ga.
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Schley Howard’s Own Letters
Show Howard Brought the
President Into the Sena
torial Race
Found the President for Harris—Promised the
President Not to Run—Broke His Promise
and Approved a False Newspaper Report of
His Self-Sought Interview With the President.
About the middle of April Congress
man Win. Schley Howard sought an in
terview with President Wilson to talk
over the matter of his entering the
race for Senator from Georgia, in
that interview, sought by Mr. Howard,
the President stated that his choice of
a candidate for that race was Hon.
Wm. J. Harris, and he hoped that the
loyal vote against Senator Hardwick
would not be divided.
Thereupon Mr. Howard voluntarily
promised the President that he would
not run, but wouid support Mr. Harris
because he was the President’s choice.
A few days la(.er Mr. Howard broke
his promise to the President and be
came a candidate. Nobody could ex
press the President’s feelings at Mr.
Howard’s conduct as the President did
in his pointed two line letter of April
12th, saying only:
“Your letter just received disap
points me very seriously indeed and I
very much regret it.”
President’s Choice For Harris
A little while later the Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu
tion sent an article to his paper about
that interview, and, instead of stating
therein that the President expressed
his choice for Hon. Wm. J. Harris as
the candidate for Senator in Georgia,
stated that the President said he would
be neutral as between any two loya!
candidates against Thos. W. Hard
wick. Nobody but the President and
Mr. Howard could have known what
took place in the conference between
them, as no one else was present. Mr.
Howard saw the article sent but by
the newspaper correspondent, and
made no attempt to correct the false
version of the interview. He approved
it as “the God’s truth.” The Presi
dent also saw the newspaper article,
and on April 20th he wrote Mr. Howard
to the effect that he, Mr. Howard,
knew the version of the interview con
veyed by the article was false, and in
very emphatic terms the President
asked Mr. Howard whether or not he
intended to correct the false impres
sions left among the people of Geor
gia by the article appearing in the
Constitution. In reply to the Presi
dent Mr. Howard admitted that the
President’s letter “very greatly dis
tressed him,” admitted that the news
paper article conveyed a false account
of the President’s attitude and admit
ted that he and his friends knew that
the President “thought Mr. Harris
should make the race against the jun
ior senator from Georgia in preference
to any one else.”
These Tell The Story
The statements of Mr. Howard and
the President speak for themselves:
“Committee on Appropriations,
“House of Representatives,
"Washington, D. C-,
“April, 1918.
"My Dear Mr. President:
“You may recall that 1 stated to
you that if you wished it, I would j
not become a candidate for the sen
ate, but would do all I could to help
elect the candidate whom you select
ed to carry our cause to the people
of Georgia. This is written with the
hope that you will permit me to with
draw this promise to you.
"With great respect, I am,
“Faithfully your friend,
“WM. SCHLEY HOWARD.”
“The White House,
“Washington,
“April 12, 1918.
“My Dear Mr. Howard:
“Your letter just received disap
points me very seriously indeed, and
1 very much regret it.
“Sincerely yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.
"To Hon. William S. Howard,
“House of Representatives.”
“The White House,
“Washington,
“20 April, 1918.
"My Dear Sir:
“My attention has been called to a
recent communication by Mr. Hollo-
J man to the Atlanta Constitution con
cerning our recent conversation at
the Executive Office in the interview
which you sought with me. Mr. Hol-
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THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR-THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1918.
■
lonian, of course, had no direct knowl
edge of that conversation and his ver
sion of it conveys a very false im
pression, no doubt unintentionally on
his part, but the impression it con
veys is so false that I write to ask
whether or not it is your Intention
yourself to correct that impression.
"Very truly yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.
“To Hon. William Schley Howard,
“House of Representatives.”
A Change In The Tone
(Note the change from “My Dear
Mr. Howard” to “My Dear Sir,” and
from "Sincerely yours” to "Very truly
yours.”)
"Committee on Appropriations,
“House of Representatives,
“Washington, D. C.,
“April 23, 1918.
“My Dear Mr. President:
“Your note of the 20th instant, hand
ed me last evening at my home where
I am now confined by illness, very
greatly distresses me.
“After you were gracious enough to
receive me for an interview in the
Executive Office, I confided exactly
what I understood your position to be
to three of my intimate political and
personal friends for the sole purpose
of counseling with them as to whether
or not 1 should further pursue my
candidacy for the United States sen
ate.
“I have never expressed, directly or
indirectly, anything to my friends but
that you thought Mr. Harris should
make the race against the junior sena
tor from Georgia in the approaching
primary in preference to any one else.
“I recognize, however, that Mr. Hol
loman’s article may convey a differ
ent impression as to your attitude in
reference to Mr. Harris’ candidacy.
“I am, dear Mr. President, with
great respect,
“Faithfully yours,
“WM. SCHLEY HOWARD.
“To the President,
“The White House.”
Promised Not To Run
It is clear from these letters that
Congressman Howard sought out our
honored President, brought him into
the Georgia senatorial situation, found
the President strongly favored Hon.
Wm. J. Harris, voluntarily gave iiis
solemn promise that he would not be
a candidate, and broke that promise
as soon as it was given. It is also
clear that he deliberately let a false
account of his interview with the Pres
ident, published in a prominent Geor
gia paper, go uncorrected until a cor
rection was demanded of him by the
President himself; in the face of the
fact that the newspaper’s false infor
mation must have oome from Mr. How
ard himself. If is also clear that the
President did not thrust himself into
the Georgia senatorial situation. It
is also clear that when the President
was brought in by Mr. Howard there
was no doubt as to where the President
stood.
Read these letters which passed be
tween Mr. Howard and President Wil
son, and then ask yourself the ques
tion: “Can I vote for such a man for
Senator?’’ If Congressman Howard
broke his promise voluntarily given to
the President and tried to deceive the
people of Georgia as to what trans
pired in his self-sought interview with
the President, will not the people fear
he would deeeive them again? At
least the people of Georgia want a
man as their senator whom the Presi
dent can trust. At least they want a
senator whose word and pledge, once
given, are never broken.
Mr. Howard had a perfect right to
run for senator without consulting the
President. But he did consult the
President. He found the President
for Hon. Wm. J. Harris, because the
President had long tried Mr- Harris
and never found him wanting. Mr.
Howard still has a right to run for
senator. But he can't claim- to be
running on the friendship or the con
fidence or the respect of our Coca
mander-in-Chief.
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; shipment by express. Order now,
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Waynesboro, Ga.
Our men in the trenches and in
the submarine chasers are doing
their part. Are you doing your
part? Buy War Savings Stamps
j to your utmost capacity.
SEIZURE OF WIRE'
LINES PROPOSED
PRESIDENT ASKS CONGRESS TO
GIVE HIM POWER TO
TAKE SYSTEMS
FAVORED AS WAR MEASURE
Probably Moved Because Strike Has
Been Ordered Against The
Western Union
Washington.—Legislation to author
ize government control and operation
of telegraph and telephone systems
during the war was approved by Pres
ident Wilson, and leaders at the cap
itol .prepared for its immediate con
sideration, with a view to action if
possible before the congressional re
cess.
Secretaries Baker and Daniels and
Postmaster General Burleson, all of
' whom have indorsed the pending bill
by Representative Aswell of Louisiana
proposing this authority, were invited
to appear before the house interstate
commerce committee to further ex
plain their view's as to the necessity
for action at this time. It was in re
sponse to a letter from Representa
tive Sims, chairman of the committee,
that the president and the cabinet
officers gave an expression of opin
ion.
The president's statement w-as in a
note to Chairman Sims, approving a
letter from Postmaster General Burle
son. There was no direct reference in
any of the correspondence to the call
sent out by the Commercial Telegra
phers’ union for a strike of Western
Union operators. Mr. Burleson, how
ever, wrote- that he deemed the legis
lation necessary “at this moment when
paralysis of a large part of the sys
tem of electrical communication is
threatened with possible consequences
prejudicial to our military preparation
and other public activites that might
prove disastrous.”
TOTAL SURRENDER OF
ALLIES ASKED BY GERMANS
England Must Give Up Her Yleet,
Gibraltar And Suez Canal,
Belgium Must Go, Too
Paris. Great Britain must turn
over its war fleet to Germany, return
Gibraltar to Spain, and restore Egypt
and the Suez canal to Turkey, Great
Britain, France and the United States
must pay Germany an indemnity of
at least $46,000,000,000. Belgium and
French territory must be surrendered.
These are among the conditions in
cluded in the German peace program
published in the Nachricliten of Geor
litz, Prussia, by Count Roon, a member
of the Prussian house of lords, accord
ing to a Havas dispatch from Basle,
Switzerland.
Count Roon says Germany is enti
tled to the following terms because of
its strength and until they are real
ized there should be no armistice and
no cessation of submarine warfare:
Annexation of Belgium, with admin
istrative autonomy in the interior.
Independence of Flanders.
Annexation of the entire Flanders
coast, including Calais.
Annexation of the Briey and Longvy
basins and the Toul, Belfort and Ver
dun regions eastward.
Restitution to Germany of all her
colonies, including Kiao Chau.
Great Britain to cede to Germany
such naval bases and coaling stations
as Germany designates.
Great Britain must return Gibraltar
to Spain, cede its war fleet to Ger
many, restore Egypt to Turkey and
the Suez canal to Turkey.
Greece must be re-established un
der former King Constantine with
frontiers as before the war.
Austria and Bulgaria will divide
Serbia and Montenegro.
France and Belgium are to remain
occupied at their expense until the
conditions are carried out.
$27,000,000 Raised By The Methodists
Chicago.—The “educational jubilee”
of the Methodist Episcopal church,
which was Instituted 16 months ago
to raise $20,000,009 for Methodist edu
cational institutions by July 3, 1918,
has collected $27,000,000, it is an
nounced here.
British Hospital Ship Torpedoed
London. —A German submarine 70
miles from the Irish coast on the night
of June 27 torpedoed the 11,000-ton
hospital ship Llandovery Castle, which
had been chartered by the Canadian
government and had been in the serv
ice of carrying wounded and sick from
England so Canada for many months
uasf- The ship was then on her way
to England. She had on board 268
persons, including eighty men of the
Canadian array medical corps and
fourteen female nurses. Only 24 of
those on board survived the attack
-1*1,494 Prisoners Claimed By Germans
Berlin. —Since the beginning of the
German offensive on the 21st of last
March, 191,434 alliod prisoners have
been captured by the Germans, ac
cording to an official statement from
the war office. Os these, the state
ment says, 99,939 were Brit
ish, 89,099 were French and the re
mainder were divided among the Por
tuguese, Belgian and American forces
along the front. Cannon to the num
ber of 2,470 were taken and 10,024
machine guns were brought back from
the battlefield.
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| ViDALIA, GEORGIA
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
1 hereby announce imseif a
candidate for Representative of j
Montgomery county in the next ;
General Assembly, subject to the!
rules governing the primary of!
September 11, 1918. Soliciting
your support, I am '■
Yours respectfully,
VV. J. I’etkrhon.
EUR REPRESENTATIVE.
I
To the Voters of Montgomery
County:
1 am before you a candidate fori
Representative in the coming f
General Assembly, and my candi
dacy will be subject to such rules
and regulations as are provided
for the September primary elec-j
tion. Should I ho favored with
your support, it will he my pleas
ure to serve the better interest, of
the entire county, without regard |
to section or class.
Respectfully,
D. O. Camioun.
FOR STATE SENATOR:
Under the rotation system,
which has been in effect for many j
years, the next senator Irorn the i
Fifteenth Senatorial District will
be chosen from Montgomery j
county by Montgomery county |
voters. 1 aspire to this honor, :
and solicit the support of my
fellow citizens for mv candidacy. I
As a native citizen I will, if chosen |
by the people, protect every in- j
iereatof the county uud district'
at lurge, looking to its develop-1
ineiit and progress. With due!
regard for past favors, I am
Very truly,
J. G. Calhoun.
Notice to Public.
This is to forewarn all officers
or ministers against performing
a marriage ceremony for my
daughter, Viola Chambers, who
is under the age limit. Other
parties are also warned against
interfering with her duties at
home by encouraging her marri
age to any party; and a violation
of this order will be prosecuted |
according to the provisions of
law. This the 17th day of June,
1918. Lewis Chambers,
Uvalda, Ga.
Wanted to Buy.
I wish to buy a good farm from
75 to 200 acres in Montgomery
county. In reply give full de
scription, your best prices and
terms to P. O. Box 104,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
Corn for Sale. !
Several hundred bushels good
corn for sale at once. See me.
W. G. Williamson,
530 Alston, Ga,
Dwelling for Salt*.
Seven-room dwelling and large '
lot, located in Mt. Vernon. De
sirable home for family. Large
garden plot. Convenient to school.
One of the most modern homes
in this section. For particulars
inquire at The Monitor office, Mt.
Vernon.
Communication Taken
From Macon Telegraph.
(Advertisement)
| [The following communication
from Judge Miller, relative to the
management of Mr. Hardwick’s
candidacy, is published by Mr.
T. A. Peterson of Ailey:]
“Some one, whose name I did
, not catch, phoned me from the
Macon Telegraph office Friday
afternoon, and asked:
“What is it about this rumor
on the streets that you are to be
Mr. Hardwick’s campaign man
ager?’’
j “I replied that I had heard no
such rumor and hung up the
phone.”
i “The report of the incident as
jgiven in the Saturday morning's
! Telegraph is misleading in that
it convoys the impression that I
am either hostile to Mr. Hardwick
or indifferent to his candidacy.
“It is true that I am not to
i manage Senator Hardwick’s cam
paign, although I am his out
spoken and steadfast supporter
i and expect to advise with him
through the coming months of
his canvass. I regard him as the
! ablest man in the Senate from
: the South, and while I do not
agree with him in some of his
! views on public questions, still I
know him to be as loyal to the
| Government and as patriotic a
man as walks on earth.
“He has been outrageously
slandered by persons who for
political reasons are seeking to
encompass his defeat. I know him
to be a man of stopless integrity,
inflexible courage and first-rate
ability. He stands four square
as a man governed by his con
victions and unafraid of the con
sequences. This cannot be said
of many men at present in pub
lic life.
“I regard the matter of Mr.
Hardwick’s return to the Senate
as one of the very highest im
| portance, both to the State of
| Georgia and to ail the other
Slates. His presence in the
Senate will be of priceless value,
especially to the people of the
South, in defense of those pro
visions of the Federal Constitu
tion which afford the strongest
protection to the rights of the
States.” A. L. Miller.
LOANS ON FARM
LANDS.
Loans on improved farm
lands of Montgomery County can
be placed promptly at 5 l-2c in
terest in amounts of SI,OOO and
above, with the privilege of re
paying part of the principal at
any interest bearing periods in
amounts of SIOO or multiples
j thereof, thereby stopping the in
terest on amount paid. Loans
can be made for periods of 57,
or 10 years to suit the borrower.
Commissions charged are reason
able. M. B. Calhoun,
Mt. Vernon, Ga.
R. E. Ward,
Soper ton, Ga.
