Cotton Is King and Farmers Plan for Higher Yields
Marietta columnist MARTIN V. CALVIN argues cotton prices will rise as demand soars while farmers shift to money crops. He urges reducing cotton acreage, soil prep, high grade fertilizer, and use of stable manure to boost yields and lower costs, citing past Georgia yields and the Louisiana formula.
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Ist
Recei
James H. Hammond
South Carolina
Beech Island
Augusta
Hammond
United States Senate
South Carolina College
Georgia
Associated Press
Louisiana
Martin V. Calvin
Draft Law Upheld By Highest Court
Washington January 7 The selective service act was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court in an opinion today in the draft cases. The government contends that Congress power to declare war includes power to compel citizens to render military service at home and abroad, and the court sustained this view. Chief Justice White delivered a unanimous opinion stating that most contentions were imaginary.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
White
Excursion Fares Via Central of Georgia Railway
Tickets go on sale February 7 to 11 1918 from Mobile Alabama to Pensacola Florida with final return February 22 1918. Extension possible to March 11 1918 by depositing 1 ticket and paying a one dollar fee. Passenger schedules and limitations apply.
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Central of Georgia Railway
Parce
Soreng
Itand
Small farmers can profit from peach orchards too
An AB & A Railroad piece by Prof. T. H. McHatton argues Georgia peach farming should mix small orchards with large operations. It urges farmers to form cooperatives to ship in carload lots, profit per acre, and learn from seasoned growers.
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Georgia
Sal
T. H. McHatton
Department of Horticulture
State College of Agriculture
AB & A
Ab&a
W. W. Croxton
Tax Receipts Rounds For 1918 In Taylor County
Tax Receiver W. J. Gre Griffith lists dates and locations for tax receipts across Taylor County. It notes shifts to Dugger's Store and various other towns like Carsonville and Beechwood, with appointment blocks from 10 to 3 and 1 to 3. The note ends with a commitment to be in Butler on Saturdays from February through May during court term.
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McCant’s Mill
Howard
Norwich
Mauk
Charing
Rupert
Southland
Beechwood
Potterville
Reynolds
Butler
Turday
W. J. Grebfith
Taylor County
Tuberculosis Board Clears 500 Camp Wheeler Recruits
An army tuberculosis board at Wheeler concluded 500 men had prior TB and were discharged. Some retained in service were sent to Fort Bayard for treatment while others to Fort Screven and Jacksonville to continue work. Three hundred twenty nine soldiers departed Camp Wheeler for Leon Springs to join officers training.
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Acon
Army Rculosis Board
Orlando Davis
New
Wheeler
Epe
Fort Bayard
N. M
Tuberculosis Board
Fort Screven
Jacksonville
Fla
Camp Wheeler
Leon Springs
Texas
Officers’ Training School
Filling Out Questionnaires Rants Over Advisory Board Help
The text argues that many men with average education should assist relatives and colleagues in completing questionnaires. It criticizes people rushing to advisory boards for clerical help and urges employers to aid workers by helping them read and answer questions, noting delays caused by last minute efforts and needed affidavits.
Private Ernest Schneider Sentenced to Ten Years
Louisville dispatch reports Ernest L. Schneider, a private at Camp Zachary Taylor, sentenced to ten years in Atlanta federal prison, forfeiture of all army pay, and dishonorable discharge for vilifying the Press.
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Louisville
Ernest L. Schneider
Camp Zachary Taylor
Atlanta
Schneider
Red Tape Holding Up Many Salaries
Macon Georgia january 7. Local registration boards struggle with delayed pay as August bills for clerks stenographers printing and supplies circulate between Macon and Atlanta. Vouchers face repeated corrections and returns amid shifting federal authority, leaving workers unpaid and wondering if funds will ever flow. Similar delays plague Taylor county bills.
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Macon
Registration Board
Atlanta
War Department
Patriotizin
Drafted Men 10 Go Before Whole Board
The local selective service board in Georgia reviews 37x instructions from Joel B. Mallett on handling examinations of registrants. Personal interviews were booked, with urges for registered men not to appear individually but to present their cases to the board as a whole. Resolutions from the northes board guided the process.
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Bible County
Taylor County
Joel B. Mallett
Georgia
Atlant
Ict
Northes
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Marietta
Mobile, Ala., and
Pensacola, Fla
Propot
H. McHatton
Heeler
Wilson
Uncle Sam
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