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. h n Assess if & H il ICeyteswiii e at Courfthou i $' II fl i $ fvf ' se 2s3 pHim This meeting must determine WHAT ACTION if ANY is to be taken about the future of the FARM BUREAU. Are we still willing to sit tight and take the short end of the deal? Are we satisfied with the situation? Are we getting what we deserve in the market place? The Grain Corporation that held down the price of our wheat will soon wind up its affairs and turn $50,000,000 of its profits over to the government. From where did those $50,000,000 come? You, of course, know and are you satisfied? Your live stock operations have lost you money if you were not actually ruined financially, while every article you have had to buy has gone up in price. Are you SATISFIED and HAPPY about it? If not are you willing to HELP? The attendance at the meeting SATURDAY will answer this question K.B. Kellogg, tiditor aud Puoliabei KEtTESVlLLE. MISSOURI Friday, February 13, 1920 Knteied at th-. Pot Office at Kcytea'ille Mo f secnod-claM mail matter. Congress As An Autocracy The most severe criticism yet passed upon the majority decis ion of the United States Supreme Court in sustaining the consti tutionality of the Volstead act to enforce war-time prohibition is to be found in the minority opinion in which four of the nine Justices concurred. The majority of the Court, likening the war powers of Con gress to the police powers of the states, insisted that the Volstead ct must be valid because in he opinion of Congress the war " emergency demands it." Pointing out that the main question did not relate to the wisdom or validity of general legislation concerning liquors or with the intoxicating qualities ol beer, Justice McReynolds de clared in the disserting opinion that the real problem concerned the rights of citizens "after a declaration of war, but when active hostilities have ended and demobilization has been complet ed." As to the majority argument, Justice McReynolds says: "The query at once arises: If all this is true, may not this sec ond implied power engender a third, under which Congress may iui urj nit lauviu vi wwi ivj vi hops, the manufacture of bottles or kegs, etc., etc?" And thus there is no end to the inhibitions that may be es tablished regardless of the con stitutional provisions that "nor ashall any person be deprived of life, liberty or property without ..due procpss of Jaw, nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compen sation." v Vhe Post-Dispatch long ago called attention to the fact that the war-time prohibition law and the eighteenth amendment in volved issues of liberty and prop erty that far transcended any question in relation to the use or abuse of alcoholic beverages. It is apparent from the majority decison of the Supreme Court in regard to the Volstead act that the American people can never again enter into war without the gravest misgivings as to their rights and liberties at home. If the war powers of Congress are what a majority of the Sup reme Court maintains in affirm ing the validity of the Volstead act, there seems to be no limit whatever to the legislation that Congress can enact in time of war. It can decree what emer gencies it chooses. It can enact such legislation as it pleases to meet these emergencies. It can suppress all constitutional guar antees that it sees fit to suppress and it can destroy all property that it sees fit to destroy. There is no redress, and Congress re quires no justification except a state of war, which it has sole power to declare. At the end of a war to make the world safe for democracy, we now find ourselves henceforth at the mercy of a congressional autocracy. Was there eve: a more ironical climax to a great exploit in idealism in behalf of human liberty? Post-Dispatch. DISTRICT, COUNTY AND CITY DIRECTORY. Hon. W. W. Rucker Congressman 2nd Dist. Hon. Walter Brownlee State Sena tor 6th Dist. Hon. C. 0. Houston Representative Hon. Fred V. Lamb Circuit Judge Hon. Wm. D. Herring Presiding Judee County Court. Hon. Geo. D. Hainds Judge for West District. Hon. James M. Hershey Judge for East District. Hon. Warner W. White Clerk Coun ty Court. Hon. Walter G. Wright Clerk Cir cuit Court. Hon. Richard L. Hunt Recorder of Deedi. Hon. J. 0. Richardson County Treas urer. Hon. Robert E. Hurt Sheriff. Hon. J. E. Montgomery Judge Pro bate Court. Hon. Roy W. McKittrick Prosecuting Attorney. Hon. C. C. Carlstead Supt. Public Schools. Hon. 0. P. Ray Public Administra tor. Dr. G. W. Hawkins Corner Hon. A. F. Arrington Highway En gineer, County Surveyor, Bridge Cimmissioner. Hon. John Rodgers....Supt. Infirmary Judge Tom Cruse Caretaker Court House. City Officers. Mayor Hon. R. W. Rucker Police Chief Steve Gordon City Collector Same Street Commissioner Same City Attorney Hon. A. C. Drace City Clerk Warren Elliott City Treasurer ...M. W. Anderson Supt. Cemetery ..M. W. Anderson Council NORTH WARD Hon. Warner W. White Hon. C. C. Carlstead SOUTH WARD C. P. Thrash George West Board of Health Dr. A. W. Zillman L. B. Thrash Dr. P Hughes . The Salisbury Minstrels en tertained a fairly good house at The American Theatre in this city last Friday night. The boys got off a good many amusing stunts and gags on our local people but the insinuation that the editor of The Great Favorite Weekly has the capacity of a silo was a gastronomic canard but calculated to raise the board rates to him, Geo. W. Taylor a pioneer of Linn county died at his home south of Browning at the age of 76 years. , 3 vlJkii ' ' , ill obtainrri tVimntrli th nlil MrnhliaViorl J'D. SWIFT A, CO." an beijitf cjuuikJy bought by Manufacturers. oi your uiveuuun ior rKfeU BKHKUn and reoort on Datrntuhilitv. Wp trot nnt- ente or no fee. Write for oui tiue book I or aw needed inventions. D. SWIFT & CO, Patent Lawyers. Estob. 18B9. 307 Seventh St., Washington, D.C.I Periodic Bilious Attacks Persons subject to periodic bilious attacks will observe that their appetite fails them just before an attack. That is, they do not really crave food but eat because it is meal time. If they will eat only a light meal and no meat, then take two of Cham berlain's Tablets the attack may be avoided. Piano for Sale Knabe square, in first class ! condition, among best for be ginners at bargain. Ford Roadster A Ford roadster car in fine condition, for sale at right price. Coal Stove A coal heating stove, . suitable for medium or large room, in good condition and pipe sufficient FOR SALE CHEAP Apply at this office Fr?nk H. Hill is at work with a force of men revamping the interior of the building to be oc cupied by the Anderson Bros, with their Cash and Carry Grocery Store. About 500 ex-service men of Saline Co. were fed at the ban quet tendered them by the Com mercial Club at Marshall. For Sale A Yearling Jersey Bull, eligi ble to registry and of high class breeding, 52tf E. S. Pearson Women Made Yguiip Bright eyes, a clear el:in a? full of youth ar.d hea'.th r yours if you will kfx.r.7 yr" : : ; in order by regularly tki:-: Th. world's stundurd remedy ! liver, bidder nri-i ' -is e.-u iiv enemies if Kie ?t1 ln.v.a. m 1305. AH dfuppst, tVvo M: Loclc for &e naxr.u C oA Po-.-: Read the Courier Farm Property Sale THURSDAY F 1 At farm 2 miles south of Indian Grove I will sell at pub , lie auction to the highest bidder for cash. 6 head of Horses, 25 head of Cattle and 36 head of hogs. Mares in foal by jack, cows good milkers and with calves or soon to be fresh and hogs double immune, among them some sows to farrow soon, Duroc Gilts and good shoats. Also a lot of farm implements, a lot of silage, poultry, hay and household furniture. Send for bill for particulars. J; B. GRUM