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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-10

of the matter. All Florida today is
suffering (and 1 attribute our small
results at least in part to that fact)
from the validating that has been
done In Florida by nonresident land
concerns and some resident ones
with the result of federal prosecutions
for misuse of the mails and like of
lenses
We were able to get very valuable
letter from State Agent Meharg of the
farmers cooperative demonstration
work, on what proper methods should
achieve in this county. It has been
helpful to farmers in the county, as
we'll as constituting our first reply to
inquiries resulting from paid adver-
Using. The fact that we have used
this letter and similar official and
semi official matter instead of per-
sonal and private literature is wha.
opened the columns Of the SATURDAY.
Evening Post to US. commend this
fact to the new board and its publicity
committee.
Other Publicity.
Folders to the extent of 10000 have
been printed and several thousand
sent out. some being placed IN hotels
and railroad offices.
We have partially installed a dis
play in Washington IN the Southern
Commercial Congress hall. I have de-
layed completion OF this exhibit for
my successor, deeming it a saving of
time to have him in closest intimacy
with details of what We have outside
TO attract attention to US.
The MouItrie- Pensacola scout car
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trip on which we were represented by
n. ]. Lillard, and his foilow-up work
in connection with the effort to estah
lish a West Florida highway, cost us
s126.4s.
The Chicago scout car trip naturally
cost more. We have paid $412.66 and
owe $48.o2 chargeable to that item.
Our efforts to enlist the co-opt ration
of the Chicago Association of Com
merce failed. but the Chicago Motor
Club promised active cooperation
and made good in part. A great deal
Of interest was manifested all along
the route, and had we been in finances
to have followed the trip up properly,
much good should have resulted On
this trip, DR.. Kennedy driving the
car, Frank L. Mayes represented the
expense, except for postage, kilograms
printed matter, etc, handled by him
after he took over the correspondents
work incidental to the trip.
The entertainment of the Megareel
party, the Bill Posters Convention an
the legislature ought really TO he
S13325, we could have induced the
results had been the same, it would
have been a master stroke Of pub
1icity. If we include the entertain
ment items referred TO in publicity.
we should show publicity expendi-
ture Of s1.s77.71.
Agricultural Development.
The most effective work the past
year, in its permanent effects. has
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of beneficial public character. re-
gard more than 80 per cent Of the
current accounts receivable as per-
fectly safe, and little drastic action
in one or two cases ought to reduce
the uncollectible amount to an incon-
siderable figure.
Membership.
The original roll of members turned
in by the soliciting committee showed
176 memberships aggregating $t0.3cs
a year. To these were added As new
names indicating 1892 additional
revenues. Removals from the city.
three bankruptcies, changes in name
CT memberships, four cancellations
under conditions eminently justifying
cancellation of subscription. and the
dropping of a few for non-payment
cut off II names and s1.226 of midi
Gated revenue. The roll on Dec. 81
shows 1913 memberships and indicated
revenue of SO. 435 per annum.
1s1Fs Policy.
The general policy outlined BY the
1911 board, and more or less success
ftl,-y adhered to, has been moderate
publicity and agricultural develop
ment. rather than fiamboyant efforts
to induce more travel than we could
comfortably accommodate and indus
trial development IN excess Of our
transportation and terminal facilities.
This policy is sound, and ought to be
followed pretty closely. No better
proof of the wisdom of the policy laid
down by your first board could well
be asked than the approval OF Mr..
Clendenning. the publicity expert who
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-10

been along the line OF agricultural de-
velopment at cost OF s7s6.ss, net,
deducting the cash returns from the
county exhibit at the Interstate Fair.
Our expenditure of $92.6s for selected
seed for the farmers cooperative
demonstration work helped farmers
who had averaged twelve bushels OF
corn to raise thirty on an average, and
our offer of prizes for the Boys Corn
Club work, at a cost OF 5000 in prizes
and $3.50 for badges for the boys, re-
suited in yields as high as 81 2-3
bushels to the acre at a cost of 24.5
cents per bushel. My latest advices
were that the Escambia prize boy
stood an excellent chance Of rating
first in the state. Sixteen of the boys
had exhibits of corn in the county ex-
hibit, and their samples and the story
of their experiment attracted so much
attention from farmers that It Is en-
tirely reasonable to hope that erdur-
ing good resulted. The Bows, Corn
Club prizes should pc again offered
Chicago Land Show.
I hope. If neither the general funds
nor the allotment to the publicity
committee for 1912 permits, that the
publicity committee and the agricUl-
tural lands interests VIII get together
and De adequately represented at the
Chicago land show In 1912 Our pub
hcity committee for 1911 was willing
to furnish part Of the necessary funds
provided the interests likely TO reap
the direct benefits would furnish the
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?. j. 'KENz|E
OERT|NG DIES
At AGE OF 96
ESTABLISHED a SHIP cHAND.
LERY BUSINESS IN 1862 WHICH
is STILL BEING CONDUCTED BY
HIS SONS.

P. J. Mckenzie Oerting, a pioneer
in the ship chandIery business in
Florida and one Of the Oldest and most
highly respected citizens of this city.
PASSED away last night at his home on
East I-aRua street, death coming quite
suddenly and Unexpectedly, and was
due to an attack of pneumonia He
was enjoying his usual good health
Monday and remained up until his
usual hour that night reading. Yes
terday morning he was found to be
Ill and death came at 1910 o'clock
last night.
The deceased established ship
chandlery business at Warrington in
1862. which he later moved to this
city and conducted the establishment,
retiring from business q few years
ago after half century as success
full business man. This business is
still being conducted by his sons.
The deceased was nearing his S7th
year. and most Of his long and useful
life Wis spent in Pensacola or War
rlngton, where he has a large number
of friends, who viii be shocked to
learn Of his death. He is survived by
a wife, three sons and three daugh-
tiers.
The hour of the funeral win be an
nouneed today.
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$3.50 Mems Work shoes, creedmores
and other styles .....-............. .s1.ss
Sale starts Thursday, Jan. i1th Entire
stock must be sold.
SOC Mems Fancy soxs ............e 4e
$50 Mems Black SILK soxs .........a1e
csc Mems soxs and Boys Hose ......1sc
foc Mems soxs and Boys Hose ....... csc
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s1o.626.47
Expenses of Organization.

Expenses of Organization.
Owing to the insolvent condition OK
the Progressive League and the prac-
teal insolvency of. the Merchants As
ISOLATION, the assumption of assets and
liabilities of the old organizations
proved an expensive birth for this as
ISOLATION. The actual expense of the
two mass meetings and OF moving
physical effects to the quarters re-
tanned in the Brent building was only
$3.50, but this, with the $4,000 pledge
to the Southern Commercial Congress
and the assumed liabilities of the old
organizations. amounting to $1,450.42
gross, aggregated s1,64642. This was
only slightly Offset by credits of
s121.33, subsequent collection OF $67.67
against assumed assets and $4,000 of
Chamber Of Commerce accounts re-
ceivabIe which is shown in the above
statement as worth para total of
only $4,000 against $1.64S.S2. The
net cost of organization was there
fore $1.437.s2. Deducting this from
the total dues and subscriptions coll
Iected, $7.972.49, shows $6.534.67 at the
disposal of the administration FOR
1911. This is less than two thirds of
the indicated revenue Of $4,000 year.
] need hardly dwell of the injustice Of
those members who, failing to realize
this. have judged the administration
from the viewpoint of $4,000 revenues
Nor has it been the fault Of the
retiring board and the ONCE force that
collections have not been better. You
gentlemen are ell more or less familiar
with certain local conditions that have
seriously hampered some of those who,
under normal conditions. are foremost
in support of any and all movements
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PILES CURED IN 6 TO "A DAYS.
Your druggist will refund money II
I'AZO OINTMENT fails to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or
Protruding Piles in to IA days. soc.
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The most effective work the past
year, in its permanent effects. has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-01-10
Edwin Clapp Shots and Chords

The Worlds Highest Grade Shoe
Maker.
$500 quality, all styles, al ..s,sv
feathers ........... .53S5sS8
$3.50 quality, all styles, all
feathers ................. 5.3s
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Ladies' Shoes, Pumps. CHORDS

Tans, SUICIDES, Velvets, Patents, Gun
Metal Calls, Dull Kids, Canvas
$500 quality, all styles, all
feathers ................. 1878
$500 quality, all styles, all
feathers 3.33
$3.50 quality, ali styles, all
feathers ................ 2.00
$500 quality, all styles, all
feathers. ........ .......... |.SS
$3.50 quality, all styles, all
feathers .............. 1.SG
$500 quality, all styles, all
feathers ..............1.5 4
S1.75 quality, ali styles, al,
feathers ......... 1856
$1.50 quality, all styles, all
feathers ............... LILO
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
WORLDS YIELD
OF INDIAN CORN
Steady Spread and Development
OF abe Crop Has Been Agrt.
cultural Marvel OF
the Age.

The steady spread and development
of Indian maize into world crop has
been the agricultural marvel of ouI
age. The corn of the Bible, the corr
of Great Britain, is our wheat, not ou1
king CROP" But all the world has
come to know and bless the generous
grain. Though upward of Sc per cent
of the $500, 100000 of the 3,750,oOo, 0O(
bushels, which constitute the worlds
yield, is grown in this country, Argen
| tina, Hungary and Italy, yet the cult
| walton of corn has been gradually diff
| fused around the globe.
Next to our western hemisphere and
! Europe the most important areas are
| now planted in southern and south
eastern Asia, chiefly in British India
| French Indo-China and the Philip
pines. In 1910 the Philippine croI
amounted to 14,z76,S46 bushels. The
J culture Of corn is now general in AT
RIGA. 1t is tie Egyptian fellah's staff
Of life, and is even produced for ex
port in the Union of South Africa
where the product is known as inca
lies" In Mexico the tortilla, prepared
from the grain, is the chief food of the
| masses. Canada and Cuba raise corn
| and it is grown in a small way ir
Australia and New Zealand. Save in
Ireland, it is rarely used as human
food throughout northern Europe.
Outside of the United States the cul
| tivation of corn is most extensive in
| southern Europe-centralized in q
group Of states comprising Africa,
Hungary, Roumania, the Balkan states
| and Bessarabia, in southwest Russia
where the production ranges from
500,OOO,000 to s00,000,0O0 bushels an.
| nually.
Corn is not only our king crop, it is
also an uncertain and variable one
Last year. fer instance, there was 8
great decline in the world yield. The
aggregate product Of the four leading
| countries was more than 550000,0 00
bushels less than the crop OF 1910
and 200,000,000 bushels short of the
returns for 1909. The yield in 1911 ir
the United States was about 355, 900,
900 bushels and in Argentina about
148,000,000 bushels less than in 1910
There were relative shortages II
Hungary and Italy. Just why this
should be so our agricultural statistt
clans have not made clear, and there
has been no sinister rumor of an in.
ternational combination to restrain
the acreage planted.
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RED CLOVER IS CORNERSTONE
OF AGRICULTURE IN SECTIONS
From One-Eixhth OneThrd Of Total Area d
cultivated Lands Most Successful Farms An
Central. Western States
Utilized Hay and Pasture

weeds. some OF which may become q
decided menace to his locality.
Some of the weed seeds appearing
in red clover seed can be removed by
the farmer by the use of wire-cloth
sieve containing 20 meshes to the
linear inch. Most of the clover seeds
of medium size are held back by such
sieve and practically all the smaller
weed seeds pass through. The true
clover dodder, which is very noxious
pest in clover fields. Is quite effective
" removed in this way. Most of the
seeds Of the field dodder are also re-
moved. Seed or buckhorn, wild car.
rot, wild chicory, thistles. and others
of similar size are mostly held back
by the sieve. The small-grained clover
seed imported from Europe largely
passes through such sieve. An easy
method of separating buckhorn seed
frcm clover has been devised. This
method consists Of mixing with the
seed containing the buckhorn thor
oughly wetted sawdust. The buck.
horn seed becomes sticky on being wet
and readily attaches itself to the saw.
dust. The entire mass is then imme
diately screened, when the larger par
ticles of sawdust, with the buckhorn
attached, are readily separated from
the clover seed This work should be
done Immediately before sowing the
clover seed, which, with the small
particles Of sawdust that pass the
screen, need to be dried only suff1
GENTLY to enable the seeding to take
place readily. This is an effective
means of removing practically al
I buckhorn seeds and is easily accom-
plished by the farmer who handles Q
comparatively small quantity of seed
which is not necessarily bulked i'm
| mediately afr the somewhat damp
seed has been screened out.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05

The FIRST LADY OF LONDON"

By the election Of her husband
to the important position of chairman
OF London county council, Lady
Cheylesm0re, an American woman, be-
comes in a sense the First Lady OF
London" The county council, Of
course, Is the real governing body Of
the greater city, and the position OF
chairman corresponds in a general
way to that of mayor Of a city like
New York, the so-called lord mayor of
London ruling" over only the old city
OF London about square mile in
area.
Furthermore, Lord Chaylesmore
himself is half American. His mother
was Charlotte Hartman of New Orleans
and he is a living example Of
the advantage of wedding the hus-
thing, practical qualities of the Amer
lean with the liberal conservative quail
tiles of the best English aristocracy
Lady Cheylesmore, who was Elizabeth
French, daughter of F. o. French Of
New York, has become one Of the
No I'll "A
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Peas ard Tomatoes.

Where there is a good market foi
both peas and tomatoes these crops
may be grown together to good adj
vantage. The peas should be planted
as soon as the ground can be prepared
and the tomatoes are set after danger
of hard frost, which, in most sections
OF the north, will not be before the
fifteenth or twentieth of May. If the
rows of peas are four feet apart, two
or three pea plants must be removed
at the required distances in the rows
to make place for each tomato plant.
i. e., il the tomato plants are to stand
four feet apart each way the pea
plants will be removed at intervals OF
four feet in the row. This plan has
been used with entire success in Penn
sylvania.
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Stimulate
Children2

Ask your doctor how often
he prescribes an alcoholic
stimulant for children. He
will probably say, Very,
very rarely" Ask him how
often he prescribes a tonic for
them. He will probably an
swer, "Very,veryf frequently"
Then ask him about Ayers
Sarsaparilla as a strong and
Safe tonic for the young. Not
a drop of alcohol in it.
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By ]. NJ. wEsrGArEA


Either alone or In mixtures with
grasses for hay or pasture, red clover
constitutes from one-eighth to one
tnird OF the total area Of cultivated
land on most successful farms
throughout the north central and
eastern states, as well as the western
states. It does not give its best re-
turns In the extreme south, nor is 1t
always quite able to withstand the
more severe winters Of the extreme
north.
For centuries it has constituted one
of the important factors In maintain
ing permanent system Of agriculture
In the old world. In this country for
century and half it has assumed a
more and more important role in con-
serving the natural resources Of the
soil, thereby tending to maintain the
profitable yields of the staple agfi-
cultural products.
Red clover is utilized both as hay
and as pasture crop and often as a
soiling crop. 1t is sometimes used as
green-manure crop to be plowed un-
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eot Neatly Over Difficulty.

The mayor of a French town had, in
accordance with the regulations, to
make out passport for rich and
highly respectable lady Of his ac-
Uantance, who, in spite of a slight
disbursement, was very vain of her
personal appearance. His native po-
ieness prompted him to gloss over
the defect, and, after a moments
reflection. he wrote among the items
Of personal descriptions: Eyes dark,
beautiful, tender, expressive, but one
II them missing"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-07-05
PAYS HOMAGE TO A SERVANT

On the eve Of his departure for the
land Of the heather and thistle, the
Laird of Skibo babe farewell to one Of
his servants who had been in the serv-
ice for % years. The occasion was
made a gala one in the servants hall
at the Fifth avenue mansion, New
York. the Carnegie family participant
ing in the function and being no small
part Of it.
Skibo castle will be minus its head
house maid in the person of Miss Mag
gle Anderson. In giving her best
years in service, Miss Anderson devel-
oped some of the thrift for which the
iron master is famous, and announced
some time since she was going to open
public house in Edinburgh. That is
her home town, but the only living
member Of her family is brother out
in San Francisco. She planned to pay
the brother visit, and the laird pre-
sented her with round trip ticket to
the metropolis of the Pacific coast.
This was not all he did. He present
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Seeds of red clover and common i'm
purities: 1, red clover; 2, trefoiI; 8,
curied dock; 4, Iady's thumb; 5, lambs
quarters; 6, wild mustard; 7, wild car
rot; 8, cIoved dodder; 9, field dodder;
10, rat-taiI pIantain; II, buckhorn; IL,
plantain; 10, ragweed; IA, Canada
thistle; IS, wild chicory.
der if the ground is poor in humus.
Even where it is cut for hay and only
the roots and stubble turned under it
has a marked influence in increasing
the yields of succeeding crops. 1t
makes an ideal hay for cattle and in
the clover sections should constitute
| from one-half to two-thirds of the
roughage ration of milk COWS. Sheep
and young stock of all kinds make ex-
cellent gains on either the pasture or
the hay. In addition to it's usefulness
as food for animals it has a most
important effect upon the land in
maintaining the supply of nitrogen in
the soil. By means of the nitrogen
fixing organism on it's roots the red
clover plant is able to gather large
quantities of nitrogen from the air
and leave it in the soil in a form which
can readily be utilized for growing
crops. If not infrequently happens
that the yield Of a grain crop can be
doubled. by the growing and blowing
under of crop of clover.
| The most serious problem at present
ov{n 90 IN,
many of the clover sections is the in
creasing difficulty Of successfully
maintaining stands of clover upon the
farm.
With continuous cropping and the
consequent depletion Of the soil of
humus and plant food the difficulty of
growing red clover Is greatly in
creased. This condition must be met
and solved, since the loss of clover or
+ its equivalent from the rotation leads
rapidly to a rundown farm and an
profitable crop yield.
1t should be emphasized, however,
that the mere Introduction of red
clover into the farm rotation is not
I In itself a sufficient procedure to main
tain Indefinitely the productivity of
the farm. The clover plant adds only
the nitrates to the soil, and removes
large quantities Of potash, phosphorus
and lime from the soil, especially
when cut for hay and the manure re-
sulting therefrom is not returned to
1.-THE land The increased supply OF
nitrogen may in fact stimulate the
soil to increase yields, temporarily,
lonly to leave it, after few years, in
q condition worse than if no clover
had been grown. 4.
It is important that considerable,
care be taken in choosing the seed to
be sown. If poor seed is used, the ex-
pected crop may be a partial Or total
failure.
ii Red clover seed may be poor and
undesirable from several points of
view Such. seed is constantly being
sold to farmers and should be recog-
nized and rejected. Il may be poorly
ldeyeIoped, many seeds being shriveled
iaad dull brown in color. Such seeds
Twill not produce plants. Often red
lclover is aduiterated by the use OF vel
low trefoil, dead clover seed, cheap
Imported seed or weedy screenings.
Each Of these constituents reduces the
tstand of healthy plants and makes the
purchaser pay for what he does not
lyet, transportation Included. He is
LIKELY to get an undesired crop Of
?
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NEW QUEEN TO BRING GAIETY

Alexandrine, the new queen OF Den
mark. promises to delight her suDJec.s.
Queen Louise lived austerely, DESPITE
her great wealth (more than $lo'ooV'-
O0O). and the French blood in her VEINS
that come from the Bernadotte nne
to which she belonged. It Is salo OF
her that she never attended a tneatri
cal performance or ball. Queen Alex
andrine is far more pleasure-lovlns,.
and the court, when the period Oh
mourning has passed, may well be ex-
pected to take on a gaiety it has not
shown for some years. The queen IS
a sister Of the crown princess OF ger
many. Their mother is Grandducness
Anastasia, shining light IN society on
the Riviera, whose liveliness ana un-
conyentionality sometimes make ELL
peror William nervous.
Though Queen Louise Is ricn N ner
own right, she is thrifty, and as she
held the purse strings during her nus
bands reign, the Danish royal fanny
maintains its reputation of being pov-
r,ov,y,, orb ran aHOrQ &c
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Always soms shred of Good.

No man is perfect; yet no man II
wholly broken and useless. You may
grind mirror to powder. so that It
no longer reflects single ray of light,
but you cannot crush a human soul SO
utterly that no trace of goodness
which is reflection of the eternal
goodness-may be found somewhere
In Its depths.-Christian EndeavoH
World
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psnembrances of the Pigtail.

Waist long pigtails were the fash
nrsble wear in England about 1740,
md before that the bag wig had been
adorned with q pigtail looped up in a
Hack silk bag. AS late as 1858 an
ND gentleman was seen in London
with his gray hair tied behind in a
short cue, and even today one can
find a relic of the pigtail, for the three
nioces of black velvet on the dress
tnnics of officers in the Royal Welsh
prSileers are the remains Of the rib
hon with which 40 o'1n was tied.