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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03

the state. The thu,
mans, with their panels a.
and Acknowledgements and litera.
in charge Of thoroughly competent
representatives Of the Board Of
Health. have been thronged with peo-
pie earnestly eager to learn. These
pcople have returned to learn more,
they have brought the school children
and their live interest shows the ed
ucatlonal value Of this travelling
school.
If it be really fact that IN
knowledge Is power, the people OF
Florida have within their reach the
facilities for becoming more and more
efficient in their care Of themselves
and for making the state model fol
the nation and the world in practica
sanitation and health.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
KEEP POULTRY WATER CLEAN

Chickens need a sanitary drinking
fountain. Drinking water is perhaps
the commonest medium for transmit
ting poultry diseases from one fowl
to another. since each bird in the yard
visits the fountain many times a day.
It is. therefore, important to keep
the water disinfccted. The standard
disinfectant for this purpose Is per-
manganate Of potash, which comes in
the form Of dark red crystals, and can
be had from druggists.
The amount usually recommended
for a gallon of water is that which
will lie on a dime. This method is
tedious and, since the crystals do not
dissolve readily, causes considerable
delay each time. a more convenient
method is offered by s. S. Walker,
associate chemist to the University of
Florida Experiment Station. Put an
ounce Of permanganate of potsah crys-
tails in a quart bottle of water, and
shake until all that will goes into So
luton. Allow the undissolved crystals
to settle. The solution will have a
deep purple color, and is to be kept
as n stock solution. A small amount
of It will disinfect a considerable
quantity Of water.
T Clean the water troughs or foun'
tains and FIJI with fresh water. Pour
I'm enough Of the stock solution to give
a pink color. Stir it I'm with a clean
stick. With a little practice the adj
dition of the stock solution need not
take long, especially since no great
degree Of accuracy is necessary. While
no harm seems to result from consld
cradle excess of the permanganate, II
is not advisable to use more thaI
enough to disinfec, the water. The
pink color indicates disinfection' II
the vessel becomes coated with
brownish-black deposit it can he re-
moved with solution Of sodium thi
osulphate, hypo, to which has beer
added very little sulphuric acid.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
A GREAT EDITOR ON NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS.

The Orlando Sentinel, speaking cf
Richard II. Edmonds, editor OF tue
Manufacturers Record, who recently
visited Orlando, endorses Mr. Ed
monds' views on the question Ct ra
tional preparedness. This great edi-
tors words are 20 sensible and sane
on this much disc lssed qucstiur that
we give them below:
"W-ithout preparedness said me-
$50 protect ourselves against the pos
sibilities of war in this world crisis
Of which no man can see the end we
ore like a man who would leave MS
wife and daughter in all unlocked I'M
bottled. unprotected house in a region
infested by robbers, murderers ana
ravishers. lis possible that under
such conditions no harm would be1all
them. but the husband ana iathef
WIN trusted to such a chance would
iustly be spurned by all decent men,
II his wife and daughter were muir
dered or outraged, he would have no
one hut himself to blame. They would
be the worst sufferers from his DIS
regard of their welfare. Our country
as n whole will put itself in the po-
sitiop Of such a man, II trusting TO
blind chance, or because of political
chickering's or niggardly spirit OF
supposed economy. it does not prompt
~ develop a system of preparedness
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03

for the University of Florida Exten-
sion Division, calls attention to a re-
cent experiment at San Antonio. Ex-
tracts from a report Of the work fol-
low:
From 30 to $50 per cent. more
hollis in the same row space and the
important advantage of increased
earliness were obtained under the sin
gle stalk system. Where the boil wee
vii Is present this consideration Of
earliness cannot be overlooked. The
system consists in late thinning and
short spacing between the plants in
the row. These two measures sup
press the yegetatlve branches and pro-
mote earlness. Large, luXuriant
plants are later in setting and ma
turing the crop than those Of restrict
ed growth. Where the season Is short
and the boil weevil is a menace. the
single stalk method promises well.
1.-THE single stalk and wide spaced
systems Of cotton culture were com
pared in alternate single rows, in al
ternate blocks of four rows each, ant
again in alternate rows at various
distaDces apart. Within forty day
the single stalk rows alternating will
the wide spaced rows produced 81 pc
cert more flowers, and alternatin
blocks Of single stalk rows produce
IS per cent. more. There were few
or bolls to the plant in the single stall
rows than in the wide spaced one'
but this difference was more tina
Offset by the greater number of plant
in the former. In every case slngl
stalk rows yielded more than the az
joining wide spaced ones"
Further information concernir
this experiment can he found in d
partment bulletin go, Farmers Blu
letin COL, and Document 1870. The
may he had by applying TO congress
men or to the secretary Of agrlcultur
Washington, d. c.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
DATES FOR AGENTS
GROUP MEETINGS SET

Dates for the group meetings OF
the county agents under the Univcr-
sity Of Florida EXtdnsion Division
have been set. The first will be ar
Chiplcy, February 2s in which all Of
the agents west Of the Apalachicola
river will he included. The same
AGENTS will meet ut Bombay the next
dav. The next will he at Tallahassee
March /. when all Of the agents cast
Of the Apalachicola and west OF the
Suwannee river will meet. They VIII
he at Madison the following day.
The agents east Of the Suwannee
md north Of Marion county will meet
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
WHY GASOLINE is DEAR.

Some deluded persons have suppos-
oil that the price of gasoline has gone
-, because of the increased demand
,or f. for motors and for industrial
and military uses; others with equal
,ocl, Of perspicacity, have attributed
~ 70 the higher price and decreased
n,oduct of crude oil. All these suppo-
sitious causes have nothing to do with
tho case. The real reason why gaso-
line is dear is that the supreme court
% the United States has made it so.
The momentous fact is divulged by
rho wall street Journal with a gray
itv and restraint BETTING the disclo-
srre Of so weighty a secret:
"The Wall Street Journal hesitates
N tell the truth, for few will believe
Il Nevertheless, It may be time to say
that the politicians, the representa-
,i,es of the dear peepul,' the govern
mont of the United States, and the
supreme court, are responsible for the
high price Of gasoline. For several
Years the Standard OIL Company, as
tho representative oil company Of the
United states, considered itself in du-
~ hound 10 be somewhat regulator
Of prices. 1t was clearly to the inter
o stof 90 Broadway to lose money II
stcmming the tide Of high prices If
the interest Of public sentiment. Blu
today. when. the government ha'
smashed the Standard Oil Trust int
tr;rtv-two competing parts, nobod,
evcept the government itself is re
snonsble for the high prices Of gaso
line There is no longer any STANDARD
oil trust. and there is no longer an
responsible 90 Broadway; hence case
line soars-and Rockefeller laughs.
Perhaps it would be more in accoI
dance with the altruistic motives a.
tributcd to Mr.. Rockefeller to repre-
sent him as grieving rather tina
laughing at this defeat Of his philar
tbropic policy. Can a good man VIII
Is bent on running his business at
loss be expected to rejoice when a
urfeeling government compels him
run it at a proftf
It is difficult to conceive Of mol
aggravated instance Of the law
oppression than this interruption
Mfr. Rockefeller's long career Of 10
ing money in the interest Of publ
sentiment and repression of his b
neyolcnt activities as a price-regul
for. by act Of congress sustained !
the supreme court. In effect the 90
eminent has treated as a malefact
Of great wealth one who sought to d
moor that his fellow citizens cou
have cheap gasoline; and in doing
If has given a browning example
fine ingratitude of republics Ne
York World.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
STATE COMMITTEES DEFI-
milton OF A DEMOCRAT.

Several papers Of the state have
ccnsurcd the democratic state com
mlttee for its action in more strictly
defining a democrat-one entitled to
participate I'm a democratic primary.
ana thus bound to abide by the re-
suits of the primaries Of that party.
Many construe the resolution pass
ed by the committee at its recent
Jacksonville meeting as aimed solely
at the Guardians Of Liberty, and In
so constituting it, point out that one
secret organization has been singled
out and attacked, while all others
half dozen or more, apparently have
been exempted.
As the Journal understands the res
olution, It was aimed at no particula
secret organization. Secret societies
the MaSons, odd Fellows, Woodmcl
and many others, have existed Il
Florida for years, and the state, a
we'll as the communities in whic
they exist, have been benefited b
their presence.
The state committees resolution, a
! the Journal intcrprcts it, was aime
not at benevolent. fraternal and scott
organizations. but was merely PRE-
cautionary measure, making the pa
Elephants in the primary promise
support the nominees. Belonging TO
secret order does not keep a man fro
being n good dcmocart and If any a
tempt Is made to eliminate memhe
Of secret societies from participant
in the primaries in Florida. the 81
cess Of the democratic party W
surely he threatened.
A promise to support the nomin
. qualities a man to vote in the dem
cratic primary, and that is qualific
ton enough .-PcnSacloa Journa
81 Read editorial RESOLUTIONS I al
BY
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03

favorlng health. 1t is easy, very easy,
to forfeit this advantage by neglect
Of the laws that govern the transmits
sion of disease, and ignorance OF
these laws does not avert the results
of their fracture.
Within the last few years-two or
thrce-this state has walked up to the
commercial advantages OF good roads |
and within the fifty odd counties she
Is spending almost six million dollars
I'm their construction.
More than twenty-five years ago she
walked up to the commercial advan'
tagcs Of good health, and under the
authority Of the legislature Of 1889,
and Of subsequent gatherings Of the
,solons at Tallahassee, she has been
spending a half mill tax on all the
accessible property in the state, TO Sc
cure and to preserve It.
II is a fact that no state IS better
! equipped today, as result Of this
wise decision back in the SOS to com
| bat disease directly and through the
education Of the people to knowl-
edge how TO obtain this advantage for
themselves by better sanitation and
| better living. 1t Is quite within the
remembrance Of young men that the
announcement Of yellow fever In any
| Florida city brought shuddcT
through all the state, and It's nearer
approach to any given locality crowd
ed the trains with refugees to tho
north. Now, such an alarm would be
answered with a reference to tn
state board of health. But sucl
alarms don't come any more, for thi
disease and others have been banishc'
S and their coming made as Impossible
] as human knowledge and foresigh
] can make anything impossible.
10 Experts alert and in closest touc
- with the constant advances Of medi
o cal science are in charge Of the healt
n situa ton. They are backed by the AZ
7" thOrity or the Stutc WIN Supl'' ."
p thority in emergencies; they ar
5 equipped with laboratories in widel
= scattered parts Of the state for tn
e. study Of disease In the individual an
u I'm epidemic-it Is a condition of pro
raredness that has for years prevent
e cd the necessity of war.
p The education Of the people Of FIol
l. ida to a better knowledge of the
!. phvsical selves, Of the laws Of hcalt
ID and sanitation, has been one Of II
efficient weapons in the fight asain
disease invasion and epidemic. Al
the most recent addition to this ed
H. cational equipment is the health trai
now on its initial journey throul
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
THE THOMAS AGENCY.

No one thing is more deserving OF
public mention than where real ser
vice has been performed in advertis-
ing the possibilities and the resources
NJ the state. There is advertising, ana
then there is Advertising, which means
Of course that all advertising Is not
desirable. The Thomas Advertising
Agency does advertising Of the kind
that is ever helpful, being Of lasting
benefit. No truer words have ever
been uttered in this connection thar
the following from the versatile pen
of Gilbert Leach, editor of the Lees
burg Commercial:
"Looliing back over the year in
Florida. we find an asset that seems
TO have been growing larger in this
state for the past three or four years
That asset is JEFF. Thomas, in pro-
fessional life the Thomas Advertising
Service, Of Jacksonville and Tampa
ut might be said that JEFF puts
the eyes in advertising in Florida, Tor
until he dropped his shingle out the
window there wasn't much of the
'far-seeing sort Of publicity in the
state itself. Some of the land compa'
mics had gone outside and hired eX'
perts and were placing some good ads
In northern magazines and puDlica
lions. hut down inside the peninsula
they waited until one of those lanc
companies brought Jeff. Thomas dowr
from Pennsylvania, where he was
grinding out copy, and showed MIN
around the piney woods and sand hills
he had been writing about.
$50 JEFF. settled down in Jackson
vile and began to gather in the ad
vertising reins. He is now driving
six-in-hand, with a couple Of outrld
ers for company. OF course, Florid;
has been pretty good to Jeff, but Flor
Ida is good to anyone who helps thu
game along in an intelligent way, anC
JEFF. Thomas hasn't been slipped any
thing that wasn't his.
Here's to you, JEFF May you
smiling Irish phiz greet us every new
year with a little broader grin faith
cred by prosperity, mothered by sue
cess"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
PRELIMINARY SEED CORN
TEST MAY BE ENOUGH

1t may not he necessary to test ev-
cry ear Of seed corn If preliminary
test shows a high percentage Of ger
nination. Or, W. G. Ethoridge. pro-
fessor of agronomy in the Cniycr-
sity Of Florida College Of Agriculture,
suggests that a hundred or two ears
be selected at random from the stock
Of seed. Select three or four grains
from these ears and test them. If 20
per cent. terminate, the corn may he
considered viable enough. If this pre-
liminary test shows It below so or
SIS per cent. It will he necessary to
make the complete test to eliminate
the worthless ears.
DR.. Etheridge gives the following
adaptation Of the rag doll tester
which can he easily manipulated
Make shallow tray about inches
deep and 80 inches square. Fill this
half full Of sawdust or sand. Mois
ten and cover with a cloth that has
been previously laid of in two,inch
squares. The squares are to he mum.
bered corresponding to the ear num-
Der.
Cover the grains with another cloth
then fill in with sand or sawdust
Moisten and keep moist for several
days. The tray should he kept in an
even temperature, preferably at Go t,
IS degrees Fahrenheit.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03

in keeping with our enormous wealth
and our present helpless condition.
1--WE have about @ per cent. Of the
worlds population, but one-fourth Of
its wealth and we are leaving that
vast wealth and the lives Of our peo-
pie and Of the nation itself-the
worlds hope Of democrocy-wholly
unguarded from the envy, cupidity
or enmity Of the great nations of the
world"
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03
SINGLE STALK COTTON Gull
TURE INCREASES YIELD

Every cotton grower Is interested
In greater yield. The single stalk
system Of culture promises this, and
more. 1t gives, in addition to more
bolls on given area, increased earli-
ness. which is important in boil weev-
Il sections. E. S. Pace, district agent
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1916-02-03

Mar.
the south r..
group will gather a.
9TH.
These meetings are held especia.
for the benefit Of the agents, with a
view Of giving them new ideas to APP
ply in their own counties. They
make surveys Of conditions in the VI
clnlty where they meet, visit repre-
sentative and progressive farms, take
notes. and comment upon the things
observed. One day Of the meeting Is
usually devoted to discussions follow
ing the field trip. The meetings are
not limited to the agents, and farm
crs within short distances OF the
aforementioned towns should make
an effort to attend.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
<EEP ON COLLECTING HEADS
m Spite Of Strenuous Efforts 70 Wipe
Out Barbarous Custom, II Con-
tinues in Existence.

The head-hunting Igorotes of Luzon,
whom Uncle Sam has almost broken
,f this bad habit, are not the only say
ages in the world who delight in col
iccting specimens Of the heads of their
enemies. The head-hunters of the
great Island Of Borneo are SO given to
he practice that, SO far, nothing has
been able to make them give it up, and
7illages will make war on each other
.or the express purpose of getting
heads with which to decorate their
houses.
In Java and Sumatra, also, there are
RIDES of head-hunters, who carry on
heir savage warfare continually,
lighting more for the sake of taking
heads than for any other reason.
In the little-known regions of east
arn Peru and Ecuador there exists a
ace of Indians who kill their enemies
With poisoned darts shot out of blow
runs, and these also are head-hunters.
They not only cut off the head Of a
ALLEN enemy as trophy, but they cure
t. by a secret process after removing
he bones, and it shrinks until it is not
anger than doubled-up fist.
The Peruvian and Ecuadorian gov
srnmentS have forbidden the sale of
.hese heads, in which the Indians used
% do a considerable business with
strangers, and have made laws against
lead-hunting, but the wild Indians
10 not care much about laws, and still
pursue their revolving practice.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
Cerxantes Versus Turks.

Cervantes did his bit against tho
Turks at Lepanto in 1911. He was i'll
with fever at the time, but insisted on
fighting, and he lost his arm in the
battle. This was but one Of the many
exciting episodes of Cervantes' event.
full life. Born in 1547, he led vans
dering life for many years, ultimately
becoming soldier in the Italian army,
and seeing active service at NavarinO
and Tunis. In 1876 he set out for
Spain, but was captured by Barbary
pirates and held for ransom for five
years. When freed he tried to earn
living with his pen, but was unsuc-
cessful, and in 1887 we find him en-,
gagged in gathering stores for the Ar
mazda. His unbusinesslike methods
lost him this post, and until his death
in 1916, he lived in extreme poverty
despite the great and Immediate sue
cess of don Quixote," which he pubs
lished in 1905.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
Aid 10 Reforestaticn.

The work of reforestation will be
greatly facilitated By the recent inven-
ton Of machine by which seedlings
may be placed in the ground with
great rapidity. The new machine has
been in use by the United States gov
ernment engaged in the work of plant
ing some deforestated regions in the
far West, and SO far it has every indi-
cation Of proving a success. 1t is
drawn by two horses and operated by
three men, one driving while the other
:Wo handle the plants, seeing that they
are properly fed into the machine. A
furrow is made as the machine passes
along and there is an indicator, which
may be set according to the character
Of the trees being planted, and it accu-
rately gauges the distance between
the paintings. After the plant has
been placed in the ground by the ma
chine, the roots are thoroughly COW
cred by the passage of two broad-tired
wheels. In this manner from 10000
to $4,000 have been planted in day,
whereas the capacity Of the human
planter is from 1,200 to 1900 per day
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
GET THE HABIT

Get the habit Of looking before
you buy.
Get the habit of knowing when t.
look, and where to look.
It is habit that will save you
many dollars in the run Of year
AS habit, it is one Of the principal
aids to success in life.
Study the advertising pages OF
your local paper each week.
Study them with two-fold purpose
the determining of what goods to
buy and where to find them.
If local merchant spends money
in advertising his wares, it is safe
to assume that he is able to make
good on every statement that he
makes.
1t is also safe to assume that the
home man will do more for you than
stranger will do. 1t is his way
and it is a way which should appeal
to you.
Get the habit of giving the home
man the first chance.
It is a habit of which any person
should justly feel proud.
It is a GOOD habit.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
FOOLISH TO s..
New York Newspapers Gives scfla
Good Advice to Girls Who ff1st
Work for . Living.

A great many persons are given to
bewailing the fact that so many girls
go out into the world of business to
earn their living these days. But why
isn't this business life good train
Ing in character as well as q help to-
ward financial independence?
You who are at work In an office
or shop or wholesale house or Wher-
ever you may be engaged in capturing
a weekly salary know very well that
you cannot give way to your faults
as easily or with the same impunity
as at home.
That's the question of temper. If
you are quick-tempered and apt to fly
put when you are crossed or opposed
you will find it difficult to keep a good
Job. You must learn to keep your tenn
per, and to keep it under considerable
provocatiOn at times.
The girl who flies into a rage or
who turns sulky when she is repri-
mandet or when the work piles up on
her, or when she falls out with some
UlH0T employee, tie gil WHO fuIS 10
the manager with constant complaints,
Is under handicap. If she has any
gumption she will soon realize the fact
and set herself to cure it. Her posi-
ton is of too great Importance to her
to throw it away because of a hasty
temper. At home she knows that home
remains no matter how much she gives
way, but her place at desk or counter
Or showroom can be filled very soon
with another and wiser woman il she
does not learn to manage herself prop
erly.-New York Telegram.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
Precious Library.

Mr.. G.. M. Bowman of Logic, Fife,
Scotland, proprietor of the entailed
North Fife estate of Logic, who recent
y died, possessed a library under a
most particular injunction for it's pres
.rvation. 1t consists OF niany valuable
.ditions of the classics and valuable
objection of engravings, and under the
,ntail the heir is prohibited from lend
ng the books, but is bound to keep
suitable room for the library in his
louise, and to allow free access to it
the neighboring gentlemen there to
cad and study. He is also bound to
lave a basin with water and a towel
hat the books may not be soiled with
mclean hands, and women and chill
lren are expressly prohibited from
,aving access to the library.