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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12

One of the greatest problems with which
street and highway engineers have to con-
tend is furnished by the heavy motor We
hicle, and its steel tired trailer.
The following illustration from New
York, is given in The Municipal Journal
A contractors outfit hauling rock from a
subway excavation on Broadway is made
up of a tractor and trailer The latter car
ries six large buckets, weighing 15 tons. It's
wheels have steel tires 8 1-2 inches wide );
the load per inch of tire is therefore about
l 400 pounds
Ten such outfits, making an aggregate of
$50 trips day over stated route have
in the last nine months done damage re-
curing 5,400 yards of repairs on granite
(32 per cent of the total area), costing
$4,000; and 1000 yards of repairs on sheet
asphalt GO per cent. of the total, costing
s., 900, whereas prior to that time the aver
age maintenance cost year amounted to
$3.50 and $40, respectively.
Only in eight states and forty-nine cities
of the United States and Europe have laws
been adopted regulating the weights and
loads of vehicles to modern conditions.
From nine to twelve tons are allowed tc
the axle, by the American regulations
together too much. The English have
probably the most complete and scientific
ordinance of the kind yet adopted. Among
its principal requirements is that tractors
are limited to eight-ton loads per axle, and
trailers to FOUR the weight on>the axle to
be proportional to the diameter of the
wheel, as follows: For wheels 3 feet in
diameter, the load per inch width of steel
tire shall be $40 pounds, with an allowance
of 8 1-3 pounds for every additional in
crease in diameter beyond feet, and de
duction of Is 2-3 pounds per inch width Of
tire for every inch less in diameter than
feet.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
MILITIA CALLED
TO EJECT STRIKERS
BY ASSoCIATEn PRESS.

Columbia, S. c., Nov.11.-The gov
ernor tonight ordered five companies
of the national guard coast artillery,
under Major Robertson, from Green
vile to Anderson, South Carolina, in
order that magistrates and constables
could serve writs of ejectment on the
striking employees of Equinox and
Gluck cotton mills, who refuse to
leave mill premises and cottages.
The governor said he called on the
militia after Sheriff Ashley informed
him he would not serve the writs and
told the governor he could send UP
"and do the work himself"
The troops reach Anderson tonor-
row.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
M'KINNONVILLE.

McKinnonville, Nov. 11.-Mrs A.
d. McKinnon spent last week at
Moline, with her daughter, Mrs. A.
L. McCallum.
C. A. McKinnon spent Friday in
Pensacola.
DIR. H. A. Mcclure Of Walnut Hill,
made a professional call here SAT-
urday.
Mrs. McCallum and children Of
Moline, abe the guests hehe, this
week, of Mrs. A. d. McKinnon.
Richard Higdon, of Enon, was a
pleasant caller here Saturday.
Langdon Morton of Moline, was a
business caller here Friday.
A. D. McKinnon spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in the Deep Water City.
Mr.. Thos. Freeman, ST., returned
Thursday to his home in Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
IF BACK HURTS
TAKE SALTS To
FLUSH KIDNEYS
Says Backache is sure sign
you have been eating too
much meat.
Uric Acid in meat clogs Kid
neys and irritates the
bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
in the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney reg
ion, get about four ounces Of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts IS made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids in the urine so it no
longer initiates, thus ending bladder
disorders.
Jad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lith-
ia-water drink which everybody
should take now and then to keeT
their kidneys clean, thus avoiding
serious complications.
A weIl-known local druggist says
he sells lots of Jad Salts to folks
who believe in overcoming kidney
trouble while it is only trouble
Adj
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
MORTALITY STATISTICS.

That the death rate of the United States
has been steadily decreased, is proved by
an exhaustive compilation by the Depart
ment of Commerce, of more than seven
hundred pages, entitled Mortality Sta
tistics." The figures for the year 1914, and
the area included consisted of more than
two thirds of the United States. The total
deaths from all causes in this area, amount
ed to 1913, $50, which gives the United States
a death rate per 700 of population of 1876
as against 1913 in 1880.
This is higher than Norway, 1872, and
New Zealand, 9.5; but it is lower than Eng
land, 1877, and Spain, 22.1; so it is an aver
age is one that needs no apologies. What
brings it up this high, is the negro mortal
ity, which is 26.7 thousand, an excess over
the white (15.5) of 11.2.
Seattle and Spokane, with death rates of
81 and sc, are the healthiest cities in the
United States. Memphis and New Orleans
represent the other extreme with 20.7 and
205, respectively. Amsterdam, with 11.6
holds the record for Europe.
In this connection it may be interesting
to note that except for Key West (16.O).
where indeed conditions are rather peculiar
Pensacola is the healthiest large city in
Florida or for that matter on our Gull
cast. The death rate of Pensacola is given
as 173, whereas that of Jacksonville is 1876
while Mobiles is 21.8.
Coming to the causes of death we fine
suicides, murders, and deaths from acct
dents increasing, while those from disease
are falling off. Typhoid dropped from It's
in 1913 to 1914 in 1914 In measles the
rate (6.8) was almost half what it was the
preceding year. In whooping cough diph
iberia, influenza and pneumonia, the rate
showed a betterment of health conditions
Pellagra showed an increase of A per cent.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
TO MEET THE COST OF LIVING,

Recent figures published in The Journal
have shown the increase in living costs
within the past year Flour was $3.50 a
barrel in 1915, it is SO now; sugar was 5
cents, it is now 8 cents; butter % cents, now
35 cents; corn meal SLIGO, now S2-shoes
clothes, and everything else in like proper
ton.
This increase is on top of the so per cent
increase between 1900 and 1914. During
that same time wages increased about 80
per cent; but they have not increased at all
with this latest rise.
Because of the law of supply and demand
we may expect still further rises, for our
population is increasing at the rate of 4, 433
day, and statisticians say that within a
few years, it will increase at the rate Of
10000 day.
Wages will of course advance somewhat.
though hardly in proportion, and the only
permanent remedy lies in thrift.
1t is notorious that Americans are the
MASTERS of the world Untold millions are
thrown away in undeveloped and unused
resources and to meet improvidence is but
another manifestation of the national char
acteristic.
Less than ten per cent. of the people of
the United States have savings accounts;
in Switzerland, 55 per cent have this fore
sight. The average savings per capita in
Switzerland amount to $41.O3; in America,
$484
And yet this is the richest country in
the world; its balance of trade is greater
than ever before; its bank clearances have
surpassed all records, and there never was
so much money in circulation as today.
Ninety-hve per cent. of men are de
pendent upon their daily earnings or upon
others for support at the age of sixty. De
creased earning power and increased living
cost nlean.a hard pinch for the man who
has topped life's rise and is descending into
the valley; and when the time comes that
he is no longer able to hold his tools and
he must be dependent, the extra burder
will not only be felt by his son and daugh-
ter, but by their children as well, doomed
through their parents improvidence tc
enter life handicapped with less education
scantier food, or shortened childhood
Despite the high cost of living, the saw
ings accounts of people of foreign birth II
this country continue to grow. Why car
Americans not learn the same lesson OF
thrift
Happiness has been defined as earning {
little and spending little less; and it is no
what you make but what you save that de
terrnines prosperity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
PROHIBITION.

Three more states dropped into the dry
column in the recent Michigan,
North and South Dakota. They embrace
a population of four and quarter million.
North, south, east, and west the swing
against the liquor traffic is becoming more
pronounced Republican and democratic
states are going dry with equal rapidity
and the Prohibitionists, as national party
are rapidly losing their one distinctive issue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12
AMERICAN EXPRESS
DECLARES BIG DIVIDEND

New York, Nov. 1.-THE -Ameri-
can Express Company today declared
a dividend of 81 on its stock in addi-
ton to the regular quarterly divi-
dend Of $1.5O. This establishes the
stock on an eight per cent basis. The
extra dividend, it was stated, was
taken from income derived from the
company's Investments
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12

A new telephone transmitter attachment
so regulates the vibrations of the diaphragm
that the voice sounds distinctly whether its
user is close to or at some distance from
the instrument
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12

. For polishing shoes ~ English inventor
has patented apparatus in which a band of
cloth is pulled back and forth by wooden
arms, long enough for a person to manipu-
late them without stopping.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-12

and making them realize the neces-
sity of increasing the appropriations
for aerial defense.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02

which occur to me as desirable fu the
interest Of law enforcement. but as
these relate to details rather than to
principles, fee sure that they can be
reconciied with the views Of the pa
irons Of the measure, but when IL
comes TO an enlargement however
uuintentlonal. upor the spirit OF the
Constitution. I fee that should oner
the resistance which my sense of duty
requires.
Remembering your freaaent nanifes-
tations of frien 1ship. of which i am
deeply appreciative. and knowing that
you were but recently president or the
Anti-S Saloon League. which sufficiently
vouches your devotion TO the cause
Of temperance, have written you free
Iy, though not fully. ir opposition TO
a feature of tie pending bill which
can be justified or1y upon the theory
that the confidence which has always
been so generously extended by the
people of virgin,a to their chief execu'
tive must be withheld in the enforce
ment of this particular law. which APP
peals so strongly to the patriotic sense
Of duty of al. public servants.
very truly yours,
III C STUART"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
FINE DUTCH MAIL
STEAMER MINE VICTIM
At Rochelle, France, Badly Dam
aged-T0n OF IAfe i'm January.

London, Feb. 1.-The fine Dutch
mail steamer Princess Juliana, voyag-
ing from Flushing, Holland. to TIL
ury-on-the-Thames, has been wreck
ed by mine in the North Sea.
Seventy-nine OF the crew and pas
sengers. including some women, were
landed today at Harwich. 1t is stated
that the mails have been recovered
and that the vessel has been beached
at Felixstowe.
The Princess Juliana Is a modern
fast ship of over 5000 gross tonnage
and ass feet long.
The fishing smacks Hilda, Radium
and Arthur William were officially re-
ported sunk today. The Belgian
trawler Marguerite was also sunk.
Tho crews were all rescued.
A Lloyd's dispatch states that the
American steamer Omega has arrived
at Rochelle, France. badly damaged.
The Board of Trade reports that 551
persons lost their lives by the sinking
OF British merchant ships in January.
Forty-two steamships totalling 57.144
tons, and twenty-five sailing vessels
were lost Ten OF the steamers and
three of the sailing ships we're sunk
by enemy warships. Three OF the
steamers were sunk by mines.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02


II svaiis nothing TO bewan the fact
that the poultry house doors we're ne<
closed the night OF the storm after to@
damage has been done. shutting thel
doors before the storm comes Is what
counts.
Success IN poultry culture Is simply
the result Of looking after all the httls
details connected with the business.
Any one can be successful IL he VII
use little diligence and common
sense.
A hc1mash on cold winter morning
is a good thing TO give the chickens.
Still It Is not wise 10 give them all
they will eat Of the mash, for II you do
they will be apt 10 sit around after
they are filed and become chilled with
inactivity On the contrary, give them
about half feed of mash and scatter
small grain in the litter. so that they
may be kept warm by scratching for
the seeds. This win keep them active
and healthy and consequently proft-
able
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
MoIasses rs q Dairy Feed.

Blacksteap molasses, n byproduct Of
the cane sugar industry. Ia very pala-
table to most farm animals and often
may be advantageously fed to fatten-
ing cattle during the finishing period
when their appetite is tickle. SO far
as we know, 1t has no unusual value
as stimulant to milk production, and
we do not advise its use where other
concentrates rich in carbohydrates.
like corn or barley, can be purchased
at reasonable price. ft1e beet sugar
molasses is not generally considered
as adapted for feeding purposes
Hoard's Dairyman.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
JUDGE FOUSHEE DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Durham, n. c., Feb. Howard A.
Foushee, for two years Superior
Court Judge of North Carolina, died
here yesterday Of primary anaemia.
His retirement from the bench was
forced by continued suffering from this
disease. He represented Durham
County in the General Assembly for
several terms and was active in the
campaign for W. W. Kitchin, as Gov
ernor of the State.
His brother. w. l. Foushee, for
merry practieed law in Richmond. but
came here in 1909. and formed the
law partnership of Foushee and Fou-
shee. The deceased was forty-six
years old.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
Sanitary MIX Pals.

Milk pals should be of such con
struction as to enable them TO be cas-.
lily cleaned and kept bright. This in
best accomplished by having the inner
surface of the pail smooth and free
from seams or creyieesS which serve as
place for dirt TO accumulate AMI
make its removal difficult. The pals
should have the seams smoothly sol
dered and should be heavily timed TO
prevent rustng. They should have a
narrow or covered top to exclude as
much falling dirt as possible.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02

way in which the cutting is done win
determine what the subsequent condi-
ton Of the wood lot Will be.
There Is a difference between farm
woodland and the farm wood lot Farm
woodland is farm land which has not
yuk been cleared. Farm wood lot Is
term which might best be used to
mean part of a farm permanently
dsvveed to timber production, under
q sound plan of farm management
The eixe and the location Of the wood
rot will depend upon various consid-
exutions, of which the most important
are the home needs of the farm. the
character of the land and the present
and prospective market for materials
from the wood lot
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
SIMPLE WAY TO TEST SOILS
Many Farmers Waste Years Trying to
EARN Sour LanAa.

vi any &FNGFB w &HkS GSAfH ~
Farm Sour Lands.
Buy a few cents worth of hydro
chloric acid, also litmus paper at the
druggists. Then test the various soils
on your farm With q spade or large
augur take a soil sample to a depth
L, G. Lett In the Orange Judd Farmer.
Now, with handful Of this moist
sample make a saucer shaped form
Pour In little of the acid, being care
fui not to drop any on your hands or
clothes, as 1t burns If the result is
quite free bubbling or effervescence it
shows that the soil contains consider
able limestone. but little or no foaming
indicates deficiency of lime Make this
test with soil known to be rich in lime
or with a sample to which you have
added lime. then with soil poor I'm lime
and you will see the difference distinct
~. Now. make a ball of moist earth
from another handful of the same sam
pie Of soil, break it in two. lay on. one
part a bit OF the blue litmus paper.
leave for a few moments. then open
the bali again. If the blue paper has
turned red the soil is sour or acid and
probably quite deficient in lime. IL 1t
keeps red after drying the soil Is very
sour. II the blue paper does not
change color then test the soil mois-
ture with red litmus paper. If it turns
blue the soil is alkali and not sour.
No amount of reading or talking will
teach you half as much as for you to
make these tests yourself. Many farm
ers waste years trying to farm sour
land or that poor In lime, whereas by
testing It In this easy way they can
see at once what 1t needs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
MANIAC SETS HIS
OWN FUNERAL PYRE

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.1
Lynchburg. Va, Feb. will d
White, a Washington County. farmer
who was mentally unbalanced. while
his wife absented herself from his
room FIVE minutes today. piled up hts
bedding. broke lamp. saturated the
bedding and his clothing with the oil
and set 1t afire. The wife returned
but could not rescue the maniac and
he was fatally burned. A small child
narrowly escaped being burned.
Neighbors saved the house from de-
struction.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
Prescrlntion For Pink Eve.

The following advice for the treat
ment OF pink eye in calves is given by
DR.. ". r. Shuler OF the department.
of veterinary medicine Of Oklahoma
Agricultural and Mechanical college:
For an eve wash use one ounce OF
boric acid, two drains Of zinc sulphate
to be made up to twelve ounces with
water and dropped into the eye by
means Of a medicine droppcr once or
twice daily. Administer in addition to
this such substances as win regulate
the bowels and dram doses of Fowler's
solution of arsenic once daily.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
Mrs. Anna &C.,
GOVERNOR INDICATES He

tContinuec From First Page,
and withholds from him authority over
those charged with enforcement,
How can the chief executive per-
form the duties required OF him by
tho Constitution when the means of
performance are to bexpiaced In the
hands of another over whoIn the Gov
ernor will have not even the authority
he now has over all other executive
officials at the seat OF government
whsather elected by the General As
sembly or by the people With the single
exception OF the Iieutennnt-G
.This proposed new department will
be. 90 far as l know. the only de-
pArtment OF the State government in
stituted solely for the purpose of see
lug that the laws are faithfully en-
forced. "A duty specifically laid by the
Constitution upon the Governor. While
% 10 true that other departments of
the government have such functions,
khay are only incidental to other du-
ties, and are performed by or through
officials either appointed by the Gov
ernor or accounts Die in come NAY to
him.
THE enforcement Of the prohibition
law presents peculiar difficulties. and.
therefore, stands In greater need of
tigs OF the chief executive officer of
the State. According to my view.
therefore. 20 far from divorcing the
instruments Of enforcement from the
influence of the Governors office. there
70 an added reason VII. most vital
connection should be estabIished be-
tween the States chief executive and
any agency charged with the enforce
nent of PROHIBITION laws. / stand
raady to cooperate with all friends Of
nrohlbition in carry ing out to the full
eet extent the Will Of the people, as ex-
pressed at the polls, but cannot think
hat even the most earnest prohibition
8st would, upon reflection. either desire
or expect me to give my approval to. a
apoaSuFe which while vainly declaring
on its face to the contrary. yet In fact
hvades the prerogatives of the chief
executive and weakens the very law,
which, above all others. experience
kas shown. needs behind 1t all of the
sewer of the STATE,
r am in fun accord with the pur-
seoses of the bill. and would not favor
any changes which would weaken il
- any particular.
srhe~s ere csr+asn changes. however.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02

The Presidents address tonight was
delivered before the greatest crowd he
has yet faced on his preparedness
swing around the circle. He referred
to the great crowd in his speech IS
evidence of the great interest in ma
tional defense.
The President declared he had been
informed that the Middle West is in a
state of lethagy and not awake to the
need of national defense. He said he
did not believe II. but he came out to
see for himself.
The Message From All Sides.
The message continually reaches
me, We are counting upon you to
keep this country out of war" the
President said. II have expended all
my energy to do so.
But there are some men preaching
peace who can no further than / can;
not further In sentiment of peace, but
further in preaching the doctrine of
peace at any price and under any CIR
cumstances"
This brought tremendous applause
and Interruptions from the crowd.
Never" said one voice.
Never" repeated another.
The President strongly reiterated
his declaration that "hyphenated-Am
icanism" Is thing OF the past.
Dangers to our peace don't come
any longer from within our own Dor
ders," he said.
II could not say that six months ago.
Passion was astir .hen In this country.
But the dangers Is past America has
regained her self possession. No In
fuence within America is going to
disturb the peace of America.
But America cannot be an ostrich
and bury her head In the sand.
Americas dangers---and they are
many---come from contact with other
nations"
The President then declared that the
danger does not lie IN actions of this
government. Ho asserted IL lies in
actions taken by other governments.
President Wilson again strongly
advocated government ownership of
munitions plants.
But" he said. and he paused to
emphasize his statement.
III IL comes TO the question OF de-
Tending this nation we are going to
defend It. no matter who makes
money"
The President also strongly reiter-
ated his previous declarations that
party politics play no part in national
defense.
II thank God" he said, when Il
comes to the fife and existence OF
America we a-e not Democrats and
Republicans, but Americans"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-02-02
DIR. Cornelius Baldwin.

Winchester, Virginia. Feb. 1.--Dr.
Cornelius Baldwin, q member OF one
OF the Oldest families in this section
of the State, for many years a prac-
ticing physician In Winchester. and
during the Civil War a surgeon at
tached to the world famous Stone
wall Brigade-whose leader was the
South's great hero, Stonewall Jack
son--died suddenly at Memorial Hos
pital, in this city. DIR. Baldwin was
born in Winchester on September /,
1898, and was, therefore. in the sew
enty-eighth year of his age. He was a
son of DR.. Archibald Stuart Baldwin
and of Mrs Kitty Mackey Baldwin.