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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
NOTABLES RESPOND
TO QUESTION

New York. Dec. 14.-Replies re-
ceivcd from men of prominence in
answer to the question what is the
greatest safeguard against tempta-
tion?" We're read tonight by Rev.
Andrews Methodist Church. Some
of the answers were:
High Aims Andrew Carnegie.
Influence of a good mother"
Dr. Lyman Abbott.
THE will to resist" Oscar S.
Straus.
Influence of a good home to
those who have it and fear to those
who have not" Booth Harrington.
knowledge" Arthur Brisbane.
Will" Irving Bachelor.
Healthy interest in good things"
Sir Rabindranath Tagore.
DR.. Adams, welding the replies he
had received into a composite, de-
clared the real answer to be:
Association with the best as re-
vealed in Christ"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
First Chief Makes Kick.

Mexico City, Dec. 14.-Persons
arriving here today from Queretaro,
who are believed to be in a position
to speak accurately, give the strong
impression that General Carranza
has not approved unqualifiedly the
protocol submitted to him as a re-
suit of the discussions between the
Mexican and American Commission
ers at Atlantic City, and that any
tentative approval on the art of the
Mexican Commissioners, through
Alberto j. PAM, depends on the fix
ing of a definite date for the with
drawal of General Pershing's troops.
irrespective of conditions.
According to press reports the
protocol provides for withdrawal of
these forces within 40 days if condi-
lions should warrant.
1t is believed objection also has
been raised to granting the right Of
unlimited pursuit Of bandits.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
Deadly Electric Wires Along
Dutch-Belgian Frontier

by no means the only assaults upon
her neutrality Holland has suffered.
And this Dutch appeal to the neu-
trail world to put an end to the
"hellish scourge" in Belgium is all
the more signifcant-all the more
generous and courageous because of
the very precarious position of Hol-
land herself. Look at the map.
Germany could readily attack the
little land from the eastern frontier
and from Belgium. She now COM
pletely surrounds the Dutch pro-
vince of Dinburg. Supposing Hol-
land did go to war against Germa-
ny. she might put 100000, perhaps
even 100000, soldiers in the field
But how long would it be before the
Germans, with armies equally large
in all probability much larger
than the whole Dutch force-would
be sweeping into their territory.
Though the allies should support
her with 100000 troops. it would
take very valuable time to get them
In place on Dutch soil. Things
move quickly in modern war when
only a frontier is to be passed. Con-
slider the Germans "cannon-ball
plunge" through Belgium, Serbia
and Roumania-the latter having
been far reader for Intervention
than Holland Is.
These undeniable facts are i'm
pressive comment on the urgency of
Hollands plea for collective action
against tyranny" which us not to
be borne in patience"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
Teutons Never Will Be Conquered
By Entente Allies, Austrians Claim

their existence which they have Sc
cured by advantages won.
THE continuation of the murder
Gus war, in which the enemy can de-
stroy much, but cannot, as the quad
ripple alliance is firmly confident
alter fate, is ever more seen to be
an aimless destruction Of human
lives and properties, an act Of inhu'
mainly justified by no necessity and
crime against civilization.
This conviction and the hope
that similar views may also be be-
gun to be entertained in the enemy
camp, has caused the idea to open
in the Vienna Cabinet-in full
agreement with the Governments of
the allied (Teutonic) Powers-of
making a candid and loyal endeavor
to come to a discussion with their
enemies for the purpose of paving a
way for peace.
1.-THE Governments of Austria
Hungary, Germany, Turkey and Bull
garia have addressed today identical
notes to the diplomatic representa-
tives in the capitals concerned, who
are entrusted with the protection of
enemy nationals, expressing an incli-
nation to enter into peace negotia-
tons and requestig them to trans
nit this overture to enemy states.
This step was simultaneously
brought to the knowledge of the rep
resentatives of the Holy See in
special note and the active interest
of the Pope for this offer of peace
was solicited. Likewise the accred-
tied representatives of the remain
ing neutral states III the foar cupi+
tails were acquainted with this pro-
ceeding for the purpose of Informing
their Governments"
Austria and her allies by this
step have given new and decisive
proof of their love for peace. 1t now
Is for their enemies to make known
heir views before the world. What
ever the result of its purpose, may
be. no responsibility can fall on the
luadruple alliance, even before the
Judgment seat of it's own peoples, if
t is eventually obliged to continue
he war"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
Crop Estimates.

The United States Department OF
Agriculture has made estimates OF
the crops in the United States as
follows:
Corn. 2.s43,5Os,OO0 bushels.
Buckwheat. 11.447. 900 bushels.
Potatoes. 2sS.964.00O bushels.
Sweet potatoes. 67.663.0OO bush
els.
Tobacco. l.l45,530.0 900 pounds.
Flaxseed, 15.300.O0O bushels.
Pears. lO.377.OO0 bushels.
Apples. 67.695.O00 bushels.
Sugar beets. 7,416,0OO bushels.
Kaffirs. 6i.O24. 900 bushels.
Onions. 1850. 900 bushels.
Corn on farms. November 1885,
$4,000 bushels.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20

London, Dec. 14.-An official
Austrian statement, referring to the
peace offer, says
when, in the summer Of 1914,
the patience of Austria-Hungary was
exhausted by a series of systemati-
cally continued and ever-increasing
provocations and menaces, and the
monarchy, after almost so years OF
unbroken peace. found itself COM
PEELED to draw the sword, this weigh
ty decision was animated neither by
aggressive purposes nor by designs
of conquest, but solely by the bitter
necessity of self-defense, to defend
its existence and safeguard itself in
the future against similar treacher-
Gus plots and hostile neighbors.
THAT was the task and aim Of
the monarchy in the present war. In
combination with its allies, well
tried in loyal comradeship in arms,
the Austro-Hungarian army and
fleet, fighting, bleeding, but also
assailing and conquering, gained
such successes that they frustrated
the intentions of the enemy. The
quadruple alliance not only has won
an immense series of victories, but
also holds in its power extensive hos
tile territories. Unbroken in its
strength as our latest treacherous
enemy has just experienced.
"Can our enemies hope to con-
quer or shatter this alliance of pow
ers? They will never succeed in
breaking it by blockade and starva-
ton measures. Their war aims, to
the attainment of which they have
come no nearer in the third year OF
the war, will in the future be PROV
ed to have been completely unat-
tainable. Useless and unavailing, !
therefore, is the prosecution of the
fighting on the part of the enemy.
The Powers of the quadruple al
lance on the other hand have effec- ,
lively pursued their aims, namely, /.
lefense against attacks on their en-
stence and integrity, which were
planned in concert long since, and |
he achievement of real guarantees,
and they will never allow them |
selves TO be deprived of the basis of
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
BElGIOM THANKS AMERICA
FOR DEPORTATION PROTEST
Deep Gratitude OF Little Nation
Expressed By Minister to
United States.

Washington, Dec. 14.-Belgium' s
gratitude to the United States for its
representations to Germany was ex-
pressed by Minister Havenith today
in a letter delivered personally to
Secretary Lansing. The letter fol-
lows:
81 have the honor to inform your
excellency that I have received in
structions to express to you the deep
gratitude Of His Majesty's Govern
ment for the noble action which the
Government of the United States has
been good enough to take in APP
preaching the German Government
on the subject of the deportations Of
Belgian civilians to Germany, and
for the great interest taken by the
United States Government in the de-
tense of the unfortunate Belgian
communities which have already un-
dergone such cruel trials.
'In exile and slavery, in which
these unhappy people are being
dragged by an oppressor who no
longer knows any law, either Of God
or of man, they have the moral sup
port of hearing the voice of this
noble country proclaiming the new
Of those principles of
justice and freedom which are so
dear to all civilized people. but
above all dear to the United States,
for in defense 0fehGse principicg1ene-
Of the greatest of her Presidents,
Abraham Lincoln, gave all, even his
life blood"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
OwensbOro Market,

Greensboro. KY. Dec. 1.-THE
best prices for tobacco this season
prevailed on the 1--WE loose-leaf floors
In Greensboro today. During the
day there was sold 174.7SO pounds
at a general average of s11.22, the
highest days average Of the year.
The record price for leaf was paid
on two Of the floors. several baskets
going for $3.50 per hundred
pounds. the highest paid for tobacco
In Greensboro since the Civil War.
Very little Of the trash being offered
for sale Is going under IS. There
was q quantity Of $40 trash on the
floors today.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20

The exceedingly strong appeal
from Holland to the United States
and other neutral countries must
indeed be provoked by un5carable
conditions in Belgium. 1t profound
l. stirred even a world almost leaf
ened to the loud, monotonous cry of
the outraged, and grown accustom-
ed, if not Indifferent, to wholesale
human slaughter. Though the Ger
mans have erected deadly electric
barriers along the Dutch-Belgian
frontier and picketed it with Ger
man sentries. overwhelming evil
dence of the cruelty with which Bel
GUM is being enslaved filters thru
and becomes more vivid every day"
From the fugitives, says the Dutch
appeal, I'VE lear nthe painful details
Of the unutterable despair of the
women and children who are left
behind and the agonizing scenes
which take place when husbands,
brothers and sons. dragged from
their homes and women folks, are
packed into cattle and freight cars
and thus transported slaves to an
unknown destination and to an I'M
known fate" The above picture
depicts an incident on the wired
border. 1t is alleged that a citizen
of Barbecue, Holland. while ap-
preaching the barrier to speak with
his daughter. who lives in Londereg-
gen, Belgium. was fired upon and
killed by a German sentry.
The sinking of Dutch liners are
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
BLRR00MS MUST GO TO
CHECK PROHIBITION WAVE
Reduction Of Alcohol in Beer Also
Favored By Brewers
Association.

Chicago, Dec. 14.-Reduce the
volume of alcohol in beer to three
per cent. so as to make it a tenn
perance drink is the proposal of the
leading brewers of the country as
a means of checking the prohibition
wave which threatens to sweep away
the great brewing industry.
The brewers also join the ranks
of those who are fighting to do
away with the bar room. They pro-
pose in the place of the saloon, a
place resembling a restaurant into
which women will not be ashamed
to enter,
The opinions of the brewers were
gathered by the American Brewers
Review. The consensus shows that
the brewers want to bring about
these changes:
Elimination of the bar.
Keep drinking places open to view
from the street and do away with
all secrecy.
Win for places where beer is sold
such a character that man will not
hesitate to take his wife into them.
Convince the public of the error
of the idea that beer is strong drink.
Separate the sale of beer from the
sale of whiskey.
~ Have the brewery Industry ala Ia
flli7s+ gzffgC OF All -tans yc-
lating to the sale of liquors.
New issues and new leadership
for the brewing industry.
Some of the brewers were in ia
Vor of only two per cent. of alcohol
in beer, but a majority seemed to
prefer three per cent. as the maxi
mum. At present light beers aver
age about six and a half per cent al
cohOl and ale and porter about seven
per cent.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
DOLLAR BUSHEL CORN
FOR HICKMAN FARMERS

A special from Hickman. KY,
says: For the first time in forty
years. corn sold In Hickman last
week on one day at IS barrel. or
81 bushel at the car. The crop In
this section was cut down considera-
bly, by the long drouth of the sum-
mer, but those who have any crop
at all are getting excellent prices for
1t. as well as for their cotton. Many
people in this section never saw
corn in the ear this high before.
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
Huletide Again.

The Yuletide season is with us
again.
1t is with us, but not of us, for
much of the earth knows little of
JOY today.
Upon many millions of people the
sun shines as brightly as in the days
of old, but its lustre is dimmed by
the shielded blood of suffering hu-
manity.
The benign smile of the Divine
One is as tender and as loving as
when the world was young, but the
twentieth century finds too many Of
the human race bent upon pleasure,
and profit, and revenge, and forget
full of the beauties of life as seen
through eyes that are better and
holier than ours.
Ii is with this knowledge that the
people of our little community ap-
preached the Yuletide time, when
all should be sunshine, and gladness,
and Joy.
Bot If we may not sway the rest OF
the world, If our voice be not heard
Beyond the confines of our own fire.
sides, we yet may look upward with
q feeling Of gladness and thankful
sess that the horrors that are en-
quilting the rest of the world have
at least passed US by.
We may be thankful that we have
even an hour of peace and prosperi-
ty for our country. though no one
knows when the whitening hand Of
the blight of the century may be
spread over our own fair land.
Let us be joyful today, but let us
mingle that with compassion for the
stricken ones OF other lands, to
whom the Yuletlde season is but a
mockery and an agonizing delusion.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-12-20
Den johnson Six Times Grandfather.

Washington, Dec. l4.-Ben John
son now is six time a grandfather
A cablegran received today inform
ed him of the birth. at Panama. OF
son to his daughter. Mrs. Roscoe
Crawford, formerly Miss Nancy
Johnson
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WHY STFFER.

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Advertisement
The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-13

nuts, the hay, when properly cured, and baled, is worth from twelve to fourteen dollars per ton, with a yield of about one ton per acre.
 As we have already pointed out, the consumption of peanuts is con- stantly increasing as new methods are found for utilizing them in both commerce and industry, as well as human food. Doubtless a great many more peanuts will be grown in the future than in the past, but its in- trinsic value and the wide range of uses to which it can be profitably put, will always make it safe crop to grow.
 E. J. WATSON,
 Agricultural Extension Agent.
 P. X N. w. Railroad.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-13

pulled and an examination made of the condition of the nuts. The vines are usually lifted from the soil, roots and all, by means of first loosening with blow and the pulling out by hand. This practice is injurious to the soil and should be discouraged. The nitrogen is stored in the nodules attached to the roots, and these should be left in the ground, by means of an implement designed to cut the tap root from the vines running just be- heath the cluster of pods. The har- vesting of peanuts should always be done when the weather is dry, and we usually have plenty of favorable weather for this work during the ear fly fall. As the vines are removed from the soil they are thrown into heap rows, and allowed to dry for a few hours, when they are stacked very compactly around stakes driven in the ground, with two or three cross,
 
 lation underneath the stacks. The stacks are built about seven feet high and three feet in diameter, and should be capped off with hay. When the stacks are properly made, there is very little danger of damage from weather. Four or five weeks will be required for the proper curing of the crop. When thoroughly cured, the nuts are picked from the vines, either by hand or machinery, sacked and stored for future sale, or sold immediately, according to the pre- valing prices.
 It has been carefully estimated by Experienced growers that the average cost of producing an acre of peanuts and getting them ready for market in the southern states will not exceed SIP, where no commercial fertilizers are used. Add to this the cost of fer tilizer used, and the total should not exceed $16 per acre. The profits made will, as matter of course, de- pend on a number of factors, chief of which are the yield and price re ,ceived. Forty bushels per acre is considered a fair pield, but under highly favorable conditions, from lsiXty to eighty bushels have been produced. Thirty bushels per acre Is considered a low average. One dol lar per bushel is considered a fairly remunerative price, but the prices usually run from this figure down to Iseventy-fve cents. Even at the lower figure, the crop will prove fairly pro- fitable, when its low cost of produc- ton is considered. In addition to the
The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-13
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The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-13
PEANUT GROWING.

We do not believe any we'll regu- lated farm in the southern states where the local conditions are at all congenial, should be without an abundant supply of this most valu- able forage and feed crop. The sea- son for planting peanuts will soon be at hand, and we have prepared this article for the benefit of those who may be seeking more informa- tion on this subject, and with the hope of stimulating greater interest in general throughout this section of the state in the raising of peanuts.
 The growing habits of the peanut plant make it specially adapted to the warm, sandy lands throughout the southern states, and the very ex- tensive uses to which the peanut may be put, make it very attractive crop for the southern farmer. During the past few years there had been quite a wide extension of peanut growing Tn the southern states, and, in most instances, it has proven fully as pro- fitable as other farm crops. Up to the present the production of pea nuts has not more than kept pace with the consumption, and, as the demand is constantly increasing be- |cause of new uses found for the pea nut product, there does not appear to be any immediate danger of over stocking the market. Even should the market price fall below the mar gin of profit during any one season, there is always the opportunity of utilizing the crop at home for stock feeding and thereby securing profit Iable returns from it.
 The peanut will thrive on var iety of soils, provided they are well drained and in good state of culti- vation, but the ideal soil is the light sandy loam. Thorough preparation by repeated discing and narrowing will pay with peanuts the same as for other crops, as much of the difficulty in keeping the crop clean will be eliminated. And this is an important item in the growing of peanuts, as the cost of cultivation after the crop is growing should be reduced to the minimum. It is also best not to plant the crop too early in the sea- son, as greater difficulty will be eX- perienced in keeping the weeds and grass down, but wait until along towards the middle of June, when the first growth of weeds and grass can be destroyed. Following after oats is good practice, provided the land is we'll prepared before planting.
 The peanut belongs to the legumin- ous family of plants, such as beans, peas, clover and vetch; they possess, in varying degrees, the peculiar pow CT of extracting the nitrogen from the atmosphere and storing it in their roots, stems and leaves, hence there is no economy in applying nitro genous fertilizers to the peanut crop, especially when grown for grazing purposes, but where the entire pro- duct is removed from the land, as in commercial peanut culture, the fer tilizing clements removed are consid- erable; and if this practice is con- tinued without proper rotation and the use of a we'll balanced fertilizer, soil exhaustion will soon follow. Sta ble manure is not a desirable fer tilizer for peanuts, unless applied to a previous crop the year before, as it would stimulate vine growth at the
The Prescott daily news., 1916-04-13

Fifth Annual Music Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 25th to 27th. For this occasion the St. L. I. NJ. X S. Ky. will sell tickets Prescott to Little Rock and return for $3.9O Tickets on sale April 24th to 27th inclusive, going passage to commence on date of sale and bear final return limit to reach original starting point prior to April 29th, 1916.