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The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT 1T
(By R. M. Murphy, Division of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee

sion, University of Tennessee.)
Results obtained in a series of ex-
periments at the Tennessee Expert
ment Station to determine the amount
of beef that can be produced per acre,
show for seven different acres on
which have been grown as many diff
ferent combinations OF crops, an aver
age production for seven years of 45O
pounds of beef The same crops have
been grown on each acre each year
and only the manure resulting from
feeding the crops produced on each
of the acres has been returned to it.
Silage produced elsewhere was fed
with the product of each acre.
With beef cattle selling at cents
per pound 1,000-pound steers with a
margin of 81, allowing SO per ton for
silage, would produce a gross return
per acre of 1884. On this basis a
100-acre farm devoted exclusively to
beef production, with 70 acres pro-
ducing the main crops and the other
80 acres devoted to silage would re.
turn an income of $4,083.8O for the 20
acres, and allowing SO per ton for the
200 tons Of silage necessary, or 5000,
would make total gross income Of
$4,6S5.50. How many 1O0-acre farms
are producing as much?
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
THE COMPARISON OF GRAIN
YIELDS IN POUNDS PER ACRE
(By ]. C. McAmis, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)

(By ]. C. McAmis, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
The comparative yields given below
were taken from several years trial
of the three winter cereals at the Ex-
pertinent Station. bulletin No. 1922
Fulcaster Wheat, 15540 pounds per
acre.
Union Barley, 1882 pounds per
acre.
Culberson Oats, 1868 pounds per
acre.
These weights represent the aver
ages produced upon rich bottomland
and fertile upland. Barley easily led
in yield, especially on the richer land.
In other trials upon very poor upland
the results were in favor of wheat,
which is better forager under unfa.
vorable conditions. These are the
leading varieties of these grains.
The facts are significant to the
feeder. They point the way to greater
grain yields upon which greater acre.
age production of milk or meat de-
ponds.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
Impressed the Child.

A well-known American traveller. de-
scTibing the impressive costume and
banners OF Flemish beadle, tells OF
dear little American girl who. watch
ing one such parsonage walk majestic
ally down the aisle Of great cathe-
dral. asked. wide-syed and wondering,
Mamma, mamma. 10 that Godf"
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
Lesa Poodle.

As I was walking along the street
. saw little girl who usually inter
ested me, and l said to her: what a
bright little girl you are; l can just
see the sunbeams playing all over
your face" She looked up laughing
and said: Hum! MY mamma calls
those eckles."-Exchange
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
WANTED 70 Geo themselves.

A moving picture camera man. IN
an automobile, took some pictures OF
the crowds on the west side OF Broad
way between Forty-fifth and Forty
eighth streets. At least nifty persons
yelled at him and asked where the
pictures were to be shown. They
wanted to see themselves.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
ill.,. A Card to Owners
of Rural Telephone Lines

We are anxious to see that all lines owned by
other parties and connected with kept in such
condition as to furnish efficient service. Where the
owners of rural lines responsible for their upkeep,
we want to cooperate with them
All lines require thorough overeaung occa-
Sonaly if the best service is to be obtained. We
recommend that every line connected with us be
overhauled at least once year. and that at least one
experienced telephone assist in this work. The
cost of this work when divided among all the patrons
of the line, makes the amount paid by each man
small, and this cost will be than offset by the
improved service.
If the owners of rural telephone lines in this sec
ton are experiencing trouble with their service, we
will appreciate their talking the matter with our
Manager or writing fully. We will gladly do
what we can toward helping you improve the con-
ditOn of your line
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-04-13
rran.nnrta.Ion ths Main rhIna.

The power which has controlled the
world for all time has been superiority
in transportation. Civilization, com.
merce and empire have always fol-
lowed. The present generation looks
upon the railroad as one of the COM
monest Of conyeniences. anu has no
conception how neor We are to Its be-
ginning. H. Depew.
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MAYfIELD'S SON
 GIVES EVIDENCE
 AGAINST FATHER
Lad of 7 Years Tells of Father Removing Bloody
 Clothing After Struggle.

Texarksna, Jan. 15.-L|her May field, -7-year-old son of Will Mayfield, who is on trial charged with the brutal murder of his mother, father and brother, took the stand as a wit ness against his father today
 The boy is very intelligent and showed little embarrassment. He said there was quarrel at the sup per table between his father and grandfather; that shortly afterward his father placed him in bed, told him t., go to sleep, and returned to the sitting room. - .e......
 '~ A little later he heard sounds as of blows being struck, followed by groans,, and voice saying, 70 Lord, 1 am being killed" then all was still.
 In few minutes the defendant re- turned to the room and spoke to him, but he feigned sleep, being afraid to answer. The defendant then pulled off his suit of 'cver-alls which was spattered with blood, took a bath and, after putting on anolher suit, left the house.
 Dr. Powell, superintendent of the Texas insane asylum, followed. He qualified as an insanity expert for the state and gave it. as his opinion that the defendant Is sane. Another sanity expert for the state gave similar testimony.
 s At 5 o'clock this afternoon. court adjourned until Monday. -..
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A CARD FROM T. G. PARHAM.

In last Sunday mornings issue of The Graphic there appeared an arti- cle copied from the Arkansas City paper with reference to MT. H. H. Hays, who is candidate against me for the office of prosecuting attor- ney. Among other things, this arti- cle ha dthe following to say:
 4"He Is recognized as the leading criminal lawyer of this district. He has defended more than half score of men charged with murder in the first degree. without single convic- tion for that time. His record for acquittals for other crimes is even more impressive, having obtained ac- quittals in eighty-five per cent of criminal cases handled by him, and that against two of as able prosecute ing attorneys as ever served the Eleventh Judicial District. with par ticular reference to the Hon. w. D. Jones and T. Havis Nixon."
 Somehow, there are several state. ments in this article that didn't sound reasonable to me, and as had to be in Arkansas City last Wednesday on
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VILLA TO KILL oa EVERY .'GRINGO' .9
 THAT HE MEETS
Business and Mining Men of El Paso Want Congress
 to Demand Preparation.

ElPaso, Texas, Jan. 15.-Gen Francisco Villa has threatened to kill every American in the Casa Grandes district. &t1
 Telegrams received here tonight
 from Chihuahua City by American
 military officials state that on Janu-
 ary 13,. two days after IS Americans
 were slaughtered near santa Isabel
 by Villa followers, General Villa told
 Lloyd Robinson, an English prospec-
 tor, that he was coming north by
 way of Madeira and Casas Grandes
 and if he. found any of those damned
 gringo Mormons" on the way, he
 would kill them all.
 s Robinson arrived in Chlhuahua
 City today. .,.
 Bishop B, H. Hurst, head of the
 Mormon church in Mexico, today re- ceived instructions from high church officials in Salt Lake City. to order over American Mormon colonlst out os NortherI Chihuahua and to make iramediae arrangements to transport them to this country.
 Arrangements are under way nere to send. two more special trains
 under heavy escort to the Chihuahua and Casas Grandes district, to get ou' all foreigners <. s,s. ;. | Despite some relief in the tension hare, prominent business men anc agents of mining companies are urietly working to organize a large edelgation Of representative men o1
 Northern Mexico to, go to Washing 1 ton and ask congress to demand i'm mediate reparation for the Santa Isabel massacre. e%.M fA.S Although no further rioting ris going on here, United States soldiers are, still maintaining dead line be- l.tween the American and Mexican quarters.
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Prescott Man Says His Friends Are Divided as to
 Course He Should Take.
ESCAPE POLITICAL
 DESPOTISM SOUGHT
Colonel McRae Declares Friends Are of Same Desire: Restoration of State to the PeOple-Differ as to Who
 Can Best Lead.

Prescott, Jan. 15.-Thomas C. Me- Rae, who recently announced his withdrawal from the race for gov ernor, tonight announced he would not re-enter the race, as requested by his supporters.
 In lengthy statement, he said that bis friends who had communicated with him by mail and wire, are not agreed as to the course he should take in the race for governor.
 He says that all of his friends are of the same desire: The restol ation of the state to the people, and that all are seeking means to escape from an elective political despotism, differing only as to who can best lead in the fight.
 His friends here were much sur prised at Colonel McRae's decision not to re-enter the race.
 The effort to induce Colonel McRae to re-enter the race had it's inception with Tillman Parks of Hope, prose- cutting attorney of the Eighth judicial district. He asked several friends of Colonel McRae to meet at Prescott Thursday of this week to go over the situation. After discussion the mat ter was left to Colonel McRae.
 Mir. Parks said yesterday that if Colonel McRae declined to re-ente1 the race, it was improbable that ef- forts to get any other South Arkan- sas man out as candidate would be made. xs-.s. ~s
  Colonel McRae charged that Secretary of State Hodges, candidates for gov ernor, is the representative of the politicians who have. ruled the. state
 He has not announced how hi' will vote or whether he will take an active part in the campaign.
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.EMMELINE PANkhURST
 SEEKS AID } FOR Fl SERBS }
English Suffragette Leader Detained for short While at Ellis s.-r
 ISl0nd. .n..

New. York, Jan. 15.--Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the. militant English suf. fragette, accompanied by two, Servian refugees, arrived from England to; day.. .H~' .4.@'l sae ga. Y, ,-}t ,,t; Y
 Because Mrs. Pankhurst had served prison terms in England, she was sent to Ellis island, but was later paroled pending decision ': from Washington. s.s55~.f. ..s~.,s. :.
 Mrs. Pankhurst's trip to America is to secure aid for the suffering Ser, vians. whose condition she described as horrible. liy 5f. .sg a.-
 Tho immigration board at Ellis Is. land ordered Mrs. Pankhurst deported but she was released under parole for ten days, pending investigation.
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ARRIVE; :.. 4 BANKER SUICIDES
Books of Cashier of Kentucky Bank Fail to Disclose Any Irregu.
 larfties. Ft

Lexington, Ky, Jan. 15.-J. F. Weller, cashier of the Dundee, (Ky,, Safety Deposit bank, committed sui eide here today by hanging himself while bank examiners were making an investigation of his books.
 Weller excused himself, saying nc was going to get a glass of water. 4 few minutes later his body, still warm, was discovered hanging at the end of rope. His little son found the body.
 Further investigation of the cashiers books today did not dis close any irregularities. The state banking commissioner will make I further investigation.
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Admiral Fletcher's Report Declares Navy and Coast
 Defense Inadequate.
AS FOR U.-BOATS, U.
 THEY'RE NO GOOD
Senator Lodge Suppresses Admiraps Report, Which Had Been Demanded, When He Finds That Republicans
 to Blame.

Washington, Jan. 15.-It develope today that Senator Lodge had the re port of Admiral Fletcher on the At lantic fleet suppressed after it wa sent to the senate by Secretary c the Navy Daniels, because it criticise the previous Republican administra tion of the navy department.
 The essential potnis of the criti cism of Admiral Fletcher, it wal learned, are:
 That the navy department has paid too much attention to offi- cial methods and not enough at tention to practical matters.
 That the department is respon- sible for permitting Notifications to become obsolete and for failure to maintain policy of construct i've work with regard to sea coast defenses.
 That the guns defending forti-
 fled harbors and cities on the Atlantic coast are not sufficiently powerful and that long stretches
 of the coast, where troops could
 be landed, have been entirely
 neglected.
 That twice within a year the Atlantic coast has been technical ly invaded.
 That this was due to the de-
 fleets in the Atlantic fleet, as. to the personnel and material, lack j of scout cruisers, and efficient submarines. N7r
 That the navy lacks enlisted personnel and trained officers in :, sufficient numbers to effectively
 man the ships now in commits
 sion.
 That the submarines in the navy are wholly inadequate to
 perform the work required of this arm of the defense. 2 That the navy cannot hope to. ' cope successfully with any first class sea power, unless radical $ improvement in technical detail is; worked out. 5fa f8.i;s
 Republicans at Fault. i
 In transmitting Admiral Fletcher report to the senate, Secretary Dan iels sent a long letter in which, h said that practically all of the com plaints are due to the policy of tn previous Republican administrations and that the department either cor rected them or was in progress Q remedying the situation. 4& xs Admiral Fletcher contends that is a. mistaken policy to conf1ne tn Notifications of the sea coast to har bors upon which important cities ar located. He points out that the lon line of coast which has absolutely n defense other than what could h made by the navy. would be invitin to an enemy. The present fleet i not adequate to protect these point and operate as the first line of defens in time of war, he stated. ., .s
 U.-Boats Worthless.
 In the course of his report, Admir- al Fletcher emphasizes the shortag in enlisted men, declaring it to be ia too small to expect proper results. His criticism of the work of tn submarines is unusually vigorous. ure ing that there is practically not a unQersea DOdI III tAe' AHeTlcAH AaV today that is worthy Of the name. Especial emphasis is laid upon tn need of fast scout cruisers. The al sence of these "eyes" of the nav. Admiral Fletcher declares, will pei init the enemy to raid the coast re gardless of the battleship fleet an give him such an advantage that could land troops almost at will | any selected point. 5sz
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FARMERS DUELj ONE DEAD. Alabama Man Sends Six Bullets Into
 Old Enemy..s

Good Water, Ala, Jan. 15,-An an
 cient quarrel came to q fatal end. .,to-
 day. when c. w. Jones was killed, by H. B. Dunn. According to the coun- ty authorities, the men met in an open field, each armed and determined to settle matters for good. Each fired six shots, and Jones dropped with six bullets in his body dying soon after ward. Dunn was uninjuFed. =
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TEXANS FIGHT WITH :. <. @,. ...s GUNS AND KNIVES
One Man Dead. One Fatally and Four as Seriously Wounded in Family + -, -. War Near WaxahAclie.

,.a Waxahachie, Texas, Jan. 15.-One man was instantly killed, one. proba- bly fatally injured, and four others seriously wounded here this after noon in a pistol and knife fight be- tween father and three sons on one side and twobrothers on the other.
 All of the parties are farmers and live near here. Hard feeling had ex- isted between the two families for some time. .
 The dead: Robert Thompson.
 The probably fatally wounded: Artie Thompson. 7,l. laa .g The seriously wounded: Bert Thompson, Andy Thompson, Bodie Cunningham, Clarence Cunningham.
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YOUNG GALLANT WOUNDED.
 Georpian Shot When He Avenges Fan e cied Insult to Sister.

< Atlanta, Ca, Jan. 15.-While his sis ter sought frantically to. pull him away from harm, Anderson Marshall Eddy. "A. a typewriter representative tofl Macon, Ga., was shot and fatally iniured late tonight by J. H. Miles 48. sbookkeeper, in boarding house.
 The shooting occurred on. the front steps of Miles. boarding house. where Eddy. under the influence of liquor had rushed in the apparent belief that Miles had insulted his sister.
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Vienna Reports That Re. peated Assaults Repulsed
 by Austrians.
REAL BLOCKADE OF
 GERMANY PLANNED
Actual Blockade Will Supersede Pres- ent Condition, According to Amer. jeans Close to British
 Council.

London, Jan. 15.-1ncreasing in- tensity marks the fighting in Eastern Galicia, on the Bessarabian front. The Russians repeatedly charged en masse against the Austrian positions.
 Vienna reports that all the attacks were repulsed, the Russian losses be- ing enormous.
 s Before one Austrian bridgade, ac- cording to Vienna, 1000 Russians were left dead.
 On the other hand, Petrograd states that along the Strype, the Teutonic losses number no less than 100000.
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Germany Scores Britain.

Berlin, Jan. 15.-In it's reply to the British government in the Baralong case, the text of which was made public here today, Germany takes the groApd that Great Britain desires to no longer observe the requirements of international law in regard to sub marines, and breaks of negotiations on this subject. In addition to a1l- nouncing it's decision to take meas ures of reprisal, as made known yes terday, the German government re- jects Great Britain's proposal for ex- animation by a, neutral board of the Baralong incident and also of three cases in which 1t is charged Germany violated 9interna tional law in. subma- rine operations. The note was deliv- cred to Great Britain! through the em- bassy. .sAs sr~ ,s.A,..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-16

Cyprus was an extremely popular resort for Britishers for asyear or so after the announcement in 1878 that it. had become sa British protectorate, hut as the coast could not provide harbors to complete within those of NIaWlta, the vogue.r of the island 2 re- ceded as quickly as 1t had sprung up.
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SHOOTS R. R. ENGINEER.
Woman Says Victim Was Her Has-
 band, Who Had Deserted.

Cleveland, ;O... Jan. 15.--James, Mo Carthy, AZ, a railroad engineer, was shot and killed today by woman who claims to be his wife.
 The woman issurrendered to the ,po- lice, they say, and told them a story of having been deserted by. Mccarthy in Nashville, Tenn. "a year ago. The woman gave her name as Lula Me- Carthy. n at tGf yr, aqs,us, s,.s
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Real Blockade of Germany.

London, Jan. 15.-That Great Brit ain soon will announce the estab- lishment of an actual blockade of Germany and her allies. superseding the condition which had been estab- lished by the orders in council, was stated today by Americans who have been in close contact with the ma chinery of the British orders in council.
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NOTICE.

T All banks, members Of Pine Bluh Clearing House Association. will be closed Wednesday, 2 January 1a. $ 1s16zs Legal Holiday--Lee's Birthday.
 Pine Bluff Clearing House Ass'ns if gss 'Gs H. B. Strange, Manager.
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Last Hood Commander Dead.

St. Louis, Jan. 15.-Col. R. M. Pow ell, the last surviving commander ot Hoods Fifth Texas brigade of the Confederate army, died here today at the home of his son. Death was due to bronchial pneumonia. He was 8s years old.
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T,ane E, For D. 2. eAcl

s8 san Francisco. N. IsSi'sN
 gram was sent to Waaninl s ss'ss ss i notifying President Wiseon ssI
 Ser sNrSnciseo TIT 4sans s.E 5 endorsad xxi TrAnkla4 & 5s;s
 tarv of the intesl for see ' N +cf ths Unihed stats 'sNIa N
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Allen Resigns As Coach.

Jeff Allen, who has been athletic coach at Cumberland college, Clarksville, the past two years. has resigned the position. He has not perfec.ed his plans for the future. Mr. Allen has been visiting his par ents here since the Christmas holi- days.
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~ 7, Made Traffic Manager.

ea,st.,. Louis, Jan. 15.-J. Daniel NC. ,Namara, was today appointed general
 passenger traffic mana ger of the Wa
 bach railroad. He began his railway cafeer as a ticket checker. < Y
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Baby Dies of Burns.

Emerson, Jan. 15.-The little son of sNlr. and Mrs. Harry Wroten. who was burned here Friday. when he fell into a fire,y died this morning. The funeral
 will be held Sunday. ..s,o,
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$20O.OO0 Fire.

i, .,, Muscatine, la, Jan. 15.-A fire which for. a, time threatened the re- tail district of. the city. early tcday
 caused a. loss sof approximately $2oo,- 1000, ,.;.ss.r l.3ese1 s,y +.-- .s
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. " .17'-A'AI NHs ,lftf The, Weather.
Sunday lair and colder; !, Monday,
ers.F0reHas,

's'i- River Forecast. oaa E lssg'g : The. Arkansas. will reach S19 feets at; Dardanel1e Monday. IS feet at Little. Rock Tuesday, and 20 feet, at Pine Bluff Wednesday.
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Bernstorff Says "Unfair."

Washingtcn, Jan. 15.-Count von Eernstorff, the German ambassador
 made protest to the state depart ment against the action of the BritisN
 authorities in seizing personal be- longings and papers of Captain von Papen, the recalled military attache of the German embassy here, upon his arrival at Falmouth two weeks ago. z
 It is claimed that the act was in violation of the safe conduct assur- arces given to Captain Papen by the allied powers.
 It has become known in official auart.rs. that the German government will name no successors to Captains Eoy-Ed and von Papen.
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.sYoe's is the only first class place in the city '