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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
PEANUTS AND COTTON
Goober Proving Valuable Crop
Where Boil Weevil AbOundS.
Nuts Being Bought for Manufacture Of
OIL Which Is Now Bringing High
Prices-Remarkab Develop
ment Of Industry.
CBy C, A. WHITTLE, Georgia College
of Agriculture.)

CBy C, A. WHITTLE, Georgia College
of Agriculture,)
The peanut is proving a very val
liable substitute for cotton where the
boil weevil is very severe. r. L. Col
son Of Georgia put in 63 acres of pea
nuts. From these 63 acres he sold
1000 bushels of peanuts at $1.25 per
bushel, which made nearly $1,000. But
that is not all. Some of the nuts that
we're grown on the SO acres help to
fatten 100 head Of hogs, and the vines
were gathered for hay, and very good
hay 1t is. He figures the $1,000 as
nearly a net profit. He claims that he
has made more from this tract than
he could possibly make from 1t even
when grown to long staple cotton and
without the boil weevil infestation.
The price paid for peanuts, Of
course, is unusually high. The nuts
were bought by an oil mill for the
manufacture of oil which is now bring
ing very high prices along with cotton
seed oil, because Of the war.
That the peanut can be looked to as
good substitute for cotton Is, how
ever, being quite generally believed
in the territory where the boil weevil
has induced crop dlversifcation. In
Texas where the boil weevil first APP
peared and where readjustments
have been longest In progress, there
has been remarkable development OF
the peanut industry. Officials Of the
Texas Industrial congress estimated
the land planted to peanuts In 1916
in Texas as 100000 acres. In 1910
there were only 10000 acres in pea
nuts.
Similar developments Of the peanut
are taking place in Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Alabama and Georgia. Peanut
meal is coming to be quite common On
the market as cattle feed. 1t is
figured by farmers that when the price
of peanuts goes down, they will let
the hogs harvest them and make a sue
cess selling them in the form Of pork.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13

give the details of this early period
Among the pioneer breeders who inn
proved shorthorns and gave them no.
toriety and popularity were Charles
and Robert Colling, Thomas Bates,
Thomas Booth and his sons, Richard
and John. They accomplished this
result by judiclous breeding, careful
feeding and extensive advertising by
exhibiting their cattle throughout Eng
land.
The earliest importation Of short
horns into the United States was
made about 1890. but the first to be
taken west of the Allegheny noun
tains were imported from England by
Col. Lewis Sanders of Kentucky in
1917, and were known as "the Seven
teens" They were excellent cattle,
though much controversy afterwards
sprang up over their breeding. AT the
time Of their Importation no pedigree
had been secured, as many breeders at
that time had not learned the import
ance Of careful records, this being seq
eral years prior to the establishment
of the English herdbook. From 1920
to 1850 many importations were made
both by individual breeders and COM
panies, and so shorthorns soon spread
over most of the state.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
BEST FERTILIZERS FOR CORN
Acid Phosphate, 200 Pounds to Acre,
Is Recommended by Expert Of
Tennessee Station.

(By CHARLES A. MOOERs, Chemist and
Agronomist, Tennessee Agricultural Elk
pertinent Station)
Corn is very important crop, but
enc that is iow-priced so that the
question as to the most profitable fer
tilizer Is not always easy to answer.
Fertilizer experiments covering every
condition have not been possible but
considerable evidence has been obtain
ed. With regard to phosphate, acid
phosphate in moderate quantity, say
200 pounds to the acre, is recommend
ed, and may be used by itself with as
good a chance for profit as any other
material or combination of materials
of equal money value; it may even
give greater profit, especially in the
case of freshly cleared land. If light
dressing OF manure can be made, then
the plain acid phosphate is highly adj
visabie as supplement to the manure,
which, as demonstrated in the potato
experiments, is strengthened in it's
weakest point for soils like these. In
similar manner acid phosphate is
recommended for a green manure or
pasture crop which is to be followed
by corn, the one application in that
case answering fairly we'll for the two
crops.
The experimental results do not war
rant anything more than very light
application Of a potash salt, say, 10
pounds per acre Of muriate Of potash
mixed with the acid phosphate.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
Over Him Stood TWO Men, ViIIainous-
Looking Fellows.

support of the pear tree as she recog-
nized Merwin Burritt. She saw his
strong fist drive out and her would-be
captor went senseless to the ground.
Mr.. Driscoll was a grateful man
when, one hour later, in the peace and
quiet of his room they went over the
exciting incidents Of the evening. The
robbers had been jailed, and the incl
dent had drawn those three immeas-
urably closer together.
So much so, in fact, that before the
week was out Mr.. Driscoll insisted up
on financing Burrltt in his inventions
and Nance had been invited not only
into the new business combination, but
also to become the partner for life Of
the man she had learned to love.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
BILIOUS, HEADACHE,
SICK ''CASCARETS''
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi.
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath--always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead Of being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
polsons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep--a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
WHY NOT SKATE ON GLASS?
Science Explains Why Any Smooth
Surface Will Not Answer Purpose
as Well as Ice.

Why is it that steel skates glide SO
readily over an ice surface? The
structure of the ice does not explain
this phenomenon. Nor does this mode
Of locomotion depend on the smooth
ness of the ice-sheet. Glass may be
had with a very smooth surface, but
it would be very poor stuff to skate on
if available. The sport Of ice skating
depends on the fact that water ex-
pands on freezing; for, since ice is of
greater bulk than water, any force that
tends to reduce its bulk will also tend
to change it back to water. AS the
whole weight Of the skater rests with
each stroke on the narrow, sharp edge
of mis- skate, 1t follows that a quite
large pressure is exerted on a very
small area of the Ice surface. The re-
suit is that the ice melts and the
skater glides forward on a film of wa
ter Of the width Of pencil-llne, which
Immediately refreezes after the skate
edge has passed.
The colder the ice the greater must
be pressure to bring it to the melt
ing point, hence the fact that on very
cold ice 1t is difficult to make tie
skates "bite." In any event only a
slight amount of melting takes place,
for 1t requires about 1000 pounds of
pressure to the square inch to reduce
the melting point by one degree cent?
grade. This may seem a high pressure
To be exerted by skater, yet when it
is remembered that the edge of a skate
Is only a very small fraction Of a
square inch in area, and that ice is
seldom very much colder than the
freezing point (since there is usually
water below the ice sheet at 80
Fahrenheit waiting to be cooled
to the freezing point), it will be
appreciated that this explanation is
quite reasonable.--0. d. Won Engeln in
Harper's Magazine.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
..Where Is ltYn

"Where is itY
"My daughter mas it. I'm telling You
the truth. Don'tl don'tl" as the knife
was more viciously iabbed towards
him.
Maybe he's telling the truth, Jim?'
suggested its possessor.
rs that herP and the other jumped
for the doorway, discovering Nance.
She had, indeed, the key in question,
and now realized that these ruffians
must have heard of her father having
a large sum in the house and were bent
on securing it. Her Idea was to pre-
vent their possession of the key, as
also to reach the nearest house to give
the alarm.
The man who had discovered her
proximity dashed after her speedily.
Nance started across the garden In the
direction Of the Dyson home. She
realized that her pursuer was close on
her trail. He would soon overtake her.
Nance uttered one frantic, ringing
scream and suddenly made dash for
the forked pole resting against the pear
tree, She seized it, she poised it. She
held it level and directed it's pronged
end directly against her onrushing en-
envy.
"Ouch! Thunder!" he gasped, and
receded promptly, his hand pressed to
his side, where the fork points had
penetrated. Nance pressed the assault.
She made new jab and the man went
PROSTATE, bowling for help from his
companion.
The latter came rushing out. In her
trepdation and excitement Nance had
dropped the pole. She was too weak
and overcome to run. He made for
her. She was well-nigh to the fainting
point.
Suddenly q new figure shot across
her range of vision. She leaned to the
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
FARMER SHOULD SAVE STOCK
Calves, Colts, Hogs and Turkeys More
Valuable Than Money in Bank,
Says Houston Post.

More than 500 calves per day is the
average on the Fort Worth market.
Those calves are the most valuable
Texas product today and represent the
hope of this state for survival Of its
cattle raising industry. Every enc Of
them that is killed means a decrease
In cattle values next year at least three
times the present value Of that calf.
Every Texas farmer should try to keep
on his farm every calf, every colt,
every hog and every turkey. They are
going to be more valuable than money
in the bank when next winter comes.
Houston Post.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
SIMPLE TW0-YEAR ROTATION
Cultivated Fields ohould Be Equally
Divided Where Corn and Cotton
Are Main Crops.

Where cotton and corn are the main
crops grown, the cultivated fields
should be equally divided, one-half Of
them being planted to corn and peas
or corn and velvet beans, and the
other half to cotton, crimson clover
being planted In the cotton middles
in the fall to be plowed under for corn
the following spring. Such a simple
two-year rotation gives us a legume
crop every year on every cultivated
acre, and, with the use of some phos-
phoric acid and potash in certain sec
lions, will mean better lands and big.
ger and more profitable crops.-Pro.
gressiye Farmer.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
Are stranaers Nov.

This is the reason the artist and
bis former friend do not speak any
more The artist got a local dealer to
exhibit his paintings and after few
days he took his bosom friend down
to see the exhibition.
The friend looked the pictures over
critically, skeptically. Then he said:
Il see that big painting has a tag
on it saying, Sold"
~Yes," answered the artist. 'Mr
ellison bought that picture"
"Gillson did? Honest? Well, there's
a big mistake here
"What do you mean?"
"The dealer ought not to have hung
that Sold tag on the picture. He
should have hung it on ellison
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
Feminine Defense.

"You gotta hand it to Unison, said
the fat plumber, for pulling off new
stunts"
whats Unison been doing now?"
the thin carpenter inquired
''He was going to put lady boxers
show on the road"
'You say he was going to do itf"
yep. But he had to change his
plans?"
"Why?"
zone rehearsal proved the plan to be
entirely impossible"
"Impossible?"
"Yep. 1t wouldn't work at ALL"
But can't understand why"
I'll tell you. He got bunch Of
girls to tackle the job, all right"
"Uh, huh"
"But every time they got warmed up
in q boxing bout they insisted on tear
ing off the gloves and pulling hair"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
LIME REQUIRED BY ALFALFA
Practically All Soils Of United States
Need Treatment for Best Devel-
opment Of Crop.

Probably no other field crop requires
lime to such an extent as does alfalfa,
and with the exception Of rather linn
tied limestone areas, practically all Of
the soils of the United States east Of
the ninety-ffth meridian require lin
ing for the best development .sf this
Wop.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the we'll
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
mp the Whole System. 50 cents
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
seeklnu ! Publisher.

as Scribson still engaged in the pur-
suit of literature?'
mo. Seribson thinks he has ground
out enough literature to make him ia
nous, and he is now engaged in the
pursuit of editors"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
slioht Distinction.

"Papa. what Is the difference be-
tween sanitariuw and an asylum
"About one hundred dollars week"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13

Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago,
Rheumatism. Send l0c. DR.. v. M. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. ", for large trial package
Adv.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13
nnM,r cAMatE

that your hearts all right. Make
sure. Take "Renovine"-a heart and
nerve tonic. Price SOC and $1.00.--Adv.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13

Clothespins will not freeze to the
line If they are first boiled in strong
salt water and then dried.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13

If you can't get over matter, get
under it for that may be the only way
Of getting around 1t.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13

Skilled woman munition workers in
England are to be paid common max
imum Of 10A pence an hour.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-04-13

Protection and patriotism are re-
ciprocal calhoun
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05
REGISTERED MEN ASKED TO GIVE
CORRESCT ADDRESSES

The Mason County Exemption
Board yesterday received the follow
ing official order from Adjutant Gen.
eral ]. Tandy Ellis:
To All Local and District Boards in
Kentucky
All registrants should furnish their
local boards with their present ad-
dresses, il it has been changed from
the address given on the registration
card so that missionaries which will
begin to be mailed December Is, 1917,
will reach such registrants without
delay.
r Registrants are bound by law to
keep themselves advised Of all I've
proceedings in respect to. them and
, failure to do so may result in their
losing right to claim exemption or
discharge.
You should request all local papers
to give the widest possible publicity
to this warning from this time until
the process of mailing the question
aries has been completed.
J. TANDY ELLIS,
The Adjutant General.
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MRS. AMELIA CONE
Died This Morning at Home Of Daugh.
f ter, Mrs. Ira Newell, on
Limestone Street.

Mrs. Amelia Cone, aged 50 years,
passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Ira Newell, on Lime
stone street, this morning at o'clock
Of the infirmities incident to old age.
Deceased was born in Maysville
and has resided here all her life. She
was member of the Third Street M.
E. Church and was an estimable
Christian woman. Her husband, the
late Lafayette Cone, preceded her to
the grave a number of years ago. She
was a daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. James C. Williams.
She is survived by two daughters
Mrs. Ira Newell, of this city, and Mrs.
DR.. Letton, of Bethel, KY, also two
sisters and three brothers Mrs.
Britain, of Cincinnati, Mrs. Thomas
M. Wood, DR.. G. NJ Williams, Mr..
Henry Williams and Mr.. A. NJ. Will
Hams, all of this city.
The funeral arrangements have not
as yet been completed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT

During the month of November
there were 1,043 visitors at the Pub
lie Library and $50 books were taken
out.
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Surrender Reported

Perograd, December 4 - Ensign
Krylenko, the Bolsheviki commander
in-chief, telegraphed today that the
general staff, which has refused to
recognize the authority of the Bolshe-
wiki, has surrendered.
The battle between detachments
from the Petrograd garrison, COM
manded by Ensign Krylenko, and Cos
sacks, is reported to be impending at
vitebsk. According to a telegram
Krylenko's adjutant, the Cossacks
have gathered on the TANKS and in
the rear of Krylenko's forces.
A circumstantial report is being
circulated that General Korniloff, for
mer Russian commander-in-chief,
who led an unsuccessful revolt
against the Kerensky government, es-
capped from custody last night.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05
COMPLETE UNITY WILL BE RE.
SUIT OF WAR MEETING

Paris, December 4-The foreign Of
flee officially announced today that at
the recent inter-allied conference, in
which the United States participated,
agreements were concluded upon the
basis of complete understanding
and close solidarity among the allies
for the solution Of the questions in
which they have common interest
in the war;"
1t was also announced that the Gre
alton of supreme inter-allied naval
committee had been decided upon.
The inter-allied general staff, it
was stated, was working upon a de-
finite military program which was
placing unity of military action in the
way of certain realization.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

Butter fat so centA pound at the
Maysville Model Creamery this week.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

dent Wilson's message was cabled to-
day to Europe, South America, Japan
and China.
simultaneously with its delivery
before Congress this afternoon the
war message was made public in all
parts Of the world except the cen
trail powers.
The printed text also probably will
be dropped later by American and al
lied aviators over the German
trenches.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

DR.. Ella Y. Hicks is a business visi-
tor in Cincinnati today.
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H. Asked by Wilson IN Address to
Congress U. y. TO Fight
to End--Any Peace Must Bar
Domination By Huns.

Washington, December 4-Presl-
dent Wilson today called upon Con-
gress to declare state Of war
against Austro-Hungary.
Pledging America to var to VIC
tory, and declaring nothing shall turn
US aside, he asked that Austro-Hun-
gary be formally listed among Amer
lca's enemies to remove this "em-
barrassing obstacle that stands In our
way"
Any peace that America makes
must include delivery of the peoples
Of Austro-Hungary, Turkey and the
Balkans, as well as northern France
and Belgium, from Prussan domi-
nation, he said.
The president suggested remedial
legislation to meet the railroad and
food situation. The latter, he said,
was based on "selfshness" at present,
rather than on the law Of supply and
demand.
He urged legislation for full use of
natural resources and water power of
the country, more drastic laws to
punish alien enemies and an amend
ment to include women as well as
men under the alien enemy act.
The president suggested that, in
stead of combining enemy aliens in
comfortable internment camps, they
be put in penitentaries, where they
can be made to work, "as other GRIM
inals do"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES,
For the Eastern District Of Kentucky.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
No. 1918

In the matter of Harry c. Mills,
bankrupt.
On this 3rd day of December A. d.
1917, on considering the petition of
the aforesaid bankrupt for discharge,
filed on the 9Th day of September A.
D. 1917, it is ordered by the Court
that hearing be had upon the same
on the 9Th day of January A. D. 1918,
before said Court at Covington, in
said District, at ten o'clock, in the
forenoon, or as near thereto as prac-
ticable, and that notice thereof be
published one time in Maysville Pub
lie Ledger, newspaper printed in
said District, and all known creditors
and other persons in interest may ap-
pear at said time and place and show
cause, If any they have, why the pray
er Of said petitioner should not be
granted.
(SEAL)
Witness, the Honorable A. M. ]. Coch-
ran, Judge of said Court and the
seal thereof, at Covington, in said
District, on the 3rd day of of De-
cember A. d. 1917
J. W. MENZIES, Clerk.
J. o. HOSKEN, D. C.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

Message Is Cabled to Every Part Of
World
Washington, December 4-Presi-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05
General Dukhonin Murdered

Petrograd, December 4-General
Dukhonin, who took over the post Of
of commander-in-chief Of the Russian
armies after the overthrow of Pre-
mier Kerensky, was thrown from a
train and killed as the result Of lynch
law, after Ensign Krylenko, the Boil
sheviki commander-in-chief, had cap
tured Mohilov, 1t was officially an
nounced by the Russian War Office
today.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05
48-H0UR ARMIsTIcE
Russia and Germany Enter Into
Agreement Bolshevlki Com
mander Reports Surrender
Of General Sta1-Gen.
eral Dukh0nin
Murdered.

London, December Am armistice
between Russia and Germany has
been signed at the headquarters OF
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam today. The armistice Is
valid for period Of forty-eight
hours.
Advices received Monday night
from various German sources indi-
Gated that an armistice was in effect
on the Russo German front, but were
not specific as to actual signing OF a
formal agreement or as to the period
during which hostilities should be
suspended.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

Mr.. c. S. Martin, of Ashland, was
a business visitor in the city yester-
day.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

Mrs. w. c. Allen and daughter,
Frances Ann, Of Duluth, MINI, are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Fitz
gerald of East Second street.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

Butter fat so cents pound at the
Maysville Model Creamery this week.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-12-05

General Dukhonin assumed the
post of Russian commander-in-chief
after the disappearance of Premier
Kerensky, with headquarters at Mo-
hilvo. The headquarters staff refused
to carry out the orders of the Boil
sheviki to enter into negotiations
with the Germans for an armistice.
The Bolsheviki government announced
that deposition of General Dukhonin,
but he refused to recognize its au-
thority. A Petrograd dispatch yes'er-
day said troops loyal to the Bolshe-
Wiki had been sent against the gen.
oral staff headquarters.