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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
IONS of Gold Dollars

The statement that there has just
been counted In New York, at the
United States assay Office, the enor-
nous sum of $765,00O,000 In gold may
oe visualized somewhat when this Is
translated into ounces, pounds anu
tons, writes Girard In the Philadelphia
Ledger.
While it has been asserted that THIS
sum probably is the largest amount OF
gold coin and bullion ever accuinulat-
ed in one place, It IS well to renem-
Der that only so recently as year
ago there was said to be $S0O,ooo,ooo
in gold and bullion in the Russian
State bank.
The sum in New York figures Out
something like this: There are ap
proximately 100000 ounces or 5000,
900 pounds or 1916 tons. The figures
are not exact.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
Temperance
|llssINdt|eSBH
low ABOUT THE REVENUE?
FConducted by the National Woman'E
Christian Temperance Union)

"Upon one occasion when | was en-
gagged in a prohibition campaign in
Canada" says Prof. John A. Nichols
be Boston, "there came into the county
shat good-natured Irishman, the pos
SCISSOR of farm in an adjoining town.
One of the would-be liquor sellers met
him and at once proceeded to pour
forth his tale of woe. Pat said he,
II hear that you are going to vote TIC
continue this prohibition law. Now:
that means the ruin Of the county;
grass will grow in the streets, anc
business will be ruined. You have
farm over In Melbourne, and you will
not be able to sell your butter, your
| eggs, or your turkeys With woe-be-
gone countenance he described the
scene, and told Of the awful calamities
| that would befall the county unless
licenses were granted to men to sell
IilQuor.
"Pat listened to the story with pc
/ culiar expression upon his face, then,
with comical twist of his eye, with
t OBS question, he punctured the bubble.
4 Bedad,' said he, and would they take
away the mouth of you, then?' The de-
Dland for food would still continue
I and Pat felt that his farm was safe.
"Grass will grow In the streets, say
! the liquor advocates, and the schools
/. will be closed, unless whisky can be
sold upon the street corners. Well
4 lf it is grass or whisky, | am in favor
of grass. A cow will eat grass, give
Imilk, and keep someone alive, but g
!. saloon cannot run and do business
without debasing someone and adding
TO the sum of human misery and sor
row."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
SUMMER HINTS FOR AUT0IST
Good Driver Never Applies Emergency
Brakes Swiftly Except in Cases
of Emergency

In the Woman's Home Companion
there is an article about motoring In
which the writer says:
sThe good driver never applies
brakes swiftly except in an emergency.
When drawing up at a street side, she
cuts off ignition early and allows mo-
mentum to carry the car to the stop
ping place, using the service brake
usually. The good driver thus saves
gasoline and wear upon brakes, coast
ing to a stop with the smoothness Of
operation Of an easy start.
"a good driver never uses the emer-
gency brake, because she never mas
emergencies! She sees and avoids the
emergency before it arrives; the poor
driver rushes into trouble and depends
upon quickness in grabbing the emer-
gency lever to save life. More than
one accident has followed q futile at'
tempt to find the seldom used emer'
gency lever In a hurry.
.sThe good driver rounds sharp cor
ners to the right, goes over extremely
rough stretches of road, or hits unex
pected thank-you-ma'a ANS, with clutcf
disengaged to save the rear axle
mechanism.
"The good driver uses the vince
with the least possible motion. Sh'
does not drag it suddenly from side t.
side, but turns 1t SO gradually that pas
sengers are unconscious OF the fact
lii rounding corner she commences
TO straighten the car up before 1t !
| halfway around"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
NJ, DRINK ON KINGS TABLE.

1T is no longer etiquette to place
wines or liquor on the table Wheh
King George is a guest, according to
the London Spectator, which is con-
Quoting an active campaign for prohi-
bition during the war. The kings or
der barring tha use of alcoholic bever-
ages in his palaces while the war con
tinues is being adhered to rigidly. NO
vine is served, even at dinner parties
AZ buckingham Palace or Windsor.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
CoAsTING DOWN LONG HILLS
Use Motor as Brake, Going Against
Compression-Stop Ignition ana
Ii VIII Cool Motor.

When coasting down a long NIL
change from one brake to the other to
allow them to cool. Unfortunately
this does not cool the brake drums. So
use the motor as a brake and go down
a very steep hill against compression.
Leave the gears in high speed, or II
YOU find that too fast, the second or
first speed. Stop the ignition and 1t
will cool your motor at the same time.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
Marine Life.

According to G. r. Shoemaker of the
United States National museum, the
Danish West Indies offer an interest
ing field for study in marine life. In
one of his expeditions to st. Thomas
he found among other specimens, great
numbers of a beautiful dark purpllsn
red crab and many species Of small
vtvidly-colored fish swimming apou'
the coral. These were in shades Oh
red and blue, and through the clear
waters were beautiful objects.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
CIT OFF THE SUPPLY.

& II is estimated that the traffic
teaches four out of FIVE of all Ameri-
can boys to drink liquor in some form
before they reach their majority. Deny
to this liquor traffic the channels OF
trade; do it nationally. You get, OF
course, some results when you do II
locally. You get larger results when
YOU do it as a county. You get Still.
larger and better results when you
do it as a state, but do it nationally
and ultimately internationally! Dry
IN the sources of supply. -Richmonf
Pearson Hobson.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
PROOF POSITIVE.

The brutalizing effect Of beer-alco'
holism id shown most clearly by the
fact that in Germany crimes OF per-
gonal violence, particularly dangerous
bodily injuries, occur most frequently
In Bavaria where there is the highest
consumption of beer--Dr. Hugo Hop
10 Famous Nerve Specialist OF Roe'
nigsberg, Germany.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
III, ,cEmEN FOR PROHIBITION.

Writing in the New York Times, an
nfticIal of the uniformed police force
~ the city of New York declares that,
With few exceptions, the rank and file
If the 10000 members Of the New
yorl, department are advocates OF pro-
bibttion. eOnly a few years ago" ne
avs. 1.-THE prohibitionists were laughed
j. and the policeman who did not show
atoms Of liquor some time during a
month was an exception. Now, the
.,,ollceman who shows signs of liquor at
INV tlme is the exception,
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
X-Ray for San Salvador.

The secretary of the treasury Of the
government of Salvador has ordered
from the United States an N-ray APP
paratus of the most improved type.
which the government proposes to pre-
sent to the Rosales hospital In the
city of San Salvador for the use VI
that institution.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
AUTOMOBILE TIRES FOR 1917
About f25,ooo,ooo Pounds Of Fabric
viii Be Required to Meet
Estimated Demand.

Automobile tires average about five
nounds Of fabric each, and as 1t IS es-
firnated that the 1917 tire production
win reach 25,0OO,000. about 125OOO,ooo
mounds OF fabric, equivalent to over
100000 bales of long-staple cotton, VIII
ba required to meet this demand.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
LICENSE SIGN FOR MACHINE
Unwarranted Change of Numbers or
Removal Thereof in Case OF Ac-
cident Is Prevented.

In illustrating and describing y"
cense sign for automobiles, the inven.
tion of Ell. Brewster s East Twelfth
street New York, the Scientific Amer
lean says:
'sThis invention relates generally to
license signs of automobiles, and more
particularly to a rigid sign which may
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

be plainly seen both in daylight and
at night, the object being to provide
license sign by which unwarranted
change of numbers or removal thereof
in case of accident, overspeeding or
law-breaking expeditions may be en-
tirely prevented"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

If you suspect that your child mas worms orr ~;
a single dose of DR.. Peerys Dead shot
will settle the question. Its action upon
the stomach and Bowels lie beneficial IN
either case. No second dose or after pus-
gst.ye necessary. Adv
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
VILLAIN OF MoToRDoM
I am nothing. yet I exist.
n,,o 4hn rnnt of nnntnri n o.

am nothing, yet | exist. !
am the root of motoring 9
evils. q
am am instigator of pro- :
family. Z
am a destroyer of property.
I steal mems time. Z
I attack without warning.
I break up weddings.
/ cripple ambulances-
I defy the police.
! impede firemen.
I stop delivery of food. =
| am particularly annoying to
women.
I harass the rich
I blockade traffic.
I am the assassin of joy.
I am the stumbling block OF
progress.
am the villain of motordom.
, I am the Puncture.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
Naturally.

81 SEQ where q woman shot her nus
land In dispute over suffrage. "hel
argument must have made a great ~
with him.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

One little word may make Il heW
friendship or break an old one.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

being fool and knowing 1t Is the
prelude to wisdom.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

A little red riding hood these days
means an auto hat.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

1t is a poor elevator that won't work
both ways.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

A man isn't coward just because
his trousers are frayed.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
I 'A
Exact Copy Of Wrappes.
Quite All Right.

Construction generally indicates disorderea
stomach liver and bowels Wrlghts Indian
Vegetable Pills restore regularity without
gripping. Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
Rsstus as Detective.

Rapid disappearance Of coal from
his bin alarmed Major higgins and
he determined to trace 1t. He ques-
toned the man who tended his gar
den.
George" he asked, "where do you
reckon my coal has disappeared tor
George scratched his head thought
fully. "Well, sir" he replied, All
ah-ah reckon them squirrels done
took 1t. Yes, squirrels, Major Higgins
That was nut coal, SIR
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
FRECKL.El.S
Now liz the Time to GeS Rid Of These
Upky SDOtH,

Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need or
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as ths
REPRESENTATION othine double strength - il
r1aranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce Of othtne-douhls
strength-from your druggist. and apply
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckies
have begun to disappear, while the Hghter
ones have vanished entirely, 1t 10 seloona
that more than one ounce Is needed to COM
pIetely clear the akin and gain beautiful
clear complexion. .S
Be sure to ask for the doupie strehstn
nthine aa this Ia sold under guarantee OF
money back II 1t fails to remove freekien--~
Adv.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28
A Base MateriaIist

She-This age we are living IN gives
much food for thought.
He--Yes, but not much for digestion
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-07-28

A Welcome Climax.
Young Playwrlght-W What did you
think of my climax?
Critic-It was very welcome.
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-19
PEANUT POINTERS

SOILS Peanuts do best we'll drained light gray sandy
The color OF the soil affects the color Of the If the raised
ever if the nuts raised for the oil market.
~ FEILlLER: As food values have risen in proportion
than before Peanuts though will produce
will yield profitable on the labor and investment
they will properly fed percent pho
phorc acid percent nasmuh
applied at the rate Of 500 lbs to will ppy
eraton II the soil is application of 1000 lbs of ground
PREPARATION OF LAND: Same cotton. The land
should be broken puyerzed and dragged Peanuts
from April The Spanish variety do exceptionally well
to 81 inches and the distance the from inches plant
ing machine will for itself few days as down the seed
VIII have to be opened in the usual with
CULTvATI0N Peanuts must be kept free from
aOn and keep the mulch
three of light teeth and Frequent
sary in
. DRoUGHT The having tap root
yields can be made in spite of protraced droughts,
HARVESTING: Harvesting should begin when pods
The vines make valuable therefore, crop
vested before the leaves fall hay secured after this little
the late should be hay
frost While vines will be ruined by frost little harm done the
nuts unless they intended for
Peanuts be harvested with pow
board has been being
devised pow is sold that will harvest the
After the vines they
few hours They then be stacked poles
securely driven in the ground These poles about eight
long right angles each other
protect the rain
small for ventilation should be left pole
he peanut hay from he weather
After the stacks have stood four five weeks and the
thoroughly
used in the threshing the nuts from the hay.
1t costs about 20 bushel have picked
good machine will pick from 25O 500 bushels
complete with engine about $60O.O0
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-19

see the result" waving his arm in a.
$4,000 gesture.
If our lands were exploited, if they
were advertised, the Coltons would
troop into West Florida; they would
fill every train, they would come
erowding over every road. Unfortu-
nately, however, we trust to accom-
modating couples to raise sons to
acquaintances whose health is in
bad way to look up their folks.
Cheap Cultivation.
What particularly appealed to Mr..
Cotton about this land is that it is
fat and easily workable with machin-
cry. It's internal drainage likewise
appeals to him. 81 have seen my
field lake" he said, "but it all drains
off in am hour or so. Of course no
farmer will try to farm without
bitches, but fewer seem to be neces-
sary here than anywhere l have seen.
This land is every bit as good as the
Wisconsin land, and being fiat like
our prairies, is cheaper to work"
Putting in Machinery.
Mr.. Cotton works an average of
eight men, or one man to 40 acres.
He keeps four horses and when neces-
sary rents four others. Next year he
is planning to put in tractors, not
only because they will be cheaper, but
also because they will do the work
faster-an important item with this
great acreage.
Digging will begin in a couple of
weeks. In October or November, Mr..
Cotton will plant oats or rye, for
green manure; he will follow that
with cowpease, which will be off the
ground by June, allowing him ample
| time to get the peanuts planted in
! July and August. This is the rotation
that will continually improve the
land and insure the success of the
peanuts planted year after year on
the same ground.
Building up the ground like this,
| Mr. Cotton says that in a few years
| he will have his land in shape to aver
age 80 bushels of corn to the acre.
| At present he says, he can get more
feed value out Of peanuts than corn,
and for that reason hasn't planted a
| stalk.
What Mr.. Cotton has done others
can do on greater or smaller scales.
| They can either devote themselves ex-
clusively to the peanuts, or they can
develop which will improve the lani
| still further and give them the added
profit of the manufacturer in turning
meal into meat
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-19

stiff clay subsoil. 1t retains the mois-
ture well, and its great absorptive
power and its porosity take care of
surplus precipitation.
Three hundred and fifty acres of
peanuts! Three hundred and twenty
in one field! | stood at the fence and
a mile on each side of me the pea
nuts ran and lost themselves at the
edge of the woodland where the land
began to rise to the horizon-not a
foot of dirt showing! For this was 95
per cent stand and the vines had
made a solid mat.
And as the wind played across the
field, the green rippled in laughter
just like the sea under a similar
caress.
All this work had been accom-
plished since last April, for though
Mr.. Cotton purchased it in March, he
had a fearful lot of clearing to do
before he could start the plows going.
Beating the Government.
The government says to make the
peanut rows 80 inches apart and plant
ten inches apart in the rows.
Mr.. Cotton however, planted five
inches apart in twenty-inch rows,
simplifying cultivation and practi-
cally doubling capacity. Only 500
pounds of fertilzer-phospha
used to the acre, and the per-plant
yield has not suffered by the crowd
ing. l dug up plants in various parts
of the field and they all show a cup
or a cup and a half Of the Spanish
peanuts, and they are filled to burst
ing. There are $4,000 plants to the
acre, and estimating the yield at half
a cup (quarter of a pint per stalk,
the total crop will be over 100 bush
els an acre-say $4,000 bushels in all.
How much did it cost per acre to
make this CROP" l asked Mr.. Cotton
He gave me the figures, and l checked
them carefully, at times, increasing
his estimates to be on the safe side
Labor, / should remark, is $125 a
day there; a team can be hired for
81; and plowing can be contracted
for $3.50 an acre. The costs of har-
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-19

A crop that will yield $50 an acre
at the very lowest estimate, for which
there is an unlimited local demand,
and which so far as can be seen, yill
never be glut on the market; a crop
that will bear profitably on land too
poor to raise a fuss on and will re-
spond to every pound Of fertilizer or
hours cultivation; crop that stead
lily improves the ground, and can be
exchanged for twice its value IN stock
feed; crop cheap to plant, cheap to
cultivate, cheap to harvest, and easy
to learn, a crop especially adapted
to the soils and climatic conditions of
West Florida-such is the peanut.
Millions for Peanuts.
For candy, stock feed, and human
food purposes the use of the peanut
is without limit. No one can say
what peanut oil would bring today
if there was any for sale. When the
demand can be supplied, it will prob
ably supplant the cottonseed product.
A pound of peanut butter contains
higher food value than the average
three meals a day. No one of course
expects the world to cut out grits
potatoes and bread and beefsteak and
pie and put themselves on a peanut
diet; but as we learn more about food
properties, as it becomes more neces-
sary to get the greatest amount of
nourishment and pleasure out of our
marketing allowance, the demand for
peanut butter will be increased. Pea
nut meal or cake, the residue after the
oil has been extracted, is splendid
stock food, especially for young ami
mails, dairy cattle and hogs. The cake
is even better than the complete nut
because it leaves a frmer flesh and
Yields a higher grade lard. Hogs fin
ished on peanut cake brige the same
price as corn-fed hogs; those on pea
nuts considerably lower.
Doubling the Profit.
Based on last years prices and
present indications, the farmer can
buy two pounds of peanut cake with
one pound of peanuts, and pound for
pound, the former is better. Thus
for the simple gathering and hauling
to market he doubles his crop.
100 Bushels to the Acre.
And that one hundred bushels an
acre actual production equivalent to
200 in feed value) is not too much to
expect from this region, is proved by
c. L. Colton's peanut farm in the
northern part of Santa Rosa county
This is not the story of one acre or
two or three, but of three hundred
and fifty, which at the very lowest
estimate will average one hundred
bushels to the acre.
$50 Acre Peanut Farm.
1t lies a few miles north of Jay;
splendid soil, like most of the Santa
Rosa dirt, being underlaid with a
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-19
Ministers Wife Cured of Catarrh
and Throat Trouble - =,
by PERUNA Always


Mrs. o. F. McHargue, No. 147 w.
Ninth St, Jacksonville, Florida
writes: After I received your advice
in regard to the supposed polypus, as
I then could not afford to have it
removed, I began to take Peruna,
thinking I might at least get some
temporary relief. BY the time I had
taken one bottle the pOlypus had dis
appeared. and three bottles cured the
catarrh and throat trouble. l have
recommended the medicine to several
friends. AS a minister's wife | come
in contact with al classes of people,
and shall alwaysspeak good word for
The Pensacola journal., 1917-08-19

LHey DEiHS onIy 81 Inc per acre
value of the crop is 800, or S65.N5,
net. Call it, to be on the safe side,
$50 Then lop off so acres from the
total $50, to allow for possible waste.
and there is a net yield of $15 coo. or
more than Mr.. Cotton paid for the
farm six months ago!
And Then the Hay.
Not wishing to fatigue the reader
with an overplus of statistics, have
not charged the crop with the land
rent, or with Mr.. Colton's salary for
superintendent. But on the other
hand, | have not credited the farm
with the hav, which Mr.. Cotton has
already contracted at SIS a ton. on
the ground. not even baled. but Just
as it comes from the threshing ma
chine. AS the land is covered with
a mat of vine averaging a foot high,
it is safe to assume that there will
be two tons Of hay to the acre; but
| put the estimate at one: conse-
quently we have $15 more; not to
mention the s. Improvement per acre
/ in nitrogen gathered by the peanut
vines from the air and deposited in
/ the ground
The Wheel of Fortune.
Mr.. Cotton is a Wisconsin man; he
has owned farms but is not a farmer;
! but n tobacco factor
, "How did you happen to come
! here?" I asked him.
/ His answer is important, as it
| shows what an interest those north
are taking in the south, and why this
region, with its amazing, its unbe ,
/ lievable possibilities, is still unde-
veloped.
my health was troubling me-"
said Mr.. Cotton, "and the doctors or
! dered me to a warmer climate, but |
didn't know what part of the south to
come to-. Mighty little of this coun-
! try is known up there. Well, one day,
was talking to a friend in a Chicago
banking house, and he said to me
! Cotton, when you go south, why dom {
You get US some southern loans?' I
asked him what security he wanted
and he said, Peanuts
'I thought he was joking. But he
wasn't. He told me of what the
Georgia and Alabama people were
doing in peanuts; he told me how five
SGd1 lOallS ildu DCNil IdhSI up III GWC
when peanuts were planted. Well
I talked with some more bonding
houses, and they Corroborated what
he said. They told me about Dothar
and Enterprise. SO I went to Geor-
| gia and Alabama.
II knew there was such a place as
Florida, but that is about all, and
wouldn't he here today if / hadn't
promised the postmaster in my home
town to look up his parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Bellah, at Jay.
ri didn't find anything in Alabama
that suited me, and | was tired anC
about to go home. l guess l decided
and changed my mind half a dozer
times about coming to see the Bellahs
You know how it is. | didn't know
them and didn't want to be an i'm
position on them; we'll, on the very
eve of my proposed departure fol
home, l suddenly decided that | woulc
call on them. l landed in Pollard a
midnight and the next morning drove
out to Jay. The first few miles were
sandy and the prospect looked worse
than ever. Presently, however, tht
ground began to improve and | begar
to sit up and look in every direction
The Bellahs showed me around anC
| stayed a couple of days with them
| located this piece of land and Smith
wick and l came to terms-and yol