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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04

empire are severed and that the
American ambassador at Berlin will
Immediately be withdrawn; and, in
accordance with this decision, to hand
to his excellency his passports.
tremendous cheeTing.)
Notwithstanding this unexpected
action. of the German government,
this sudden and deeply deplorable re-
nunciation of its assurances, given
this government at one of the most
critical moments of tension in the
relations of the two governments.
refuse to believe that it is the inten-
ton of the German authorities to do
in fact what they have warned us
they will feel at liberty to do.
cannot bring myself to believe that
they will indeed pay no regard to the
ancient friendship between their peo-
pie and our own. or to the solemn OBJ
legations which have been ex-
changed between them and destroy
American shipe and take the lives
of American citizens in the wilfull
prosecution of the ruthless naval
programme they have announced
their intention to adopt. Only actual
overt acts on their part can make me
believe it even now.
eff this inveterate confidence on
my part in the sobriety and prudent
foresight of their purpose should un-
happily prove unfOunded; if Amer
lean ships and American lives should
in fact be sacrificed by their naval
commanders in needless contraven-
ton of the just and reasonable un-
derstandings of international law and
the obvious dictates of humanity, ]
shall take the liberty Of coming again
before the congress to ask that auth
GRITTY be given me to use any means
that may be necessary for the prctec-
ton of our seamen and our people
in the prosecution of their peaceful
and legitimate errands on the high
seas? l can do nothing less. l take
it for granted that all neutral govern
ments will take the same course
Oouder cheering YETI
eve do not desire any hostile con-
flict with the Imperial German gov
eminent. We are the sincere friends
of the German people and earnestly
desire to remain at peace with the
government which speaks for them
We shall not believe that they are
hostile to US unless and until we are
obliged to believe it; and we purpose
nothing more than the reasonable
defense of the undoubted rights OF
our people. We wish to serve nj
selfish ends. We seek merely tc
stand true alike in thought and II
action to the inmemorial principle!
of our people which I have sought
to express in my address to the sen
ate only two weeks ago-seek merely
to vindicate our right to liberty anC
justice and an unmolested life. These
are the bases of peace, not war. Goo
grant that we may not be challenged
to defend them by acts Of wilful in.
justice on the part of the govern
ment of Germany"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04
FUNERAL LATE CAPT.
STEARNs At 8 Pm.

The funeral Of the late Capt. Thos.
]. Stearns, who died Friday after
noon, will be held this afternoon at
3 o'clock, from the residence, No. 10
North Spring street. Services will
be conducted by Rev. D. P. Slaugh.
ter of the First Methodist church
and the interment will be made in
st. Johns cemetery.
Pallbearers will be as follows:
Captains Willie Bell Charles Perry,
Charles Langford, T. S. Caro-, James
Bazzell and Dave Levy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04
Notice, w. o. w. Circle.

All members of Oak Grove, No. 4,
Woodmen Circle, are requested to
meet at their hall on West Garden
street, Monday morning at ten o'clock,
to attend the funeral Of their late
sister, Mrs. Sallie Carroll.
C. B. EVERHART,
Guardian,
IDA WILLIAMS,
Clerk
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04
Help Pure Milk Legislation.

Nathan Strauss, the millionaire
philanthropist who maintains sys-
tenn for the distribution of pasteurized
milk in New York, and who has con-
Quoted pasteurization campaigns In
different sections of the country, has
offered to come to Florida and give
his personal assistance in securing
pure milk legislation for this state.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04
5, 100000 COrns
Lifted Right 0ffl
Try 2 Drops Of Magic "oets-It."

There's a wonderful difference between
getting rid of corn now and the way
they used TO try to get rid of it only
our or FIVE years ago 'Gets-It" has
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The President speech

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CARD OF rHAn,ss

We wish to thank the kind friends
neiehbors and the ladies of the o. Fl.
in their unremittinE devotion and also n
ladies' of the Auxiliary to the o. n. (
for their kindness and the beautiful iors
offerings from both societies and n
friends for their devotion 20 my vii
through her long sickness and bereayi
ment and the beautiful services at b
grave which is beyond what words q
express.
z. p WARD,
MRS. ]. A. WARD
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MUST RELY ON
DESTROYERS

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FUNERAL OF mrs.
FRANK X. CARROLL
Be HELD MONDAY

Monday morning at 10 o'clock, the
funeral of the late Mrs. Frank X
Carroll, who expired Friday after
noon, win take place at st. Michael's
church, the interment to be made in
st. MichaePs cemetery. The post
ponment was necessitated because Of
the absence of one of the sons, who
was in New Jersey, and who at once
announced his intention of coming i'm
mediately to Pensacola to attend the
funeral of his mother.
Pail bearers will be as follows:
Messrs. James M. Johnson, Len Lee
Baron, William O'Connell, H. Davis,
Dan Murphy and Gus Soderlind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04
State Brevities
Replevin Dead Body.

When relatives of Miss Mary
Drake, who died at St. Petersburg a
few days ago, disagreed with the
undertaken regarding his charges,
they secured a writ of replsvin for
recovery of the body. This Is said to
be the first case of the kind that ever
came before the courts of Florida.
New Highway Complete.
The new Seminole Orange brick
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-02-04

road has been completed to Alta
monte Springs and provides an excel
lent auto route from Orlando to San
ford, via Palm Springs and Long
wood.
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any use. Most of these are on our
Atlantic coast. They are rated at
from % to 80 nautical miles an
hour. But this is their highest speed.
For long patrolling cruises they
could not steam constantly at more
than 81 nautical miles.
Destroyers like race horses are
delicate. They need frequent over
hauling and repairs. This would
greatly discount the time they could
spend at sea. Coaling would also
keep them tied up at frequent inter
walls.
By straining their capacity to the
utmost it is doubtful if they could
properly patrol more than one-third
of our Atlantic coast.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31
Finds Dairying Profitable Here.
The Times-Recorder, Americas, Ga

The Times-Recorder, Americas, Ga.
Gentlemen: left my home, More
head, Mimi, four years ago with
view of finding a better location for
dairying and trucking and place
where l could realize a good price for
these products, SO went to Florida
and located, engaging in the truck
business / soon found out that Flor
ida was not desirable location for
the dairy business, and having heard
OF the advantages Sumter county pre-
serted, l decided | VIC I'd come here
and locate. Arriving he9e about two
years ago, bought farm about six
miles from Americas and started in
the dairy business, and l am glad to
say that am well pleased and find
the dairy business here a lot more
profitable than in my former home.
We sold cream at soc to Use gallon
and butter at 15c to 25c pound IN
Minnesota, and here we get $3.50 per
gallon for cream and 35c per pound for
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base of about the same dimensions.
Hay may be placed on such a stack
arrangement, even though green, with
out danger of rotting or molding.
After the hay is thoroughly dry, it
should be packed into bales, in which
shape it sells more readily and at 4
better price, which price is usually
from $50 to $25 per ton.
Sorghum hay has not the feeding
value of peavine hay. but is as good
as timothy and is relished more by
| the animal
From two to five tons per acre OF
sorghum hay is not unusual, as Their
is no section in the United States
where it thrives better.
1t is sometimes sown with peas
which has proven very satisfactory
method, as the hay is better relisheI
by the animal when mixed.
When sorghum is grown for hay, il
should be sown sufficiently thick to
cause the stalks to be as small and
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have been harvested. This, too, with
out any further preparation, fertiliz-
ing, or care for the crop.
These grains are harvesting about
the time the seed is in the dough
stage. If harvested later the feeding
value is lessened, as the percentage
of digestibility is lowered Yields OF
as high as one ton per acre are not
uncommon.
Johnson grass offers another very
interesting example of a pest that may
be turned into profit. 1t also fur.
nishes class of hay that equals in
feeding value that of timothy, and
fully as large or larger quantities per
acre may be grown. Like crab and
crowfoot grass, too, it re-seeds itself
and, in addition, propagate itself by
roots.
When once it gets start it is al
most useless to try to destroy it, the
most successful way of controlling it
being to pasture it for a few years.
Occasional blowing is the very life
OF it and frequent civilizations are of
little avail.
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Of these parues anu otners.
AS with all crops, good preparation
is the first essential in the growing
of agood oat crop. The land should
be broken well and deep and thor
oughly narrowed to break all clods.
This should be done the latter part
of September or the first of Octobee,
if possible.
The time for planting is. perhaps,
the first question to arise in the minds
of the farmer Oats planted early.
say some time in October, give better
results than oats PLANTED, late, say in
December of January. The reason for
this is that early planted oats pro-
duce more heads than later planted
ones, as they nave more time for
branching. The late planted ones have
only from one to two heads, while the
early planted ones have from three to
as high as a dozen heads for each
grain planted This is suggestive
When oats are planted late they
should be planted thicker.
Some variety of the rust-proof oat
is to be recommended, as this variety
is better suited to this climate and
soil. There are numbers of types
of this variety, but, perhaps, the best
of these types is the Appler oat, which
has much heavier head than most
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So in the raising of Johnson grass
hay, it is well to thoroughly break
the land in the early spring of the
year and then harrow until the ground
is smooth
If the land is in fairly good eondi-
ton, little or no fertilizer should be
used, as it will do well without it.
though it responds to fertilizing with
a paying profit.
The grass can be cut as many as
three or four times in season and
as high as one ton per acre for each
cutting is not unusual.
The best time for cutting is about
the time the seed tassels begin to
show, before any have bioomed The
reason for this is that the largest pro-
portion of digestible nutrients is found
in the plant at ttas time. II cut later
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the stems are SO tough that, in the
first place, the animal will not eat it,
and in the second place, the percent
age of digestibility is lowered.
Johnson grass grows and does wei.
on sandy soil. and in particular On
bottom lands that are we'll drained.
OF all the hays grown anywhere in
the country there is no hay that ex-
cells peayine hay, and it is doubtful
if there is a hay that equals it in feed
ing value and digestibility.
Peas fit we'll into a rotation, after
oats or wheat. After these crops are
gathered the latter part of May or the
first of June, sowpeas may be sown
up until as late as the first of July.
In addition to the value of peas as
a hay crop. it being a leguminous
plant, enriches the soil. Oats or wheat
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HAY-The possibilities for the rails
ing of hay in this section are not ex-
celled by any other section in the
world.
Crowfoot and crabgrass grow luxu-
riantly here, and produce class OF
hay equal to that of timothy in feed
ing value These grasses re-seed
themselves, SO the expense of seed and
planting is saved. 1t has always been
these grasses might be kept in check
a question with the farmer as to how
so one needs only to give them d
chance and they will take care OF
themselves. A good crop of hay from
these grasses may always be obtained
after watermelon, oat or wheat crops
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for the novice, as it dries out very
slowly, and showers are likely to in
iure or ruin it. and If stacked or
packed into bales before 1t is dry 5
likely to rot or mold.
The best method, perhaps, yet de-
vised for the curing of peavine hay,
if the weather is threatening, is. after
it has been cut to place it in stacks
that are we'll ventilated, so that it
will never pass through a heat This
can be done in several ways One way
that has proven very successful is to
make two A-shaped trangles with
lxS boards, letting the ends protrude
one or two feet at the point of inter
section, and letting the tie-board at
about three feet from the bottom
also protrude. When these are cross
ed, they will stand upright all right
but it is well then to tie the legs
together with like strips The stack
fran when completed should have A
vertical height of about 10 feet and a
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the grain drill, which sows the peas
regularly giving much better stand
and much better appearance than if
narrowed in. A ton per scre of pea
vine hay may be realized readily, and
as much as two tons per acre is often
obtained.
The most of the farmers in this sec
ton are raising peavine hay Among
those who have grown it most success
fully are The Third District Agri-
cultural College, j. ". Hightower,
B. Harmon, M. b. Council and w b.
Heys
The best time for cutting hay 10
about the time the first pods of peas
have begun to mature, OF are about
ripe. AS with the other hay crops
mentioned, the hay cut at this time
yields the largest feeding value.
Peavine hay is, perhaps, the most
difficult hay crop to save, especially
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other types N-p7oduces moSa Der
acre.
If proper fertilization and prepara-
tion are given and the grain is plant
ed early two and half to three bush
els should be planted to the acre If
planted late, three to four bushels
is advisable.
The best method of planting oats
is to use grain drill which gives an
even stand and usually a much larger
yield and saves time The drill has
also fertilizer distributor attach
ment, so that the fertilizer can be APP
piled at the time the oats are planted
If drill is used less grain is needed
for planting. There are other ways
Of planting, such as narrowing them
in, but this method is not nearly Sc
satisfactory as drilling.
If the land has been thoroughly
prepare ed, planted early, and a good
stand is obtained, 500 pounds pei
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-31

0ATS-There is no section in the
country in which oats yield better
than in this section of Georgia, and
there are. but few sections as we'll
adapted to this crop.
With good preparation and proper
fertilization, SO bushels per acre can
be grown on large areas profitably In
fact, oats is one of the best paying
crops. Among the many who have
grown as much and more than fifty
bushels per acre are mentioned j.
w. Hightower, W. B. Heys, Third Dis
trict Agricultural College and FB.
Harmon, all OF. Americas, G9M ) md
Luther Wise, Plains, Ga. These yields
upon the average have been made
with 500 pounds of a complete fertil-
izer Yields as high as 100 bushels
per acre have been made by some
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acre of an S-3-5 fertilizer should be
sufficient for a -bushel-per-acre
crop. More than 500 pounds per acre
may be used proftably, but not over
1000 pounds is advised at any time
This should be applied at time of
planting The high percentage of
potash is recommended because first
of all, oats being composed largely
of starch and potash being necessary
to the formation of starch, need a
good supply Of this plant food, and
as stated before in connection with
the discussion of other crops, our
soils in tAis section are not SO rueh in
potash as are the clay soils.
Nitrate of soda may be used to
great advantage in the growing of
oats, 100 pounds per acre applied
just before the oats begin to boot"
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Then it is cut with harvesting ma
chinery for the purpose the reaper
and binder being the best for this
purpose. AS fast as the oats are cut
they should be carried into barns.
After being gathered, the grain is
threshed out by threshing machinery
and sacked, when it is ready for sale.
The stems left are of little feeding
value. but serve as a splendid bedding
for stables. They are sometimes bal
ed and sold for hay, but at low figures
and with little demand
Oats are harvested usually the lat
ter part of May and the first Of
June.
The land is then sown to peas and
the vines are harvested for hay. The
pea, being leguminous crop, enriches
the land, and with the oats serves to
keep the land covered with some crop
the year round, and at the same time
gradually build up its fertility,
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or auoul IrUm the INST 10 the nIteenJa
of March. The use of more than 100
pounds is not advisable. This can
be done most satisfactorily by put
ting it out through the grain drill,
which applies it evenly and, at the
same time, serves to cultivate the
crop which seems beneficial This
method is objected to by some, be-
cause it destroys some of the oats, but
the good accomplished outweighs
by far the harm done
There are two different times at
which oats may be harvested, and
witch is the better time is answered
by knowing what use is desired to
be made of the crop.
If the farmer wishes to get the best
possible service as feed for his ami
mails from his oats, the best time for
harvesting is when the oats heads are
in the dough and the stem and leaves
are still green. At this time, they are
cut and cured as hay. When saved
in this way the animal relishes the
stem, as well as the grain, and the
whole is more easily digested. A
larger feeding value is, therefore, the
result
If oats are grown for the market,
it is, of course, advisable to wait until
the grain is thoroughly ripe and dry.
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Wheat Can Be Grown Profitably
In This Section of Georgia

WHEAT-Tests in this county
teri last year proved beyond any
Dt that wheat can be grown as
oftably and in as large yields in
This section as anywhere in the coun-
try The average amount of wheat
for the United States grown on an
acre is less than II bushels. while
not single acre in Sumter county
produced as low as this amount
Mr.. M. L. Laekey. without any fer
tilizer at ALL produced II bushels per
acre. Mr.. A A. Forrest, with only 100
pounds nitrate of soda, used at boot
ing time of wheat, produced % bush
els per acre Mr.. John Mashburn
with good preparation and fertiliza
ton got SO bushels on an acre Many
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Well Pleased With Sumter.

The Times Recorder, Americas, Ga.
Gentlemen | bought small farm
near Americas and lived on it during
1910, having since sold it at a good
profit This is what consider the.
finest farming section in the South,
and is the place for poor man to
buy land Sumter county's fine roads
have no equal in South Carolina Good
farm land can be bought here at $50
per acre, which will produce as good
crops as land in South Carolina which
sells at $3.50 per acre.
We moved here from Edgefield coun-
ty, S. c., and find the Americus peo-
pie to be kind, generous hearted and
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slender as possible. From one to two
bushels per acre is recommended
The hay should be cut when the
seed is in the dough for reasons given
in connection with the discussion of
other crops And, as with the other
hays, it should be baled,
Sorghum cures more readily tha1
peavines, as 1t lies more loosely, but
it is well to stack all hays as was
recommended for peavines.
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others produced anywhere from %
to Sc bushels per acre.
Since six bushels of grain is suffi-
clent for barrel of -four. with bran
and seconds additional, it is readily
seen that wheat growing offers great
opportunities to the farmers.
The preparation, fertilization and
method of harvesting wheat is the
same as that for oats. which is given
elsewhere.
Wheat is planted in the same way as
oats, but less grain is required. One
to one and half bushels of grain
should be planted to the acre.
Wheat is harvested at the same time
as oats and can be followed with peas
in like manner, and a crop of hay as
an additional reward.
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can be planted in the fall of each year
for an indefinite length of time, fol-
lowed with peas in the summer, and
the land will become more and more
fertile.
After the crops of oats or wheat are
gathered, the land should be broken
and narrowed well. Then the peas
may be sown at the rate of from one
and half to two and a half bushels
per acre. This can best be done with
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law abiding. Our health has been
good and l find this delightful place
to live.
People desiring to buy good land
cheap in a good farming section
should visit Americas and see the
land In Sumter county We are we'll
pleased with Americas and Sumter
county, and shall make this place our
future home. Respectfully.
P. o.. Americus I. B. LOTT.
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butter and find ready sale for all that
we can supply.
Americas is one of the best markets
that / know of, and / consider it one
of the best locations in the South for
a large and up-to-date dairy farm. It
is an ideal place to live and is per-
fectly healthy My doctors bill in the
two years which ! have been here has
not been more than $500.
am well pleased with Americas and
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the people here, and consider this
section the place for poor man to
buy land, Yours truly,
c, N WILLIAMSON.
P. o. Americas.