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GERMANS Sl'RE HESPERIAN I WAS 311XE VICTIM! Sone of the Submarines, According to Berlin, Torpedoed Steamer? The Other Theory. Berlin, Sept. 20.?The German ad-; miralty is now absolutely certain the \ A,llan liner Hesperian was not de-; stroved by a German submarine, ah i the underwater boats out at the time I have returned, the Associated Press is j authoritatively informed, and it is stated that none of them torpedoed the steamer. The admiralty is convinced the disaster was due to a floating non-German mine. As confirmation of the admiralty belief, it is pointed out thac a mine painted green and white, which j it is declared was not a German mine, ! was driven ashore a few cays ago ou j the coast of Ireland, near where the j Hesperian was blown up. / British Sure Torpedo Sunk Hesperian London, Sept. 20.?With respect to j i ^ _c T- ! me ijerman deuiais uj. icspuuaiuuiij I for the sinking of the Allan liner Hes- < perian, the British official press bureau j has issued a statement referring to! press reports of the German denial and ' closing: **$! "Undoubted proof exists that a Ger- j man submarine was actually in the j locality where the Hesperian was *t- j tacked and ships were sunk both to j the north and south of this spot on j September 4 and 5. The exploson was of the type caused by a torpedo. This is conclusively proved by a fair sized j fragment of a torpedo now in the possession of the admiralty, picked up on board the ship before she sank." WHE>~ THE TICK GOES OUT THE DOLLAR COMES L\ Asking farmers whether they desire j to feed cattle or ticks, the U. S. department of agriculture is about to ( embark on a spectacular campaign throughout the tick-infested region of ' the South to arouse farmers to take the - steps that will stop the annual tribute of $50,000,000 now being paid to th? tick. Attractively colored' and illustrated literature will be used in this work. As the result of the anti-tick campaign, one-third of the tick-infested area of the South, a region as large s as the German empir-, has been clear- a ed since 1906, but it is now desired to push the work much more rapidly than t: in the past as the country needs the ii meat the South could profitably sup- f] ply if the tick were banished and the South needs the dollars that will roll c when the tick goes out. E The department stands ready to co- a asperate with any county that wishes to engage in this work. Agents of the "Southern railway's agricultural de- p \partment will al?o aid farmers m warTing on the tick wherever possible and g will co-operate with all agencies en- b imaging in this work. v mm9^m h Hot? to Get I oar Fertilizers Free, r ?>ery spring, if you pay cash, or every fall, if you buy on time, ha?n't ^ ?3our commercial fertilizer bi.l sorely worried you? Haven t you many times wondered how you might avoid at least a part of this burdensome tax v on your year's work, only to decide that keeping your yields up to the p mart numsnriwl thp continued USe Of _ ______ , ?J iertilizers? js But there's a way out, friend; youj0 don't have to continue to buy huge j ^quantities of fertilizers every spring,: I o nor by not buying them will you run. 0 the risk of short crops. On the other; T I i hand, there's a wan-, a sure way, by; which you can cut your fertilizer bills r in half and at the same time make big- j ? ! ger crops than you are now making, j This sounds unbelievable, you say? j a We answer that thousands of Pro- ^ gressive Farmer readers are proving every year that it can be done, and ! that it is up to you to prove to your j p own satisfaction the truth or falsity of our statement. In the air all above the earth are -y 4114r?ncsinr? Vnllirvn'R of rirVHar* -J -A t c 1 U l 1 J v/ * A A AV U V* i**? V* vtvaa ? ? ? ^ ^' orth of nitrogen, the element you get; d "in nitrate of soda and cottonseed meal,: ^ and for which you pay from eighteen to twenty-five cents a pound. A crop ^ of crimson clover, growing in winter 0 and early spring when your land would otherwise be idle and barren has the S power of drawing down this nitrogen j from the air, $10 to $25 worth for every acre in clover, and, when plowed iinrW in thp ?nrin?r. of storing this val liable plant food in the soil for the. ? corn crop that follows. "IVe only ask that you give crimson , " ' jiover one trial as a corn fertilizer. ^ "Study carefully all that is being said e in the Progressive Farmer this week about how to succeed with it, and then 0 plant some. When you have seen the;1 rank growth of corn that it makes, so ^ rank, as one of our friends says, that "You can see lightning bugs in it in 0 the day-time"; when you have seen a how mellow and loose it makes your j soil and how it increases yields for r years afterward, you will bless the day 11 ryou found it, and your only rpgret will i ^ be that you did not discover it sooner. 3' ?The Progressive Farmer. ?e R. M. Lominack, Mgr. and Treas. | Cotton going in 10c and 11c t . ) Do you kilow 1 Listen?With our 6 per cent. Whai l 1 please you wnen cotton to weigh < Directors? ( . , ' IN THE WAR Berlin, Sept. 24.?The text of the j ment of the tatement issued today by the German J forts and ba " " i ?i_ ~ \ ? rmy headquarters ig as iouows: j iu me .n "Western theater of war: The ac- enemy's lin< ivity of the artillery and of aviators points and icreased yesterday along the entire who were a ront. > breaches cai "An attack launched by white and "There ws olored British troops south of La- nade conflict tassee canal broke down before our "In Lorra rtillery fire. were attemp "On the coast an English aeroplane ing posts to -as shot down and the pilot taken other upon < risoner. of Bures. I "Eastern theater of war: Army supported b; roup of Field Marshal van Hinden- which were urg: Southwest of Lennewaden the gases inten illages of Rose and Strigge, which were complf ad been temporarily evacuated, were tillery and i eoccupied. "There we "Before Dvinsk, northeast of Sme- quarters wit na, further Russian positions were ades on the apturd by storm and about one thouand prisoners were taken. p "Our forces on the flank of the re- petrograd reating Russians at Wilejka are en- Cppt ^ aged in a stubborn battle. Strong ment ;.as iss Russian attacks were temporarily sue- war 0^jce. essful at one point. On this-occasion everal cannon teams which had held , . * % ,, . . . .. (west of Rig n till the last moment were lost. ..mi, j i. i i Russians thi The advance wmch is closely pre i. i. i ? scended bey< enting on the heels of the retreating nemy has crossed the Solyolschany- 1=1 river, result* 'rabyiwpe-Xovo-Grodek line. r% T , mans, who Army group to Prince Leopold of , . . hand grenac Javaria: The resistance of the enemy . " vi r * j sils. Stubbo ,as broken on the entire front during he pursuit in the Serwetch district * 1 ala" *n 1 , -w~ .{. . . , c u rn-u la?e continu bove Korelitscai and Szcbara. The the region c istrict northwest of Krachin has een reached. Further south in an en^ inn West Of SW agement with enemy rear guards 100 .. * .. men and om risoners and some machine guns fell , . tured. In t] ito our hands. r>r\npco r*f Ho: "Army group of Field Marshal van ? lackensen: Advanced divisions north- ' w %vo ,na' men were ca ast and east of Logischin were with- ^ ^ rawn behind the Oginski canal and ] ^re! lie Jasoild river before an encircling ? ' ? rt u . , . . front southe Russian attack. They carried two of- , tnP rpsnnn rv leers and 100 men with them as pris- s gagoments ( ners. were of ext 'Southeastern theater of war: The t-ne rjo-ht lr ituation is unchanged." the left afflu' * fords of its From Paris. iu the regjon Paris, Sept. 24.?The French war were several frice statement today reads: ters which ir "An artillery battle progressed dur- j Russians cot :ig the night in the region of Arras. [ qualities of >ur batteries seriously damaged the thereby prov nemy's organization at several points, gree the enei "A strong German patrol which seized "Xorthwes ne of our underground listening posi- enemy's effo ions in the sector of Bretencourt was offensive bv ispersed by our fire. sians occupi "There was a vigorous bombardment bank of the J ^ eirioc in thp resion of Roye 1,400 men ar 11 UVJ LH OiUVW *** nd in that of Quennevieres. "In the re^ "In the Champagne, the enemy di- of Kremenet: ected a fire of asphyxiating shells one height, pon our positions to the north of St. fell into our lilaire, Souain, Perthes and Beause- 1 "In the. re: our. Our artillery responded by an ; kv (Galicia) nergetic and 'efficacious bombard- from W'crw . Store Your IN THI Farmers Bonded for in Hartford Accident & Ii Surplus ? .1 _. .? Cjl tne cost or oiorage ' receipt you can born t pleases Mr. S. B. A he weiffhs vour cottoi and store. "C. J. Parcell, P. E. Scott, . The 'cavalry pursued and d enemy, the Austrians- be: y A/J7 killed and partly taken Continuing their gallant cavalry pushed on to Brou ???? west of Tluste and in the subsequent fighting more German trenches, field- ,akfln tftMt.hftr with a :rracks' weapons."" "" gonne we cannonaded the 5 at a sreat number of Co-operative SelUng of Fan dispersed the workmen y>e are gQing t(> kfiep pe. ttempting to repair the jQ seasQn q? sea, tsed b> our fire. matter of co-operative mar is a bomb and hand gre- aQJ. ,su.bscriber doe3n.t w . at iVauquois. on bearing about it he had ine, two enemy attacks . some other papef_ But we ted, one upon our listen- ^ ^ othej. paper3 ape the west of Manhoure, the the same idea Here>s , Dur trenches to the north Coumy Loca,_ Qf Sylve6ter> Both attacks, which were ample, saying in its last iss y a violent cannonade in _ , ? "If the farmers of Woi usea siiens uuirtaiuiug fVl/v could select one of their : ded to irritate the eyes, >tely repulsed by our ar- any one whom tliey had c0: nfantry fire. anti let lhe world know tha re some combats at close had ?or sale could only h bombs and band gren- through their seIling agen ?r, t be remarkable what it woul heights in Linge. For instance, take the iter seed. It has been years sir rom Petrogrod. ^me during the season c Sept. 23 (via London,; could not be sold at ?25 p he following official state- j ye^ t^e bu]^ 0f the see(j so] ued tonight at the Russian year only brought less thai year if every farmer in the n apr/inlsina shpll Shlok his thrmisrh onfe sourc ;a). When shelled by the they could get a good pric 5 machines hurriedly de- seed, but selling as they d >nd the trenches. ; probably bring a small pri at Stounga, on the Ekau This matter of pooling co ;d in the flight of the Ger- one 0f our most important abandoned a number of opportunities. Talk it over les, cartridges and uten- er cotton farmers.?Progri *n fighting commenced at mer le Xeugub region, the vil- ^ ? ally changing hands. In ' ,Which is "Admitte >f Dvinsk there has been - - - ? , , i "Newberry raises the fir During a bayonet ngnt i , . , , , 1AA ens in the world. Excer] ;ben lake one offices, 100 _ i speech delivered by Dr. e machine gun were cap- . . .' , _ . . . .. Cromer to the visiting t tie Smielin region, in the ? , ? u j , , , ? . . Newberry yesterday.?The iperate hand to hand ngnt chine guns and over 200 THRIFTY GERMANS RAI ptured. One height chang- ; MONFY jeatedly. :gion of Smorgon, on the ~~ ~~ ? , . . . Berlin, Sept. 21 (by w ast of \ilna, and also in _ , xr . . . . r., iTuckertonv}?It is officially f Gawia, east of Lida, en- . \. . , . , that suoscriptions to the >ccurred, some of which . man war loan have reache< reme violence. Between , . . , . , , 12,030,000,000 marks ($3,0 ink of the Molchad and . , . the Overseas -News agency ent of the Niemen and the ?rQn oc "These figures, snowing tl upjici LUU13C, CIO ?tll UJ of the Ginski canal, there success of the loan, will b . serious bayonet encoun- ^er increased, the ne^ lcreased in intensity. The ' states, ' as returns lrom soi itinue to show the highest t^le nation are still to be r gallantry and resistance,; oking in even greater de- Without taking into co ny's obstinancy. ' the expected increase from j * i t of Dubno, in spite of the ; turns, the figures on the su rts to check the Russian to,the third German war lo; counterattacks, the Rus-. announced today in Berlin i ied Wointsy, on tile left ! the total subscription io kwa, capturing 28 officers, loans of the empire since . .1 tl ? V, ; ? ? . nino* of tllfl H'ltP ]l!lVP rpMfbf iu uuee uiauume guao. i muu, w ?ion of vDoreis, southwest! sum of $6,272,.~00.000. z, during the occupation of: The first loan, which cioi two officers and 100 men ! tember. 1911. amounted to ! hands. ; 000 according to figures fi ^ion of Dverets, southwest shortly after the subscripti the enemy was repulsed For the second loan, in 3 'olintse and Ghinkowtoe. ' 140,000,000 was subscribe* t Cotton -1 4 md \ Warehouse $10,000 the ldemity Company $9,453,103.12 . and Insurance i 3w money from ull, Special Reprc i. Give us a good R. M, Lorninack, J. A. efeated the WATSON AGAIN HEAD tng partly OF DRAINAGE prisoners. work the South Carolinian Re-elected Pr< issy, south- of National Congress at Sa > course of Francisco Meeting, prisoners qu-aniuy ^ gan prancisc0> sept. 21.?Pri ' IVilcAn TI'ill V?A o ol/orl In i*A/>Atn.rr | ?i aovu w ah acacu tu i ^wuiu. """ ; the next congress the reclamal m Products. g0(000,000 acres of swamp and gging av,ay j jaQ(j ag resuit 0f a res, 5on at thio ; afjopte(j here today by the Ns keting, and, Drainage congress. The res< ant to keep , a-go indorsed the terms of the better take ; Williams bill and the "underlyinj are glad to ( cjp]es the Xewlands-Bro taking up both 0f which relate to th .he Worth t^e nation's waters. E. J. ^ Ga? for ex-; o[ ?0iumbia was selected pr< ue* I of the congress. *th county j number, orj ? , nfidence in, j Rosannah JT. Waits. t what they j Rosannah Magdalene Waits be bought, Fulmer) was born February 3 t, it would an(^ departed this life Septeml d be worth. 1915, making her sojourn on ea n of cotton >'ears, ~ months and 12 days. SJ ice at some married to Frederick Rush Moo :otton seed i cem^er 18, 1861. To this unic er ton, and ^?-v was b?rn. who has preced .11 TT a x , , j d here last gravt;. ner ursi nusDana 1 $15 This ' a s^ort time after niarriai county sold i was ma"ied the sec?n<J ?me ;e or agent,! ford Waits on January 6, 1867. 1 ,, f theil!' union 9 children were born, thre o they will! and six girIs- Two of the sirl :ce ? j gone on before her to the spiri . ' She became a member of Christ t tton seed is , . , . .. dom in earlv life bv the rite c marketing . . . , .. bantism. lomed the Massadon: with broth- . , , . . ?A _ : tkeran church at the age of 12 cssive Far- , , ? I She was afterward transferred Bank church and from there to | Memorial church, to which s' d" : mained a member until death test 'chick- v/as loved by all, was a kind, Dt from the mother, a good neighbor and i George B.. lieve a Christian woman. She w )OOstere ir i Df the charter members of this c State. | She leaves to murn her deat ?? ' V\ V l-? nrc f c f/Mir /3 o i T rrli 4 i w.' uuici c, tin cuno, iuui uau^ui SE ! grandchildren and a large circle AT HO>IE ; aiives and friends. ! (May God's richest blessing res ireless to | the bereaved. announced j m third Ger- j ? .... . . I Shameful Condition. 1 a total of; a- -aa-aaax ! Greenville, S. C. Piedmon Oi,oOU.UUU) ! : attention to a shameful conditi savs today. t j have often denounced?namely, le immer se | .g estates that get off. \vi 0 ?t"' iur", assessments while small pro; yc H o*pn Q V ' = * are assessed at much more ne parts oC!tteirfuI, va!u& ,t savs. "A r> -\t foffn nai-pf (rotj? i books at $2")?r, per cent of its v nsideration J but at $300,000 piece of business further re- ' erty may be returned at $1.">,000. bscriptions i what is the remedy but pub in officially ,\Vhy not assess land and improve show that | separately and then publish in a the war , tv paper the number of acres in the begin- j the size of the lot and assessed ^d the huge ! per each tract and the assessed i npr afrp?or n front fot??Prosi ;ed ui Sep- ; Farmer. $1,120,000,-; rom Berlin j The duchess of Connaught, \\ ons closed, the governor general of Canada -larch last,! Hohenzollern princess and a con 1 i the kaiser. J. A. Burton, I President, ' ? J wUUUIl l~Ullllllg i out \ 14c and 15c j ' is very small? " our bank at jsentative, is to \ share of your Burton. 1 \ MAKE GRAZING LA5DS ? BODY ] OF THE WASTE PLACES LSident -p^ere are few farmers in the South who do not have more or less waste I land, so-called, that is yielding practically no return. Economy and good ssidenl business demand that these loafing, lend to non-interest and non-taxpaying acres tion of be put to work; that they may be [ over- made, along with the rest of the farm, slution j to pay their way. ational .Qne the surest ways we know of >lution , ?0r ^cjng t0 ma^e these acres Clarksupport more livestock than they are g prm- now gupp^ting, particularly dairy and ussard cattle. Hillsides that are too steep < 0 care ever to be put under cultivation and Vatson, tkat are now worthless, in so far as ssiaent any jncome concerned, should be fenced and put to permanent grasses and clovers, thus in many cases doubling the live stock carrying capacity (nee of the farm. , 1842, Probably a good fence around them )er 15, js the first thing necessary in putting irth 73 these lands to work; then the under- j ae was brush should be cleared out, leaving re De- whatever larger timber may be needed )n One i fnr tv/viH onH Then cu? + V>a | f i v v/vi b?AA\A WUIAUVi A WlAi V*J IA* V ed her j matter of what pasture grasses are * having i best. For nearly ail the cotton belt je, she Bermuda is the great stand-by for to Bu- summer grazing, and in this section ro this no pasture is complete without it. Bear ;e boys in mind, though, that it loves the hot s have i Sun and does not thrive in the shade, t land., Then there is lespedeza, which grows 3 king- j well practically everywhere and on all >f h?ly soil types in the South, as a supple>ia Lu- ment to the Bermuda for summer graz years. in.g, and without which no pasture is to Red complete. For winter and spring grazMayer jng bur and white clover are exceHent, he re- never have to be reseeded, and grow She Well on Bermuda sod. We are stressloving | ing the value of this combination, be;ve be-. cause it fits more conditions and will as on? succeed more nearly everywhere than church, any combination we know of. h two Try these, and get your waste lands :ers, 1o , i on an income-vielding basis. You have rel- i, . , . , j been paying their way :ong enough; 1 t lsiL' i it nine mey paia yours, awnue t upon ^ pr0gres6ive Farmer. I i Children See the "Circus." t calls The boosters received no greater on we | welcome in any place yesterday thaj that it j that accorded by the school children in th low ! Pomaria and Prosperity. In both these perties : towns recitations were abandoned for nearly! the brief interval that the youngsters I j might get a glimpse -of the passing t ll O " V y-v * "i lif tl a f a! 1 t V? a V. o t\_ su Hi' . X lie IlttlC iCIlU v> o ? CI c LUC ua^" alue? | py recipients of tin whistles, rattle prop-! traps and every other conceivable . ! noise-making contrivance, and the ilicity? ; clamor and confusion of sounds was ments babel-like in consternation.?The State, coun-j ^ towns, j value '' Francis .Joseph, emperor of Austria value an(* king Hungary, S.l years old, ha$ essive rei?ncd f?r almost sixty-seven years. j Not for thirty centuries, since the great | Rameses reigned in the land of the *ife of Pharaohs, also for sixty-seven years, i. is a has there been a sovereign who-has isin of been so long in actual possession of a I th roue. / i