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"fSptot^ he' HF ?WM wd took off bis tin bat and dlgaghd It down onto the compound 3P iSTHMst and wont and picked it up C|. and Jerked It onto his bead again. So they laid on that rag of cloud. E ' "In bearing, sir!" "Gunfire!" N Y bang! And the terrific refrain of HP* Bee yah yi bang shook itseir out again. For twelve minutes they rip-: DP 'fed and tore that rag of cloud to pieees. H S Later on. control spoke to the teleyhonlst and the telephonist spoke to SpP1 tke second lieutenant and another ?barrage was put up. Now if you gP bare any notion that London's air ^ raid barrage consists of a continuous vnrtlral MlHkin a! .?? ' -????? - ^ Vft VIIVI tU|| lUC Metropolis, fOrget it. Four or fire barrages may be put up in a single W each lining a small and evry definite are of sky with bursting shells at the *%i elevation and in the path which the W afebt and sound of oOthas indicate. | fejta Yet, despite the swift and nice effectiveness with which it is employ3b ed the barrage Isn't a nice thing to think about. To throw away all the & beautiful eyes and nerves of a beau^ tiful gun (and none Is a finer organpl ism than Archibald) and to prostitute It to the pumping of shells at a Zpt blank area of empty sky, is enough to make a born gunnery officer turn pacifist, However, the barrage will be best appreciated when one first understands that there is something new under the moon. It is this jTpb whole science of anti-aircraft gunnery Fui *f which the latest phase is this defense against night Gotha raids, it is toward the solution of this brand j^new problem in gunnery that the F-w^gimple blind barrage is one of the ^^original guesses and still one of the staple and old reliables. ?Of course, fresh ideas have been nntirlns ! ?*? 1 V rv-??o iuw vuc yiuuicui nuu luuuy | ^ ' the barrage is merely one letter out v of the alphabet of A-A gunnery (but 18 neither the time nor the place, it will be understood, to go thto the others). It may be noted, ^^.^^oweTer, by way of showing the astbunding progress A-A gunnery has ^' made, that the night Zeppelin rnen. dee has been overcome, and the day' .light Gotha menace. One is justified i ?concluding that before long no ptght Gotha raider who is caught - ... aver the London defense area will emerge alive. igm- * At 10:10 p. in. the electric gong 4 split the silence again. i * It was all over as abruptly as if "V.'UMl begun. The sky was empty U^>**^again. The birds had flown. The second lieutenant took his eyes off the beam, blinked and rubbed his aching neck. "Close down and replace "stores," called the sergeant, and the junior N. C. O. unfastened his numb fingers from the traversing arm, and No. 2 FV ran out of focus enthusiastically, iOne could imagine the all clear bugles in London!) Darkness ran ^ down the miles of the beam's length F almost instantly, and we stood in the | dumb, blank starlight. f One coughed then at suddenly v finding the night full of acrid pow-1 r ier spioke, and one suddenly found the night was cold. So we left the' r" night to the moon and the mangold rwurtels and returned to the white | warmth of the second lieutenant's, room, where an orderly was restor' lag order aut of the chaos occasion- i ed by the concussions, where our two trays of dinner were waiting and, k ^ wher the second lieutenant said j ' saragely that that was that. ss* It was ultimately discovered that Inter In the night a broken propeller brought the flight commander and: "his bomber down into the North sea, where both gentlemen drowned in "their gog'les and gloves. A second . rGotbe, with a wounded pilot, camej 9 down in a field near the Thames es-: . tuary and its crew of three were j W ' taken to a prisoners of war camp to . remain for the duration of the war. w- Athlrd oGJha was obliged to come k .down in Holland, owing to its pres*' ' sure failing, and its crew of three ^ were interned for the duration. The j * other twelve oGthus, manned by | whole men, maimed men and deadj men ana un more or less wor-worn, a began one by one about 11 p. m., * flash: up their signals in the sky over I m. Danis Western Aerodrome. Two j " were smashed up by had landings k and a third kno ked over a flare, set fire to Its tail ha and rudder and k snarly burned itself up. All twelve reported having bombed London. facts are that all but two which i did succeed in penetrating the Lon| . don defense, bombed open English postures, the Thames and the North { } Ma, except for one which dropped foar bombs in a Holland canal, k smashing a sewage barge and k 'lY a shipper's wife. \ ? The next morning London went ] to work as usual. The balloon watch % J went up. Pieces of Ootbas, picked /up all over the London defense area, W1 began coming in by the bagful. And j out on the barrage they were greas-1 W' 'y ing the gun or scraping the rust out of the gun or going through laying V \tes* 1 fuse setting and ' other gun ^ .'dm.* or listening to a lecture on the w / blinkin' breach (for out on the bar [ & / rage they hate the gun because it is wj the tyrant that keeps them chained > to the moon and the mangald-wurztls v yet for all that, it is their be-all and ^ end-all!) ^ And at noon of the next day O. H. ^ Q. announces that the complete po* lice casualty llBts are killed, 8; inl )ured, 32. And the only link that " remains to be added to this strange j efcaln of rrwti (mtw la the history -of tho world hare there ben such events before), is the first Inqnest four days latr by "a London coroner," at which Susie Simmons says says that her sister, whom she identified by a gold tooth and a bacelet, wa single, worked at a tea shop and was on her way home. (Copyright, 1918, by Edward Marshall.) o Fields not plowed in the fall and left idl.! jvor winter shojid tn now d as early as posible to prevent in some measure the severe damage expected this year, from the white grub. Look once .more for pokeweed and blackberry vines on terraces and other places in and around the fields to be planted to cotton. Arrange that tenants do not plan xlolets about their houses on the plantations as this is a splendid way of starting redspider. Get ready for the spring and summer sprays for orchard and garden. I Good Bi ( No crop POTASH thoroughly thing, sup< _ sis to users ROY! Please r< worked, co tory. Ord< COLUMBUS C< K. t Tabor. N. U. F. S. Royster Guano Co Norfolk, Vjj Gentlemen: I used no other K"o< because I get the best r h.id three acres of tobi $710.66. 1 have six n< which 1 will get six ball cotton. My corn is as j 1 want Uoyster's next Yours very trul VANCE COC Hend R. F. D. No. F. 8. Royster Guano Co Norfolk. Va. Gentlemen: I used six tons of II bacci fertilizer. 1 am p twelve barn- off twelve erago a thousand pound am expestlng $4,000 aro crop. I don't want anyt 8-3-3. Your frie W. FORSYTH CC F. 8. Royster Guano Co Norfolk. Va. Dear Sirs: I used 800 pounds HIGH GRADES fertilise Had it to be the best I fc never fall In my crop meat when I use Roys AM ?MW fnKasAA jal V. han ever raised, and price for It. I can't ?p< the F. S. R. fertiliser. Tour struly, W ROCKINGHAM ReM R. F. D. No. 3 F. 8. Royster Ouano Co Norfolk, Va. Gentlemen: I wish to tell you t -2-2 fertiliser for tobac have the best crop for : In color and body, and i use if I can get It. MK. W SURRY COL II nocKiora, N. ?J., F. S Royster Guano Co Norfolk. Va. Dear Sirs. I I have been using yo I] 15 or 20 years, and :hli there la. 1 have uaed 1 the same fields under i the part where F. 8. F | better from the first. 1 || cures on It than I coul< where I used other bra ,!> sold, the tobacco crown ?raged me more In the 1 ten barns myself this ; rood cures on al lof It. ft this year, and they sa to use V. 8. R. again ne I expect to use your 1 I can get It. Respectfully^ m News For Tobac mE are noio abl? to offer the trao quantities the old, reliable and p onanza Tobacco Gu Orinoco Tobacco Gue Farmers Bone is more dependent upon POTASH than tobacco, and those w will find it to their interest to return to their old standards. r tested by State Agricultural Department and other experts irior t^the German Potash. We have an ample supply of t of MAD I MARK STER'S - F] REGISTERED. imember! WE HAVE THE POTASH, but it will do you no g ngested railroads cannot haul it to you. A ton of fertilizer oi 3r now. # F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, P Read the following interesting letters from Ro] OUNTY. EDGECOMBE COUNTY. FRANKLIN C< F D No 1. Whltakers, X. C.. Sept. 3. 1917. Mapleville ,N. O. . Sept. *6. 1917 S lloysier tiuuno Co.. ?' S Koyster Guano Co .\ui loiu. Va. Norfolk. Va )ear Slr, Gentlemen: 1 have ".vi. using \ou. fertilisers for a V? me^^nri.-es1' Is but Koyster .? mmbvr ol years unu teiicve tli.u ae gt. "" = "" , e.sults .rom It. I ..etter results from it man any otlie. * *- ' e . 1 ' iecu which 1 g?i ontnd U. it we have ever used. u,no v * ,!' ires of cotton. it se.mi . to be t>e<-uliarly adapted t< . mnj . ss or 3,000 lbs. ol ><>? soil .nil especially for tobacco. \\ food as I expect ake great pleasure ut recoiuiuendit; ~~ year -ame to tanners ot liastern Carolina. PITT COUl y. lours v truly. Greenville. N. C.. \V. FIPPS T. KICKS ' IJ. Itoyster Guano Co _ Norfolk Y.i JNTY. CASWELL COUNTY. '?tr Sir.-: lou will lllllill'. iC > - || erson, N. C.,_ Pelham, N. C. Sept. 1. 191 knowing how we arc Sept. 17, 1911. s. Koyster Guano Co.. our Xlill Krook farm. ,.i Norfolk, Va. your fertilizers, w hi. h < ientlctnun: clusively on thi- far.u 0 ? 1 used two tons and a half of Farm two yea is toyster 8-3-3 to- era' .Bone, and 1 received better result Willi an average ap, roud to say 1 got loom this brand than any 1 have evei - mnls p--r acre a. ie :'o acres 1 will av- used. 1 think my crop will turn ou, 8-3-2. we produced last la to the barn. 1 about 9,000 lbs. W ill use the same bran- per acre; this year oui una for my wnolc next ycu". 1 rciuuiu, yield 1,100 >ou!i(ls per hing but Koyster Yours respectfully, "ig thru the two sousoi nd. THO.MAS KLAnKWKLI, Worst ever known in th E. WELDON " count of excessive rai ? ?, ...|K.-i-vy soi Ion tills f:irm is in i IUNTY. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY. of ft.rtim y .owing to i F. S. Itoystcr Ouano Co.. owners, we are more t Norfolk, Va. ih?x-^u '.s "bt.alm"' \\ ith kindest person; - nArorreri L Gentlemen: . : her for tin con of.. ROYSTER i> I bought DELTA TOBACCO GL'ANi .ur valuable fer /.cr ir this year, and from Mr. J, J. l'atteraon, your represen- V .. tr< yo lave ever used. J tlV0 nere> last spring for my tobacco OCR MAN .'i .IE or toDacco or crop. It made nie a splendid crop; inj fu'u .ull.1i entire sales so far have averaged .roni "? mpcklenblj It it Is the best I $l8 to ,40 per hundred. 1 have solo . o M ECK L EN B J ??P?Cli*?5*^ some grades as high as $78 per hundred. s Royaler Our.no C < ?ak too highly of This was the highest price paid on the , . Norfolk. \ .t Danville market up to this sale. .entlemen: . ,, qTn.Tpp I have some on hand that will bring ..???. i ,oVl. ,ujs??oc . I. STRUPE tQ .85 per hundred if the prices re- ' ..I ? ,.l ~ , ,.,_w main the same. I trust you will keci w COUNTY. Delta up to the present standard. ^ * i J? ml ... ?? _ Yours verv trulv on 8?tie re il >or ho Isvllle, N. C.. very w^'h OWEN had turned out for c .Sept. 26, 1917. * could > get a man t ? BI__ enough. 1 g >t one . t PiTT COUNTY. this ' eek. I have 55,0( hit I used von. Greenville, N. C.. Sept. 21, 1917 wltb 200 Pounu of 2-8 n'-'t i used you. , _ . ' ' u tin- as I have ver :co this year a p.'. S. co-' agree lien you arc the somo years, boti i.-?u-.^ ' Oysters Is the on! gu shall continue It.- jentlemen: For the past four years 1 have use. J JARRE 1.1. your tobacco fertiliser, and this yeai .a,ah-e _ used It exclusively. My tobacco ha- WAKE COL INty ' about the best In my neighborhood ^ebulon. N. C gent' 27 til" '? ."?!? year with unfavorable seasons s Royster Gum .? Cr oepi. n, l.ii. I st.-jid my crop 1 nthe rough, ungraded Norfolk V .. f >r $6,000, which Is at the rate of $$i>" .,.ar Sirs: per acre. 1 onsider Hnv?i?p'? ... ? _ , IUUI K?h?I? utely the bes* his year 1 mail#1 th ur fertilisers f<- J, K. RRKWER lave ever made w h y ak it is the bes- crommend Royst< "s r ml tr^H0'j!! GREENE COUNTY. Yours ti . > my tobacco, ano _ _ ........ ( L was used was Hookerton, N. C.. Sept. 14, Ml" could ?et better ' S. Rorster Qua no Co., " ? 1 on the tobaoco Norfolk, Va. FRANKLIN C nds, and when ) ientlemen: llond on F. S. R. r.y- I purchased some at -our guano thi R. V. D hundred. I raised ear from Messrs. Edwards A Palmei 3. Royster Guano <'< Bar and 1 have ?nd used it under my tobacco. My to Norfolk, Y >. y tenants used >acco grew off better from the Stan '.entlemen: T they are golny han any crop 1 have ever had before. In I've had better sueo !** f*'- . h quality and lan'.lty the crop wa;- >?oods than any fcrt brand as long a , i every way all that I could ask for. 1 used; did not h;?v ; an ill use your fertilisers again. ..bncco this year. Respectfully, Yours sl-oerc . T. DINKIN W. A. MORRIF GimRG V . Come to Columbia ZZZZZIIIIIZZZ to the ^I SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION I a a* c? i_ _r n n > rr ana ziucuun jaie or rure orea nogs MARCH I3th-14th We have induced W. P. Smith, of Kinards, S, C., to sell at auction 55 head of pure bred Duroc Jersey breeding hogs. The Councils of the Nation ure calling on South Carolina to produce our supply of meat and the only way it can be done is to raise more hogs. The best breeders and feeders of hogs in America will be at this meeting to tell us how to produce pork successfully and economically. For information address: L. I. GUION, Pres. T. O. LAWTON, Sec. W. P. SMITH. L.ugoff, S. C. Garnett, S. C. Kinards, S. C. 1 sr * co Growers! le in unlimited opular brands, -9ft iano 8-3-3 mo 8-22-3 8-2-2 i ho have been reducing or cutting out . NEBRASKA POTASH has been ; and pronounced equal to, or, if anyhis Potash to give any desired analyi 1 JL M.RjR^jM2jWh.9 | ;ood if you wait so late that the overn your farm is worth two in our facNORFOLK, VA. /ster users: OUNTY. EDGECOMBE COUNTY. . Sept. 21. 1917. Rocky Mount. N. C.. Sept. 4, 1917. l*\ S. ltoyster Guano Co.. Norfolk. Va. . Hear Sirs: of _tobacco I evt i it gives me pleasure to say a word of v -I'l-ij'' praise for Uoysier's fertilizers. 1 have ised itoislr.K noticed very carefully this year where diftere-.t fertiliz I- ve been used, and i i i>itivi*" espe .11> tobacco. <1 i. seems to me ,i. a "itn L.i. t jes,t tobacco ' have seen is where ? Raster fertilizers were used. Except NTY. o" the dair. ge .> the July rains I have \ug 2i. 191". ever s own a better crop and 1 used , ' .ner's fertilizers. 11 D. BAKER. e in. crested LUNENBURG COUNTY. J.,, i :il;{ oil \\ . nd .. ir opinion . Kort Mitchell, Va.. Sept. 22. 1917. v. > have used ex S Koyster Guano Co., I'..i all crops f. Norfolk. Va. car Sirs: plication of 1.". Will say > h.?ve >een using your goods r tobacco of you or the past tifteen years and it is a year 8.">o pound e.\. easy matter for me to say that It crop will easil. ; better .especially the Bonanza, which acre Consider have not <eeri able to And for the past ns have been tin iro years, which \cels ay th .t I have is section, on n< er cultivated. It grew tobacco faster, r.s and that tli 1 1 had better esults from that than it very poor stat i have ever u <ed. jeglect of form. J A. YOUNG. iimii piw&sea wii r.-?ards n. P'TT COUNTY. t.nicd ucoess ^ Itoyster Guano Oo., s. we are. Norfolk. Ya. urs. i ||^^|* <3| JNKIXS. Prop Having used your fertilizers for the ? past two seasons .and having obtained COUNTY. .uch highly satisfactory results, I feel , that you might be Interested to know now I feel about *-em. 1 grew thirtynine acres f tobacco this year under r guano for tw ' ol"y adverse conditions that will sell for in writing you n ,ver $10,000. I also find your goods I tried last yea- -uually good for other crops and shall of tobacco I hao them again, rse irrasy lfincl j ^ ith bost wishes, 1 nm, ow pasture, but it- ? AL.BRITTON. o take one larg iOahnis?inath0|8?lo' MECKLENBURG COUNTY. Finneywood, Va., L rt. 17. 1917. ? thT. s- Koyster Gua o Co , pift.ure } th Norfolk. Va. ant r pi t ic Jentlemen: j. j Kuiiis ? jjavs been using your guano for ev? tii years and I can say that It Is all O. INTY. C. for all nrms I ?? " . Oct 27. 1917 main. I used It beside some other rade: and And that my tobacco was nuc.1 better and rip. na up ten days irller from your guano than It did from tire sat Is fact ! " ?,her^etrulv A e best .obacc<> very truij, our goods. I sh:. J- B "URNS. oods hereafter " " RUNS WICK COUNTY. W. HOCUTT Rawllngs. Va., Aug. 28, 1217. S. Hovster Guano Co.. OUNTY. Norfolk. Va. erson. N. C. Gentlemen: . Sept 4. 1917 I used your guano this yaar for the fir t t'm , nd compared It with other guano on .'.tree different pieces of land, n .C f id .oat voura Is fr - ahead. I used i?is using your ? 214-2. I can heartily recommend this ilizr v I've evei brand t? anyone * b. 'ti tobacco on y disease In light sand^ soil. I shall always get It hereaft , If Its possible I can do so. ly. Yours most sincerely, IR IV .MACOV T, R. PRTTCHr-" A _ J A ^1