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NKHltASkA POTASH. A bignul Victory for Commercial S< lent Ms of America. The de\? ilopment of Amenau pOl eah eources to u point where we arc no longer dependent upon Herman^ for thui neoeHOnry plant food, is one of the most Important victories won by American an ill, ingenuity and re? sourceful new. As the Nebraeka laki furnish most of the American pot? ash, It will he Interesting to many to know how this Nebraska potash i obtained. Deposits and brines rieh in potash are found la a number of lakes ami ponds which are scattered over the eundy region of west central Nebras? ka. These ponds vary in size from less than an acre to two squan miles, snd th?? <iuantity of water va rtea greatly with the season, and some are comparativeh fresh, while othen contain a high percentage of mater? ial In solution. These ponds He in small Inclos? ed basins which have no outlet, con? sequently the diKsohed material in the drainage water has remained, as the water sxaporated. The material in these deposits and brines resembles closely the leachlngs from wood ashes, which may have been the source of much of thin material, for the sur? rounding country wuu formerly cover? ed with a good growth of grass and brush, and the region has been re? peatedly burned over. This, however, Is only one of the many views held an to the origin of the potash in these lakes. Jesse Lake Is one of the largest of theee lakes, and the one which con? tains the most potash, and is the one from which most of the Nebraska potash has been shipped. The lake is shallow and covers about 240 acres. The depth and concentration of the water varies with the amount of rain? fall. Its bottom Is composed of dark greenish mud, beneath which Is a sand charged with a brine much like that of the surface water. Tho sand Is said to be 20 feet thick und to rest on an Impervious bottom. The brine found In the sand is more uni? form In composition than the surfac water and is the main source of the potash supply. Wells are sunk into this sand and the brine pumped to the plant. There the wat-?r is evap? orated and the residue dried and shipped without refining. The water Is partially removed by first, heating ^JLhe^brlne and then pumping it to wooden towers where It passes by gravity over partitions ar anged like slats In a window blind, thus par tlally concentrating the brine. It la then paseed to vacuum pans when more water Is driven of and it then goes to coollni* and crystalizlng vats when after several days much of the salts crystallxe out. The liquor Is then drawn oft and returned to the Concentration < ystem and tho b-alts shoveled out and dried in a rotar> drum furnace. The potaah salts are then ready for tho market and con? tain a few per cent Of water ami about 2? or 27 per cent potash, which Is practically all In the form of sul? phate and carbonate. T*his material is alkaline, and will therefore help to neutralise tho acidity of acid soils and make them produce better crops. The product shipped therefore, is essentially of the same composition mm the brine of the lake, and as It was all In solution In the lake ami has only had the water driven off it will go back In solution when water 1? added, consequently all of the potash Is soluble In water and Is all available to plants. I.KIIMW \\ Alt Ml DALS. Five Hundred ind Kighty Different kind-. Have Keen Made London, Jan. 19 (Corespondence) ? (lermany has produced Igf different war medals to commemorate varmu alleged victories during tho wn.\ SI of about half of them h i \ boon obtained by the Victoria and AI bert Museum In Ixmdou and are now on exhibition there. Before April 191?. the Herman gov? ernment had issued morr than a hun? dred popular-pi h ed "victory me data** of various kinds. These were struck off in light silver and sold to the pub? lic for a small sum, bearing inscrip? tions recording such explo ts as Zep? pelin attacks on London, the l orn hardment of Mrlttsg coast towns ai d battles on th. WeOJOOfg front. Many of the medals bear portarlts of pop? ular heroes of a day or two. Home of the medals are Intended as cartoons. Such Is a medal de? picting Kngland as a skeleton large* doing the Dutch steamer Tubantia although the Dutch government pi > ed that the torpedo was of Herman manufacture. Th*? wls* .Japanese have g perfect proverb for this day: "if you aro a hen. lay an egg; if a roostor, crow ?Columbia Mate. With Allenby threatonhg Dama?. c>JS. the kaiser seems to have left In." obi friend Mnhntnod mit on hH oack ? Pittsburgh Gazette Times. G oocl co Growers! FF)B crs novo able to offer the trade in unlimited qu 2 rititi ?s the old, reliable and popular brands. Bonanza Tobacco Guano 8-3-3 Orinoc o ITT3* I 1 Li-aOD Far one 8-2-2 No crop is more dependent upon POTASH than tobacco, and those who have been reducing or cutting out POTASH will find it to their interest to return to their old standards. NEBRASKA POTASH has been thoroughly tested by State Agricultural Department and other experts and pronounced equal to, or, if any? thing, superior to the German Potash. We have an ample supply of this Potash to give any desired analy? sis to users of ROY TRAD 2 MARX Q h e REG1STEF.Z.2. Please remember! WE HAVE THE POTASH, but it will do you no good if you wait BO late that the over? worked, congested railroads cannot haul it to you. A ton of fertilizer on your farm is worth two in our fac? tory. Order now. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY, NORFOLK, VA. Re?.rl t!:.e following interesting letters from Royster users: columbug county. lt. V 11 No. 1. Tabor, x. Bept. 8, ID17. F. S. Royator Quano Co., Norfolk, Va Gentlom n: I used no othor goods bul i: >y ter' bc.'ausi' I get th>? oesl results ,rom it. i hoi tili?,' acres of tobacco which 1 goi $T)i?.Gi? i have six acres of which I will get si : bales <?:? S.UWI 11?-. ol cotton. My corn Is as good as 1 expocl I want Hoi it er next > wir. Yours very truly, w. npps VANCE county. c. 11 .,,,? prron, N II. F. I?. Nu. . S lit. IT. F. S. Roi 11? r ? ja no Co . Norfolk, Va Qentlemi n i 1 used sb: tons ol Royster s-.1. 3 i aaoc (ortlllatr. i am proud to nay . twelve barn off t velve ucies. i will av? erage a thousand pounds tu tuu barn J am exnostiiiK li.oou around f<>r my wh ?u crop. I don't want anything but Roystet 8-J-3. i'oui frt v. ? : wki.don FOR3YTH county. F. S Roy tai 1 '< 11 no Co., Norfolk, va. Dem Ulf I used 8^0 pounds of ROVSTRR S HIGH GRADE fortlll or this y. : . und find it to b ? the be*t i ho^ve < ver used, i aavar fall In any crot, ol tobacco oi Wheat when 1 use Roystor'l I have n?>( soiu my tobaooo ?ci. bui it is the ?> i t i have ever rained, and export ;? good price for it. I can't peak too highly ol tn i F, t>. R. fertiliser x'our struly, w. r. BTRUPE rockingham county. Reldsvllle, N, C R r. D. No, :: ,8opt, M, IM7. F. S. Roi ster ?luano Co., P i i folk, Va. Gentlerri n I wish to tell you tit t I used vom S-2-2 fertlllaar for tobacco thl i year ai < aava the best crop for sorrij years, i In eolor arid body, avl ihlll continue i use if 1 can get II MR. V.\ .7 JARRBT*L BURRY county. Rockford, N, C, Bopt 27. 1917 F. I Royster Qu ino <'<?. Norfolk, Va. 11 Dear I t >. I bava been using your fortlllaers fo 1H or 2D yeura/and .hink it is the i> - there la, 1 have, used other guanos u tlifc Harne fields under :oy tobuCCO. l\T\ the part wheie V S. 11 was used w . better froai the Urst. J OOUld get botte: cure> on n than 1 oould on the tobacco where l use i other brandH, and when ? pom. the tobacco grown on f. g r, v tragtd n.e more in the hundred I ral e< ten b:irt\s myself this year and l hav< aood (an" on al lof it. My tenants u ? it this year, and they any they are gojrr to use \\ s R. aa tin ,t ye ir. I *? \f?o:-t to use your I rand as lnr:' i ran ir?t it. Renpeet fully yours, ' if. t hivn 1917. noaccoMBs county. Whitak m s. N. C.( Bopt, 3 S Roystor CJuano Co., Norfolk, \ Poor Blraj i nave o or u tins y ur fertU'z ?rs fcr : number oif yeur^ a..., devu ta u wo bettei reaun i troiti t; than any oin bra h i i m il we huvt ever u cd. ii seem* t" <?? ?>i ?ui.ariy adapted ;? oiiv soil and ? pecUilly o>: tobacco, \ utke , .u j;.(.?... tu e in rosommoiidiii atituo i?* liiiiners n LOa^toru Curoiuta. louru v tritty, i. . RICKi?. C AO WELL COUNTY. r iham, N. r . ? i?t. I, 1 o. nd a Will turn ili4 i ame o. S Ii ?yater <.a. n N< ?riolk, \. < lentlemcn; i u vu u,<? t ?ns era n*. unu i r< , ?*uin i.i.j o. i '.nan U40U. ? n,..:s my or about '.'.?< m ... >. \? ill . i remain, Vour? i u*pcct fullyi P rTT? Y L V A NIA county. S. Royster Guano Co., .\ca ioIr, \ ;.. Gdntloinen; i buugui DiSLTA TOBACCO <:L'.\.: from Aii'. j, j. i^uiteraon, yeuv i*ep4*ci?c4i nv.? u< re, ittfci: apruig tor my io?iaci crop, k rnuae ins ;t apiendlu ci ?.'; ni entire suloj su'iar havu averua?u .rn ,???> i*i v t.? |,e: na..u. . i. 1 t. uui acme r Ad is ..s mgn ..^ ;???.? hundre< lais v....-> me h(giltst ptice p:?,c. un ii. Lkinvllle rhurki . i.i* to thi i l have some ?>n aand t,uit will brln IS1.* to $s.i per hUMdretl if tue pric< ?? main tn^ same, Z tiHist you \w*?jt a> . -dca up to tne present siandard. ^ very ii ul., u . h. OWEN PITT C UNTY. QroenviUo, x. c, Sept. ' Royster Guano Co., Norfolk, \., ?ntlcmeti: Kor 11.-' pant -our yer.ra . have u < our tobacco fortulujer, auu uil.i jou Ii .xclita?vcly, My iol?acco h.i ObottC IttO i v'<i i:? in. ><???;;nb ?v.o..-. this year with u... > cu'abie sou: ??; oM my :iop . nthe rouj^h, ungiMdcci ) ? 4 :.??'>?. which i/, ;<t the iat? of ? ???? :???< e. I o .. .i ,? lloysler's ah i.ely tue K-r .;. :; URISWER QRCCI^E COUNTY, liookerton, N t'.. Sept, ii. 1911 Roystor 'Ja ino Co., Norfolk, 'i ?ntlem< n: l purchased some \?t 'our guano 11 >r from Mossij. Edwards ,c Palm nd used it uiiil- i my tobacco My i< i ?<> Riew og better from the Btni i.iii any crop 1 1: IVO ov er h:i?I before ? i (iwtltty ii i i inr ly i iH> crop Wi ? eiy w y Ihfil I could aak for ?!i ii v your t nil .leva again, ii ? i| , [fully, VV. a m< irp.1 FRANKLIN count\. Mapl< vlllo .X. Sept. 21, 1017. B\ S R iy?t sr ii :.? !.? ? c'?/., Norf ilk. Va. Gentlem mj i have v:-.<- I est (;??>!> of tobacco I are grew. Unless prices line i shall ?>? ?>ver $20tj ?e :?.?>?:.. i used llOYfcJTElr: pianu anil Will : *".:tln. Vour struly, J. J. PITT COUNTY Groem ii! . N, i' . Au B. Royster Gutino Co., Norf Ik, STou v? ill <: ??bt los i l- i ItnoWlllt .... l. <>ur to ill Ri'm L fn rm, an 1 IRIVER. ill lnt< res! o<7 tins u.? \.-; ? r opinion Ii ?ve u?od .i an of 1, ' ! >Ui >?-??::. u .? ? .?(. i cd hist yi.. per aero; this yi ar our cro. ; k i i 1,100 poun?i i ,? u ?,,. Consider i;oj thai the two sen <?:is have been tri worsi over known in this Beet ion, <-a a count oi exceitsivo rains and thkt tb s<?i i,.n this farm Is Into very poor stnt i if fertility ,owlna to neglect of form iwners, we are more than pleased wll the re ;;:os obtain ' \\kindest personal regards an . h fi r the continued ucceea ? ?our valuMblo iei zors. we are. V . nil- yours. G< ?Ulf AN .v i : VKINS, Proi i r.*F:c:<'-f nbu coun' R iy. ? v Guum < *'> , Y. Noi f-a.v. Gentlemen: -V-. i have mod your guano for tw< 'cars I take pioasute in writina you ui V ;..a; d to y<>::.- bran.. [ trie i last yen go' p'.oturt of a ol tobacco l had on iom* re . l ?< c horse grass land . had turned out *."f nnv .>; .u:v i? :? co* ? :.et n man t< take one larg enough. 1 - t ono t In ? to t-.:se or. thia ok. i have 66,000 hlilr it; .< i.h 230 von...i of 2->-'J on '.t. rnd it : '\n. ;ra l Jv. *e var ?ften. yc.l v. ; **oo lion ;' u wee the oleture. I thl 'ys.cr? i?; ti: i onl' i Ian i ?' 'O. o. .7. BLLIF WAKE COUNTY, . buloii, N. C, Oct, 2T, 191*. '. ;:. R Gu tut i'a.. X- : .'? !!<. Va Voi. c.jave entire patHfact!" "iIm yen/ I rnado the best <?;?:> . ? ive i". ?? ????.:':<? with y?:ir .",< ?:?. I.-; . .'om'.ncnd Royater'a goods !: roairer Vours ti lily. <'. \V. HOCOTT F;RAN(vLIN COUNTY. Header ?? n. N. n., F. . >.. Sept. 4. 1017. Ro .Ol iO ? it lernen: I've hod ncMer than anj ? Ij did nol n uura i h ,? t'o.. .i u nur fertilise \ Pvo any disease ,-r.i v. ?RGW V.' .MAi EDGECOMBE COUNTY, Rocky Mount. X. C. Beat, 4. 1917. F. i>. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk, Va, De:.r S:r.;: it gives me i leaaura t ? ay a word of praise for Uoystci u tenilisera. 1 have n iticod v rj ca 'efulfy thlt year where diffi r . ?ii ? Llllx h vo bicn used, and o^peciaily i: ... e, >. . .d i. seems to me ? bot?? tobtiuco ' havo s ien is'where R-jyster ferlllixers wore n^ed. Except I ?* tliO d .) the Jub rains 1 have nc\er i >wn ? bettej cro and 1 used ?..'?? tor's it i tilfaeru. j : i. BAKER. LUNENBURQ county. Fort Mitchell, Y.>... Sent 22. 1917. 1*. Uj; Ler Guano Co., N ;a.,liv. Va. *>? I i bavo ?een using your goods ' tho tifteen yearv and it is a > . for me l say that it i better , ;. the Bonanaa, wnich have not e.< ?? ftoxl tot the past w< ye, . which <Ccels .?> Ui t I have * ?:?<? -t grew to acco faster, 1 had b tter esults fr< m that than ) i have ever used. J. A. YOUNG. PiTT col nty. H. Royster Guano c'o., -\ < u ;olk. Va. ?: r Sir : tmvfns ufeod gour fartui^era foi the t two ..: :is ,aa< aaving obtained i h b ? . Ufup? ry r- iulba. 1 feel - ? a .. ?, u be interes ed to know '?* 1 feel about tu ? :;?-ew thirty* ii? acres .' tobacco this year .aider j ? v .f1 ? t hp a ill sol! for . : bra find your gooda '?' ?'? .v : f< " otli a i' >s and sb.all them ag.-\in. With best wlshea, l atr B. E. ai JRITTON. (ry Rd vera -or Sio.T) ? e s ( len b u. :g co unty. Pinn ?? m. >d, Va*. L-r .. 17, 1917. 5 lloj ster ^ 2 .i.i o Co., X( rfottc Va. ?"'lernen: . a . icj j-irit s iano for ev ? a?'l i can nay tli vt it la all o. ? :> ? I o..\pk, t t ouse it a. I used t? aide; some other and find Lh it my tobaceo was better and rip rd up t??n days ?Her from . - mo ta n it did from ? othor grade, v, ry truly, d. LI. BURNS. * n U N C VV IC K co i nty. . Va.. a ig. 28. 1917. ? ? R< '?' ; r Guano Co., Norfolk. Va. ? tb m .:. l u e-.l your guauo this y ar for the ?o . i.u compared it with other uaoo *?n I'iree different i ecea of land. r at . tat ??< '"s is 1 ?j head. 1 used V?.-2. I eaa heartllj re ommend this m m' t< anyone b toliacci on ^t ?and I sh 11 hvays get it ? . '<' I t po? il le 1 ran do so. an n i t sincerely. P inVHHT' GEORGIA NEtiltO LYNCHED, ?add to Have Kidnapped Baby, Pnyettevllle, Ca , ivi>. It, * 'Bud" Coaby. a negro, was lynohad last 11 iKtit by a nob of Kayotto county c? 1/? ns after ha had attempted to rob the homo of Mrs. Barney If cK I wan-1 ey. near Aberdeen, and had kidnap? ped hot two year old baby, according' to reports reaehlnf here late tonight. The child Wni found by memberi 01 the mob yesterday morning in a briar patch uninjured, the report said, and restored to Its mother. Mrs. MeKlwnnoy. her mother-in law, Mr*. Reese McKlwauey, and the baby were alone in the homo Satin da] when Coaby in alleged to have m traded, lira McBlwaney'i bueband, it wan raid here. Ih in the army. Cor hy, after finding no money, dro\e ti;? - women from the house, it was report? ed, seized the child and eecaped. A jmob formed Sunday morning BOOfl tor reports WfOffO Oint Otlt of the at tempted robbery end tho kidnappin of the child. After an hoar's search the baby woe foifhcl In n briar patch] about a mile from Its home, Reports said the mob continued the search for Cosby ah day Sunday, finding him lasl night at the home of another negro, near Aberdeen. According to Infor? mation received herd the negro was i*i i? d to a epol neo r whore I he ohlld was found and hanged to the limb of a Irtr, Tho mob then <lh - persed, the report said. Sheriff Herlln of Payotte county and the county coroner, a bo It fi here early today for the scene of the reported lynching, returned to Pay ettovllle tonight, Tho sheriff waa quoted as having said ho had been un? able so far to apprehend any of the members of the mob. Von Hlndenburg says he will be In Paris by April. Really, wo had nol boped that be would i"1 capturod 10 soon, anden on Mall, New * oi'U Wastes Food? New York, Peb. i^.?Mora than 18,000,000 pounds of food represent? ing a value of $607,707, were wasted In tin- boroughs of Manhattan ami Brooklyn in January .according I ? estimates by Ihe departi. t <>; In 111 Commissioner Am hier urged thai eith-1 "i* tlie city or tic >?? i ! tl nuthorith h take Immediate steps i<? reduce ?. Neither landowner nor renler e i prosper on poor land; ' ?>iii ? p o per on rich land. And of nil ii ?- "In? ventions over devised by the w u oi man" for making rich land poor and keeping it poor and for making both landlord and renter poor ??i the saw time, nothing has ever been dovieed eouul to the one-yenr renting syst i . And tlio ?South is probabrj t? ? 01 ij i iit of the civilised world ? hicl such a system still obtains.'The Pro gl ssive rainier. edit t<> Bianuircii' to Sheridan. I but perhupe erorthy of coneldet?* Kdltor Greenville Piedmont: i Tli;il th? ^thod? ?eed by Oer i ... !? .4 .1.: Imany in the prevent erar are only n ,t: i? . :>.! scientific development President fJiusoln'e succesnfol an? " : ?licution ruthlessiieHS, does not ad? '1,1 ;i ' ' HO 11 ? : | .t of .! doubt, (?eneral Sherman '?' ? ^ \ ,t ok rveord that he dcterniined "to eve nu n, women and child ,!'? nr1 '' 'nihil jn ,jit. gi>| j? feft] that if they dared lH " ^neriunns ? .,, u:.u;'>j the Hog of their 1 ' 0H,<,en- over ' > i aar? , i;;,t: . they :; usl die or submit.' 1 Ii South would have been Bolglnjgji repioauco vet} systematically and thor ,rM,:v couelstB in the Ural plac- I oug|j? |f c,meral h:.a ?dflecd a inflicting as telling blow- as no IM?? . lu.ri..|;j p >11aro upon tho enemy's army and Iben In \ causing the inhabltanl ? ??'<? n ?uf-j \\v m > regret that it is ? fact ;r, that they must long fc-r peace,!thai hunwn nature on this side of and force the govern ent to oak for!the ttlnntiu only needa ? provocation it, The people must be l< N nothln Ing out the bang that is in man. bul their eyes to weep with !>ver th< Not t<> hnti our enemies bat to excell war." bim h? aj i t is laudable and worthy Upon i;i-; Bismarck commented: Iof Imrtattott, is the exhortation we 'Bomewhal heartless it sccnu to in ? need. il. T. Cook.