The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 23, 1918, Image 5
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.