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be taken frota Prussia, which to^k it
from Denmark half a century ago. It
may be restored to Denmark or remain
neutraL The Kiel Canal. which cuts
through the isthmus of this peninsu
la, ,wil3 almost certainly be made neu
trL#ving ships ofal|ttStionrthe.bett.
ef? of a short route into the Baltic
Germany will lose Ecet Prussia,
which will be joined to Poland,; the
old kingdom now to be revived as a
republic. A part of Poland may ex..
tgsjd westward most to the ^5th me
Little will be left of the late mighty
Austrian Empire. Galacia, the poet
north of tike Crpathan mountains, a
gain becomes part of Poland from
whfch, Austria took it. The new re*
public of Cmc ho- Slovakia. including
Bohemia, "will- extend "rom a point
near the 12th meridian almost to the
22nd. South of it is the little that
is left of Austria and Hungary, sep
arate countries now. Roth will be
shot of from that sea if Italy gets
What it claims, Trieste end the upper
eastern shore of the Adriatic. *
A new Balkan nation, JungoiSlawia,
is expected to be made . up of Serbia,
Montenegro. Albania, Bosnio and Her
segovinia. Turkey will be driven out
of Europe and will lose part of its
possessions in Asia. The Dardanelles,
the Sea of Miraora and the Bospho
rug *\rill be made neutral, giving all
nations the right freely to enter and
leave the Black Sea. Both shores of
these straits will be neutral.
The west end of Asia Minor, is not
likely to be'left in Turkish hands.
Palestine will .most probably be re- 1
stored to the Jews, whose ancient
home it was. Armenia will nott be
left under the rule of the Turks, who
have subected this, th$ only Christian
land in. Ajfia [(except Siberia) to un
speakable horrors.
Going northward again we find Ru
mania greatly enlarged by the addi
tion of a large part of whet was east
ern Hungry. But Russia is to be the
greatest loser of territory. Her loss.
e? form* a tier of "buffer sta6e?*-b$
tween Great Russia and Germany***
guanptee 'against future wars,
fhe largest of these states is the Uk
raine republic, which lies north of
the Black Sea and Seo at Azof, with
porta on both, ft extends eastward
to the 40th meridian. .Its northern
edgeja ifregrtsr^hut ^srage
Farmer-Banker Discusses Real Valuo of Fertilizer#
Bright Williamson,
Agriculture 1b the bed rock and
foundation upon which every other In
dustry must stand or falL All the
people proffer or fall to prosper ac
cording to the abundance ol the bar
'?est of tfieaoil, and upon agriculture
depends the prosperity and happiness
W the world
Better methods of agriculture "in
elude the use of modern implements,
modem cultivation and soil improve
ment This brings tu -directly to the
Importance of the fertiliser Industry
pus a means of improving oar soils. Fer
tlllxers are' absolutely essential In or
der to increase the fertility of ibe soil.
They have" a direct effect upon agri
cultural production and through the
products of agriculture a direct effect
upon all other Industries.
Anything which contributes to an
Increase In our. agricultural produc
tions, contributes to the welfare, com
fort and prosperity of our people as
k whole; and this brings us directly
to the consideration of the importance
of the fertiliser industry in relation to
*9ther lines of business.
Fertilizers Necessary in 8outh
The very nature of our soil, climata
Ad rainfall makes it impossible to
bra successfully without regularly
(feeding our v crops from artificial
sources with atleast two of the sev
eral principal dements entering ^sto
the composition sH^developmenV <ff
plant life. ? Without fertilizers much of
the best producing cotton lands in the
South would become unproductive and
make our lands more fertile* has en
abled people to Hve and settle in jpore
desirable ^communities* and to ejijoy
advantages of balbrjifikets. schools,
churchesrand social conditions. Bet
ter rural condltionapave made the
"tack to the fam*tt*rement not only
a possibility, but a reality. ^
-and
Una field a. jgr
than the richer
pride of fee 8*
or . than the in
mmm
Of the fertiliser 1
oc wvuiwra on
ita I have said, t h
they meet be fop
tWser business ft
of the most Impo
our prosperity mo
other Jndostfe.*]
other industry; so
business or has h i
Industries and bud
port , the in<
firm to the
finally when
for a third ti
ed ujjon to
supplies of f(
mm mm
people a greater supply at a \pw*t ^cOrt
of production and at a lower wloe
to th# consumer* while <m the other
Point fotNi
$81.00" Per Ton a. Port
o-2?*> - J ? - ' -v^:: *j|
mwh nitrate is stored in this seaport
town for aale to farmers.
Additional to the price of ?8i per
ton, the farmer will have' to pay the
freight; ehares to unloading point and
any incidental expenses that he may
himself incur in. connection with the
delivery , of the nitrate. Judging by
tho ultimate coet figures to the farm
era, Senator Simmons and other
Southern Senators failed to make ef
fective -their contentions for i* un
restricted market ? The highest fig
ure heretofore pieced before the War
Department for its supplies waa $90
a ton, whereas the department ??
Agriculture stated that in a fr??t
market 'the farmers ought to be able
to secure the nitrate f or f 75 iper ton.
lite distribution by the Department
of Agriculture ? empowered under
the authority of section 27 of the food
act and subsequent legislation relat
ing thereto. . The plans employed in
the sale and- distribution of the nitrate
fcatywtiMwittl* e?entiaHy duplicated
PAPERS TA?B' ADVERTIS
ING DIRECT TO BUYER
'?
"Did you observe,?1 said a mer
chant to a customer. "*iie handsome
spaded the''.<ustomer, "but if you'll
send the bridge around tto my house
I wiK try and read the announce
ment I read the papers and I don't
have time to run around from place
to ploy to read the billboard*." ^
?There is tome merit in 'informs
of advertising, but for downright
economical effectiveness nothing Can
take the place of the home newspap
AND, OH, THE HEALING HOPE IT
AND, SMILING THROUGH OUR
wis WELCOME TO OUR HUNGRY HI
THIS GLADDEST OF/C?U) YE/
FIVE RED AND REi
OF BLOOD
AND PAIN AND, SmAND CTOME;
fBUT OUT OF THE BAPTISMAL FIBE, .
WHERE ALL ITS STRENGTH WASTRIBD,
?fltfe SHINING, fflNGING SOtjf OF E AltTHT
WE WILL
members of tbi
& the funeral
1 12:45 o'clock in
Spuwopal church
Nit family has
i residence-., iwje.
nd teleflrrams ?f
from his fellow
and low decree,
shed citizen* of
i in at Oyster
i. AD expressed
te.^assinar of the
1
countrymen of hi]
bi/t from disiJinj
many nations pot
Bay bj^the hundi
heartfelt recrret &
{treat man and th
of hi# most trusted advii
widow is bearing up bra
thajihock of the sudden d?
husband, coming so soon
death-of thefjr , son, Lieut.
Colonel
poupled
flticfc" so
hunter of the _ tropical jungle*; the
citizen who preached preparedness be.
lore htf .'couDtiy ' entered <-be world
Roosevelt norUsw&e had any warn
In that death would so suddenly still
his active mind and body.
Colonel Roosevelt died in hia sleep
early llcmday moraing. Death is be
lieved to hay? been due to meajaaktan
which affected his heart. The Colonel
sat up most of Sunday and retired at
11 o'clock Sunday night. Abopl'4 o'
clock Monday morning, Mrs. Roose
velt, the only member of the ftfefty
at home, went to theCoJonel's room
In a speech at Bristol. England,
Premier Lloyd GeoTtfe said that the
'^UHbsL hD) araanst ? Germany would
amount to one hundred and twenty
billion ddllars. Bahkers In New York
divi&tite huge sum in this way ;
Russia 20,000,000,000
S,r.
Belgium, etc., 7,000,000,000
V ?lM.OOO.OW^W
As to the eighteen billion eet don,
for tee ^United Stetes.^eeretary Dan
|Thfrl
made in h* &
hybrid
land, I
built by stealth in Frwee
jam long: before the war. With roch
guns the fortifications wer? qttkkly
knocked 'td ^ecS^he settled
<%"%$* to ?? th. ,tW*
4 our harbors, are needed Gen.
thinfc to inrare-oor iWp? of war
dom, to MSm