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TWO Mil IK INTO LINE WITH AGGRESSIVE BUH-BALE HE TO HELP FORCE COTTON Enthusiastic Meeting Held Tuesday at Noon When Movement Was Launched---Aid of Northern Business Houses to Be Asked-- Screven Farmers to Retire Most of Thirty Thous and Bale Crop From Market Until it Will Bring Ten Cents or Better---Mass Meeting of Citizens to Be Held Thursday to Relieve Local Business Conditions---Situation Showing Steady Improvement. WALTER E. DUNCAN, Staff Correspondent, Tha Augusta Herald. Bylvania, Ge.—Lik# many Georgia county seats, Hylvanla la built around On* court house. Kao Ini? the oourt house square on all four aides are the principal business houses. At noon Tuesday a man called from the win dows of the superior court room on the second floor of the temple of Jus tice, even as a court-crier, hla clarion voice repeating the Invitation: "EVERYBODY WHO WANTS 10 CENTS COTTON COME INTO THE COURT HOUSE." The word had already gone forth and spread throughout the town that a meeting of merchants, bankers and professional ben would tie held to or ganize a "Buy-a-Balo" club. - Responding to the call, two score citiseiiH, mostly merchants, but among them several farmers, several bankers and a sprinkling of professional men, gathered and set In motion In Hylva riia and Screven County a patriotic and splendid campaign (o aid in the wide-spread “Buy-a-Hale" movement which has swept the South like wild fire and which now has crossed the Mason and I)Uon line and invaded tiie North slid Kaat and West. . Within SO minutes SO balea had been pledged as a starter for the Sylvnnla “Buy-a-Bale" club— thirty hales of distress cotton, whirl: will lie purchased at 10 oents a pound from small fnr niM rr.il tenant farmers and re tired from the market.' As Mr. J. K. Hurt who presided at the ineot,- lng assured ms, before the end of the present week there will not be a merchant nor a lawyer nor a doctor In Hylvanla who will not have bought his hale. Celt on North to Help. With this splendid beginning and the ground work laid, the business people of Hylvanla then went a step further. It was unanimously decided at the meeting held Tuesday that, through the merchants, business peo ple of the North and Kaat and West who are interested In the South, fi nancially and otherwise, shall be In vited to aid in the work begun by the Hylvanla “Huy-a-Bale" club. As Mr. H. S. While so aptly ex pressed It; "We can with Impunity ask these people with whom our merchants have been trading to Join bands with us In this movement. We need their help now. They will need our help as soon as normal conditions iue re stored. A a they have needed us in the past, and depnded upon us In the past, they will need ua and depend upon us in the future and Uiey know It." A ciroular letter, accompanied by a personal letter, will be sent out by tha merchants of Hylvanla to Jobbers, wholesalers snd manufacturers In the North- houses with which the Hylva nla merchants have been doing bual neea—asking that through the Hylva nla merchants these houses buy, at Hylvanla, at 10 cents a pound, one or more balea of dlstrsss cotton and bold the same off the market until It will sell In tha open market for 10 cents or better. All Holding, to a Man. Screven farmers raise SO,OOO hales of cotton a >ear. Thla year they will make at least an average crop Hut they realise that there has been an fiver production and that even had there been no European war, the mar ket would have gone down to 9 or 10 cents. In aplte of conditions, how ever, ts there la a farmer In Hcreven County who is not doing Ids utmost to get out his crop as rapidly as pos sible- Just as though he could gilt It and bale It and haul it to market to morrow and get 12H cents for it — no one appears to know who he la Of the 10,000 or more balea raised this year in Hcreven County I am In formed that 65 to 7* per cent will be held by the farmers who produoe tt. They do not talk about holding, these Screven farmers -they do not express It that way. "I have retired my crop from the market on a ten cent basis," several of these cotton planter* aald to me I>r. George Overstreet was one of *hesc. Improvement Is Seen. In addition to advance In the mar ket price of cotton, a decided Improve ment In conditions can be note.l here. Demand Is better. Farmers snd mer chants alike have taken heart, seized upon fresh hope. The farmer can haul hla cotton Into Hylvanla. and if he cares not to sacrifice It for leas than the cost of production tn order to know the feel of actual money for a few hours, he may buy with cotton whatever he may newt -clothing, pro visions. hardware, anything—with cotton —or pay hts debt*—with cotton —not on a basis of the market price, but at a premium over and above the market price—nine and ten cents a pound The Newton-Hart Company, one of the leading mercantile houses of Hyl vanta. Is taking all the cotton offered by farmer customer* at to cent* a pound -In trade or to tv* applied on account. Htu Brothers another, large con cern. allows the fanner 9 and 10 cents In trade or on account, hr. Over etreefe drug store and other business houses are granting the farmer* a premium over and afcove the market price. At Hllltonls in thla county, Measra. J. L. and C. C. IJroerlok hav# taken more than 100 balea off the hands of fanner customers at 10 cent* a pound and have retired it from the market until the market price reaches the valuation they have placed on cot ton. Goal Not Far Away. “If." oald Mr. J. H. Evans pres ident of the Hylvanla lianktng Company. "the ’Buy -a-Baisf movement continue* to spread for the next thirty day# a* tt has since Its Inception, oothan will then be quoted In the -ptarket at 10 cents a pound. To hack up his opinion and a* an evidence of hla public spirit. Mr. Evans pledged hingsjJf *9 the a m bales at 10 cents a pound, and his bank will buy two bales Kach of the three banks In flylvanla —the Hylvanla Hanking Company, the Citizens and Hcreven County Bank, of which Mr. John D. Walker is pres ident, and the Farmers Exchange Hank. Mr. H. W. Zelgler, president, subscribed for two bales, though al ready all three are taking the cot ton of their customers to hold for them, and with this as collateral, re newing farmers’ notes as they become due. Building Warehouse. Warehouse facilities In S»lv»- nla Inadequate to take care of the cotton being held—only about 50* bales having been sold here since the opening of the season—the ('ltlzens and Screven County Hunk Is at present building & warehouse In which to house it* customers’ cotton. This warehouse Is actually be ing built around the cotton —the cotton Is there, scores of bales, and the frame of the warehouse building Is going up around it. If customers of this bank prefer not to sell their cotton seed In order to secure cash with which to get out the remainder of their crops, the bank makes advances of about $lO a bale, takes the cotton and Issues a receipt by which the bank morally obligates itself to hold as long as possible tor 10 cents. Msy Issus Own Curre'noy. A mass meeting of cltlxens will be held Thursday afternoon at Hylvanla at which time a plan proposed hy Mr. John IX Walker and on the order of what has becorao known as Mr. Wal ker's "Screven rian," will be con sidered. It Is proposed, snd several of the merchants as well an the three hanks have already endorsed the idea, that the hunks shall issue clearing house receipts based upon cotton warehouse receipts valorizing cotton at 8 cents for use in Hylvanla to facilitate trading with cotton. If favorable action Is taken upon the proposition at the meeting Thursday every mer chant In Hylvanla and throughout Screven County will honor these Clearing house, or rather warehouse receipts. The Meeting Tuesday. Not as men who face a desperate situation, excited, discouraged and i-runplng at false hopes, might meet, but as business men realizing that the Houth faces « condition which must lie courageously met and conquered did the merchants, hankers and pro fessional men of Hylvanla gather on Tuesday. To Mr. J. E. Hart Is due the credit for working up the meet ing. lie presided, and Mr. T. J. Evans acted as secretary. It was first proposed that letters he sent out by the merchants asking that Jobbers, wholesalers and manu facturers buy distress cotton at Hyl vanla and hold It for the price paid, 10 rents or more. Before the plan oouhl be endorsed Mr. 8. F. Cooper was on his feet. “I am unwilling,” he declared, "to ask others not of us and not of the Houth that Is now suffering, to do something that we have not done ourselves. Until we start the ‘Buy-a-Bale’ movement right here In Hylvanla and each of us buy our hales, we cannot ssk out eiders to do so.” Mr. Cooper gave expression to the sentiment of the meeting. A list was immediately opened and the following pledged themselves to the purchase of ene or more halea: Messrs. J. H. Evans, H. F. Cooper, l)r. George M. Overstreet, H. H White, W M. Hob by, W. <l. Sharpe, J. A. Ennis, Jack C. Reddick. C. A. Mims, W. P. Wil liams, fi J, Kswton, 8. J. Jackson, 8. F. Cooper, J. E. Hart, N. 8. Kemp, Herman Barr, A. B. Lovett, John D. Walker, Farmers Exchange Bank. Cltlxens amt Hcreven County Bank, Sylvonlu Banking Company, T. A. Mock Company, Mrs. J. E. Hart. Only distress cotton'will be bought and 10 cents a pound in cash will be paid for it. Let the Farmer Know. Rev. N. H. Kemp, himself s farmer, Is a strong advocate of the "Buy-a- Bale" movement. Rev. Mr. Kemp at tended the meeting snd made s splen did talk. "While we know how the ’Buy-s-Bsle’ movement is spreading and can already see its beneficial re sults.” he said, "we should send out word to the farmer, not only from Hylvanla. but from everywhere, and Ist him know what is going on and what Is being don# in his behalf. We must keep them from getting nervous snd sxclted snd prevent them from dumping their cotton on the market when their notes fall due next month, thereby blocking the good of the 'Buy-a-Bale' movement. "The newspapers, os usual, are lead ing in thts movement of beautiful sen timent and patriotic spirit, especially The Augusta Herald, and In spread - the gospel of ’Buy-a-Bale' they nre doing a magnificent snd noble work.” It was impressed at the meeting that all cotton that Is held should be put tn negotiable shape that la prop erly warehouse* protected from the weather and Insured. Holding Movement General. Not only around Hylvanla but throughou) the country there Is de mand for more cotton than la offered - -demand that Is Increasing as the days go by. The European war and th# attend ant depression of the cotton nutrket has ncrompltshrd one thing that or ganisation among the farmers has never accomplished Every farmer In this section has. It spears, ap pointed himself s committee of on# to see to tt that no cotton la dumped on the market, but that all Is held off until diw>aitd cregtre * fair price. Sitting Tight at Rocky Ford. At liocky Ford l asked Mr. Oerar Moore wH*t "he Visa doing with hie cotton. ' li Uff "I’m sitting on It.” he replied, and he meant Just that "There hasn't !*een any sold here,” he added. 'The farmers are holding It home from the gins and putting It on logs to keep It off thoground, and I reckon It will stay right there until somebody wsut* German War Dirigible and French Aeroplane 4 :'Y ; '^ . -Tv'.:'•? * " •'* ■!<{*' * DIRIGIBLE MOST VALUABLE While the French have pinned their faith to the aeroplane as a weapon of war the Germans have worked out the Idea of the dirigible. The two Ideas have been tented for more than a month now, and It Is the opinion of war experts that the dirigible has been immensely more valuable than the aeroplane. It has been shown that they can drop 600 pound bomba over cities, so that a dozen or more airships would be able to destroy a modern city If they could not be hindered. The Germans have been so bold us to fly their dirigibles over Paris. It Is the belief of those who have followed their plans that a score of them will be sent over Paris to ruin the city should a bombardment be begun by their armies. it bad enough to pay what it’s worth for it.” All the cotton that has been shipped from Rocky Ford thiH season has been eight bales shipped to Savan nah a few days ago by Mr. J. T. Par ker to apply on a hardware account. Thinking About Next Year. While Screven County produces about 30,000 bales of cotton a year, and though cotton has been too *n tlroly depended upon by the average farmer, none of them but who raises some corn and throughout the county there are many who like Mr. E. K. Overstreet, who is as good a farmer as he Is a lawyer. Mr. Overstreet grows cotton, but he also raises some cuttle snd plenty of bogs and ample grain ami hay crops to feed them and his farm hands. It la the farmer like Mr. Overstreet who will, of course, hold for better than 10 cents because he Is In position to do so with a full smokehouse and a wall-stocked corn-crib and a barn stacked to the celling with hay, who Is setting the example for the Screven County farmer to follow next year. The cotton acreage Is going to be cut. and there need not be felt the slightest doubt about that. As Mr. II S. White said at the meeting here Tuesday: “We have heard the suggestion that a law be enacted prohibiting another full crop next year. No need to enact | such a law. The law of necessity will govern that and will prohibit any | thing like an average crop. In the I first place, the small farmer will not |be able to get advances from the ’ bonks for another big cotton crop, and what cotton le grown must be i grown principally without fertiliser, i And then, too. the cotton farmer has ; learned a tesson that he will not for get In one year, at least. I am a far mer. and 1 know.” Hon. A. B. Lovett, former mayor of Sylvonla and who took a hand In helping organise th# Sylvonla "Buy a-Bale” Club, in discussing th* pros pects for 1916 said: ‘T should not be afraid to farm next year. One year's calamity would not scare me. The farmer should not ol : low himself to become discouraged. I Do you suppose that because I lost I one law case I would give up prac ticing my profession? But if I farm ed next year I should certainly cut my cotton acreage to a minimum and j raise something to eat.” Lessons Driven Home. The biggest farmer In Screven County snd one of the most exten ' stvo planters tn Georgia is Mr. E. T. j Comer. In hte Mlllhaven plantation. I which Is a little world to Itself, there I are embraced 16.000 acres. For the past eight years Mr. Comer. : who is president of the Bibb Munu i farturlng Company at Macon, has j been preaching to the farmers of this and other sections the necessity of raising something to eat, less cotton and more hogs, less cotton and more : cattle, less cotton and more corn, less ! cotton and more grain and hay crop*. | And he has most magnificently dem onstrated his own preaching. Mr. Comer raises about 6.000 bales of cotton a year—approximately one- I tenth of Screven’s crop—but raises everything else In proportion. For* ; inerly In the cattle business tn Texas, j be has developed the Industry here In ; Soreven to a high degree. He raises only beef rattle for market, of the Holstein stock, and when marketed | they weigh on an average of Too to | 900 pounds. He owns several short - , horn Durham bulls weighing from 1.600 to I.TOO pounds Hogs, sheep goats are raised and ' all the foodstuffs and feedstuff# need ed from year to year In addition to what is sold. The Mlllhaven planta tion H» dotted with silos. Mr. Comer has his earn oil mill and makes hts own fertiliser. Expert rattle men from Texas are In charge. 1 Besides the cottonseed meal fed to the cattle, Bermuda grass Is sown. Th* Immense plantation la operated on strictly business princi ples There is no guess work. Every inch of the ground Is measured. There is a stake And a sign at th* end of THE AUGUSTA \ HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. every terrace row. There is system about everything—-system that pro duces more than one crop a year. 1 did not see Mr. Comer. He spends his time mostly tn Macon, visiting his Htllhaven plantation on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am Informed that he will retire his 3,000 or more balea from the market until he can market his cotton at a fair profit over and above cost of production. And It may be depended upon that Mr. Comer knows exactly what is the cost of production. POSIIiIS OF 0. S. TRADE WITH RUSSIA Czar’s Foreign Minister Points Out What the War May Mean For America London, 5:40 a. m.—The Petrograd correspondent of the Times telegraph* that Serguls Saxonoff, the Russian foreign minister, has authorised this statement: “I quite realise that accounts of vic tories and routs, acts of heroism and magnificent assaults may sell news papers, but above and beyond all this there now exists an opportunity In trad* with Russia to England and to America that may mean more tn th# decades to oome than It 1* easy to realise. Enormous Benefits. "It Is the country which foresees tb* situation commercially in Russia that will reap the enormous benefits that the Russian markets now offer. *lt Is not snough that merchants and man ufacturers should offer their good* here. Export* should be sent here now, even while the war la still In progress, to study and examine the wants of our country so that when peace comes those channels which have for decades flowed deeply with German products may continue to now with products from America and England. America Esptcially. For America especially does Rus sia open opportunities for an Indus trial outlet euoh as can hardly be w<> have an empire of 170,000,000 souls and the 1300,000.000 we have been paying Germany yearly I* but th* beginning of a demand that will soon make Russia among the most desirable and valuable markets In the world Railroad building and new developments everywhere are the prelude to an era of prosperity tn this country such as has never been seen here before." ITALY MIST ACT SOON OR NEVER (vlt Pari*. • a. m.)—-The Olor n«l* 1' It.HU quote* th« Petrograd news paper Hlr»**r|* Wledomosiy a* enyins (Pat It reflect* the view of the Rus sian government (n declaring th.t Italy m«*t take TVant and Trieste now, with It* owai arms, or never, for if the trip!* en'eutp 1* victorious It t* not probable the> will Indemnify Italy by giving her (h«*e province* a* a reward for mere neutrality. Armed tntwventlon by Italy, the Ru»- slan newspaper la quoted aa saving would ha most unefnl at the present mo meut to asaiat ILisaia In the campaign against both Austria snd Germany. TIE U. S. NAS RIGHT, CURTAIL PRODUCTION Committee Will Recommend a Prohibition Tax on Cotton Growing at Tonight’s Meet Washington.— Convinced after a search of supreme court records that the federal government has a right to curtail production by means of a prohibitive tax, a committee of sena tor* and representatives will recom ment to th* congressional cotton con ference tonight two plans designed to limit the production of cotton in this country next year to fifty per cent of th* 1914 crop. One plan would tax ten cents a pound all cotton produced by any planter in 1916 In excess of fifty per cent of the total he produced In 1914. Another would levy a tax of 620 an acre on the total acreage planted with cotton In 1916 In excess of the total acreage of 1914. Russians Are But 15 Miles From Przemsyl London, 8545 a, m. —A Reuter dis patch from Petrograd gives this out line of the situation lp Galicia: "The position of Grodek occupied by the Russians, 16 miles west of Lem burg, is situated on the heights under which a chain of six almost connect ing lakes stretch out towards the Rus sian frontier, forming a natural de fense for 14 miles running north and nouth. The Austrians abandoned this position after the character of Lem berg. “Mosciska, to which the Russians have advanced, is a little over 40 miles west of Lemberg on the main line be tween Prsemysl and Lemberg. The shattered second Austrian army wns evidently Incapable of staying the Russian advance and took refuge In Przemysi, from which the Russians, according to latest official reports, ar« only 16 miles.” “oomr MAKING HISTORY New Orleans.— What Is said to be the first Instance tn the history of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange of actual cotton changing hands there took place today. Several bales were delivered at the exchange where they were weighed, classified and sold for cash, the first purchaser being Mar tin Rorhman. mayor, and the seller, A. J. Glenny. president of the ex change. The trading was done to give Impetus to the "Buy-a-Bale" move ment, , BARRIER OF CORPSES B > FEET RICH ERECTED BT GERMANS, AISIiIE BUTTLE Terrible Stories of Conflict When Retreating Invaders Took Stand at River Crossing—Allies Attack Began Sunday Morning; Struggle Raged Til Night—Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dead is Report London, 8:50 a. m.—The correspon dent of The Times at Paris sends this St ?.SL° f the fi » htin & on the Aisne: IThe enemy has found means to ar rest his retreat for the time being and Is offering stubborn resistance on the line which he has prepared strongly for defense. He has received consid eral reinforcements, probably from Lorraine, where he seems to have abandoned the offensive. The fighting is hottest around Soissons, where the British army is in setion. Piles of Dead. “Terrible stories are reaching Paris of piles of dead and wounded which encumber the battlefield of the Marne and the Red Cross is working night and day. At one place, it is said, the Germans erected a barrier six feet high of corpses behind which to re sist the French. This barrier was carried after a terrific struggle by the French Tureos, leaving 7,600 dead on the battlefield.” The correspondent of the Times at Havre thus describes the battle: "As opposed to the Battle of the Marne, which was a battle of rivers and plains, woodlands and high pla teaus, the battle of the Aisne was a river crossing on a scale never before seen in the history of the world; a triumph of organization and engineer ing as much as of courage and fight ing powers. The time was Saturday evening and the moment had arrived when, if the fleeing host was to be saved, some sort of stand must be made. For Great Effort. "The enemy gathered hurriedly to gether for a great effort on the height which overlooked the river. He had his guns placed and his men ready when the British and French troops reached the south bank of the river. Clearly it was essential to the allies that a crossing be made If the great pursuit was to be continued and the hard won victory pressed home. But the river was swollen, running swift ly after the recent heavy rains, the bridges must be built under a wither ing fire, they must be maintained un damaged and must be crossed. Fighting for Lives. “All the vantage points were held by the men rendered desperate and WAR BULLETINS „ , NEW GERMAN PLAN. Roma, (via London, 10:20 a. m.) —The Tribune states that th» n.— a „ headquarter s staff has adopted a new plan of campaign, which consists of maintaining the defensive against the allies in the west while undertaking an wm n bL V en’p^ e a “ lnßt the R,lßSl:ins ' ln whlch « German army co^ EFFORTS FAIL. Company o lay a * m — The Petrograd correspondent of The Exchange Telegraph Rus«la n n» El hav™falled." a *" ° f th ® a * rman •ttarU to surround a portion of th* QUITS~B EJRLIN. ' According to fin Article in th® Avnnti mi inn the Italian military attache has quit Berlin because of maultimr cernlng the attitude of Italy In the war, made in the offlcial iilon „ , BY THi CZAR. „ Petrograd—Emperor Nicholas has conferred the title of chlvaliers of th ander ot Swiia. George Upon Klne Albert of and Prince Alex- CHASED BY JAPS. Honolulu, T. H.—The small Hamburg-American freighter Loong moon arrived here last night, 43 days out from Tsing-Tau, Kiao*how without charts or wireless. Her captain said he had been chased by a Japanese war craft. ALL RESERVISTB. Parla, 4:22 a. m.—Rome dispatches from Vienna *a ya telegram to The Havas Agency, state that the Neue Frele Presse announces th* ap proaching call of all reservists enmasse. According to the Relchspost, Emperor Joseph declared: ’’Never In my life has anything coet me so much pain as the duty of taking such a grave decision." TODAY’S WAR CONDENSED Tho third day of the battle of the Alsne finds the hosts of the Ger mans and the allies facing each other along a line of aome 100 miles stretching from Nyon, 66 miles northeast of Paris, southeast to the Swiss frontier. The battle line proper extends roughly from Noyon. about 160 miles. Here between 2,000,000 and 8.000,000 men are engaged In a struggle that In ferocity and strategto Importance bids fair to rival the battle of the Marne. Each side claims a slight advantage and no more. . It Is known only that the German retreat has been turned into a stubborn resistance The allies asesrt that they were so close on the heels of the Germans that the latter were compelled to turn about and fight to escape destruc tion. German reports represent their armies as re-forming In strong po sitions after withdrawal from the vicinity of Paris and again taking the offensive. It is admitted that the deatn toll already is enormous*—so stagger ing that official sources hpsltate to reveal the facts. Rain continues falling on the battlefield and has rendered parts of it Impassable for guns and cavalry while adding greatly to the distress of the men. This afternoon 1 * official announcement at Paris said that a great battle continues all along the river Aisne and that the Germans are slow ly giving way. Conflicting reports of the situation In the eastern theater of war are received from official and unofficial eources. The several German army corps sent Into East Prussia appear to have pushed back the Russian Invaders of that territory with great loss to the Russians. It was thought that a part of the German force may be diverted to Russian Poland. In Galicia Russian successes seem to be continued with the Austrians and Germans falling back on Praemsyl. Enormous losses to the Austrians are admitted at Vienna to which city thousands of wound ed are being brought. The latest official announcement at Nish claims loss for the Servian “T? 1 * hftve earlier statements, Indicating that Austria still has 4onV slderable forces available to oppose the Servian invasion. The Bernansf however, with the old of their Montenegrin allies, appear to be more than holding their own. The most recent word from the Far East describes the Japanese troops as struggling through the flooded north of Shang-Tung penincula trying to reach Klaochow. There Is no Indication of an early invest ment of the German stronghold. Th® Turkish army Is reported from Petrograd to be concentrating •n the Bulgarian frontier, _ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 fighting for their lives. It was a ter rible prospect but it did not daunt our splendid forces. The attack began Sunday morn ing with all the dash that character ized the great struggle of the week before. Our guns were brought up, placed in position, and a terrible ar tillery duel opened; for a long as the German artillery remained unsilenc ed there was little hope of crossing the river. During this fire our engineers worked laboriously, bringing up great pontoons while the fire slowly de creased their numbers. After some hours of this supreme effort the ene my s guns on the north bank are si lenced and the troops begin crossbig while the allies artillery still swept v the heights, protecting their passage. V “By sunset when the cold rain and wind starts the Heights are won, the enemy thrown back and our troops across at three crossing places. While this battle is proceeding a most exciting battle of aeroplanes, German and English, occurred high in the air. It was a great struggle, the machines darting hither and thither till finally the German, wounded, falls to the ground.” Desperate 4 Days Battle Rages in Servia Pari*, 4i20 a. m.—A Nish. Servia, despatch to The Havaa Agency say's: "Resuming the offensive, the Aus trians passed the Drina river to the south and southwest and marched to ward Kroupani and Valievo (Servian towns, about ten and 35 miles respec tively from the Bosnian border). “On a front of more than ftO miles, comprising Liubovia, Svornlk, Ulosnltza and Lesnitza, along the Bosnian fron tier, desperate battles have been fought for four day*.