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PAGES Nine to Sixteen , \ \lTssssaamm3ssassKs^ytfT^immaBsmmammB^mmmmB CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919 NUMBER 37 yijLfWE XXXI - - ? ^ DLIC Of MKXICO ^ Suokei. of a? "The Tlttlaure House Of Thr World" 1*0. ??" -I Vrt invul f*0 hit.?j faot? about Mexico are tgiyeu jhe follow i ng bulletin in thr National ^r*pbie Society : Lprior to 1H30, Mexico, ?h u Span rtiK>uy ? ??<' tbe United ytntes cot ,J proximately equal area? of North Berk*. 1)111 t',<> '*,<?xas secession . au'l r result of the Mexiertt war added irly a million square in ilea to our tor ory, am' the. extent of Mexico now is t than one-fourth that of continental ijtfd States." sayrf the bulletin, which b?*e<l e? several communications fc> ie Society. ? ' , ,gut our neighbor Kepufblii* still h?* sitorial ex|H>h?e -equal to the aggre ^ of Austria, Hungary, Germany, OreMt Britain, and Ireland. -The total area of the ItepuWic of >xte* (707.000 square miles) is loss ia that of our five largest Stated us. California, Montana, New Mex i. and Arizona -combined, all of these rvpt Montana having beeu a part of .*? Spain 7f? yearn ago. None of the political subdivisions of our neigh' r is a? large as any of the five Stutes oied, but four Mexican states eontin JUS to tilt' United States aggregate an lent greater than that <yf Texas, Thihualnn:. the largest Mexican Stute, pryxlmates in area (87,000 square lesl that of I'tah, Honor (77,000 square of Nebraska. UoahuHn <63,000 jf.ro miles) of Oeorgia, and Durango I,fl00 square miles) of Kentucky. Nine bdivisions of the United States (ex iding Alaska ) are larger than' Chihua a, lit of greater magnitude than Sonora il K2 larger than d)urango. The rug. 1 and <les?Tt character of the Mexi a border States support sparse popu? ion and cities resulting therefrom have Dcentrated settlement. - "The melting snows from the San an and Snngre de'Christo ranges of } Kooky Mountains in southern Col lilo form fhe genesis of the ttio Grande, lieh, after flowing south through New ?xico. bends southeast at the western o , extremity of Texan, courses between (t and Mexico for a distance to that of Kr.int l.tMii* from New York, and des cends iu 1,100 miles from an elevation ?pf 1,500 feet to m'n level at the Gulf of Mexico. "Except when in Hood, the Kiy Uraude is apparently an unimportant stream and readii^ crbssed, for the uoruial How is well utilized for irrigation in both coun tries; but it ha* carved in a part of it# court* canyon* difficult- of explort tion. The changes wrought by freshets, which shift the chanel, demauded lb*' attention of an International commission, which hi.* adjusted the boundary along the Kio (irtfnde to meet the varying con ditions. The uncertainty of this is il lustrated by a claim some years ago that a portion of the important city of El Pane, was Mexican soil, The retmain ing 7(H) miles of the international boun dary t<> the west separating our neigh ' bor Republic from New Mexico, Arizona, aud California, is through an^arld des ert section, much of which is mountain , ous. This is not a direct line, but has ttvo changes l/i alignment, which have beeu acurateiy surveyed, and established by ,258 permanent monuments easily dis tinguishable. t "Mexico has an area approximately one-fourth of that of the United States, a fourth of whose area oucfc belonged to .Mexico. It has h coastline some 0,000 ' miles long, although its greatest length is less than 2,000 miles and its greatest breadth only 750 miles. Although Its area Is only one-fourth that of Brazil, "-ffs peculation is approximately ciiua' (.> that uf the largest republic jjf the south j era contingent. "?pme 15,000000 souls live within io borders, of whom more than two-thirds , ran neither read nor write. "<>f the total i>opulation, only 19 I per cent are white, 43 per cent are '?mixed parentage, while 38 per cent still I maintafg^ their Indian blood uncorrupt 1 ed. The foreigti population in 1912 num bered ioo.ooo souls, of whom 30,000 were ? Americans, 20,000 Spanish and 5,000 | British. ? . ! ! "Mexico probably ha* a greater range of remarkable vegetation- than any other I country in the world. "No other country in tin- Now World, south of tti<> ltio Grande. was ho well RUplN with railroads as wus MfStM prior to the Madero revolution. Then it had 20,000 ration of up^to-date Arneri run railroad. At hIx dlffereut point* line-. CKMNMhI the frontier from the I'nited States, and Laredo. Kagle l'?^, and IDl Paso gateways Hiu4M ipuch tratBc to and from Mexico. ? The Mexican rail roads earrled 11,000,(100 passenger* au nnally at that time, and handled ctoout i 1 ,000.000 ton* of freight. Their total revenue* amounted to ulx>ut #40,000,000. "Humboldt onoe pronounced Mexico "the treasure-house of the world". Be fore the world war it produced one-third of the world's silver, a considerable per centage of its gold, one-ninth of it# lead, and one-twentieth of its copper. The (tountry'g mineral production, exclusive of iron, coal, and petroleum, amounted to $158,000,000 in 1010. With the ex ception of iCampeche, Tubasco, aud Yuca tan. every State in the Mexican Repub lic possesses mines, of which there are 21,000 covering 038,000 acres of mineral lands, aud giving employment to half a million in en. Yet probably loss than one-fourth of the mineral possibilities of the republic have Ix-cn exploited. Prior to the outbreak of the Madero revolu tion. upward of f?. 000 Yh tiling claims were registered each year." Georgia Papers Will liaise Kate. Macou. (la.- ? ;l'ubUshei\sN of country weekly and daily newspapers of Georgia, mnnrbers of the Gamwia Press Associa tion, on i ?Saturday Voted at the filial day's session yf a special business meet ing to inmutw , advertising rates and -ubecription r&t&f and to curtail tile con sumption of whi^i 'pajwr to meet the shortage of paper, the shortage of l^ittor and the rapidly increasing cost of oper , ating their plants, The association dealt a body blow to so-called "press agents" who have been "putting over" advertising matter or po litical propaganda 1n guised news stor ies, when it adopted a policy to consign a'll such matter to the waste basket un less paid for at full advertising rates i for such matter. lApparell^^ The largest and most exclusive exhibit in South Carolina Handsome Coat Suits ' ^ - V ? t X ? . ? * - - ----- !?.k. U r PLAIN AND FUR TRIMMED Distinctive New Dresses /' FOR STREET OR EVENING WEAR Original models and and adaptation by famous American and foreign Artist designers. Undeniably the moat attractive apparel for women to be found in all South Carolina now offered in a GREAT HALF PRICE SALE $50' Coat Suits reduced to . . $25.00 ? $65 Coat Suits reduced to . . $32.50 $75 Coat Suits reduced to . . $37.50 ' $100 Coat Suits reduced to . . $50.00 $150 Coat Suits reduced to .. $75.00 $20 Dresses $10 $25 Dresses $12.50 __ $30 Dresses $15. A Wonderful Stock of Exclusive Gifts That Women Will Appreciate DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HERE "The Store of Courteous Attention" ' a" - -*- ? . /;?? . A.. - v.'- A 1513 Main Street t ; Columbia, S. G.. \ ? CHRISTMAS BELLS Hark! Hark I 1 hear a distant bell, And now a clilnie? they softly ring; Wlntt Joyful tidings, do they tell Am' back and forth they swing. *TU mid of nlght-*-who rings those bellsT r?rhu|>M ioieu doves there nestling, And while each little bosom swells. And warm, they touch with gentle win* The tuneful metal, and It fools 80 Incubated It would swbng To life, and wake the world with peals K- Of gladnesr as for new-crowned King. Those midnight bell a. how sweet they chime; The welkin vibrates with their sound; To heart* attune they are sublime, Nor spread they dread alarm abound. l<ol now I see, from Kast afar A light shines through the steeple'i frame. 'TIb brighter than the brightest star. It gilds the bells with tfolden Mams; There, too, I see some cherubs ollnf Fust hold the ropes> How fair th?y bel They swing the bell* and sweetly sing "This Is the Christ's nativity." Wake every heStrt, Join In their song Of pralHe to Christ, our new-born WJng; To him our sweetest strains belong. And his. our rlchost uttering. - When wakes the god of dsy, and ahlnes Athwart the heavens, what of glee Will wake as well? With box and pines And flowers gay, yon house will bo Adorned, and while the anthem swell* With organ's voice, all Christendom Will vibrant be as are those bells That Christ's nattvktM has come. -4. William Pope ANCIENT CHRISTMAS TOYS Ooll* That Delighted Children of Rom* and Greece in Early Days Re cently Excavated. t Itng dolls nre ns old lis the hills and bo are dolls with movable nnns and legs. toy dogs, rocking horses nnd a heat of othtr things that bring de light to the children on Christmas morning. Recent excavations In the (rulns of ancient Rome, Greece and Egypt, have placed the British museum in posses sion of an interesting assortment of these relics of early Christian days, some of which may possibly have been given to the children of the fol lowers of Christ at a time when the observation of Chrfedmas day was an innovation. v In tho nursery of a newly excavated house at Behnes?r Egypt, a fairly well preserved rag doll was found with , arms nnd legs still Intact and painted face. The dbll Is by no means a beau ty and does not compare with the Christmas dolls of today, but neverthe less it must have brought Joy to a lit tle girl's heart nearly 2,000 years ago.s ... The Jointed dolls of long ago were made to sit down, stand up and move their arm#, 'but they dUjn't close their eyes or squeak "mamma." Among the toy dogs, horses and donkeys are some mnde of stone and baked clay and others carved out of wood. A CONVENIENCE. "So yon think the Santa Clous myth is a good thing?" "Yea, It's a great convenience to have somev Imaginary person to take the responsibility when the children are disappointed Christmas morning." A Christmas "Suppose." We would not chunge the children's Christmas. But suppose all the grown up people were to say to one another: "This year, Instead of my giving yon a present and your giving me a pres ent, let us club together and give our present to some poor child who will not have any Chrlstmns. There are hundreds of them somewhere. Or, if we do not know of such a child, let us give our present to n hospital for chil dren, a home for crippled Children, for Incurables, for the aged, the blind, the feeble-minded." This to be. of course, in addition* to what we usually irlve to charities at this season. Why could we not try this as an experiment, rnd see what the result would be?? Chils tian Register. - Trolley Dirigible. Trolley dirigible system, electric mo tor drfven, Is proposed for the earrylng of mails, particularly for over sparse ly settled territory. The pipe fr^m ear to jrns bag carries electrically heated air for retroloting the buoyancy. The trolley cnbtc t* wound on a 4r?m, ?l lowlrtg adjustment of altitude. ? Popu lar Mechanic* Magazine. A ciiiustmXm stohy 1 1 , And h IMe* Fur Tho Starving Children of ilw N?*r Knsl. M.v Dear Header: 1 wish you to regard this little Christmas story tt> ?ti personal letter. It happened oue oold, crisp, ChrUtmatf Kve tive ye mix ago. I was standing iu front of u brilliantly lighted toy store in a city not necessary to naiue. Withiu was arranged in splendid masses every type of toy to gladdeu the heart of childhood, Coming and going In eager, anxious haste were mothers and fathers elad in ktylUb, as well a* comfortable clothes, their faces Hiniling because they kuew the joy they were making ready for the roming morrow, There wer? also little ones iu that throng who in their childish cunning knew full well that mutij of those self same toys would hang on their Christmas trees, placed there by, a mysterious Santa Clans, and they were Hut all seemed to fail or refuse to sec h poor,. t b Inly clad mother, whose face showed (hat she had known brighter and better days. Dlingiug to her hand wan ;; little girl of six, whose only Christ mas joy. would be the view uf the toy* which tomorrow would be the uctu&l possession of thousands of happy child ren. 1 watched heu,.for a few minutes and realized that this was only too true. Presently n man attired in his every d.\y working clothes modestly slipped Into the mother's "hand a crisp tive dollar bill with I he rtMtue*| that she spend it for the Hi tie one's happiness. T thru and there discovered that there Is no elo quence on earth to compare wiflh a tear drop glistening iu a mother's eye, plr.ced there because of gratitude. Now, my dear friend, as this Christ less and helpless orphans, whose eyes are filled with tears? not tears for Christ mas toys, but tears for bread to satisfy the guawings of hunger and to keep their starved mid emaciated bodies from fall ing by the wayside and becoming dry bones to mingle with the thousands of Others who have already fallen, There Is no father to ho Mr their cries because he has been killed by the oruol Turk, , Neither is there any mother, u.or will there ho, to wipe away their learn, for tlurv have thou kcatlcrod into the nioun*' tains mix) deserts, in many case* never to ??ee tlielr loved one* again. K*f t> thousand of them* mother* are unwilling victims in Turkish It a reins Whore a brand has been burned into their Mesh and the threat of death placed over their head* should they escape. How in a it. \ of these will over see their little one* Kgailt. <Jod only know*. Now niy friend, 1 call upon you to assist in bringing Christmas to these iWtlo ones. 1 call upon you hi the until* of Him, who made Ohri?tma* possible for us all and iiaid "Inawinuch as ye have done }t unto ono of the least of these ye have done it uuto mo." I call upon you whether you, recognise Him us the Christ pr not I ?call upon you in the tmme nf sufferiuK humanity. You may not see the tear drop of gratitude come into their eyes as 1 saw it come iuto that mother's on that Christmas eve. but their gratitude to you will bo far greater and you >luill not lose your re ward. Simply (ill out your chock, for what ever amount your heart may prompt, and forward the same to \V. ltanks Dove, State < 'h-iiitnan, 211 Liberty. Nn tjj&ial Hank Huilding. Columbia, IS. (V (?.?:* llomb Shields Safes and Vaults. Poison gas foils would-be robber 8. who lilow open safes or vuultfc equipped with a ni-.w protective device deaei ibed in th^ January 1'opnlar Meichanloa Magazine, A tliin glass bottle, lilled with chemicals,, is placed in i< metal holder inshh the doors. WIumi - ati explosive is used to bleak them open, the cm?iicUss1oU shatters the tlnsk and release* Its contents. Ex posed to the air, the chemicals form n gas which siiffoca-te* and causes tempor ary "blindness. Cruelty to Haldheads. The fashionable haircut runs the back of your neek all around, your head, and reap*" the last hope of the baldheaded in a II, ? Minneapolis Journal. Money Helps to Make a Merry . J Christmas! Here's the Way to Have $5th w Christmas Savings Club Hundreds flocked to join our Christmas Savings Club, which started December 17, and you should not let the chance go by. > . Costs nothing to become a member ? - no fees, no fines, nothing to lose. * * CLUB NOW FORMING-JOIN! It will enable you to save when you couldn't do it otherwise. You'll have money for Christmas or other use and ' wonder how you accumulated so, much! A little each week regularly and watch your savings grow ! It's a great co-operative plan. You get yoth: share of the general benefit. Call for full particulars.- Save for your family and friends. Get others to join. Save for any special pur pose. But hurry, while you're thinking about it\ The First National Bank OF CAMDEN, S. C