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DuBOSE & COMPANY Telephone 43 Real Estate and Insurance rocker Bid g. ..p.. . - ? _ THK MK\H\S BOKIIKK VMh of Actio* TftuU ('MiiliiUfH lit lb* Public Mint "No ivgioo tu all Nortel America ia more frequently mentioned or more widely misunderstood. perhaps, than flie Mexican border," writes Frederick Hlmpleh, formerly , American Consul at Nogales, Mexico, to the National <Jeo . graphic Society. ~r "From the Uulf of Mexico up to Kl I'a so, along' the Texan frontier, the Ulo 11 ramie forms the Itoumlry between tin* United States and Mexico; thence to the Pacific count the line is mMrked by atoue or irou monumeuU (save a short break at the Colorado), ao net that one i* supposed to toe visible from another. By this plan a soldier, minor, or cowman, (yen and a smuggler, too) c-aji plumy* tell which aide of the line he is ou ; or, If wholly lost and he comes ( suddenly on a monument, he can soon Set oriented. i "Adventurous, colorful ii 11*1 full of eontiust* mm It Is, the 1,800-^uile trip along this crooked, historic line it rough and difficult and lias been mad? . by few people. "The llio ( J ran il<' )>art of this border has caused both Uncle Bam and Mexi ; eo, much work and mental anguish. During had' floods the line as formed by the river squirms around lu so as* tonlshlng and lively manner tbat wbat is Me xican soil owe day may be In Texas the .next. an/l vice versa. "Hallroads cut aloug border Hue at 1 Urowuvllle, l.uredo, Eagle pass and El l'aso, Texas; at Douglas, Noco and Negates, in Arlsona, and Calexlco and '?Tia Juna, in California. Only four of these railroads, however, are main tines of through traffic tbat penetrate the Interior of Mexico; these start at Loredo. Eagle Pass, El Faso, and Nog ales. "You visualise the bigness of Texas when you look at, the length of its side that borders on Merlco. You realize its elnptiness, too, when you travel through som^ of Its border regions, where the population Is less tlinn two per sqnar, miles. "No section of the border has seen so much of adventures,- tragedy, and tur bulent activities as Texas. The flags of France, Spain, and Jtfexleo . have waved over it; for u time it flew its own I?one Star and also the (confederate flag. ? "In Brmynvjlle you hear more Spanish than English. because most of the S.000 people -who live there are Mexi cans. \ "1'ji the river from XtrowttviUe Ilea I-aredo, mo#t important border towu in South Texas, oven If nil okl map d??ea i'hII thin vicinity a wilderness fill ?'?! >v ? i li wild horse*. Kag'c ,1'uss. ou up the Mlo <3raude, waa h spot for tin* California gohl hunters In ' ?!?. "Ah yon follow the border west, oaka pines, and underhruah deereaacs, arblly Increattca, and eaeil lift their tlioinv lieu (Is. Border count leu like Hrewatcr, Presidio. un<l Kl Paso are of auiaaiiigl area la run- than aouio of our miihII eastern utatea. Windmills are every wlici t'' . 'Ulg ??l??4?l rif fans to keep the cattle cool,* a wuggUli cow hoy onee. ex plained to a l/ondo?i tenderfoot. ??1:1 Paao is the only largo eity from 'Man Antone' to I?h Angeles, a ride of 1,(HK> dry .dusty, miles. "The largest irrigation re*lvoir any where Ik the great Klephant Put to dam. which stores wore water than the world-famous Assuan dam <>u the Nile. Thla big daiu, built at u \K>int in Now Mexico, holds water enough, <ve are told Mo fill a xtandplpe 11 feet in d<aw eter reaching from K.l Paso to the moon or to coyer 'Massachusetts to a depth of six inches, "Fro iu h point at Monument- No. 1 where the boundary lino crawls out of the Rio Grande (at the southeast cor ner. of Now Mexico), strikes wo*t into a wilderness of singularly dry and empty asjiect. For 10 miles along thi? inarch file traveler must earry his o\y%\ viator. "To tlx* west Mo the rough, hostile foothills of the JH>k Mountains; near here, in the Sail Luis Range, the line reaches a point of 6.000 feet above the sea. marking the continental divide, "In the San Hernardiuo Valley the Upe strikes file first running water af 4er quitting the ltio Grande ? 102 miles to the east. Here rises the fam ous Yaqui River, that long, crooked stream that meanders through the. vast Mexican state of Konora and through the turbulent Yaqul Indian Zone, fi nally emptying into the ulf of (Califor nia below Guaymas. "In the \Vhole 700- mile stretch from the Itio Grande to the Pacific, this line crosses only five permaneut running streams and the average rainfall throughout its length is only eight, in ches. "Save (lie hamlets of Columbus and; Uachita, tlie New Mexico section of this border is almost uninhabited. Chinese cannot '"fie telegraphed; figures corresponding to certain words have to bo used. The c^uplete i>tatmCUt Of tUQ toil etop of the rutted States for til ? cot ton year Jxi!*l oiuU-d on .Inly 91, whs given to the trade last Saturday by 11. jQ, Hester, s?*cretary of tho New Or leans cotton exchange. OuUtaudlng features In the report were tho figure* on values, ttecreiary lii^lri saying tJiat prices paid for tiic crop wore the high est Ui 68 year*, ??nl tho figure* oh ei l>orts which ciVdltcd (!?'i man y miuI A us trla, after having been practically out of i he American market *inee 1014. with taking 475,000 hales. Total ox ports of American cotton for the year wore over 800,000 bu Ion larger than for the pre?vdi<nu year, the toital move ment being 0,300.088 Imles !;. ?> I year, porta, against 5,485,434 bales Hast yeaiv Tlif lo<al value of tho rrop of 1010 80 was niliuvd ait the enormous sum of *2,510.544,020. mi hit- ronsr of $471.'J02, 052 over the valuation of the preced ing or op. In this mnn Is Included tho value of the s*H'd. The average price of middling spot cotton during the year was 3N.21 cents a |*ounil, which com pares with the average of 30.30 last year, and the average commercial value per jbule was $182.08 a ga liust $155.11 hut year. A* stated In rt ^ pre liminary report of the 'trade on the first of the new cotton year, the *lze of the old commercial crop was 12, 445,000 bales which compares wlfli a crop of 11,6-10,000 bales last year. The actual growth of 1910-20 was placed at 12,000,000 ha )es. Tho total carry over from previous s?tas<ms amounted to 0,080, 000 bales, which was 758,000 bales Jlarger Mian It was a year Ago. The consumption of American cotton by American intlls was put at 0,. 151, 000 bales, .*1,001 ,000 ha'U-s In the south and in the north. In addition American mills eonsnmed 417,000 bales of foreign grown cotton, it he largest con.Vnnptlon of foreign cotton ever re corded. The gndnd total of American consumption was 0,780,000 hales against 0.207,000 lm'les for the preceding year. World's consumption of Ain erica n cot ton for 'the year was counted at 12. 735,000 hales against 10,600,000 for the preceding year. Porftlgh consumption of American cotiton amounted to (>. 384,000 InhIcs against 4,500,000 for the preced tug year, /? ' ' ' ? ? France will produce sufficient. this harvest to feed herself. ? "The Copperhead*' has bwn made in to a l'araniount-Artrraft , picture, with Lionel Barryinorr as star,. >11 the same role he created .011 the stage. Will he shown the Majestic Theatre during the National Parainoiuit-Arteraft week. S?'?? It. 53 GILTS AND 2 BOARS If you want gilts of the long stretchy kind, we have them. Most of them will be bred but a few will be sold open. This is your chance to buy representatives of the best families of the breed. They represent Orion Cher ry King, Walts Top Colonel and Joe Orion II breeding. These are the families that made the breed famous. The two young boars in the sale are real prospects. We are using herd boars of the best breeding we can buy. Jackson's Orion King 6th by Jackson's Orion King. Bob Orion Cherry King, Jr., by the great Orion Cherry King, Jr. Cherry King Orion, 21st by Cherry King again. Matador by Taxpayers Model. Where would you ? * i go to find a better bred bunch of boars? Sale Held on the Hog Farm Three Miles West of Sumter. Barbecue at Noon. Sale Starts at 1 P.M. Write for Catalog, L. D. J COL. IGLEHEART; Auctioneer Sumter, S. C. L. T. WELLS, Progressive Farmer Representative