The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 03, 1920, Image 5
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Water Proofing Mineral, Paints and Oil*.
Corrugated Metal Roodng, > Inside D&oratiouH,
Asbesto# and Oonipo?ltioa Koollng. Catoomlnrs and Col
FENCING, IKON AND WOOD POSTS.
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/Column and Ballaalar*,
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Water Paint*.
everything for the house
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SUMTER,
automobile insurance
That takes all Liability off your shoulders.
Covering public liability, collisions and prop
erty damage, also fire and theft.
Complete automobile coverage. Automo
bile Insurance plus a service that last as long
as your policy.
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"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.
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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
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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