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' * * *ji V-J53? fij r ^ 1 ' A checking -j good Barik is a venient way ti H ^ money. It elinr sibility of thef makes it easy f an accurate rec< A ceipts and expei V an account wi and let us begir IJhe Burroui Trus TEXAS DESERTS YIELD RETURNS Irrigated They Produce Vegetables and Fruit Second to None. I Brownsville, Texas.?The cabbage is driving the cactus from the deserts here and the grapefruit grows where once there was only sage brush. Uncle Sam's new garden, watered by the Rio Grande, bids fair to rival the famous irrigated lands of southern California. The garden comprises nearly 250,<900 acres. The land once sold for 50 cents an acre, Mexican. Now $2000 an acre is not unusual and $200 an acre is a common price. There is romance here, though the land is young. It is a steady, "homey" kind of romance of farmers who struggled here for years to make their lands give them even bare ex' i: tence. Now they are living in com fort on the same land under irrigation. It was slow business, before the kwater came. One year's small profits might be wiped out by bad seasons the next. But under the hot sun tjiesc farmers labored to make up in work what they lost in reverses and hoping always that "this year nothing will happen." farmers Had Long Wait. It was a long time before "something" did happen that meant a new life for the farmers. Though the f-rst start toward reclamation was n ade in 1904 when the Gulf Line Railway jtoas built and irrigation tried on i.small scale, it was not until vast expenditures of private capital were made in the last few years f hat tllO -:i-~ [n?W iv^iuil v.anit' IIILU UK own. J. I. Jransp AVE TIME, LABOR Al ER PL kLSO LINE OF HAND TRA 5RS AND LANTRNS. FOR Si Ittorry CONWAY 4 V account in a safe and conc handle your linates a po?t or loss and or you to keep ord of your re riuitures. Open th us at once i to serve you. Shs Bank & t Co. r ; j The total cost of the system that brings the tuibid waters of the Rio Grande from their narrow and deep , canyon to the parched desert was $12,000,000. It is estimated that the land is producing $18,000,000 a yQar now and that still greater crops will be raised. Citrus fruits, all sorts of vegetables and small grains are grown. Grapefruit, said by some to surpass < the California fruit, are beincr shin ped in increasing quantities. There no winter time here. When the truck farms of the north aire under snow the farmers here harvest their < crops and wear straw hats. It is the ] tand of perpetual sun. Brings $100 Ton. There are some though, who are having a hard time to make both ends meet. Northern farmers, accus tomed to rain-belt farming, are : brought here by landselling syndicates and shown orchards of grapefruit trees which bear $50 crops to the treq. They are shown fields of I cabbages which have sold at $100 a ton. They forgot, in their enthusiasm, j t.iat it takes years to make a citrus orchard boar in the midst of a desert and that cabbages may not always net a fortune at top prices. Experts say it requires 50 acres of Rio Grande land and hard work fr. make the same yield that 200 acres give in either regions. Farnir ? s should have $25 an acre to clear their land and $50 an acre for opcr. afion. Plots of 20 acres and 40 acres are large enough for the average farmer, they say. But on the whole the Rio Grande i.: making money for the farmers land increasing the food supply of the nation. Thc^re is talk of oil to be found here and a Houston millionaire has purchased 30,000 acres and will sink a 7000-foot test well soon. The farmers are interested in the oil possibilities, but if no oil is found they will still have prosperous money-making farms. !ASE lanters ID GIVE YOU STRONGUNTS .NSPLANTERS, THERMOM- I 9LLE BY iware Co. j , S. C. j I m THE HOBRY HERALD, OOIT ' REAL COMMUPi I , Consider the tumbleweed an< For a seascn the tumblcwee | in spring and summer. Then co | of winter. What of the tumble across the prairies, the sport c wind is too light to stir it, no ol But, docs the oak go swirling autumnal landscape? Not the oak stays put. It roots deep in colony cf oaks that have grov n ered the winds of winter togetl ITlie tumhlcwecd serves a pi the permanence cf the oak, ai that the practice of rooting dee In these times there seem tc tumbleweed variety being swe; are so many tumbleweeds scurr be overlooked. Start to coun I plenty of oaks?men who nav< their home soil. One of the present day pro I while to attempt the task of i | and decreasing the number of I to be noticed about the oak is | does not spring up in a day. I tablishes itself by taking root. I Community building is oak I tumbleweeds will not do the t i Before men begin to root < | must have an abiding interest | be more than a chance fence coi I whirled. Too many communit 1 for the people that live in the 8 that community building broug 8 life is a constructive work, 1 | Service movement has perfom | munity building means more o I tumbleweeds. POSTOFFIGE BILL PASSED BY SENATE Washington.?An appropriation of $1,415,000 for aerial mail seivice from New York to San Francisco vas written into the annual postcff'ce appropriation "bill just before it passed the Senate and was sent to conference. The House rejected a similar proposal but Senate leaders were hopeful the House would change its stand. The route provided for is by way of Chicago and Omaha. Various pro posals for Southern routing were thrown out on points of order, as was a motion of Senator Dial, Dcm~ Protect Certain-teed Roofi your property again est storms. Drivir develop no leaks. 3>. and ice will find n crevices through w2 Certain-teed keeps of your barns and otl dry. It protects th from damage by wc For when Certain-te erly laid, it is firm! together. It makes trable one-piece roof Cmj Cer mint-varnish-roc / WAY, S. 0., APRIL 15, 1920. IITY BUILDING i the oak. d grows green. It flourishes me the fall and the early gales weed? Hither and yon it flies i >f every vagrant breeze. No bstruction too small to halt it. ; around, a moving part of the it any one has noticed. The i the soil. It is a member of a up together, that have weath- , icr. ] urpose if it calls attention to na if it drives home the fact i p into the soil has its virtues. ( be a great many men of the pt hither and thither. There ying about that the oaks may t them though and there are 3 struck their roots ueep into i 11 blems is whether it is worth ncreasing the number of oaks 1 tumbleweeds. The first thing that it is of slow growth. It 1 The next thing is that it es- 1 i growing. Raising colonies of rick. i deeply in a community they 1 in it. That community must r ner into which they have been ies are simply stopping places j1 m. In driving home the fact j ;ht about by a real community the present day Community | [led a distinct service. Com- j I aks. A lack of it means more \ iHMinutitiMiiiimiiiiiit]iiiiiiiiiiiicituiiiiiiiiiniiimiiimniiimtKiiit?' ocrat, of South Carolina, to ostabli h I I an additional route from New Ycrk to Atlanta. Bill Carriee $102,000,000. As it passed the Senate, the bill , carries $402,000,000 for expenses of the postal service during the next fiscal year, an increa e of abcut $1,500,000 over the Houre f;gure. The Senate also inserted provisiors for retention of the abandoned mail tabes in various largo cities and for appointment of a congressional committee to investigate the whole question of mail transpoitation in c:r\gested districts. o "Logs are worth more than ever in the history of this county. ; Your Property rtam-teed Roofi tig shelters And Certain st the cover- advantages, ig rain will and cpark-prc belting enow toed for 5, o cracks or according to \ lich to enter. Yet Certain-t? (ho tr^pnnrc less to buy, le tier buildings . . _ _to maintain, it leir contents ,ter of good roofinj ;ed is proper- ^ee y?u deal ly cemented teed. He eitl an impene- get it quickly Certain-teed d 'tain-teed Products Corporation General Offices, St. Louis Offices end Warehouses in Principal Cities tain-tee v EFIMQ & DELATED ? RXJI1 DEMOCRATS NOTIFIED TO ORGANIZE The County Democratic Chairman lias started earlier than usual this year to have the Democratic Clubs organized and the necessary work done to hold the County Convention nd get the democrats enrolled on the precinct registers. In this issue of the paper there is a notice from him calling the precinct clubs to meet on April 24th for the purpose r.f organizing by electing prccinc: d-aiir^n nl^o secretaries, executive : v! .v . and enrolling commiacc, which shcul l be compose 1 o( three members, and a delegate to die Ccunty Convention for every twenty-five members, or majority fraction, at each precinct. The County Convention will be held at Con tvay on Monday, May 3rd, 1920, and Lit that time the neoe isary number cf delegates will be elected to attend the State Convention in Columbia. Since the war is over, there is no great outside interest this year to claim the attention of the people, ond it is generally believed that politics will be as warm as ever in | every part of the State. While there were very few candidates out in the ]:;R| ion ?? ? Uav???? ' "* III 11UI ltV V "Hill \ , HUI11" bers of them aro expected to enter the campaign this year. VWWWvWVWVWWVWVWWWWWWNA GASOLINE SYSTEMS Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Compressors, Computing Scales, Floor Scales, Show Cases, Account Registers, Rebuilt Cash Registers, Safes, Store Fixtures. THE HAMILTON SALES CO., a Iv) Columbia, S. C. 1 29 tf VWAA^/VWWWWWVWWWWWWWVWN Many of our farmers have thoroughly prepared their farming lands this year and expect to go in for large production this year on their farms. o Habitual Constipation Cured in 14 to 21 Days LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a speciallyprepared Syrup Tonic-Laxative for Habitual Constipation. It relieves promptly but should be taken regularly for 14 to 21 days to induce regular action. It Stimulates and Regulates. Very Pleasant *.c Take. 60c - er bottle. v - With ng i-teed has other It is fire-retarding >of. It is guaran10 or 15 years, i veight. j l ?ed Roofing costs < ss to lay and less lan any other type * : t er about Certain- i ler has it or can r from a nearby ; listributing center. ! w 1 I } K#, p5|l?i j * K LDING -PRODUCTS PAGE THREE 1ST IMMIGRATION CONFERENCE HELD Discusses Naturalization and Immigration Laws and Other Matters SAYS AMERICA NOW IS 4,030,003 SHORT Coleman Dupont Adds That Situation Calls For Concerted Action. Now York The first national immig.ation conicrer.ee ever held in America began here today to discuss naturalization and unmigiation laws, the shortage of labor, the exodus of imtnigri nt from America and the ci.UfC c untest among the foreign horn with a view to formulating lecommendutions to Cong, ess. The mealing was under th.e auspices of \he intcr-radical council of New Vo:k. and delegates included representatives of thirty racial groups and spokesmen for industry, agriculture, capital and labor. William H. Parr, president of the [nter-Ra. ial Council, and spokesman foi industry, and General Coleman Dupont, chairman of the board of directors of the Tnter-Kacial council, >pene! the metting. A statement prepared In K. T. Meredith, secretary of agriculture, was read, in v hich he approved of any "legitimate effort to point the way in which the immigrant may he helped t< become a thorough-going American," "America is 4.000.000 short as a result of the dwindling of immigra uon since the war," Gen. Dupont raid. "Thousands of immigrants arc going back: other thousands are migrating to Canada. South America and Australia and other countries arc making organized efforts to attjact immigration. The United States is not. "There are over 200 bills pending i.i Washington which, if passed, will shut out the future supply of imnvgrant workmen and will dcmora'izc indu -trial an I credit condl^ lions in America. Denunciation VTu.t1. "The indi. criminate do. uneiation of the foreign bo n. which has been taking place in America, *s resulting in many of then ha iag this countiy. "'1 ho siiuaih n is a giave one callirg for con.cite!, nationwide action." The immigrant will no longer ct'ine to America to enjoy freedom c; worship or the right of free . peach, but the "impelling reason \vdl t o economy," Mi. Carre said. See.etnry ?.Ie: edith's statement cutlining the wvik of the department of agricu'lure and with reference to immigration ami the farmlabor pvobli m Miid: "Many thousa ids of immigrants v lio came from farms in their home country and who are real lovers of i 1 io soil, have been sidehackcd in c ui great cities because they do not knew how to about it to get .1 foothold in the agricultural ladder. "With the poor living- conditions in the congested tenters, these people ire likely to become discontented. Living in colonies in the cities, earning nothing of our language, ustoms and ideals, they may become he prey of agitators and form an dement of unrest. "Large numbers of the discontented elements can be transformed into contented agricultural workers if hey are told bow to make the ight move." o Grove's tasteless chill Tonic estores vitality and energy by purifying and en. idling the blood. You can soon feel its Sfrengthnlng. Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. u- " Get land deeds and mortgages of eal estate at the Herald office. d\/prl Hpr Farlprl ^ j VM I VI 8 MMVM Skirt, Also a Coat 'Diamond Dyes" Make Shabbv Annaral # - Tl * ww Just Like New?So Easyl Don't worry about perfect results. 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