The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 09, 1920, Image 7
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URGE AREA IN II. S.
TO ^RECLAIMED
Amount of Desert Is Over
' Sixty Per Cent of Cultitivated
Land.
Within this country an empire
more than (>0 per cent as larj^e as the
total cultivated area lacks only improvement,
and the output of agricultural
products will be at least
double; developments of industry and
commerce stimulated, economic, political
and military power of the United
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Kivutiy incruii.suu aim immense
health resorts, decreasing mortality
and invigorating the nation as
a whole, provided, says a Ncv York
special to the Baltimore V>un.
The total cultivated area of the
United States is less than 800,000,000
acres of land, while more than 200,000,000
acres of desert await reclamation
by drainage or irrigation.
Impressive as those figures are,
they don't tell the whole story. The
most fertile countries are the arid
ones, obsolete methods and crude
implements notwithstanding. China,
India and Kgypt are famous for their
a., i k ~ ?4i t i a. *
hji ti 111\ . '\jii tnu utnur nuim, inc most j
successful stock raising and dairy
industries and carried on in the
drained lowlands of Denmark and on
former swamps and under covered
fields beyond the gigantic dykes constructed
by the Netherlands.
Arid countries are veritable health
resorts. Sickly Europeans flock to Algiers
and Egypt in quest of re
cuperation and health. In our own
arid West, especially California, nature
has provided a vast sanitarium
for the American nation.
Of the 17 arid and semiarid states
in which irrigation dvelopments have
been started or are planned, California,
Colorado, Kansas, Montana,
Utah and Washington are included in
the registration area which is covered
by the mortality statistics of the
United States Census Bureau. Every,
one of these "irrigation states" has
a lower death rate than the total
registration area. Among the five
states with the lowest death rates in
1917 (no later official statistics being
available) are four of the six
' irrigation states" which are included
in the registration area, the four
states being Washington (death rate
7.0), Utah (death rate 10.4), Colorado
(death rate 10.9), and Kansas
(death rate ll.Ji) the only non-irrigation
state being Minnesota, with an
annual death rate of 10.3 per 1,000
I: l .. (1...I 1 : -*i
i.i in m i. in iiuit I'liiHit'cuun 11
must ho kept in mind that Minnesota,
though not included in the irrigation
proiect, is semiarid territory.
/ . By extensive reclamation of swamp
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Our Entire
Consideriti
of furnltui
Mattresses
.:/!.! is j .o iy.'.;;
CHILDREN'S HIGH
CARTS, A
Cane Seat Chairs, regul;
Cane Seat Chairs, regul;
Cane Seat Chairs, regul
Large Rockers, regular
Large Rockers, regular
Large Rockers, regular
Large Rockers, regular'
Iron Beds, regular price
Iron Beds, regular price
Iron Beds, regular price
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MULLINS, Soul
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and arid lands, our crops, the keystone
of national power, would be immensely
increased; the United States,
with unsurpassed mineral wealth,
would be self-sustaining even when
her population should have increased
100 per cent, and be in a position successfully
to defend herself against
the rest of the world.
Long before any historical record
was kept, an improved agriculture
was effected by irrigation. Northern
Africa, Mesopotamia and Arabia
were famous for their fertility in
ancient times while irrigated. The
early settlers of California and other
j arid states and territories developed
primitive irrigation by diverting
small streams upon adjacent valleys
where the slopes of the country were
..uch as to make the work easy. Subsequently
more difficult irrigation
projects were undertaken until the
difficulties to overcome assumed such
proportions that private capital could
not any longer be enlisted.
Then the national government took
the matter up. The reclamation act,
establishing the reclamation service
and providing for irrigation in Arizona,
California, Idaho, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,
North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
and Wyoming was passed iji 1
1902 and amended and modified from
time to time by subsequent acts.
Approved irrigation projects on
which work had been begun or com- *
pleted June 30, 1911), will, on com- :
pletion, turn 3,212,092 jy\*es of arid
land into arable soil. Accj ling to the .
latest official records, t reclamation
service so far has { yided for
reservoirs, carriage and \ ributing <
systems, etc., by- which tho United ?
States is prepared to deliver \\uter to 1
1,731)247 acres of land, of ywhich 1
1,141,516 acres were actually irrigated <
and 1,051,193 acres were cropped out
by settlers in 1918.
The 1918 product of this acreage 1
was worth $66,825,396, or $63.60 per 1
acre. The net cost of constructing *
the irrigation improvements was '
$115,164,177. The material values 1
created by the construction act have
been far greater than the amount ex- ;
ponded upon the development. Tens 1
of thousands of prosperous homes 1
have been Established, towns and vil- 1
lages nave sprung- up. wnen an i
prospects now under way have been
completed, 01,.'} 10 farms of from 10 to
1G0 acres will he reclaimed.
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COTTON REPORT. *
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The tabulation of the card reports ]
shows telegraph summary to be cor- ;
rect. There were 4,.100 bales of cot- i
ton, counting; round bales as half '
bales, ginned in Horry county from I
the crop of 1020 prior^to November i
14, 1020, as compared with (5,515 j
bales ginned to November 14, 1020.
Verv respectfully,
SAM L. ROGERS,
Director.
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Beginning M
i Stock Will
ig going out of the
re, conisting of D
j, Chairs and Rod
I CHAIRS, ROCKERS, BI
iLL AT ACTUAL COST.
ar price $1.50, Sale Price
ar price $1.75, Sale Price
ar price $3.50, Sale Price
price $10,00, Sale Price
price $6.50, Sale Price
price $6.00, Sale Price
price $5.50, Sale Price
$11.00, Sale Price
i $16.00, Sale Price
^ $18.50, Sale Price
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THB HORRY HERALD. OO*1
CHRISTMAS TREE
OF PAGAN ORIGIN
Ancieitt Tribes Started Custom
Now Dear to the Hearts
of Children.
The Christmas tree has made its
appearance. This harbinger of the
gladsome yuletide is always greeted
with much pleasure, particularly by
the juvenile element of the population.
This pleasure reaches its climax
when the tree tastily decorated
stands in the corner of the parlor,
usually, as in most homes the utmost
homage is given to this Christmas
symbol. Then Christmas night, in
some homes Christmas eve, or early
Christmas morning, is chosen, it
bursts into a> radiant splendov with
its countless wax tapers or hotter
still colored electric lights. The hap
piness of the children is then supreme.
The incorporation of the Christmas
tree into celebration of yulelitlo
is ;i stranco "stow. Parti*' an'!
parcel of a midwinter celebration of
Pagan Teutonic tribes in the shadowy
recesses of history, its presence
nt yuletide in a home where there
ire children has become as necessary
as fruit cake, turkey, presents and
juice of grape.
When the old Teutons, including
the Scandinavians, Angles and Saxons
and all members of that branch
of the Aryan race, went into the
woods at approximately the time of (
the year as Christmas, and proceeded
to hang little baskets of foot' {
for the birds on the firs of the
northern European forest* little did
i,hey think thai this ceremony would
Bfo through a process of evolution to
the Christmas tree of today with its
welcome gifts glittering ornaments
and still more glittering lights. 1
When the children of today gather
around the tree with their elders,
ittle do they think of the origin of
Lhe tree, so much has it become in- J
tor mingled with celebration of the
birth of Christ.
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NOTICE OF DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that the unlersigned
Administrator of the personal
estate of D. I). Norris, e'e
leased, will apply to the Judge of
Probate of Horry county at his office ,
it Conway in said county at eleven
[1!) o'clock in the forenoon on the
20't'.i day of December, A. O.
ror a final discharge of such Ad- 1
1 i.'i: trator.
I l|l<S'td M. C. BUTLER,
Administrator of the Personal Estate
of 1). D. Norris, Deceased.
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Advertise in The Herald.
onday, December 6t
Be Closed
furniture busines
ining Room and
<ers of All Kinds, 1
:ds and date q
$1.20
=s MON
7.00 1
5.50 4%
-? DEC.
8.50
IIrso AND CONTINUE!
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. TRESPASS NOTICE
All persons are hereby forbidden
to enter, or trespass in any manner
upon any of the lands of this Company
which are located in Conway,
Dogwood Neck, Little Kiver and Socastee
Townships, under penalty of
the law in such cases made and provided.
This notice is intended to
prohibit hunting, fishing, ranging,
gathering straw or leaves, cutting
or interfering with trees, timber or
light-wood and, in fact any entry of
any kind upon the lands herein mentioned.
Myrtle Beach Farms Company.
12 i) 20-4t By G. C. Graham.
IT ISN'T FAIR
.THAT'S ALL!
To Your Family?To Your
Friends?To Yourself?
Going Around Half Sick
TAKE CARE OF
YOUR HEALTH
If Your Blood is Weak and
Clogged with Poisons, Pepto-Mangan
Will Strength
en and Purify It.
When you get over-tired day after j
[lay, your system has to get rid of so
much waste it can't create new energy
fast enough. The result is that
your blood is filled with waste matter.
It becomes clogged. You are
trying to get around with a lot of
poison in your system.
You look had; you feel poorly. You
^et out of patience easily. Ambition
is lost. You just don't care about
anything.
That is no way to live. Your blood
needs help for a time. It is starvedYou
will find help in that fine tonic,
Pepto-Mangan- Pepto-Mangan purifies
the blood and fills it with red
corpuscles. In a little while you'll
have plenty of rich red blood and you
won't know yourself. It isn't a magic
medicine. It contains iron and other
ingredients that feed starved blood
and make it rich and red. Physicians
have prescribed Pepto-Mangan for
years.
Pepto-Mangan is sold in liquid and
la/ljjoL form. Take either kind you
prefer. One acts the same as the
other. Both contain the same ingredients.
Hut be sure to get the genuine
Pepto-Mangan?"Glide's." The
full name, "Gude's Pepto-Mangan,"
veil rill If 1 I\n r\n t !in nu/tl/ n #va A -1
"V V'.l im. /All*. I
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h and Continuing to
Out At and
5S, we have decide
Parlor Furniture,
Fine Line of Rugs
F SALE IS RUGS-A
9x 12 Art i
in A If 9x12 Art i
IIIII Y 9x12 Hea<
| Uff I Velvet, ref
Regular pi
nT|| Regular pi
h I H Mahogany
I Will. Mahogany
Buffets, re
I UNTIL JAM. 1ST Sg
id Furn
TIGHTENING MONEY [
CHANGES ASPECTS
Things Are Not Exactly as
They Seem Regarding
Finances.
The determination of the banks
sometime ago to tighten down on
the loaning of money seems to have
had various effects. Chief among
the effects' would appear to bo the
apparent lack of funds on the part of
some of our business concerns, or
if they do not lack funds they wish
to a<!d to the funds they already have
by collecting in what they have out.
This is the way that the situation Is
viewed by those who hold secured papers
or either accounts. This may
not really be the 'right view to take
of it as if banks have ceased to
make loans frequently then the business
concerns who have not sufficient
money to do business on must
collect it in from those who owe
them. It appears from a general
observation of the last few weeks
that there are mort chattel mortga
calomel' con^e:
crashes into it
Take "Dodson's Li1
If you feel bilious, headachy, constipated
and all knocked out, just go
to your druggist and get a bottle of
Dodson's Liver Tone for a few cents,
which is a harmless vegetable sub
stitutc for dangerous calomel. Take
a spoonfuland if il doesn't start
your liver and straighten you up
better and quicker than nasty calomel
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January 1st
Below Cosl
d to close out our
, Iron Beds, Bed S
j, Art Squares ant
RT SQUARES, LINOLE
bHADLS
Squares, regular price $7.50, S
Squares, regular price $12.50,
vy Taps, regular price $35.00,
*ular price $65.00, Sale Price
OAK DRESSE
ice $35, Sale Price
rice $45.00, Sale Price
Dressers, regular price $40.(
Dressers, regular price $65.00
DINING ROOM FUR
. .1 & s r\ r\r\ o 1
:guiar price cpou.uu, oale I^ri<
lites, regular price $375.00, Sa
ak, regular price $375.00, Sal*
Sure Cc
ON TH
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ges of real estate, book accounts,
and other liabilities being collected
right now than was attempted at this
time last year.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
For Expectant Mothers
Used By Three Cenemtions
WRIT! FOR booklet ON motherhood AND THI BABT. Fin
bbaonclo Regulator Co., Din. 5-D. Atlanta. Ga?
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g HORRY COUNTY g
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P Real Estate P
g28 L. D. Magrath
50$ Manager. H
m Real Estate Loans P
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s-s Insurance w
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IS CARDED
DANGEROUS
ivates! It's mercury. Calomel
nite on a sluggish liver. When
s into contact with sour bile it
, causing cramping and nausea*
^er Tone" Instead!
anil without making you sick, you
just go back anil get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll
be sick ami nauseated tomorrow; besides,
it may salivate you, while if
you take Dodson's Liver Tone you
will wake up feeling great, full of
ambition nnd ready for work or play.
It m harmless, pleasant and safe to
give to children; they like it.#
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tfor Cash
entire line
prings and
t
I Linoleum
UM AND WINDOW
>ale Price $5.00 I
Sale Price .....8.50 I
, Sale Price 27.50 I
53.00 I
RS I
$28.50 I
37.50 I
)0, Sale Price 32.50 I
I, Sale Price 55.00 I
N1TURE I
:e $ 52.00 {
ile Price 300.00 |
e l^nce 300.00
impany
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